Equipment Problems of GMC Sierra 3500 - part 2

GMC Sierra 3500 owners have reported 41 problems related to equipment (under the equipment category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of GMC Sierra 3500 based on all problems reported for the Sierra 3500.

36 Equipment problem of the 2015 GMC Sierra 3500

Failure Date: 03/28/2018

Front tires are continually wearing on the front outside edge. Wearing until bald in first 15000 miles of ownership, multiple front end alignment calibration tests and actual front end calibration not resolving issue. Front tires replaced at approximately 23,000 miles and again wearing on outside edge at 40,000 miles. Worse on driver side. Contacted dealer several times for resolution and contacted gm twice to open ticket. Last gm ticket was 8-4030406653. Tires are michelin and are supposed to last 65,000 miles. Never seen this type of wear on any past gm vehicle owned. Rear tires are in excellent condition. Unable to get dealer or gm to find cause and resolve once and for all. Tired of paying out of pocket alignment costs. The front tires are on the second set and the current vehicle mileage is 42k. I have attached images of front driver side tire which has greatest wear and image 20180328_113012. Jpg is the original back tires which have no wear. Front are the second set since purchasing vehicle. Original set was completely bald on outside edge before 19k miles.

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37 Equipment problem of the 2000 GMC Sierra 3500

Failure Date: 11/15/2017

Faulty inside door handles and mechanicisms. The door handle itself will break or the connecting mechanism will break not allowing the occupants any ability to leave from the vehicle in case of an emergency or otherwise causing them to be trapped inside. This is particularly dangerous in a fire, submerged in water or windows freezing shut from ice or snow.

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38 Equipment problem of the 2012 GMC Sierra 3500

Failure Date: 10/05/2017

The GMC Sierra 3500hd while in regeneration mode funnels exhaust directly into the cab through the vents. While gm recognized this as a flaw and came up with a fix for it, they will only repair it in a 5 year or 100,000 mile window. How is this not a safety issue without an expiration?.

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39 Equipment problem of the 2011 GMC Sierra 3500

Failure Date: 01/13/2017

Bad tires all way around. And the other company trucks I use has bad brakes and a lot of other usdot inspection would fail. I am certified dot driver and I am scared this company is putting company profits above human life.

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40 Equipment problem of the 2002 GMC Sierra 3500

Failure Date: 03/02/2015

This truck has the same problems as the 2007 model. The ignition switch, parking brake, and fuel lines all have issues as similarly described for the 2007 model. The fuel lines actually broke through causing a leak of the diesel fuel. This happened after the vehicle was driven a short distance of 15 miles.

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41 Equipment problem of the 2012 GMC Sierra 3500

Failure Date: 03/04/2013

This started just a few weeks after I purchased the truck, still under warrenty. It has been in the shop twice for this. It has happened 3 times. While driving the truck will shut off like you turned the key off. Very dangerous when driving in traffic. Has been in shop twice for this problem, GMC has failed to find or fix the problem. I told them that I would not put my family back into a truck that has the possibility of causing a wreck and getting them hurt. Filed a claim 71-1191646541 with GMC customer service, trying to get some help. Nothing happened. The GMC service center told me that they could not find or fix the problem, and that I needed to pick up my truck. I told them that if they could not find or fix the problem, I would not put my family back into an unsafe truck that could possibly get them hurt or killed. I tried to have someone from GMC upper management contact me so we could come up with a solution. But no one from management would contact me. So I ended up having to trade this truck in for a new one, which cost me money out of my pocket, higher payments, longer terms etc. Dont think it was right that GMC would not stand behind there product. Why is it that GMC did not have to do anything about a safety item that they could not fix ? I was not asking for money or anything like that, just swap it out even for a safe truck that I could put my family in without fear of them getting hurt. But instead, GMC decided to forget about the problem, and it ended up costing me and my family money that could have been used for other things like food, bills, medical etc.


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