GMC Complaints

DASH IS BADLY CRACKED FRAGMENTS OF DASH FALL OFF DAILY. COULD CAUSE SEVERE INJURY DURING AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT.

WHILE DRIVING WITH VEHICLE IN FOUR WHEEL AUTO THE TRANSFER CASE ENGAGED IN TO 4 WHEEL HIGH AND WOULD NOT DISENGAGE. THIS WOULD BE MORE OF GREAT SAFETY CONCERN IN THE EVENT THAT A DRIVER IS NOT ABLE TO PULL OVER AND STOP. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DISENGAGE THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE AND REQUIRED TO BE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. THE WORK PERFORMED TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE INDICATED THERE WAS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF CORROSION IN THE THE CONNECTORS RELATED TO THE "RANGE SELECTOR" AND OTHER RELATED COMPONENTS. THIS APPEARED TO FIX THE ISSUE, HOWEVER THE ISSUE HAS RESURFACED OVER TIME AND AGAIN SEEMS RELATED TO CORROSION. IN MORE RECENT OCCURRENCES THE VEHICLE ENGAGED INTO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WHILE DRIVING AND IT WAS NOT SET IN FOUR WHEEL AUTO. THIS IS EXTREMELY CONCERING AS I STOPED USING FOUR WHEEL AUTO BECAUSE OF THIS PAST EVENT. AGAIN THIS ENGAGEMENT OF THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WHEN THE DRIVER IS NOT ABLE TO RESPOND ACCORDINGLY COULD LEAD TO INJURY.

TAKATA RECALL DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT STOP WORKING WHILE DRIVING IN THE CITY STREETS

161131 MILES FRAME RUSTED REAL BAD BODY LOOKS GREAT FOR THE YEAR I JUST BOUGHT THE TRUCK LOOKED REAL CLEAN INSIDE AND OUT FROM ORIGANAL OWNER PUT IT ON A LIFT AND THE FRAME IS SO RUSTED OUT DID SOME GOOGLEING AND FOUND THAT MOST ALL THESE TRUCKS WERE BUILT TO ROT OUT IN 3 YEARS

TRANSMISSION FAILS TO DOWN SHIFT AFTER ACCELERATING IN TRAFFIC. RPM LEGAL 2200 RPM AT 40 MPH FOR OVER A MILE BEFORE DROPPING TO CORRECT 1200 RPM FOR THAT SPEED.

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, EACH AT THE END OF A TWO HOUR DRIVE, I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AND LOST ALL POWER TO MY BRAKES. THEY DID NOT DEPRESS TO THE FLOOR, THEY SEEMED TO ALMOST PUSH BACK. AT THAT POINT I PUSHED HARDER AND THE BRAKE PUSHED TO THE FLOOR. IN BOTH INSTANCES I ALMOST HIT THE PARKED CARS NEXT TO ME. DUE TO NOT HAVING PROPER BRAKING I HAD TO BACK UP AND PULL BACK IN, BRAKES CONTINUED TO DO THE SAME THING. AFTER COMING BACK TO MY TRUCK IN BOTH INSTANCES, ONCE AFTER A WEEK AT THE AIRPORT AND ANOTHER AFTER A FOUR HOUR APPOINTMENT, MY BRAKES WORKED FINE. THIS HAPPENED ON JULY 16, 2018 AND APRIL 11, 2019.

THE SEAT CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE THE CAR WAS RUNNING. MY CHILD WAS SLEEPING AND SMOKE WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDER HIS BOOSTER SEAT AND HIS LEGS. I CONTACTED GMC AND THEY SAID THIS HAD NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE AND WE SHOULD CONTACT OUR INSURANCE COMPANY, THOUGH, WHEN WE TOOK IT TO THE TECHNICIANS AT THE DEALERSHIP (FOR THE INSPECTION), THEY SAW WHERE TWO WIRES WERE ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER AND THE SEAT HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. I SEARCHED ONLINE AND THERE ARE MANY STORIES OUT THERE, I AM JUST NOT SURE IF PEOPLE ARE REPORTING THEM---OR IF THEY REALIZE THAT GMC MAKES SIMILAR CARS SO CADILLAC, SIERRAS, AND OTHER CARS COME FROM THE SAME MOLD.

TAKATA CORPORATION ('TAKATA') HAS DECIDED THAT A DEFECT WHICH RELATES TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY EXISTS IN CERTAIN 2007-2011 CADILLAC ESCALADE, ESCALADE ESV, ESCALADE EXT, CHEVROLET AVALANCHE, SILVERADO 1500, SUBURBAN, TAHOE, GMC SIERRA 1500, YUKON, YUKON XL, AND 2009-2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500/3500 AND GMC SIERRA 2500/3500 VEHICLES. THIS IS BASED UPON TAKATA'S DECISION THAT FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG INFLATORS IT SUPPLIED TO GM ARE DEFECTIVE. GM HAS SUBMITTED TO NHTSA A PETITION FOR INCONSEQUENTIALITY AND NHTSA HAS GRANTED GM UNTIL AUGUST 2017 TO COMPLETE ITS INVESTIGATION AND TO SUBMIT ALL DATA SUPPORTING THE PETITION. IF THE PETITION IS DENIED, GM WILL CONDUCT A RECALL OF THE AIRBAG INFLATORS COVERED BY TAKATA'S DEFECT INFORMATION REPORT. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW.REGULATIONS.GOV AND SEARCH FOR DOCKET NO. NHTSA-2016-0124.

I LEFT THE HOUSE AND THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING LOUD JACK HAMMER NOISES, THE WARNING LIGHT FLASHED ENGINE POWER REDUCED . THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE WAS BELOW ZERO THAT DAY , HOWEVER, I HAD NO OTHER WARNING LIGHTS ON MY DASH BEFORE THE ENGINE POWER REDUCED LIGHT . THE ENGINE SUDDENLY BECAME VERY VERY LOUD AND STOPPED FUNCTIONING. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, I WAS TOLD THAT THE REAR MANIFOLD FAILED AND "BLEW" OUT OF THE VEHICLE . UPON REVIEW OF THE WEBSITE CARCOMPLAINTA.COM I DISCOVERED THAT FOR MY YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE THAT I WAS UNAWARE OF . THERE IS A GM SERVICE BULLETIN 14882 THAT COVERS THIS ISSUE AND THAT I NEEDED TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH YOU . I WAS TOLD THAT THE ENTIRE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY. I HAVE NO WAY TO AFFORD THIS AND IF GM IS AWARE OF THIS SITUATION THEY NEED TO MAKE THE NEEDED REPAIRS

THE DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKE LIGHT HAS STOPPED WORKING. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE LED CIRCUIT BOARD WAS BROKEN. A WEB SEARCH INDICATES THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AS THE CIRCUIT BOARD IS CHEAPLY MADE. THE BRAKE LIGHT CANNOT BE SIMPLY REPLACED. THE ENTIRE REAR LIGHT COMPONENT (BRAKE LIGHT, RUNNING LIGHTS, TURN SIGNAL) NEEDS TO BE REPLACED TO REPAIR THIS. THE COST TO REPLACE IS ~$500. THIS PART SHOULD BE RECALLED AND REPLACED WITH A LED LIGHT BOARD THAT IS STRONGER AND LASTS LONGER THAN 4 YEARS.