Six problems related to steering gear box have been reported for the 1997 GMC Sierra. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
1997 GMC Sierra c1500 pick up truck - the consumer complained about steering and brake problems. Took the truck to the GMC shop and they said that the steering box wore out, and needed to be replaced because it had play in the wheel. It has not been replaced as of yet. Also, while driving on the road the brakes malfunctioned. The consumer was not approaching a stop, but was coming up onto a big truck, went to apply the brakes and had no brakes. The brakes were repaired with all new brake lines, but they were still making noise and id not feel right. There have been no recalls on this vehicle.
While driving the steering wheel jerked. The vehicle was taken to a shop where they replaced a defective steering gear.
Steering wheel becomes very loose while driving and falls in the direction of the turn when turning.
Truck steering wheel will jerk to side on curve about 35 mph. Thought was misalignment at first. It has gotten much worse and has to be fixed soon. On searching internet many people having the same problem. Dt.
I found 29 pages of the same problems on net lemon law. No safety defect mentioned in summary.
I have 5# of paper work on this one,had trouble with thie steering gear box at 1150 miles, had rocker and lifters done at 4407 miles, again at 6344 miles, brakes again at 15986 miles,24116 drive shaft out of balance, I'm still haveing trouble with the brakes some times it is like on brake and some times it's like they lock up the back wheels at the speed of 5mph on dry pavement or what ever surfes, or at the stop sign while holding the brake,you can here the abs. I have tryed dealing with bbb, and GMC put got no where, I wrote to the att gen's of both mn and TX, but got no where. I have all the paper work from day one, I"m paying over 40. 000. 00 for this.