Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL | |||
| 05/19/2012 | 129200 | 1 | |
| A friend of mine just showed me a letter he got in the mail that is a recall to fix the reduced engine power code that shows a throttle body needs repaired.. the letter says to bring his vehicle in if it is a gm or chevy model less than 10 years old and less than 150000 miles and they will fix it for free. i contacted gm to see if my gmc was on the list and they told me to take it to a dealer and have a diagnostic done. i have already had one done and the codes keep changing, and from what i have read the gm site and other forums gm does not know what the problem and will not recall it unless they have to, my brother is also a mechanic and had it looked over by our college mechanic shop.still no relief, i am not willing to spend $5000 and it still not fixed.. so i guess since something like it is recalled and i get into an accident because it reduces power on the interstate doing 75mpg, ill can to take legal action? i can't drive it half the time because of the problem. in the summer it starts with reduced power because its 90 degrees outside. *tr | |||
| 06/01/2011 | 93000 | ||
| During acceleration and occasionally during braking, the wheel sensor(s) cause the traction control to become active, or cause the anti-lock brakes to engage. in all cases, activation is in error based on ambient conditions. i am able to override the traction active problems by disabling the traction assist, but the anti-lock brakes are not controlled by the same switch. i have searched the internet and found numerous examples of the same failure with this type of vehicle, but no recall exists yet for this particular year and model. to date, the failure has not caused a crash, but now that winter is here i have to make repairs because disengaging the traction assist is not practical in snowy conditions. my mechanic advised me that it requires changing the full front wheel bearing assembly because of corrosion buildup on the tone ring. he also told me that he did change a sensor on a similar vehicle but the sensor did not solve the problem. the wheel bearing will cost several hundred dollars to replace. with the apparently common nature of this problem, and a listed recall in canada for the same problem, i believe gm is ignoring a very serious safety problem. when you pull into traffic and the vehicle essentially stalls, you may get rear-ended, which almost happened to me a few weeks ago. however, my greater concern is not being able to stop. another website said that tires could be the problem. all of my tires are the same size and wear, and air pressure matches. the problem is with the vehicle, not related to tire differences. | |||