2005 GMC Canyon

BRAND NEW TRUCK, HAVE OWNED ALMOST 1 YEAR. HAD TO TAKE TRUCK IN FOR SLOW ACCELERATION PROBLEM AS WELL AS HARD TO CRANK. COULD NOT PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC, HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THERE WAS NO ONE ON THE ROAD BECAUSE I WOULD TRY TO ACCELERATE THEN IT WOULD STOP/PAUSE FOR A SECOND THEN START TO GO AGAIN. TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHICH THEY FOUND ONE OF THE HEADS IN THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. (WHICH AT FIRST THEY TOLD ME I HAD A SLOW MISFIRE ON PISTON #2 AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE A SPRING AND A COIL) A MONTH LATER I FINALLY GOT MY TRUCK BACK. ONE WEEK LATER I HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE SO I TOOK MY TRUCK BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD MY OIL WAS LOW SO THEY TOPPED IT OFF (DIDN'T WORK BY THE WAY). STILL HAVING HARD TIME CRANKING PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY KEPT MY TRUCK FOR 4 DAYS AND SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT EXCEPT A LOOSE STARTER BOLT THAT THEY TIGHTENED. TRUCK STILL CRANKING FUNNY BUT WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING FURTHER THEY COULD DO FOR ME. *JB

I HAD JUST BOUGHT A USED / REPOSESSED 2005 GMC CANYON JANUARY 18, 2006 WITH 9100 APPROX MILES ON IT. MAY THE 3RD 2006 WHILE GOING ON INTERSTATE 20/59 IN BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA APPROX 10:45 AM, THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE SHREDDED ON THE INTERSTATE WHILE I WAS DRIVING 75 MPH IN A 70 ZONE. THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE HIGHWAY STRUCK ON A SUNNY DAY. HOWEVER I MANAGED TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE INTERSTATE AND TO A TIRE REPAIR PLACE WHERE UPON INSPECTING THE BLACK RUBBER TORE UP THE REAR BED PANEL AND DAMAGE THE UNDERNEATH TIRE WELD AREA AND THE SUPER STRUCTURE. GMC WAS NOTIFIED AND THE REPRESENTATIVE SAID SOMEONE WITH KNOWLEDGE OF TIRES WOULD HAVE TO SAY THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE. AT THE AUTO DEALER BODY SHOP THE ADJUSTER PERSON COULDN'T MAKE A DETERMINATION WITH THE TIRE IN FRONT OF HIM, HE DID TAKE PICTURES, I ALSO WENT TO A TIRE SPECIALIST FOR THE AS 60 GENERAL TIRE P225 HE SAID THE SAME THING DUE TO THE DAMAGE. SO I AM AT A STAND STILL NEVERTHELESS THIS HAS COST ME $500.00 DOLLARS ON THE DEDUCTIBLE FOR MY INSURANCE CO. NATIONWIDE TO PICK UP THE BILL. I EVEN TOLD THE GMC REP I HAD A DREAM AFTER THAT INCIDENT FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING THAT THE FRONT TIRE SHREDDED AND I FLIPPED THE CAR AND LOST CONTROL AND CRASH ON THE SAME STRETCH OF INTERSTATE. I TOLD HIM TOO THAT IF THAT WAS TO HAPPEN AND I SURVIVE THE MEDIA WOULD BE NOTIFIED. UNLESS THIS HAS HAPPEN TO YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANXIETY OF DRIVING WONDERING WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. AFTER ALL THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD BEEN DRIVEN APPROX 3000 MILES WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPEN AND HAS LEFT ME WITH THE FEELING OF WANTING TO GET A FOREIGN TRUCK. THIS WAS TOLD TO THE REP FROM GMC, THE SAD PART ABOUT THE WHOLE SITUATION IS THAT AS A LT. FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC FIRST RESPONDER, I HAVE STATED WHAT HAS HAPPEN AND NOTHING MOVED GM IT APPEARS, SAYS A LOT ABOUT US HAVING TO TESTIFY WHEN IT APPARENTLY MEANS MORE EVIDENCE IS NEEDED FOR ME TO BELIEVE AND HELP YOU. *JB

EARLIER I COMPLAINED THAT I HAD TO REPLACE THE CAM SHAFT SOLENOID FOR THE SECOND TIME, I WAS MISTAKEN IN THAT COMPLAINT, NOW I AM TOLD THAT IT COULD BE AN ACTUATOR, CAM SHAFT PROBLEM OR SOME OTHER RELATED PROBLEM. GETTING THE SAME ERROR CODES AS LAST 2 TIMES IN THE SHOP P014 P017 AND P300. ENGINE IS TILL SPUTTERING AND DYING, PUSHING TOO MUCH FUEL. *NM

I HAVE A 2005 GMC CANYON WITH 44K MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE CAM SHAFT SENSORS AND CAM SHAFT SOLENOID SO FAR, AND TODAY AFTER ONLY 150 MILES AFTER REPLACEMENT OF THE SOLENOID I AGAIN HAVE TO HAVE IT REPLACED. GMC STOCKS THIS PART WHICH MY MECHANIC TELLS ME THAT MEANS THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT. I TOOK IT TO CARL EDWARDS CHEVY BUT THEY WERE SO RUDE THAT I LEFT AND TOOK IT BACK TO MY MECHANIC TO REPAIR. IT HAS GONE FROM 27 MPG TO 16 MPG AND I CAN SMELL GASOLINE. MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT IT IS PUSHING TOO MUCH GAS INTO THE INTAKES AND THAT IT COULD CAUSE A FIRE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE OUTSIDE CONDITIONS WERE FREEZING THE LINKAGE FOR THE TRANSMISSION FROZE AS WELL. THIS RESULTED IN THE INABILITY TO CHANGE GEARS UNTIL THE ICE MELTS. THE CONTACT STATED BY THE TIME THE VEHICLE WOULD ARRIVE AT THE DEALERSHIP, THE ICE WOULD MELT. THEREFORE, THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BY THE DEALERSHIP.

I WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME OF FAILURE. ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP TO RUN A DIAGNOSTICS. THESE ARE THE CODES P0106, P0300 AND P0506 THAT ARE CAUSING THE ENGINE LIGHT TO KEEP COMING ON. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPEN. FIRST TIME THE PARTS REPLACED WERE OXYGEN SENSOR AND THE COMPUTER BACK IN DEC 2005. NOW ITS FEB 2006 AND I NEED TO TAKE IT IN AGAIN FOR SAME PROBLEM. *JB

I HAVE A 2005 GMC CANYON 4WD CC P/U . THIS P/U WAS PURCHASED NEW IN MAY 2005. THE WINDOW STICKER CLEARLY LISTS AN AUTO LOCKING DIFFERENTIAL UNDER STANDARD EQUIPMENT. IN NOVEMBER 2005 GMC SENT A LETTER TO ME WHICH STATED THAT THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE A AUTO LOCKING DIFFERENTIAL. AS OF THIS DATE (2-2-06) GMC ADMITS THAT THE WINDOW STICKER IS WRONG, BUT OTHER OPTIONS WERE ADDED TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE. I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DONE. GMC ALSO IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING TO CORRECT THIS MISTAKE MADE BY THEM. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE STALLED OUT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN OR IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AT NO PARTICULAR SPEED. ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE STALLED OUT, THE VEHICLE WAS EASILY RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER. THE HEAD, EXHAUST, AND INTAKE VALVES WERE REPLACED BY THE DEALER IN AN ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE, BUT THE STALLING CONTINUED TO WORSEN.