2015 GMC SIERRA 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SQUEAK AND SHAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FERGUSON GMC IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA TWICE WHERE ROUTINE SERVICE WAS PERFORMED. IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT DIRT AND DEBRIS BETWEEN THE LEAF SPRINGS CAUSED SQUEAKING NOISES. THE DEALER CLEANED AND LUBRICATED THE LEAF SPRING PADS AND STATED THAT THE NOISE WAS NOT PRESENT AFTER THE INITIAL REPAIR. UPON TAKING A TEST DRIVE, THE NOISE FROM THE LEAF SPRINGS ENSUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE OPERATED THE WAY IT WAS DESIGNED. IN ADDITION, THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, THE FAILURE WOULD BE CONSIDERED A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT FOR WHICH THE CONTACT WOULD BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE. AN UNKNOWN TSB WAS ISSUED REGARDING THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000.

WHEN DRIVING IN RURAL AREAS AT NIGHT HEADLIGHTS ONLY ILLUMINATE OUT ABOUT 100 FEET IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE CREATING A BLACK LINE WITH ALMOST NO VISIBILITY ABOVE THE LINE AND EXTREMELY LIMITED SIDE VISIBILITY WHICH CREATES A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM WHEN TURNING IN EITHER DIRECTION AT AN INTERSECTION AND MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO SPOT ANIMALS, PEDESTRIANS OR BICYCLISTS.

I WAS RIDING ON THE FREEWAY AND SOMEONE FLAGGED ME DOWN AND SAID YOU CAR IS ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS BETWEEN THE CAB AND THE BED OF THE TRUCK ON 3/22/2017. ON 4/11/2017 IS BEGAN TO SMELL OF SMOKE WHENEVER I CRANK. THE SMELL IS COMING THROUGH THE VENTS. ALSO THE VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION BECAUSE OF THE EMISSIONS FOR THE PAST 4 MONTHS. I AM PAYING A NOTE ON THIS VEHICLE MONTHLY AND AM NOT ABLE TO USE IT. I CAN'T GET IT INSPECTED AND THE REGISTRATION IS OUT THEREFORE I CANNOT DRIVE IT.

HAS HAD AN ISSUE WITH ACCESSORIES FLASHING OFF AND BACK ON. REPORTED IT TO A GMC DEALER AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE BUT SAID THAT THE BATTERY WAS BAD AND MOST LIKELY WHAT WAS CAUSING IT. IT DID FINE FOR A WHILE THEN BEGAN DOING IT AGAIN. THIS TIME HOWEVER IT CAUSED A LOSS IN POWER STEERING AND I ENDED UP IN THE DITCH. LATER IT DID IT IN A PARKING LOT AND WAS ABLE TO VIDEO TAPE IT. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND SHOWED THEM THE VIDEO. THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE FOR 4 DAYS WHILE I WAS PAYING FOR A RENTAL BECAUSE MINE WASN'T SAFE TO DRIVE. ON THE FOURTH DAY I PROVIDED THEM WITH A SERVICE BULLETIN I FOUND THAT ADDRESSED THE ISSUE AS BEING A FLUCTUATION IN POWER AND FOR THEM TO CHECK THE CABLES AND DO A DROP LOAD TEST. THEY DID AND IT FAILED. I THEN HAD TO PAY 376.00 TO REPLACE THEM PLUS HAVING TO PAY FOR A RENTAL AFTER ASKING FOR A LOANER. THIS IS A PROBLEM A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING. JUST A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH MAKES THAT PLAIN. GM ISN'T WANTING TO ADMIT IT. I HAVE THE VIDEO BUT I DON'T THINK IT WILL ALLOW ME TO UPLOAD IT TO THE FORM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN THE REVERSE POSITION, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LUTHER FAMILY GMC TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

GMC UPGRADED THE HEADLAMPS AS A "FIX" FOR THE EXTREMELY POOR SIDE AND FORWARD ILLUMINATION BY THE VEHICLE. THE "FIX" IS STILL SUCH A POOR EXCUSE FOR HEADLAMP ILLUMINATION THAT WE KEEP FROM DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT NIGHT AS A "SAFETY" REASON. THE POOR PERFORMANCE CONTINUES AND THE DEALERSHIP HAS EXHAUSTED WHAT GMC/GM IS WILLING TO DO AND IS NOT THE DEALERSHIPS PROBLEM BUT GM'S. I WOULD SEND A PHOTO OF THE POOR HEADLIGHT PERFORMANCE BUT YOU CAN'T SEE IT AS IT WAS ON A RAINY NIGHT AND THE HEADLAMPS THEN ARE EVEN WORSE. WHAT A POOR EXCUSE FOR A FIX. GMC/GM FIXED THE ISSUES IN THE 2016 AND 2017 BUT DUE TO THE COST OF REWORKING THE TRUCKS THEY SOLD IN 2014 AND 2015 THEY HIDE BEHIND THE SORRY FIX THEY MAKE THE DEALERS TRY TO MAKE THE CUSTOMERS GO AWAY.

BACKING BOAT DOWN BOAT RAMP (NOT A STEEP RAMP) IN TRAILER MODE, BRAKING DID NOT STOP VEHICLE. PUMPED PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES, USED LOTS OF FORCE ON PEDAL. BECAUSE OF SLOW SPEED AND INCREASED EFFORT, THE VEHICLE DID STOP. PULLED FORWARD AND REPEATED AT SLOWER REVERSE SPEED AND SAME POOR BRAKING. DRY CONDITIONS, BRAKES DRY, DID NOT PUT REAR WHEELS IN WATER. HAVE NOT HAD A REPEATED EVENT. DEALER INDICATED THAT SERVICE BULLETIN PIT5361B APPLIES, BUT BECAUSE OF MILEAGE IT IS NOT WARRANTY. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL.

MY TRUCK SUFFERS FROM VIBRATION PROBLEMS, THE SAME THING THAT 10,837 OTHER POSTS FROM OTHER PEOPLE SUFFERING THE SAME PROBLEM ARE TALKING ABOUT ON THIS FORUM. HTTP://WWW.GM-TRUCKS.COM/FORUMS/TOPIC/153186-SHAKE-OR-VIBRATION-ISSUES/PAGE-723 THIS FORUM HAS BEEN VIEWED OVER 1.5 MILLION TIMES WHICH MEANS A TON OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A RISK TO MOTOR VECHICLE SAFETY AND ABSOLUTELY EXISTS IN A GROUP OF VECHICLES OF THE SAME DESIGN OR MANUFACTURE. THE PROBLEMS THIS SHAKE PRESENTS THAT POSE A DANGER ARE VIBRATIONS SO SIGNIFICANT THAT IT CAN CAUSE DRIVER DISTRACTION, FATIGUE ON LONG TRIPS, POTENTIAL LOSS OF CONTROL, NOT TO MENTION LONG TERM HEALTH EFFECTS FROM VIBRATION EXPOSURE. THE HEALTH EFFECTS DEFINED ARE AS FOLLOWS: "THE EFFECTS OF WHOLE BODY VIBRATION (WBV) HAVE BEEN STUDIED EXTENSIVELY IN OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE. IN PARTICULAR, IT HAS BEEN SHOWN THAT WHEN THE BODY UNDERGOES CHRONICALLY TO WHOLE BODY VIBRATIONS SPINAL DEGENERATION IS LIKELY TO BE ONE OF THE DELETERIOUS OUTCOMES. LOW BACK PAIN HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE THE LEADING MAJOR CAUSE OF INDUSTRIAL DISABILITY IN THE POPULATION UNDER THE AGE OF 45 YEARS AND HAS BEEN LINKED TO WHOLE BODY VIBRATION EXPOSURE ENCOUNTERED IN SOME INDUSTRIAL SETTINGS. WHOLE BODY VIBRATION HAS BEEN RECENTLY PURPOSED AS AN EXERCISE INTERVENTION SUGGESTING ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN INCREASING FORCE-GENERATING CAPACITY IN LOWER LIMBS AND LOW BACK. IT HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED TO BE AN EFFECTIVE NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTION FOR PATIENTS WITH LOW BACK PAIN. RELATIVELY SHORT EXPOSURE TO WHOLE BODY VIBRATION HAS BEEN ALSO SHOWN TO INCREASE THE SERUM LEVELS OF TESTOSTERONE AND GROWTH HORMONE. THE COMBINED EFFECTS ON THE NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEM SEEM TO SUGGEST ITS EFFECTIVENESS AS A THERAPEUTIC APPROACH FOR SARCOPENIA AND POSSIBLY OSTEOPOROSIS."

I OWN A 2015 GMC SIERRA. I BELIEVE THE HEADLIGHTS ARE TOO DIM. A FEW DAYS AFTER PURCHASING MY TRUCK NEW OFF THE LOT I MISSED TURNING ON MY STREET (THAT I HAVE LIVED ON FOR 3 YEARS) BECAUSE I WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE THE SIGN OR THE ROAD PROPERLY. I ENDED UP IN MY NEIGHBOR'S DITCH. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO DAMAGE, BUT I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING AT NIGHT ON FAMILIAR ROADS DUE TO THE INSUFFICIENT AMOUNT LIGHT THE HEADLIGHTS PRODUCE. THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AFTER DARK ON A RESIDENTIAL ROAD WITH 35 MPH SPEED LIMITS. THERE WAS NOT ANY ADDITIONAL STREET LIGHTING AROUND TO PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL LIGHTING.

HEAD LIGHTS ARE DIM BOTH HIGH AND LOW BEAM .IN TRAFFIC AT NIGHT IN THE RAIN ON THE HIGHWAY CAN NOT SEE LANES .SIDE VISION THERE IS NONE .ON HILLY BACK ROADS VISION IS LIMITED .LOW BEAM YOU GO IN A DIP LIGHTS ARE IN THE GROUND GOING UP OTHER SIDE LIGHTS ARE IN THE TREES. HIGH BEAMS ARE IN THE TREE TOPS .ONLY 1 BULB ADJUST IS LIMITED.