1993 GMC Sierra Interior & seats Problems

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING.*MR THE VEHICLE WENT FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WOULD COST HIM $4000.00 AND TO REBUILD AN OLD ONE WOULD BE $3000.00. THE CONSUMER HAS MADE ONGOING COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE VEHICLE AND FEELS THE COST OF THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE LOWERED. NOT ONLY HAS THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION ,BUT THE ROOF OF THE TRUCK INCLUDING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HEAD LINER THAT NOW HANGS DOWN WHICH WAS DUE TO THE ROOF LEAKING, THE CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR AS WELL AS THE RADIO SYSTEM. *CB THE VEHICLE ALSO HAD A BROKEN SEAT BACK RECLINER, THE IGNITION SWITCH WOULD NOT TURN OFF, THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE WOULD NOT ENGAGE, THE SHOCKS WERE BAD AND THE VEHICLE WAS IN NEED OF AN ALIGNMENT. *JB

NHTSA ID

10051807

Mileage

1,500 mi

FAILURES IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. RADIO,DASHBOARD LIGHT (SPEEDOMETER, ETC.),WINDSHIELD WIPERS. *LA

NHTSA ID

10045281

Incident

Aug 8, 2003

Mileage

87,510 mi

THIS WAS A RECALL ITEM-94-C-62(B). SINCE THE RECALL I'VE HAD THE TRUCK IN THE DEALERS SHOP 3 TIMES. THEY'VE REPLACED THE SAME SEAT BOLTS EACH TIME. THEY EVEN REPLACED THE SEAT THE SECOND TIME IN THE SHOP. THE LAST TIME IT TOOK OVER A MONTH AND DEALING WITH 3 GM CUSTOMER SERVICE PEOPLE TO GET GM TO PAY FOR IT. WHICH AT THAT TIME GM STATED THAT THEY WOULD NO LONGER PAY FOR ANY FURTHER SEAT REPAIRS. THIS SEAT FEELS LIKE IT MIGHT BE GETTING LOOSE AGAIN. AS THIS WAS A RECALL ITEM ARE THEY ONLY OBLIGATED TO REPAIR IT AS LONG AS THEY WANT? ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT BREAKS AGAIN? EACH TIME IT BREAKS, IT DOES SO WHILE DRIVING. IS THIS JUST AN ISOLATED EVENT OR ARE OTHERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM? GM CUSTOMER SERVICE TOLD ME MY REOCCURING PROBLEM IS THE ONLY ONE THEY HAVE HEARD OF RELATED TO THIS RECALL. THE DEALER THAT DID THE RECALL WORK IS ROYAL MOORE BUICK/GMC IN HILLSBORO OR.*AK

NHTSA ID

749956

Incident

May 17, 2001

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN HE NOTICED THAT HOOD BEGAN TO "FLUTTER". MOMENTS LATER, SAFETY LATCH RELEASED, AND HOOD FLEW UP WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. *AK HOOD FAILURE CAUSED $1600 IN DAMAGES. *SLC

NHTSA ID

885841

Incident

Apr 12, 2001

THE SEAT TRACKS ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO FLY BACKWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN MOTION, OR THE REACTION OF THE SEAT COULD HAVE CAUSED LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.*AK

NHTSA ID

743473

Incident

Mar 30, 2001

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL(94-C-62A AND B) FRONT SEAT BACK RECLINER FAILURE, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR REPIARS AND FAULTY BOLTS THAT MOUNTED THE SEAT BACK TO THE LOWER SEAT FRAME WERE REPLACED, WHILE BRAKING TWO OF THE BOLTS IN THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT SNAPPED MAKING THE SEAT LURCH FOWARD AND THEN ALMOST COMPLETLEY BACK, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALERSHIP WHERE RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED PREVIOUSLY TO REPLACE BOLTS AND WAS DENIED, BUT AFTER A CONVERSATION WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER IT WAS AGREED THAT CONSUMER WOULD PAY ONLY FOR PARTS, TWO WEEKS LATER CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE SEAT SEEMED TO BE LEANING TO ONE SIDE, COVER WAS REMOVED OFF OF SEAT BACK AND THE SEAT BACK TUBULAR FRAME HAD SOME CRACKS IN THE WELD, CONSUMER PURCHASED A NEW SEAT BACK FRAME, CONSUMER HAS BEEN DENIED REIMBURSEMENT BY MANFACTURER STATING THAT THE PROBLEMS THAT HE IS EXPERIENCING DOES NOT FALL UNDER THEIR PREVIOUS RECALL WHICH STATES WHEN BOLTS FAIL THE SEATS WILL RECLINE, NOT MOVE FOWARD. *JB

NHTSA ID

560361

Incident

May 1, 1996

CONSUMER HAD RECALL 93V163 COMPLETED, 2 OF THE BOLTS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE SNAPPED WHILE BRAKING ALSO CAUSING THE SEAT BACK FRAME TO CRACK IN THE WELDS, THE CONSUMER TOOK THIS TO THE DEALER WHO COMPLETED THE WORK FOR THE BOLTS BUT THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR THE PARTS, THE CONSUMER HAD THE SEAT BACK FRAME REPLACED ON HIS OWN, JUST RECENTLY WHILE BRAKING,THE BOLTS BROKE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE, CAUSING THE BACK FRAME TO BEND AND SEPARATE AT THE WELD JOINTS, GM STATED THAT BECAUSE THE SEAT RECLINED FORWARD THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING OR REPAIRING THE SEAT BOLTS, THE CONSUMER ARGUED THAT WHILE BRAKING THE SEAT WOULD RECLINE FORWARD, BUT THE DEALER STILL REFUSED ANY KIND OF REPAIR. *SLC

NHTSA ID

557815

Incident

Nov 1, 1996

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE INTERMITENT, NOW FAIL AND CAUSE HIGH CURRENT DRAW ON ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. RECALLED SEATS WERE REPAIRED AT DEALER, SEA-BACK MALFUNCTIONED WHILE DRIVING AGAIN REPORTED TO DEALER SAID THEY NEEDED MANAGER APPROVAL, NO MANAGER AVAILABLE NOW DRIVING WITH ICE CHEST HOLDING SEAT BACK IN PLACE SPEED CONTROLS ON CRUISE CONTROL ARE INTERMITTENT BRAKE LIGHT/TURNSIGNAL PASSANGER/REAR BURNS OUT MORE OFTEN THAN OTHER BULBS CHARRING AT ELECTRICAL PLUG ASSY. LEFT DOOR SAGS DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. MY BIGGEST CONCERNS ARE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND THE SEATS I AM GOING TO TRY DEALING WITH THE REPAIR SHOP BUT ANY HELP FROM THIS ORG. WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU

NHTSA ID

725622

Incident

Jun 30, 2000

WHILE DRIVING AND ATTEMPTING TO LEAN DRIVERS SEATBACK LATCH MECHANISM BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO FALL ALL THE WAY BACK. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. SEAT BOLTS WERE REPLACED DURING A RECALL PROGRAM. *AK *ML

NHTSA ID

865387

Incident

Jul 13, 2000

RECALL WORK WAS DONE IN MAY '96, SECOND FAILURE IN FEB '99 GMC WAS CONTACTED, NOTHING COULD BE DONE. RECALL WORK IS NOT GUARANTEED, EVEN THOUGH THIS COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS HAD THE VEHICLE BEEN TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN THE FRONT SEAT BOLTS BROKE.

NHTSA ID

703705

Incident

Feb 21, 1999

THE FRONT SEAT ANCHOR TRACKS TO THE DRIVER SEAT BROKE WHILE DRIVING THE SEAT SLIDES BACK AND FORTH. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

NHTSA ID

830491

Incident

Jun 20, 1998

RECALL WORK ON THE SEAT BOLTS COMPLETED, HOWEVER REPLACEMENT BOLT IN DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE, ALLOWING SEAT BACK TO COLLAPSE. (QCAW)

NHTSA ID

539492

Incident

Jul 15, 1998

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE TWO BOLTS WHICH HOLD SEAT IN PLACE BROKE WAY, CAUSING MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEMS. PROBLEM OCCURRED TWICE. DEALERS ARE AWARE OF PROBLEM. NOTED RECALL FOR PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

822508

SEATS BROKE THROWING DRIVE AND PASSENGER BACKWARDS.

NHTSA ID

530720

RECALL # 95V246000; RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED IN MAY OF 97. NO PROBLEM WITH BOLTS AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER, OWNER RECEIVED A 2ND RECALL NOTICE IN OCTOBER OF 97. WHEN TAKEN TO DEALER, DISCOVERED THAT BOLTS WERE BROKEN AT THIS TIME. THE BOLTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY DEALER. *AK

NHTSA ID

817174

Incident

Oct 16, 1997

WHILE DRIVING TAILGATE LATCH FAILED, RESULTING IN BIKE COMING DISCONNECT TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE.

NHTSA ID

512429

Incident

Nov 25, 1996

SEAT BROKE WHILE DRIVING CAUSING TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL.

NHTSA ID

512004

Incident

Nov 4, 1996

DRIVER'S SEAT FRAME CRACKED.

NHTSA ID

511013

Incident

Apr 1, 1994