NHTSA Complaint #10025152 — 2001 GMC SIERRA

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	10025152
Vehicle	2001 GMC SIERRA
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Date of Incident	May 29, 2003
Date Filed	June 29, 2003
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	Yes
State	NY

Consumer Description

I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK WITH 13,000. MILES ON IT , RAN GREAT. AT 30000. MILES MOTOR STARTED TO PING LIKE A LIFTER WASN'T WORKING CORRECTLY. TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT IT, THEY SAID IT WOULD NOT MAKE NOISE. TOOK SERVICE WRITER OUT AND STARTED TRUCK, ENGINE MADE LOAD KNOCKING NOISE. HE STATED THAT GMC SAID THAT WAS NORMAL FOR THAT ENGINE AND THAT IT STARTS AT 10,000.-19,000. MILES. BEEN IN CONTACT WITH GMC. THEY STATE IT WON'T HURT MOTOR,I DON"T NO WHY IT WOULDN'T, METAL AGAINST METAL WILL WEAR WITH TIME!!!!!!!!THEY ARE WILLING TO GIVE A EXTENDED WARRANTY TO 100,000. MILES !!!! I DON"T WANT IT I WANT MY TRUCK FIXED UNDER THE WARRANTY 3YR/36,000 THAT I HAVE. IF THEY WON'T HONOR THAT WARRANTY WHAT MAKES ME THINK THEY WILL HONOR 100,000. WARRANTY. *NLM

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