1989 GMC Sierra review from North America

The gas gage, or the in-tank fuel sensor is bad. it appears there was a short resulting in a minor fire contained to the positive wire for the under-hood light. The back-up lights do not work likely due to a lazy clutch job in which the sensor's wiring were removed. The idle sounds high, but I have not checked it.

I have the "sport side" model. It is rear wheel drive.

The overall design of the truck is aesthetically pleasing (minus the fender flares flat portions and ride height from the rear leaf springs.)

Comfort on the interior is decent. I am 6'1" tall and the stick shift is just within the comfortable range while shifting to 5th gear. I give it a low rating because I have a bench seat not not the bucket seats with the center console, which I find to be much more comfortable. I also think the truck could use telescopic steering to go with the tilt. It feels a bit close for my long arms. Anyone who is completely comfortable driving that way likely has to lean foreward a lot to drop it into 5th gear.

Power and response are very good for a stock engine (with a K&N air filter with a gutted intake tube.) This truck handles great for leaf springs, the struts are still good, I overload it, tow logs with it, while it is loaded to capacity... over 400 lbs in the bed and towing about 2,000 or more pounds of timber over gravel in first gear with no throttle applied. I also have run this baby into some huge r.p.m.'s (I have no clue how much, no stock tachometer) and buried the speedometer plenty. I can't beat it up, and I am good at beating up cars.