GVWR: Class 2E: 6,001 - 7,000 lb (2,722 - 3,175 kg)
Make: GMC
Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS LLC
Manufacturer Id: 984
Model: Sierra
Model Year: 2008
Other Engine Info: Active Fuel Mgt.
Plant City: Silao
Plant Company Name: GMNA
Plant Country: Mexico
Series: 1/2 Ton
Trim: SL
Vehicle Type: TRUCK
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2011
POWER TRAIN
I HAVE BEEN HEARING NOISES FROM REAR OF TRUCK , AND KEPT LOOKING FOR THE PROBLEM, FINALLY GRABBED THE BED AND SHOOK IT FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND SOUNDS LIKE THE TIRE IS FIXING TO FALL OFF, TOOK IT TO HALL GMC IN TYLER TX. ON 9-03-2013 THEY GREASED THE LEAF SPRINGS ? AND SAID THEY HAD FIXED THE PROBLEM,BUT WHEN ITS PARKED ON A HILL THERE IS TO MUCH WEIGHT ON AXLE FOR IT TO MOVE AND THEY KNEW THAT , SO WHEN I GOT HOME IN THE GARAGE IT STILL HAS AN INCH OR SO TRAVEL FROM SIDE TO SIDE MAKING AN AWFUL NOISE, TOOK IT BACK ON AFTER 5 OR 6 PHONE CALLS WAS TOLD TO COME AND GET THE TRUCK ON 9-23-2013 , THAT THEY ALL DO THAT ,IF ANYONE HAS A 2011 CHEVY OR GMC REAR DRIVE VEHICLE SHAKE IT FROM SIDE TO SIDE GIVE IT A REALLY GOOD SHAKE AND NEXT TIME YOU GO AROUND A CORNER FIXING TO PASS SOMEONE IT WILL SCARE YOU KNOWING THAT THE AXLE IS THAT LOSE. *TR
2008
SUSPENSION:FRONT
TOOK 2008 GMC SIERRA 1500 4X4 TO TIRE STORE TO ROTATE TIRES. THEY INDICATED THAT THE LOWER FRONT BALL JOINTS WERE LOOSE. THIS TRUCK HAS 77,000 MILES SO I WAS SKEPTICAL. TOOK TRUCK TO GMC DEALER FOR SERVICE & REQUESTED THAT THEY CHECK THE LOWER FRONT BALL JOINTS. THEY INDICATED THAT THE BALL JOINTS HAD ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF VERTICAL PLAY AND WERE INDEED LOOSE & NEEDED REPLACEMENT. I HAVE EARLIER GMC TRUCKS WITH OVER 200,000 MILES AND HAVE NOT HAD WORN LOWER BALL JOINTS. I BELIEVE THAT THE LOOSENESS IS DUE TO THE BALL JOINT PULLING APART. THE WEAR WAS NOT SIDE TO SIDE AS WOULD BE EXPECTED. I WANT TO REPAIR THIS DEFECT SO AS TO AVOID A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION. I WANT TO USE OEM PARTS BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT THESE BALL JOINTS ARE DEFECTIVE. THE GMC DEALER ADVISES THAT EVEN THOUGH THE TRUCK HAS A 100,000 MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY, THE BALL JOINTS ARE NOT COVERED. *TR