1999 GMC Sierra Electrical Problems

WE PARKED AT A CONVENIENCE STORE AND UPON STOPPING TO PARK THE ABS PUMP STARTED WHINING AND WOULD NOT SHUT OFF EVEN AFTER TURNING OFF THE ENGINE. SERVICE MANAGER AT JIM FUOCO MOTORS IN GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO DISCONNECTED THE WIRES TO THE ABS RELAY SYSTEM UNDER THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK. HE SAID THE ABS RELAY MODULE UNDER THE FRAME IS FAULTY AND THAT IT WOULD COST OVER $1000.00 FOR PARTS AND LABOR TO REPLACE DUE TO FAULTY DIODES ON THE SYSTEM. HE ADVISED THAT THE TRUCK CAN BE OPERATED WITHOUT ABS SYSTEM CONNECTED AND THE BRAKES WILL OPERATE AS THE OLDER PRE-ABS BRAKES SYSTEMS DID BUT ON ICY ROADS OR HARD STOPS THE TRUCK MAY SKID AND LOSE TRACTION. THE TRUCK HAD 47,000 MILE ON IT WHEN THIS OCCURRED. THIS OCCURRED SEVERAL MONTHS PRIOR AND GM STILL REFUSES TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM OR RECALL THE ABS SYSTEM. I NOTED ON THIS SITE THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT ABS FAILURES INCLUDING MANY SIMILAR TO MINE. WHY HAS THIS PROBLEM NOT BEEN RECALLED AS A SAFETY ISSUE? THE ABS SYSTEMS ON THESE TRUCKS ARE FAULTY FROM MANUFACTURE, NOT FROM USE. ARE THEY WAITING UNTIL SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR DIES?

NHTSA ID

10107740

Incident

Mar 15, 2004

Mileage

47,200 mi

WE OWN A 1999 GMC SIERRA PICKUP. THE ODOMETER AND SHIFT INDICATOR ARE THE LED TYPE. BOTH THE ODOMETER AND SHIFT INDICATOR HAVE SHORTED OUT AND THERE IS NO WAY TO TELL WHAT THE MILEAGE IS OR WHAT GEAR THE TRUCK IS IN. THIS HAS RESULTED IN TWO INCIDENTS WHERE PEOPLE WERE NEARLY RUN OVER BECAUSE THE DRIVER DID NOT KNOW IF THE TRUCK WAS IN FORWARD OR REVERSE. ALSO, ALTHOUGH THE ODOMETER MEASURES MILEAGE, WE CAN'T READ IT BECAUSE THE DISPLAY IS DARK. WE CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT GETTING THIS FIXED AND THEY INDICATED THE COST WAS $400 BUT THAT THEY HAD REPAIRED ONE OF THEIR OWN VEHICLES AND IT SHORTED OUT AGAIN TWO TIMES. THEY JUST PUT UP WITH IT. TO ME THAT SAYS THAT GMC HAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS COMPONENT AND THEY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF IT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *JB

NHTSA ID

10023671

Incident

Jun 20, 2003

ELECTRICAL FIRE IN DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OF 1999 GMC SIERRA 1500 PICKUP. HEAVY SMOKE DAMAGE, DOOR PANEL DESTROYED, TRIM AROUND THE DOOR DESSTROYED AND SMALL AREA OF CARPET BURNT BY DOOR

NHTSA ID

10003492

Incident

Jan 25, 2003

Mileage

49,700 mi

WHEN VEHICLES ENGINE IS SHUT OFF THE ABS PUMP CONTINUES TO RUN, UNTIL THE VEHICLE BATTERY GOES DEAD, CONSUMER HAS TO DISCONNECT. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

NHTSA ID

8022677

Incident

Oct 20, 2002

TRUCK JAMMED ON BRAKES AND SHIFTED INTO REVERSE WITH NO WARNING DUE TO THE ECM (BRAIN) MALFUNCTIONING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID

8014925

ABS BRAKING LIGHT APPEARED ON DASHBOARD, AND MOTOR UNDERNEATH THE DRIVERSIDE WOULDN'T CUT OFF WHEN KEY WAS INSIDE OF IGNITION. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

NHTSA ID

8005623

Incident

Jan 1, 2002

CONSUMER APPLIED HORN WHILE DRIVING AND HORN FAILED WHILE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER DETERMINED THAT HORN HAD SHORTED OUT, CAUSING ABS CIRCUIT BOARD TO FAIL. *AK

NHTSA ID

8004123

Incident

Feb 14, 2002

I WAS INFORMED BY OCONNORS DEALSHIP OF AUBURN, ME. THAT THE ECM SHORTED OUT AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT AT A COST OF 700 DOLLAR, NOT INCLUDING LABOR.*AK

NHTSA ID

751022

Incident

Aug 18, 2001

VEHICLE WAS MOVING AND HAD TO PLACE FOOT ON BRAKES TO STOP. ABS PUMP HAD MALFUNCTIONED AND FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE RIGHT AWAY. HAD TO UNPLUG PUMP DUE TO WEARING OUT OF BATTERY. DO NOT HAVE ANY ABS BRAKING FEATURES. *AK

NHTSA ID

884631

CONSUMER HAD 2 TIRE BELTS SEPARATED, ONE AT 25000 AND ONE AT 1500 MILES (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT 265-75R16 DOTW273WMA170). NLM

NHTSA ID

559502

POSITVE TERMINAL ROTTED OUT, CAUSING LIGHTS TO GO ON AND OFF AND ENGINE TO STALL. *AK

NHTSA ID

730481

Incident

Aug 28, 2000

ONE OF THE DOORS HAS AN AIR NOISE. YH

NHTSA ID

782039

Incident

Mar 21, 1999