1997 GMC Sierra 1500 Problems

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY THIS VEHICLE WILL MOVE RIGHT AND LEFT WITHOUT NO INPUT FROM THE DRIVER. ALSO, MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN THE POWER STEERING WILL STOP,LOCK UP START WORKING AGAIN FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I HAVE CHANGE ALL FRONT TIE RODS TWICE, STEERING GEAR BOX, FOUR TIMES AND THE POWER STEERING PUMP THREE TIMES. THIS IS VERY SERIOUS AND HAZARDOUS ISSUE !!!! MANY DRIVERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND HAS EXPRESSED IT ON THE INTERNET. GMC HAS NOT PUT OUT ANY RECALL TO FIX IT. ADDITIONALLY, THIS PROBLEM IS A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION! IF YOU WANT ALL THE DOCUMENTATION PLEASE CALL AAMCO 770-823-1142..PLEASE DON'T WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE DIES DUE THIS STEERING ISSUE!! BTW THIS STEERING HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER TWO YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY NEXT COURSE OF ACTION WILL BE TO CALL THE MEDIA TO GET SOME ANSWERS. REPLY THE SOONEST!!!! *TR

WHILE TURNING A LEFT TURN ON A HIGHWAY JANUARY 28 THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING. I HAVE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE POWER STEERING PUMP THREE TIMES, GEARBOX FOUR TIMES, ALL THE TIEBARS AND COMPONENTSD TWICE. GMC IS AWARE OF THE STEERING PROBLEMS AND HAS NOT RECALLED ANY VEHICLES FOR POWER STEERING PROBLEMS! THIS STEERING PROBLEM IS VERY SEVERE ISSUE AND A EXTREME HAZARD ON THE ROAD, ESPECIALLY; WHEN THE LOSE OF POWER STEERING HAPPENS ANY TIME WITHOUT WARNING. IF YOU WANT ALL THE DOCUMENTATION PLEASE CALL AAMCO (678) 619-0817. THE POWER STEERING PROBLEM WILL KILL SOMEONE. I HAVE HAD MANY CLOSE CALLS WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE FOR THE PAST TWO (ALL THE PARTS ARE NEW, NOT REBUILT) BTW, THE STEERING IS VERY LOOSE AND MAKES THE DRIVER OVER CORRECT WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE REPLY THE SOONEST *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS FAILED. WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO BE DEPRESSED SIMULTANEOUSLY FOR THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V045000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

STEEL HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINE UNDER TRUCK BED AND RUNNING ALONG DRIVER SIDE FRAME RUPTURED WHILE DRIVING. RESULT WAS LOSS OF LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION/BRAKE FLUID, MUSHY BRAKE PEDAL, AND GREATLY DECREASED BRAKING PERFORMANCE. INSPECTION REVEALS SIGNIFICANT RUST AREAS ON ALL STEEL BRAKE LINES REQUIRING COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF ALL BRAKE LINES.

YOU TURN ON THE WIPERS AND THEY DON'T WORK OR START AND THAN STOP TO WHICH YOU MUST GET OUT OF THE TRUCK AND GIVE A PULL ON THE WIPER ARM TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING DURING A RAINSTORM, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED FUNCTIONING. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND THE WIPERS BEGAN WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. MOST RECENTLY, THE WIPERS STOPPED FUNCTIONING ALTOGETHER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO REFERRED HIM TO NHTSA. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,550. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 69,836.

THE TRUCK STOPPED RUNNING WHILE DRIVING,TRIED TO START THE TRUCK WITH NO LUCK. HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. TRUCK RA FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND THEN GOT TO WHERE IT WOULDN'T RUN AND NOW IT WONT EVEN START. I HAD IT TOWED BACK IN AND THEY TESTED THE FUEL PUMP AND IT WAS GOOD. THE DEALERSHIP RESEARCHED THAT YEAR AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL INJECTOR STICKING CAUSING IT TO DO THAT. THERE WAS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT OUT WARNING PEOPLE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS. THE PARTS ARE WELL OVER $700. NOTHING IS BEING DONE BY GM TO FIX THE PROBLEM SO THE TRUCK IS NOT DRIVABLE UNTIL IT GETS FIXED. GM NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND FIX THESE VEHICLES SINCE THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

TRUCK WILL NOT START. NOT HEARING THE ELECTIC FUEL PUMP IN GAS TANK. TRUCK TOWED FOR REPAIRS. DURING FUEL PUMP REPLACEMENT. NOTICED THE CONNECTOR INSIDE THE GAS TANK ARCED AND BURNED WITH 2 INCHES OF INSULATION BURNED OFF THE WIRES SUPPLYING POWER TO THE FUEL PUMP. 1997 GMC TRUCK. I GUESS THIS CONNECTOR THAT MATES THROUGH THE TANK HAS HAD A HISTORY OF ARCING BURNING HERE. ALSO THE CONNECTOR DEFECT ISNT EASILY NOTICABLE TO THE TECHNICIAN. CAUSING INTERMITTENT FUEL PUMP FAILURE AS IN MY CASE. HAS THERE BEEN ANY HISTORY OF FIRE/EXPOSION WITH THESE CONNECTORS ON GM VEHICLES. THIS I FEEL IS A SERIOUS DEFECT. THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN PROBABLY DRIVEN FOR SOME TIME WITH THIS DEFECT AND IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE TO MANY TECHNICIANS.. HTTP://WWW.FINDARTICLES.COM/P/ARTICLES/MI_M3102/IS_6_123/AI_N6083406 HERE IS AN ARTICLE EXPLAINING THE DEFECT.

STEERING WHEEL JERKS SHARPLY AT TIMES AS IF IS RESTRICTED. MY SISTER HAD A SURBURBAN THIS YEAR MODEL THAT DID THE SAME THING. THEY TOOK THEIR AUTO IN SEVERAL TIMES BUT NEVER WOULD DO THIS. IT IS SO RANDOM THAT IT WOULD BE HARD TO FIND FOR THE SERVICE DEPT. THEY JUST SOLD THEIR VEHICLE. ANY INFO FROM GMC ON THIS PROBLEM? OUR TRUCK DID NOT DO THIS UNTIL AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED.*AK

VEHICLE WILL MOMENTARILY LOSE CONTROL ONLY WHEN TURNING TO THE RIGHT. VEHICLE WILL JERK & SOMETIMES WANDER INTO ANOTHER LANE OR OFF THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. DEALER HASVE BEEN TRYING TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK

1997 GMC SIERRA DOES NOT DECELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS RELEASED.*MR BRAKING AND/OR DOWNSHIFTING ONLY INCREASED THE RPM. TRANSMISSION CAN BE PUT INTO NEUTRAL THEN BACK IN THE DESIRED GEAR AND THE VEHICLE WILL THEN SLOW DOWN SLIGHTLY. SERVICE DEALER CLAIMED NO PROBLEM FOUND. *TT

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. *JB PH *JB

WHEN THE PASSENGER SEAT WAS MOVED THE SEAT BELT WOULD BE IN THE WAY AND AND THE SEAT WOULD GET STUCK ON THE SEAT BELT. THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT LATCH WHICH CONNECTS THE SHOULDER HARNESS TO THE CAR BROKE OFF. ANYONE RIDING IN THE CAR WOULD BE TICKETED FOR NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT AND NO USE OF THE SEAT BELT WITH AN AIRBAG EQUIPED. DEALERSHIP SAYS DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WAS RECALLED BUT NOT THE PASSENGER SIDE.*AK

I HAVE A 1997 GMC C1500 PICKUP. THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT HAS JAMMED AND WILL NOT EXTEND. IT IS ILLEGAL IN MY STATE TO DRIVE WITH OUT A SEAT BELT. MY GMC DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE ME $200 TO FIX THE BELT. *AK CAN I BE CHARGED, THIS MUCH, FOR A FAILURE OF A SAFETY SYSTEM ON A 7YEAR OLD VEHICAL?

THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HANDLE DOESN'T WORK. I BELIEVE THIS WAS A 'RECALL' BUT I COULDN'T GET THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX IT. REAL FUN HAVING TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW JUST TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM INSIDE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE DOOR'S WINDOW IS FROZEN. OBVIOUSLY THE VEHICLE IS IN A PARKED POSTION. THE TRUCK ONLY HAD 149,000 WHEN THE HANDLE STOPPED WORKING.

RUSTED FRAME AND SIDE PANELS THIS IS A 1997 GMS SIERRA Z71. 85,000 MILES. FRAME IS RUSTED TO THE POINT IT WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION AND IS NOT ROAD SAFE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR A VEHICLE OF THIS AGE AND SO FEW MILES. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED/ WARMING UP, CONSUMER MOVED THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT A WARNING. *AK

MY IGNITION CYLINDER IS BINDING BADLY AND IM CONCERNED THAT MY VEHICLE IS GOING TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS AS OTHER GM VEHICLES. *TR

TRUCK WILL NOT START. NOT HEARING THE ELECTIC FUEL PUMP IN GAS TANK. TRUCK TOWED FOR REPAIRS. DURING FUEL PUMP REPLACEMENT. NOTICED THE CONNECTOR INSIDE THE GAS TANK ARCED AND BURNED WITH 2 INCHES OF INSULATION BURNED OFF THE WIRES SUPPLYING POWER TO THE FUEL PUMP. 1997 GMC TRUCK. I GUESS THIS CONNECTOR THAT MATES THROUGH THE TANK HAS HAD A HISTORY OF ARCING BURNING HERE. ALSO THE CONNECTOR DEFECT ISNT EASILY NOTICABLE TO THE TECHNICIAN. CAUSING INTERMITTENT FUEL PUMP FAILURE AS IN MY CASE. HAS THERE BEEN ANY HISTORY OF FIRE/EXPOSION WITH THESE CONNECTORS ON GM VEHICLES. THIS I FEEL IS A SERIOUS DEFECT. THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN PROBABLY DRIVEN FOR SOME TIME WITH THIS DEFECT AND IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE TO MANY TECHNICIANS.. HTTP://WWW.FINDARTICLES.COM/P/ARTICLES/MI_M3102/IS_6_123/AI_N6083406 HERE IS AN ARTICLE EXPLAINING THE DEFECT.

GMC K 1500 SUBURBAN 4WD 1997, 2ND REPLACEMENT OF CARRIER ASSEMBLY. *BF THE CONSUMER HAS HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE TO INCLUDE A TOTAL FRONT DIFFERENTIAL TEARDOWN AND REPLACEMENT OF THE FRONT LEFT AXLE AND IT'S COMPONENTS.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY REAR DIFFERENTIAL BROKE RESULTING IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. LOST POWER STEERING CONTROL AS WELL AS BRAKING ABILITY. THE LEFT WHEEL ENDED UP DETACHING THREE FEET AWAY FROM WERE THE WHEEL IS TO BE MOUNTED TO THE TRUCK. *NLM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE OXIDIZED PLASTIC HEADLIGHTS WERE NOT BRIGHT ENOUGH TO ILLUMINATE THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE DEFECT BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. UPDATED 12/16/11

MY PROBLEMS REALLY BEGAN SOON AFTER THE WARRANTY WAS OVER @ 36,000 MILES. AT 42,240 I HAD A FUEL INJECTOR GO OUT, AT 55,590 MILES I HAD A WATER PUMP, SEAL, AND CORE NIPPLES GO BAD, ALONG WITH THE IDLE ARM ASSEMBLY, AND THE MAIN ENGINE BELT REPLACED. AGAIN ONLY 2 WEEKS LATER @ 58,275 MILES I STILL HAD A COOLANT LEAK, AND IT WAS THEN DETERMINED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD DEVELOPED A LEAK, AND THE THERMOSTAT AND SEAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE AGAIN ONLY 2 DAYS LATER I AGAIN EXPERIENCED YET ANOTHER PROBLEM, THIS TIME THE ALTENATOR WENT OUT! I COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER, AND TO GENERAL MOTORS, WHO CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO THE MATTER. THE DEALER DID AGGREE IT IS FAIRLY RARE TO HAVE THESE PROBLEMS SO SOON, AND GENERAL MOTORS AGGREES. HOWEVER THAT DOES'NT EASE MY MIND, THAT THEIR MAY BE A DESIGN, OR PARTS PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. I DID TALK WITH ANOTHER OWNER OF THE SAME TYPE TRUCK A 1992, SAME STYLE AND ENGINE, AND INFORMED ME THAT HE HAD EXACTLY THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEMS OCCUR AT APROX: THE SAME MILAGE TIME FRAME, AND HAD SEVERAL MORE POP UP WITH THE TRANSMISSION AS WELL.*AK

1997 GMC SIERRA DOES NOT DECELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS RELEASED.*MR BRAKING AND/OR DOWNSHIFTING ONLY INCREASED THE RPM. TRANSMISSION CAN BE PUT INTO NEUTRAL THEN BACK IN THE DESIRED GEAR AND THE VEHICLE WILL THEN SLOW DOWN SLIGHTLY. SERVICE DEALER CLAIMED NO PROBLEM FOUND. *TT