general problems of the 2000 GMC Savana

The contact owns a 2000 GMC sierra 2500. The contact stated that while driving at 5 mph and pulling up to his driveway he tried to unlock the doors of vehicle and they would not unlock. He was also unable to unlock the doors with the remote. He then tried to unlock the vehicle from the outside to no avail. This failure only occurs on the drivers side. The dealer was contacted and they stated to bring the vehicle in to be diagnosed. He then took the vehicle to an independent mechanic. It took 1 hour to open the door , they took the door apart and removed the electrical half of the mechanism and replaced it and then it finally worked. The part was ordered from the GMC dealer. There is another problem with the anti lock brake system where he is driving 5 mph when making a turn and stepping on the brakes the brakes do not engage. He has to put the vehicle in neutral for the vehicle to stop. GMC was contacted and they stated that they will repair the whole brake system at the owners expense . There have been no repairs at the time of the complaint for the brakes. The failure mileage was 116900 and current mileage was 117000.

When coming to a full stop in light to moderate 35 to 40 mile an hour traffic zones , usually when making a right hand turn, the brake pedal would over travel almost to the floor, their would be a loud scrubbing sound. This happened a few years ago, and I took my van to three separate gm authorized dealers/ repair shops on three separate occasions and they told me that their was nothing wrong with my brakes. This was vary frustrating. So I took it to a local shop and they discovered that the right rear parking brake was activated and would not release. They fixed the problem by disconnecting the parking brake control cable to the right rear brake drum. The problem was fixed except now I had no parking brakes! since that time I had become disabled and the van sat on my property for a couple of years. Until it was time to take it for a state required emissions test. I took the van to a local mechanic that was also certified by the state to make the van pass the test. He told me that I had a brake cable disconnected, I told him why. He told me he could fixed the problem, and he did every thing worked gust fine, and here I am a year later facing the same problem. There has to be a problem with either the cable rusting and when someone applies the parking brake the right rear drum will not release, or somethings wrong with the drum brakes. The last time the van was used by my daughter, she has been trained to operate big box ambulances, she is an emt, so I don't think she would drive improperly, and I would also take her work about the malfunctioning brakes. All I can say is here I go again. By the way this vehicle has very low mileage, looks and functions like a new van except for this brake problem that keeps reoccurring. Make me afraid to let any one use it, even if they been trained to handle larger vehicles.