2002 GMC SIERRA 2500 Complaints

DT: THE CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT A BRAKE PROBLEM. REAR ROTORS RUSTED. DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THIS WAS NORMAL WEAR FOR THE REAR ROTORS. THE GM CUSTOMER SERVICE TOLD HIM TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER, AND ALL THEY WOULD TELL HIM WAS THAT HE NEEDED TO REPLACE ROTORS AND REAR BRAKE PADS BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT TURN THEM OVER. *AK LEFT REAR AXLE SEAL LEAKED. THE SLIP YOKE AND REAR U-JOINT ON THE REAR DRIVESHAFT WERE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE CAUSING A CHATTERING FEELING WHEN THE WHEEL WAS TURNED. *NM

RIGHT REAR BRAKE OF 2002 GMC SIVERADO 2500HD DOES NOT RELEASE COMPLETELY. RIM GETS HOT AND BRAKES SMOKE. GM DEALER ON SECOND SERVICE PROBLEM INSTALLED COVERS OVER THE BRAKES TO KEEP ROAD GRIM OUT. THIS DOES NOT SEEM TO FIX THE PROBLEM. JUST DROPPED OFF TRUCK FOR THE THIRD TIME WITH THE SAME ISSUES AND THEY CAN NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS. RIM IS DESTROYED DUE TO HEAT AND BRAKE DUST. TRUCK HAS 11,000 MILES ON IT

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONSUMER COLLIDED WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIS. UPON IMPACT BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB. *AK

DUE TO A CRACK IN THE FUEL TANK VEHICLE FAILED EMISSIONS. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

A NEIGHBOR AND I WERE TRYING TO OFF LOAD A LARGE ROCK 500 (LBS) FROM MY TRUCK WHEN WE GOT IT TO THE TAILGATE THE TAILGATE BENT, THEN THE SUPPORT STRAP ON THE DRIVERS SIDE BROKE SENDING MY NEIGHBOR AND I AND THE ROCK TO THE GROUND. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT YOU SHOULD LOOK INTO. THANKS [XXX]. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I HAVE REPLACED 1 CABLE ON MY 2002 GMC AT 28000 MILE AND HAVE ANTHER ONE THAT BROKE RECENTLY AT 33000 MILE BUT HAVEN'T REPLACED YET. *AK

THE ALLISON 1000 WITH THE DURAMAX DIESEL,DURING THE COLD WEATHER THE TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. THIS WILL ONLY HAPPEN WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS COLD. I SPOKE TO MY TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY SAID THE SOLUTION TO THIS IS TO FLUSH THE TRANSMISSION AND REFILL WITH A PURE SYNTHETIC TRANSMISSION FLUID FOR A COST OF ABOUT $ 400.00. SHOULD THERE BE A RECALL ABOUT THIS OR A SERVICE BULLITEN. *AK

FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM: INJECTOR FAILED WHILE ACCELERATING. THE GAS PEDAL WENT DOWN TO FLOOR. DRIVER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER FOR ANALYSIS. MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE FUEL INJECTOR NEEDED CLEANING. *AK

DIESEL ENGINE QUIT AND IT WAS ONLY EQUIPPED WITH ONE FUSE, AND THE FUSE BLEW. THIS RESULTED IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. *AK. THE CONSUMER STATED THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND WHEN THAT FAILED IT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HAVE NO BRAKES. *JB

THE BRAKE LINE FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *JB THE BRAKE LINE CONTAINED A BEND, WHICH WAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO BEING SNAGGED. THE CONSUMER REPAIRED THE BRAKE LINE HIMSELF. *JB