2000 GMC SIERRA Vehicle Speed Control Problems

THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ON THE PICKUP HAS AND STILL DOES STICK WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE SLIGHTLY/SLOWLY FORWARD OR BACKWARD AS IN PARALLEL PARKING. THE PROBLEM IS WORSE IN HOT WEATHER. THE DEALER, DURING WARRANTY PERIOD, TOLD ME THEY FOUND NO DEFECT AND KNEW OF NO DEFECT. I LEFT IT GO. MY FRIEND WHO OWNS A SATURN SEDAN TOLD ME HE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE ACCELERATOR STICKING DURING SMALL MANEUVERS. I HAVE JUST READ THAT THERE ARE TWELVE COMPLAINTS SIMILAR TO MY ISSUE THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO YOUR AGENCY. I AM REPORTING THE SAME AT PRESENT THOUGH THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR TEN YEARS. IT MAKES CLOSE PARKING DIFFICULT AND I TRY TO AVOID THE SITUATION BECAUSE OF SUCH. I HAVE ALMOST CRASHED MANY TIMES BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF OVERPRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR TO MAKE THE TRUCK MOVE. *TR

THE CONSUMER WAS AT A STAND STILL WHEN PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE, THE CONSUMER PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THERE WAS SOME RESISTANCE IN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THEN THE PEDAL DROPPED STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING BACKWARDS, THE OWNER HIT THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE ON IT S OWN AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE CONSUMER CROSSED TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC AND HIT A GUARD RAIL. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

WHILE APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE. AFTER APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL NUMEROUS TIMES THE VEHICLE JUMPED AND SURGED FORWARD. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK

I JUST BOUGHT A 2000 GMC SIERRA 1500 PICKUP WITH THE 5.3 LITER ENGINE. THE THROTTLE STICKS WHEN YOU START OFF IN IT FROM A STOPPED POSITION. THE ACCELERATOR HAS A TIGHT SPOT IN IT WHEN YOU FIRST PRESS ON IT. THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS IF IT STICKS TOO MUCH WHEN IT BREAKS LOOSE THE TRUCK WILL GO FORWARD REAL QUICK AND YOU COULD HIT SOMEBODY OR SOMETHING. SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT THE BUTTERFLY HAD CARBON BUILT UP ON IT AND IT NEEDED CLEANING. I CALLED A GM DEALER AND TALKED TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AND HE SAID IT WAS REPORTED BEFORE AND HE WOULD CLEAN THE THROTTLE VALVE FOR $90.00. I THINK THIS SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER AND BESIDES IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN WHEN CARBON BUILDS UP ON IT AGAIN. A PERMANENT FIX NEEDS TO BE PUT IN PLACE AS A RECALL ITEM I THINK. *JB

THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK.*JB THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM STARTED DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD, HOWEVER THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMED IT WAS NOT A WARRANTY ISSUE. *JB

THROTTLE PEDAL STICKS DURING STARTUP. MR

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THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAS BEEN STICKING INTERMITTENTLY FOR THE PAST 5 MONTHS. IT TAKES EXTRA EFFORT TO MOVE THE PEDAL FROM THE NEUTRAL (REST) POSITION IN ORDER TO ACCELERATE. THIS CONDITION IS INTERMITTENT. CURRENTLY, THE STICKING IS BARELY NOTICEABLE. OTHER TIMES, IT IS VERY APPARENT. NOTE: I KNOW OF TWO OTHER GMC SIERRA AND CHEVY SILVERADO OWNES AT MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. BOTH HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM (BOTH ARE YEAR 1999 VEHICLES, ONE 2WD, THE OTHER 4WD). MY VEHICLE IS A 2WD REGUALR CAB SHORT BED PICKUP. MR

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS IN A CLOSED POSITION, AND THEN IT WILL SUDDENLY TAKE OFF, WHICH CAN CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. DEALER CLAIMS DEFECT IS DUE TO A DIRTY THROTTLE BODY. THROTTLE BODY SHOULD BE CLEANED EVERY 15,000 MILES. CONSUMER IS UPSET BECAUSE THIS INFORMATION IS NOT STATED IN OWNER'S MANUAL.*AK *SLC

AT AN INTERSECTION CONSUMER APPLIED GAS TO CROSS INTERSECTION, NOTHING HAPPENED, ENGINE REVVED, BUT VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE. AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF GOING THROUGH GEARS, VEHICLE FINALLY MOVED AGAIN. *AK

ON 12/13/99 WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, THE TOURQUE CONVERTER LOCKED UP AND STALLED THE TRUCK IN MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WHILE CROSSING THE LEFT LANE. WITH DIFFICULTY, TRUNED THE WHEEL BACK TO THE RIGHT AND PULL OFF THE ROAD AND SHIFTED INTO PARK AND RESTARTED THE TRUCK. LUCKLY THERE WAS VERY LITTLE ON COMING TRAFFIC. ON 2/11/00 WHILE COMING INTO A ROLLING RIGHT HAND TURN AND GOING ABOUT 15 MPH, I STARTED TO BRAKE AND THE TOURQUE CONVERTED AGAIN LOCKED UP AND THE ENGINE STALLED. AGAIN WITH DIFFICULTY I WAS ABLE TO STEER INTO THE CORNER AND MAKE THE CORNER. AS THE TRUCK WAS FREE ROLLING IT JUST STARTED ITSELF AND IT CONTIUNED ON, ALMOST CRACHED INTO TWO CARS WAITING AT THE STOP SIGN. IF MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A COLLISION. IN OCTOBER WHEN WAITING FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT TO CHANGE, I ACCELLERATED...