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Service Brakes
03/30/2018
BRAKE LINE FAILURE, FRONT LEFT. STEEL LINE HAD RUSTED NEXT TO A PLASTIC CLIP THAT SECURED A WIRING HARNESS TO THE BRAKE LINE. BRAKE FLUID WAS SPRAYING ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ENGINE. NOTICED THE LEAK AFTER RETURNING HOME; HAD FAILED IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC.
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Service Brakes
02/05/2018
WHEN BRAKING AT THE END OF OUR DRIVEWAY BEFORE PROCEEDING INTO THE ROAD THE BRAKE PEDAL PULSATES LIKE ABS IS KICKING IN BUT THE VEHICLE HESITATES TO STOP. ALSO WHEN TURNING TO THE LEFT AT LOW SPEED, CAN HEAR THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATING AND GET PULSING IN THE BRAKES AS WELL.
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Service Brakes
11/29/2017
WHILE DRIVING ON TWO LANE ROAD,SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT FLASHED, VEHICLE WAS HARD TOO SLOW DOWN AND STOP. STOPPED VEHICLE AND SAW BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM LEFT FRONT WHEEL BRAKE LINES.
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Power Train
07/18/2006
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED HARD WHEN SWITCHING GEARS. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE VALVE BODY INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. GMC OF PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK (518)-563-2000 WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND PROVIDED THE CONTACT WITH CASE NUMBER: 8-3309303524. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,000. UPDATED 12/13/2017 *LN CONSUMER STATED DOES NOT SHIFT DOWN GOING DOWN HILLS HALF TO RIDE BRAKES AT ALL TIMES. LIGHT DID NOT COME ON WHEN WE HAD TROUBLE WITH ABS CABLE TO WHEEL BEARING, YOU LOSE BRAKE POWER. ALSO TRANSMISSON DOES NOT SHIFT DOWN. UPDATED 7/18/18*JB
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Air Bags
05/08/2017
SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON
