2004 GMC SIERRA 1500 Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSED PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

WHILE EXITING THE HIGHWAY DRIVER PRESSED BRAKE PEDAL WHICH SANK ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH APPROX 5 PERCENT BRAKING POWER. DRIVER LIFTED OFF AND REAPPLIED THE BRAKES IN AN ATTEMPT TO FIX PROBLEM AT THIS POINT A DASH LIGHT AND ALARM ILLUMINATED TO WARN OF BRAKE ISSUES; BRAKING POWER WAS STILL ONLY 5 PERCENT. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO STOP BEFORE AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED BUT ONLY BECAUSE OF LIGHT TRAFFIC AND PLENTY OF RUN OFF AREA. UPON INSPECTION OF VEHICLE IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD CORRODED AND RUPTURED UNDER THE DRIVERS DOOR. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP WHERE 6 BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACES DUE TO CORROSION. VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVEN IN NORTHERN WINTERS AND HAS NOT BEEN ON ANY BEACHES. *TR

WHILE COMING TO AN INTERSECTION THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE PEDAL BECAME SOFT AND WHEN TO THE FLOOR, WITHOUT SLOWING THE VEHICLE DOWN. THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND THE EMERGENCY/PARKING BRAKE WAS APPLIED IMMEDIATELY IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WENT TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHERE THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A BRAKE LINE HAD RUPTURED DUE TO CORROSION (RUST) ON THE DRIVER SIDE REAR LINE. THE OTHER THREE LINES WERE IN A SIMILAR STATE AND HAD THE POTENTIAL TO FAIL AT ANY TIME. THERE WAS NO INDICATION ON THE MESSAGE CENTER THAT THERE WAS EVER INADEQUATE PRESSURE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITH THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM EVEN WHEN IT WAS STEERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED TO PUT THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARK. *TR

THE BRAKE LINES ON MY TRUCK ROTTED OFF AND IT COST OVER A GRAND TO FIX THEM. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE DETERIORATING AND THE MATERIAL WAS RUSTED. AS A RESULT, BRAKE FLUID WS CONSTANTLY LEAKING AND THE BRAKES HAD BECOME HARD TO ENGAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR A PRIVATE MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS BROKE OFF CAUSING THE DRIVERS SIDE HEAT SHIELD TO FALL AND JAM UNDER THE STEERING LINKAGE. THIS CAUSED ME TO ALMOST DRIVE OFF THE ROAD. I HAD TO FORCE THE STEERING WHEEL TO GET THE VEHICLE TO TURN. *TR

VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND EVENTUALLY SHUT OFF, REGARDLESS OF TYPE OF ROAD, I.E.HIGHWAY OR CITY STREETS, AND REGARDLESS OF THE SPEED. *TR

VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND EVENTUALLY SHUT OFF, REGARDLESS OF TYPE OF ROAD, I.E.HIGHWAY OR CITY STREETS, AND REGARDLESS OF THE SPEED. *TR

REGARDLESS OF TYPE OF ROAD, I.E. HIGHWAY OR CITY ROADS, AND REGARDLESS OF SPEED, THE VEHICLE WILL STALL AND SHUT OFF. *TR

ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES BELOW DRIVERS SIDE DOOR BECAME EXTREMELY RUSTED, THUS BUSTING AND RELEASING ALL THE BRAKE FLUID AT ONCE, LEAVEINGTHE VEHICLE INOPERATIVE. *TR