2008 GMC SIERRA 1500 Complaints

TWO LARGE CRACKS ON DASHBOARD. ONE IS ABOVE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER HUMP AND IT'S APPROXIMATELY 5" IN LENGTH. THE OTHER IS JUST ABOVE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG AND THAT ONE IS APPROXIMATELY 3" IN LENGTH. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 GMC SIERRA 1500. I HAVE READ ON ONE POST ALONE ABOUT A "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" MESSAGE BEING DISPLAYED, AND THERE ARE OVER 400 PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS. THE VEHICLES FROM GM GO INTO A REDUCED POWER AND HAVE NO THROTTLE AT SPEEDS OF UP TO 75+MPH. THERE HAVE BEEN WRECKS FROM THIS AND YET GM DOES NOTHING ABOUT IT. I HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE 2 NIGHTS AGO DOING 50 MPH WITH MY 3 YEAR OLD IN THE BACK SEAT. I WAS A LUCKY ONE AND HAD ROOM TO PULL OVER BEFORE SOMEONE SMACKED INTO THE BACK OF MY TRUCK. PLEASE DO SOMETHING FOR GM OWNERS!!!!!!! THIS IS BS AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! I GUESS SOMEONE HAS TO DIE FIRST BEFORE A RECALL??? GOVERNMENT MOTORS IS CRAP PEOPLE. DON'T BUY! *TR

POWER DOOR LOCK FAILED ON DRIVER DOOR. YOU CAN NOT OPEN DOOR WITH OUT LIFTING HAND LATCH. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS-- MEANING YOU CAN NOT OPEN DOOR BY DOOR HANDLE-- THERE IS NO OVERRIDE LIKE PROVIDED ON OTHER VEHICLES. OTHER DOOR FAILED 2 MONTHS LATER. TRUCK LOCKS AND UNLOCKS DOORS WHEN MOVING SHIFTER FROM PARK TO DRIVE, THERE IS NO PROGRAM OPTION TO DELETE THIS OPTION. SO YOU LOCK AND UNLOCK DOORS EVERY TIME YOU SHIFT TRUCK TRANSMISSION TO PARK OR IN DRIVE. THIS IS NOT NEEDED IN MY CASE, SINCE YOU CAN MANUALLY DO SAME. THIS IS MANUFACTURE DEFECT AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GENERAL MOTOR COMPANY SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING IN REVERSE 2 MPH OUT OF THE DRIVE WAY WHEN SMOKED EMITTED FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND CONFIRMED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TAIL LIGHT MARKER ASSEMBLY WAS ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND A PRIVATE MECHANIC. THE PRIVATE MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS A DEFECTIVE MARKER TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE EXITING A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY AT LOW SPEEDS, THE SIDE WINDOW AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER AND REAR PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES FROM THE AIR BAG. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 33,800.

TOOK 2008 GMC SIERRA 1500 4X4 TO TIRE STORE TO ROTATE TIRES. THEY INDICATED THAT THE LOWER FRONT BALL JOINTS WERE LOOSE. THIS TRUCK HAS 77,000 MILES SO I WAS SKEPTICAL. TOOK TRUCK TO GMC DEALER FOR SERVICE & REQUESTED THAT THEY CHECK THE LOWER FRONT BALL JOINTS. THEY INDICATED THAT THE BALL JOINTS HAD ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF VERTICAL PLAY AND WERE INDEED LOOSE & NEEDED REPLACEMENT. I HAVE EARLIER GMC TRUCKS WITH OVER 200,000 MILES AND HAVE NOT HAD WORN LOWER BALL JOINTS. I BELIEVE THAT THE LOOSENESS IS DUE TO THE BALL JOINT PULLING APART. THE WEAR WAS NOT SIDE TO SIDE AS WOULD BE EXPECTED. I WANT TO REPAIR THIS DEFECT SO AS TO AVOID A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION. I WANT TO USE OEM PARTS BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT THESE BALL JOINTS ARE DEFECTIVE. THE GMC DEALER ADVISES THAT EVEN THOUGH THE TRUCK HAS A 100,000 MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY, THE BALL JOINTS ARE NOT COVERED. *TR

2008 GMC SIERRA 1500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO THUMP UNDER THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL *TGW THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL HAD A CRACK IN IT AND THE REAR MIDDLE LEAF SPRING WAS BROKEN. *JB

AT ABOUT 37K MILES THE FRONT DOORS OF MY 2008 SIERRA WILL NOT UNLOCK HAVE TO MANUALLY LOCK DOORS AND FOB WILL NOT LOCK EVEN UNLOCK DOORS RESULTING IN POSSIBLE THEFT. BACK DOORS WORK PROPERLY. ALSO FOG LIGHTS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. A/C IS MAKING A LOUD NOISE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2008 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING UP AN INCLINE AT 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO SPEEDS EXCEEDING 45MPH. EXCESSIVE PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 8,600.

GMC DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS FAIL AT A VERY HIGH RATE. DOORS WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY LOCK/UNLOCK WHEN YOU PUT THE VEHICLE PARK/DRIVE. *KB