2000 GMC SIERRA 1500 Complaints

BRAKE LINE RUNNING ON TOP OF FRAME FROM MASTER CYL TO ABS HAS CORRODED TO THE POINT OF FAILURE. IT HAS RUSTED THROUGH AND LEAKS BRAKE FLUID. BRAKES HAVE FAILED. THIS VEHICLE HAS NEVER LEFT FLORIDA AND IS STILL HELD BY ORIGINAL OWNER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE WHEN DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE CONTACT NOTICED BRAKE FLUID FLOWING FROM A FRACTURE IN THE FRONT BRAKE LINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000.

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE AND TOWING A 4000+ POUND BOAT, MY BRAKE PETAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS BRAKE FLUID LEAKING ON THE GROUND. I DETACHED THE BOAT AND ATTEMPTED TO SEE IF I COULD DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR FACILITY. THERE WAS NO BRAKING POWER AVAILABLE SO THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR FACILITY. REPAIRS WERE AROUND $900 FOR A REPLACEMENT OF ALL THE RUSTED BRAKE LINES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE REAR TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLE WAS SEVERELY RUSTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER A MANUFACTURER RECALL, BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO PREVENT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 351,000. UPDATED 02/19/16*LJ UPDATED 3/23/18*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE HAD A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD VEER TO THE RIGHT INDEPENDENTLY. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE BARRIER AND SPUN AROUND FROM THE FRONT AND CRASHED IN THE REAR. THE DRIVERS SIDE AND FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A DISLOCATED LEFT SHOULDER AND A FRACTURED RIGHT FOOT. THE CONTACT ALSO SUSTAINED WHIPLASH, NECK PAINS WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V005000 (POWER TRAIN) AND NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: EA04012 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 183,500.

WE WERE TRAVELING WEST ON 495 HEADING TO GEORGETOWN HOSPITAL IN DC TAKING A FRIEND FOR HER WEEKLY KIDNEY TRANSPLANT CHECKUP FROM BALTIMORE MD. THE TRAFFIC HAD SLOWED TO A STOP AS I HIT MY BRAKES AND THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH MINUTE STOPPING POWER . HAD I BEEN IN THE NEXT LANE OVER IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A WIPE OUT AS I WOULD HAVE REAR ENDED THE STOPPED TRAFFIC. I WAS IN THE CURB LANE AND GOT INTO THE SHOULDER. BRAKE LINES ARE TOTALLY CORRODED, RUSTED AND JUST CRUMBLING.. I NOTICED GM KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING. WILL THEY WAIT UNTIL A FATALITY HAPPENS BEFORE THEY WARN THE PUBLIC OF THIS PROBLEM.. MANY OF THESE VEHICLES STILL ON THE ROAD.. *TR

BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT AND CAUSED TRUCK TO NOT BE ABLE TO STOP AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. FIRST LINE WENT ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO AND WAS REPAIRED. I ASSUMED THAT THIS WAS A SINGULAR INCIDENT AND THE REPAIR WAS FINE, AND I WOULD HAVE NO OTHER PROBLEMS. NOW, A DIFFERENT BRAKE LINE WENT. SAME EXACT PROBLEM...RUSTED OUT APPEARS THAT ALL OF THE LINES ARE AT ISSUE AND ALL OF THEM MUST BE REPLACED. I WAS LUCKY AS I HAD JUST COME OFF THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WHERE I WAS DOING SPEEDS OF 70MPH AND RELYING ON MY BRAKES AS WOULD BE NORMAL. JUST AS I GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY AND PULLED INTO WORK, THE LINE BLEW OUT COMPLETELY AND MY PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I HAD NO BRAKES AT ALL...NOTHING. LUCKILY, I WAS IN THE PARKING LOT, AND GOING SLOW ENOUGH AND I THOUGHT QUICKLY AND USED MY EMERGENCY BRAKES AND STOPPED. HAD THE BRAKE LINE GONE OUT JUST TWO MINUTES EARLIER, OR ABOUT TWO OR THREE BRAKE PEDAL PRESSES BEFORE, I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

ABS SYSTEM BOARD - SOLENOID SOLDER CONNECTIONS VIBRATE LOOSE CAUSING FAULT CODES. ABS LIGHT AND EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT REMAIN LIT ON DASH. TRUCK BRAKES WORK BUT WITH NO ABS ON TRUCK. ABS CONTROLLER WAS ONLY PUT ON TWO YEARS OF GMC AND CHEVY TRUCKS 99-01. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING ON COUNTRY ROAD IN QUARRYVILLE PA. I CAME TO A HILL AND A STOP SIGN AND PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDDLE. IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. I HAD VERY LIMITED BRAKING POWER AND TRAVELED THROUGH THE STOP SIGN ACROSS THE INTERSECTION. IT WAS A 4 WAY STOP INTERSECTION. AND NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED . BUT OH BOY DID I GET A DIRTY LOOK! ALL THE BRAKE FLUID WAS GONE OUT ONE HALF OF THE CONTAINER. LOOKING AT THE BRAKE LINES THEY ARE RUSTED THROUGH AND LEAKING. *TR

MULTIPLE INCIDENCES OF STEEL BRAKE LINE CORROSION, RESULTING IN LOSS OF FLUID PRESSURE, AND THEREFORE LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 DIFFERENT TIMES ALREADY. LUCKILY I DRIVE COUNTRY ROADS WITH LITTLE OTHER TRAFFIC.OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A REPETITIVE AND SERIOUS ISSUE FOR MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES, AS EVIDENCED BY THE SHEER NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE SAME ISSUE FILED TO NHTSA FOR THIS VEHICLE. DOES NHTSA EVEN READ OR EVALUATE THE VOLUME AND SERIOUSNESS OF COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME ISSUE? HOW MANY LIVES MUST BE LOST BEFORE THIS BECOMES A RECALL? *TR