GMC Complaints

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  • 2019 GMC TERRAIN
    - STERLING HGTS, MI

    STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ON I-75. THE VEHICLE JUMPED FORWARD. DRIVER TRYING TO PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT IT WAS NOT WORKING, AUTO SENSORING HAD TAKEN OVER THE VEHICLE AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO REARENDED THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF IT PUSHING THAT VEHICLE INTO THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF THAT ONE.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2003 GMC ENVOY XL
    - ROCHESTER HILLS, MI

    I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THE CAR SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING I WAS SCARED BECAUSE I HAD TRAFFIC RIGHT BEHIND ME GOING 45MPH AND THEN THEY CAR WOULD NOT RUN AGAIN. I WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTER SECTION AT HALL ROAD AND 59 IT WAS THE SCARIEST THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE AS A USED AUTO AND I'M NOT SURE IF THE EMMISSION SYSTEM EVER GOT CHANGED AND THIS HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE AND THE DEALER SAID NOT TO DRIVE WITH MY HOUSE KEYS ATTACHED. I HAD TO GET THE AUTO TOWED HOME.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2016 GMC YUKON
    - SAVAGE, MN

    VEHICLE IN MOTION AND BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK UNLESS YOU PUT ALL YOUR BODY WEIGHT ON THE BRAKES, AND THEN JUST BARELY. HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES ON AND OFF BOTH AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED ON HIGHWAY AND ON CITY STREETS. TOOK INTO GMC DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE VACUUM PUMP FOR THE BRAKES -- PROBLEM SOLVED AFTER SPENDING $800. WE ARE LUCKY THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I UNDERSTAND THIS EXACT PROBLEM IS A KNOWN PROBLEM CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED. PLEASE FINISH YOUR INVESTIGATION QUICKLY AND ISSUE A RECALL -- SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET KILLED IF THIS IS NOT FIXED. I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING REIMBURSED FROM GMC WHEN THE RECALL IS FINALLY ISSUED.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2015 GMC SIERRA 1500
    - FALLS CHURCH, VA

    BRAKES FAILED TO RESER AT LOW SPEEDS, RESULTING IN NEAR COLLISION. BRAKE PEDAL BECAME STIFF AND UNRESPONSIVE. HAS ALSO HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY, WAS TOLD BRAKE VACUUM PUMP FAILURE IS THE CAUSE. WAS NOTIFIED THIS DOES NOT QUALIFY UNDER VEHICLE WARRANTY DESPITE READING OF MULTIPLE REPORTS OF FAILURE, TECHNICAL BULLETIN RELEASE, AND IMMEDIATE SAFETY ISSUES.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2018 GMC ACADIA
    - ST. LOUIS, MO

    WHEN I GO TO PUT CAR IN PARK AND GO TO TURN IT OFF IT SAW SHIFT TO PARK ON THE INFORMATION SCREEN. THE SHIFTER IS IN PARK AND P FLASHES ON AND OFF ON THE SHIFTER. GMC HAS SAID THEY DO NOT HAVE A FIX FOR THIS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE IF YOU THINK YOU'RE IN PARK AND GO TO GET OUT AND IT IS NOT.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2015 GMC YUKON
    - CADDO MILLS, TX

    WITHIN THE LAST YEAR ON MY 2015 MY AC COMPRESSOR HAS GONE OUT, RADIO SCREEN QUIT WORKING, BRAKE PUMP/BOOSTER FAULTY, AND NOW REAR BRAKE LIGHT QUIT WORKING. ALL SEEM TO BE VERY COMMON IN THIS YEAR MODEL. MY CAR HAS LESS THAN 70000 MILES ON IT!! GM IS EITHER DOING A CRAPPY JOB ON THEIR $60000 VEHICLES OR A RECALL NEEDS TO BE DONE.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2015 GMC ACADIA
    - FINDLAY, OH

    WHILE SITTING PARKED, I STARTED THE VEHICLE. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE, PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AND AS I WAS BACKING UP THE POWER STEARING WENT OUT. I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED, TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, WAITED A MOMENT, THEN STARTED THE VEHICLE BACK UP AND THE POWER STEERING PROCEEDED TO WORK AGAIN. ANOTHER TIME, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AND THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING. SHE PULLED OVER, PARKED, TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, BACK ON, AND IT WORKED FINE ONCE AGAIN.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2019 GMC SIERRA 1500
    - CLARKSTON, MI

    WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD, SUDDEN MESSAGE OF "NO OIL PRESSURE, TURN OFF ENGINE IMMEDIATELY". WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER WITH NO POWER (LUCKILY IT WAS SAFE TO DO SO AT THE TIME). LEFT A LARGE PUDDLE OF OIL UNDERNEATH THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. ALSO, LEFT LARGE CLOUD OF SMOKE FROM OIL SPLASHING ON HOT COMPONENTS UNDERNEATH VEHICLE (EXHAUST, ETC...) BEHIND ME. VEHICLE WAS UNDRIVEABLE AND HAD TO BE TOWED. LARGE OIL LEAK WAS THE RESULT OF A BURST OIL COOLER LINE. DEALER DID NOT SHOW ME THE FAILED PART. UNABLE TO CONFIRM NATURE OF "BURST".

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2015 GMC YUKON
    - SAN MATEO, CA

    REAR BREAK TAILIGHTS DO NOT WORK AT ALL TIMES. MOST OF THE TIME THEY REQUIRE TAPPING ON THE TAILLIGHT TO GET THEM TO LIGHT THE TAIL LIGHT. NOT A BULB ISSUE AND SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ALL YUKON'S OF THIS MAKE. VERY FRUSTRATING TO HAVE THEM WORK INCONSISTENTLY . SOMETIMES ONE LIGHT OUT AND SOMETIMES BOTH.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2019 GMC SIERRA 1500
    - LITTLE ORLEANS, MD

    I AM A HEAVY HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR FOR WVDOH AND WHILE WORKING ON I 81 SB IN MARTINSBURG, WV THIS MORNING AROUND 2:00 AM WHILE PERFORMING MY DUTIES I ATTEMPTED TO PULL OUT OF MY LANE CLOSURE INTO TRAFFIC WHEN MY TRUCK LITERALLY GOT STUCK HALFWAY OUT INTO LIVE TRAFFIC. IT WAS AS IF I WAS STOMPING ON THE BRAKES INSTEAD OF GIVING IT GAS. FORTUNATELY I REACTED SWIFTLY AND PUT THE TRUCK IN REVERSE TO BACK INTO MY LANE CLOSURE PREVENTING A COLLISION WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER TRAVELING AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH. I WAS LITERALLY SHAKING WHEN I REALIZED HOW CLOSE OF A CALL IT ACTUALLY WAS AND THAT NOT ONLY COULD I OR THE TRUCK DRIVER HAVE BEEN KILLED, BUT SO COULD THE WORKERS ON MY JOB HAVE BEEN INJURED AND/OR KILLED. I HAD TO HAVE MY TRUCK TOWED BACK TO MY FIELD OFFICE. FOR SOME REASON THE TRUCK STARTED DRIVING PROPERLY AGAIN. THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WRONG AND IT IS EXTREMELY FORTUNATE THAT NO INJURIES OCCURRED ON MY PROJECT. I DID NOTICE A POST ON THIS WEBSITE EXPLAINING THE VERY THING THAT HAPPENED TO ME THIS MORNING. THIS ISSUE MUST BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED. THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *CC *TR

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE