1994 GMC Sierra

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

• 12/22/1999· VISIBILITY

  ONGOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING DURING OPERATION OR NOT WORKING AT ALL. THIS CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY, AND CAN LEAD TO A VEHICLE COLLISION IF NOT CORRECTED. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK

• 12/18/2002· VISIBILITY

  THE CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY, AND HAD BECOME HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO SEE DURING RAINY WEATHER. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. TS THE WIPERS WOULD SOMETIME NOT WORK AT ALL AND THE CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO MANUALLY OPERATE THEM. SCC

• 12/18/1998· SUSPENSION,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WIPERS DON'T WORK PROPERLY, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES DON'T WORK. AFTER THE DEALER REPAIRED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T START UP BECAUSE THE DRIVER SIDE BATTERY SHORTED OUT AND THE VEHICLE DIED OUT, CAUSING THE STARTER TO OVERHEAT AND BURN OUT WHICH RESULTED IN THE RIGHT SIDE PASSEGER'S BATTERY TO SHORT OUT AND THEN DIE OUT.THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP EVERY THREE MONTHS FOR REPAIR SERVICE, AND THE CONSUMER JUST GOT THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE SHOP. *AK OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES, HE STATES THAT HIS BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. WHEN DRIVING IN DAMP OR WET WEATHER CONDITIONS THE REAR BRAKES LOCK UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID TO A STOP. FUEL INJECTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 8 TIMES. RIGHT FRONT AXLE CONTINUES TO BREAK AND THE ACTUATOR HAS BEEN REPLACED FIVE TIMES ALREADY. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ENGINE MISSES AT INTERMITTENT TIMES, RUNS ROUGH, AT TIMES, AT TIMES WILL SHUT DOWN, HAD VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP 3-4 TIMES AND STILL NOT FIXED: ENGIN. BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH FAILED, SPEEDOMETER IS INACCURATE,REAR SHOCK WAS BLOWN,CLUTCH WAS REPLACED,FUEL INJECTION PUMP WAS REPLACED, ABS LIGHT WAS COMING ON,FULE FILTER WAS REPLACED. * SB

• 12/16/1999· VISIBILITY

  WIND SHIELD WIPERS FAIL AT TIMES,NO RECALL ON CANADA BUILT TRUCKS PER GMC COMPLAINT # 99113234 NO GMC FOLLOW-UP. *AK

• 12/14/1999· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  WHEN SHIFTING GEARS THE THROTTLE STICKS IN THE OPEN POSITION CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE AND THE ENGINE TO RACE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.

• 12/10/2003· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,VISIBILITYCrash

  THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE USING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION THE WIPERS OPERATED POORLY DUE TO A WIPER MOTOR DEFECT. *AK THE BRAKES FAILED TWICE. *SCC *JB

• 11/30/1999· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. DRIVER HAS TO WIGGLE THE WIRING HARNESS BEFORE OPERATION BEGINS AGAIN. SOMETIMES WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT COME ON AT ALL. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. OWNER TOLD THAT TRUCK WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 98V150001 GM/WINDSHEILD WIRING DUE TO VIN. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER NFORMATION. *AK

• 11/23/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  FUEL INJECTION PUMP KEEPS GOING OUT. WOULD LOSE ALL POWER WHEN IT OCCURS. HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. GMC MFG. SAYS NO PROBLEM. TOOK TO DEALER AT LEAST 3 DIFFERENT TIMES FOR SAME PROBLEM & HAD THEM REPLACE FUEL PUMP. GOING FOR THE 4TH REPLACEMENT OF FUEL INJECTION PUMP. *AK

• 11/21/2000· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY/ RECALLED MADE FROM AUG 1994 TO MAY 1996 / MY TRUCK WAS MADE BEFORE AUG. 1994 /

• 11/20/2001· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK RECALL 98V150001 DEALS WITH THIS PROBLEM, HOWEVER DEALER STILL WILL NOT ASSIST CONSUMER. *JB

• 11/20/2000· VISIBILITY

  WHILE DRIVING IN A RAIN STORM WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD JUST STOP WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. GMC HAS ADMITTED TO BEING AWARE OF PROBLEM, BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.*AK

• 11/17/2000· SEATS

  ORDER NEW SEATS NEXT DAY SAVED FACTORY ONES .WENT OFF THE ROAD DONT KNOW IF ANYTHINGS DAMAGED HAVENT DRIVEN SINCE. *AK

• 11/08/1996· POWER TRAIN

  THE RIGHT FRONT AXLE CONTINUES TO BREAK AND THE ACTUATOR HAS BEEN REPLACED FIVE TIMES ALREADY. PLEASE EXPLAIN IN DETAIL. *AK

• 11/07/2002· VISIBILITY

  CONSUMER STATES THAT WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENLY RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY DURING THE RAIN. TS

• 11/06/2002· VISIBILITYFire

  A FIRE STARTED IN THE FIREWALL NEAR THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. A RECALL WAS ISSURED REGARDING THIS SPECIFIC INCIDENT, BUT CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO THE VIN. THE WIPERS HAD BEEN OPERATING ERRADICALLY FOR AWHILE. CONSUMER FEELS THIS DEFECT CONTRIBUTED TO THE FIRE INCIDENT. *JG

• 11/05/2003· VISIBILITY

  CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN RECALL 98-V-150-001 CONCERNING WINDSHIELD WIPERS. DEALER WILL NOT PERFORM RECALL REPAIRS BECAUSE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. *AK *PH

• 11/03/1998· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH SHORTED CAUSING BRAKE LIGHT NOT TO WORK.

• 10/31/2011· VISIBILITY

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 GMC SIERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE OWNER WHO STATED THAT THE CIRCUIT BOARD TO THE WIPER MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10433666 (VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER). THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 125,000. UPDATED 11/29/11 *CN UPDATED 12/12/11

• 10/31/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHEN DRIVING THE TRUCK DOWN THE ROAD, THE TRUCK WILL JUST SHUT OFF WITHOUT ANY WARNING. WHEN PULLING OUT INTO AN INTERSECTION, THE TRUCK WILL JUST CUT OFF. HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE DEALER STILL HASN'T FIXED THE PROBLEM. *AK

• 10/29/2003· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME DEFECT AS STATED IN RECALL 03 V 159 000; BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

• 10/29/1999· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. YH

• 10/29/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL PULSATES AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. OWNER HAS TO APPLY EXCESSIVE PREASURE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

• 10/29/1999· TIRES

  REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING ( DOTNA11DOU463 - UNIROYAL - LAREDO LTL- LT245/75R16 M+S). NLM

• 10/28/2019· SEATS

  SEAT BACK PIVOT PIN BROKE. THE SEAT CAN ONLY RECLINE. THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO RECALL 95V246000. BUT MY VIN DOESN'T SHOW UP WHEN SEARCHED. WHY IS MY VIN NOT INCLUDED? THIS IS A 1994 GMC SIERRA SLE. THANKS

• 10/28/2003· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK ONLY INTERMITTENTLY. THERE IS A RECALL, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

• 10/28/1998· SEATS

  WHILE DRIVING DRIVER SEATBACK BOLT BROKE, CAUSING SEATBACK TO FALL BACKWARD, ALMOST LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND AN ACCIDENT. DEALER REPLACED THE BOLT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 10/26/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINEFire

  FUEL INJECTION PUMP ASSEMBLY FAILURE.

• 10/25/2000· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  VEHICLE EXPERIENCING FUEL LEAKAGE DUE TO CORROSION OF THE FUEL TANK. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS OUT OF ITS WARRANTY. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 10/23/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WAS DRIVING ABOUT 15 MPH WHEN THE CONSUMER WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES, COULD HEAR THE AIR COMING FROM THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKES LOCKED UP. THE CONSUMER LET THE VEHICLE GO AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO STOP. *AK

• 10/20/2006· VISIBILITY

  WIPERS QUIT WORKING DURING A HEAVY RAINSTORM. SEARCHED FOR RECALLS AND CAME UP WITH A CAMPAIGN NUMBER 98V150001. CONTACTED A DEALER WITH MY VIN NUMBER AND HE STATED THAT THERE WAS NEVER A RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE. SINCE THEN THE PULSE BOARD HAS BEEN REPLACED AND WIPERS ARE NOW WORKING FINE. *NM

• 10/11/2011· VISIBILITY

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 GMC SIERRA. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE ACTIVATED BUT FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BEGAN TO FUNCTION AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED SPORADICALLY. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 98V150001 (VISIBILITY: WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER) BU THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

• 10/10/2002· VISIBILITY

  CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK SOMETIMES. CONSUMER STATES IF VEHICLE GOES OVER A BUMP THE WIPERS WILL START AGAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

• 10/10/2002· VISIBILITY

  CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER WORK SOMETIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

• 10/10/2001· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. ALSO, THERE IS RECALL 98V150000 ON THIS PROBLEM. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

• 10/10/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKE HOSES WERE SHREDDING OFF INSIDE AND TEMPORARILY BLOCKING THE BRAKE FLUID WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THIS PROBLEM CAUSED THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE LEFT WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. NLM

• 10/09/1997· SEATS

  THE DEFECTIVE SEATBACK DOES NOT LOCK IN POSTION. WHILE BRAKING THE SEATBACK MOVES FORWARD WHICH ALMOST CAUSED LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. *AK

• 10/07/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, AIR

  THE TRANSMISSION HAS SLIPPED AND SHIFTED HARD SINCE PURCHASE, I RETURNED IT TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS WITH REPORT OF " UNABLE TO FIND PROBLEM" THE BRAKES PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 5 DIFFERENT TIMES THE ROTORS 1 TIME. WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE I HAD TO TAKE IT BACK DUE TO THE FRONTEND SHIMMYING WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ROTORS WHERE OUT OF ROUND. I HAVE HAD EXCESSIVE WEAR OF PADS I WAS TOLD (NOT BY THE DEALER) THAT THE CALIPERS WHERE STICKING . THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING OCCASIONALLY.

• 10/05/2000· VISIBILITY

  HAVE TO SHAKE AND HOLD CONNECTION PLUG ONCE LET GO WIPERS STOP. *AK

• 10/04/2005· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 GMC SIERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT LOWER SPEEDS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CONDITION WERE WORSE WHEN THE ROADS WERE WET. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE 4- WHEEL DRIVE MODE THE ABS SYSTEM W AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF, AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. ALSO, WHEN THE VEHICLE IN THE 2-WHEEL DRIVE MODE A PROBLEM WOULD ALWAYS OCCURRED WHEN BRAKING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING HE TRIED TO STOP TO AVOID HITTING A DEER, BUT COULD NOT EVEN THOUGH BOTH FEET WERE APPLIED TO THE BRAKE. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR A DIFFERENT MODEL YEAR, BUT THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED ALTHOUGH IT EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEMS. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE FRONT ROTORS, BACK BRAKE DRUMS, ALL OF THE BRAKE LININGS, AND THE FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS. THE DEALERSHIP SUGGESTED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE BRAKES. THE CONSUMER HAS NOT CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNERS TOLD HIM THAT THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. *SC . *AK

• 10/04/1999· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WIPER'S ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

• 10/03/2001· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WIPERS COMPONENT (ELECTRONICS BOARD) THAT CAUSES THE FAILURES IS SUBJECT TO A RECALL (98V150000/98V150001) BUT GMC REFUSES TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. *AK

• 10/03/2001· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR IS DEFECTIVE. MOTOR WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER HAS TO HIT COVER A FEW TIMES BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENS.*AK

• 10/02/1997· EQUIPMENT

  CABLE THAT HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE UP BROKE OFF, CAUSING THE TIRE TO JAM UNDER THE VEHICLE WHILE LIFTING THE VEHICLE 6 FEET IN THE AIR, INJURING THE OWNER. *AK

• 10/01/2003· VISIBILITY

  THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AS STATED IN RECALL 03 V 159 000, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. *AK *JB

• 10/01/1999· VISIBILITY

  WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET IN RAINY CONDITIONS WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. *AK

• 09/30/1999· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, AND SOMETIMES DO NOT FUNCTION AT ALL, EVEN THOUGH WIPER MOTOR CONTINUES TO RUN. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

• 09/28/1998· SEAT BELTS,SEATS

  THE SEAT BELT ON THE PASSENGER' SIDE WILL NOT COME OUT OF THE RETRACTOR. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. DEALER PROMISED TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITHIN ONE WEEK. ALSO, THE SEAT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WILL NOT LOCK INTO PLACE. DEALER WILL CORRECT THE PROBLEM AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK

• 09/27/2012· VISIBILITY/WIPER

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THERE WAS A RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 98V150001 (VISIBILITY: WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER) BUT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED ON ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 161,000.

• 09/26/2002· VISIBILITY

  CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. DEALER NOTIFIED. NLM

• 09/25/2000· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WIPERS DON'T ALWAYS WORK. SOMETIMES THEY WILL COME ON AND THEN STOP FOR NO REASON. SOMETIMES THEY WON'T COME ON AT ALL. I AM HAVING SAME PROBLEM AS NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 98V150001 BUT WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. ALSO CALLED GMC AND WAS TOLD MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE DEALER IS PREMIER GMC, 22211 EASTTEX FREEWAY, KINGWOOD, TX 77339. PHONE # 281-359-3600. PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS AS IT IS HARD DRIVING IN THE RAIN WHEN YOUR WIPERS QUIT WORKING. IF IT QUITS WORKING I CAN RAISE THE HOOD AND BANG ON THE WIPER CONTROL BOX AND IT SOMETIMES STARTS WORKING AGAIN. *AK