NHTSA Complaint #10072518 — 2000 GMC SIERRA

WHEN I WENT IN FOR OIL CHANGE AT 66,000 MILES I WAS TOLD THE PARKING BRAKES WERE WORN OUT. SINCE I DO NOT USE THES THEY MUST HAVE BEEN DEFECTIVE.WILL REPLACE WHEN CAN MAKE THE 100 MILE TRIP TO DEALER THAT FOUND PROBLEM. DEALER WHERE PURCHASED WOULD NOT OTHER FIX PROBLEMS WHEN VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY.SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW IN MARCH OF 2000 THE ENGINE BLOCK WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND WOULD SLIP AT START ALMOST HIT THREE TIMES BEFORE FIXED, THE DRIVESHAFT WAS BAD THE DIFFERIENTIAL WAS PUT IN AT WRONG ANGLE THE BACK WINDOWS LEAKED AIR AND WATER THE GAS PEDAL HAS BEEN WORKED ON TWICE IS STARTING TO STICK AGAIN REPORTED THIS TOYOU IN AUG 2002 STILL NO RECALL. FOUR PICES OF TRIM FELL OFF AIR CONDITIONER SWITCH WAS REPLCED TWICE HEAT SHEILD WAS INSTALLED WRONG CAUSING DASH TO VIBRATE.CLEARLY GM IS MAKING SOME VERY DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS.WHEN THE ORIGINAL DEALER WOULD NOT GET PROBLEMS REPAIRED I ASKED GM FOR HELP I HAD TO FIND A DEALER TO HELP ME ON MY OWN.MOST OF THESE PROBLEMS WERE FIXED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. THREE OF THEM ARE SATY PROBLEMS THE TRNSMISSION TOOK OVER A YEAR TO GET RESULTS AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A ACCIDENT ANY TIME GM KNEW OF THIS.I NOW AM GETTING A KNOCK OUT OF SECOND ENGINE. I WILL PUT DOWN TODAYS DATE BECAUSE THESE PROBLEMS OCCURED OVER SUCH A LONG TIME.