Owner-reported complaints naming the body or structure system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2000 GMC Sierra 1500 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE REAR TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLE WAS SEVERELY RUSTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER A MANUFACTURER RECALL, BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO PREVENT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 351,000. UPDATED 02/19/16*LJ UPDATED 3/23/18*JB
ALL FRAME SUPPORTS A ROTTED NEED THEM WELDED. GMC DOES NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS . HOW COME TOYOTA HAD TO REPLACE THEIR FRAMES BUT GM DON'T HAVE TO . *TR
WHILE TRYING TO SELL MY VEHICLE, AN AUTO SERVICE FACILITY DISCOVERED SERIOUS FRAME CORROSION WHICH COULD PROVE TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE. THE CORROSION SEEMS EXCESSIVE AND SUGGESTS DESIGN AND/OR MATERIAL DEFICIENCIES. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ALL BRAKE LINES AND HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION SHIFT LINKAGE FAILURE, ALL DUE TO RUST. ALSO, EXCESSIVE BODY RUST IN THE LOWER ROCKER PANELS HAS OCCURRED, MORE OF A COSMETIC PROBLEM, BUT INDICATIVE OF THE PERVASIVE RUST PROBLEM THAT EXISTS. *TR
RUST- HAD TO REPLACE ALL THE BRAKE LINES,ROCKER PANELS AND CAB CORNERS,GAS TANK STRAPS RUSTED OUT AND BROKE OFF .BOTH SPRING SHACKLES BROKE FROM RUST AND HAD TO BE REPLACED,THE FRAME HAD TO BE FIXED(CRACKED) AND NOW THE SHOCK MOUNTS HAVE RUSTED OFF AND HAVE TO BE FIXED AND ITS ONLY GOT 115,000 MILES. *TR
MY 2000 GMC SIERRA'S FRAME IS EXTREMELY RUSTED. PARTS OF THE FRAME HAVE RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH. ALL THE BRAKES LINES HAVE BEEN REPLACED DUE TO RUST AS HAVE MANY OTHER BRAKE PARTS. I PURCHASED THE TRUCK USED BUT PREVIOUS OWNER STATED HE REPLACED THE BRAKE LINES DUE TO A LOW SPEED ACCIDENT. *TR
SEVERE UNDER BODY/FRAME ROT. THE UNDERCARRIAGE AND FRAME OF THE VEHICLE IS SEVERELY CORRODED. THERE ARE NUMEROUS ROT HOLES IN THE BED FLOOR TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU CAN NOT WALK ON THE BED. THE ROCKER PANELS AND CAB CORNERS HAVE ROTTED AWAY COMPLETELY. FACTORY TOW PACKAGE WIRING HARNESS HOUSING IS ROTTED. REAR BUMPER ROTTED TO THE POINT WHERE THERE WAS ONLY 40% OF THE BUMPER REMAINING. BRAKE LINES ROTTED ALONG WITH ENTIRE BRAKE ASSEMBLY ON REAR TIRES, CALIPER AND HOUSING THAT HOLDS CALIPER ROTTED. ENTIRE PORTION OF METAL THAT HOLDS THE LEFT TAILGATE HINGE ROTTED AWAY AND IS NOW GONE. TAILGATE CAN NOT BE OPENED. UPON TAKING THE VEHICLE FOR AN INSPECTION STICKER I WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS FALLING APART AND I WAS WARNED THAT I SHOULD NOT BE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD THE ENTIRE FRAME WAS ROTTED TO THE POINT THAT REPAIR WOULD NOT BE A COST EFFECTIVE CHOICE. UPON CONTACTING DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *TR
EXCESSIVE RUST FROM MIDDLE OF UNDER CARRIAGE ON BACK LEAD PART FAILURES. ONE OF TWO STRAPS HOLDING UP GAS TANK, REAR STRAP, BROKE AND REAR OF GAS TANK DROPPED ABOUT 4 INCHES. I WAS NOT DRIVING THE TRUCK, JUST NOTICED THEN GASPED. I REPLACED THE GAS TANK STRAP. RESEARCH ON INTERNET REVEALS EXCESSIVE RUST FOR THESE TRUCKS IS COMMON. AFTER HEARING ABOUT THE TOYOTA TUNDRAS DROPPING A SPARE TIRE DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUST, I FIGURE A PART FAILURE POSSIBLY LEADING TO A DROPPING A GAS TANK QUALIFIES TOO. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC K1500. THE CONTACT WAS PERFORMING AN OIL CHANGE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS MOUNTED ON THE LIFT. SUDDENLY, HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE PLUNGED TO THE GROUND WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE CAB STILL MOUNTED ON THE LIFT. THE VEHICLE'S FRAME FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AND IS CURRENTLY INOPERABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 135,556. UPDATED 03-27-09 *BF UPDATED 03/31/09. *JB
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500 HD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND IS CURRENTLY AT THE BODY SHOP. HE STATED THAT GM IS GIVING HIM THE RUN AROUND. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 75,000. THE CONSUMER STATED SPOKE WITH DEALER, THERE HAVE BEEN 4 RECALLS THAT WERE ISSUED AND HE WAS NOT NOTIFIED SUCH AS TAILGATE, AIRBAG, FRONT BRAKE PIPE WITH BODY CROSS SEALS, AND FRONT BRAKE HOSE ABRASION. UPDATED 09/10/07 *TR
DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS NHTSA RECALLS CAMPAIGNS 04V129000 CONCERNING TAILGATE: HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS, AND 05V161000 CONCERNING PARKING BRAKE. THIS VEHICLE MANIFESTS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALLS. BUT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALLS DUE TO VIN. THE CONTACT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AT HIS OWN EXPENSE.*AK UPDATED 12/7/2005. *NM
TAIL GATE STRAPS BROKE WHILE I WAS SITTING ON THE TAIL GATE HOLDING MY SHOT GUN TAKING A BREAK FROM PLEASANT HUNTING. I WEIGH 175 POUNDS. FORTUNATELY THE GUN WAS UNLOADED AS I WENT TO THE GROUND. I HAVE MY HUNTING BUDDY AS A WITNESS. NO DAMAGE TO TAILGATE. VEHICLE MILEAGE 50,026 AT TIME. CABLES RUSTED OUT. COSTS FOR LABOR AND MATERIALS $62 AT CLIFT GMC INVOICE #[XXX]. VEHICLE ID [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
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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