Overheating of 2005 gmc duramax diesel engine while pulling small 5th wheel in mountains of colorado. This caused me to have to slow down to the point where I was a hazard to myself and others on the highways because of my vehicle causing a traffic obstruction.
2005 GMC Sierra engine complaints
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2005 gmc sierra slt VIN [xxx] I drove the truck 237 miles home and noticed it was not operating properly. I called gmc to resolve the problems. The truck has binding in the front axles, brakes, or differential. This causes the truck to understeer heavily as the truck works to turn the front wheels over the road surface. This also makes the truck difficult to steer, u turns are especially a problem, the truck has sluggish acceleration and stays longer in the lower gears. The rear tires are prone to lose traction due to the increased rolling resistance from the front wheels, braking performance is compromised, the truck will sway back and forth at highway speeds as the rolling resistance of the front wheels varies from side to side. The truck tends to pull to the left, and the suspension is always preloaded from the additional stress. The engine labors to maintain speed on level ground with the vehicle unloaded. On occasion the front wheels will hop off the pavement as it is easier for them to compress the suspension/torsion bars than be turned over the road. It is difficult to maintain a straight line with the truck since the front wheels tend to follow the contours of the road. The front wheel assemblies make a low frequency sound when driving. The transmission, engine, and drivetrain components are always loaded and driving on snow or ice would be treacherous since the front wheels would stop turning on the low friction surface. Driving in the rain is bad enough and the rear wheels tend to break loose. The transmission has behaved strangely, stuttering on occasion as it tried to find the proper gear, it has slipped or freewheeled as I went to accelerate from a stop. The wrong oil filter was installed, the air cleaner is loose and rattles in the engine compartment. The power steering provides little or no assist and requires more effort than I have ever experienced from a vehicle that is supposed to have power steering. *nm updated 07/17/2012 *js information redacted pursuant to the freedom of
Extreme overheating of 3500 duramax while towing. Loss of power and overheating of transmission and engine. Numerous contacts with general motors and attorney general in michigan. Gm acknowledges there is a problem but don't know what the problem is therefore no fix for the problem. Are continuing to find a fix. We tow a 5th wheel in the colo. Mountains and this could lead to very serious problems if the engine should blow and we would have loss of steering and braking.
Vehicle has a very rough idle after warming up. When stopped for a light the vehicle stumbles so bad it causes the cab to shake. I took it to the dealership, they downloaded the computer and could find no defects. I was told that this was normal for this year group with the 5.3l engine.
05 duramax is running very warm and overheating while towing. Four times we have towed and all four times the truck ran warm the last time the heads up display said engine over heating. This truck is rated to tow 16,000 + pounds and I'm towing around 15,500 and it can't do it without overheating the coolant and transmission.
Engine overheat, requiring pulling off to shoulder, no A/C for occupants of vehicle including two small children
Dt: the engine has died, once while driving and once at a stop sign. The transmission was jumping and was put in neutral to steer to another lane. The other time there was no sign of a problem before engine stalled out. There has been many times this has been in the shop due to transmission problems. Have been with gm a few times and they came to the conclusion that they would send a representative to check out the truck. They never sent one, as of today, gm said that they didn't do that. Consumer wanted a buy back. Consumer talked to bbb today, they said that the consumer might be getting a call from gm. Consumer had the vehicle in the shop 3 times, all due to transmission and engine related problems. Dealer has tried to fix problem 3 different times, but that is not working and has made condition worse than before.
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