2005 GMC Sierra 1500

TRUCK IS NOW 6 YEARS OLD, JUST OVER 70,000 MILES. 3 TO 4 YEARS AGO (MAYBE MORE) THE #5 SPEED ON THE AIR SYSTEM BLOWER STOPPED WORKING. PERHAPS LAST SUMMER OR FALL, I CHECKED THE FUSES: ALL GOOD. I FINALLY FOUND THE WIRING HARNESS PLUG TO THE FAN AND FOUND THE #5 LINE HAD MELTED INSULATION AND THE SURFACE OF THE CONTACT PRONGS BLACKENED. I SANDED THEM AND REINSTALLED THE PLUG. ALL SPEEDS WORKED, FOR A WHILE, BUT SOON BECAME INTERMITTENT. THEN ALL SPEEDS STOPPED WORKING TOTALLY. AT LAST, I REMEMBERED THAT I STILL HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH MASTERTECH, CHECKED IT AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE HARNESS REPLACED UNDER THE WARRANTY. THE WORKMAN WHO DID THE REPAIR SAID THAT THIS ITEM WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2005 SIERRA. WHILE I DO NOW HAVE A WORKING FAN CONTROL, I AM AFRAID TO USE THE #5 FAN SPEED. *TR

NOTICED VEHICLE VIBRATION FROM THIS FIRST WEEK I BOUGHT THE TRUCK. THE DEALER SAID THEY WILL LOOK AT IT AND FIX ANY PROBLEM..THEY LOOK AT THE TRUCK AND SAID THE VIBRATION WAS NORMAL. I WENT TO THE AUTOMOBILE COMPLAINT CENTER AND HAD A JUDGE LISTEN TO THE "LEMON" ISSUE. THE JUDGE ORDER A DIFFERENT MACHANIC TO EVALUATE THE TRUCK. HE DID AND SAID "YES IT VIBRATES TOO MUCH". THE JUDGE ASKED THE GMC COMPANY REP WHAT COULD BEEN DONE. HE SAID THE SAME THING THAT I HAVE READ BEFORE... THAT IS TO PUT 500 LBS IN THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. THAT DID NOT HELP. AT ABOUT 45 MPH LIKE TIRE OUT OF ROUND. AT 55 MPH AND GREATER, VIBRATION FELT LIKE TIRE OUT OF BALANCE. GM TELLS ME PROBLEM IS NORMAL, WILL NOT CORRECT. GM CALLS THE PROBLEM "BEAMING", AND SUGGESTS PLACING 500 LBS IN BED OF TRUCK. TRIED THIS AND VIBRATION STILL EXISTS. TRUCK SHAKES SO BAD AT 65 MPH THAT MY WIFE WHATED TO GET A HEAVY DUTY BRA. , . . THE VEHICLE NOW HAS DEVELOPED A HARMONIC NOISE AT 45 MPH AND LESS, WHICH THE DEALER TELLS ME IS ALSO NORMAL AND WILL NOT REPAIR. *NM *TR

SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS COME ON 3X IN THE LIFE OF THIS VEHICLE (AT 99,500 MILES CURRENTLY). FIRST WAS FOR RIGHT FRONT AIRBAG SENSOR. - REPLACED AT A COST OF 300+ DOLLARS AROUND 65K MILES. SECOND WAS SEAT SENSOR - RECALIBRATED IT, NO CHARGE. NOW AT 99,500 MILES MY LEFT FRONT AIRBAG SENSOR IS BAD. - REPLACED IT MYSELF AT A COST OF $100. AIRBAG ISSUES AT THIS LOW OF MILEAGE IS UNACCEPTABLE. *TR

WAS ON MAIN ROAD GOING 50MPH AND APPROACHING STREET THAT I LIVE AT, APPLIED BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN, AND PEDAL WHEN TO FLOOR. I THEN STARTED TO DOWNSHIFT INTO LOWER GEARS AND APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. I HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP AND CAUSE WAS METAL BRAKE LINE TO RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WAS RUSTED OUT. ALSO ALL THE OTHER LINES WERE VERY RUSTY AND SHOULD BE REPLACED.....OTHERWISE OTHERS WILL GO SOON AND IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. IT WAS MENTIONED THAT GMC AND CHEVY TRUCKS IN A CERTAIN YEAR RANGE (SUCH AS THIS) HAVE THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE THE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM IS LOCATED NEAR THE FRAME AND THUS ALL LINES ARE EXPOSED TO SALT ETC.......WHERE AS IN A CONVENTIONAL DESIGN THE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM IS LOCATED ON THE FIRE WALL AND ONLY ONE LINE (THE LINE THAT GOES TO BACK) IS EXPOSED TO SALT ETC AND IS USUALLY MADE OF RUST PROOF MATERIAL. THE BRAKE LINE THAT IS USED ON THIS TRUCK IS MADE OF CHEAP STEEL WHICH WILL RUST.....NOT RUST PROOF LINES SUCH AS "ARMOR COAT TYPE BRAKE LINES". THIS REPAIR COST ME $700 2ND ITEM: WHILE ON THE SUBJECT OF BRAKE SYSTEM ON THIS TRUCK.....I HAVE FOUND THAT IN CERTAIN CONDITIONS THAT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM IS TOO SENSITIVE AND CAN ACTUALLY MAKE THING WORSE UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. *TR

I DID NOT HAVE AN ACCIDENT WITH THIS VEHICLE. I AM FILING THE COMPLAINT BECAUSE I HAVE PREVIOUSLY TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO BOB JEANNOTTE PONTIAC-GMC TRUCK, INC., PLYMOUTH, MI 48170 (734) 453-2500 TO HAVE AN INSPECTION FOR RUSTED BRAKE LINES AS WELL AS RUSTED FRAME ON THE ABOVE LISTED INCIDENT DATE. MY INVOICE # IS GCCS189900 AND MY CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE PROVIDED CASE # IS 71-784-24265. I WAS TOLD IT WAS NORMAL FOR THE CONDITIONS BY THE DEALER REP. THIS VEHICLE IS HAVING CONTINUAL RUST PROBLEMS TO BOTH THE BRAKE LINES AND FRAME. I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT AS I UNDERSTAND THERE IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO THIS PROBLEM UP TO YEAR 2003 AND WOULD LIKE MY VEHICLE YEAR TO BE INCLUDED IN THESE INVESTIGATION ISSUES.