Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (2003)

2,092 consumer complaints on file.

#10008018February 24, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
THE AUTO TRANSMISSION DECODER HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE IN LESS THAN 2,000 MILES ON A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO DURAMAX.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007955February 21, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION BANGS INTO GEAR, SOMETIMES IT IS SO VIOLENT IT CAUSES THE REAR WHEELS TO BREAK LOOSE CAUSING REARED TO BECOME UNSTABLE, BEEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES , THEY SAY THIS IS NORMAL. THIS PROBLEM BECOMES WORSE THE LONGER ITS DRIVEN. VERY SCARY TO DRIVE ON WET ROADS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005874February 15, 2003
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
DRIVETRAIN NOISE; RANGING FROM CLUNK TO METALLIC CLANK; PROBLEM HAS EXISTED SINCE NEW. 1-2 UPSHIFT CAUSES CLUNK AT DRIVER SIDE FRONT. (4 WHEEL DRIVE MODEL) AND CLANK IAT DIFFERENTIAL. SITUATIONS WITH VERY LIGHT THROTTLE (1-2 SHIFT) RESULT AT TIMES WITH IMPACT/CLANK (W/ VERY AUDIBLE METALLIC SOUND);SUFFICIENT TO "SHUDDER" VEHICLE. SHIFTING IN 4W LOW (MANUFCTURER INSTRUCTIONS) ALSO RESULTS IN CLANK/SHUDDER; NOT UNLIKE BEING STRUCK BY A HAMMER. SLOWING DOWN/RELASING THROTTLE TO NEGOTIATE 90 DEG. TURNS; THROTTLE GOES "DEAD" - NO RESPONSE - THEN RESPONDS ABRUPLY. ON 2 OCCASIONS NOW-WET CONDITIONS-REAR END (3.73 LIMITED SLIP), THIS HAS RESULTED IN REAR END DRIFTING. MY CONCERN IS SNOW/ICE CONDITIONS. I VIEW THIS AS A LEGITIMATE SAFTEY ISSUE. DEALER HAS LOOKED AT THIS 3 TIMES AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG; CLAIMING ALL FUNCTIONS ARE NORMAL. THE LAST TIME I HAD IT SERVICED, THEIR REPORT NOTED THAT THE SYMPTOMS COULD NOT DUPLICATED; YET THE ODOMETER READING INDICATED LESS THAN .2 MILES DRIVEN. ROCKENBACH CHEVROLET IN GRAYSLAKE ILLINOIS. THEY SUGGESTED THAT I GET A LAWYER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005685February 11, 2003
TIRES
TIRES- NEW 2003 CHEVY SILVARDO-TRUCK SLIPS EASILY ON WET ROAD- GOING CORNERS AND IN STRAIGHT CONDITIONS-
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005063February 1, 2003
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
VEHICLE FIRE-SHUT TRUCK OFF AND WAS GOING INTO MY HOME WHEN I HEARD A POP NOISE TURNED AND LOOKED AND THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF MY 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO WAS SMOKING AND FLAMES WERE SHOOTING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD.TRUCK WAS TOTALLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES WITH IN MINUTES. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005064February 1, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION BANGS INTO SECOND GEAR AND A LOUD CLUNKING SOUND IS HEARD,TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALERS 3 TIMES AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS NORMAL CONDITION FOR THE VEHICLE AND NO REPAIRS ARE TO BE MADE ALSO THAT THE NOISE IS WORSE ON THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE MODELS. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10001839January 2, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CONSUMER STATES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON THEN VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF. SOME DAYS THE VEHICLE WOULD RUN ALL DAY WITHOUT SHUTTING OFF DEALER NOTIFIED. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10001840January 2, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING TRANSMISSION FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE NOT TO ACCELERATE. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10001730December 31, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON, THEN THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF. SOME DAYS THE VEHICLE WOULD GO ALL DAY WITHOUT SHUTTING OFF. CONSUMER STATES SO FAR THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN 8 TIMES. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000349December 23, 2002
CHILD SEAT, SEAT BELTS, CHILD SEAT:BASE
JUST PURCHASED 2003 4 DOOR CHEVY SILVERADO WITH LATCH SYSTEM. TRIED USING SYSTEM WITH EVENFLO BASE UNIT BUT LATCH BELT DOES NOT FIT PROPERLY DUE TO THE BELT TIGHTENING UNIT BECOMING TO CLOSE TO PLASTIC HOLDER ALLOWING BELT IN SLIPPING OVER BASE UNIT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#770622December 9, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN EITHER STARTING FROM A COMPLETE STOP OR WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEARS. YOU CAN FEEL THE TRUCK THEN JERK INTO GEAR WHEN ENGAGED. NOTE: THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND DOES NOT DO IT ON A CONSISTENT BASIS. IT SEEMS THAT TEMPERATURE OR ROAD CONDITIONS ARE NOT A FACTOR. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE INTO A CHEVROLET DEALER 5 TIMES AND THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017964September 5, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT HIGHWAY SPEED. UPON IMPACT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOYED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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