2000 GMC SIERRA 1500 Complaints

BRAKES FAILED ENTIRELY. LUCKILY I HAD AN EMERGENCY BRAKE. 7 BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. - COST $1076. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE MY REAR BRAKES 3 TIMES IN 86000 MILES. FRONT BRAKES WERE REPLACED ONLY ONCE. MECHANIC SAYS THAT PERHAPS THE PROPORTIONING VALUE IS NG. THERE WAS A RECALL BUT GM SAID IT DID NOT INCLUDE MY VEHICLE. I THINK THIS WAS A LIE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING HOME I PUSHED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND EXPERIENCED A RUPTURED BRAKE LINE UNDER THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. LUCKILY NO CRASH OCCURRED BECAUSE I WAS ON A BACK ROAD WITH NO TRAFFIC. AFTER INSPECTION IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT ALL BRAKE LINES WERE VERY BADLY CORRODED AND ALL WERE READY TO FAIL. THE WORST DAMAGE APPEARED NEAR THE WHEELS WHICH I WOULD ASSUME IS DUE TO ROAD SALT AND MOISTURE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500 4X4. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH HE ENGAGED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. HE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. SEVERAL VEHICLES WERE BLOWING THEIR HORNS IN ORDER TO AVOID A CRASH BECAUSE THE VEHICLE STOPPED IN AN INTERSECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED OR CLEANED AND WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR COST. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND REFERENCED RECALL 05V379000, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTI LOCK AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE RECALL REPAIR HAD ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,100 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 73,330.

I HAVE A 2000 GMC SIERRA THAT HAD BRAKE LINE RUST THROUGH CAUSING BRAKE FAILURE. I GOT UNDER THE VEHICLE TO TRY AND CHANGE THE LINE AND FOUND ALL THE LINES ARE SEVERELY RUSTED AS IS THE FUEL LINES. YES MY TRUCK IS OLD AND I LIVE IN THE RUST BELT OF N.Y BUT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE EITHER N.Y STOP USING SALT OR THE VEHICLES NEED TO BE BUILT WITH LINES THAT DON'T RUST OUT. THIS ISSUE I THINK IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT WOULD BE EASILY FIXED BY EITHER NO MORE SALT OR BETTER LINE IN THE VEHICLES THAT DON'T RUST THROUGH. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 5 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL DROPPED TO THE FLOORBOARD AND BRAKE FLUID SPRAYED OUT. THE CONTACT USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND WAS ABLE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS IT WAS RUSTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

ORIGINAL OWNER, 2000 GMC SIERRA SLE, TRUCK HAS 178K MILES. TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE WHEN STEPPING ON PEDAL AFTER START UP TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE. NOTICED PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID UNDER TRUCK BELOW DRIVERS SEAT. CALLED A FRIEND WHO FOUND THE BRAKE LINE GOING FROM JUNCTION BELOW DRIVERS SEAT TO FRONT LEFT WHEEL HAD FAILED. *TR

2000 GMC PICKUP EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE NEVER WORKED SINCE PURCHASED NEW YET DEALER ALWAYS PASSES IT FOR STATE INSPECTION. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500 SLE PICKUP TRUCK. AT 8 YEARS OLD - ONE OF MY BRAKE LINES FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS WAS DUE TO EXTENSIVE CORROSION ON THE UNDER CARRIAGE OF THE CAR. I HAD TO HAVE EVERY LAST BRAKE LINE REPLACED FOR $1,600 DUE TO THE CORROSION. I HAVE NEVER SEEN CORROSION ON SUCH AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT BEFORE. AS AN ASIDE, MUCH OF THE REST OF THE TRUCK IS INCREDIBLY CORRODED ON THE UNDERSIDE, AND I JUST HAD A FUEL LINE FAIL FOR THE SAME REASON. *TR

3RD TIME BRAKES/ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. THIS TIME I FOUND I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE FRONT CALIPERS ALSO. I HAVE A DETAILED VEHICLE REPAIR HISTORY FROM THE DAY IT WAS FIRST PURCHASED. THE BRAKELINES ARE IN BAD SHAPE. WHILE BLEEDING THE BRAKES AFTER INSTALLATION, I HAD ONE OF THE LINES RUPTURE FROM CORROSION. UPON INSPECTION OF ALL BRAKELINES, I FIND IT NECESSARY TO REPLACE ALL BRAKELINES FOR THE SAFETY OF MYSELF AND MY FAMILY AND THE OTHER MOTORISTS ON THE ROAD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE TRAVELING 45 MPH THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD FALLEN TO THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE AND THE BRAKES WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THE CONTACT EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINE WAS COVERED WITH RUST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED AND THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 105,000.