The door handle broke off on the driver side the passenger side door handle will not open the door the outside handles are loose and the rear back driver and passenger side will not open their doors.
2011 GMC Sierra 1500: doors won't lock, open or latch
5 of the 284 complaints about the 2011 GMC Sierra 1500 describe doors won't lock, open or latch.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 2%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Doors won't lock, open or latch by model year
What owners say
The outside door handles keep coming off. It appears that the material used is cheap plastic. This causes the mechanism inside to easily break with the natural constant opening and closing of the doors form the outside of the vehicle. You can see clear cheap glus is used to adhere the plastic and this just makes no sense considering how much they want us to pay for the vehicle to have cheap door handles almost as durable as thos of mattel race cars sold at walmart.
All four of the door handles on my truck are breaking off; even though gmc has knowledge of the problem they refuse to replace the door handles, because my truck is out of warranty. It's a well known problem, you can even google a search for this matter and see other consumers that have the same problem. It's a safety problem, if someone, in need of help, is unconscious in a vehicle with the same broken door handle problem, how would they get help fast, if the door handles are broken.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 gmc sierra 1500. While the vehicle was parked, the contact attempted to open the rear passenger side door and the handle detached. The contact stated that the driver and passenger side door handles had to be replaced approximately a year ago. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was invalid. The approximate failure mileage was 54,000.
Something is wrong with the electrical system. All my door locks repeatedly lock and unlock, all my emergency checks and service light go on and off, my gauges all drop to zero, and most recently my vehicle has shut down while I'm driving it. But it happens randomly. Sometimes it's worse than others. I recently had to steer up onto a curb because I was driving and my gauges dropped to zero and my engine completely cut out. And that was after my airbags shut off and my lights and door locks flickered repeatedly. Maybe there's a short in a circuit or wire or maybe it's my alternator but services at a dealership are having a difficult time finding it. And al these things happen whether I'm driving or stationary. Rain or dry. Doesn't matter. But it's clearly unsafe. And I have no choice but to drive it because it's my only means for transportation.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2011 GMC Sierra 1500 door locks
Is doors won't lock, open or latch a common problem on the 2011 GMC Sierra 1500?
5 of 284 owner complaints about the 2011 GMC Sierra 1500 (2%) mention doors won't lock, open or latch. The model year with the most reports is 2008.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2011 GMC Sierra 1500?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 2011 GMC Sierra 1500
Airbag light 9Check engine light 7Loss of power 7Sudden acceleration 6
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