Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (1999)

2,384 consumer complaints on file.

#10546802October 4, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
APPARENT BRAKE LINE FAILURE. APPEARS TO HAVE CORRODED AND IS LEAKING FLUID. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10546689October 3, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 BRAKE LINE RUPTURED LEAVING ME TO THINK QUICK TO AVOID A CRASH. AFTER PULLING OVER I INSPECTED THE BRAKE LINE TO FIND THE REAR DRIVER SIDE HARD LINE RUSTED COMPLETELY THRU RIGHT BEFORE IT CONVERTS TO A SOFT LINE. SINCE I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK 10 YEARS AGO I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10546196September 30, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING REGULAR MAINTENANCE PERFORMED, SHE WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE WAS CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 155,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10545982September 28, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I HAD A BRAKE LINE BREAK AND WAS LUCKY TO NOT HIT ANY THING OR PERSONS. I HAVE NEVER HAD A BRAKE LINE GO EVER... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10545353September 25, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
SEVERAL OF MY EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLT HEADS BROKE OFF EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN REMOVED CAUSING HOT EXHAUST TO LEAK OUT IGNITING SOME ELECTRICAL WIRING. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH GM V8'S. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10544581September 20, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR DURING APPLICATION, LOST CONTROL OF BRAKING AND HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. CHECKED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND BRAKE LINES ARE ALL BADLY CORRODED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10544050September 17, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
DRIVING HOME LAST NIGHT WHEN I APPROACHED THE DRIVEWAY, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. BRAKE FLUID WAS RUNNING DOWN THE GAS TANK. FURTHER INSPECTION THIS MORNING INDICATED THE LINE HAD BURST JUST ABOVE THE TANK FROM CORROSION. ALL STEEL LINES ARE RUSTED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO THE FRAME IS RUSTING SO BAD IT LOOKS LIKE THE PICTURES OF THE TITANIC. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10543860September 16, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS BRAKING AT RED LIGHT BRAKE PEDAL WHEN TO FLOOR DID STOP AFTER I ALL READY WENT TROUGH RED LIGHT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10543586September 14, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
PUT BRAKES ON,BRAKE LINE BROKE. LOOKED AT LINES ALL RUSTED VARY BAD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10542425September 7, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AFTER APPLYING THE E-BRAKE AND SOMETHING SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS DRAGGING. WE TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE LOCAL SHOP AND WERE TOLD THAT THE BRAKE LINES THAT GO INTO THE ABS WERE RUSTED OUT AND CORRODED. WE HAD JUST REPLACED THE DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKE LINE IN FEBURARY OF THIS YEAR. I SEE THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR THIS YEAR TRUCK. WHY ISN'T CHEVY TAKING CARE OF IT???
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10542450September 7, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS TRAVELING AT 48 MPH WHILE APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I DID A QUICK HEAD CHECK AND HAD TO QUICKLY TURN INTO THE LEFT TURN LANE TO AVOID REAR ENDING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS VERY LUCKY TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP AFTER I CROSSED 3 FEET INTO THE INTERSECTION WHERE A VEHICLE TRAVELING FROM THE WEST HAD TO SWERVE TO MISS THE PROTRUDING FRONT CLIP OF MY BIG RED SILVERADRO TRUCK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10542452September 7, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS TRAVELING AT 48 MPH WHILE APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I DID A QUICK HEAD CHECK AND HAD TO QUICKLY TURN INTO THE LEFT TURN LANE TO AVOID REAR ENDING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS VERY LUCKY TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP AFTER I CROSSED 3 FEET INTO THE INTERSECTION WHERE A VEHICLE TRAVELING FROM THE WEST HAD TO SWERVE TO MISS THE PROTRUDING FRONT CLIP OF MY TRUCK. ONCE I GOT THE VEHICLE HOME, I PROCEEDED TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM, I FOUND IT WAS A SEVERELY RUSTED BRAKE LINE UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR GOING INTO THE ANTI-LOCK CONTROL MODUAL THAT HAD RUPTURED. AT THAT POINT I REALIZED THAT ALL THE BREAK LINES WERE IN THE SAME SEVERELY RUSTED CONDITION AND MUST BE REPLACED BEFORE TAKING THE VEHICLE BACK ON THE ROAD. I CANT BELIEVE THIS HAS BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION SINCE EARLY 2012 & NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THIS SAFETY ISSUE. WHAT ELSE CAN I DO TO SPEED THE RESOLUTION UP? THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS BADLY INJURED OR KILLED!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10541851September 4, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, STRUCTURE:BODY, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
HAD TO REPLACE BRAKE LINES ALL THE WAY TO MASTER CYLINDER AND FUEL LINES FROM EXTENSIVE CORROSION. ALSO, THROUGHOUT THE FRAME AND MOUNTING BRACKETS FOR SHOCKS AND LEAF SPRINGS. ABNORMAL RUST FOR ANY VEHICLE THAT WAS WASHED AND TAKEN CARE OF ACCORDINGLY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10534740August 11, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
ON MY DRIVEWAY, I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. BRAKE FLUID POURED FROM BELOW THE TRUCK BEHIND THE DRIVER'S DOOR. INSPECTION UNDERNEATH REVEALED A BRAKE LINE HAD BURST. ALL BRAKE LINES MOUNTED TO THE FRAME FORWARD OF THE ABS UNIT ARE SEVERELY CORRODED AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10534012August 7, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WAS PERFORMING AN UNRELATED REPAIRS HE WAS INFORMED THE FRAME CORRODED AND FRACTURED NEAR THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. THE MECHANIC STATED THE FRAME HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 136,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10532196July 28, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
THIS IS THE SECOND OF TWO INCIDENTS OF WHEN I WAS PULLING MY TRUCK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY TO FIND I HAD NO BRAKES AS A RESULT OF CORRODED BRAKE LINES. BOTH INCIDENTS DID NOT RESOLVE IN AN ACCIDENT SINCE I AM AN AWARE DRIVER. BUT THE FACT THAT I HAVE HAD TO SEPARATE BRAKE LINES CORRODE THROUGH HAS ME NERVOUS TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AS I'M UNSURE WHEN IT COULD OCCUR. I AM HAVING ALL THE LINES REPLACED EVEN IF THE MECHANICS DON'T RECOMMEND IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10532109July 27, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE LIGHT TURNED RED. I PUSHED ON THE BRAKE AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I SWERVED AROUND A CAR AND RAN THROUGH THE LIGHT. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS GOING THROUGH IT AT THAT TIME. I THEN PULLED OVER AFTER I DOWN SHIFTED AND USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. UPON INSPECTION, THE LINE WAS RUSTED THROUGH AND THE REST OF THEM WERE RIGHT BEHIND THE ONE THAT RUPTURED. GM SHOULD BE ASHAMED. THINK THEY'RE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO DIE, IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10531986July 26, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS DRIVING TO WORK WHEN I CAME TO A STOP SIGN I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR THE TRUCK SLOWED VERY LITTLE I HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THE MECHANIC REPLACED ONE CORRODED BRAKE LINE THAT BURST. THE TRUCK STOPPED GOOD FOR A MONTH. THE NEXT INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN I WENT TO BACK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY I APPLIED THE BRAKE AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR BOARD AND IT WOULD NOT STOP AT ALL I ROLLED INTO THE STREET AND ROLLED TO A STOP, BRAKE FLUID WAS EVERYWHERE ANOTHER BRAKE LINE CORRODED AND BURST TWO OF MY NEIGHBORS PUSHED THE TRUCK BACK IN THE DRIVEWAY AND IT HAS SAT THERE FOR LAST THREE MONTHS HOPING FOR CHEVY TO RECALL. I CALLED THE CHEVY DEALER AND EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM THEY TOLD ME THAT WAS IMPOSSIBLE AND THAT THE TRUCK IS DESIGNED TO STOP EVEN IF A BRAKE LINE FAILS. THEY ARE WRONG!!! I GUESS IT WILL TAKE A BUNCH OF WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUITS BEFORE THEY WAKE UP. FROM WHAT I'M READING FROM OTHER CHEVY OWNERS THEY FEEL THE WAY I DO, LOSING FAITH IN CHEVY! I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT IF I KNEW PEOPLE COULD DIE USING ONE OF MY PRODUCTS. AFTER IT'S REPAIRED I WILL TRADE IT FOR A FORD TRUCK AND STILL FEEL GUILTY WHOEVER BUYS IT MAY BE INJURED OR KILLED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10525255July 16, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I CAME UP TO A RED LIGHT, ENGAGED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL SLOWLY WENT TO THE FLOOR. LUCKILY THERE WAS NOT A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME OR IN THE CROSS TRAFFIC, FOR I WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP UNTIL I WAS WELL THOUGH THE INTERSECTION. I WAS ABLE TO STOP SAFELY WITHOUT INJURY. LEFT REAR BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED THROUGH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10524899July 15, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
GOING TO WORK AT STOP SIGN BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR LOST ALL STOPPING POWER. BRAKE LINES RUSTED AWAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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