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2009 GMC C Series 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 Nov 30, 2018
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 Aug 2, 2015

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2009 GMC C Series. 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

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Brakes
Filed Nov 30, 2018

ABS LIGHT HAS CAME ON AND BRAKES HAVE STARTED ACTING FUNNY. WHEN THE BRAKE IS PRESSED YOU CAN HEAR THE MOTOR CHANGE IDLE AND SOME TIMES THE PEDAL WILL GO THE FLOOR. THIS VEHICLE IS OUR RESCUE UNIT ON OUR TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT.

NHTSA ID
11155149
Incident
Nov 15, 2018
Mileage
5,000 mi
Body & structureEngineSteering
Filed Aug 2, 2015
Fire reported

I POSTED UP HERE LESS THAN A MONTH AGO IN REGARDS TO STEERING ISSUES WITH MY CAR. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE GM DEALER ON JULY 21ST TO HAVE THE RECALLS FIXED. THEY REPLACED MY STEERING PUMP AND 2 OTHER RECALLS WERE FIXED. THEY RECOMMENDED THAT I HAVE THE RACK AND PINION EVENTUALLY REPLACED AS WELL AS THE MOTOR MOUNT AND SOME AIR HOSES. OTHER THAN THAT MY CAR WAS FINE ACCORDING TO THEM. I PICKED IT UP AFTER WORK ON THE 24TH AND TOOK IT HOME. MY HUSBAND AND I RODE OUR MOTORCYCLES ALL THAT FOLLOWING WEEKEND SO THE ACADIA WAS NOT DRIVEN MUCH. I ALSO RODE MY MOTORCYCLE TO AND FROM WORK TWO DAYS THE FOLLOWING WEEK. I ONLY DRIVE THE ACADIA THREE DAYS LAST WEEK TO AND FROM WORK! YESTERDAY (AIGUST 1ST) I TOOK MY KIDS TO A WATER PARK 20 MILES AWAY. WHEN WE GOT HOME THE CAR HAD A LITTLE BIT OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD AND HAD A HORRIBLE WHINING NOISE! MY HUSBAND LOOKED AND SAW THAT THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING FLUID AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS FLATTERING FLUID ALL UNDER THE CAR ON THE UNDER CARRIAGE. HE SAID HE THOUGHT WE NEEDED TO TAKE IT BACK MONDAY AND FILLED UP THE RESERVOIR WITH FLUID AGAIN. TODAY (AUGUST 2ND) I DROVE 7 MILES TO THE PHARMACY TO GET MEDICINE FOR OUR DAUGHTER. WHEN WE GOT THERE WE NOTICED A LITTLE BIT OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD BUT NO WHINING AND FIGURED IT WAS FROM THE FLUID HITTING THE HOT ENGINE. WHEN WE CAME OUT OF THE PHARMACY MY CAR HAD FIRE DRIPPING FROM UNDERNEATH AND THE HOOD WAS ENCASED WITH SMOKE. WE CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUT BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVED THE UNDERCARRIAGE AND HOOD WERE COMPLETELY ON FIRE WITH THE ENGINE MELTED! I JUST PURCHASED MY CAR 4 MONTHS AGO AND IT IS NOW A TOTAL LOSS. GMC HAS DROPPED THE BALL AND I AM DEVASTATED TO SAY THE LEAST!

NHTSA ID
10745653
Incident
Aug 2, 2015
Mileage
107,000 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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