1993 GMC Sierra

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/15/2003· VISIBILITY

  WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON AND OFF ON THEIR OWN. *AK

• 12/12/1996· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  WHILE DRIVING TAILGATE LATCH FAILED, RESULTING IN BIKE COMING DISCONNECT TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE.

• 12/10/2003· SUSPENSION,POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SEAT BELTS,STRUCTURE,SEATS,EQUIPMENT

  PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING.*MR THE VEHICLE WENT FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WOULD COST HIM $4000.00 AND TO REBUILD AN OLD ONE WOULD BE $3000.00. THE CONSUMER HAS MADE ONGOING COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE VEHICLE AND FEELS THE COST OF THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE LOWERED. NOT ONLY HAS THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION ,BUT THE ROOF OF THE TRUCK INCLUDING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HEAD LINER THAT NOW HANGS DOWN WHICH WAS DUE TO THE ROOF LEAKING, THE CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR AS WELL AS THE RADIO SYSTEM. *CB THE VEHICLE ALSO HAD A BROKEN SEAT BACK RECLINER, THE IGNITION SWITCH WOULD NOT TURN OFF, THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE WOULD NOT ENGAGE, THE SHOCKS WERE BAD AND THE VEHICLE WAS IN NEED OF AN ALIGNMENT. *JB

• 12/06/1998· VISIBILITY

  THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURED AT VEHICLE STARTUP, WHEN DRIVING AND ATTEMPTING TO TURN ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, AS WELL AS HAVING THEM STOP RUNNING ONCE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER GM DEALER TO HAVE THE PROBLEM CORRECTED THEY SAID THERE WAS A SHORT AND SUPPOSEDLY CORRECTED IT. THE PROBLEM HAS SINCE REOCCURED AND KEEPS OCCURING. THE NUMBER THAT I PUT IN THE BOX IS LOW WHEN I CONSIDER ALL OF THE TIMES THAT THEY WOULD NOT OPERATE WHEN THEY WERE TURNED ON.

• 12/05/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  ABS BRAKES LOCKE DUP WHILE DRIVING ON WET ROAD, VEHICLE LOST CONTROL, RESULTING IN A CRASH. *AK

• 12/02/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ONGOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH ABS SYSTEM. WHENEVER BRAKES WERE APPLIED IN DAMP / WET CONDITION THE BACK WHEELS WOULD LOCK-UP. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

• 11/27/1996· SEATS

  SEAT BROKE WHILE DRIVING CAUSING TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL.

• 11/23/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,VISIBILITY

  THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL STOP IN MID STROKE AND STAY THERE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE RESUMING. NEWER MODELS HAVE BEEN RECALLED, BUT THE '93 GMC HAS ALWAYS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE EGR VALVE TENDS TO STICK OPEN. IT HAS BEEN CLEANED AND/OR REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES, AND IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IT DRASTICALLY LOWERS MANIFOLD VACUUM AND THAT EFFECTS THE POWER BRAKES. *AK

• 11/20/2000· SEATS

  CONSUMER HAD RECALL 93V163 COMPLETED, 2 OF THE BOLTS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE SNAPPED WHILE BRAKING ALSO CAUSING THE SEAT BACK FRAME TO CRACK IN THE WELDS, THE CONSUMER TOOK THIS TO THE DEALER WHO COMPLETED THE WORK FOR THE BOLTS BUT THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR THE PARTS, THE CONSUMER HAD THE SEAT BACK FRAME REPLACED ON HIS OWN, JUST RECENTLY WHILE BRAKING,THE BOLTS BROKE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE, CAUSING THE BACK FRAME TO BEND AND SEPARATE AT THE WELD JOINTS, GM STATED THAT BECAUSE THE SEAT RECLINED FORWARD THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING OR REPAIRING THE SEAT BOLTS, THE CONSUMER ARGUED THAT WHILE BRAKING THE SEAT WOULD RECLINE FORWARD, BUT THE DEALER STILL REFUSED ANY KIND OF REPAIR. *SLC

• 11/13/2003· SEAT BELTS

  DRIVER'S SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WILL NOT RETRACT. SEAT BELT IS VERY LOOSE AND WOULD NOT PREVENT INJURY OR DEATH IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. DEALER AND GMC ZONE OFFICE REFUSE TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY AND/OR REPAIR THE RETRACTOR EXCEPT AT MY OWN EXPENSE. *LA

• 11/12/2003· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION. COMES OUT OF DRIVE WHILE MOVING AND TRANSMISSION GOES INTO NEUTRAL. DRIVER MUST COAST OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF ROADWAY, STOP, TURN OFF ENGINE, WAIT SEVERAL MINUTES THEN RESTART ENGINE. CAN CAUSE A COLLISION WITH OTHER VEHICLES WHILE COASTING TO THE EDGE OF ROADWAY. HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING TO GMC FOR 10 YEARS WITH NO CORRECTION OF PROBLEM. I NARROWLY AVOIDED A COLLISION WHILE COASTING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *LA

• 11/10/1998· SEATS

  THE FRONT SEAT ANCHOR TRACKS TO THE DRIVER SEAT BROKE WHILE DRIVING THE SEAT SLIDES BACK AND FORTH. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

• 11/08/2017· UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

  RECALL SUBJECT: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY REPORT RECEIPT DATE: 04-05-1994 NHTSA CAMPAIGN: 94V044001 MANUFACTURE: GENERAL MOTORS CORP. SUMMARY: VEHICLES ALTERED BY PAS, INC. HAVE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS FUEL TANKS THAT CAN DEVELOP STRESS CORROSION, WHICH CRACK THE E-GLASS WRAPPING. THIS STRESS CORROSION CRACKING CAN LEAD TO TANK RUPTURES. CONSEQUENCE: IF THE TANK RUPTURES, PERSONAL INJURY TO INDIVIDUALS IN OR NEAR THE VEHICLE MAY OCCUR. REMEDY: GM IS OFFERING TO EXCHANGE THESE VEHICLES WITH A COMPARABLY EQUIPPED 1994 GASOLINE 1/2 OR 3/4 TON GM PICKUP. IF THE OWNER CHOOSES NOT TO EXCHANGE THE NATURAL GAS VEHICLE, GM WILL REPURCHASE THE VEHICLE.

• 11/05/1996· SEATS

  DRIVER'S SEAT FRAME CRACKED.

• 11/02/2003· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY,EQUIPMENT

  FAILURES IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. RADIO,DASHBOARD LIGHT (SPEEDOMETER, ETC.),WINDSHIELD WIPERS. *LA

• 10/29/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  REAR BRAKE FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT. *SD

• 10/27/1998· VISIBILITY

  ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT BOARD FOR WIPER MOTOR FAILED SEVERAL TIMES CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.

• 10/26/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE VIBRATES, AND THE RUBBER IN THE MOTOR MOUNTS GOT HARD FROM THE HEAT AND CRACKED. *AK

• 10/16/1997· SEATS

  RECALL # 95V246000; RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED IN MAY OF 97. NO PROBLEM WITH BOLTS AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER, OWNER RECEIVED A 2ND RECALL NOTICE IN OCTOBER OF 97. WHEN TAKEN TO DEALER, DISCOVERED THAT BOLTS WERE BROKEN AT THIS TIME. THE BOLTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY DEALER. *AK

• 10/15/2002· SEAT BELTS

  THE CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER WAS UNSECURING THE BELT BUCKLE ATTACH TO THE SEAT. WHEN SHE LIFT UP THE BUCKLE UP THE BELT RETRACTED FAST AND HIT HER INSIDE OF THE MOUTH STRIKING HER FRONT TOOTH. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR

• 09/30/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS, ABS LIGHT ON DASH STAYS ON. *AK *ML

• 09/28/1998· SEAT BELTS

  PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT IS STUCK IN THE RETRACTOR. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

• 09/25/1995· POWER TRAIN

  DRIVE SHAFT FELL OFF, CAUSING ACCIDENT. (NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE REPORT)

• 09/24/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.(OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT)

• 09/23/1997· VISIBILITY

  ON (2) DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, ONE IN FEBRUARY AND ONE IN MAY OF 97, WHILE USING THE CRUISE CONTROL AND AIR CONDTIONER, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT COME ON. THE DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND A PROBLEM. *AK

• 09/12/2003· VISIBILITY

  WHILE DRIVING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY CAUSING PROBLEMS ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE IS A RECALL ON SIMILAR VEHICLES BUT THE CONSUMER'S VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED. *PH

• 08/20/2001· TIRES

  TREAD CAME OFF OF THE TIRE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: MD11 T5H1 TIRESIZE: LT245/75R1)

• 08/14/1996· WHEELSCrash

  LEFT REAR TIRE STUDS BROKE, CAUSING WHEEL TO FALL OFF. (OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT)

• 08/06/2001· SEATS

  THIS WAS A RECALL ITEM-94-C-62(B). SINCE THE RECALL I'VE HAD THE TRUCK IN THE DEALERS SHOP 3 TIMES. THEY'VE REPLACED THE SAME SEAT BOLTS EACH TIME. THEY EVEN REPLACED THE SEAT THE SECOND TIME IN THE SHOP. THE LAST TIME IT TOOK OVER A MONTH AND DEALING WITH 3 GM CUSTOMER SERVICE PEOPLE TO GET GM TO PAY FOR IT. WHICH AT THAT TIME GM STATED THAT THEY WOULD NO LONGER PAY FOR ANY FURTHER SEAT REPAIRS. THIS SEAT FEELS LIKE IT MIGHT BE GETTING LOOSE AGAIN. AS THIS WAS A RECALL ITEM ARE THEY ONLY OBLIGATED TO REPAIR IT AS LONG AS THEY WANT? ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT BREAKS AGAIN? EACH TIME IT BREAKS, IT DOES SO WHILE DRIVING. IS THIS JUST AN ISOLATED EVENT OR ARE OTHERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM? GM CUSTOMER SERVICE TOLD ME MY REOCCURING PROBLEM IS THE ONLY ONE THEY HAVE HEARD OF RELATED TO THIS RECALL. THE DEALER THAT DID THE RECALL WORK IS ROYAL MOORE BUICK/GMC IN HILLSBORO OR.*AK

• 08/04/1998· SEATS

  RECALL WORK ON THE SEAT BOLTS COMPLETED, HOWEVER REPLACEMENT BOLT IN DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE, ALLOWING SEAT BACK TO COLLAPSE. (QCAW)

• 08/02/2000· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WIPESR WORK INTERMITTENTLY OR NOT AT ALL. THIS CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY, AND MAY LEAD TO A VEHICLE COLLISION. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 08/01/2000· VISIBILITY

  INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE, OBSTRUCTING THE VIEW OF DRIVER. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE LATER MAKES AND MODELS; HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. *AK

• 07/31/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE ROD BEARINGS BLEW, RESULTING IN COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. NLM

• 07/24/2013· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  I WENT OUT ONE MORNING AND STARTED MY TRUCK AND HEARD A RATTLE NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. I GOT OUT AND OPENED THE HOOD. ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY THE ENGINE BACKFIRED AND THE COOLING FAN BLEW APART AND FRAGMENTS OF METAL CAME THROUGH THE PLASTIC SHROUD AND INTO MY FACE AND HEAD CAUSING SERIOUS AND WOULD HAVE BEEN FATAL INJURY TO MYSELF. IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE FAST RESPONSE OF THE PARAMEDICS WHO FLEW ME TO THE HOSPITAL BY CHOPPER. I AM NOW BLIND MISSING AN EYE AND MY FACE AND HEAD ARE SCARED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE BRAIN DAMAGE. PLEASE DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO KEEP THIS TRAGIC ACCIDENT FROM HAPPENING TO ANYONE ELSE. *TR

• 07/20/1998· PARKING BRAKE

  WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, PARKING BRAKE MALFUNCTIONED, VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS AND IT LANDED IN A CLASS ROOM AT SCHOOL ACROSS THE STREET. VEHICLE SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.

• 07/18/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY,STRUCTURE,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SEATSCrash

  WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE INTERMITENT, NOW FAIL AND CAUSE HIGH CURRENT DRAW ON ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. RECALLED SEATS WERE REPAIRED AT DEALER, SEA-BACK MALFUNCTIONED WHILE DRIVING AGAIN REPORTED TO DEALER SAID THEY NEEDED MANAGER APPROVAL, NO MANAGER AVAILABLE NOW DRIVING WITH ICE CHEST HOLDING SEAT BACK IN PLACE SPEED CONTROLS ON CRUISE CONTROL ARE INTERMITTENT BRAKE LIGHT/TURNSIGNAL PASSANGER/REAR BURNS OUT MORE OFTEN THAN OTHER BULBS CHARRING AT ELECTRICAL PLUG ASSY. LEFT DOOR SAGS DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. MY BIGGEST CONCERNS ARE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND THE SEATS I AM GOING TO TRY DEALING WITH THE REPAIR SHOP BUT ANY HELP FROM THIS ORG. WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU

• 07/14/2000· SEATS

  WHILE DRIVING AND ATTEMPTING TO LEAN DRIVERS SEATBACK LATCH MECHANISM BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO FALL ALL THE WAY BACK. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. SEAT BOLTS WERE REPLACED DURING A RECALL PROGRAM. *AK *ML

• 07/13/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

• 07/02/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  PLASTIC OUTER PROTECTION SHELL HAS INSULATION THAT IS RETAINING WATER WHICH IS CAUSING THE GAS TANK TO BECOME CORRODED, RESULTING IN LEAKAGE OF GASOLINE. REPAIR GARAGE HAS REPLACED GAS TANK AND FUEL SENDING UNIT. *AK

• 06/24/1998· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT DISENGAGE AND EXCEEDED THE SET SPEED, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILED INFORMATION. *AK

• 06/14/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  NO SIMMARY MENTIONE DFOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

• 06/13/1999· VISIBILITY

  INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF WINDSHIELD WIPERS. *AK

• 06/07/1997· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF PARK WHILE PARKING BRAKE WAS ON.

• 06/06/2001· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  1) DASH BRAKE LIGHT CONSTANTLY ON OR FLASHING, CODE = SHORTED ABS DEFECTIVE? 2) 4WD TRANSAXLE- SHIFTER FORK AND THRUST BEARINGS BROKEN. NO FORWARD OR REVERSE ON HIGHWAY-VERY DANGEROUS BREAKDOWN 3) ECM ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE FAILURE, PREVENTING THE 3-4 OVERDRIVE SHIFT IN THE TRANSMISSION-VERY HIGH RPM UNDER LOAD. 4) AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, NO REVERSE DUE TO LOSS OF PLANETARY GEAR SET (2) DUE TO DEFECTIVE WORKMANSHIP (DRIFT PIN SETTING GEAR IN HUB HAD WORKED OUT THEREBY GALLING AND MILLING OUT THE HUB AREA=LOSS OF PRESSURE AND BEARING STABILITY. 5) NYLON ROCKER ARM RETAINERS HAD FRACTURED AND BROKEN DUE TO DEFECTIVE MATERIALS, ALLOWS ROCKER TO FALL OFF ROCKER ARM SHAFT AND PUSH RODS TO FALL INTO CRANKSHAFT...ABRUBT ENGINE HALT AT HIGH SPEED...VERY DANGEROUS. 6) GLOW PLUG CONTROLLER DOES NOT ACTIVATE THE GLOW PLUGS AFTER HOT ENGINE SITS FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES...ENGINE WILL NOT START. *AK

• 06/05/2003· VISIBILITY

  THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE INOPERATIVE. A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED, HOWEVER, IT DID NOT APPLY TO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. *JB

• 06/04/2003· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME DEFECT AS STATED IN RECALL 02 V 280 000, BUT THIS VEHICLE WA SNOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

• 06/01/1996· PARKING BRAKECrash

  EMERGENCY BRAKE LATCH FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT. *SD

• 05/30/2000· VISIBILITY

  IN RAINY CONDITIONS WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL QUIT WORKING INTERMITTENTLY WHILE IN USE , CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. MANUFACTURER CLAIMS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 98V150000 DUE TO VIN. *AK

• 05/28/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKES WERE PULSATING WHEN APPLIED CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 05/20/2004· VISIBILITY

  WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON AND OFF OWN THEIR OWN. *AK WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. GENERAL MOTOR CORPORATION (GM) ISSUED A SAFETY RECALL ON 1994-1996 GMC LIGHT TRUCKS, AND TRUCK'S WINDSHIELD WIPER CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED. *LA