Equipment Problems of GMC Sierra - part 1

The contact owns a 2017 GMC Sierra. The contact was notified by her state inspection office that her vehicle was included in NHTSA campaign number: 21v496000 (equipment). The dealer was notified about the recall and informed her that parts for the recall repair were not yet available. The manufacturer had been notified of the recall and contacted several dealers in her area; however, the also did not have part available for the recall. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the repair. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

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Dashboard has cracked right in the middle. Happened overnight.

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The contact owns a 2017 GMC Sierra hd crew denali. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 21v496000 (equipment). However, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

While driving 70mph on highway sunroof exploded. Screen was in place so glass shards did not enter the cabin. There was not an overpass nor large trucks in the area to be caused by debris or thrown rocks.

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Ac blows hot air qont gold freon for longer then week and half and is back to hot air. . Lead to believe its the ac condenser has failed.

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Above 35mph I begin to get an extreme shake and vibration. It gets more and more pronounced as I drive. At 65mph is is nearly unbearable, and shakes and vibrates violently. It gives me headaches, and I can feel it in my arms as I drive. I first noticed it about 100 miles after buying the truck. It now happens daily.

While truck was parked (engine was not running at all), I used the key fab remote to unlock the truck and then open the tailgate. At this time, the tailgate slammed open (very forcefully and quickly) and hit my son in the chest. This has also happened while the truck was running and in park. At that time, I (the driver) pushed the button on the center dash to open the tailgate so that my young son could put his baseball gear in the bed of the truck. Again, the tailgate opened very quickly and abruptly, slammed open, and the heavy tailgate hit him in his body. The tailgate is supposed to open slowly and gradually, not slam open. Thankfully, my son was not seriously injured. The remote control, slow opening tailgate was one of the selling features of the truck, and now the tailgate is dangerous to use at all, especially when children are around.

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1-it needs to apply the brake so hard to make it stop at 100 km/hr and above. . 2-there is a jerk on down '2nd to 1st "and up shifting 1st to 2nd gear. 3-front parking sensors sensitivities is not accurate .

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Engine light keeps coming on take it to the dealer I guess they reset it and now this is the 3rd time it's now back on, back up camera goes out from time to time,.

The first issue is a bluetooth issue. The phone volume goes silent when I get in my vehicle. If I connect to car play, it works. I have missed important calls due to this issue. This started in July of 2019 and its not fixed yet. Gm says it apple. Apple says its gm I do not care just fix it. Second see below images. You know the issue. This happened to me 3 times. It started 12-05-2019. Then again 12-26-19 . Serviced . 1-4-2020 again. 1-18 20 again and to shop until 1-23-2020. This took a lot of my time talking with my dealer. I understand I am one of many, but I didn't spend over $66,000 to buy, lease this vehicle to have to waste my time. This cost me time, money and honestly every time I start the truck I wonder if it will reappear. I received 2 calls fro representatives, gianna and michelle. I called back 3 times, left voicemail and have heard nothing. At this point, I am requesting for gm to end my lease and I give you this truck back .

After being stopped like at a stoplight, then when it's time to accelerate, the truck has a hard jerk to it, and it doesn't want to down shift. Plus when riding down the road, the truck will lo just suddenly jerk so bad that it feels like someone ran into the back of the truck. This has been going on for a long time, and I have taken it to the dealership 4 times and they said they couldn't fix it. I even rode with them, and it did it. They still didn't want to fix it.

Braking system failure at low speeds.

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Tl the contact owns a 2019 GMC Sierra denali. While driving 55 mph, the tonneau cover detached form the bed of the vehicle. The contact received a recall notice for NHTSA campaign number: 19e031000 (equipment) on may 11, 2019. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The failure mileage was 10,000.

Stalls out after coming to a complete stop. Also jerks forward multiple times usually as the vehicle is stopping.

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Bucking and surging when switching gears. Hard bang when trying to switch. Surged forward at a complete stop.

The vehicle exhibits vibrations that can be rather extreme at times. It seems to be most noticeable in the 70-75 mph range but can sometimes be felt at other speeds. It feels like the vibration originates from the rear of the vehicle. Two dealerships have replaced multiple parts and have performed numerous alignments and road force balances but can not identify/remedy the problem. There are thousands of complaints on multiple online forums of this same issue for 2014-2015 gm 1500 series pickup truck. So far there has been no fix for them either. Gm treats it as an annoyance in the comfort of the ride, however if they can not identify the issue how do they know it is not a safety risk.

While driving down a mountain road with a 5th wheel attached it appeared that the rear brakes on the drivers side were smoking, I pulled over to allow it to cool. We found a GMC dealership and proceeded there very slowly stopping a number of times to allow the brakes to cool down. 2 miles short of GMC, there was a loud pop and a tire had blown. We pulled over and while calling roadside assistance noticed fire under the truck. We put it out with a fire extinguisher before the fire department arrived. We were towed to the dealership. The brake caliper came apart, the rear axle broke (possibly melted from heat and fire?). Gm initially stated 4 days to repair, now they they are saying 3 weeks as they have to build a new axle. If we had not had the extinguisher the truck, RV and meadow would have all gone up in flames and who knows the disaster that could have occurred if this happened on the mountain road. This vehicle only has 17,000 miles, 11 months old and has had all routine maintenance performed at GMC dealers. I have more pictures but am unable to upload them.

Ac condenser system failure, leaks; many gm owners are reporting this same exact issue.

A/c refrigerant leaks out and burns eyes while driving. After a few times of using and eyes burning, all refrigerant leaks out, leaving a/c nonworking in vehicle.

Looses brake assistance in parking lot and sometimes on the highway,check engine light comes on with various codes the most common is misfire on startup it happen in different occasions.

My truck is shaking at speeds 65+mph. I recently had my front end alligned and tires rebalanced still the same shaking is occuring. It is to the point that it is uncomfortable to drive and dangerous.

Vibration at highway speeds. Been to the dealer 6 times. Tires replaced originally, then tires balanced the second time, third time "acceptable vibration", fourth time "could not duplicate issue", fifth time "problem recognized, torque converter replaced", sixth time "acceptable vibration".

Bad weld on hvac condenser. Waiting 7+ weeks for national back-ordered replacement part. Why is there no recall since clearly this is a major spill?.

I have a 2017 GMC Sierra denali 1500. I bought it new and it has very, very low mileage. At various speeds there is a vibration. Feels like I am driving over rumble strips. I have always noticed it but mostly thought it was just spots on the road that were causing it. I started to do a little research and learned that this is a know issue in Chevrolet and GMC trucks. Numerous stories of dealers ignoring it, complaints on many forums, whole website dedicated to it, a number of class action lawsuits, and reports to the NHTSA. Literally thousands of owners are involved. Gm has issued a preliminary investigation service bulletin (bulletin no. : pi1354i), but dealers want to charge for diagnosing and possibly repairing this manufacturer's defect.

The door cable.

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My vehicle shakes at highway speed. I can feel it in the steering wheel, and seat. Visually I can see the bed of the truck shake. The issue has not gone away.

Vehicle shakes and vibrates at any speeds above 75 mph.

On two separate occasions over the past few years, this truck has had frame damage caused by rust / corrosion to the extent that it either would not pass inspection or it compromised the operation of the vehicle. More specifically, the frame cross-members have had holes rotted through them and the shock mounts have rotted from the frame. Presently, the two cross-members that go over the fuel tank have large rust holes over the fuel tank. Also, the rear crossmember has rotted areas on the top left side.

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The factory supplied running boards have treads that fail to provide any traction for feet while entering or exiting. The treads need to be rotated 90 degrees and made of a softer rubber with a deeper and more aggressive tread pattern. As they exist they are very slippery especially when wet or frozen. Given the added height of trucks it requires some use of the running boards to enter/exit the truck. Especially when you are 68. As designed and manufactured they are actually an accelerant in slipping feet. I feel they are of defective design and manufacture and could/should be made safer. I fell three times in the past months while exiting my Sierra 1500.

On July 29, 2015, while driving at approximately 45 mph, the vehicle suddenly downshifted itself into first gear causing the vehicle to slow down suddenly with no notice. I was able to get the vehicle off the road and into a gas station. After the fact the check engine light was illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the dealership. I was told the tcm (transmission control module) needed replacing and that there is a known issue with this year truck. This is a very dangerous situation to have your vehicle suddenly slow down while driving at speed. If gm knows that the part is faulty why is there not a recall? will it take multiple deaths before gm takes responsibility?.

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

The spring on the spare tire holder broke and I found it on the ground. The spring itself is not available and I had to have the dealer replace the entire assembly at a cost of nearly $300. Had this tire come loose during high speed travel it could have caused loss of control. I guess I'm lucky I found the spring and the problem.

I drove down the street and the truck started smoking. The smoke started to increase so I turned the truck around and parked it out front of my house and all of the sudden flames started to appear. Needless to say the truck just blew up.

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Turned off engine, hvac fan still on. Will not turn off. This is the dual climate control system. Had to remove fuse so the battery will not discharge. Service bulletins were issued for this problem but did not include all vehicles, including ours.

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I got out of my truck, had left the keys in the ignition, walked over to get something off the ground and heard the horn blow. I walked back over to the truck to get back in and it was locked. I called on star and they couldn't unlock it so they had to send a lock-out service to unlock the truck. This has happened at least five times in the past three years, three in which on star had unlocked it.