2006 GMC Sierra 1500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND HAD HOLES CAUSING IT TO POTENTIALLY FRACTURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. UPDATED 12/10/14*LJ UPDATED 9/29/2015*JS

JUST DID A 4 WHEELBRAKEJOB;PADS AND ROTORS FOR THEFRONT, SHOES FOR THE REAR! HAD TO REPLACE ONE REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDER. STARTED TO BLEED SYSTEM, REAR BRAKELINE BURST, WAS RUSTED REAL BAD, REPLACED THE AFFECTED LINE THEN FRONT LINE BURST AND THAT WAS RUSTED REAL BAD ALSO. IN CHECKING THINGS OVER DISCOVERED THEY ARE ALL VERY RUSTY, AFRAID IF I DON'T REPLACE THEM ALL WILL HAVE TO SHORTLY BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL IN SAME CONDITION. NOTE;HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION LINES LAST YEAR DUE TO CORROSION AND RUST!!!! *TR

THE SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND OFF. TOOK IT TO DEALER TO HAVE TESTED. TROUBLE CODE P0084, DRIVER SEAT POSITION SENSOR. DIAGNOSTIC SHOWED FAULT IS IN AIRBAG SENSING AND DIAGNOSTIC MODULE, SHOWED FALSE HIGH RESISTANCE READING. SENSOR KIT AND MODULE NEEDED REPLACED, ALMOST $600 JUST FOR PARTS. TOOK 2 TIMES AT THE DEALER TO GET THIS FIXED AS FIRST REPLACEMENT PARTS DID NOT WORK. NO COVERAGE BY GMC FOR FAILURE OF SWITCH FOR AIRBAG. TRUCK NEVER IN ANY TYPE ACCIDENT SO AIRBAG WAS NEVER USED. SURPRISED THAT THERE WAS NO ASSISTANCE FROM GMC CONCERNING THIS SAFETY ISSUE AS WORKING AIRBAGS ARE REQUIRED. *TR

WHILE SLOWING TO MAKE A TURN I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND HAD A SUDDEN AND COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES. HAD I NOT BEEN ON A SUBURBAN ROAD OR IN TRAFFIC OR A HIGH SPEED HIGHWAY THE SITUATION COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC AND RESULTED IN A CRASH. I WAS NEAR MY REPAIRING GARAGE AND MANAGED TO GET THE VEHICLE THERE BY USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND LOW SPEED. IT WAS LESS THAN A MILE. I HAD THIS REPAIRED AT A COST OF $849.27. JUST YESTERDAY (6-30-2014) I WAS PARKED ON A HILL AND AS I RELEASED THE PARKING BRAKE MY FOOT SUDDENLY WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I EXPERIENCED A SECOND LOSS OF BRAKES DUE TO FAILURE OF THE REMAINING TWO BRAKE LINES. I WAS ON A HILL AND HAD ONLY A TINY AMOUNT OF BRAKING POWER. THE VEHICLE IS AT THE GARAGE AND THE COST OF THIS REPAIR HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. THEY WILL REPLACE THE REMAINING TWO BRAKE LINES. I RECENTLY HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES WHICH RUPTURED AND ARE LOCATED IN A NEARBY LOCATION ON THE VEHICLE. ALL ARE EXPOSED AND UN-SHIELDED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVERTISES THAT THE VEHICLE IS "PROFESSIONAL GRADE" AND "HEAVY DUTY" BUT I FIND BOTH THESE CLAIMS TO BE GREAT EXAGGERATIONS. THESE SITUATIONS HAVE SCARED ME AND I DESIRE TO ACQUIRE A DIFFERENT VEHICLE AS SOON AS I AM ABLE. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS WILL NOT BE SOON. I WILL HAVE TO DRIVE WITH THE FEAR THAT ANOTHER POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC PROBLEM COULD DEVELOP AT ANY MOMENT. FORTUNATELY, NEITHER OF THESE INCIDENTS WERE PANIC STOPS.

WE WERE IN A STORAGE FACILITY PARKING OUR CAMPER WHEN I GOT OUT OF MY GMC TRUCK...I LEFT IT RUNNING IN PARK BECAUSE IT WAS SO HOT OUTSIDE...WHILE I DIRECTED MY BROTHER TO PUT THE CAMPER IN PLACE WITH HIS VEHICLE. THIS TOOK APPROX. 20-30 MINUTES WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY TRUCK IS GOING IN REVERSE ALL ON ITS OWN RUNNING INTO SOME BOATS THAT WERE STORED THERE. WTH!! MY TRUCK GOT REAR END DAMAGE,BUMPER DAMAGE,LIGHT BROKEN AND MY TOPPER WAS MESSED UP AS WELL....ALONG WITH THE BOAT TRAILERS THAT IT HIT! WAS THERE ANY RECALL WITH THIS PROBLEM? I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO WITH ONLY 29,000 MILES ON IT AND IT STILL ONLY HAS 38,000. *TR

I HAD TOWED MY BOAT ON THE INTERSTATE FOR 2 HOURS TO A LAKE. UPON REACHING THE DESTINATION I WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAUNCH THE BOAT AT THE BOAT RAMP. WHILE I WAS BACKING MY BOAT TRAILER INTO THE WATER I WAS USING THE BRAKES TO EASE DOWN THE RAMP. TWO FAMILY MEMBERS WERE IN THE BOAT TO BACK IT OFF THE TRAILER ONCE IN THE WATER. THE PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR, I STEPPED ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE TRUCK FROM ROLLING INTO THE WATER. I GOT OUT AND SAW A LARGE PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID UNDER THE TRUCK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE JUST BEHIND THE FRONT WHEEL AREA. I GOT IN THE TRUCK TO SEE IF THE BRAKES COULD BE APPLIED AGAIN BUT WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. IN ORDER TO GET THE TRUCK, TRAILER AND BOAT OFF THE RAMP I HAD TO PUT THE TRUCK IN DRIVE, QUICKLY RELEASE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND APPLY THE GAS TO PREVENT TRUCK FROM ROLLING BACKWARDS. UPON LOOKING UNDER THE HOOD I FOUND THE BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED IN A CLIP AND HAD RUPTURED WHERE THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL BRAKE LINE WAS RETAINED IN A CLIP ON THE DRIVERS SIDE FRAME JUST NEXT TO THE STEERING COLUMN. SINCE IT WAS EARLY ENOUGH I WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC TO GET THE RUPTURED LINE REPLACED. ON 5/29/2014 WHILE MOVING THE TRUCK IN THE DRIVEWAY THE BRAKE LINE FOR THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL HAS NOW RUPTURED, UPON INSPECTION THE RUPTURE IS IN THE EXACT SAME LOCATION WHERE THE BRAKE LINE IS RETAINED IN THE CLIP ATTACHED TO THE FRAME ON THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE NEXT TO THE STEERING COLUMN. AT THIS POINT I CAN ONLY ASSUME I WILL NEED TO REPLACE ALL THE BRAKE LINES ON THE VEHICLE. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON THE INTERSTATE OR HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY STOP DURING THE INITIAL INCIDENT I WOULD HAVE LIKELY HIT SOMEONE, LOST MY BOAT AND INJURED OR KILLED MYSELF OR FAMILY MEMBERS. BRAKE LINES SHOULD NOT RUST LIKE THIS IN FL AND THE LOSS OF ONE BRAKE LINE SHOULD NOT ELIMINATE YOUR ENTIRE BRAKING SYSTEM TO ALL FOUR WHEELS. *TR

BRAKE LINE RUPTURED DUE TO CORROSION. I WAS LEAVING A HESS STATION IN MASSACHUSETTS AFTER FILLING UP AND WHEN I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE BEFORE PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC THE PEDAL DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I IMMEDIATELY ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND PUT THE TRUCK INTO REVERSE TO PARK THE VEHICLE AND INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM. I FOUND A LARGE BRAKE FLUID LEAK UNDER THE HOOD NEAR THE BASE OF THE STEERING COLUMN WHERE THE HARD BRAKE LINE CLIPS TO THE TRUCK FRAME. THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CORROSION ON THE BRAKE LINE. ALL FOUR (4) BRAKE LINES ARE CURRENTLY BEING REPLACED AT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FOR A COST OF ~$2400. *TR