2005 GMC Sierra 2500 Steering Problems

“While pulling a 30 ft. Camper at approximately 50 MPH the speedometer suddenly went past 120 MPH and stayed . I now have no way of determining my speed . The local dealer said I would have to bring it in and leave it at least 3 days .”

“1) the driver door power windows,locks,and extended mirror buttons quit working,I can be driving down the road and I cant roll the windows down ,cant adjust my mirror and time that I stop to check the fuzes the door controls start working again. I try to lock the doors when I get out of the truck and nothing is working the pass.side works fine,I took off the door panel and they start working but by the time I put the panel back on .there still work but come back out and they quit again. …”

“After returning from a day of shopping, I parked my truck at the back, like always. I had been noticing oil spots for the last few days but chalked it up to age and mileage of the truck. After about two hours I saw smoke from the back area where I parked. I ran outside to catch to my surprise! My truck was on fire, I as quickly as possible, grabbed the garden hose and put out the fire! I realized as I looked, that the fire had started at the area under the hood where the fuses, and wiring were located. As I slowly rebuilt my truck, I realized that the fire was not the only problem that I had! …”

“The hydraulic brake booster's pressure accumulator cracked and /or separated from the hydro-boost assembly during normal vehicle operating conditions. The presence of this crack or fractured surface allowed the hydraulic fluid to leak from the accumulator circuit of the booster assembly. The loss of fluid caused increased steering and braking effort.”

“There were no events leading up to the failure it just quick working correctly. The speedometer that is also problems with the front wheel bearing, as well as the daytime light on the front is always burning out.”