Chevrolet Silverado Complaints

32,421 consumer complaints on file.

#10119673May 3, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
2001 SILVERADO ABS BRAKES KEPT APPLYING AT SLOW SPEEDS WHILE ROLLING TO A STOP. APPLYING AFTER HITTING A BUMP PRIOR TO STOP. WHILE GETTING GAS ONE DAY I WENT TO CHANGE LANES IN THE GAS PUMP AREA,WHILE BARELY MOVING THE ABS PUMP STARTED RUNNING AND IT TOOK BOTH FEET AND BOTH HANDS HOLDING ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL TO PUSH DOWN THE BRAKE PEDAL.THE TRUCK IS 6000 MI. OUT OF WARANTEE SO I DISCONECTED THE ABS FUSE (MAINLY BECAUSE I NEVER HAD ANY FAITH IN THE ABS SYSTEM ANYWAY)BUT THIS WAS THE LAST STRAW.I AM DISAPOINTED THAT A TRUCK WITH SUCH LOW MILAGE WOULD HAVE SUCH A POOR BRAKING SYSTEM.I RELATE THIS TO YOU AS IT SOUNDS LIKE THE PROBLEM DESCRIBED ON THE NEWS AND THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT.
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#10119675May 3, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
BRAKES ABS, AT LOW SPEEDS UNDER 40MPH THE BRAKE PEDAL PULSATES AND THERE IS A LOUD RATCHETING NOISE. THE VIECHICLE STOPPING DISTANCE IS THREE TIMES THE NORMAL STOPPING DISTANCE.THE DEALER SAYS THIS IS NORMAL. SECOND CONTACT AND THE DEALER SAYS THIS IS NORMAL. NO ACCIDENTS AT THIS TIME.
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#10119676May 3, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DRIVING 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 PICKUP. SLOWING DOWN TO STOP IN TRAFFIC AND/OR SUDDEN STOPS AT SLOW SPEED CAUSES ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM TO ACTIVITATE AND REQUIRES FARTHER STOPPING DISTANCE.
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0
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#10119669May 3, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
UNWANTED APPLICATION OF ABS WHEN STOPPING ON DRY PAVEMENT WHICH CAUSES GREATLY INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES.
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#10119682May 3, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THIS IS IN REGARDS TO TODAY'S NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW INVESTIGATION ABOUT GM'S ANTILOCK BRAKE PROBLEMS WITH ITS TRUCKS AND SUVS. MY 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO STARTED EXPERIENCING ANTILOCK BRAKING PROBLEMS ON DECEMBER 2003. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT WHENEVER I BRAKED SLOWER THAN 10 MPH, THE BRAKES WON'T STOP THE TRUCK UNTIL AFTER IT SLOWED DOWN TO LESS THAN 3 MPH. THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD PULSATE STRONGLY. THEN AT THAT SPEED THE BRAKES WOULD GRAB VERY HARD. IT WAS REALLY ANNYOING AND DANGEROUS. FOR SOME TIME I NEARLY HIT SOME CARS AHEAD OF ME. ON FEBRUARY 2004 I HAD THE FRONT HUBS, ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS REPLACED AT A COST OF $746.60 INCLUDING LABOR AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED OVER A YEAR AGO. THE MILEAGE ON THE TRUCK WAS 85,000, BUT THE TRUCK WAS BARELY 3 YEARS OLD. FYI, GM MADE A PROFIT OF ABOUT $8,000 WHEN I BOUGHT THE TRUCK, ACCORDING TO INDUSTRY PUBLICATIONS. MULTIPLY THAT BY 1,200,000 AND YOU HAVE A FILTHY PROFITEERING COMPANY ON YOUR HANDS. I WANT MY MONEY REIMBURSED. I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED SUCH A SAFETY PROBLEM IN MY LIFE BEFORE. FOR SETTLEMENT, I DON'T WANT A COUPON FOR BUYING ANOTHER GM TRUCK AT A DISCOUNT. I WANT TO BE REIMBURSED! PLEASE DO NOT SETTLE FOR LESS! THE DETROIT PEOPLE MUST BE MADE TO SEE THE ERRORS OF THEIR WAYS AND TO STOP PROFITEERING AT OUR EXPENSE!
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#10119680May 3, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR
ANTILOCK BRAKES ACTIVATE AT UNDER 10 MILES AN HOUR ON DRIVE PAVEMENT CAUSING STOPING DISTANCE TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE. SEVERAL TIMES HAD A NEAR ACCIDENT. CHEVY CLEANED AND REPAIRED FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSORS AND THEN REPLACED THE LEFT FRONT. TOTAL COST OF REPAIRS WAS $650
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0
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#10118793May 2, 2005
PARKING BRAKE
PARKING BRAKE ON 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO IS INADEQUATE AND FAILS TO PROTECT THE SAFETY OF ME AND THOSE AROUND ME. THIS VEHICLE'S PARKING BRAKE IS SHORT LIVED AND REQUIRES FREQUENT REPLACEMENT JUST MAINTAIN MINIMAL BRAKING EFFECTIVENES.
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#10118800May 2, 2005
STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR
THE CONSUMER STATED HE PLACED THE CAMPER ONTO THE TRUCK AND THE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES FAILED. JUST WENT A COUPLE YARDS WITH TRUCK AND ALL AT ONCE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES BECAUSE OF BROKEN SHAFT.CAMPER WAS A PULL BEHIND 30 FT. DEALER REPORTS THAT THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAD HAPPENED WITH THIS TRUCK.
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0
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#10118821May 2, 2005
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A FAILURE OF THE AUTOMATIC LIGHTING SYSTEM AT NIGHT. REPORTED AT 2:05 AM 4-20-02 TO ONSTAR AND TO THE DEALER IN APRIL. THEY TRIED TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T REPLACE THE COMPONENT BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.
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#10118846May 2, 2005
PARKING BRAKE
2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO PICKUP EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILURE. RECALL DOESN'T INCLUDE TRUCKS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS, BUT THEY HAVE THE SAME BRAKE SYSTEMS. MY EMERGENCY BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING ALTHOUGH I HAVE ONLY USED THEM A COUPLE OF TIMES IN FOUR YEARS. ALSO, AFTER QUESTIONING OTHER PEOPLE WITH SAME TRUCKS THEY FIND OUT THAT THEIR BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING EITHER.*AK
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0
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0
#10118860May 2, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
THE CONSUMER PURCHASED A 2002 CHEVROLET 1 TON TRUCK IN 2003, EVER ONCE IN A WHILE IT HAS A COLD START. THIS BEGAN THE SAME MONTH THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. FOUR TIMES SINCE DECEMBER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER WHO CAN NOT FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE, BUT STARTS BACK AND QUITS OFTEN ON ROAD. HAS BEEN TOWED, WHICH GMC HAS REIMBURSED BUT NOT REPAIRED. THIS VEHICLE IS USED FOR WORK. COLD WEATHER RELATED, 30+ DEGREES NO PROBLEMS.*AK
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0
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0
#10119393May 2, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
2002 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 4X4 5.3L TRANSMISSION.SUN GEAR..AT 75000 MILES THE GEAR FAILED IN A PARKING GARAGE WHEN I PARKED MY TRUCK I HAD APPOX.2 FEET BETWEEN MY TRUCK AND THE WALL.WHEN I RETURNED TO MY VEHICLE THE TRUCKS FRONT BUMPER WAS TOUCHING THE WALL.THANKFULLY IT WASN'T PARKED SO IT WOULD HAVE ROLLED DOWN THE RAMP. AFTER STARTING MY VEHICLE IT DID NOT HAVE REVERSE AND AFTER GETTING IT OUT OF THE RAMP IT WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR.I SPOKE WITH THE DEALER THAT I HAD PURCHASED THE TRUCK FROM AND HE SAID THAT IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM.ALSO I TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE SAME TRANSMISSION AND THEY HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. I THENK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS BECAUSE IF I HAD SOMETHING IN TOW OR THE PARKING BRAKE WERE TO FAIL IT COULD POSIBLY INJURE OR KILL SOME ONE IF IT WERE TO ROLL AWAY. I HAD TO HAVE MY TRANSMISSION REBUILT AND THE TRANSMISSION SHOP SAID THAT IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THAT GM HAS COME OUT WITH A REVISED PART THAT IS HARDEND.
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#10118743April 30, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CLUNK , SQUEAK, OR SQUAWK WHEN COMING TO A STOP AND STARTING UP.*AK
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#10118667April 29, 2005
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
I LOWERED MY TAILGATE FOR MY DOGS TO EXIT AND THE CABLES BROKE, MY DOGS SLID OUT ONTO THE GROUND, AND THE TAILGATE WAS DAMAGED BY THE BUMPER. I HAD THE TAILGATE FIXED AT A BODY SHOP, PAINTED, AND REINSTALLED. AS FOR THE CABLES: I REPLACED THEM AT THE LOCAL DEALER. THEY ARE STARTING TO CORRODE AGAIN.*AK
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#10118673April 29, 2005
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE), VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
THE TRANSFER CASE ON MY CHEVROLET 2500 HD CREW CAB HAS WENT OUT FOR THE 2ND TIME IN 2 YEARS, 1ST INCIDENT WAS MARCH 2004 ,AND NOW APRIL 2005. PLASTIC GEARS SEEM TO STRIP WHENEVER ENGAGED IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE AFTER NOT BEING UTILIZED FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME.*AK
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#10115688April 28, 2005
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AND UPON LOOKING INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR ONE COULD NOT SEE WHAT WAS COMING UP ON THE SIDE SHIFTER. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER. HOWEVER, CONSUMER WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. ALSO, TRANSMISSION WILL INTERMITTENTLY FAIL. CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING THROUGH WATER OR MUD SHIFT LEVER WILL FREEZE UP. *AK POOR DESIGN, MUD, SNOW, ICE TRAPPED ON TO SHIFTER CABLE AND SAFETY SWITCH, THEN THEY FREEZE INTO POSITION AND ALSO CAUSES SAFETY SWITCH TO MALFUNCTION AND GO BAD. *BF
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#10111625April 28, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, SUSPENSION
THE OWNER COMPLAINED ABOUT A BRAKE PROBLEM. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THEY HARDENED, AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. ALSO THE OWNER CHANGED THE BRAKE PADS, ROTORS, AND BLED THE BRAKES. CURRENTLY, THE VEHICLE STILL DOESN'T HAVE MUCH BRAKING POWER. *AK THE PROBLEM WAS FOUND TO BE THE RIGHT FRONT BEARING AND THE HUB SENSOR. *SC *JB
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#10118596April 27, 2005
STEERING:COLUMN, STEERING:LINKAGES
OWNER - 02 CHEV SILVERADO PICKUP - VIN [XXX]. RECENTLY, I BEGIN TO DETECT A CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. AT TIMES, YOU COULD ACTUAL FEEL THIS THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL. I CHECKED SEVERAL ON LINE CONSUMER SITES AND DISCOVERED THIS IS A DOCUMENTED PROBLEM W/ SEVERAL TYPES OF GM VEHICLES. WHEN I CONTACTED SEVERAL GM DEALERSHIPS, I WAS INFORMED THEY WERE AWARE OF THIS COMPLAINT. WHEN I QUESTIONED THE DEALERSHIPS FURTHER, THEY INFORMED GM HAD ISSUED SERVICE BULLETINS ON THIS ISSUE AND HAD ALSO REVISED THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFTS DESIGN AND REPLACEMENT SHAFTS ARE ON BACK ORDER. WHEN I CONTACTED GM,THEY CONTEND, THIS IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE, BUT READILY ADMITTED THE ORIGINAL DESIGN HAS PROBLEM. GM ALSO CONTENDS IT IS NOT UNSAFE, NOR ARE THE SHAFTS UNDER RECALL CONSIDERATION. I QUESTION GMS VIEWS ON THIS ISSUE. ARE THESE STEERING SHAFTS BEING TESTED OR REVIEWED FOR POSSIBLE SAFETY DEFECTS? THE NOISE IN MY VEHICLE BECAME SO UNNERVING, I DECIDED TO HAVE THE SHAFT REPLACED, RATHER THEN CHANCE A FAILURE WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
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#10117016April 27, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS HARD TO APPLY WHEN PASSING OR PULLING FROM A STOP, THE PEDAL WILL STICK. CONSUMER HAS TO USE HIS FOOT TO RELEASE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE GAS NEEDLE FLUCTUATES FROM EMPTY TO FULL CONTINUALLY.*AK CONSUMER VERY CONCERNED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE PROBLEM COULD BE A FIRE HAZARD. *BF
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#10118456April 26, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
MY SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER QUIT WORKING ALONG WITH A TAIL LIGHT MY MECHANIC SAID THE PART ALONE WOULD COST 300.00. I THOUGHT MY TACH WAS STILL WORKING UNTIL I GOT A 150.00 TICKET. I CAN'T AFFORD THAT MUCH ESPECIALLY WITH MY TICKET. *AK
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