https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the GMC Passenger Vehicle. en-us Mon, 21 Sep 2026 20:54:16 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-536010 Fri, 20 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT DT: THE ACCELERATOR STICKS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT OPENS THE GAS AND MAKES THE CAR LURCH FORWARD.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-533025 Tue, 03 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ABS MOTOR CONTINUED TO RUN. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO DETERMINED THAT THE EBCM WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *SB *NM https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-533046 Tue, 03 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT CONTACT STATES: ABS SYSTEMS IS CAUSING A LOT OF PROBLEMS. THERE ARE NO LIGHTS THAT SHOW ABS SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. AT LOW SPEEDS THE BRAKES WORK 6-7 MPH AND BELOW THEY FAIL TO PROVIDE STOPPING POWER, ACCOMPANIED BY A LOUD RETCHING NOISE. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-532605 Fri, 29 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT MY DAUGHTERS PONTIAC SUNFIRE RECEIVED A RECALL ABOUT THE STEERING. I TOOK IT IN TO BE FIXED. THEY FIXED IT WITH NO PROBLEM. THE DEALER EXPLAINED WHAT WOULD BE HAPPENING IF IT WERE TO GO OUT. THE STEERING TO THE LEFT WOULD BE HARD TO TURN. I TOLD HIM THAT I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY PONTIAC TRANS SPORT MINI VAN. HE SUGGESTED THAT I CALL GM. I DID AND THEY SAID IT WAS DOING ALL THE THINGS TH https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-527972 Fri, 25 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT OUTSIDE MIRRORS ON JEEP WRANGLER PRE 2004 CONSTANTLY FALL DOWN AND YOU CAN'T SEE - THEY CANNOT BE TIGHTENED, ONLY REPLACED MINE HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES FROM JEEP SERVICE MGR TOLD ME IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE WRANGLER, THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE SWITCHED THEM TO A BREAK-AWAY TYPE BUT NOW MY CAR IS OUT OF THE ORIGINAL WARRANTY - IT IS A DANGER TO DRIVE, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE TO THE SIDE OF YOU AND https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-526278 Wed, 16 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT 1ST OCCURRENCE 05/03WITH 28000 MILES, WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH ON MAJOR ROAD VEHICLE SUDDENLY DIED OUT AND WOULD NOT RESTART.VEHICLE TOWED INTO DEALER UNDER WARRANTY ,AND FUEL PUMP AND FILTERS REPLACED.*AK 2ND OCCURRENCE 06/04 BOTH HUB BEARING FROZED ON CAR,MAJOR REPAIR TO FRONT BRAKES. 3RD OCCURRENCE 03/05 WHILE DRIVING CAR AGAIN 50MPH, CAR SUDDENLY DIED AND WOULD NOT START.VEHICLE TOWED INTO DEALE https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-526279 Wed, 16 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT 1ST OCCURRENCE 05/03WITH 28000 MILES, WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH ON MAJOR ROAD VEHICLE SUDDENLY DIED OUT AND WOULD NOT RESTART.VEHICLE TOWED INTO DEALER UNDER WARRANTY ,AND FUEL PUMP AND FILTERS REPLACED.*AK 2ND OCCURRENCE 06/04 BOTH HUB BEARING FROZED ON CAR,MAJOR REPAIR TO FRONT BRAKES. 3RD OCCURRENCE 03/05 WHILE DRIVING CAR AGAIN 50MPH, CAR SUDDENLY DIED AND WOULD NOT START.VEHICLE TOWED INTO DEALE https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-516269 Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT UPPER BALL JOINT FAILED. COULD CAUSE FRONT TIRES TO COLLAPSE UNDER VEHICLE AND MAJOR ACCIDENT. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-515790 Thu, 06 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT COOLANT IN OIL, OIL IN COOLANT. INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAK. 8AK https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-514312 Wed, 29 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT JUST ABOUT EVERY 6 MONTHS FROM WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR, MY 17" ALUMINUM WHEEL RIMS CORRODED & OXIDIZE ENOUGH TO CAUSE HEAVY FLAKING THAT BREAKS THE SEAL ON THE TIRES CAUSING AIR TO LEAK OUT. I HAVE COME OUT TO FLAT TIRES ON AT LEAST 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TIRES THEMSELVES, JUST THE HEAVY CORROSION ON THE WHEELS. I HAVE THE LOCAL TIRE PLACE TAKE THE TIRES OFF THE https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-508058 Tue, 23 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT THROTTLE BODY FAILING FOR THE SECOND TIME, FIRST TIME REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-505152 Fri, 05 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT 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 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-504200 Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT SEAT BELTS DO NOT WORK, THEY DO NOT ACTIVATE OR ARE PERMANENTLY LOCK https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-500941 Tue, 12 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT ONE OF THE TIRES IN THE VEHICLE IS BREAKING APART. *NM https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-499225 Thu, 30 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT I LOWERED MY TAILGATE AND ONE OF THE CABLES SNAPPED WHEN I LEANED ON IT. THERE IS NOW ONLY ONE QUESTIONABLE CABLE HOLDING IT UP. IF BOTH SNAPPED WHILE LOADING SOMETHING HEAVY THERE COULD BE AN INJURY.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-498819 Wed, 29 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT RECURRING FUEL PUMP PROBLEMS SINCE BRAND NEW. (3 TO DATE). MOST RECENT FAILURES CAUSED LOSS OF VEHICLE POWER ON HIGHWAY AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED 3 SEPARATE INCIDENTS. FIRST REPORTED IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, TOOK DEALERSHIP (EWING BUICK IN PLANO, TX). THEY COULD NOT RECREATE...YESTERDAY, HAPPENED AGAIN AND I COULD NOT RESTART, HAD TO GET TOWED. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-496142 Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURE https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-491379 Wed, 18 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT 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 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-485390 Mon, 19 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT WORK IN THE RAIN AND MY TURN SIGNAL ON SIGNAL CLICKS WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL ISN'T ON. BOTH ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE 1997 MODEL, AND SEEM TO BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE 1998 MODELS. *JB https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-481049 Tue, 22 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT STEERING LINKAGE IDLER ARM FELL APART, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING ON VEHICLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON BOTH SIDES OF LINKAGE. HAD JUST COME FROM A LONG TRIP ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. WAS TRAVELING AT LOW SPEED WHEN TIS HAPPENED, BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY. HAPPENED ONCE IN MISSISSIPPI AND ONCE AT HOME. REPLACED WITH IMPROVED PARTS FROM AUTO PARTS STORE. COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS ACCIDENT https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-479717 Mon, 14 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT FIRESTONE TREAD SEPARATION. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-477777 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT 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 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-477778 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT 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 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-475027 Tue, 11 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT 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 INS https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-473633 Sun, 02 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT COULD NOT STOP VIEHICLE AT SLOW SPEEDS, CRASHED INTO NEIGHBORS CAR IN DRIVEWAY. DEALERSHIP CLEANED RF WHEEL SENSOR. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-467173 Thu, 22 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK ONLY INTERMITTENTLY. FAIL TO START, OR QUIT WHILE TURNED ON. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN. SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE IN WARM WEATHER THAN WINTER. HAS BEENHAPPENING SINCE I BOUGHT THIS USED VEHICLE A COUPEL OF YEARS AGO, BUT IS NOT BECOMING MORE FREQUENT.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-456894 Thu, 26 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT 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 https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-456608 Wed, 25 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT WHILE UNLOADING THE BED OF MY 99GMC SIERRA BOTH TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLES BROKE CAUSING THE TAILGATE TO HIT THE BUMPER, AND I DROPPED THE SUPPLIES I WAS UNLOADING IN AN EFFORT TO CATCH THE TAILGATE https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-448648 Fri, 09 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT THE ABS CONTROL MODULE FAILED ON MY VEHICLE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE REPAIR WAS QUITE EXPENSIVE, CLOSE TO $1,000. IN SEARCHING THE INTERNET I FIND THAT THIS PROBLEM IS QUITE PREVALENT WITH THIS VEHICLE AND I AM WONDERING WHY THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. THE EXPENSIVENESS OF THE REPAIR WILL SURELY CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO SIMPLY DISENGAGE THE ABS SYSTEM WHICH CREATES A SAFETY ISSUE https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle https://plaincars.com/make/gmc-passenger-vehicle#complaint-448188 Wed, 07 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT WHILE PASSING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. I WAS FORCED TO EITHER TAKE TO THE DITCH, RUN THE GUY OFF THAT I WAS TRYING TO PASS OR HAVE A HEAD ON COLLISION. I TOOK TO A DITCH TO SAVE MY FAMILY AND OTHERS. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION SERVICED AT THE DEALER ON 12/9/2003 AND NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITH NO WARNING ON 1/5/2004. BOTH A ROAD SIDE TRANSMISSION SHOP AN