2000 GMC Sierra 2500 Problems

WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKE AND ABS LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHT UP. THIS HAS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING OF THE FREEWAY AND ON CITY STREETS. SOMETIMES THESE LIGHTS GO OFF AND SOMETIMES THEY REMAIN LIGHTED. WHEN THIS HAPPENS I FEAR THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES AND HAVE TAKEN THIS MATTER TO A MECHANIC. THE BRAKES WERE EXAMINED AND HE FOUND NOTHING WRONG. THIS IS VERY STARTLING TO THE DRIVER AND OF GREAT CONCERN. THIS APPEARS ON INTERNET SEARCHES AND IT APPEARS THAT 100,000 PLUS INDIVIDUALS HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND OBVIOUSLY THIS MATTER HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THERE ATTENTION. YET THEY CLAIM THEY ARE UNFAMILIAR AND WANT TO CHARGE $600 TO DIAGNOSE AND THEN LIKELY MORE TO FIX. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A LIE AS THERE IS NO WAY THAT ONE COULD BE READING SO MUCH ABOUT THIS ON THE INTERNET IF IT WAS NOT A PROBLEM IN THE GMC SIERRA TRUCKS. SOME CLAIM IT IS A FAULTY CIRCUIT BOARD WHILE OTHERS HAVE LOST THE USE OF THEIR BRAKES. THIS IS OF GREAT CONCERN. THIS OCCURS WHILE DRIVING AND THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND SOMETIMES AT HIGH SPEEDS ON A FREEWAY.

I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK USED AND WAS ABLE TO USE FOR A BOUT A MONTH BEFORE BOTH REAR SPRING PERCHES BROKE ALLOWING THE SPRINGS TO REST UNDER THE PICKUP BODY, AFTER REPLACING THEM THE BRAKE LINES RUPTURED BECAUSE OF RUST ANOTHER POOR QUALITY PRODUCT FROM GM !

GMC TRUCK FRAMES CRACKING, ROTTING OUT, BRAKING DUE TO POOR DESIGN AND COATING AND GM WON'T STEP UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AS TOYOTA HAS. THE CONSUMER GETS AN UNSAFE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF FRAMES GIVING OUT WELL BEFORE THE BODY, THE FRAMES SHOULD BE STRONG. IN UNDER 2 YEARS THE FRAME WENT FROM STRONG AND SAFE TO NOW RUSTED UP SCRAP METAL. AMERICAN QUALITY SHOULD BE OF GREAT STANDARDS IN MY UP MOST OPINION BEING AN ARMY VETERAN. GENERAL MOTORS SHOULD COMPANSATE OWNERS OR BUY THEM BACK AS TOYOTA HAS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE SLIGHTLY LOWERED TOWARDS THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN WITH CAUTION TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THAT THE DRIVER SIDE MAIN FRAME RAIL WAS FRACTURED IN THE CENTER. ADDITIONALLY, THE PASSENGER SIDE MAIN RAIL WAS PARTIALLY FRACTURED. THE FAILURE WAS BEYOND REPAIR. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE BRAKE LINE AND REAR CROSS MEMBER NEAR THE FUEL TANK WERE COMPLETELY CORRODED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

I BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS BREAKING OFF. I SPENT A TON OF MONEY REPLACING O2 SENSORS OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS. I'VE JUST CURRENTLY FOUND OUT THAT THE O2 SENSORS WERE NOT BAD, IT WAS ACTUALLY THE EXHAUST HEADER BOLTS BREAKING ALLOWING MY EMISSION SYSTEM TO MALFUNCTION. I'VE HAD 3 BOLTS REPLACED 2 MONTHS AGO AT A TIDY COST OF $1000.00. ONE WEEK AGO I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND SMELLED EXHAUST FUMES IN MY TRUCK CAB. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO MY MECHANIC AND HE FOUND 3 MORE BOLTS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE BROKEN OFF. NOT ONLY AM I WITHOUT A VEHICLE (BECAUSE AT THIS TIME I CANNOT AFFORD THE REPAIR) I THINK GENERAL MOTORS SHOULD CORRECT MY PROBLEM AND PAY FOR PREVIOUS REPAIRS. THIS IS POOR WORKMAN SHIP ON THEIR PART NOT TO MENTION A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. ALL GM TRUCKS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 1999 AND 2007 WITH V-8 ENGINES HAVE THIS PROBLEM. GM SHOULD MAN UP TO THIS ISSUE AND RECALL AND REPAIR THE FAULTY EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLT PROBLEM. I FOR ONE THINK THIS COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN. MY TRUCK CANNOT PASS AN ENVIRONMENTAL EMISSIONS TEST AT THIS TIME. *TR

RIGHT REAR MANIFOLD BOLT BROKE ALLOWING EXHAUST LEAK WITH ACCOMPANYING NOISE. REPAIRS WERE MADE WITH SUBSEQUENT FAILURE. DEALERS DECLINED ANY TYPE OF WARRANTY OR OTHER ASSISTANCE. SUBJECT BOLT HAS FAILED FOR THIRD TIME. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKE AND ABS LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHT UP. THIS HAS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING OF THE FREEWAY AND ON CITY STREETS. SOMETIMES THESE LIGHTS GO OFF AND SOMETIMES THEY REMAIN LIGHTED. WHEN THIS HAPPENS I FEAR THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES AND HAVE TAKEN THIS MATTER TO A MECHANIC. THE BRAKES WERE EXAMINED AND HE FOUND NOTHING WRONG. THIS IS VERY STARTLING TO THE DRIVER AND OF GREAT CONCERN. THIS APPEARS ON INTERNET SEARCHES AND IT APPEARS THAT 100,000 PLUS INDIVIDUALS HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND OBVIOUSLY THIS MATTER HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THERE ATTENTION. YET THEY CLAIM THEY ARE UNFAMILIAR AND WANT TO CHARGE $600 TO DIAGNOSE AND THEN LIKELY MORE TO FIX. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A LIE AS THERE IS NO WAY THAT ONE COULD BE READING SO MUCH ABOUT THIS ON THE INTERNET IF IT WAS NOT A PROBLEM IN THE GMC SIERRA TRUCKS. SOME CLAIM IT IS A FAULTY CIRCUIT BOARD WHILE OTHERS HAVE LOST THE USE OF THEIR BRAKES. THIS IS OF GREAT CONCERN. THIS OCCURS WHILE DRIVING AND THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND SOMETIMES AT HIGH SPEEDS ON A FREEWAY.

INSTRUMENT PANEL WORKS VERY RARELY, CAN'T TELL HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING OR WHAT GEAR YOU ARE IN AND THE ANTILOCK BRAKES MAKE IT SO THE VEHICLE WON'T STOP WHEN YOU ARE MOVING AT LOW SPEEDS. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK USED AND WAS ABLE TO USE FOR A BOUT A MONTH BEFORE BOTH REAR SPRING PERCHES BROKE ALLOWING THE SPRINGS TO REST UNDER THE PICKUP BODY, AFTER REPLACING THEM THE BRAKE LINES RUPTURED BECAUSE OF RUST ANOTHER POOR QUALITY PRODUCT FROM GM !

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE SLIGHTLY LOWERED TOWARDS THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN WITH CAUTION TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THAT THE DRIVER SIDE MAIN FRAME RAIL WAS FRACTURED IN THE CENTER. ADDITIONALLY, THE PASSENGER SIDE MAIN RAIL WAS PARTIALLY FRACTURED. THE FAILURE WAS BEYOND REPAIR. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE BRAKE LINE AND REAR CROSS MEMBER NEAR THE FUEL TANK WERE COMPLETELY CORRODED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

FRONT CROSSMEMBER WELDS SEVERELY RUSTED AND ROTTED OUT. CROSSMEMBER ABOUT READY TO BREAK LOOSE FROM FRAME. FRONT FRAME RAILS SEVERELY RUSTED AND ROTTED OUT. FRONT SUSPENSION PARTS SEVERELY RUSTED AND ROTTING AWAY. REAR FRAME SEVERELY RUSTED AND ROTTED OUT. SHOCK MOUNTS ABOUT READY TO BREAK LOOSE FROM FRAME. ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE AND PATHETIC FOR A 13 YEAR OLD, 32,000 DOLLAR TRUCK TO BE UN-DRIVABLE AND IN THIS CONDITION. *TR

POWER STEERING PUMP SHAFT BROKE, HYDRO BOOST SYSTEM THAT CONTROLS BRAKES FAILED. THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED AND IT FAILED AGAIN WITHIN A MONTH. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON A LOCAL ROAD. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. WAS ABLE TO STOP AND DRIVE IT HOME. THE LINE ABOVE THE GAS TANK WAS CORRODED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. SAME THING HAPPENED IN DEC.2011. THIS TIME THE LINE WAS CORRODED AGAINST THE FRAME LEADING TO THE ABS MODULE. THIS REPAIR HASN'T BEEN COMPLETED BECAUSE OF EXPENSE. I PLAN TO REPLACE THE REMAINDER OF THE LINES BECAUSE THEY ARE RUSTING INSIDE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT LEADING TO THE MASTER CYLINDER. *TR

FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS NOW (SINCE 2005),MY 2000 GMC FUEL GAUGE FLUCTUATES REGARDLESS HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN THE TANK. I CAN BE AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND GAUGE WILL GO TO EMPTY AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL I PLACE THE SHIFTER INTO NEUTRAL AND GAUGE NEEDLE WILL MOVE TO FUEL LEVEL. I'VE HAVE GONE TO GMC AND CHEVROLET SERVICE DEPTS. AND BOTH SAID THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND THAT I WOULD NEED TO PURCHASE AND ADAPTER KIT FOR AROUND $150. I BELIEVE THAT THIS DEFECTIVE GAUGE PROBLEM SHOULD BE RECALLED SINCE THERE ARE MANY TRUCKS WITH THIS PROBLEM AND I BELIEVE GENERAL MOTORS IS AWARE OF THIS SINCE DEALERS HAVE BEEN HAVING THESE TYPES OF TRUCKS TAKEN IN FOR THIS REPAIR MAKING IT KNOWN THAT THERE ARE MANY MORE OUT THERE. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE ESPECIALLY WHEN PULLING AN 9000 LB. FIFTH DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT NIGHT AND NOT KNOWING HOW MUCH FUEL YOU HAVE AND SECOND HAVING TO PLACE THE SHIFTER INTO NEUTRAL TO MAKE IT GO BACK UP. WHEN TRUCK IS IN PARK AND IDLING AND GAUGE WILL GO TO EMPTY REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH FUEL REMAINS THERE UNTIL THE SHIFTER IS PLACED IN NEUTRAL. PLEASE HELP IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE , I FEEL THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS SINCE I HAVE MY FAMILY WITH ME WHEN I TRAVEL. *JB

WET SURFACE. TWO SIMILAR WRECKS IN TWO DIFFERENT CHEVY PICKUPS. ONE A 1994 AND THE OTHER IN A 2000 GMC. TRYING TO STOP, STANDING ON THE BRAKES, WHILE BOTH OF THESE VEHICLES ACCELERATED INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. FOLLOWING THE LAST INCIDENT, I WENT STRAIGHT TO A LARGE EMPTY PARKING LOT AND DUPLICATED THE ACCELERATION WHILE STANDING ON BRAKES. *TR

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT HAS COME ON AT LEAST 6 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE DEALER REPORTED AN ASSIGNED REASON FOR THE FAILURE EACH TIME. THEN ON THE LAST OCCURRECE THEY DID NOT EVEN TROUBLE-SHOOT THE FAILURE. INSTEAD THEY REPROGRAMMED THE PROM FOR THE ENGINE. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS MY FUEL ECONOMY WENT FOR 12-14 MPG TO 8-9 MPG, THE ENGINE IDLE IS ROUGH (SOMETIMES ALMOST STALLS) AND ON OCCASION THERE IS A FUEL SMELL. AFTER COMPLAINING ABOUT THESE ITEMS THE DEALER "CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG" GMC HAS REFUSED ALL MY ATTEMPS TO HAVE A REGIONAL SUPPORT MANAGER CONTACT ME. IN ADDITION TO THIS THE FUEL PUMP HAS MADE A LOUD BUZZING NOISE ( YOU CAN HEAR INSIDE THE VEHICLE WITH THE WINDOWS UP). THE DEALER SAID THIS WAS "NORMAL".*AK

The contact owns a 2000 GMC Sierra 2500. The contact stated that the spare tire detached from the vehicle after the cable securing the spare tire fractured. The contact discovered the failure upon returning to the residence from an errand and found the spare tire in the driveway. No warning lights illuminated, and no unusual sounds occurred prior to the failure. The contact expressed concern that the detached spare tire could become a road hazard and increase the risk of a crash. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 178,000.

FIRESTONE STEEL TEX (DOT VN11 B1C) TIRE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, 35000 MILES MOUNTED ON A GMC, 2500, HD 2000. LEFT REAR TIRE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPH. WHOLE TREAD SIDEWALL WAS MISSING. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *AK *TT

THE BRAKES LOCK UP CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID, THE CONSUMER MUST ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO STOP EVEN WHEN TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS. NLM

DT: THE CALLER SAYS THERE IS A PIECE OF METAL ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT THAT CUTS INTO THE SEAT AND HIS CLOTHES. HE HAD THE SEAT REPLACED TWICE, BUT NOT THE PIECE OF METAL. IT IS LOCATED WHERE HE PIVOTS THE SEAT BACK. THE CALLER SAYS THE METAL IS REAL SHARP. HE SA DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS CAUSING THE RIPS UNTIL A WEEK AGO. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER SAID THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THEY WILL NOT FIX IT FOR FREE. *AK

2000 GMC SIERRA, 3/4 TON, PICKUP, SEAT BELT DOES NOT WORK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SIERRA 2500. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 30-35 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT FAILED TO STOP COMPLETELY AT A STOP SIGN. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING THE MASSIVE IMPACT. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE POLICE AND AMBULANCE WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OCCUPANT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER. THE OPPOSING VEHICLE SUSTAINED MODERATE DAMGES AND THE TWO OCCUPANTS WERE INJURED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 91,000. UPDATED 04/21/09.*JB