Body problems of the 2009 GMC Sierra 1500

Dashboard cracked.

The dash is cracked and busted to the point it rattles no matter what road you are on. The dash was maintained. Just cheap plastic in an expensive truck. The defrost grille is totally broke out. Gm should take care of this problem if they want repeat business.

My truck was bought new by my cousin and not even a year having it the frame started rusting badly. Now we own it & it is scary to drive the frame is so bad rusted. We have put so much money into it it’s ridiculous & cant afford to anymore. It’s a danger for my family to drive it. I’m scared to drive my 8 year old in it. It’s causing more than the frame to rust. We’ve replaced gas lines, brake lines & so much more. I wished GMC would fix this problem & repair all vehicles this has happened to.

Plastic "molded rivets" are breaking on the knee bolster that holds the metal shield behind it. I've been told this shield is to guard from injury from the steering column during a crash. I've read reports online of people removing this guard since it has started rattling. I will not remove mine, but I'm not going to install bolts through the knee booster to secure it. It's just a matter of time before the remaining plastic breaks free and this will be discarded. If it's truly a safety item, I believe it needs to have better security than molded into the brittle plastic that we all know gm has in these trucks from the lawsuit on dashboards.

Tl- the contact owns a 2009 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact stated that while parked in the driveway of the contacts home the contact heard a loud bang emit from under the vehicle. The contact stated that upon looking under the truck there was a steel spring that independently fractured. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the spare tire carrier/hoist assembly had fractured and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 34,000. Wh.

My driver's door lock actuator has begun working intermittently. This is the second door lock actuator on my vehicle to fail, the first was replaced under warranty and the gm mechanic told me they have replaced numerous actuators. The vehicle automatically locks all doors when driven and unlocks when stopped however the faulty actuator does not always lock or unlock. These actuators have a long history of being defective and gm is aware of it but refuses to recall the faulty actuator even though they have literally replaced thousands of these units. These faulty actuators are a safety concern because in the event of an accident a door could fail to unlock effectively trapping the occupants. The faulty actuators are also a security concern because they could fail to secure the vehicle allowing anyone access to it's contents.