Chevrolet Silverado Complaints

32,421 consumer complaints on file.

#10057400February 2, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE BRAKING FROM 55 MPH THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME HARD AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE ABS BRAKE LIGHT ALSO ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND STOP THE VEHICLE BY PULLING UP THE EMERGENCY BRAKES. THE DRIVER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. (BERNARD FEARRON-SERVICE MANAGER). *NM
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#10056310February 2, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THIS OCCURRED ON SATURDAY, 1/31/04. VEHICLE MAKE: 2500 CHEVROLET SILVERADO, 3/4 TON, 6' BED, 6L ENGINE DESCRIPTION: I HAD TO MAKE A TIGHT RIGHT HAND TURN FROM A GAS STATION ONTO THE MAIN ROAD IN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK AS OPPOSING TRAFFIC WAS COMING AT ME. AFTER I COMPLETED THE TURN AND STARTED TO HEAD SOUTH ON THE MAIN FOUR LANE ROAD I IMMEDIATELY FOUND OUT THAT THE POWER STEERING WAS QUITE ROUGH. QUITE ROUGH WAS NOT THE WORD FOR IT AS THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING! ABOUT A BLOCK FROM THAT POINT I HAD TO BRAKE AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE NO POWER ASSISTED BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE. NO IDIOT LIGHTS CAME ON AT ALL AND THIS PRESENTED QUITE A SERIOUS PROBLEM ESPECIALLY WITH THE SNOW PLOW ATTACHED. BOTH THE FLUID IN THE MASTER BRAKE AND POWER STEERING CYLINDERS WERE RIGHT UP TO NORMAL LEVELS AND THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS RELATIVELY NEW AND INTACT! TRUST ME THAT I AM NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS AT ALL FROM A VEHICLE THAT HAS ONLY 30,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN PLAGUED WITH VARIOUS MAJOR PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT ITS SOMEWHAT YOUTHFUL HISTORY INCLUDING TWO (2) FULL BRAKE JOBS TO DATE. I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT NO ONE WAS HURT INCLUDING MYSELF. I WANT THIS LETTER TO BE RELAYED TO THE CHEVROLET ZONE MANAGER AND I WOULD LIKE THEIR INPUT ON THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED. AS A CONSUMER THERE IS NO WAY THAT BOTH THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES SHOULD HAVE GONE AT THE SAME TIME, PLUS, THE FACT THAT THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF A MAJOR PROBLEM FROM THE MESSAGE CENTER OR DASHBOARD. THERE VERY EASILY COULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT ENDING TO THIS STORY ESPECIALLY WITH THE TYPE OF WINTER WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS WE HAVE BEEN HAVING AS OF LATE HERE IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. *JB
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#10056237January 31, 2004
PARKING BRAKE
I FAILED MY STATE INSPECTION DUE TO THE PARKING BRAKE NOT HOLDING. 3 DIFFERENT SHOPS HAVE TOLD ME THIS IS A FAULTY DESIGN AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED EVERY TWO YEARS REGARDLESS OF USE. THIS IS NOT WEAR & TEAR, AS I DO NOT USE MY PARKING BRAKE. THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR FOR SOMETHING I DON'T USE AND SHOULD NOT WEAR OUT. *JB
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#10056238January 31, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2001 CHEVROLET 2500HD TRUCK: IN MAY OF 2002 THE TRANSMISSION STARTED LEAKING AT THE FRONT SEAL BECAUSE OF THE CONVERTER BOLTS BEING LOOSE. ON 1/28/04 THE REAR CASE BUSTED AND LEAKED OUT ALL THE FLUID AS WELL. GM DEALER SAYS DEFECTIVE CASE. ALLISON TRANSMISSION SAYS THAT GM HAS A VIBRATION IN THE DRIVETRAIN OF THESE TRUCKS THAT CAUSES THEIR TRANSMISSION TO BREAK. WHO DO YOU BELIEVE? ANY SUGGESTIONS? *JB
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#10057157January 30, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SLAMS HARD INTO GEAR. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT EITHER COMES ON BEFORE OR AFTER THIS OCCURS. DEALERSHIP SERVICED VEHICLE 4 TIMES BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
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#10055142January 29, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
IN MY OPINION... THE ABS SYSTEM ON MY 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 FAILS TO WORK PROPERLY. UPON BRAKE APPLICATION @ SPEED... ALL FOUR WHEELS CONSISTANTLY "LOCK-UP"... TIRES SQUEAL... AND VEHICLE IS UNSTABLE. UPON VISITING THE DEALER TWO TIMES... THE CHEVROLET DEALER STATES ABS SYSTEM IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE SALESMAN @ THE DEALERSHIP STATES HE HAS HEARD THE SAME COMPLAINTS FROM SEVERAL SILVERADO OWNERS... AND THE PROBLEM LIES WITHIN THE TIRES. THIS RAISES MY CONCERN THAT CHEVROLET HAS NOT ENGINEERED THE OEM TIRES TO BE PROPERLY MATCHED TO THE ABS SYSTEM... CREATING AN UNSAFE AND NON-FUNCTIONAL ABS BRAKING SYSTEM. I EXPECT MY ABS SYSTEM TO GRUNT... GROWL... GROAN... AND THE BRAKE PEDAL TO PULSATE... BUT, NOT "LOCK-UP" ALL FOUR WHEELS!!! I PREVIOUSLY OWNED 2001 AND 2002 CHEVROLET TRUCKS... AND I DIDN'T NOTICE THIS PROBLEM. IF THIS IS THE BEST CHEVROLET CAN DO... THEN I'LL BE LOOKING LOOK FOR A FORD... A DODGE... OR MAYBE A NEW FULL-SIZE NISSAN TRUCK IN 2004. HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS? *AK
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#10055153January 29, 2004
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
SERVICE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT COMES ON. THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP THREE TIMES TO HAVE THE SENSOR REPLACED. NO APPARENT CAUSE AND NO FIX FOR IT.*AK
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#10055154January 29, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
I TOOK MY TRUCK IN FOR A ROUTINE BRAKE JOB AND THEY DISCOVERED THAT ALL 4 OF MY ROTORS WERE RUSTED OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THIS WAS DEFINITELY UNUSUAL FOR ROTORS TO RUST OUT SO SOON. THE TRUCK IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT. IN HIS OPPINION, GM USES SHODDY ROTORS ON THEIR VEHICLES. I SAW THE ROTORS AND PIECES OF THEM WERE CHIPPED AWAY DUE TO BEING SO RUSTED OUT. I BELIEVE THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL.*AK
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#10056118January 29, 2004
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS, POWER TRAIN:AXLE HUBS
STEERING WHEEL INTERMITTENTLY LOCKED UP, MOSTLY WHEN MAKING RIGHT TURNS, AND SOME WHEN MAKING LEFT TURNS. VEHICLE HAD BEEN AT DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS. DEALER REPLACED THE SERPENTINE BELT AND THE LEFT HUB. HOWEVER, DEALER WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM. *AK
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#10055948January 28, 2004
STEERING
VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH QUADRA STEER (4 WHEEL STEERING). WHEN THIS SYSTEM WAS ENGAGED AND WHEN VEHICLE WAS SLIDING REAR WHEELS WENT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. THIS RESULTED IN CONSUMER LOSING CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND WENT OFF THE ROAD. OWNERS MANUAL INDICATED THAT THIS SYSTEM COULD BE USED IN ANY WEATHER.*AK
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#10055080January 28, 2004
EQUIPMENT
2002 SILVERADO 1500 2WD REG CAB,PURCHASED ON 11-21-01. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT 2 DEALERSHIPS. MECHANICS CAN ONLY RESOLVE PROBLEM FOR A SHORT PERIOD. SEEMS LIKE A RECALL IS NEEDED.*AK REPAIRED ON 8-22-02 TOWING REQUIRED REPLACED DISTRIBUTOR CAP & ROTOR INSTALLED INSULATION ON A/C LINE (LEAKING WATER INTO DISTRIBUTOR CAP) REPAIRED 10-29-02 TOWING REQUIRED LEAKING WATER IN DISTRIBUTING HOUSING REPLACED DISTRIBUTOR HOUSING CAP AND ROTOR REINSULATE A/C SUCTION LINE REPAIRED 10-3-03 TOWING REQUIRED LEAKING WATER IN DISTRUBUTOR CAP. REPLACED CAP AND ROTOR REPAIRED 12-30-03 TOWING REQUIRED REPLACED CORRODED CAP AND ROTOR DUE TO MOISTURE . 1-28-04 TOWING REQUIRED WAITING FOR THE FINDING OF THE REPAIRS ANTICIPATING SAME RESULTS.
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#10055087January 28, 2004
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
AT 6,130 MILES THE MESSAGE "CHECK 4X4" WAS DISPLAYED. AT THE SAME TIME, THE 4X4 CONTROL BUTTONS WENT INOPERABLE. THE 4X4 SYSTEM WAS COMPLETELY DISABLE AND INOPERABLE. ONSTAR CONFIRMED VEHICLE REQUIRED SERVICE. REDWOOD CITY BOARDWALK FOUND "MODE SWITCH SHORTED, REPLACED MODE SWITCH" AND THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED. DEALER REPLACED SWITCH MODULE WITH DIFFERENT COLOR (GRAY) MODULE THAN WAS PROVIDED WITH THE TRUCK NEW (BLACK), GRAY DOES NOT MATCH DASHBOARD.*AK
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#10055084January 28, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
AT 4,702 MILES THE "CHECK ENGINE" MESSAGE DISPLAYED. ONSTAR CONFIRMED TRUCK REQUIRED SERVICE WITHIN SEVEN DAYS. BOARDWALK CHEVROLET IN REDWOOD CITY DIAGNOST THE PROBLEM AS "PCM NOT READING THROTTLE ANGLE" AND THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECT.*AK
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#10055090January 28, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
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#10055893January 27, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE VEHICLE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TAILLIGHTS, DASH BOARD LIGHTS AND THE HEADLIGHTS. THE DEALER INDICATED THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB THE PROBLEM WENT BACK BECAUSE DEALER ONLY PATCHED THE WIRE INSTEAD OF REPLACING THEM. DEALER NOW REMOVED THE DASHBOARD TO WORK ON THE PROBLEM. *LA
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#10054973January 27, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THROTTLE STICKING IN THE CLOSED POSITION. THE THROTTLE ACCELERATOR PERIODICALLY STICKS IN THE CLOSED POSITION. WHEN THE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED WITH ENOUGH PRESSURE, THE THROTTLE SUDDENLY FREES UP AND THE VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD SUDDENLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY. DEALER ADVISES THAT THEY HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE DESIGN OF THE THROTTLE BODY, SUCH THAT THE THROTTLE PLATE HANGS UP DUE TO A PROTUSION. THROTTLE BODY MUST BE REPLACED AT OWNERS EXPENSE. *JB
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#10054974January 27, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM. YOU HAVE TO PUSH ON THE BRAKES WITH BOTH FEET IN ORDER TO GET THE TRUCK TO STOP. I HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS WHOM ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *JB
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#10054993January 27, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
COOLANT LEAK COMING FROM UNDER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. *JB
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#10054989January 27, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
FUEL PUMP FAILURE. WITH ONLY 10266 MILES ON ODOMETER, THE FUEL PUMP FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL IN HEAVY HIGHWAY TRAFFIC. WE WERE NEARLY HIT BY OTHER VEHICLES NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE MAKING IT TO A SHOULDER. *JB
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#10055011January 27, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
AFTER TURNING OFF MY TRUCK I HEARD THE ABS PUMP RUNNING AFTER REMOVING THE KEY. I CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE ABS MODULE. *JB
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