Chevrolet Silverado Complaints

32,421 consumer complaints on file.

#10091821September 10, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE THE MOTOR CAME APARTMENT. THE CRANK SHAFT AND PISTON BROKE AND SPUN THE BEARINGS. THE DAMAGED PARTS WERE REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. PRIOR TO STALLING THERE WAS AN ONGOING NOISE IN THE ENGINE THAT SOUNDED LIKE RODS KNOCKING. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PISTON SLAP NOISE FOR THIS SIZE ENGINE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091843September 10, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
A ROCK FELL FROM THE MOUNTAINS WHILE DRIVING AND HIT THE FUEL TANK. GASOLINE STARTED LEAKING FROM THE TANK. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091864September 10, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
CONSUMER NOTICED THAT FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL. WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL HAD SLIGHT HESITATION. THEN, THE VEHICLE STOPPED, AND A NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090671September 9, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST
MY ABS HAS BEEN ACTING UP, I.E. ENGAGING WHEN IT SHOULDN'T. TONIGHT, I WAS FORCED TO COME TO A FAST STOP AND PUSHED THE BRAKE IN. THE ABS ENGAGED, BUT THEN STOPPED AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, THEREFORE I HAD NO BRAKES. I REAR-ENDED ANOTHER CAR WITH A 17 YEAR OLD GIRL DRIVING. SHE ENDED UP BEING TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. I AM CURIOUS TO KNOW IF THERE ARE OTHER CASES SUCH AS THIS, INCLUDING BRAKE FAILURE AND ABS PROBLEMS. MY VEHICLE IS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. I HAVE 106,000 MILES ON IT AND HAVE HAD MINUTE BRAKING ISSUES FOR THE PAST YEAR OR SO. I HOPE THAT IS THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IT CAN BE ADDRESSED. THAT WAY NO MORE SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD GIRLS GET HURT, AND NO MORE 26 YEAR OLD MALES (MYSELF) HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM OR THE SAFETY OF OTHERS DUE TO THIS TYPE OF FAILURE. AS FAR AS THE QUESTION ABOUT OEM, IF THAT MEANS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT, THEN NO, ALL MY EQUIPMENT CAME ON THE VEHICLE WHEN I PURCHASED IT AND NOTHING HAS BEEN ALTERED IN ANY WAY.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10091661September 9, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES THE REAR BRAKES FROZE AND WONT RELEASE THE BRAKES. ALSO, CONSUMER INDICATED HADA PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT BRAKES TOO. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091667September 9, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. DEALER WAS INFORMED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091738September 9, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES ABS BRAKING LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090735September 9, 2004
STEERING:COLUMN
A VERY NOTICEABLE CLUNK IN THE FRONT END WHEN TURNING RIGHT OR LEFT. CAN BE FELT THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL AND ON THE FLOOR. THIS PROBLEM HAS EXSISTED FOR OVER 15,000 MILES. DEALER PUT AN EXTRA HEAVY GREASE IN STEERING SHAFT. ONLY LASTED FOR ABOUT 2,000 MILES. SEVERAL MORE GREASE ATTEMPTS. NO IMPROVEMENT. AT 35,900 MILES NEW FRONT SHOCKS. PROBLEM IS STILL PRESENT. I AM CONCERNED AS TO WHAT MAY COME NEXT. LOSS OF STEERING? TRUCK IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY AND I AM APPARENTLY ON MY OWN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091552September 8, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS
WHILE DRIVING INJECTOR PUT FUEL INTO THE OIL PAN. THE SES LIGHT ILLUMINATED. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THEY SUPPOSEDLY FIXED IT.CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED WITH COLLATERAL DAMAGES TO THE ENGINE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090635September 8, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
BOTH WHEEL BEARINGS ON THE FRONT AXLE FAILED ON OUR 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500HD 4X4 4-DOOR PICKUP. IT HAS 39,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN USED IN LIGHT DUTY SITUATIONS ONLY (PRIMARILY HIGHWAY DRIVING WITH LIGHT TOWING). A LARGE SQUEAK DEVELOPED OVER A THREE WEEK PERIOD WHEN TURNING RIGHT CORNERS. OUR LOCAL MECHANIC FOUND THAT BOTH FRONT WHEELS, ESPECIALLY THE DRIVERS SIDE, WERE CLOSE TO FALLING OFF THE TRUCK. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, THE LOCAL DEALER REPLACED BOTH FAILED MECHANISIMS WITHOUT QUESTION WITH IN STOCK PARTS. A LITTLE ODD THAT THEY WOULD HAVE MULTIPLE SETS OF FRONT HUB ASSEMBLIES IN STOCK ON LAST YEAR'S MODEL, DON'T YOU THINK?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090655September 8, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 2003 CHEVROLET PICKUP WITH APPROX. 26,000 MILES ON IT AND THE TRANSMISSION CLUNKS LOUDLY WHEN UPSHIFTING AND DOWNSHIFTING AND GETS WORSE BY THE WEEK. IT IS NOW SLAMMING INTO GEAR AND I AM AFRFAID TO DRIVE IT BECAUSE IT MIGHT FAIL AT SPEED OR IN TRAFFIC AND I AM AFRAID IT MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER BOTH SAY IT IS A NORMAL CONDITION AND THEY HAVE NOT HAD ANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS TYPE BUT THERE IS A BULLETIN OUT ABOUT IT. I AM CONCERNED THAT THEY MAY BE TRYING TO COVER UP AN APPARENT DEFECT ON THE AFFECTED VEHICLES. THIS WAS MY HUSBANDS TRUCK, WHO PASSED AWAY IN APRIL AND I NEED IT TO HAUL VARIOUS THINGS TO THE FARM WHICH IS A 6 HR. DRIVE BUT NOW I AM AFRAID TO MAKE THE TRIPS IN THIS VEHICLE. IT HAS NEVER BEEN ABUSED OR OVERLOADED AND I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU COULD AFFROD ME ON THIS MATTER. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR ATTENTUION TO THIS MATTER. [XXX]*AK ('PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090664September 8, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
I HAVE A LOUD TICING NOISE COMING FROM THE LEFT REAR OF THE ENGINE. WHILE I WAS PULLING MY 5TH WHEEL THE NOISE KEPT GETTING LOUDER AND LOUDER AND HAD LOSS OF POWER. BY THE TIME WE GOT TO THE CAMP GROUND IT SOUNDED LIKE I HAD LOST MY MUFLER. WE TOOK IT TO MUFFLER MAN OF LUDINGTON AND THEY DISCOVERED THAT 4 EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS HAD SHEARED OFF, 2 ON LEFT YEAR AND 2 ON RIGHT REAR OF BOTH MANIFOLDS. THEY TOOK THE MANIFOLDS OFF AND REPLACED ALL THE BOLTS WITH NEW ONES EXCEPT FOR THE VERY LEFT REAR WAS SHEARED OFF FLUSH AND COULD NOT GET A DRILL IN TO DRILL OUT AND TAP. IN ORDER FOR THEM TO GET THIS OUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO PULL THE HEAD WHICH WOULD HAVE COST $1000.00. THEY PUT IT BACK TOGETHER AND THE TIC WAS GONE. THIS ONLY COST ME 6 HOURS OF VACATION WITH MY FAMILY AND $200.00. THE TIC HAS RETURNED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10084005September 8, 2004
STEERING:COLUMN
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT STEERING COLUMN PROBLEM. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP, AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. MANUFACTURER INSISTED THAT CONSUMER HAD TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM AND SEND IN THE BILL, AND THEY MAY CONSIDER IT. MEANWHILE, THE PROBLEM RECURRED, AND NOTHING WAS BEING DONE ABOUT IT.*AK THE FRONT END AND STEERING COLUMN KNOCKED AT 21000 MILES. THE DEALER FILLED THE COLUMN WITH GREASE WHICH CORRECTED THE PROBLEM UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE CONSUMER INDICATED THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE THE FRONT END WAS FALLING APART. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT A NEW JOINT FOR THE STEERING COLUMN IS NECESSARY. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087069September 8, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 00 X 001 000 CONCERNING BRAKE HOSE FAILURE. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THE BRAKE HOSE ERUPTED WHILE DRIVING AND RUST BUILD UP ON BOTH FRONT ROTORS.*AK VEHICLE WAS HARD TO STOP WHEN COMING OFF A SMALL INCLINE. ALL FOUR BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO RUST. *TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082027September 8, 2004
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
THE POWER MIRROR CONTROL SWITCH ON THE DRIVER SIDE SHORTAGE OUT, WHICH RENDERED THE EXTERIOR MIRRORS FROM OPERATING. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO ADJUST THE MIRRORS FOR PROPER SIDE VISIBILITY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION *TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090534September 7, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO EXTENDED CAB, ABS SYSTEM MOTOR RUNS AFTER VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF, RUNS DOWN BATTERY. ABS MOTOR WAS UNPLUGGED. MODULE NEEDS REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090542September 7, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
I OWN A 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. RECENTLY THE ABS CONTROL MODULE (ECBM) FAILED, CAUSING MY ABS MOTOR TO RUN CONTINUOUSLY (EVEN WITH THE KEY REMOVED FROM THE CAR). UPON INVESTIGATION, THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL TRUCK. THE DEALER QUOTED MY AROUND $1100.00 TO REPAIR THIS. GIVEN THE FACT THAT THIS IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE GM RECALL THIS PART. AS THIS AFFECTS THE CAR'S ABS SYSTEM, IT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO HAVE THE TRUCK REPAIRED, POTENTIALLY WITH THE SAME DEFECTIVE PART.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090425September 4, 2004
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
I WAS BACKING UP TRUCK WHEN POWER STERING FAILED , CAUSING TRUCK TO STRIKE PARKED CAR. POWERSTERING PUMP DRIVESHAFT BROKE OFF INSIDE OF PUMP . I HAD TO HAVE THE PUMP REPLACED . *AK .
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090376September 3, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
THE CABLE TO THE TAILGATE BROKE WHILE LOADING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090388September 3, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:DRUM
FRONT/REAR BRAKES WORE OUT PREMATURELY. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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