2005 GMC Sierra 1500

NOVEMBER 5, 2014: TURN KEY AND SYMPTOM OF A DEAD BATTERY. STARTER CLICKS ONCE. NO LIGHTS WILL WORK AT ALL. TOOK BATTERY OUT, CHARGED IT OVERNIGHT, AND HAD IT TESTED. TEST REVEALS BATTERY IS GOOD (SHOULD START VEHICLE) BUT WEAK (NEEDS A CHARGE). PUT BATTERY BACK IN, CONNECTED IT, PUT KEY IN, TURNED IT, AND VEHICLE STARTED EASILY. ............. NOV. 15, 2014: TURN KEY BUT, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS COMPLETELY DEAD. THEN, TAKE KEY OUT FOR FIVE MINUTES, PUT BACK IN, AND STARTS RIGHT UP LIKE NOTHING WRONG. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ACTIVATING THE A/C, THERE WAS SMOKE EMITTING FROM THE VENTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE REPAIRS WERE UNKNOWN. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED AND FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE YEARS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED A SECOND TIME UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V043000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 06V417000 (AIR BAGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,510.

SLOWING FOR TRAFFIC LIGHT GOING DOWNHILL AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. PUMPING DID LITTLE SO USED PARKING BRAKE TO STOP. CLOUD OF WHITE SMOKE OUT OF TAIL PIPE AS ENGINE SHUTTERED AND VALVES CHATTERED. FRONT DRIVERS SIDE BRAKE LINE FAILED FROM EXTERNAL CORROSION SHOOTING FLUID ON HOT EXHAUST MANIFOLD. WHEN PEDDLE WENT TO FLOOR MASTER CYLINDER PASSED FLUID INTO BOOSTER AND THROUGH VACUUM LINE INTO INTAKE OF ENGINE CAUSING WHITE CLOUD OF BRAKE FLUID BURNING WITH GAS INTERNALLY ALMOST SHUTTING MOTOR DOWN AND LOSS OF ALL POWER. REPLACED CORRODED BRAKE LINES AND MASTER CYLINDER. NEGLIGENT DESIGN AND MATERIALS QUALITY IN MY OPINION. NOW BOTH FRONT CALIPERS DRAG AND SHAKE STEERING WHEEL. WHERE IS SAFETY RECALL? BRAKE LINES ARE NOT A MAINTENANCE ITEM! TRY REPLACING ONE AS THEY WERE INSTALLED TO NEVER COME OFF. WOULD TOYOTA HAVE BEEN GIVEN A PASS ON THIS ISSUE FOR THIS MANY YEARS OF COMPLAINTS, THOUSANDS OF FAILURES, INJURIES AND DEATHS? *TR

APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION TO TURN LEFT ACROSS ONCOMING TRAFFIC THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR WITH VIRTUALLY NO RESISTANCE AND NO BRAKING AT ALL. THERE WAS NO WARNING AND NO MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. RETURNED TO OUR CAMPSITE USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO THE NEAREST GM DEALER. THEY DECIDED IT WOULD BE MORE 'ECONOMICAL' TO SEND THE CORRODED AND LEAKING BRAKE LINES OUT TO A SHOP AS MODELS FOR MAKING UP NEW ONES RATHER THAN USE THE KIT IN TSB 13-05-22-001. UNFORTUNATELY IT TOOK THAT SHOP A WEEK TO DO THE WORK AND WE HAD TO RENT A CAR TO GET AROUND WHILE THE DEALER WAITED FOR PARTS, ADDING SOME $250 TO THE $1113.32 REPAIR COST. SINCE WE WERE OVER A THOUSAND MILES FROM HOME AT THE TIME WE HAD LITTLE CHOICE. *TR