The contact owns a 2017 GMC Sierra equipped with Goodyear, Tire Line: Wrangler SRA, Tire Size: 275/55/R30, DOT Number not available: The contact stated while driving 25 MPH, the passenger’s side front tires experienced blowout. The contact was able to pull over safely and replace the tire. The failure reoccurred and the front driver side tire blowout causing the contact to sideswipe another vehicle and crashing into a building. The airbags deployed but no injury and a police report were filed. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer had been notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 50,000.
GMC Sierra tire blowout problems
56 of the 3,904 owner complaints about the GMC Sierra describe tire blowout or tread separation, most of them for the 1999 model year.
- owner complaints
- 56
- worst model year
- 1999
- typical mileage
- 33,525
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
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Since december of 2017 the transmission, when cold, at approx. 25 MPH and at 40-44 MPH when neutral throttle is applied, bangs between gears forcing the operator to either accelerate or decelerate so the condition will cease. If there is no change by the operator, it feels as if the transmission will break the u-joints in the driveline or blowout the rear-end gears. I have made numerous attempts with gmc to remedy the issue to no avail. The vehicle has been in the dealership in excess of 40 days for the same problem with no resolution
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 gmc sierra equipped with continental crosscontact lx tires, size: 275/552/0352 (na). The contact stated that the tires flattened. The tires were the original tires and they lost air immediately. Diamond auto group (768 washington st rt. 20, auburn, ma 01501, (508) 635-4207) was contacted, but they did not want to repair or change the tires. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and did not assist. The vehicle failure mileage was 33,731 and the tire failure mileage was 73,000. The VIN was unknown.
Driving north on the garden state parkway in the center lane it felt like I had a back tire blowout but what happened was my rear axle broke causing my vehicle to be extremely hard to control. I was trying to steer the vehicle but could not control the truck, it felt like I had limited braking ability, smashing into guardrail it finally came to a stop.
First incident -bfgoodrich mud terrain km2 tire tread separated from tire causing damage to running board on right front. Was on interstate going about 55 MPH. Second incident- 1 of original set of 4 is now on back again on interstate going approximately 65 MPH tire separated and caused damage to right fender.
Truck tire tread separated twice and sidewall blowout from the inside.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 gmc sierra 1500. On june 22, 2007, the front driver side tire blew out. The tire was the original firestone wilderness at I equipment that was on the vehicle when it was purchased. The contact stated that one side of the tire was shredded. The current mileage was 60,000 and failure mileage was 59,989. Updadated 08/02/07.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 gmc sierra. While driving 60 MPH, the rear passenger side tire blew out. The tread separated from the sidewall. The tires are the vehicle's original tires. The purchase date and tire information were unknown. The current mileage is 32,960 and failure mileage was 32,910.
Dt: the contact states while driving under normal conditions at various speeds he experienced an ongoing issue with tire failure. He does not believe this is related to any road hazards. He has experienced complete tread separation on all four tires. He has been consulting with the dealer and the manufacture regarding this ongoing problem. He has replaced the tires with a different brand of tires at his own expense. The dealer replaced one of the tires. However at this time the manufacturer is unwilling to offer any further assistance. The tires are general ameri trac p245/70r17.
On 7/10/05, while pulling my camper, which is a 04 gmc 2500hd, bought new to pull this camper, I experienced a flat r/r tire with-in 40 miles on the truck. On 7/11/04 I experienced 2 flat tires on this truck due to defective valve stems. After checking with other chevrolet/gmc owners at campgrounds, there is a major safety problem with the rubber valve stems. I ended up having to have steel valve stems installed on the side of the road due to tire failure and replacing two tires that only had 13,500 miles on them. The service repairman explained that due to heat buildup on the tires, the rubber valve stems will not accept the heat, and fail. I had three failures in two days due to this, which could have caused a serious accident and injury
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
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Which GMC Sierra years have tire blowout or tread separation problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1999 (14 complaints), 2000 (8 complaints) and 1997 (5 complaints).
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