1997 GMC SIERRA 1500 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING WOULD EXPERIENCE A LACK OF CONTROL IN STEERING WHEEL. AT HIGHER SPEEDS STEERING WHEEL CANOT BE CONTROLLED, AN INTERMITTEN PROBLEM. SOMETIMES STEERING WHEEL GOES LIMP. VEHICLE WOULD DRIFT INTO ANOTHER LANE. *AK

WHENEVER THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THEY WOULD MAKE SQUEAKING, CRUNCHING NOISES. ALSO THEY WOULD SMELL HOT. TOOK TO DEALER AT LEAST 8 DIFFRENT TIMES & EACH TIME THEY WERE REPLACED. THE NOISE WOULD REAPPEAR A FEW MONTHS LATER. *AK

DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40-65 VEHICLE WILL PULL TO EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT UNEXPECTEDLEY AND STRONGLY, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL FOR COUPLE SECONDS, AND BE PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD. DEALER HAS REPLACED STEERING BOX/SENSOR/GEAR AND PUMP ASSEMBLY. DEFECT IS STILL OCCURRING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED, THE REAR END STARTSED VIBRATING. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE APPLIED THE ABS BRAKES, AND THE ABS BRAKES WILL LOCK UP AND VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. DEALER CANNOT CORRECT THE ABS BRAKES. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE ABS LOCKS UPAND SQUALLS AND TIRE RUBBER ON WET BLACK TOP ROADS AT HIGH SPEED BRAKING, THE ABS SHAKES AND SHIMMIES THROUGH THE BRAKE PEDAL, STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT END, SEEMS TO BE UNSTABLE ON HIGH SPEED BRAKING.*JB

THERE IS SQUEALING NOISE IN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED DUE TO THE BALL JOINTS NOT BEING GREASED WHEN MANUFACTORED. PLEASE DESCIBE DETAILS. *AK

THE THIRD DOOR ON PASSEGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT IS TOO SHORT, OVERWEIGHT PERSON CAN'T GET INTO IT. *AK