general problems of the 2006 GMC Sierra 1500

Three problems related to equipment have been reported for the 2006 GMC Sierra 1500. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2006 GMC Sierra 1500 based on all problems reported for the 2006 Sierra 1500.

1 Equipment problem

Failure Date: 06/22/2014

We were in a storage facility parking our camper when I got out of my GMC truck. . . I left it running in park because it was so hot outside. . . While I directed my brother to put the camper in place with his vehicle. This took approx. 20-30 minutes when all of a sudden my truck is going in reverse all on its own running into some boats that were stored there. Wth!! my truck got rear end damage,bumper damage,light broken and my topper was messed up as well. . . . Along with the boat trailers that it hit! was there any recall with this problem? I bought this truck about 2 years ago with only 29,000 miles on it and it still only has 38,000.

2 Equipment problem

Failure Date: 01/20/2013

The truck was purchased with 113,000 miles on it and no apparent problems when bought. After about 3 months of ownership, the "service airbag" message appeared intermittently for the next few weeks. After that time, the message was constant on. Took the truck to my local dealer who charged to "repair" it. Message came back after about a week of driving. Message now reappears at random intervals. Don't know if the problem is with the airbag sensors, the control unit, or any peripheral switches. Dealer is incompetent and do not trust to fix the problem. Already paid good money to have this problem repaired and am not going to continue to pay for incompetence. Message appears when vehicle is in motion and when vehicle is started at random. Message will sometimes disappear for weeks at a time, then, reappear at random.

3 Equipment problem

Failure Date: 10/14/2010

10 days after I got this truck the ac blower stopped working. I had to pay $60 to get it fixed. Condensation from the ac had fried the wires. But I had to pay to get it fixed!!! not right!!!! now the blower and ac works but I have no heat! so I took it back to the dealer I bought it from and they wanted me to pay them $60 ~ $100 just to tell what is wrong then I would have to pay my deductible of $60!!!! what the [xxx]!!!! information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).


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