Gmc Z-71 problems
The Chevrolet Silverado is a range of trucks manufactured by General Motors under the Chevrolet brand. Introduced for the 1999 model year, the Silverado is the successor to the long-running Chevrolet C/K model line. Taking its name from the top trim level from the Chevrolet C/K series, the Silverado is offered as a series of full-size pickup trucks, chassis cab trucks, and medium-duty trucks. The fourth generation of the model line was introduced for the 2019 model year.
The Chevrolet Silverado shares mechanical commonality with the identically related GMC Sierra; GMC ended the use of the C/K nomenclature a model generation prior to Chevrolet. In Mexico, high-trim level versions of the Silverado use the Chevrolet Cheyenne name (not to be confused with the 2003 concept). Competing against the Ford F-Series, Ram Pickup, Toyota Tundra, and Nissan Titan, the Silverado is among the best-selling vehicles in the United States, having sold over 12 million trucks since its introduction in 1998 as a 1999 model year.
History
The Silverado nameplate made its debut for the 1975 model year, becoming the top trim level on all Chevrolet C/K trucks, slotted above Custom Deluxe, Scottsdale, and Cheyenne. For the 1968 model year (seven years before the Silverado), GMC C/K trucks used variations of the Sierra name (Sierra, Sierra Classic, Sierra Grande, and High Sierra). Even after the C/K series officially ended, GM still uses the CK and the CC in their current model codes, to denote a two-wheel drive (CC), and four-wheel drive (CK).
For the 1988 GMT400 model architecture, Chevrolet retained the C/K model nomenclature, with GMC branding its full-size line as Sierras. While sharing the same body and chassis, the model chronology of the Silverado and Sierra are different, with five generations of the Sierra, while four of the Silverado.
In 2018, at the NTEA Work Truck Show in Indianapolis, Indiana, Chevrolet unveiled the first medium-duty Silverado, expanding the model line to a 4500HD, 5500HD, and 6500HD chassis cab. Largely the successor to the 2003–2009 GMT560 chassis, the medium-duty trucks are exclusive to Chevrolet, with no plans for an equivalent GMC version. Instead, Navistar International (now partnering with GM) would sell the medium-duty trucks as a rebadged counterpart, called the CV. This is in fact a very similar nod to how the Avalanche did not have a GMC Yukon–based equivalent, but instead, Cadillac would take its place as the former's rebadged counterpart, the Escalade EXT.
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Common Gmc Z-71 problems
The GMC Sierra 1500, also known as the GMC Z-71, has been reported by owners to have several common problems. These issues include peeling paint, a cracking dashboard, and excessive oil consumption.
Peeling paint is the most frequently reported problem with the GMC Sierra 1500. This issue occurs when any of the layers of paint fail, causing the paint to peel off easily. The only solution to this problem is to repaint the affected areas, which can cost over $1,000 depending on the panel.
Another common problem with the GMC Sierra 1500 is a cracking dashboard. This issue occurs when the truck is parked outside frequently, and the heating and cooling cycle causes the dashboard to expand and contract, eventually leading to cracks. Replacing the dashboard costs around $700.
Excessive oil consumption is another issue that has been reported by owners of the GMC Sierra 1500. If there are no leaks, the best solution is to make sure there is enough oil in the engine regularly to prevent damage to the components. This issue is more common in the 2007-2008 models with active fuel management systems, which have been reported to have problems with the system causing excessive oil consumption.
In addition to these common problems, there have been several recalls affecting the GMC Sierra 1500. The most serious recall is for the transmission shifting out of park, which can cause the truck to roll away. Other recalls include issues with shifting out of park, transfer pump failures, safety labels, fire extinguishers, and airbags.
The technology and safety features in the GMC Sierra 1500 are basic, with updated technology available in the redesigned 2014 model. Standard safety features include OnStar, anti-lock brakes, airbags, daytime running lights, as well as traction and stability control. Upgrades include a rearview camera, and a post-collision safety system.
The 2013 GMC Sierra 1500 series has four engine options, with the largest engine producing 403 horsepower and 417 lb.-ft. of torque. The towing capacity is lower than some competitors, with a maximum towing capacity of 9,600 pounds when properly equipped.
The GMC Sierra 1500 is available in three cabin choices, including a two-door standard cab, four-door extended cab, and larger four-door crew cab. There are also three bed options available in five-foot-eight-inch, six-foot-six-inch, and eight-foot lengths.
The 2013 GMC Sierra 1500 series is more expensive than other full-size trucks, with a price range of $20,002 to $31,698, depending on the mileage and model.
What is the most common problem with GMC?
The GMC Acadia
The Acadia model has had a total of 5,629 reported problems. The most common issues are related to the powertrain, service brakes, and engine cooling system. The models from 2017 and 2019 have had the most issues.
How many miles can a GMC Sierra Z71 last?
How long do GMC Sierras last? According to vehiclefreak.com, a typical GMC Sierra will last 250,000 miles with excellent maintenance. Those that experience excellent care could even survive beyond that point.
What years did GMC have transmission problems?
Quick Answer: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. The 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 models have the most reported GMC Sierra transmission problems.
Is there a recall on GMC transmissions?
General Motors is recalling about 7,800 vehicles under the Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC brands that use 9-speed automatic transmissions built during a certain period in August 2022. Recalled models include the following: 2022-2023 Cadillac XT5 (783 vehicles)
Percentage distribution of complaints by Gmc Z-71 years
We have researched Gmc problems and analysed all the complaints filed against Gmc Z-71 cars and compiled the top 5 most problematic Gmc Z-71 model years:
Below you can see the percentage distribution of known problems by Gmc Z-71 model years.
Distribution of the number of complaints by Gmc Z-71 years
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Gmc Z-71 car problems categorized by type of issue
After analysing all complaints related to Gmc Z-71 , it was concluded that the most common issues with these cars are:
- Service brakes problems
- Hydraulic problems
- Power train problems
- Steering problems
- Visibility problems
The graph below shows statistics for all Gmc Z-71 vehicle components and the number of complaints received.
Distribution of the number of complaints where the accident occurred by Z-71 model years
A total of 2 complaints were registered in which the accident occurred. In the graph you can see the distribution of the number of complaints by model year.
Distribution of the number of complaints with injuries by Z-71 model years
There were a total of 2 complaints that resulted in a injuries. In the graph you can see the distribution of the number of complaints by model year.
The NHTSA has received 31 complaints about various vehicle components related to the Gmc Z-71 . Below are the 25 most recent complaints reported for Gmc Z-71 vehicles.
Latest 25 complaints
Gmc Z-71 1997
- Date Of Incident: 2010-04-25
- Date Complaint: 2010-05-01
- Components: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- Summary: VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP BECAUSE OF BRAKE LINE FAILURE. BRAKELINE BUST BECAUSE IF RUST. HAD TO REPLACE BRAKELINE. *TR
Gmc Z-71 2000
- Date Of Incident: 2004-10-22
- Date Complaint: 2005-11-26
- VIN: 1GTEK19T8YE
- Components: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- Summary: ANTI LOCK BRAKES MALFUNCTIONING AND ENGAGING AT SLOW SPEEDS. "THE LEFT FRONT DUMP VALVE ACTIVATING DUE TO LEFT FRONT SENSOR DROPPING OUT AT 5MPH" LEFT FRONT WHEEL SENSOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. OLD PART IS NOT AVAILABLE. *NM
Gmc Z-71 1998
- Date Of Incident: 2004-09-21
- Date Complaint: 2005-09-21
- VIN: 1GTEK14R6W2
- Components: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- Summary: DT: THE CALLER'S VEHICLE SAYS WAS SLOWING DOWN ANTI LOCK BRAKES KICKED IN. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL 05V379000 ON THIS MODEL FOR OTHER YEARS, BUT NOT FOR 1998 MODEL YEAR. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. MANUFACTURER SAID THEY WOULD FIX IT, BUT THEY CHANGED THEIR MIND ON FIXING IT FOR FREE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT RECALLED. THEY SAID TO GET A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND THEY MIGHT PAY FOR PART OF THE REPAIR. THE CALLER SAID HE COULD GET IT FIXED CHEAPER THAN THE OFFER GMC MADE.*AK
Gmc Z-71 1999
- Date Of Incident: 2005-08-30
- Date Complaint: 2005-09-02
- VIN: 2GTEK19T1X1
- Components: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- Summary: SPORADIC BRAKE FAILURE "LOCK UP" UPON SUDDEN BRAKING
Gmc Z-71 1997
- Date Of Incident: 2002-11-30
- Date Complaint: 2005-05-25
- VIN: 1GTEK19R7VE
- Components: STEERING,VISIBILITY
- Summary: DT: POWER STEERING VIOLENTLY WENT OUT OF CONTROL, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM, THE SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS DID NOT WORK, THEY WERE NOT DEPENDABLE WHEN NEEDED. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE DEFECTIVE. AND THE CONSUMER HAD TO FIXED THEM. THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM IN THE 1997 YEAR VEHICLES. *AK
Gmc Z-71 1999
- Date Of Incident: 2005-03-14
- Date Complaint: 2005-04-28
- VIN: 1GTEK14T0XZ
- Components: VISIBILITY
- Summary: THE ELECTRIC WINDOW DOES NOT WORK. WHEN INSPECTED IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE DUE TO THE CABLE. *AK *SC *JB
Gmc Z-71 1998
- Date Of Incident: 2004-04-21
- Date Complaint: 2004-04-21
- VIN: 2GCEK19R2W1
- Components: VISIBILITY
- Summary: WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK ONLY OCCCASIONALY. HAVE TO RAISE HOOD AND WIGGLE THE WIRES AND SOMETIMES BUMP THE MOTOR TO GET THEM STARTED. THEY WILL ALSO SPEED UP AND OR SLOW DOWN ON THEIR OWN.*AK
Gmc Z-71 1997
- Date Of Incident: 2004-03-03
- Date Complaint: 2004-03-08
- Number Of Injuries: 1
- Crash: 1
- VIN: 1GTEK19R3VE
- Components: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- Summary: A VEHICLE WAS STOPPED ON THE ROADWAY WAITING FOR A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, I SAW THE TWO STOPPED VEHICLES AND WHEN TRYING TO APPLY THE BRAKES ON MY 1997 GMC TRUCK FROM ABOUT 200+ FEET AWAY, THE BRAKE PEDAL JUST BECAME ROCK HARD AND TRUCK DIDN'T SLOW DOWN OR BRAKE CAUSING ME TO HIT THE STOPPED VEHICLE. NO TYPICAL ANTI LOCK PULSATIONS WERE PRESENT OR FELT JUST A ROCK HARD PEDAL THAT COULDN'T BE PUSHED DOWN FURTHER NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRIED. THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO SKIP OR SKID TYPE MARKS ANYWHERE. I HAVE SINCE BEEN CITED WITH FOLLOWING TO CLOSE BY AN OFFICER NOT PRESENT DURING THE ACCIDENT, SINCE I COULDN'T STOP. I WISH TO REPORT THIS AND ALSO KNOW IF OTHER COMPLAINTS EXIST OF THIS NATURE FOR SIMILAR VEHICLES. I HAD OTHER PULSATIONS AND SIMILAR HARD PEDAL AND THIS WAS SUPOSEDLY REPAIRED BY REPLACING SPEED SENSOR AND MASTERCYLINDER AY APPROX 56000. AFTER STILL FEELING UNUSUAL BRAKE PEDAL PULSATIONS I WAS TOLD IT IS A CONDITION THAT MAY INTERMITENTLY EXIST AND IS NORMAL. 1997 GMC TRUCK VIN # [XXX]. *AK UPDATED 07/26/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Gmc Z-71 1996
- Date Of Incident: 2003-12-25
- Date Complaint: 2003-12-30
- VIN: 2GTEK19R8T1
- Components: POWER TRAIN
- Summary: I HAVE A 1996 GMC 1/2 TON PICK UP Z71. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION FOR THE 2ND TIME. I MADE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON THE FIRST TRANNY, WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT ELHART GMC IN HOLLAND, MI. THEY KEPT TELLING ME THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. AT 60K TRANNY WAS TOAST. I PAID $2000 FOR A NEW TRANNY WITH A 3 YEAR/50K WARRANTY. JUST SHORT OF 3 YEARS, BUT ONLY 29K MILES LATER 2ND TRANNY FAILED. AT ELHART (FOR THE LAST TIME) THEY PUT FLUID IN IT, AND TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH TRANNY. NOW AT GOOD GMC IN GRAND RAPIDS, MI THEY ARE REPLACING TRANNY. MY MAIN ISSUE IS THEY TELL ME THAT THIS NEW TRANNY WILL ONLY HAVE A 12 MONTH/ 12K MILE WARRANTY. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE!! PLEASE HELP!!
Gmc Z-71 1999
- Date Of Incident: 2003-11-20
- Date Complaint: 2003-11-26
- VIN: 1GTEK14TXXZ
- Components: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- Summary: WHILE BRAKING THE ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED AND CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES. THE CONSUMER PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND REMOVED THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE FUSE IN ORDER FOR THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES TO WORK PROPERLY. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *NLM
Gmc Z-71 1999
- Date Of Incident: 2003-11-10
- Date Complaint: 2003-11-11
- VIN: 1GTEK19T2XE
- Components: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- Summary: THE ABS CONTROL UNIT WILL NOT STOP RUNNING.*AK
Gmc Z-71 1999
- Date Of Incident: 2003-11-01
- Date Complaint: 2003-11-06
- VIN: 1GTEK19T5XE
- Components: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR
- Summary: ABS LIGHT CAME ON. NOISE FROM UNDER THE TRUCK CONTINUES AFTER SHUTTING ENGINE OFF! HAD TO PULL THE FUSE TO SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. $1000+ REPAIR BILL.*AK
Gmc Z-71 1997
- Date Of Incident: 1997-06-01
- Date Complaint: 2003-02-11
- VIN: 2GTEK19R6V1
- Components: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- Summary: THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A COOLANT LEAK FROM THE MANIFOLD.*JB
Gmc Z-71 1997
- Date Of Incident: 2002-12-17
- Date Complaint: 2002-12-20
- VIN: 2GTEK19R7V1
- Components: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
- Summary: CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENTLY STALL WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RESTART UNTIL 15-30 MIN LATER. DEALER DISCOVERED THAT THE WIRING FROM THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK INTO THE FUEL PUMP HAS COMPLETELY MELTED INSULATION CAUSING THE WIRE TO SPLIT. ALSO THE PLUG ON BOTH SIDES MELTED ALONG WITH THE WIRING IN TANK. TS
Gmc Z-71 1999
- Date Of Incident: 2002-11-12
- Date Complaint: 2002-12-06
- VIN: PLEASE PROV
- Components: VISIBILITY
- Summary: CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DRIVERS WINDOW DROP DOWN AND NOTICE THAT A BOLT WAS LOOSE ON THE GUIDE TRACK, AND A MONTH LATER THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW DROP DOWN. TS
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