2014 GMC SIERRA 1500 Complaints

THE HEADLIGHTS ARE TO DIM , IT IS HARD TO SEE ,THEY DO NOT PROJECT VERY FAR .THE WORST HEADLIGHTS I HAVE EVER HAD

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A MANUFACTURER RECALL CONCERNING THE TRAILER HITCH. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD ONLY BEEN SENDING 1 TO 2 PARTS EVERY TWO WEEKS AND THAT THE CONTACT WAS PLACED ON A WAITING LIST DUE TO THE PARTS BEING ON BACK ORDER. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A SPECIFIC TIME FRAME.

THE HEADLIGHTS ON THIS TRUCK ARE INADEQUATE FOR DRIVING AT NIGHT. IF IT'S RAINING AT NIGHT, I WON'T DRIVE IT. I BOUGHT A NEW TRUCK FROM GMC , IT'S UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT, AND GMC SHOULD FIX IT !!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING SEIZED AND THE STABILITRAK WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 35,000 THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

THIS IS IN REGARDS TO SAFETY RECALL 15822 (HTTP://WWW-ODI.NHTSA.DOT.GOV/ACMS/CS/JAXRS/DOWNLOAD/DOC/UCM517394/RCSB-16V209-2391.PDF) FOR GM SIERRA 1500 TRUCKS. THE REPAIR IS EXTREMELY POOR AND REQUIRES THE DEALERSHIP TO MUTILATE AN INTERIOR PIECE OF THE VEHICLE BY CUTTING IT WITH A RAZOR BLADE. I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THIS SAFETY RECALL COMPLETED IF I KNEW AHEAD OF TIME HOW POORLY GM WOULD HAVE MADE THE REPAIRS. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND, THIS EXPERIENCE IS SHARED BY EVERYONE WHO HAS HAD THIS RECALL PERFORMED, AND MANY PEOPLE ARE OPTING OUT DUE TO THE POOR HANDLING BY GM. ALSO, TO MAKE THINGS WORSE ... GM WILL PROPERLY REPAIR THEIR OWN VEHICLES IF THEY ARE UNSOLD, OR ON THE DEALER LOT. INSTEAD OF HACKING UP THE INTERIOR, THEY REPLACE THE TRIM PIECE WITH A BRAND NEW PART. THIS IS DONE SO THAT THEIR NEW UNSOLD VEHICLES DON'T HAVE THE HEINOUSLY CUT UP INTERIOR PIECE THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY TURN OFF A BUYER. I BELIEVE GM'S SOLUTION FOR NEW AND CURRENTLY OWNED TRUCKS SHOULD BE THE SAME. CURRENT OWNERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO ACCEPT THIS EXTREMELY POOR SOLUTION FROM GM. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THIS POOR SOLUTION BECAUSE YOU DO NOT WANT THEM TO HACK UP YOUR TRUCK, THEY REQUIRE YOU TO DECLINE THE RECALL. GM NEEDS TO HAVE AN ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION FOR CURRENT OWNERS, LIKE THEY HAVE FOR THEIR UNSOLD TRUCKS. GM FORUM POSTS DISCUSSING THIS RECALL: HTTP://WWW.GM-TRUCKS.COM/FORUMS/FORUM/186-2014-2015-2016-SILVERADO-SIERRA-ISSUES-TROUBLESHOOTING-RECALLSSERVICE-BULLETINS/ HTTP://WWW.GM-TRUCKS.COM/FORUMS/TOPIC/189628-SEAT-BELT-RECALL/PAGE-4

THERE TRULY IS NO ACCIDENT AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER ... IF THIS CONDITION ISN'T CORRECTED, THERE WILL BE ACCIDENTS. THESE MAY RESULT IN NOT ONLY LOSS OF LIFE OR PROPERTY, BUT POSSIBLE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. THE ISSUE: THE PROJECTOR HEADLAMP DESIGN OF THE 2014 GMC SIERRA IS EXTREMELY SUBPAR FOR LIGHTING THE ROADWAY AHEAD OF YOU. INDIVIDUALS, IN ORDER TO NOT "OUTDRIVE" THEIR LIGHTS, WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO GO BELOW POSTED MINIMUM SPEED LIMITS ON HIGHWAYS, PRESENTING YET ANOTHER ISSUE FOR THE DRIVER AS WELL AS THOSE WHO WOULD APPROACH FROM THE REAR IN NIGHTTIME DRIVING CONDITIONS. I CONTACTED GMC ... AWARE OF THE ISSUE. NO HELP AT THIS TIME. I GOT THE IMPRESSION FROM THE OPERATOR THAT "NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE HAVE FILED COMPLAINTS." I'M GUESSING THAT WHEN THE CATASTROPHIC AND TRAGIC HAPPENS, IT WILL NOT MATTER THAT NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE FILED COMPLAINTS ... OFFICIALLY. SLIGHT RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET WILL SHOW MANY INDIVIDUALS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE ISSUE. BUT GMC'S ADMISSION THAT THEY ARE "AWARE" BUT ARE TAKING NO ACTION AT THIS POINT IS VERY DISTURBING. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT DESIGN ISSUES WOULD HAVE HAD TO BE CLEARED BY AN OVERSIGHT AGENCY OF SOME SORT? I JUST DISCOVERED THE EXTREMELY SCARY FEELING OF "DRIVING IN THE DARK" ... BASICALLY ... AFTER HAVING MY TRUCK SINCE THANKSGIVING. BUT I DRIVE MOSTLY IN THE DAYLIGHT, AND HAVE BEEN ON INTERSTATE 20 IN ONE OF THE BUSIEST SECTIONS WITH TRAFFIC AT NIGHT ... NOT REALIZING HOW MUCH OTHERS' LIGHTS WERE HELPING. WHEN DRIVING ALONE ON A RURAL ROAD, HOWEVER, IT IS TANTAMOUNT TO DRIVING WITH A FLASHLIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY. I AM WANTING TO TRUST THAT THE AGENCY TASKED WITH SAFETY WILL PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE? BEFORE SOMEONE OR MULTIPLES LOSE THEIR LIVES AND LAWSUITS ENSUE?

THE STEERING RACK DEVELOPED A LOUD CLUNK THAT YOU COULD FEEL IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND HEAD OUTSIDE WHEN TURNED ABOUT 2/3 OF THE WAY TO THE LEFT. THE PROBLEM WOULD HAPPEN ALMOST EVERY TIME THE WHEEL WAS TURNED. THE TRUCK COULD BE STANDING STILL OR MOVING. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS HAVING A BAD STEERING RACK. THE TRUCK HAS 43000 MILES ON IT AND IT WAS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. I READ A LITTLE ONLINE ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THERE IS SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. SOMEONE STATED THAT THE NEW ONES ARE BUILT DIFFERENT THAN THE 2014 AND POSSIBLY 2015 MODEL YEARS. IF THE NEW ONES ARE UPDATED AND IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE MANUFACTURER WOULD FIX THEM BEFORE STEERING RACKS START FAILING.

VEHICLE HAS POOR HEADLIGHT PERFORMANCE WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE PURCHASE IN 2014. REPROGRAMMING AND HEADLIGHT BULB REPLACEMENT WAS INEFFECTIVE. NOT SAFE TO DRIVE IN RURAL/DARK AND OR RAIN/SNOW/DARK.

THE STEERING RACK DEVELOPED A LOUD CLUNK THAT YOU COULD FEEL IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND HEAD OUTSIDE WHEN TURNED ABOUT 2/3 OF THE WAY TO THE LEFT. THE PROBLEM WOULD HAPPEN ALMOST EVERY TIME THE WHEEL WAS TURNED. THE TRUCK COULD BE STANDING STILL OR MOVING. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS HAVING A BAD STEERING RACK. THE TRUCK HAS 49000 MILES ON IT AND IT WAS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. I READ A LITTLE ONLINE ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THERE IS SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. SOMEONE STATED THAT THE NEW ONES ARE BUILT DIFFERENT THAN THE 2014 AND POSSIBLY 2015 MODEL YEARS. IF THE NEW ONES ARE UPDATED AND IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE MANUFACTURER WOULD FIX THEM BEFORE STEERING RACKS START FAILING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS BECAME UNRESPONSIVE AND PRODUCED DIM LIGHTING ON THE ROAD. THE FAILURE HINDERED THE CONTACT'S VISIBILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BE REPAIRED, BUT THE ISSUE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,600.