As I was driving the truck seemed as if it turned off, all the gauges went down appearing of the truck was off and not running. The truck was still running, but the engine did not have power or acceleration. Continued to drive till I was at a safety zone. Turned it off and did not want to start no more I took the battery cable off and put it back jump start it and everything went back to normal.
2010 GMC Sierra 1500 engine complaints
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Saturday, july 27, 2013, our 2010 gmc sierra k1500 caught fire and was completely destroyed as my husband was driving on the interstate. As smoke began to fill the cab and the "check engine" light came on, he attempted to brake so that he could escape, but the brakes were gone, and the brake pedal went all the way to the floor. Imagine his terror as he realized that at age 65, he may have to jump out of the truck or be consumed by a fire. He was able to down-shift to slow the truck enough to use the emergency brake to get the truck stopped just in time to escape from the truck and get far enough away to avoid bodily injury as the truck and our belongings burned completely. We are gravely concerned that the truck, which was purchased three years ago this month, and had only 18,000 miles on it, clearly was a risk to our lives and the lives of others. We have three adult children and seven grandchildren & often had one or more of them with us as we traveled in this vehicle. Had we needed to unbuckle the babies from their car seats and/or assist the toddlers in getting out, the outcome may have been very different, and it haunts us to know that this could have been the case. All had ridden in this truck in the weeks preceding yesterday's fire. As my husband headed home to montana at the completion of his travel to visit our children and grandchildren, he ascended, then descended "lookout pass" on I-90 at the montana/idaho border - a pass that is steep and very busy with summer vacation travel as well as consistent heavy semi-truck travel. The curves on lookout are treacherous: the rate of accidents and semi-truck rollovers on the curves is high without an extraordinary event such as a burning vehicle. If our truck had caught fire even three or four miles earlier as he was descending the pass, the outcome is almost unthinkable.
The windshield and the side windows of my new 2010 gmc sierra 1500 wt, have an extreme tendency to fog over in temperatures near the freezing point. I have read, and observed, that the AC compressor becomes automatically disabled when the outside temperature gets near the freeze zone (I think the actual threshold is somewhere around 40 degrees f). With the AC disabled, the defrost mode cannot keep the windows clear. The problem is magnified when there are two or three individuals in the cab. At that point, it is exceedingly difficult to clear the side windows, even to the point that frost forms on the inside window surface! Very recently, while traveling to work during my 40 mile commute, I was running the AC, with the temp control set to a comfortable level and the blower about the medium setting and flowing through the main vents. The outside temperature was, apparently, hovering near the point where the electronics disable the compressor. The windshield and both side windows fogged over suddenly. I noticed the AC light was out, so I switched to defrost mode and hi blower. The windshield did clear in about a minute or two, but all of that happened while driving down the turnpike at 70 MPH. This seems to be a significant safety concern....at least for me and my family. If the AC compressor had stayed enabled, this would never have happened. It is very difficult to stop condensation buildup if you cannot run the AC to dry the cabin air. This design configuration seems to present an issue of safety. I am not sure if it is just this particular model. I suspect so, since it is the base model truck. We have a 2011 gmc terrain, which does not present this issue. I have contacted the dealer about this issue now for 3 years with no resolution. They act as though you are an idiot.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 gmc sierra 1500. The contact stated that when the pistons were loose and struck the cylinder wall, it would loosen up the engine and caused an abnormal knocking from the engine. The dealer was notified of the failure who advised the contact that the failure was nothing to be concerned about and was not hurting the engine. The manufacturer was notified who stated to the contact that they would speak with the dealer to determine the remedy for the failure. There were no recalls for the failure. The failure mileage was 5,000 and the current mileage was 24,000. Updated 01/10/12
2004 gmc sierra with 5.3l engine. At 53,920 miles began ticking at cold start up. Confirmed by gmc dealer today that cylinder head has crack which caused coolant to seep into engine oil. $3,800 to replace defective cylinder heads and install new lifters. Technical service bulletin # 06-06-01-019b. The cylinder heads in this engine are manufactured by "castech".
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