2001 GMC SIERRA 2500 Complaints

WAS COMING TO A STOP SIGN AND HAD TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. LUCKILY I WAS THE ONLY ONE ON THE ROAD AND ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND LIMP IT BACK HOME. COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. FOUND RUSTED BRAKES LINES UNDER THE TRUCK JUST SPRAYING FLUID WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. NEEDS ALL NEW BRAKE LINES FROM FRONT TO BACK. HAVE FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ONLINE. GM SHOULD RECALL THESE VEHICLES AS THEY ARE NOT SAFE! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 GMC SIERRA 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FOR THE PAST YEAR THE VEHICLE HAD STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS PRIOR TO THE STALLING, BUT THE MESSAGE CENTER AND BATTERY LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DETECT ANY FAILURE CODES. THE CONTACT TRIED REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP AND RELAYS, BUT THAT DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT THEN BECAME AWARE OF A RECALL FOR THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR UNDER RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER 07V521000, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. THE MANUFACTURER CONFIRMED THAT ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE, IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 58300. UPDATED 02/07/11 *BF UPDATED 04/20/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET SIERRA 2500. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 125,000. UPDATED 01/26/11*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKE TO AVOID HITTING A DEER, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. UPDATED 02/22/11

FOR ABOUT THE LAST YEAR WE HAVE BEEN HAVING ABS LIGHT ISSUES AND HAVE HAD BRAKES REPLACED, WHEEL BEARINGS REPLACED, HUBS REPLACED. MECHANIC ASSURED EVERYTHING FINE. HAVE HAD COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES TWICE IN LAST YEAR. LATEST FAILURE WAS ONE WEEK AGO...BRAKES FAILED, WENT TO FLOOR BUT DID NOT HIT ANYTHING AS WAS IN PARKING LOT. MECHANIC FOUND CORROSION ON THE BRAKE LINE AND REPLACED SECTION OF THE LINE INVOLVED. *TR

BRAKE FAILURE. MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR I DISCOVERED BRAKE FLUID LEAKING ONTO THE GROUND UNDER THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I WAS SHOCKED TO FIND THAT MY METAL BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND BURST LEAVING ME WITH NO BRAKES. TRUCK IS 2001 SIERRA 2500HD WITH 64,000 MILES. I HAVE NEVER SEEN METAL BRAKE LINES FAIL LIKE THIS . *TR

COMING TO A STOP LEAVING A PARKING LOT ENTERING A 45MPH ROADWAY APPLIED BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR SWERVED MISSED REARENDING VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME JUST MISSED BEING HIT BY CAR COMING ON MAIN ROADWAY FINALLY GOT VEHICLE STOPPED ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE MAIN ROAD ON TOP OF THE SIDEWALK/GRASS BY SLAMMING E BRAKE ON. AFTER HAVING TRUCK CHECKED OUT THE BRAKE LINES ARE SO ROTTED THERE IS A HOLE IN ONE UNDER THE DRIVERS DOOR AREA. THE HOLE SYSTEM IS SO ROTTED IT NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

I HAVE OWNED MY 2001 GMC SIERRA 2500HD TRUCK SINCE IT WAS NEW. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 92000 MILES ON IT. WITH THE BRAKE LINE PROBLEM I RECENTLY HAD I FIGURED I SHOULD REPORT THE OTHER ISSUES THAT I DON?T THINK I SHOULD BE HAVING WITH A VEHICLE THAT IS LESS THAN 10 YEARS OLD. THE OIL COOLER LINES AND THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES HAVE ALL RUSTED THROUGH AND HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED. ALONG WITH THE LINES, THE CONNECTORS FOR THE LINES HAVE ALL HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CATASTROPHIC FAILURE (THEY RUSTED SO BAD THAT WERE FALLING APART). IF THE VEHICLE WAS 20 YEARS OLD I MIGHT EXPECT THIS PROBLEM, BUT NOT ON ONE LESS THAN 10 YEARS OLD AND THE MILEAGE THAT IT HAS. *TR

I HAVE OWNED MY 2001 GMC SIERRA 2500HD TRUCK SINCE IT WAS NEW. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 92,000 MILES ON IT. ON AUGUST 25, 2010 I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH TOWING A 14? TRAILER AS I APPROACHED AN INTERSECTION WHERE THE LIGHT CHANGED. THE ROAD SURFACE WAS ROUGH. I APPLIED THE BRAKES FIRMLY SO THAT I COULD STOP FOR THE INTERSECTION. DUE TO THE ROUGH ROAD THE ABS KICKED IN AND WHEN IT DID MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND I HAD NO BRAKES. I TRIED PUMPING THE BRAKES, BUT NOTHING. BY THE GRACE OF GOD, NO ONE WAS HURT AS I CONTINUED INTO CROSS TRAFFIC AT THE INTERSECTION. AFTER PULLING INTO THE CLOSEST GAS STATION, I FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LINES GOING FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER HAD BOTH BLOWN OUT. ONCE I HAD THE VEHICLE HOME I INSPECTED THE BRAKE LINES AND FOUND ALL THE LINES IN EXTREMELY BAD CONDITION. IN FACT THE LINES GOING TO THE FRONT BRAKES WERE SEEPING BRAKE FLUID. HAVING OWNED MANY VEHICLES, MOST OLDER THAN THIS ONE, I WAS SHOCKED THAT BRAKE LINES WERE IN AS BAD A CONDITION AS THEY ARE. ESPECIALLY IN A VEHICLE THAT ISN'T EVEN 10 YEARS OLD YET. BRAKE LINE FAILURE IS A CATASTROPHE WAITING TO HAPPEN. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT GM IS NOT STEPPING UP TO THIS PROBLEM - HOPEFULLY YOU WILL ENCOURAGE THEM TOO. *TR

I HAVE OWNED MY 2001 GMC SIERRA 2500HD TRUCK SINCE IT WAS NEW. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 92,000 MILES ON IT. DURING THE TIME I HAVE OWNED IT, IT HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS COMING LOOSE, DUE TO LOOSING STUDS, BROKEN STUDS OR THE STUDS JUST FALLING OUT. THE TWO DEALERSHIPS HAVE REPAIRED THIS PROBLEM FOUR OR FIVE TIMES WHILE UNDER WARRANTY AND THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED AGAIN. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS KIND OF PROBLEM ON ANY OTHER VEHICLE THAT I HAVE OWNED AND I HAVE OWNED MANY VEHICLES. THE DANGER THAT THIS PROBLEM CREATES IS THE POSSIBILITY OF FIRE AND CARBON MONOXIDE IN THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. GM/THE DEALERSHIPS REFUSE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, SO I AM FORCED TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 GMC 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE WAS CORRODING. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE CONTACT TO REPLACE THE BRAKE LINES TWICE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE INSPECTED EVERY YEAR AND THE VEHICLE STARTED CORRODING TWO YEARS AGO. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FRAME MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 84000.