general problems of the 2010 GMC Sierra

The door cable.

Drivers side inside door handle - chrome is peeling edges are sharp cut hand opening door.

On 10/29/2014 I filed a complaint with odi number 10650997 about the outside door handles on my 2010 GMC Sierra since three of them had broken off since December 2013. Then on 11/6/2014, the passenger back door handle came loose & is pulling out of the door. This is the only one of the door handles that has not been previously replaced. All of the door handle failures have occured since decembe 2013. This presents a potential hazard. It has been my experience on the doord with broken handles that if the door handle comes complete off, it is hard to get the door to latch properly causing it to pop open which could easily happen while the vehicle is in motion putting anyone sitting by the door in harm's way. It is very disconcerting to me that all four door handles have now failed. I would definitly think this is a serious design flaw with these vehicles. Two of the handles were replaced under warranty however, the cost to replace the remaininw two is $200+ each. To date GMC is not willilg to address the issue.

On or about that date, driving about 25 miles on rural roads at speeds from 45 to 55 mph, the dampness in the air caused condensation haze to form on the inside of the window. I turned on the defrosters which cleared off the drivers side window so I could see but the passengers side never cleared and I had 0 visibility to anything on the right hand side of the road or pulling out from driveways or roads on the right hand side. I took it to the dealer to get repaired to be told gm had a service bulletin on this that showed them how to reprogram the system to correct this issue. Also this vehicle is equipped with a rear camera system that is intermittent in its operation, sometimes blurred images or sometimes blank completely. The dealer disconnected and reconnected the camera systems thinking the connection might have an issue by being contaminated,oxidized, or loss. Not sure if related but the dealership has replaced my right rear speaker several times claiming that the speaker is seeing shorts and/or higher power or shorting internally. Being this is multiple times (3 or 4 times for this same repair) what other electrical system problems will I be seeing and will any of these lead to fires of additional system damage. Even with these know issues and service bulletins issued on the blower system as documented on the repair invoice, while knowing that loss of vision through the window is possible, gm has not initiate any campaign to proactively fix this. Only after the problem occurs and if the person is lucky to avoid accidents will they address this when you come into complain about, but by that time they hope it is out of warranty so they can charge you. After all it is unsafe to drive the vehicle without this system working properly so people will pay to get this fixed.

In December 2013 the passenger exterior door handle came off & a few days later exterior driver back door handle came off. The dealership did replace both handles under warranty. However, while we there another man came in with the same problem on his GMC Sierra. In October 2014, the exterior driver door handle came off. Dealer replacing but charging customer $200+. Service person indicated they have had numerous issues with the handles on GMC Sierras breaking, as recent as the last month or so. In internet search this seems to be a prevalent problem with the GMC Sierra. Other car dealers have told us that they have heard complaints on this also. Although it may not be a critical safety issue, when the driver door handle came off our vehicle, the door would not latch properly without some effort. This could cause an extreme issue if the door does not latch. If the driver or any passenger sitting by a door on which the handle broke does not get the door to latch properly it could easily fly open while the vehicle is moving and could be catastrophic.