Chevrolet Silverado Complaints

32,421 consumer complaints on file.

#10059533February 20, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALMOST TO THE FLOOR BEFORE VEHICLE STOPPED. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THE DEALER STATED IT WAS NORMAL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059391February 19, 2004
VISIBILITY
WHEN ITS COLD OUTSIDE, THE WINDOWS WOULD FREEZE AND NOT OPEN. *PH (THE TRACK DOOR WINDOWS ON BOTH DOORS WOULD FREEZE) I WOULD TAKE 15-20 MINUTES TO HEAT UP THE CAB, SO THE WINDOWS WOULD OPEN. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059656February 19, 2004
AIR BAGS
LAWYER REPRESENTING CONSUMER WHO WAS INJURED WHEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. *LA (LAWYER CLYDE JACKSON ON BEHALF OF CLIENT)* JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10058461February 19, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
ABS ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE FAILED--JUST LIKE ALL THE REST, STARTED TRUCK, HEARD PUMP NOISE FROM UNDER CAB, PULLED FUSE, ALMOST $1000 TO FIX ON A TRUCK WITH 57,000 MILES ON IT. GENERAL MOTORS NEEDS TO MAKE THIS RIGHT WITH EVERYONE. I'LL BE BUYING A FORD OR TOYOTA NEXT TIME AROUND.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058468February 19, 2004
PARKING BRAKE
THE PARKING BRAKE FAILS TO RELEASE THE REAR WHEEL WHEN THE HANDLE IS LIFTED. IT HAS FAILED IN THE WINTERS OF 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004. THE LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD GOES OUT. ONE REAR WHEEL IS RELEASED. THE OTHER IS NOT. THE SYSTEM FAILS REPEATEDLY, MAKING THE DRIVER HESITANT TO USE THE PARKING BRAKE, FOR FEAR OF NOT BEING ABLE TO RESUME MOVEMENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058515February 19, 2004
SEATS
INNER SEAT ADJUSTER ON DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE ON MY '99 CHEV SILVERADO EXTENDED CAB TRUCK, HAVING 34,000 MILES, ALLOWING SEAT TO MOVE FORWARD AND BACKWARD ON RAILS WITHOUT RESTRICTION. SEAT BELT IS PART OF SEAT THEREBY RESULTING IN THE DRIVER TO BE MOVING FORWARD AND BACKWARD ON SEAT RAILS WITHOUT RESTRICTION. SEAT OF COURSE DOES STOP IN THE FURTHER MOST BACKWARD AND FORWARD ENDS OF SEAT RAIL. CHEV DEALER LISTS PART AS "INNER ADJUSTER" PART #14691. THE PART IS SOLD AS A WHOLE ACCORDING TO THE DEALER AND RETAILS AT ABOUT $149.00. WHAT APPEARED TO BREAK WAS A PLASTIC PIECE THAT FITS IN THE RAIL AND WHICH WOULD SEEM TO BE THE PART THAT HALTS THE SEAT IN THE POSITION CHOSEN BY THE OCCUPANT. I STILL HAVE THE BROKEN PIECE AS RECOVERED FROM MY FLOOR BOARD. I HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS FOR A WEEK OR SO WITH THE SEAT NOT MOVING FORWARD AND BACKWARD WHEN ATTEMPTED BY ADJUSTMENT LEVER. I ASSUMED I HAD SOMETHING UNDER THE SEAT IMPEDING MOVEMENT, BUT WAS ACTUALLY DUE TO THE AFOREMENTIONED PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058521February 19, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ALLISON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION NSBU SWITCH FAILURE. TWO OTHER PEOPLE IN SHOP WITH SAME PROBLEM AT SAME TIME. DEALER SERVICE WRITER AND OTHER MECHANICS STATE PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON AND PART SHOULD BE RECALLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054104February 19, 2004
STEERING
CONSUMER SAW A RECALL NOTICE ON TV CONCERNING POWER STEERING. ALTHOUGH SHE DID NOT THINK THIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, THE VEHICLE MANIFESTED A SIMILAR FAILURE. WHEN MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN VEHICLE CUT OFF. CONSUMER NOTICED THIS PROBLEM AROUND LOST STEERING. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE PROBLEM AROUND DECEMBER 2002 RIGHT AFTER SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A POWER STEERING PUMP ACCELERATOR. THE CONSUMER HAD THIS PART PUT ON THE VEHICLE, BUT THE VEHICLE STILL CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER AND PULL TO THE LEFT. *AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054155February 19, 2004
STEERING
THE STEERING SHAFT BROKE WHILE DRIVING, WHICH RESULTED IN LOST OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. *JB *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054212February 19, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE DRIVER PUMPED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE BRAKES RELEASED POWER. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS. *JB *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053775February 19, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED THREE TIMES.*AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053976February 19, 2004
TIRES
WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN AT 55 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SPIN AROUND IN CIRCLES. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN IT KEPT FEELING LIKE VEHICLE WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM THE CONSUMER. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKES LOCKED UP AS WELL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053365February 19, 2004
STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR
THERE WAS A KNOCKING NOISE IN THE STEERING SHAFT. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE BEARINGS, BUT THE NOISE RECURRED. THEN, DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE SHAFT. *AK *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050108February 19, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:HUB, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHILE BRAKING, THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD LOCK UP AND THE CONSUMER WOULD BE UNABLE TO DEPRESS TO BRAKE PEDAL TO DECREASE SPEED. THIS PROBLEM CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES. THE CAUSE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN NOTIFIED BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *PH THE CONSUMER WOULD BECOME UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AT HIGH SPEEDS. THE LEFT FRONT HUB ASSEMBLY WAS FOUND DEFECTIVE AND WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE NEEDED A THROTTLE BODY. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10044162February 19, 2004
STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHILE PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY BRAKES AND STEERING SIMULTANEOUSLY FAILED. EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD TO BE USED TO STOP THE TRUCK. THIS FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE STEERING SHAFT BREAKING. DEALERSHIP REPLACED STEERING SHAFT BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED WITHIN THE NEXT 15,000 MILES WHILE DRIVING AT 25-35 MPH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058385February 18, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
BOTH TAILLIGHT INSERTS, THE PIECE THAT HOLDS THE BULBS IN TAILLIGHT LENS WENT BAD WITHIN A 1 MONTH PERIOD. THIS CAUSED ME TO HAVE NO TAILLIGHTS OR BLINKERS. EACH PIECE COSTS OVER $50. THIS IS A DEFECTIVE DESIGN AS 3 OTHER PEOPLE I KNOW HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058386February 18, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS CRACKED AND LEAKED OUT ALL WATER AND SEVERELY OVERHEATED ENGINE. THE MECHANIC HERE AT WORK SAYS THAT HE HAS CHANGED A FEW HUNDRED OF THESE HERE AT WORK WERE WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF CHEVY TRUCKS THAT ARE THIS SAME ENGINE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059212February 18, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:BRAKE FLUID LOW WARNING: LAMP
WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058354February 17, 2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH
BOTH TAILGATE CABLE OF 2001 CHEVY SILVERADO SNAPPED WHILE OFF-LOADING RUBBISH INTO COUNTY RUBBISH DUMP TRAILER. INCIDENT GAVE ME A GOOD SCARE AND COULD HAVE BEEN REALLY BAD IF I DID NOT REGAIN MY BALANCE AND FELL 10' INTO THE TRAILER FULL OF DANGEROUS OBJECTS. NO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE TAILGATE AS IT MADE CONTACT WITH THE BUMPER. UPON CLOSER LOOK AT THE CABLES, IT APPEARS THAT ONLY A FEW STRANDS (AND THE VINYL SHEATHING) WERE KEEPING THE CABLE TOGETHER. THE REST OF THE STRANDS SHOWED SEVERE CORROSION. TOOK THE CABLE TO LOCAL DEALER BUT THEY WOULD NOT EVEN LOOK AT IT BUT DID SAY THAT IT'S OUT OF WARRANTY. THE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED 3 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS AGO. I HAD TO PAY $45 FOR THE PAIR. I BELIEVE THE CABLES SHOULD BE GOOD FOR THE LIFE OF THE TRUCK UNDER NORMAL USE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058232February 16, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
POWER TRAIN & TRANSMISSION, CLUNKS & SLIPS QUITE OFTEN ON ACCELERATION AND SOMETIMES WILL DOWNSHIFT UNEXPECTEDLY AT LOWER SPEEDS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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