Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRUCTURE - BODY | |||
| 04/04/2012 | 180000 | ||
| I have severe frame rust to the point where the frame has a crack halfway around it near the rear suspension. the factory mounted tow hitch literally broke completely off of the frame due to the amount of rust that was built up around the welds while i was towing my camper, luckily i had just made it home from a trip from camping when this occurred. i can literally peel off 1/8 thick pieces of rust at a time, the truck is no longer operable due to the safety aspect, i have never seen rust like this on any vehicle, even ones that have been around the ocean and salt, after reading many complaints about the same issues with these particular model and year trucks ranging from 1999-current i have decided to file a complaint, maybe if your administration gets enough of these complaints something can be done to correct the issue and hopefully gm will do something to compensate so many of their disappointed customers or better yet fix the issue, this will be the last gm truck i purchase due to their negligence and after reading 100's of complaints of the same issue gm doesn't seem to care they just give the run around just like when i have had problems with my vehicles in the past under warranty. | |||
| 09/01/2011 | 150000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 1999 gmc sierra 1500. the contact stated the vehicle was parked when he noticed the tailgate was partially detached from the hinge. one of the cables that held the lift gate up was also fractured. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer nor was the failure diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated the vehicle was not included in the nhtsa recall campaign id number 06v066000, structure body, tailgate:hinge and attachments. the failure mileage was 150,000. rvk | |||
| 09/01/2011 | 150000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 1999 gmc sierra 1500. the contact stated that the vehicle was parked when he noticed that the tailgate was partially detached at the hinges. the contact also stated that one of the cables that held the lift gate up was fractured. the vehicle was not taken to have the failure diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle was not included in the recall associated with nhtsa campaign id number 06v066000 (structure:body:tailgate:hinge and attachments). the failure mileage was 150,000. sm. | |||