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1999 GMC C/K Pickup Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jan 14, 2012
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Mar 7, 2003

What this page shows

Our database holds 8 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1999 GMC C/K Pickup. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–8 of 8

Brakes
Filed Jan 14, 2012

UPON STARTING TO LEAVE WORK PARKING LOT LOST PEDAL. HAD FELLOW COWORKER OBSERVE AND BRAKE FLUID WAS STEADY STREAM LEAKING ON TO GROUND. SECOND OCCURRENCE DECEMBER 2011. FAILED INSPECTION FOR CORRODED FRONT BRAKE LINES. *TR

NHTSA ID
10443797
Incident
Dec 16, 2009
Mileage
113,500 mi
Brakes
Filed Apr 15, 2009
Crash reported2 injuries reported

TURNED TO LOOK AT CAR I THOUGH WAS GOING TO PULL OUT. BRAKES DID NOT STOP THE TRUCK FOR THE CARS ABOUT 20 FEET IN FRONT OF ME WHEN I PUT THEM ON IT KEPT ON GOING. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IT HAPPEN. WAS RECALLED ON 12/29/05 FOR ABS SENSORS. CLEANED/LUBED. TOOK TO DEALER , THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES . THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I TOOK IT TO THEM BEFORE THE RECALL . MY BROTHER IN LAW HAD THE PROBLEM WITH BRAKES IN HIS 1999 CHEVY TRUCK. *TR

NHTSA ID
10265441
Incident
Mar 4, 2009
Mileage
55,000 mi
Brakes
Filed Feb 4, 2009

VEHICLE WAS RECALLED FOR ANTI-LOCK BRAKE DEFECT AND REPAIRED AT LOCAL DEALER ON 1/19/06. STARING ABOUT 1/1/09 THE SAME PROBLEM STARTED HAPPENING AGAIN. ANTI-LOCK WOULD ACTIVATE DURING NORMAL STOP ON DRY PAVEMENT. THIS HAPPENS ON EVERY STOP AND ACTIVATES AROUND 5 MPH. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY ADVISED ME THAT THEY FIXED IT ONCE AND ARE NOT REQUIRED TO FIX IT AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP AND THEY MADE THE SAME REPAIR THAT WAS MADE WITH THE RECALL. *TR

NHTSA ID
10257463
Incident
Jan 1, 2009
Mileage
93,698 mi
Brakes
Filed Jan 12, 2005

1999 GMC 1500 P/U ABS BRAKES ENGAGE AT SLOW STOPS, CAUSING LONGER STOPPING LENGTHS. ABS FRONT WHEEL SENSORS WERE REPLACED AT DELEHANTY PONTIAC- FLUSHING, 80,000 MILES ON TRUCK. EXPENSIVE REPAIR $540.00. *AK I UNDERSTAND THIS ABS PROBLEM HAS BEEN AN ONGOING WITH GM VEHICLES SINCE 1991. REQUESTING RECALL.

NHTSA ID
10106169
Incident
Dec 15, 2004
Mileage
80,000 mi
Driver assistance
Filed Dec 14, 2004

I CALLED MICHAEL GMC, 3700 S CARSON, CARSON CITY NV TO HAVE A STICKY ACCELERATOR PEDAL ON MY 1999 GMC SIERRA PU REPAIRED. I STATED I KNEW OF A TSB ISSUED FOR THIS DEFECT. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO TSB. I CHECKED VIA THE INTERNET AND FOUND TSB #00-06-04-007A HAD BEEN ISSUED IN JUN 00. I HAVE FOUND A GM DEALER WHO WILL REPAIR THIS FOR ME. BUT I THINK THAT HOHL SHOULD NOT HAVE REFUSED TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM UNDER THE TSB. DO I HAVE ANY RECOURS TO HOHL FOR MISLEADING ME?*AK

NHTSA ID
10102986
Incident
Dec 14, 2004
Brakes
Filed Aug 16, 2004

ABNORMAL REAR DISC BRAKE OPERATION AND WEAR FACTOR ON BOTH REAR WHEELS.*AK

NHTSA ID
10086926
Incident
Jul 21, 2004
Mileage
32,000 mi
Body & structure
Filed Nov 4, 2003
1 injury reported

SIMULTANEOUSLY BROKEN TAILGATE CABLES, RESULTING IN SEVERE PINCHING OF HAND, CAUSIONG SWELLING AND PAIN.*AK

NHTSA ID
10045457
Incident
Nov 1, 2003
Mileage
58,000 mi
Brakes
Filed Mar 7, 2003

WE OWN THREE 1999 GMC 1500 C PICKUPS. EACH OF THESE VEHICLES HAS EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE OF THE UNDER DASH ABS ELECTRONIC MODULES WHEN THE VEHICLES REACHED APPROXIMATELY 85,000 MILES OR SO. WE CONTACTED GMC TO PLACE A COMPLIANT. THE REPAIR CHARGES FOR THIS PROBLEM HAVE RANGED FROM $800 TO $1050 EACH. GMC REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM OR TO REIMBURSE FOR ANY REPAIR COSTS FOR THEIR OBVIOUS DEFECTIVE PARTS. FAILURE OF THE ABS MODULE STILL ALLOWS FOR USE OF THE BRAKES BUT FAILURE OF THE ABS SYSTEM WHICH COULD RESULT IN ACCIDENTS. *JB

NHTSA ID
10010105
Incident
Mar 3, 2003
Mileage
86,860 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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