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2012 Gmc SIERRA 1500 Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1462007
Internal NHTSA #	11089187
Manufacurer	General Motors LLC
Brand	GMC
Model	SIERRA 1500
Model Year	2012
File date	20/04/18
Component	POWER TRAIN
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	When vehicle starts moving foreward from a dead stop and when automatic transmission shifts from 1st gear to second gear there is a hard clunk. This has been happening since 15000 miles. When i bring to dealer ,they want to keep truck ,leaving me without vehicle. Wife and i were on major hwy and had to shut vehicle down in traffic to stop the clunk. Very dangerous situation.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	44000
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	WRENTHAM, MA
VIN pattern	1GTN1TEX1CZXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
Was part original equipment?
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Date of purchase	10/10/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	15
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2012 Gmc SIERRA 1500 Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2012 Gmc SIERRA 1500 Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

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