When sitting at idle, the engine miss & spark knock at times. When start driving down the road the throttle seems hard to Press & takes a little time to reach up to road speed. The truck does not get good gas mileage at all. I had the spark plugs & wires changed still don't help.
GMC Canyon knocking problems
10 of the 1,445 owner complaints about the GMC Canyon describe engine knocking or ticking, most of them for the 2008 model year.
- owner complaints
- 10
- worst model year
- 2008
- typical mileage
- 43,384
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 20211
- 20191
- 20181
- 20121
- 20084
- 20051
- 20041
Often reported together
What owners say
The contact owns a 2018 GMC Canyon. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, there was an abnormal knocking sound coming from the engine compartment. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed a failure with the transmission. The contact was informed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 34,929.
The contact owns a 2021 GMC Canyon. The contact stated while driving 6 MPH and going over a speed bump, the contact heard an abnormal knocking sound emanating from the driver’s side suspension. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who determined that the upper control arm was striking the suspension spring. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 47,000.
High pressure fuel pump broke off while driving on highway causing truck to stall. Stabilitrack warning was activated and Engine Power Reduced message came on dash. Speed was rapidly reduced to 15 mph on the highway and started knocking hard. Mechanic found the pump physically broke and a bolt was sheered off inside of head.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 gmc canyon. The contact stated that while driving and turning the steering wheel, there was a ticking sound heard. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to barton chevrolet cadillac (800 auto park pl, newburgh, ny 12550), to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the clicking sound noise was coming from a multiplication switch from the steering and that the steering needed to be replaced. The contact stated that the replacement part was ordered from the dealer, and the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be repaired however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the same dealer, but was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 121,966.
Purchased vehicle new with 417 miles. From the beginning, there was a ticking noise at start-up, which gradually worsened to a loud knocking and vehicle shimmy for several seconds, sometimes requiring multiple attempts to start. Originally, it was only on cold start-up. Multiple visits to the dealer resulted in incorrect diagnoses or no diagnosis. Finally, at 18,071 miles, the problem was diagnosed as loose timing chain and worn gears. All were replaced by the dealer under warranty. Problem was significantly reduced but not solved. It then began to again worsen through multiple trips to the dealership, until 43,384 miles, when it was once more diagnosed as the timing having jumped or the chains having stretched. We declined to have the dealer replace everything with us paying for it, and had our own mechanic do the work. Our mechanic believes there is some sort of timing chain defect in design or composition, which keeps causing/allowing the chains to stretch.
When first starting the vehicle(especially cold starts) the engine is making a loud knocking noise and then stops after it warms up for a while. I brought it to my mechanic and he informed me I need new lifters and have a internal engine problem. He told me that gm is well aware of this problem because it is happening in many different models. He even showed me the technical bulletin gm has out on it to tell mechanics how to repair it. I did not have him repair it because of the cost and because I only have 30,000 miles on it. I'm hoping there are enough complaints about it to force gm to recall it. My warranties on it have expired. Thank you.
This is a new 2008 extended cab 4x4 gmc canyon. The doors rattle all the because the rear doors are not mounted to the frame but only to the skin of the vehicle. This means there is constant flexing and vibrating between the two doors and the door frame. This vehicle has been to the dealer 4 times in the month I've owned it and they say "that's just the way it is". There is also an intermittent knock in the rt front of the vehicle that the dealer can't find. Finally the drivers side seat material is having to be replaced because of wear and stretching and this vehicle only has 500 miles on it.
Brand new truck, have owned almost 1 year. Had to take truck in for slow acceleration problem as well as hard to crank. Could not pull out into traffic, had to wait until there was no one on the road because I would try to accelerate then it would stop/pause for a second then start to go again. Took my truck to the dealership which they found one of the heads in the engine needed to be replaced. (which at first they told me I had a slow misfire on piston #2 and they had to replace a spring and a coil) a month later I finally got my truck back. One week later I heard a knocking noise so I took my truck back to dealership and was told my oil was low so they topped it off (didn't work by the way). Still having hard time cranking periodically throughout the day. Took it back to the dealership, they kept my truck for 4 days and said they could not find anything wrong with it except a loose starter bolt that they tightened. Truck still cranking funny but was told there was nothing further they could do for me.
Consumer heard a loud knock or bang from underside of 2004 gmc canyon truck. *bf
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
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Which GMC Canyon years have engine knocking or ticking problems?
The model years with the most reports are 2008 (4 complaints), 2004 (1 complaints) and 2005 (1 complaints).
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