2014 GMC SIERRA 1500 Complaints

THE BASIC DESIGN OF THE HEADLIGHTS DOES NOT ALLOW FOR A SUFFICIENT LEVEL OF LIGHTING TO SAFELY OPERATE THE VEHICLE AT NIGHT. THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO LATERAL LIGHTING, AND THE HEADLIGHTS DO NOT ILLUMINATE THE WAY FORWARD, THEY ONLY DROP A SHUTTER IN FRONT OF THE LIGHTS WHEN ONE SWITCHES FROM LOW BEAM TO HIGH. THERE IS NO INCREASE IN LIGHT INTENSITY OR VOLUME WHEN SWITCHING TO BRIGHT LIGHTS. RECALL AND FIX!!!!!!

POWER STEERING FAILED INTERMITTENTLY, TWO DIFFERENT OCASSIONS. ONCE WAS WHILE TURNING LEFT AT A LOW SPEED. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME EXTREMELY STIFF AND STARTED VIBRATING WHEN I TRIED TO TURN THE WHEEL. THE POWER STEERING CAME BACK APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES LATER. AFTER DRIVING FINE FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES, THE STEERING FAILURE HAPPENED AGAIN, THIS TIME WITH A "SERVICE POWER STEERING" MESSAGE ON THE DASH DISPLAY. CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY WILL FIX, BUT QUITE FRUSTRATING FOR A VEHICLE WITH A LITTLE OVER 30,000 MILES THAT I HAVE HAD FOR LESS THAN TWO MONTHS.

VERY DIM HEADLIGHTS CAUSING DIFFICULTY DRIVING AT NIGHT AND IN RAINY WEATHER. 2014 GMC SIERRA WITH 13000 MILES.PURCHASED TRUCK IN MARCH OF 2015 NOTICED LIGHTING ISSUE FIRST TIME I DROVE AT NIGHT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE STEERING SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000.

THE POOR HEADLIGHTS IN THIS VEHICLE PREVENT IT FROM BEING SAFELY OPERATED AFTER DARK.

STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, AS IF IT WERE IN PARK, WHILE I WAS DRIVING. SEAT BELT LIGHT AND ALARM ACTIVATED (I WAS WEARING SEAT BELT) AND WRENCH ICON APPEARED ON INSTRUMENT DISPLAY. AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE LOCK DISENGAGED AND THE ICON DISAPPEARED AND I WAS ABLE TO TURN. I DID SOME ONLINE RESEARCH AND APPARENTLY THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED TO OTHERS. I DO NOT WANT MY OR MY FAMILY'S SAFETY JEOPARDIZED BY THIS DESIGN FLAW (THE STEERING LOCK CAN ENGAGE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN GEAR AND IN MOTION!!!) SO I AM HAVING MY MECHANIC DISABLE THE LOCK.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V651000 (AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS) AND 16V209000 (SEAT BELTS). THE DEALER SCHEDULED A REPAIR, BUT WHEN THE CONTACT ARRIVED AT THE DEALER, HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NEED TO BE KEPT FOR 5 TO 7 DAYS. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO SIGN A WAIVER TO RELEASE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER PROVIDED NO ACCOMMODATIONS FOR A LOANER VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM GMC THAT THE FLEXIBLE STEEL CABLE THAT CONNECTS THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT TO THE OUTBOARD SIDE OF THE SEAT (THE "TENSIONER CABLE") CAN FATIGUE AND SEPARATE OVER TIME AS A RESULT OF OCCUPANT MOVEMENT INTO THE DRIVER'S SEAT. I RECEIVED A SECOND NOTICE THAT THE PARTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO REPAIR MY VEHICLE. I SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT ACCORDINGLY AND CHECKED WITH THE DEALER PRIOR TO ARRIVAL. I HAVE NOW BEEN WAITING FOR WELL OVER 2 HOURS AND I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THE PART IS NOT IN STOCK AND THE RECALL CAN NOT BE FIXED. I HAVE ATTACHED THE WORK ORDER AND MY RECEIPT WHICH SHOWS THAT THE WORK WAS PERFORMED WHEN IN FACT IT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED. I AM NOW AT RISK AND HAVE NO TRUST IN THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTER.

THE PROBLEM STARTED WHILE BACKING A TRAILER AND TURNING. THE STABILTRACK LIGHT CAME ON AND THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED OUT OF MY HAND. IT HAPPENED A FEW MORE TIMES AND THEN THE TRUCK DIED. LATER WHILE DRIVING THE STABILITRACK LIGHT WOULD FLASH ON AND THE DIC WOULD GO BLACK. THE A.C. WOULD ALSO GO OUT AND COME BACK ON. IT WOULD ALSO DO THIS WHEN TURNING ON THE SIGNAL LIGHT OR STEPPING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. I WAS IN A PARKING LOT TODAY DRIVING SLOWLY AND THE ST MESSAGE CAME THEN THE DIC WENT BLACK AGAIN. WHEN I TRIED TO TURN THE WHEEL IT STARTED JERKING BACK AND PULLED OUT OF MY HAND. IT SEEMS THAT SHUTTING THE TRUCK OFF AND RESTARTING SOLVES THE PROBLEM FOR A DAY OR TWO. THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE ISSUE AND I HAVE SEEN AND READ MANY COMPLAINTS. I HAVE BEEN A HUGE FAN OF GM AND ALL I HAVE EVER OWNED WERE GM VEHICLES, BUT THIS ISSUE IS MAKING ME WONDER IF I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT A FORD INSTEAD. IT SEEMS THAT GM IS NOT WORRIED ABOUT RECALLING BECAUSE OF THIS SAFETY ISSUE, WHICH THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINING OF THE SAME THING, AND MY WARRANTY IS ABOUT TO RUN OUT.

GM SEAT BELT RECALL WAS PERFORMED BUT THE DEALER AT GM'S DIRECTION HACKED THE INTERIOR TRIM PIECE TO CORRECT DEFECT. THIS IS A DIFFERENT FIX THAN THEY PERFORM ON THE UNSOLD MODELS AND IS NOT ACCEPTABLE OR ETHICAL ON A TRUCK THAT COST +30,000.00