1999 GMC SIERRA 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, HE HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE IN THE DRIVE SHAFT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL TANK STRAPS WERE FRACTURED. BOTH STRAPS WERE REPLACED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 101,000. UPDATED 1/17/13 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE REAR FUEL STRAP HAD BROKEN AND WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE DRIVE SHAFT. THE FRONT STRAP WAS RUSTED, BUT NOT BROKEN. BOTH WERE REPLACED AT HIS EXPENSE. UPDATED 01/24/13

EXCESSIVE RUST BUILD UP ON BRAKE ROTORS AND CALIPERS. ROTORS & PADS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED IN MAR., 2007 AFTER DRIVING 40,000 MILES. NEEDED REPLACEMENT AGAIN IN OCT., 2009 AFTER ONLY DRIVING 14,000 ADDITIONAL MILES. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED AND WAS REPLACED IN JUNE, 2011 AT 58,000 MILES. DEALER ADVISED NO RECALL ON THIS MODEL, ALTHOUGH IDENTICAL INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS FOR NEWER VEHICLES HAD BEEN RECALLED AND WERE BEING REPLACED AT NO CHARGE. *TR

PUT VEHICLE IN GEAR , NO BRAKE PEDAL .... BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND FAILED......... HAD ALL 5 LINES REPLACED......... *TR

I WAS COMING UPON A RED LIGHT BEHIND OTHER TRAFFIC. I STEPPED DOWN ON THE BRAKES TO STOP, AND THE PEDDLE FELT SPONGY. I TRIED PUMPING THEM, THEN NOTHING. I AVOIDED HITTING THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME BY SWERVING ACROSS INTO THE OTHER LANE AND PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT, WERE I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT NEVER CAME ON, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHILE IT WAS A TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE, I THOUGHT THAT'S WHY THERE IS A DUAL RESERVOIR, AND THERE WAS STILL PLENTY OF FLUID IN BOTH. UPON INSPECTION, I SAW THE BRAKE LINES WERE ALL SEVERELY CORRODED, AND THE ONE GOING TO THE REAR BRAKES WAS SPLIT. I KNOW I LIVE IN MICHIGAN, AND THE TRUCK IS RUSTY(THANKS AGAIN GM) BUT I HAVE CARS OVER 40 YEARS OLD WITH ORIGINAL LINES ON THEM WITH ABSOLUTELY NO CORROSION ON THEM. THIS IS A SUBSTANDARD PART, THAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BEFORE MORE PEOPLE ARE INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

POWER STEERING SUDDENLY GOES INTO MAX ASSIST WHEN MAKING GRADUAL TURNS CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO JERK OUT OF YOUR HANDS AND ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE SWERVED ALL OVER THE FREEWAY UNTIL IT COULD BE STOPPED. APPARENTLY GM IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM SINCE THEY MAKE A BYPASS KIT (P/N 19168825) TO ELIMINATE THE FAULTY ACTUATOR MOUNTED ON THE POWER STEERING PUMP BUT THEY WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL EVEN THOUGH THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD. GM EXPECTS YOU TO BUY A $70 KIT TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING RANDOM INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH MY SUBURBAN FOR THE LAST 8-9 YRS. *TR *JS

AS I WAS APPROACHING A STOPLIGHT, MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I LIMPED IT AROUND THE CORNER AND FOUND A HOLE IN A HARD BRAKE LINE. I HAD IT REPAIRED BY A CERTIFIED MECHANIC. NOW A SECOND RUPTURE HAS OCCURRED. THIS SEEMS TO BE A RESULT OF CORROSION. *TR

STOPPED IN MY DRIVEWAY TO GET NEWSPAPER AND MAIL. I GOT BACK INTO THE TRUCK AND APPLIED THE BRAKE TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I COASTED UP THE DRIVEWAY AND WAS ABLE TO STOP. WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK THERE WAS A TRAIL OF BRAKE FLUID. THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE DRIVER'S SEAT AREA, WHERE THE BRAKE LINE ATTACHED TO THE ABS PUMP. MY MECHANIC HAD TO REPLACE ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES. *JB

I HAVE SEVERE FRAME RUST TO THE POINT WHERE THE FRAME HAS A CRACK HALFWAY AROUND IT NEAR THE REAR SUSPENSION. THE FACTORY MOUNTED TOW HITCH LITERALLY BROKE COMPLETELY OFF OF THE FRAME DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF RUST THAT WAS BUILT UP AROUND THE WELDS WHILE I WAS TOWING MY CAMPER, LUCKILY I HAD JUST MADE IT HOME FROM A TRIP FROM CAMPING WHEN THIS OCCURRED. I CAN LITERALLY PEEL OFF 1/8" THICK PIECES OF RUST AT A TIME, THE TRUCK IS NO LONGER OPERABLE DUE TO THE SAFETY ASPECT, I HAVE NEVER SEEN RUST LIKE THIS ON ANY VEHICLE, EVEN ONES THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND THE OCEAN AND SALT, AFTER READING MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES WITH THESE PARTICULAR MODEL AND YEAR TRUCKS RANGING FROM 1999-CURRENT I HAVE DECIDED TO FILE A COMPLAINT, MAYBE IF YOUR ADMINISTRATION GETS ENOUGH OF THESE COMPLAINTS SOMETHING CAN BE DONE TO CORRECT THE ISSUE AND HOPEFULLY GM WILL DO SOMETHING TO COMPENSATE SO MANY OF THEIR DISAPPOINTED CUSTOMERS OR BETTER YET FIX THE ISSUE, THIS WILL BE THE LAST GM TRUCK I PURCHASE DUE TO THEIR NEGLIGENCE AND AFTER READING 100'S OF COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME ISSUE GM DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE THEY JUST GIVE THE RUN AROUND JUST LIKE WHEN I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY VEHICLES IN THE PAST UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

UPON LEAVING MY DRIVEWAY TO THE FIRST INTERSECTION THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOORBOARD. I GOT THE TRUCK HOME AND PARKED IT. I THOUGHT THE ANTI-LOCK PART WAS PROBABLY THE PROBLEM. EXPENSIVE AS THAT PART IS I JUST LET THE TRUCK SIT. ONE DAY I LEFT A PIECE OF CARDBOARD UNDER THE TRUCK AND ISOLATED THE LEAK TO TWO RUSTED OUT LINES AT THE PLASTIC CLIP ON THE FRAME. THIS AREA MUST HOLD MOISTURE AND DOESN'T DRY-OUT, ALLOWING IT TO RUST. *TR

THE SEAT LATCHES THAT HOLD THE SEATS IN PLACE WHICH ARE MADE OF PLASTIC BREAK AND THE SEAT SLIDES BACK AND FORTH (ALL THE WAY BACK AND ALL THE WAY FORWARD TOWARD THE STEERING WHEEL). THE LATCHES ON MY 1999 GMC SIERRA PICK UP TRUCK BROKE IN 2000 WHEN THE TRUCK ONLY HAD ABOUT 3700 MILES ON IT. GMC CORP. HAS DENIED THE PROBLEM AND REFUSES TO TALK TO ME ABOUT FIXING THE PROBLEM. IT IS A REALLY BAD SAFETY HAZARD SINCE THEY COULD BREAK AT ANY TIME AND WOULD SLAM YOU FORWARD IF YOU STEP ON THE BRAKES AND BACKWARD WHEN YOU ACCELERATE. I ASK THE DEALER ABOUT FIXING IT BUT THEY REFUSED, SAYING IT WOULD COST $600.00 OR MORE JUST BUY THE FRAME FOR THE SEAT. SO IT HAS BEEN TIED WITH BAILING WIRE EVER SINCE TO HOLD IT IN PLACE. IS THERE A RECALL? *TR