2014 GMC SIERRA 1500 Complaints

HEADLIGHTS NOT BRIGHT ENOUGH. ADDED AUXILIARY DRIVING LIGHTS FOR SAFETY AT NIGHT.

DEC. 11,2017 DRIVING UNDER 20 MPH ON A LOCAL ROAD SPEED LIMIT 30MPH BALL JOINT PULLED OUT OF CONTROL ARM FRONT DRIVERS SIDE. FRONT WHEEL FELL OVER CAUSED DAMAGE TO TIRE AND RIM AND DISABLED ABS SYSTEM BY CUTTING WIRES. LUCKY I WAS NOT ON INTERSTATE 84 GOING 65 MPH IN FISHKILL NEW YORK TRUCK COULD HAVE CRASHED WITH OTHER VEHICLES OR CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY TO OCCUPANTS OF MY VEHICLE COULD HAVE CAUSED VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER. DEALER CLAIMED NEVER HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING AND THAT I MUST HAVE HIT SOMETHING TO CAUSE THE BALL JOINT TO PULL OUT OF CONTROL ARM, NEVER HIT ANYTHING NOT EVEN A POT HOLE I AM THE ONLY DRIVER OF THIS VEHICLE. HAD TO REPLACE CONTROL ARM WHICH HOLDS THE UPPER BALL JOINT WHICH IS PRESSED INTO CONTROL ARM. TOOK DEALER FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY TO COMPLETE REPAIRS. CONTROL ARM NOT UNDER WARRANTY REPAIRS COST 936.42. FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT BALL JOINT AND CONTROL ARM SEPARATING ON THIS VEHICLE ONLINE. DRIVER SIDE FRONT BALL JOINT. *JS

SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING TURNS THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY DIED AND ALL ELECTRONICS WENT BLACK. THIS CAUSED A COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING AND CONTROL WHILE TURNING ACROSS TRAFFIC. THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE AND JERK IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AS WELL. ONCE I CAME TO A STOP I WOULD HAVE TO PUT IT BACK IN PARK AND RESTART. I AM VERY LUCKY THAT THAT THERE WAS NO CROSS TRAFFIC IN THESE MOMENTS, AS THIS COULD HAVE LED TO A MAJOR ACCIDENT. THE REALLY FRUSTRATING PART IS THAT AFTER I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY DIAGNOSED AND STATED THAT IT WAS A BATTERY CABLE OF SOME SORT THAT WAS MELTING OVER THE EXHAUST. THIS WAS PUBLISHED AS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITHIN THE COMPANY. HOWEVER, NOT A RECALL OR WARRANTY (47,000 MILES). HOW CAN A KNOWN DESIGN PROBLEM ON A RELATIVELY NEW VEHICLE THAT CAUSES A COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE DRIVING NOT BE A RECALL OR SAFETY VIOLATION OF SOME SORT? I HOPE THIS DOES NOT FALL ON DEAF EARS. THANK YOU

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING, THE AIR CONDITIONER BLEW OUT HOT AIR INSTEAD OF COLD. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FREON. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000.*BF CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE 2014 TO 2017 GM CONDENSER LEAKING AND GOING OUT. CONSUMER ALREADY INFORMED GM (COMPLAINT) AND THE CALIFORNIA EPA ABOUT THE PROBLEM. HAVING A FAULTY CONDENSER THAT GOES OUR MEANS LEAKING FREON INTO THE ATOMSPHERE. THE SAFETY CONCERN IS IF YOUR DRIVING AND WHEN YOU HAVE A HEAVY MOISTURE PROBLEM (RAIN) YOUR INSIDE WINDSCREEN COULD FOG UP AND RESULTING TO BAD VISIBILITY. UPDATED 8/16/18*JB

TRAVELING DOWN ROAD AT 45 MPH IN A STORM. A LARGE TREE BLEW DOWN IN FRONT OF ME I HIT BRAKES BUT PICKUP DIDN'T NOT STOP. I HIT THE TREE AS THERE WAS NO PLACE TO GO. THE FRONT BUMPER WAS KNOCKED BACK APP 4 INCHES WRAPPED THE FRAME OF TRUCK. THE AIR BAG NEVER DEPLOYED. THIS WAS A 2014 GMC BAD LANDER EDITION. IT STAYED IN SHOP IN OKC OK FOR 3 MONTHS AT FORGUSON DODGE. I BELIEVE THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED AND I HAVE A HURT BACK NOW BECAUSE I HIT THE ROOF IN MY SEATBELT.

ON OR ABOUT 4 APRIL, 2017 I EXPERIENCED AN ALARM WHILE DRIVING MY 2014 GMC SIERRA. WHILE TRAVELING BETWEEN CONROE TX AND PLANO TX, I RECEIVED A WARNING STEERING STABILITY. THE ALARM CLEARED SO I CHECKED MY OWNERS MANUAL AND IT SAID TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER IF IT DIDN'T CLEAR. I USED ONSTAR AND HAD A DIAGNOSIS DONE ON THE TRUCK. THEY REPORTED NO PROBLEMS. THE NEXT DAY THE TRUCK SHUT DOWN, IN THE MIDDLE OF MAKING A U TURN. MY DAUGHTER THOUGHT SHE HAD KNOCKED IT OUT OF GEAR BUT COULDN'T GET IT TO START UNTIL SHE TURNED IT OFF AND BACK ON. THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN (THIS TIME TO MY WIFE) TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT. SHE TOOK IT TO A GMC DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. THEY FOUND A BROKEN GEAR IN THE ELECTRONIC POWER ASSIST ASSEMBLY. WE HEARD THAT OUR VEHICLE HAD A RECALL # 17276, FOR PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING. I THEN TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK AND HAD THE COMPUTER UPDATED TO PREVENT THE PROBLEM. I THEN ASK FOR A REIMBURSEMENT FOR HAVING TO HAVE THE STEERING MODULE AND NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE REPLACED. I CONTEND THAT, AT THE TIME, THE CAUSE OF THE STEERING PROBLEM CAUSING THE TRUCK TO DIE. WHEN I ASK A TECHNICIAN AT MCKINNEY IF THE RECALL WAS FOR THE PROBLEM, HE SAID: NO THAT IS JUST TO CHANGE AN ERROR IN THE COMPUTER. BACK IN APRIL, THE ONLY THING THEY COULD DO TO POSSIBLY PREVENT THE STALLING WAS TO LOOK FOR SOMETHING LIKE A POWER PROBLEM. BEFORE I TOOK THE TRUCK IN I HAD NO INDICATION OF POWER PROBLEMS AND I WAS NEVER TOLD HOW THE NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE WENT BAD, ONLY THAT IT HAPPENS AND THE TRUCK WAS OUT OF THE 36 MO WARRANTY. I CHECKED ON THE INTERNET TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE WAS HAVING THE PROBLEM AND WHAT THE SOLUTION TO IT WAS? I SAW SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE HAVING THE PROBLEM, BUT NOBODY KNEW WHAT EXACTLY CAUSED IT. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO BE FULLY REIMBURSED FOR THE REPAIRS MADE REFERENCING THE RECALL #17276. *JS

2014 GMC SIERRA CURRENTLY WITH 45,000 MILES. VEHICLE SPENT 40+ DAYS AT DEALERSHIP IN 2016 FOR VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 69-72 MPH THEY COULD NOT FIX DURING 6 DIFFERENT SERVICE VISITS. IT WAS UNDER 3 YEAR/36K MILE WARRANTY AT THE TIME. BEGAN AT 22,000 MILES. IN NOV. 2017 VEHICLE BEGAN LOSING POWER STEERING AT SPEEDS UNDER 3 MPH, ESPECIALLY IN REVERSE. ALSO SERVICE STABILITRAK LIGHT HAS COME ON RANDOMLY AT LOW SPEEDS. PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT BUT IS NOW BECOMING AN ALMOST DAILY OCCURRANCE. AFRAID THIS WILL LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS ALREADY. RADIO HAS ALSO TURNED OFF ON ITS ON ABOUT 5 TIMES IN THE LAST 60 DAYS. IT WILL NOT TURN BACK ON UNTIL VEHICLE IS RE-STARTED. RELATED OR UNRELATED, WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT AND APPLYING BRAKE PEDAL I NOTICE A 1/2 SECOND DIMMING OF HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS BEFORE THEY RETURN TO NORMAL BRIGHTNESS. BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR TESTED FINE BY DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP SAYS VEHICLE VIN IS NOT SUBJECT TO ANY RECALLS. DEALERSHIP WANTS ME TO REPLACE POWER STEERING GEAR FOR $2,500 WHICH THEY "THINK" MIGHT FIX THE PROBLEM. DON'T WANT TO SPEND $2,500 WITHOUT CERTAINTY IT IS THE PROBLEM.

AT 70,000 MILES, AND 30 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING IT NEW, THE AIR CONDITIONING STOPPED WORKING DUE TO A FAULTY CONDENSER. AFTER INVESTIGATING THIS PROBLEM I FOUND OUT THAT THERE IS AN EXTREMELY HIGH FAILURE RATE OF GMC TRUCKS FOR THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. IT IS A WELL KNOWN DEFECT PER SEVERAL GM DEALERS WHO ARE LEFT TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM. A BRACKET TO SECURE THE A/C LINE WAS NEVER INSTALLED WHEN VEHICLE WAS BUILT, CAUSING MOVEMENT IN THE LINE WHICH EVENTUALLY CAN RUIN THE CONDENSER, AC LINE AND COMPRESSOR. I ASKED GM DEALER TO FIX UNDER WARRANTY BUT WAS TOLD THAT THE REPAIR WOULD NOT BE DONE UNDER WARRANTY. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE, AS THE DEFECT IS WIDESPREAD IN MANY OF THEIR LIGHT TRUCKS. I WAS FORCED TO REPAIR AT MY OWN EXPENSE WHEN THIS IS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT

THE FIRST TIME I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND I HIT THE BRAKES AND THE DIC SAID SERVICE STABILITRAK AND A FEW OTHER THINGS AND I LOST CONTROL OF STEERING AND MY CRUISE WOULDN'T WORK FOR A MINUTE THE SECOND TIME I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND I GASES ON IT AND THE WHOLE TRUCK SHUTOFF AND BACK ON BUT I LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING AGAIN THEN I TURNED IN MY DRIVEWAY AND LOST ALL STEERING AND ALL POWER AND THE TRUCK DIED I HAD TO TURN THE KEY 2 OR 3 TIMES AND IF FINALLY STARTED IT LOST ALL POWER IT RESET MY CLOCK AND EVERYTHING ON MY RADIO AND DIC

THE HEADLIGHTS ON THIS PICKUP MAKE DRIVING AT NIGHT IN RURAL SOUTH DAKOTA ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE AND EVEN DANGEROUS. I HAVE OWNED THIS TRUCK FOR ONLY 2 WEEKS AND FOUND IN ORDER TO DRIVE AT NIGHT I HAVE TO HAVE THE FOG LIGHTS ON TO SEE, AND EVEN THAN IT IS NOT MUCH BETTER. THE BRIGHTS HELP NONE. CAN'T EVEN TELL WHEN THEY ARE ON VRS NOT. THERE HAS TO BE A FIX OR SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO FIX THIS. DRIVING AT NIGHT IS DANGEROUS.