2008 GMC SIERRA 1500 Complaints

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V324000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

ALL OF MY DOOR LOCKS WILL NOT OPEN. THEY STARTED FAILING ONE AT A TIME. NOW NONE THEM WORK. YOU CAN PUSH THE REMOTE AND HEAR THEM TRYING TO WORK BUT THEY DON'T. THINK IT MIGHT BE THE ACTUATORS FOR EACH DOOR.

CRACKS IN DASH ABOVE THE AIRBAG AND INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THIS IS A PROBLEM GM IS IGNORING.

DASH PAD CRACKS IN BOTH UPPER CORNERS AROUND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG, TRUCK WAS PARKED, NOTICED CRACKS IN MORNING

SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AND GOES OFF DEALER SAID SOME 2008 S WERE COVERED BUT NOT MINE YET DEALER IS GM SUPERSTORE COOKS IN VASSAL MI 1 YEAR AGO I FOUGHT WITH THEM FOR POWER STEERING THEY WOULD NOT DO MONTH AFTER THAT RECALL WAS ISSUED THEY DID NOT CONTACT ME I HAD TO RESEARCH IT AND YEAR LATER CONTACT THEM ALSO ROUND YEAR AGO I HAD TO CONTACT THEM FOR RECALL ON IGNITION WITH RECENT PROBLEM AIR BAG SERVICE LIGHT ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS CHARGE ME 90 DOLLARS TO DIAGNOSE IT SEEMS LIKE WITH THEIR MISHANDLING OF OTHER TWO RECALLS LEAST THEY COULD DO IS SPEND 5 MINUTES TO DIAGNOSE AIRBAG LIGHT SEEMS LIKE THE HHR. HAS HAD MANY SERIOUS SAFETY RECALLS AND GM SHOULD TAKE ALL AIRBAG PROBLEMS MORE SERIOUS I STILL OWE 3 GRAND ON THIS CAR AND IT'S ABOUT TO BECOME LARGE LEMON PAPERWEIGHT PLEASE HELP MY PHONE NUMBER IS [XXX] OR [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

DASH ALL OF A SUDDEN DEVELOPED CRACK ABOVE THE LEFT CORNER OF PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG AND ABOVE THE DRIVER GAUGE PANEL. THIS IS IDENTICAL TO THE STORIES I AM READING ABOUT OTHER VEHICLES IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL.

JAN 2015 THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE. ALSO JUNE OF 2015 THE DOOR LOCKS STARTED ACTING UP. PASSENGER SIDE WILL NOT LOCK/UNLOCK NOW THE DRIVER DOOR IS ACTING UP ALSO... MANY COMPLAINTS SEEN ON BOTH THESE CONCERNS.

BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW IN 2008 .AFTER A YEAR TO 1 1/2 DEVELOPED CRACK IN DASH IN CORNER BY AIRBAG. HAD DASH REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. DASH CRACKED AGAIN WITHIN 1 1/2 WAS OUT OF WARRANTY THEN AND THEY WANTED ME TO PAY A PERCENTAGE. I REFUSED TO PAY FOR THERE DEFECT

POWER SURGE TO ELECTRICAL SYSTEM... VOLTAGE METER WILL DROP BELOW 9 VOLTS THEN THE FOLLOWING OCCURS: HEADLIGHTS FLICKER, RADIO SHUTS OFF, CLIMATE CONTROL SHUTS OFF, DASH LIGHTS FLICKER, AIR BAG LIGHT FLASHES, SERVICE AIR BAG WARNING POPS UP, AND TRUCK STALLS OUT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHILE DRIVING AND IF THIS IS ELECTRICAL MAY CAUSE FIRE. THIS IS INTERMITTENT AND OCCURS AT ANYTIME FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON REGARDLESS OF WEATHER/TEMPERATURE.

APPROX 26,000 MILES. THE CHROME HANDLES ON THE DOORS, 2 HAVE COME LOOSE. I CALLED THE CHEVY/GMC DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE A COST OF APPROX. $125 PER DOOR TO FIX.