2002 GMC SIERRA 2500 Complaints

WAS LEAVING MY DRIVE WAY AND WENT TO PUT ON BRAKES AND THEY MADE A HISSING SOUND AND PEDDLE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKE FLUID STARTED POURING OUT, SO PUSHED EMERGENCY BRAKE AND NOTHING HAPPENED THERE WAS NO BRAKES. WITH HELP GOT TRUCK BACK IN DRIVE WAY AND GOT UNDER TRUCK WHERE FLUID WAS LEAKING AND THE BRAKE LINES WERE ALL RUSTED INTO. THANK GOD I DIDN'T MAKE IT DOWN THE ROAD BEFORE THEY WENT OUT AND HIT OR KILLED SOMEONE. *TR

REAR BRAKE LINE RUSTED OUT OVER FUEL TANK WHERE LINE RUNS ON TOP OF FRAME RAIL. ALL BRAKE LINES RUSTED. ALSO FUEL LINES RUSTED. CAN OR WILL FAIL AT ANYTIME. MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. NO BRAKE FAILURE LIGHT!!!! *TR

THREE BROKEN MANIFOLD BOLTS. FROM WHAT I HEAR THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE. THE BROKEN ONE CLOSE TO FIREWALL, WILL HAVE TO PULL ENGINE TO FIX. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THESE MANIFOLD BOLTS. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION CAME OUT OF REVERSE, AND WOULD NOT RETURN. NO REVERSE OR DRIVE AT ALL. *TR

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A 35-40 DEGREE SLOPED DRIVEWAY. GOT IN, STEPPED ON BRAKE,STARTED VEHICLE, RELEASED EMERGENCY BRAKE, SHIFT INTO REVERSE, AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, WITH TRUCK ROLLING BACKWARDS. WHEEL WAS TURNED, AND TRUCK HIT A SIDE OF RETAINING WALL. IT DID NOT ROLL BACK EXCESSIVELY FAST, BUT IT COULD NOT STOP IN TIME TO AVOID HITTING THE WALL. FOUND BADLY CORRODED BRAKE LINES. ONE HAD RUPTURED RIGHT BEHIND THE DRIVER'S FRONT WHEEL FENDER WELL. *TR

ROTTED OUT BRAKE LINES @ 118,000 MILES . SHOULD BE A RECALL . NO ACCIDENT BUT WAS PULLING MY BOAT AT TIME OF FAILURE. COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY BAD ACCIDENT . JUST FINISHED CHANGING ALL THE BRAKE LINES WHAT A JOB. BETWEEN THIS N THE INJECTORS THIS TRUCK WAS A POOR VALUE. ALL DONE WITH GM HAD TOO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TRUCKS WITH NO SUPPORT FROM GM OR IT'S DEALERS. LOST LIFETIME CUSTOMER. *TR

THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, AND I MISSED THE TURN I WAS TRYING TO MAKE. I ROLLED TO A STOP. I WALKED TO A SERVICE STATION. I WAS INFORMED THAT ALL BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. ALL LINES, HOSES, AND CALIPERS WERE REPLACED AT A COST OF $1800.00. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC SIERRA 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123,000. *TR

THE TRUCK HAS SEVERAL BROKEN EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUDS THAT ARE COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT CAUSING FAILURE OF CORRECT EMISSION CONTROLS THROUGH THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, AND OUT OF THE HEADERS INSTEAD. THIS IS ENVIRONMENTALLY UNFRIENDLY, AND IS REALLY ANNOYING AS THE EXHAUST LEAKS FROM UNDER THE HOOD DUE TO LACK OF BOLTS ON THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. *TR

SMELLS GASOLINE EVERY TIME FILLED UP TANK. LOOKED FROM UNDER THE TRUCK AND SAW THE FUEL FILLER NECK IS RUSTED WITH A BIG CRACK THAT ALLOW GAS VAPOR TO ESCAPE. LOOKED ONLINE AND SAW THAT 2003 GMC VANS HAVE A RECALL FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. *TR