2004 GMC G1500 Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2004 GMC G1500, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Brakes266.7%
- Other / unspecified133.3%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Brakes
Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake.
From owner reports, verbatim
2004 CHEVY 1500 LS 2X4 BREAK LINE FAILED MONTH AGO TWICE ANOTHER BREAK LINE FAILED 4 DAYS AGO ALL MOST HIT BUS WITH KIDS BREAK LINES HAVE TON RUST MISLEADING I USED SOVENT CLEAN RUST OFF THE LINES FOUND THEY WAS DAMAGE BEFOR WAS INSTALLED THE LINES ARE COPER NICKEL ALLOIE CANT RUST. THE DAMAGE IS SAME SIZE ON ALL LINES RUST CAN NOT CAUSE THIS. CLEAN HOLE LINE RUST PLAY NO ROLE IN THEM FAILING CALLED GMAC THEY DEL THE REPORT I MADE REASON U ALL BELEAVE RUST IS REASON FOR BREAK LINES FAILING BUT NO ONE ACK CLEAN THE LINES PROVE THIS I HAVE NOT POSSIBLE DAMAGE BE SAME ON ALL LINES SAME SIZE SHAPE UNLESS MACHINE DONE THIS DOING THE MAKING. PROBEM ALL BREAK LINES WILL FAIL AT SAME PLACES THIS TRUCK HAS HAD DASH REPLACE 5 TIMES STEARING CONTROL LINK 3 RIMES ARE BAD LEAK AIR REASON WHAT THEY MADE OF ALL THESE PROBEMS IN ON TRUCK TURCK HAS 100K MILES ON IT LOW MILES FOR TRUCK. THIS TRUCK HAS A 4X4 SET UP BUT IS A 2X4 THIS TRUCK CAME FROM, CHEVY TAKEN REPORT SO THEY CLAME BUT NEVER CALLED ME BACK AS THEY DON'T WANT GET OUT THESE LINES WAS DAMAGE DOING INSTALL AND RUST ARE JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE AGEST A STEEL FRAME RAIL AND THIS ONLY REASON RUST IS ON THEM ANY PART BREAK LINE DOSE NOT TOUCH FRAME RAIL NEVER RUSTED HOW DOSE ANY ONE EXPANE THIS IMPOSSIBLE NO NOT AT ALL THE STEEL IS FRAME RAIL IS WHY BREAK LINES COVERD IN RUST. RUST IS NOT WHY THE LINE FAIL LNOT ON MY TRUCK THEY NOT CLEARLY THEY WAS DAMAGE BEFOR INSTALL MAKES ALL FACE SAME WAY SAME MAKES LOOKS LIKE HOW THEY WAS MADE WAS VERY OFF THIS REASON I ASK U FORCE RECALL THROWS PAID 1000.00 HAVE LINES REPLEACE FORCE GMAC REPAY THEM.
BREAK LINES RUST OUT IN UNDER 100K MILES. THANKFULLY I WAS PARKED AT THE TIME. HAD TO REPLACE ALL THE LINES.
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Other / unspecified
Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.
From owner reports, verbatim
2004 CHEVY 1500 LS 2X4 BREAK LINE FAILED MONTH AGO TWICE ANOTHER BREAK LINE FAILED 4 DAYS AGO ALL MOST HIT BUS WITH KIDS BREAK LINES HAVE TON RUST MISLEADING I USED SOVENT CLEAN RUST OFF THE LINES FOUND THEY WAS DAMAGE BEFOR WAS INSTALLED THE LINES ARE COPER NICKEL ALLOIE CANT RUST. THE DAMAGE IS SAME SIZE ON ALL LINES RUST CAN NOT CAUSE THIS. CLEAN HOLE LINE RUST PLAY NO ROLE IN THEM FAILING CALLED GMAC THEY DEL THE REPORT I MADE REASON U ALL BELEAVE RUST IS REASON FOR BREAK LINES FAILING BUT NO ONE ACK CLEAN THE LINES PROVE THIS I HAVE NOT POSSIBLE DAMAGE BE SAME ON ALL LINES SAME SIZE SHAPE UNLESS MACHINE DONE THIS DOING THE MAKING. PROBEM ALL BREAK LINES WILL FAIL AT SAME PLACES THIS TRUCK HAS HAD DASH REPLACE 5 TIMES STEARING CONTROL LINK 3 RIMES ARE BAD LEAK AIR REASON WHAT THEY MADE OF ALL THESE PROBEMS IN ON TRUCK TURCK HAS 100K MILES ON IT LOW MILES FOR TRUCK. THIS TRUCK HAS A 4X4 SET UP BUT IS A 2X4 THIS TRUCK CAME FROM, CHEVY TAKEN REPORT SO THEY CLAME BUT NEVER CALLED ME BACK AS THEY DON'T WANT GET OUT THESE LINES WAS DAMAGE DOING INSTALL AND RUST ARE JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE AGEST A STEEL FRAME RAIL AND THIS ONLY REASON RUST IS ON THEM ANY PART BREAK LINE DOSE NOT TOUCH FRAME RAIL NEVER RUSTED HOW DOSE ANY ONE EXPANE THIS IMPOSSIBLE NO NOT AT ALL THE STEEL IS FRAME RAIL IS WHY BREAK LINES COVERD IN RUST. RUST IS NOT WHY THE LINE FAIL LNOT ON MY TRUCK THEY NOT CLEARLY THEY WAS DAMAGE BEFOR INSTALL MAKES ALL FACE SAME WAY SAME MAKES LOOKS LIKE HOW THEY WAS MADE WAS VERY OFF THIS REASON I ASK U FORCE RECALL THROWS PAID 1000.00 HAVE LINES REPLEACE FORCE GMAC REPAY THEM.
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
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.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
Data on this page last refreshed .