2008 GMC SIERRA 1500 Complaints

AT 35K THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT DOOR ACTUATOR FAILED AND WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. AT 40K THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR ACTUATOR FAILED. I WAS TOLD THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE DUE TO DEFECTIVE PARTS USED BY GMC. WITH NO ABILITY TO OPEN OR CLOSE THE PASSENGER DOOR FROM THE DRIVERS CONTROL, A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE EXISTS. E.G. UNABLE TO PREVENT AN INTRUDER FROM ENTERING THE CAR AT A STOP LIGHT, OR ALLOW A SCARED CHILD TO EXIT AFTER AN ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A COMPLETE STOP, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE RELEASED INDEPENDENTLY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A BROKEN RIB AND AN INJURY TO THE SHOULDER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND REPAIRED FOR THE EXTERIOR DAMAGES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,300.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ODOMETER DISPLAY WAS DIM AND EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE. THE CONTACT ADJUSTED THE DIMMER SWITCH, DID NOT IMPROVE THE VISIBILITY FOR ALL OF THE OTHER INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS EXCEPT THE ODOMETER READING. THE DIMMER SWITCH WAS REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE SEVERAL TIMES, BUT NO REMEDY WAS PROVIDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. UPDATED 08/12/14*LJ

THE THREE PASSENGER DOORS FAILED TO UNLOCK SIMULTANEOUSLY I UNDERSTAND A TSB HAS BEEN SENT TO DEALERS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE ,AND SHOULD REQUIRE A RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORS WERE DISPLAYING THE TIRE PRESSURE READINGS IN REVERSE ORDER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000.

REAR PASSENGER DOOR WILL ONLY LOCK/UNLOCK MANUALLY FROM THE INSIDE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE PROBLEM IS A FAILED DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR. IT WILL NOT LOCK/UNLOCK WITH POWER LOCK BUTTON OR KEY FOB AND THERE IS NO KEYHOLE EXCEPT ON DRIVERS DOOR. THIS IS MY SECOND GMC VEHICLE THAT HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET THIS SEEMS TO BE A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM AND I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY IT HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED OR GMC HAS NOT BEEN FORCED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. WOULDN'T YOU CONSIDER A DOOR THAT DOES NOT LOCK/UNLOCK THE INTENDED WAY A SAFETY ISSUE? *TR

MY 2008 GMC 1500 SIERRA "SERVICE AIR BAG" LIGHT CAME ON WHEN I STARTED MY TRUCK A FEW WEEKS AGO. FINALLY WAS AT THE DEALER, ROMEO GMC IN KINGSTON, NY. THEY RAN DIAGNOSTICS TESTING AND ADVISED ME THAT MY FRONT AIR BAG SENSOR SENSOR WAS BAD AND IT COST ME $469 TO REPLACE IT! THE SERVICE GUY SAID 'THEY ARE IN A BAD PLACE AND GET DAMAGED FROM THE WEATHER ETC AND THEY JUST GO LIKE THAT!' REALLY? THAT'S OK FOR A SAFETY DESIGN? ALSO, HOW CAN THIS SMALL SENSOR COST SO MUCH?? IS IT JUST DEALERSHIP GOUGING PARTS PRICES? I AM SEEING ONLINE THAT I COULD HAVE BOUGHT AN AFTER MARKET PRODUCT AND REPLACED IT MYSELF- A 10MM BOLT HOLDS IT ON! WAS I JUST ROBBED? MAYBE I CAN RETURN IT AD DRIVE WITHOUT THE AIR BAG! *TT

ON 04.12.2014 AFTER GOING TO THE STORE, PARKED UNDER THE CARPORT. THE TIME WAS 10PM. WHILE INSIDE HEARD A POP SOUND AROUND 10:15 PM. WENT OUTSIDE AND THE TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. PUT TRUCK IN NEUTRAL AND PUSHED IT FROM UNDER THE CARPORT, TRYING TO SAVE DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE. FIRE DEPT CAME AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. THE FIRE WARPED ALL THE VINYL UNDER THE CARPORT. LUCKY IT DIDN'T CATCH THE HOUSE ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS WORSE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *TT

I PURCHASED A 2008 GMC SIERRA PICKUP IN 2012 FROM GEORGE GEE AUTOMOTIVE IN LIBERTY LAKE WA. I EXPERIENCED THE FIRST AIR BAG SERVICE LIGHT SHORTLY AFTER THE PURCHASE. I INFORMED THE DEALER GEORGE GEE ABOUT THIS AND WAS COMPLETELY IGNORED. I THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO PARKWAY AUTOMOTIVE IN DEER PARK WA.. PARKWAY NEVER REALLY FIGURED OUT WHY THE AIR BAGS HAD THE ERROR BUT AFTER TRYING A FEW THINGS THE ERROR LIGHT WENT OFF AND STAYED OFF UNTIL MARCH 26TH 2014 WHEN IT CAME BACK ON. AT FIRST IT WAS ON OCCASIONALLY FOR A FEW DAYS. NOW IT IS ON STEADY ALL OF THE TIME. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO PARKWAY TODAY 03/31/2014 AND WAS TOLD IT IS A MODULE ISSUE AND MY AIR BAGS ARE DISABLED BECAUSE OF IT. PARKWAY IS NOT A GM DEALER THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO REPAIR IT. I HAVE READ MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME AIR BAG ISSUE IN GM PRODUCTS AND FEEL THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT GM SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING. *TR

DASH IS CRACKING IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. MY TRUCK IS HARDLY IN THE SUN AND I ALWAYS USE A SUN SHADE IN THE WINDSHIELD. THERE ARE SEVERAL CRACKS AROUND THE DASH AND I AM WORRIED THIS WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE AIR BAG SYSTEMS. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE FROM GMC. *TR