2003 GMC Sierra 1500

TRAVELING TO WORK AND VEHICLE CUT OUT INFRONT OF MY TRUCK. APPLIED BRAKES TO AVOID COLLISION AND HEARD POP AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. UPON ARRIVING AT WORK A FEW MOMENTS LATER FOUND REAR BRAKE LINE CORRODED AND PERFORATION WENT THROUGH CAUSING LEAK. REPLACED THE REAR BRAKE LINE TO CORRECT BUT BRAKES STILL INOP. OLD PIECE OF CORRODED LINE IS AVAILABLE. *TR

ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2010, I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK ON RT. 66 WEST APPROACHING LINDEN VA. AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN TRAFFIC BEGAN TO STOP ABRUPTLY BECAUSE OF ROADWORK. I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE AND APPLIED MY BRAKES. AT THIS TIME MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I HAD BEGUN MY STOP FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM TRAFFIC AHEAD OF ME THAT I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN WITHOUT HITTING ANYONE IN FRONT OF ME. I MOVED MY TRUCK OVER TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER, THEN ONTO THE RAMP FOR THE LINDEN VA. EXIT AND THEN PARKED ON THE SHOULDER THERE. WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK I FOUND A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID QUICKLY FORMING UNDER MY TRUCK, BELOW THE LEFT FRAME RAIL BEHIND THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL. WHEN I LOOKED UP TO SEE WHERE THE FLUID WAS COMING FROM, I FOUND THE LEAK COMING FROM A BUNDLE OR FOUR BRAKE LINES, THAT WERE HEAVILY CORRODED, THAT RAN BESIDE THE FRAME RAIL. AT THIS TIME I MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED TO MY RESIDENCE. AT THE TIME I WAS TOWING A SINGLE AXLE UTILITY TRAILER. THE TRUCK HAS NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED. THIS TRUCK IS A 2003 GMC SIERRA 1500 HD CREW CAB SHORT BED, 8600 GVW. IT IS NEARLY IDENTICAL IN EQUIPMENT TO A 2500 HD CREW CAB SHORT BED. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW. *TR

I OWN A 2003 GMC SIERRA 1500 HD. THIS PAST WINTER I ALMOST HIT A SNOW PLOW DUE TO A BRAKE LINE RUPTURE. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT ALL THE BRAKE LINES WERE SEVERELY RUSTED AND VERY BRITTLE. I HAD THE ONE LINE REPLACE WHICH COST ME NEARLY $300. NO THIS PAST WEEK ANOTHER RUPTURE ALMOST CAUSED ME TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE. THIS TIME I'M GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE EVERY LINE IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM. ALSO THE ABS SYSTEM KICKS IN WHEN TRAVELING AT SLOWER SPEEDS (5-10 MPH). THE CAUSE OF THIS IS UNKNOWN TO ME AT THIS TIME. UPON DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH ONLINE I FIND THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME MODEL AND NEARLY THE SAME YEAR VEHICLES, HAVING EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEMS. THEN I FIND ON YOUR SITE WHERE YOU HAVE STARTED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE PROBLEM. NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE10010 THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THESE LINES TO BE FAULTY IN ONLY 6-7 YEARS TIME. IT'S LIKELY TO COST ME NEARLY A $1,000 TO HAVE ALL OF THESE LINES CHANGED. MY QUESTION IS IF THE NHTSA FINDS GM RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE FAULTY LINES AND THEY ISSUE A RECALL, WILL I BE REIMBURSED FOR HAVING ALREADY PAID FOR THE REPAIR? *TR

HAD DEALERSHIP REPLACE DRIVER SIDE FRONT WHEEL BEARING BECAUSE IT WAS MAKING A GRINDING NOISE. A COUPLE MONTHS LATER THE FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED. AFTER THE BRAKES WERE SERVICED, I STARTED NOTICING THAT THE BRAKES WERE PULSATING, WHICH WAS FELT IN THE PEDAL, AT LOW SPEEDS. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID DURING THE TEST DRIVE THAT THE ABS SYSTEM WAS ACTIVATING UNNECESSARILY. THEY THEN PUT IT ON THE DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE FOR SOME REASONS. I WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO REPLACE BOTH WHEEL ABS SENSORS. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THE ABS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. WHEN THE PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED, AGAIN THE VEHICLE WAS PUT ON THE DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE, BUT DIDN'T PICK UP THAT THE SENSORS WERE FIRING. I'M DOUBTING IT IS COINCIDENCE THAT THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING AT RANDOM. THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF CORRELATION BETWEEN THE WHEEL BEARING BEING REPLACED, THE PADS AND ROTORS BEING REPLACED, AND NOW THE SENSORS NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. MY VEHICLE IS A 2003 GMC SIERRA AND HAS 47000 MILES ON IT. ALL THIS HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST 6 MONTHS AND 1500 MILES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AND ATTEMPTING TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR. HE STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT ALSO ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT WAS FORCED TO APPLY CONTINUOUS PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE CONTACT STEPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM THE BRAKE LINE WHICH WAS COVERED WITH RUST. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT ALL FOUR BRAKE LINES WERE COVERED WITH RUST. ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,448. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 77,548.

STARTING AT <5K MILES THE VEHICLE POWER TRAIN CLUNKED WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. NOW AT 70K MILES IT CLUNKS WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN ALL GEARS EXCEPT FINAL DRIVE. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE OUTPUT SHAFT ON THE TRANNY, THEN THE U-JOINTS, AND MODIFIED THE ELECTRICAL SHIFT PATERN. IT STILL CLUNKS. POWER STEERING INTERMITTENTLY LOCKS UP AT SLOW SPEED TURNS, ESPECIALLY WHEN BRAKING. LIGHT BULBS BURN OUT ALMOST EVERY THREE MONTHS. HAD TO PAY ($486.00) FOR REPLACING THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WHEN VEHICLE HAD LITTLE OVER 40K MILES. BRAKES FADE AND THE PEDAL ALMOST GOES TO THE FLOOR, AGAIN INTERMITTENT. I HAVE ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS DUE TO THE STEERING AND BRAKE ISSUES. GMC ISSUED A LETTER STATING "THIS IS A NORMAL OCCURANCE AND WILL NOT CAUSE DAMAGE." WELL, IT'S GETTING WORSE IN SOUND AND CLUNKING HARDER DURING SHIFTING. *TR