1997 GMC SIERRA 1500 Complaints

PASSENGER'S FRONT SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT.*AK CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A BROKEN PART INSIDE THE SEAT BELT HOUSING. *SLC

INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE DUE TO PREMATURE INITIATION OF ABS PUMP SYSTEM. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY AT SPEEDS OF 20 MPH AND OVER AND WHILE GOING INTO A CURVE OR A TURN,E STEERING WHEEL WILL JUMP INTO THE TURN.*AK

WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED WHICH MAY CAUSED VISUAL DIFFICULTY, AND COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH. *AK

DUE TO A MALFUNCTION IN STEERING ASSIST SENSOR, STEERING OPERATED SOFTLY AND TURNED MORE OVER WHICH MAY CAUSE CRASH. COMMON PROBLEM. DEALER WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK WHEN THE POWER STEERING IS IN OVER STEER CONDITION, THE VEHICLE CONTINUE OFF ROAD AND IS SERIOUSLY DAMAGE. *YH

I HAVE HEARD OF OTHER INCIDENTS WHERE THIS PART FAILED. IF THIS PART HAD FAILED AT HIGH SPEED THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED SERIOUS DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE INJURY.

VEHICLE WILL MOMENTARILY LOSE CONTROL ONLY WHEN TURNING TO THE RIGHT. VEHICLE WILL JERK & SOMETIMES WANDER INTO ANOTHER LANE OR OFF THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. DEALER HASVE BEEN TRYING TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK

INTERIOR DASHBOARD MATERIAL/PADDING CONTINUALLY CRACKED/DETERIORATED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPLACED IT ON THE FIRST OCCASION. LESS THEN NINE MONTHS LATER, PROBLEM REOCCURRED, AND DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR BECAUSE VEHICLE'S WARRANTY EXPIRED. *AK

I UNDERSTAND THEIR HAVE BEEN A HIGH NUMBER OF FUEL PUMP FAILURES IN THESE VEHICLES. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER AND SERVICE ADVISOR ALREADY KNEW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE TRUCK BEFORE THEY EVEN LOOKED AT IT. ALSO THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER TOLD ME HIS OWN FUEL PUMP FAILED ON HIS GMC TRUCK AT 38,000 MILES. THIS IS A LEASE VEHICLE THAT IS TO BE TURNED IN IN FOUR MONTHS AND I HAD TO PUT A $400 FUEL PUMP IN IT. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED/ WARMING UP, CONSUMER MOVED THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT A WARNING. *AK