2014 GMC SIERRA 1500 Complaints

THE VACUUM ASSIST PUMP ON MY 2014 GMC SIERRA WENT OUT SUDDENLY DURING MY MORNING COMMUTE. THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY FIRM AND THE BRAKES WERE UNRESPONSIVE. IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING IN AN CONGESTED AREA AN ACCIDENT WOULD LIKELY OCCUR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO DECELERATE AND THE BRAKE BOOSTER WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER AND THE BRAKE BOOSTER WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,000. *BF PURCHASED DATE 08/03/2015 *TP RECEIVED MONEY BACK AND OPENED ANOTHER CASE *TP CASE NO. 9-5610299860. *TP

I LOST THE USE OF MY BRAKES AT LOW SPEED TODAY, THE PEDAL BECAME EXTREMELY HARD AND NEEDED INCREASED EFFORT TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL, TOOK TO A GMC DEALER THEY COULDN'T RECREATE THE SAME ISSUE AND THEY ARE RETURNING MY VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY REPAIRS.

BRAKES HAVE NOT BEEN WORKING AT SLOW SPEEDS. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A FEW YEARS. BROUGHT IT TO A BRAKE SPECIALIST WHO COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. RESEARCHED IT ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH A SIMILAR ISSUE. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A FAULTY VACUUM PUMP. BROUGHT IT TO GMC BEAMAN IN NASHVILLE, TN AND SAW [XXX] (SERVICE ADVISOR FOR BEAMAN AUTOMOTIVE). THEY REPORTED THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO FIX THE ISSUE AND THAT IT WOULD BE CLOSE TO $1000 TO FIX IT. I FIND THIS UNACCEPTABLE AFTER DOING RESEARCH AND FINDING THAT GMC'S PARTS (NOT WEAR AND TEAR) ARE MORE LIKELY THAN NOT THE ETIOLOGY OF THE PROBLEM. I ASK THAT THE DEALERSHIP BE CONTACTED REGARDING THIS GIVEN THE OBVIOUS SAFETY RISK OF THE LARGE VEHICLE NOT BEING ABLE TO STOP. REGARDS, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TT *TR

I HAVE NOTICED AN ISSUE FOR A FEW YEARS WHILE PARKING THAT MY BRAKES WOULD LOCK UP IF USED REPEATEDLY. WHILE GETTING SERVICE DONE I HAD ASKED IF THEY NOTICED ANYTHING AND THEY HAD SAID NO. THEY HAVE KNOW RECOGNIZED IT IS A PROBLEM BUT ARE LIMITING THE FIX TO 72000 MILES WHICH I AM 3K OVER. THEY SAID I HAVE NEVER FORMALLY COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS SO I DISQUALIFY FOR THE $ 540.00 REPAIR. YET THEY RECOGNIZE IT IS AN ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE. I FEEL THEY ARE TRYING TO AVOID A FORMAL RECALL.

BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY STIFF AND UNRESPONSIVE AT LOW SPEED. ALMOST HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO COME TO COMPLETE STOP. ONLINE FORUMS SAY BRAKE VACUUM PUMP.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IS LOSING POWER IN THE STEERING WHEEL, PROMPTING THE STABILITRAC WARNING LIGHT TO COME ON. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, WHILE TURNING AND WHILE GOING IN REVERSE

BRAKE PEDAL GOT HARD , THE DASH CENTER GAVE NO WARNING AND STILL HAS NO FAULT LIGHT OR ANY BRAKE WARNINGS LIGHTS. WE WHERE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET ,WHEN THE BRAKES STOPPED WORKING, DRIVING THROUGH A RED LIGHT BECAUSE WE COULDN'T STOP THE VEHICLE AND POPPED THE STREET CURB, INTO AN EMPTY PROPERTY LOT

THE SEATBELTS IN THE REAR SEATS DO NOT FIT CHILDREN PROPERLY. MY SON IS CURRENTLY THE AGE OF 9 AND IS APPROXIMATELY 100 LBS. SO HE NO LONGER CAN USE A BOOSTER SEAT, HOWEVER THE SEATBELT IS STILL NOT PLACED ACCROSS HIS CHEST APPROPRIATELY WHEN RIDING IN THE VEHICLE. WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TO HAVE CHILDREN RIDE IN THE BACK SEAT,A S IT IS SAFER FOR THEM, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A SLIDING SEATBELT RETRACTOR LIKE THE FRONT SEATS PASSENGER AND DRIVER. I AM HOPEFUL THAT WHEN MANUFACTURERING AN Y NEW MODELS THIS COULD BE ACHIEVED TO MAKE OUR CHILDREN SAFER AS A PASSENGER IN A MOTOR VEHICLE.

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, EACH AT THE END OF A TWO HOUR DRIVE, I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AND LOST ALL POWER TO MY BRAKES. THEY DID NOT DEPRESS TO THE FLOOR, THEY SEEMED TO ALMOST PUSH BACK. AT THAT POINT I PUSHED HARDER AND THE BRAKE PUSHED TO THE FLOOR. IN BOTH INSTANCES I ALMOST HIT THE PARKED CARS NEXT TO ME. DUE TO NOT HAVING PROPER BRAKING I HAD TO BACK UP AND PULL BACK IN, BRAKES CONTINUED TO DO THE SAME THING. AFTER COMING BACK TO MY TRUCK IN BOTH INSTANCES, ONCE AFTER A WEEK AT THE AIRPORT AND ANOTHER AFTER A FOUR HOUR APPOINTMENT, MY BRAKES WORKED FINE. THIS HAPPENED ON JULY 16, 2018 AND APRIL 11, 2019.