Chevrolet Silverado Complaints

32,421 consumer complaints on file.

#10008924February 20, 2003
POWER TRAIN
THE DRIVE TRAIN WAS DEFECTIVE, WHEN THE VEHICLE REACHED A SPEED OF 70 MPH IT LOST POWER AND HAD BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE. *JB THERE WAS A SLIPPAGE IN THE DRIVE TRAIN, MADE EXCESSIVE NOISE WHEN SHIFTING UP OR DOWN, AND IS EASY TO COME APART. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE TRANSMISSION APPEARED TO LOSE CONTACT WITH THE REAR END. (ALT NO. FOR THE CONSUMER DAYTIME IS: 334-301-9766) SCC
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#10008925February 20, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS STUCK.*JB
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#10008926February 20, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT
THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY.*JB
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#10008927February 20, 2003
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING.*JB
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#10009117February 19, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
INFLATER MODULE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE INFLATOR MODULE WAS DESIGNED POORLY. THE WIRES BREAK DUE TO WEAR IN THE STEERING WHEEL, PROBABLY FROM TILTING OF STEERING WHEEL. THIS CAUSES THE AIR BAG COMPUTER TO SHORT OUT. *JB
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#10007780February 19, 2003
STEERING:LINKAGES, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
AFTER 3 WEEKS OF OWNERSHIP WE STARTED EXPERIENCING SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING AND BRAKING OF THIS VEHICLE. STEERING WHEEL WOULD "CATCH" AND MAKE THUMPING NOISES AS WE TURNED RIGHT OR LEFT SHARP TURNS (SLOWLY). BRAKES ARE GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT SOONER OR LATER AS THE PEDAL GOES COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND THUMPS LOUDLY BUT DOES NOT SLOW THE VEHICLE WHEN YOU TRY TO MAKE A MODERATELY SUDDEN STOP. WE HAD OUR TRUCK IN FOR SERVICE AFTER OWNING IT FOR 3 WEEKS AND THE IDIOTS AT SPITZER CHEVROLET TRIED TO TELL US IT WAS THE TRAILER HITCH MAKING ALL THE NOISE.....WHAT A JOKE
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#10008675February 19, 2003
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED.*JB *TS
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0
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#10008751February 19, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ENGAGED WITHOUT WARNING, CONSUMER HAD TO PULL THE FUSE TO DISENGAGE THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM.*JB *JB *NLM
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#10007700February 18, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MAJOR GUARD WARRANTY.9/16/02 NEW BATTERY & BULB REPLACED. 10/5/02 REPLACED THE BATTERY. 10/16/02 BATTERY WENT DEAD. LOOSE GROUND CABLE ON ENGINE BLOCK. BATTERY REPLACED. 11/4/02 BATTERY DEAD. VOLT GAUGE FLUXUATING AND BURN SMELL. ALTERNATOR AND ALTERNATOR CONNECTER REPLACED. 11/11/02, BURNT SMELL AND BATTERY IS DEAD. REPLACE BCM & REPROGRAM BCM AND BATTERY. 12/19/02 PCM NOT COMMANDING ALTERNATOR TO CHARGE BATTERY. AT. IDLE ONE MINUTE THE ALTERNATOR IS PUTTING OUT 13 AMPS AND THE NEXT 10 AMPS. REPLACED PCM & REPROGRAM AND REPLACED BATTERY. REPLACED PASSLOCK SENSOR CASE. PASSLOCK SENSOR READS INVALID WHEN KEY UP MOST OF THE TIME AND VOLTAGE DOESN'T DROP OFF OF 5 VOLT. IGNITION SWITCH NOT READING PASSLOCK RESISTANCE CORRECTLY. REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH. 1/24/03 ALTERNATOR ONLY PUTTING OUT 58.6 AMPS. REPLACED ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY AND BATTERY INSULATOR. REPLACED LEFT TAILIGHT BULB.BCM NOT POWERING DOWN AT TIMES PER GM REGIONAL TECH.BILL YODE,MINNESOTA DIAGNOSIS. BCM REPLACED & REPROGRAMED. THE GENERATOR VOLTAGE WAS FLUXUATING. 12 HZ ELECTRICAL FEEDBACK FROM THE CHARGING CIRCUIT AFFECTING THE GAUGES. REWIRED CONNECTOR PER BULLETIN # 02-07-30-030. MAKES THE ALTERNATOR EXTERNALLY REGULATED BY PCM INSTEAD OF INTERNALLY REGULATED BY THE REGULATOR. LO# N8505. BILL YODER WAS WORKING ON THE VEHICLE FOR TWO DAYS. 2/3/03. TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY, HEADLIGHTS DIM. SINCE 9/02, CONTACTED JAMES CLARK CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGER WITH CHEVROLET DIVISION SEVERAL TIMES, BUT WILL NOT ANSWER MY PHONE CALLS. CONTACTED BBB AND THEY WOULD NOT LOOK INTO THE CASE, AND WOULD NOT RETURN MY CALLS.DATED BACK 1/28/00 HOOD LAMP REPLACED. 11/13/00 THE POWERTRAIN CONTROLLER REPROGRAM, VEHICLE STALLED,DASH LIGHTS ON. FUEL GAUGE RECEIVING DIFFERNET READINGS. 5/7/01 HOOD LAMP, & BOTH DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT BULBS REPLACED. 1/16/02 HOOD LAMP REPLACED. 1/18/02 REMOTE CD PLAYER REPLACED. 5/6/02 LEFT FRONT DOOR & LEFT REAR SPEAKERS REPLACED.
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#10007753February 18, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
I WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND WHEN I RELEASED THEM A CONSTANT "HUMMING" NOISE WAS PRESENT FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRUCK. THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON, ABS WARNING LIGHT ALSO STAYED ON. WHEN I TOOK THE TRUCK IN TO BE REPAIRED I WAS THEN TOLD THE ANTI- LOCK BRAKE MODULE WAS BAD AND THE COST WOULD BE AROUND 1000 DOLLARS TO REPAIR. I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO REPAIR THE TRUCK. WHEN I CALLED CHEVROLET WITH THE PROMBLEM I WAS TOLD I WAS'NT THE FIRST WITH THE PROMBLEM BUT SINCE MY TRUCK WAS OUT OF WARRANTY IT WASNT CHEVROLET RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP WITH ANY OF THE REPAIR COSTS. I EVEN WENT AS FAR AND SUBMITTED A LETTER TO THE CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPTARTMENT, AND AGAIN WAS TOLD THAT IT CHEVROLET WOULD NOT TAKE RESPOSIBILITY FOR THE DEFECTIVE PART. I HAVE SINCE SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WHO OWN THE SAME STYLE TRUCK WITH MILAGE RANGING FROM 38000 TO 66000 ALL HAVE HAD THE SAME RESPONSE, THE TRUCKS ARE OUT OF WARRANTY AND CHEVROLET WOULD NOT HELP WITH THE REPAIR COSTS. I BELIEVE A PART OF THIS MAGNITUDE SHOULD NOT GO BAD IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
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#10007642February 17, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:ABS WARNING LIGHT
ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON FREQUENTLY AND AS A RESULT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES DON'T WORK. AFTER TWO TRIPS TO THE DEALER, WAS TOLD TWO DIFFERENT COMPONENTS COULD BE AT FAULT, EACH COST BETWEEN $650-750 TO REPAIR AND THAT THEY WEREN'T SURE WHICH COMPONENT WAS AT FAULT.
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0
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#10007596February 16, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
I OWN A 1999 CHEVY SIVLERADO. ON 12/27/02 I STARTED MY VEHICLE AFTER LEAVING WORK AND NOTICED THAT THE ABS LIGHT WENT ON. AFTER I GOT HOME AND SHUT THE TRUCK OFF THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE TRUCK (SOUNDED LIKE AN ELECTRIC MOTOR RUNNING). I DROVE THE TRUCK OVER TO MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND ONE OF THE TECH'S LISTENED TO THE TRUCK AND DIAGNOSED IT AS THE ABS MODULE. I TOLD THE SERVICE MANAGER TO CALL ME WITH A QUOTE FOR REPAIR. HE CALLED ABOUT AN HOUR LATER AND SAID THAT IT WAS THE ABS MODULE, AND IT WOULD COST AROUND $1000 TO REPAIR. I DECLINED REPAIR AS I WAS TOLD THAT THE BRAKES WOULD FUNCTION FINE BY JUST PULLING THE ABS FUSE (THE ABS WOULDN'T WORK, BUT THE BRAKES WOULD WORK FINE). TRYING TO NEGOTIATE WITH DEALER AND/OR GM ON REPAIR COST. TRUCK HAS 60000 MILES, SO THEY ARE SAYING "OUT OF WARRANTY". I SAID "STAND BEHIND YOUR PRODUCT!" SAW THESE OTHER INSTANCES OF THE SAME PROBLEM ON THIS WEB SITE, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD ADD MINE. LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE ABS ON THIS VEHICLE AND THEY ARE NOT TAKING CARE OF IT.
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#10005874February 15, 2003
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
DRIVETRAIN NOISE; RANGING FROM CLUNK TO METALLIC CLANK; PROBLEM HAS EXISTED SINCE NEW. 1-2 UPSHIFT CAUSES CLUNK AT DRIVER SIDE FRONT. (4 WHEEL DRIVE MODEL) AND CLANK IAT DIFFERENTIAL. SITUATIONS WITH VERY LIGHT THROTTLE (1-2 SHIFT) RESULT AT TIMES WITH IMPACT/CLANK (W/ VERY AUDIBLE METALLIC SOUND);SUFFICIENT TO "SHUDDER" VEHICLE. SHIFTING IN 4W LOW (MANUFCTURER INSTRUCTIONS) ALSO RESULTS IN CLANK/SHUDDER; NOT UNLIKE BEING STRUCK BY A HAMMER. SLOWING DOWN/RELASING THROTTLE TO NEGOTIATE 90 DEG. TURNS; THROTTLE GOES "DEAD" - NO RESPONSE - THEN RESPONDS ABRUPLY. ON 2 OCCASIONS NOW-WET CONDITIONS-REAR END (3.73 LIMITED SLIP), THIS HAS RESULTED IN REAR END DRIFTING. MY CONCERN IS SNOW/ICE CONDITIONS. I VIEW THIS AS A LEGITIMATE SAFTEY ISSUE. DEALER HAS LOOKED AT THIS 3 TIMES AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG; CLAIMING ALL FUNCTIONS ARE NORMAL. THE LAST TIME I HAD IT SERVICED, THEIR REPORT NOTED THAT THE SYMPTOMS COULD NOT DUPLICATED; YET THE ODOMETER READING INDICATED LESS THAN .2 MILES DRIVEN. ROCKENBACH CHEVROLET IN GRAYSLAKE ILLINOIS. THEY SUGGESTED THAT I GET A LAWYER.
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#10007555February 15, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE NOISE THAT SOUNDS LIKE LIFTER. PH
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#10005830February 14, 2003
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
THE DRIVE TRAIN SHUDDERS EXCESSIVELY WHEN SWITCHED INTO AUTO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. I NOTICED THIS PRIOR TO THE END OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD BUT JUST FORGOT ABOUT TAKING IT IN FOR WARRANTY SERVICE AS I JUST STOPPED USING THE AUTO FOUR WHEEL FEATURE. IT STARTED AT OR ABOUT 30,000 MILES, THE TRUCK HAS 66,000 NOW AND I AM SURE THE DEALER WON'T LISTEN TO ME, JUST MY WALLET. I'LL PUT THIS TO THE TEST NEXT WEEK ON MY VACATION.
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#10007395February 14, 2003
STEERING
THE DEALERSHIP MADE 3 ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT THE LOOSE STEERING IN THE VEHICLE.*JB
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#10007413February 14, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD BECOME STUCK WHEN SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE OR REVERSE. *JB ONE HAS TO PUSH HARD ON THE PEDAL TO GET THE VEHICLE TO MOVE, WHICH CAUSED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. SCC
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#10007420February 14, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
THE ABS MODULE FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.*JB
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#10007497February 14, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.*JB
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#10007507February 14, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
THE ACCELERATOR BECAME STUCK IN THE IDLE POSITION.*JB
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