2015 GMC SIERRA 1500 Complaints

I WAS DRIVING DOWN I20 IN DALLAS IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, THE TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY BUT MOVING AT 70 MILES AN HOUR. I SAW BRAKE LIGHTS IN FROM OF ME, WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS HARD, I COULD NOT PRESS IT WITH ONE FOOT AND I COULD NOT SLOW DOWN. I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN BY PUTTING BOTH FEET ON THE PEDAL WITH ALL MY WEIGHT IT FELT LIKE IT WAS FOREVER BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE UNABLE TO STOP.I DROVE ANOTHER 15 MINUTES GOING VERY SLOW AND SCARED. PARKED MY TRUCK IN THE DRIVE AND HAD A TOW TRUCK PULL IT TO THE DEALERSHIP CLOSEST TO MY HOUSE. MY TRUCK ONLY HAS 58,000. I REALLY WAS SCARED FOR MY LIFE IF YOU HAVE EVER DRIVEN IN RUSH HOUR DALLAS TRAFFIC YOU UNDERSTAND . I COULD HAVE LOST MY LIFE OR BE SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME TODAY THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF THIS ISSUE. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY DOUBT GMC CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID WAS A VACUUM PUMP ON THE BREAKS. I LOOKED ON LINE AND OTHERS HAVE REPORTED THIS SAME ISSUE. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. STILL SHAKING OVER THE INCIDENT . I HOPE THIS PROBLEM IS ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED

WHEN TURNING OR BACKING UP AT SLOW SPEEDS STEERING IS LOST OR THE WHEEL JERKS VIOLENTLY. THERE ARE CHIMES AND MESSAGES DISPLAYED FOR STABILLITRAKAND ANTI-THEFT WARNING. MESSAGE TO ROLL THE WINDOW ALL THE WAY DOWN AND UP WILL ALSO APPEAR VEHICLE ELECTRICAL POWER IS AFFECTED. THE SYSTEM SEEMS TO KEEP RESETTING. ALL POWER WILL BE LOST AND VEHICLE WILL NOT START.

AC CONDENSER HAD TO BE REPLACE DUE TO LEAK. FAULTY DESIGN & INSTALLATION. GM ALREADY RECALLED 2014 MODELS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. CONDENSER LINE BRACKET MOUNT DOES NOT ALLOW THE LINE TO FLEX, THUS MAKING CRACK IN CONDENSER. REPAIRED BY THE DEALER AT A COST OF $775.61.

HEADLIGHTS ARE VERY DIM, HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS RAINING. MUST USE FOG LAMPS AT ALL TIMES TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE VISION. CONTACTED GM AND DEALER ABOUT ISSUE, HAVE CLAIM NUMBER. THEY SAY TRUCK IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY TO DO ANYTHING.

NIGHT TIME VISION IS COMPROMISED DUE TO POOR HEADLIGHT ILLUMINATION, MOST NOTABLE IN AREAS OF LOW AMBIENT LIGHTING OR RAIN. THIS HAS BEEN PRESENT SINCE PURCHASED NEW. TRUCK HEADLIGHT BULBS WERE UPDATED UNDER GENERAL MOTORS SERVICE BULLETIN PIT5374B AT LOCAL GMC DEALER WHERE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. CHARGE FOR THIS UPDATE WAS $149.21. WHILE I DO NOT HOLD THE DEALER RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS CHARGE, I DO FEEL THE SUBSTANDARD LIGHTS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A MANDATORY SAFETY ISSUE AND DEALT WITH AS SUCH

HEADLIGHT QUALITY HEADLIGHT QUALITY IS VERY POOR,SIDE LIGHTING AND DISTANCE LIGHTING ARE TERRIBLE. GM ISSUED A TSB BUT NO RECALL FOR PEOPLE WHO COMPLAINED ABOUT THE HEADLIGHTS.I PURCHASED AT 37K SO AM BEYOND THE 3YR/36K. I AM LOOKING INTO AFTER MARKET FIXES FOR THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED IN THE 2016 MODELS.

BOUGHT SET OF FOUR DYNAPRO HT P255 70R17 TIRES. HAD TO TAKE THEM IN FOR RE-BALANCING THREE TIMES DUE TO ROUGH BUMPY RIDE. THIRD RE-BALANCING WAS TO A DIFFERENT DEALER THAN THE ORIGINAL SELLER. HE SAID TIRES WERE BADLY "OUT OF ROUND". ORIGINAL DEALER REPLACED TIRES WITH MICHELIN. HAD TO HAVE THESE TIRES 'ROAD FORCE BALANCED' AND PROBLEM WAS SOLVED.

BRAKES LOOSE BOOST AT IDLE AFTER TOWING TRAILER. I TOWED A HEAVY TRAILER AND THEN DROPPED IT IN MY YARD. WHEN I WENT TO MOVE MY TRUCK DOWN MY DRIVEWAY AND INTO MY GARAGE I HAD NO BRAKE BOOST UNLESS I REVVED THE ENGINE.

VEHICLE HAD A FIRE STARTING IN THE DASHBOARD AREA BEHIND INSTRUMENT CLUSTER I THINK. IT TOOK LESS THAN 15 MINUTES FROM THE SMELL OF AND ISSUE TO FLAMES VISIBLE. I NOTICED THE GAUGES BECOMING ERRATIC THAN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WITH WHAT FELT LIKE THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE KICKING IN AND OUT FOLLOWED BY THE MOTOR RUNNING POORLY. I PULLED OVER, TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AS THE SMOKE STARTED. THAN DIALED 911.. TROOPER WAS THERE IN 6 MINUTES WITH FIRE DEPARTMENT SHORTLY AFTER. I WAS ON A HIGHWAY TRAVELING ABOUT 70 MPH. THERE WERE QUITE A FEW POTHOLES AS THIS WAS WINTER TIME. LIGHTS WERE ON, CRUISE WAS ON, HEATED SEATS AND STEERING WHEEL WERE ON, RADIO WAS ON, PHONE AND LAPTOP WERE CHARGING ( LAPTOP UTILIZING 110 OUTLET IN TRUCK).

AC CONDENSER UNIT STARTS LEAKING AND VEHICLE AC STOPS BLOWING COOL AIR. THIS MAY ONLY SEEM LIKE A INCONVENIENCE, BUT HERE IN THE SOUTH SUMMERS ARE UNBEARABLE WITHOUT AC. OCCUPANTS OF VEHICLES COULD EASILY SUCCUMB TO HEAT EXHAUSTION. IT COULD BE DIFFICULT FOR THE DRIVER TO KEEP SWEAT OUT OF HIS OR HER EYES. THIS INCONVENIENCE COULD LEAD TO DISTRACTED/DISGRUNTLED DRIVING. THERE ARE ACTUALLY A NUMBER OF REASON THAT THIS COULD POSE A SERIOUS SAFETY RISK. GM IS WELL AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND HAS FAILED TO PROPERLY ADDRESS THE SITUATION. I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT MY AC WASN'T WORKING UNTIL MY VEHICLE HAD 37,000 MILES ON IT. I'M POSITIVE THAT IT TOOK LONGER THAN THE FEW DAYS BETWEEN ME BEING AT 36,000 AND 37,000 MILES FOR THE REFRIGERANT TO COMPLETELY EXIT THE SYSTEM AND THE AIR TO NOT WORK. GM HAS OFFERED A HALF-HEARTED GOODWILL REPAIR THAT IS STILL JUST SHY OF $600. THIS HAS BEEN A KNOWN ISSUE FOR GM FOR YEARS AND IS NOT ONLY NEGLIGENT, SELLING ME THIS VEHICLE IN NOVEMBER OF 2015 ESSENTIALLY CONSTITUTES FRAUD.