On my 7th set of tires!!
New axle, axle housing & bearings.
2 rotors, 1 front & 1 rear.
Rear windows are being replaced for the 3rd time, after being sealed shut the last time I complained.
The truck has a front end shimmy which they have been unable to fix.
Replaced the headliner.
Replaced the carpet (seat tracks cut).
Replaced the dash pad.
Rear seat frame has collapsed into a cup shape (they tell me this is not a warrantable item).
I must tell you, my husband is a retired GM autoworker in Oklahoma City, Ok. However, I hope you will still post my review.
This truck has been a NIGHTMARE!!! I have discovered that the "GM 3 year or 36,000 mile bumper-to-bumper warranty" is not worth the paper it is printed on.
Collapsed seat? Not covered!
Excessive tire wear? Not covered!
Brake rotors? Not covered!
I have had such a bad experience with this truck that I took my complaints to arbitration. Guess what? The arbitrator stated that "tires are NOT part of the GM manufacturing process - therefore there is no recourse for tires which wear out every 2-4 thousand miles".
Oh yes, and AFTER arbitration, my dealership where I purchased the truck and had all the maintanance done, informed me that they would no longer service my truck.. neither for in warrany items or for ANY reason. I was no longer welcome at this "authorized GM dealer." After complaining to GM at every level, dealer service, dealer management, GM customer assistance, & GM executive level, it is my opinion that they do NOT care. Apparently they may do whatever they wish.. Fix your vehicle or not??
Do what I did with Ford - threaten to drive through their showroom window. That actually worked for me when I was fighting for their 3 year bumper to bumper warranty.
Have you checked to see if your state has a "Lemon Law"?
I was the owner of a 99 Silverado / key word WAS, GM bought it back as a lemon!!
Same problems: tire wear, front shake, rear windows leak, transmission slipping.
Good luck.
2-4 thousand miles on tires? Sounds like you need to buy a different brand of tires!!
The rotors on a FORD will go bad also if you don't change out the pads.
I know somebody with 310,000 miles on an '87 Chevy pickup with a 350 engine. GM must be doing something right, they are the largest in the world!!
I have a 1999 GM Sierra. When the truck had 5k miles on it I noticed the transmission was not shifting smoothly. I returned to the dealer and was informed GM knows there is a problem and it would be fixed. Apparently GM had a problem with the design of the transmissions "valve body" and a new and improved version would be installed at no cost to me. Now the transmission shifts smoothly as long as I don't haul anything heavier than a few bags of groceries.
GM trucks are going downhill, I have an 83 that I love, I will never buy a new GM truck due to things I have heard, and the interior just looks cheap with all of that plastic.
I own a 1985 GMC Sierra. It's not the most powerful or comfortable truck in the world, but it seems to be very reliable. Consumer Reports says that the new version of this truck is much improved from the '88-'98 version. But, they also say its reliability is lacking. Very unfortunate for, what I think, is the nicest looking truck on the road.
You might want to quit the NASCAR circuit. New tires every 2K?? Do you have a teen age driver?
Own a new 2001 Sierra SLE, I hope it is as reliable as my Honda, which has 210,000 miles and doesn't burn any oil. We will have to see...
My daughter bought a 1999 GMC Sierra. She was not told it was a buy-back due to front-end problems, brake problems etc. that could not be fixed. All of this was discovered AFTER she was in a wreck that totalled the truck and killed her unborn baby daughter.
The front-end froze and pulled to one side. Thank God her husband was driving. She said she could have never kept the truck from turning over. She also found out from the previous owner that his dealership had ordered 42 sets of new tires, for other Sierra's they sold, in an attempt to correct the front-end shimmy. Nothing worked for him and the head mechanic sent a strong suggestion to GMC when they bought the truck back that it should be destroyed because it had serious problems that could not be fixed. Instead they sold it out of state and this "cleans up" a title so that the next buyer will not know the vehicle's history.
Even after the wreck my daughter got a copy of the repair list from a local GMC dealership, right from the GMC computer, and it didn't have even half of the times the truck had been in the shop via the first owner. I have tried repeatedly to get information on how I can start a campaign to make it a federal law that a vehicle's history MUST follow that vehicle even over state lines. With no success. I want my granddaughter's life to count for something. She never had a chance and I want to prevent anyone else from going through a heartbreaking loss of life.
Go buy a FORD F-150 with the 5.4L V8, then you'll have no worries and the only reason GM is the biggest company is cause they're trying to do what Ford does, but Ford does it with a smaller company, that's why Ford can sell most of their cars cheaper. Ford has 5 of the top 10 best selling cars in America, the F-150 has been the top selling truck for 25 years in a row and still going. So just go buy an F-150 with a V8, DON'T buy the V6.
I have a 1999 GMC Sierra. After about 5000 miles things started going down hill. Rear window latches, back seat rattles, driver's door rattles (BAD), driver's window gets stuck down, fuel gauge is broken, and now at 46,000 the ABS pump needs to be replaced. If you hear something that sounds like a small pump running, it is your ABS pump. Lift the hood and pull the ABS fuse. If you don't the battery will run down. It is OK to drive, you just will have regular brakes, not ABS. It cost around $900 to fix. Oh, the interior has the quality of a Yugo.
My 1999 Silverado 3/4 Ton had its dash board replaced under warranty, ABS module short circuited, and now the Transmission is slipping. I could of got $13,000 for a trade-in (on a $32,000 truck) before the Transmission started slipping. Who knows now. I contacted GM for help in replacing the poorly designed/manufactured parts. They could care less since its warranty is up. It is a sick joke.
I have a 97 GMC z-71 4X4 that has run fairly well for the most part. This last year I have found out the hard way (three times) that if I get the ignition control module wet it fries and won't start.
I also had the tire shimmy in the front end and noted that a new set of good quality tires fixes the problem.
Wait to buy the new body style trucks after the bugs are worked out.