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GVWR: Class 1C: 4,001 - 5,000 lb (1,814 - 2,268 kg)
Make: GMC
Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS LLC
Manufacturer Id: 984
Model: Canyon
Model Year: 2012
Note: Body Style: Commercial Special & RV Cutaway, 2 Dr cab pick up, Motor Home Chasis
Plant City: Shreveport
Plant Company Name: GMNA
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Louisiana
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Work Truck
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: TRUCK
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM WOULD NOT ALLOW THE TRUCK TO START, THEN ONCE STARTED THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD COMPONENTS FAILED NO SPEEDOMETER, FUEL, TEMP OR AIR CONDITIONER WOULD WORK, ALSO THE TRACTION CONTROL WENT INTO ALARM... GMC PEOPLE SAID THEY COULD NOT SEE ANY ALARM CODES AND FAILED TO REPAIR THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM... RECOMMENDED I GET ON-STAR TO HELP IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM.. I DID, IT FAILED AGAIN AND ON-STAR SAW THE CODES HOWEVER GMC SAYS THEY CANNOT TRUST ON-STAR FINDINGS, EVEN THOUGH THEY RECOMMENDED THEM WHICH IS COSTING ME $30.00 A MONTH TO MONITOR THEIR VEHICLES WARRANTY.. STILL DRIVING A TRUCK THAT SOMETIMES DOES NOT START AND THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING... VERY DANGEROUS.
2012
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
THERE IS AN EXTREME UNSAFE CONDITION THAT EXIST ON ALL 2012 GMC CANYON PICKUPS. THERE IS NO WAY TO TURN OFF THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS ON THESE PICKUPS. IF THESE TRUCK ARE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND NO ONE INSIDE IS COHERENT ENOUGH TO PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK THE TRUCK WILL REMAIN LOCKED, THIS COULD PREVENT BYSTANDERS FROM BEING ABLE TO OPEN THE DOORS AND RESCUE ANY ONE. IF THERE IS A FIRE INVOLVED THE PASSENGERS WILL BURN TO DEATH NEEDLESSLY. GENERAL MOTORS WILL NOT MAKE ANY EFFORT TO RESOLVE THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM. PLEASE EXIBITE THIS REQUEST TO HAVE GMC REPROGRAM THE TRUCK SO THAT THE LOCKS CAN BE TURNED OFF. THE 2004 CANYONS HAD THIS CHOICE IN THEIR PROGRAMMING. *JS