GMC Complaints

View complaints related to GMC. The complaints found here are submitted by actual consumers with first hand experience. You can submit your own complaint to the NHTSA or call the Hotline, Monday-Friday 8am to 8pm at (888) 327-4236, TTY: (800) 424-9153.

  • 2012 GMC TERRAIN
    - DANIA BEACH, FL

    HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION. NO LEAKS UNDER CAR. I'VE TO ADD 3 QUARTER OF OIL EVERY WEEK.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2013 GMC YUKON DENALI
    - GLOBE, AZ

    LIVE IN ARIZONA. WAS DRIVING IN AUGUST 2018 IN AFTERNOON VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE IN INTERSECTION. ALMOST GOT TBONED. TOOK TO GMC DEALERSHIP. WE WERE SO SCARED AS WE HAD OUR SON IN THE CAR. DEALERSHIP KEPT FOR A WEEK KEPT TELLING US THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG I WOULD NOT ACCEPT THIS FOR AN ANSWER I TOLD MY HUSBAND TO TELL THEM THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO PICK UP THE CAR COULD THEY PLEASE HAVE A MANAGER LOOK AT IT AT THAT POINT WE ALSO ASK THEM TO REPLACE ANY FLUIDS AND DO WHATEVER THEY COULD TO MAKE THE VEHICLE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE AS THIS IS OUR MAIN VEHICLE AT THAT POINT WE WERE GIVEN A BULLETIN THAT WAS PUT OUT IN 2015 STATING THAT THIS PARTICULAR CAR HAD THIS ISSUE AT TEMPERATURES ABOVE 110 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND WHEN A DEALERSHIP WHY GMC DID NOT RECALL THEY INFORMED US THAT IT WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT ONLY AFFECTED A FEW STATE THAT ACTUALLY GET THAT HOT I WAS FURIOUS WITH THIS ANSWER I DID CONTACT A LAWYER BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT DID NOT FIT INTO THE LEMON LAW AND SO NOTHING GOT DONE I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS REPORTING METHOD UNTIL JUST NOW I AM IN FEAR AGAIN AS TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY HEATING UP IN ARIZONA AND HAVE MADE A COMPLAINT TO GMC WHICH WAS VERY HARD TO DO THEY KEPT TELLING ME TO TAKE IT BACK TO DEALERSHIP WHAT DEALERSHIP HAS ALREADY TOLD ME THEY CANNOT FIX IT THAT IS WHY THEY GAVE ME THE BULLETIN THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO DMC IT'S SUPPOSED TO CALL DEALERSHIP ON MONDAY AND CALL ME BACK AT THIS POINT I REALLY FEEL LIKE A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE IS THE SAFEST OPTION FOR EVERYONE THAT MAY OWN OR COME INTO CONTACT WITH THIS VEHICLE ON THE ROAD I HAVE A COPY OF THE BULLETIN IN MY EMAIL GMC HAS STATED THROUGH INTERNET CHAT AND PHONE CALL THAT THEY CANNOT LOCATE THIS BULLETIN I DO HAVE A COPY AND WOULD PROVIDE IT IF REQUESTED

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2010 GMC TERRAIN
    - CINCINNATI, OH

    DURING A DOWN POUR WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. IT APPEARS THE PLASTIC BUSHING EITHER WORE OUT OR WAS FAULTY.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2016 GMC YUKON
    - WOODBRIDGE, VA

    STARTED THE VEHICLE AFTER IT HAD BEEN SITTING FOR ABOUT 1 HOUR AND THE GAUGES DID THEIR REGULAR CHECK SWEEP FROM LEFT-TO-RIGHT, THEN THE FOLLOWING WARNINGS APPEARED ON THE DRIVER INFORMATION DISPLAY SCREEN: 1) SERVICE AIR BAG; 2) SERVICE TRAILER BRAKE, AND; 3) SERVICE FRONT CAMERA. AFTERWARDS, THERE WERE NO GAUGES EXCEPT THE VOLTMETER (TACHOMETER, FUEL, TEMPERATURE, OIL PRESSURE AND SPEEDOMETER WERE ALL AT RESTING POSITIONS). THE DRIVER INFORMATION SCREEN WOULD NOT SHOW THE GEAR SELECTOR, THE MILEAGE OR THE SPEED AND THE WARNING LIGHTS FOR THE AIRBAG, EMERGENCY BRAKE, TRACTION CONTROL AND TPMS STAYED ON. I DROVE THE VEHICLE A SHORT DISTANCE AND SHUT IT OFF, RESTARTED, AND IT DID NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. THERE WAS NO OPTION TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE WE HAD A TRAIN TO CATCH, SO WE HAD TO DRIVE IT ABOUT 20 MILES WITH NO SPEEDOMETER, BUT WE CALLED OUR GMC DEALER AND MADE A SERVICE APPOINTMENT FOR APRIL 22, 2019 ONCE WE PARKED AT THE TRAIN STATION. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED UNTIL APRIL 21, 2019, AND, WHEN STARTED AT THAT TIME, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND DRIVER INFORMATION SCREEN WORKED CORRECTLY. ON APRIL 22, 2019, OUR GMC DEALER (WOODBRIDGE BUICK-GMC) PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTICS AND DISCOVERED A B3980 (NO ENVIRONMENT IDENTIFIER RECEIVED) IN THE HISTORY. ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE ADVISER I SPOKE TO, THIS CODE WILL INVOLVE THE RELAYS FOR THE TRAILER BRAKING AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. ALSO; THEY TOLD ME THAT THE BATTERY CABLE WAS LOOSE, SO THEY TIGHTENED THAT AS WELL. OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY DID NOT COVER THIS AND WE HAD TO PAY FOR THE DIAGNOSTICS DUE TO OUR MANUFACTURE WARRANTY EXPIRING 2 MONTHS BEFOREHAND. AS OF NOW, THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT HAPPENED AGAIN, BUT IT IS WORTH REPORTING DUE TO POSSIBLY BEING A SAFETY ISSUE.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2014 GMC YUKON
    - WHEELERSBURG, OH

    DRIVERS SIDE POWER RUNNING BOARD STOPPED WORKING CAR HAD BEEN MAKING POPPING NOISE ON THE WAY TO WORK THIS MORNING DRIVERS DOOR FLEW OPEN HAD TO HOLD IT SHUT WOULDN'T SHUT THEN GOT IT SHUT BUT DOOR HANDLE BROKE CAN'T OPEN IT

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 1999 GMC SIERRA 1500
    - EMINENCE, KY

    I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON 421 IN EMINENCE, KY. I PUSHED THE BRAKE PEDAL & I HAD NO BRAKES RIGHT IN FRONT OF HARRY HILL PARK. GM & I ARE VERY LUCKY THAT NO ONE WAS KILLED YESTERDAY. THE BRAKE LINE CORRODED & LEAKED THE BRAKE FLUID, SO WHEN I PUSHED THE PEDAL, IT WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE IS PRETTY CLEAN & AFTER CHECKING MANY BLOGS & YOUTUBE VIDEOS THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON GM TRUCKS. I CHECKED THE RECALLS ON THIS TRUCK & THE TAILGATE CABLE IS RECALLED FOR BREAKING UNDER LOAD DUE TO CORROSION; THIS COULD INJURE SOMEBODY, BUT NOT AS VITAL COMPARED TO THE BRAKING SYSTEM AS SOMEONE COULD DIE IN A HORRIBLE INCIDENT. I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS SERIOUS MATTER. THANK YOU

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2015 GMC YUKON
    - ST PAUL, MN

    HAD AN ACCIDENT IN 2018 AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND WHEN TRIED TO STOP AND PUSHED ON MY BRAKE PEDAL, IT WAS LIKE IT FROZE AND I WAS STILL MOVING. I WAS DRIVING 37MPH ON A CITY STREET WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2016 GMC YUKON
    - HOLLY SPRINGS, NC

    THE LED TAIL LIGHTS GO OFF AND ON AND THE ONLY WAY TO REPAIR IS TO REPLACE THE WHOLE UNIT

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2018 GMC SIERRA 2500
    - ROME, GA

    HID HEADLIGHTS SHAKE WHEN HITTING THE SLIGHTEST BUMP IN THE ROAD. GM SAYS IT'S NORMAL AND REFUSES TO TRY TO FIX.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2014 GMC ACADIA
    - PLOVER, WI

    I HAVE APPROXIMATELY 67000 MILE ON MY CAR AND TODAY THE SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON OFF AND ON I WILL PUT FUEL AND AND THE GAUGE STILL READS EMPTY OR HALF TANK TAKES RESTARTING CAR MANY TIMES BEFORE READS ACCURATELY ALSO PASSENGER SEAT BELT ALARM WILL GO OFF WHEN NO ONE IS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE