2000 GMC PASSENGER VEHICLE

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS ! JERKS THE VEHICLE WHEN IT FINALLY ENGAGES...CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WHEN PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT. IT HAPPENS WHEN VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN OR JUST BACKING OUT. IT HAS BEEN THIS WAY SINCE WE PURCHASED THE TRUCK 3 MONTHS AGO. THIS IS A CONSTANT,REPEAT AND HABITUAL PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED FURTHER. *AK

Mileage: 50,000

BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED FOR THE SECOND TIME SINCE 2000. TOOK VEHICLE FOR RECALLED MFS IN DECEMBER 2002 RECALL #01V-364. AT THAT TIME THE SWITCH HAD FAILED. I ASSUMED THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS VEHICLE NEEDS A NEW MFS, DEALER CLAIMS THAT MFS WAS NOT THE RECALLED PART. DEALER CLAIMS THE HAZARD SWITCH IS THE RECALL PART AND THAT THIS TIME THE HAZARD SWITCH IS WORKING PROPERLY. THE SYMPTOMS ARE THE EXACT SAME AS THE FIRST TIME THE VEHICLE WAS RECALLED. THE REMEDY FOR THE FIRST RECALL CALLED FOR A TOTAL REPLACEMENT OF THE MFS THAT FAILED AND GM WAS WORKING ON A REPAIR KIT FOR THE VEHICLES THAT HAD NOT FAILED. I WILL RETAIN OLD SWITCH AFTER THE SECOND REPLACEMENT. STILL WAITING FOR RESPONSE FROM ZONE MANAGER OF G.M. *JB

Mileage: 80,000

10-02 RIVET FATIGUE CONCERNING SPARE TIRE CARRIIER. SPARE TIRE BRACKET BROKE OFF SENDING TIRE AND WHEEL DOWN THE HIGHWAY.NO TSB NO NEW FIX.3-04 TAILGATE CABLES RUSTED BROKE, REPLACED WITH NEW. 5-04 REAR EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILURE, REAR E -PADS GONE. DETERMINED THAT ROAD CHEMICAL DETERIORATION IS THE CAUSE.G.M. HAS NO FIX. WILL NOT FIX UNTILL THERE IS A SOLUTION.CERAMIC PADS? THE VIECHLE HAS 31,000 MILES AND DISC BRAKES ALL THE WAY AROUND.*AK

Mileage: 12,000

10-02 RIVET FATIGUE CONCERNING SPARE TIRE CARRIIER. SPARE TIRE BRACKET BROKE OFF SENDING TIRE AND WHEEL DOWN THE HIGHWAY.NO TSB NO NEW FIX.3-04 TAILGATE CABLES RUSTED BROKE, REPLACED WITH NEW. 5-04 REAR EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILURE, REAR E -PADS GONE. DETERMINED THAT ROAD CHEMICAL DETERIORATION IS THE CAUSE.G.M. HAS NO FIX. WILL NOT FIX UNTILL THERE IS A SOLUTION.CERAMIC PADS? THE VIECHLE HAS 31,000 MILES AND DISC BRAKES ALL THE WAY AROUND.*AK

Mileage: 12,000

ENGINE KNOCK IN COLD START(IT SOUNDS LIKE A DIESEL ENGINE TRUCK), THE DEALER SAYS IT'S CARBON BUILD UP,BUT I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT CARBON BUILD UP IS PROBABLY NOT THE CAUSE. THE CUASE IS MORE LIKELY TO BE A PISTON SLAP,BECAUSE WHEN THEY DESIGNED THIS ENGINE THEY MADE THE PISTON SKIRTS TOO SHORT CREATING A GAP BETWEEN THE CYLINDER WALL AND THE PISTON, CAUSING THE PISTON TO RATTLE INSIDE THE CYLINDER WALL WHEN YOU FIRST START THE ENGINE,NOW BECAUSE THE PISTONS ARE MADE OUT OF ALUMINUM THIS MATERIAL EXPANDS WITH HEAT AND CONTRACTS WITH THE COLD,SO WHEN YOU START THE ENGINE YOU CAN HEAR THE KNOCK,BUT AS SOON AS THE ENGINE HEATS UP THE ALUMINUM PISTON EXPANDS AND SEALS THE GAP AND THAT IS WHAT STOPS THE KNOCK. THE DEALER HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN WHERE IT SAYS THAT IT IS A COLD START KNOCK DUE TO CARBON THAT HAS FORMED ON THE PISTON, AND THAT THE KNOCK STARTS IN THE FIRST 12,000-15,000 MI AND THAT IT IS NOT DETREMENTAL TO THE ENGINE. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THIS IS MY SECOND ENG

COULD NOT STOP VIEHICLE AT SLOW SPEEDS, CRASHED INTO NEIGHBORS CAR IN DRIVEWAY. DEALERSHIP CLEANED RF WHEEL SENSOR. *AK

Mileage: 30,452

THE SPARE TIRE & SPARE TIRE BRACKET BROKE LOOSE FROM MY TRUCK & FELL OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY. I NEVER SAW IT HAPPEN BUT IT HAD NEVER BEEN USED & COULD NOT HAVE BEEN REMOVED BY OTHER MEANS IN MY OPINION. *AK

Mileage: 88,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE SUN SHELL FAILED AND THE TRANSMISSION SHOP SAID, THAT THEY ARE DOING 5-6 LATE MODEL GM VEHILCES A WEEK WITH THIS SAME FAILURE. OK, SO GM HAS ISSUED A PARTS BULLETIN UPDATE, SO WHAT. THE COST OF REPAIR IS NOT COMING OUT OF THEIR POCKETS. I THINK THAT MORE OF US NEED TO COMPLAIN AND MAYBE SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN. *LA

Mileage: 70,106

THE TURN SIGNALS ONLY WORK OFF AND ON .*AK

GMC SONOMA AND JIMMY'S FROM '98-01 WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE FAILURES FROM THE BACKREST ADJUSTMENT LEVER SHAFT TWISTING OFF AT THE HANDLE, THE SHAFT IS SPLIT ON THE END WHERE THE HANDLE FASTENS ON WITH A SCREW GOING IN FROM THE END THAT PRY'S THE TWO HALF'S TIGHT TO THE HANDLE AND THE SHAFT ALWAYS BREAKS CLEAN WHERE THE SPLIT STARTS, -VERY POOR DESIGN. *AK

Mileage: 52,132

AIRBAG LIGHT IN DASH BOARD INDICATES PROBLEM WITH SYSTEM. DEALER TELLS US THAT THE "SWITCH" IN SEATBELT IS DEFECTIVE. SWITH INDICATES THAT SEATBELT IS IN USE AND PERMITS AIRBAG TO GO OFF DURING COLLISION. FAULTY SWITH MEANS AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY. CAR HAS ABOUT 55,000 MILES ON IT. DEALER QUOTES $237 TO REPAIR.

Mileage: 54,000

AIRBAG LIGHT IN DASH BOARD INDICATES PROBLEM WITH SYSTEM. DEALER TELLS US THAT THE "SWITCH" IN SEATBELT IS DEFECTIVE. SWITH INDICATES THAT SEATBELT IS IN USE AND PERMITS AIRBAG TO GO OFF DURING COLLISION. FAULTY SWITH MEANS AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY. CAR HAS ABOUT 55,000 MILES ON IT. DEALER QUOTES $237 TO REPAIR.

Mileage: 54,000

AIRBAG LIGHT IN DASH BOARD INDICATES PROBLEM WITH SYSTEM. DEALER TELLS US THAT THE "SWITCH" IN SEATBELT IS DEFECTIVE. SWITH INDICATES THAT SEATBELT IS IN USE AND PERMITS AIRBAG TO GO OFF DURING COLLISION. FAULTY SWITH MEANS AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY. CAR HAS ABOUT 55,000 MILES ON IT. DEALER QUOTES $237 TO REPAIR.

Mileage: 54,000

THROTTLE STICKS.

Mileage: 36,690

LAST MARCH I RAN INTO A CONCRETE PILLAR FOR A LIGHT IN A PARKING LOT. THE IMPACT WAS CENTER OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE. I FILE A COMPLAINT WITH GMC BECAUSE THE AIR BAG DID NOT ACTIVATE NOR DID THE SEAT BELT HOLD ME. THEY CHECKED THE DATA ON COMPUTER CHIP AND MY SPEED WAS ABOUT 15MPH. LATER A RECALL WAS ISSUE ON POSSIBLE PROBLEM WITH AIR BAG ACTIVATION. THEY SAID MY TRUCK DID NOT SHOW AN ERROR CODE TO SHOW IT MADE THE AIR BAG NOT ACTIVATE. I GOT THE RECALL TAKEN CARE OF THOUGH. IS THERE ANY LEGAL RECOURSE ON THIS? I JUST WANTED MEDICAL BILLS PAID. TS