2011 GMC SIERRA 1500 Complaints

ACCELERATING UP ON RAMP TO MA PIKE WITH WHEEL TURNED. WHILE MERGING WITH TRAFFIC AT SPEED WHEEL LOCKED IN TURNED POSITION. FORCED WHEEL BACK STRAIGHT WITH MUCH FORCE AND A LOUD POP SOUND FROM STEERING. DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF FORCE REQUIRED, MANY PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO UNLOCK WHEEL AND MAY CRASH. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWO TIMES IN LAST 30 DAYS. DEALER REFUSES TO MAKE REPAIRS, CLAIMS CAN NOT MAKE HAPPEN WHEN IN THEIR POSSESSION. DEALER'S ONLY INSTRUCTS TO PULL OFF ROAD NEXT TIME IT LOCKS AND CALL ONSTAR FOR ASSISTANCE. *TR

2011 GMC SIERRA 1500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL NOTICE FOR THE REAR AXLE CROSS PIN FRACTURE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS NOT INFORMED THAT A RECALL WAS ISSUED PRIOR TO PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. *JB

WIPERS AND WASHERS COME ON BY THEMSELVES SURPRISING THE DRIVER AND PARTIALLY OBSCURING HIS VISION. IT IS NECESSARY TO PULL OVER AND SHUT OFF THE IGNITION TO GET THEM TO STOP, THEN IT HAPPENS ANGAIN EVERY SO OFTEN DURING AN OUTING.

WHEN I FIRST DROVE MY NEW TRUCK I NOTICED A SUBTLE KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR WHEN DRIVING SLOWLY OVER A BUMP. THE DEALER'S MECHANIC AGREED THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG AND CALLED GM TECH ASSISTANCE ([XXX]) AND FOUND THE REAR AXLE HAD TOO MUCH PLAY. THE GROVE ON THE AXLE THAT RETAINS THE C RETAINING CLIP WAS MACHINED TOO CLOSE TO THE END OF THE SHAFT. THEY REPLACED THE AXLE. ONLY A PERSON WITH MECHANICAL EXPERIENCE COULD HAVE DETECTED THE SUBTLE NOISE. HAD IT GONE UNDETECTED EVENTUALLY THE C CLIP WOULD LIKELY FAIL AND THE AXLE AND WHEEL WOULD HAVE SLID OUT OF THE DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING. I DOUBT THIS MACHINING FAULT ON THE AXLE IS UNIQUE TO MY TRUCK. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE TODAY, THE STEERING LOCKED IN POSITION. IT TOOK BOTH HANDS TO FORCE IT TO TURN, AT WHICH A POP WAS HEARD FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AREA. VEHICLE HAS DRIVEN NORMALLY SINCE. TRUCK ONLY HAS 1,500 MILES ON IT. NO CONSUMER DEBRIS COULD HAVE CAUSED THE PROBLEM. *TR

OEM TIRES HAVE EXTREMELY POOR WET PAVEMENT TRACTION. FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED LESS THAN 30 DAYS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. IT HAD RAINED HEAVILY FOR AN EXTENDED TIME THAT DAY AND CONTINUING MODERATELY INTO THE EVENING. APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION WHERE I INTENDED TO MAKE A TURN ONTO A SIDE STREET, I BEGAN SLOWING TO WHAT I CONSIDERED A SAFE AND PRUDENT SPEED GIVEN THE ROAD CONDITIONS. UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE STOPPED RESULTING IN SLIDING COMPLETELY STRAIGHT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, LUCKILY ON A GREEN SIGNAL LIGHT, AND WITH NO OTHER TRAFFIC IN MY PATH. REALIZING I WAS NOT SLOWING SUFFICIENTLY TO NEGOTIATE THE TURN, I DID NOT ATTEMPT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AND CONTINUED DOWN THE SAME STREET TO A SAFE AREA TO TURN AROUND AND RETURN TO THE STREET I INTENDED TO TURN ONTO. SECOND INCIDENT, AGAIN ON WET PAVEMENT, WAS AFTER MAKING A COMPLETE STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT CONTROLLED INTERSECTION. WHEN THE SIGNAL LIGHT CHANGED TO GREEN, I STARTED NEGOTIATING A LEFT TURN. APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, AT A SPEED OF LESS THAN 10 MPH, REAR TIRES LOST TRACTION AND THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE TRIED TO SWAP ENDS. NEEDLESS TO SAY, MY WIFE YELLED AT ME TO STOP DOING WHATEVER IT WAS THAT I DID TO CAUSE SUCH ACTION, TO WHICH I REPLIED. I DID NOT DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN START MOVING FORWARD AT A SLOW PACE AND WAS JUST AS SURPRISED AS SHE WAS BY THE BEHAVIOR OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD AFTER IT WAS LATCHED. THE SEAT BELT WAS VERY LOOSE AROUND THE CONTACT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.

2011 GMC SIERRA 1500 SLE CREW CAB Z71 4X4 COMING OFF OF THE EXPRESSWAY AND COMING TO A STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT I APPLIED BRAKE PRESSURE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS UNUSALLY STIFF THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE REVVED TO OVER 5000 RPM'S AND STARTING TO MOVE FORWARD. I HAD MY FOOT PUSHED FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE REMAINED REVVING AND MOVING FORWARD. I QUICKLY PUT IT IN PARK AND TURNED OFF VEHICLE. STARTED BACK UP AND NO ISSUES ON REMAINING DRIVE. CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ENGAGED. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 1400 MILES ON IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING UP AN INCLINE APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH AND PLOWING SNOW IN A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY. WHEN THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP AFTER THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES REPEATEDLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD ALSO OCCUR WHEN DRIVING FORWARD ON AN INCLINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN PERFORMED A ROAD TEST AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 800.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2011 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 50 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND WAS SLOW TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO FAILURES AND THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 1,500 UPDATED 02/23/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE ON ACCELERATION. WHENEVER HE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, THE ENGINE WOULD LAG BEHIND FOR A SPLIT SECOND. WHEN THE ENGINE DID ENGAGE, THE DRIVE TRAIN WOULD BANG FROM THE ENGINE ACCELERATING. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT HOLD IN STEADY SPEED HIGH GEAR. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD CONTINUALLY GO BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH GEAR. WHEN IN 6TH GEAR, THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE SPEED. UPDATED 05/05/11