2016 GMC SIERRA 1500 Complaints

BRAKES BECAME SPONGY WHILE HAULING A BOAT ALMOST CRASHED WHILE COMING TO A STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT BRAKES WERE HARD TO COMPRESS. VEHICLE DIDN'T WANT TO STOP IMMEDIATELY... HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. RIGHT AFTER THE SERVICE WARNING SIGN CAME ON SHOWING ( BRAKE ASSIST SERVICE)

AT STARTUP, IF YOU SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE OR REVERSE, THE BRAKE PEDAL STIFFENS AND IT IS HARD TO STOP. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO SPEED UP OVER A CERTAIN SPEED, SAY 15 TO 20 MPH, THEN THE TRUCK BRAKES FINE. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE BRAKE BOOSTER PUMP, BUT IT STARTED DOING IT AGAIN WITHIN A DAY OR TWO.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITH THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT AND PARKING ASSIST WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE SHIFTED TO PARK AND RESTARTED FOR THE VEHICLE TO OPERATE AS INTENDED. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

I BOUGHT MY GMC BRAND NEW WITH 25 MILES ON IT. THE FIRST TIME I HAD A BRAKING ISSUE WAS PULLING INTO WORK. I HAD ROUGHLY 56,500 MILES ON THE TRUCK AT THIS POINT. I WAS COMING IN CAUTIOUSLY DUE TO A HEAVY TRAFFIC AREA. AS I PULLED INTO MY PARKING SPOT I ENGAGED THE BRAKES. THE PEDAL WAS SOFTER THAN USUAL. I PUSHED DOWN HARDER AND I CAME TO A SLOW ROLLING STOP. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HIT THE BUILDING. I LET THE TRUCK SIT/RUN 5MIN, (I AM MECHANICALLY INCLINED, WAS IN AUTOMOTIVE TECH COURSES FOR 3 YEARS) I CHECKED THE BRAKES/BRAKE FLUID AND TRIED THE BRAKES IN THE REVERSE GEAR. LET THE TRUCK CREEP BACK AND TESTED THE BRAKES. THEY WERE NORMAL AGAIN. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT.(UPLOADED SERVICE PAPERWORK). DEALER SAID THERE WASN'T A RECALL AT THIS TIME BUT WANTED ME TO DO A BRAKE FLUID FLUSH BUT I WASN'T IN WARRANTY ANYMORE SO IT WAS GOING TO COST ME OVER 100+ DOLLARS. THAT'S WHY I REFUSED THE SERVICE. THE WINTER MONTHS GO BY AND MY BRAKES ARE FINE. THE SECOND TIME I NOTICED THIS ISSUE, WAS SPRING TIME THE FOLLOWING YEAR, I WAS PUTTING MY PONTOON BOAT IN THE WATER. BACKING INTO THE WATER I WENT TO STOP AND MY TRUCK KEPT ROLLING INTO THE WATER. I ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY FOOT BRAKE. I PULLED FORWARD AND THE BRAKES WERE BACK TO NORMAL. I TEST DROVE THE TRUCK IN THE EMPTY PARKING LOT THIS TIME, SEE IF IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND ASKED IF THERE WAS A RECALL AND THEY SAID NO. BRAKES ARE BACK TO NORMAL AT THIS POINT. FINALLY THAT YEAR I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP COMPLETED THE RECALL. I THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS FIXED. APPARENTLY NOT. I WAS STUCK IN A TRAFFIC JAM AT A SLOW ROLL, BRAKING MORE FREQUENTLY AND THE PEDAL WENT SOFT AND TO THE FLOOR AGAIN. I ALMOST HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I STOPPED JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME. I AM NOW CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE DEALERSHIP TO GET THIS BRAKE ISSUE RESOLVED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE PEDAL FELT VERY HARD CAUSING THE BRAKING DISTANCE TO BE EXTENDED. THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE BRAKE ROTOR WAS DAMAGED. THE VEHCILE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER RALLY CHEVROLET LOCATED AT 39012 CARRIAGE WAY, PALMDALE, CA 93551, WHO REPROGRAMMED THE BRAKING SYSTEM MODULE HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT, OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

AT VERY LOW SPEEDS SUCH AS BACKING UP OR PARKING THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL NOT INDICATE PRESSURE AS IF THE TRUCK WAS SHUT OFF. WHILE BACKING UP OR PARKING YOU MAY HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN A FEW TIMES AND WE RETURNED THE TRUCK TO HAVE THIS CONDITION CORRECTED. GMC DEALER SAID IT WAS A RECALLED FOR THAT ISSUE AND IT WAS CORRECTED BUT IT SEEMS TO HAVE RETURNED.

ANTENNA HAS CRACKED SEAL AND MOISTURE GOT IN AND SHORTED OUT NAVIGATION & ON STAR. BULLETIN FOR PROBLEM WITH SAME YEAR, MAKE & MODEL BUT NOT VIN. REFUSE TO FIX. CLAIM ITS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. NOT A GREAT STATEMENT TO MAKE TO A FIRST RESPONDER WHO HAS SAVED LIVES BY SOMEONE USING ON STAR. NO MORE GM'S FOR THIS FAMILY AND WE HAVE 3 CURRENTLY AND WAS LOOKING TO REPLACE ONE NEXT MONTH. NOT A FORD PERSON SO LOOKS LIKE A RAM IN OUR FUTURE. NOT A SAFETY ISSUE .... REALLY GM !!!!!!!!

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, I LOST THE ABILITY TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL. IT WAS STUCK MOMENTARILY. IT ONLY MOVE AFTER I STOMPED ON IT TWICE. AFTERWARD, THE VEHICLE WOULD STOP, BUT THE BRAKES WERE SQUISHY AND VERY EASILY OVER APPLIED. SERVICE BRAKE CONTROL MESSAGE IS NOW ON THE DASH. TRUCK HAS 42000 MILES.

THERE IS A SMALL PIN HOLE IN THE RADIATOR THAT THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED WAS CREATED BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM WITH THE THERMOSTAT. APPARENTLY GM IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND WILL FIX IT IF IT'S PRIOR TO 60,000 MILES. I AM SEVERAL THOUSAND OVER NOW AND THEY REFUSE TO COVER ANY OF THE 1100.00 BILL TO REPAIR

WHEN DRIVING AND THE TRUCK SHIFTS GEAR IN 30MPH IT STARTS TO VIBRATE OR JERK AND THE RPM JUST BOUNCES UP AND DOWN SAME THING HAPPENS IN 40 MPH AND 50 MPH AS WELL I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER SHIP IN FALL OF 2019 AND ALL THEY DID WAS A TRANS FLUID FLUSH. AND WORKED FINE FOR A BIT NOW THE TRUCK STARTED TO DO THE SAME THIN IN THE BEGINING OF JULY 2020 AND TOOK IT AGAIN TO THE DEALER AND THEY WANTED TO DO THE SAME THING THEY DID IN 2019 DO THE TRANS FLUID FLUSH. NOT THIS TIME MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS NOT COVERING IT BECAUSE THE SAID IT WAS A MAINTENANCE WHICH IS NOT CORRECT BECAUSE GM KNOW IT WAS AN ISSUE AND I HAD ALREADY DONE THE FLUCH BACK IN 2019 AND THE DEALER DIDNT WANT TO COVER IT ETHIER I WOULD HAVE TO PAY ALMOST 500 TO GET IT DONE. I DONT KNOW HAT ELSE TO DO