Chevrolet Silverado Complaints

32,421 consumer complaints on file.

#562195July 23, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
WHILE DRIVING THE SEAT BELTS LOCK UP ESPECIALLY IF THE VEHICLE HITS A BUMP, WHEN THE CONSUMER MOVES FORWARD TO CHECK THE BLIND SPOT THE THE SEAT BELT LOCKS UP. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748959July 23, 2001
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
DOOR LATCH/LOCK WOULD NOT HOLD THE DOOR CLOSED. IT WAS RUSTED TO BAD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748980July 23, 2001
TIRES:SIDEWALL
COMPLETE SIDEWALL SEPARATION, TIRE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. *AK (DOT NUMBER: 273WMB129 TIRESIZE: P265/R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749016July 23, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ALLISON TRANSMISSION FRONT SEAL POPS OUT FLUID POURS OUT ONTO EXHAUST PIPES HEAVY SMOKE FLUID COVERS UNDER SIDE OF VEHICLE *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748813July 20, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
STEERING DEFECT WILL END UP CAUSING ACCIDENTS AND DEATH IF CAUGHT BY SURPRISE, IT MAKES YOU JERK THE STEERING WHEEL AT SPEED WHILE MAKING A A TURN. TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IS WIDE SPRED, EVERY SHOP I CONTACTED COULD TELL ME THE ERROR CODE(1870) AND THE SOLUTION, AND THAT THIS PART ALWAYS FAILS JUST OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY. GM KOWS THIS, AND YET DOES NOT HELP. THIS DEFECT IS CAUSING CONSUMERS FROM 400-2800 IN REPAIRS FOR A PART WITH A KNOWN FAILURE RATE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748779July 19, 2001
TIRES
I WAS IN THE IDAHO MOUNTAINS ON A DAY TRIP WHEN BOTH REAR FIRESTONE AT TIRES WENT FLAT. I CHANGED THE MOST FLAT OF THE TWO AND MADE IT INTO A TOWN ON THE SPARE AND A FLAT TIRE. I PUT AIR IN THE FLAT TIRE AND MADE IT HOME. I CONTACTED GM AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE FIRESTONE AT TIRES ON THEIR TRUCKS WERE DIFFERENT THAN ON FORDS AND THAT THEIR'S WERE SAFE (YEA RIGHT). I WENT TO A TIRE RETAILER IN MY AREA AND HAD ALL THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES (INCLUDING THE SPARE) REMOVED FROM MY TRUCK AND NEW TIRES (NOT FIRESTONE) INSTALLED. THE TIRE INSTALLER VERIFIED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS TREAD SEPARATION. I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE RECALL THESE KILLER TIRES. I WAS LUCKY AND DIDN'T KILL MYSELF AND MY FAMILY ON OUR OUTING BECAUSE OF THEM. ALL IT COST ME WAS $500.00 FOR NEW TIRES TO REPLACE THE GARBAGE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES THAT CHEVROLET INSTALLED ON MY TRUCK.*AK (TIRESIZE: P26575R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893040July 17, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 30 TO 35 MPH HAD A CRASH, AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DAMAGED FRONT END OF TRUCK. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#748569July 17, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ON 3 OF THE ONLY 4 OCCASIONS I HAVE HAD TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AT 70 MPH FOR ANY EXTENDED PERIOD WHEN OUTSIDE TEMPERATURES EXCEEDED 90, THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS HAVE MANIFESTED: LOUD ENGINE KNOCK SUFFICIENT TO SHAKE VEHICLE AND DISCHARGE OF LARGE CLOUD OF GRAY (NOT THE BLACK AS IS TYPICAL FOR A DIESEL) SMOKE. NUMEROUS CARS HAVE DRIVEN OFF THE ROAD BEHIND ME TO AVOID THE CLOUD OF SMOKE THAT OBSCURES THEIR VISION (AND POSSIBLY TO AVOID PARTS FROM A MOTOR THEY MAY THINK HAS BLOWN UP). VEHICLE IS PRESENTLY AT KING CHEVROLET, TYLER, TEXAS FOR 2ND TIME (NOT SELLING DEALER) AND HAD BEEN AT ONE OTHER DEALER; LEWIS CHEVROLET, CANTON,TEXAS. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. DEALERS SAY THAT GM TECHNICIANS SAY PROBLEM IS UNIQUE - NO OTHER OWNERS HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO GM WHICH HAS ASSIGNED THE COMPLAINT FILE #4913340. AT TIME OF THIS FILING, IT IS UNKNOWN WHAT, IF ANY ACTION GMC INTENDS TO TAKE. I REGARD THESE SYMPTOMS AS POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TO OCCUPANTS OF MY VEHICLE. I REGARD THE LARGE AND SUDDEN EXHAUST DISCHARGES AS BEING SERIOUSLY HAZARDOUS TO OTHER MOTORISTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748603July 17, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE ABS MOTOR CONTINUES TO RUN WITH KEY IN OFF POSITION FUSE WAS PULLED AFTER TALKING TO DEALER. THROTTLE BODY MAKING ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICK IN STOP POSITION MAKING MORE PRESS. HAVING TO BE APPLIED AND TRUCK TO JUMP FOWARD WHEN STICK BREAKS FREE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748546July 16, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE HAS STALLED NUMEROUS TIMES BOTH WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT, BUT PROBLEM OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY. AFTER SEVERAL TRIES THE VEHICLE WILL START AGAIN. DEALER UNABLE TO RECREATE PROBLEM NO SOLUTION PROVIDED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748548July 16, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DATE OF FAILURE AND MILEAGE ARE APPROXIMATE. DEALER WAS ADVISED OF PROBLEM AT TIME OF OIL CHANGE BUT NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. THE SECOND FAILURE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY APRIL/MAY, 2001: SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 35 TO 40 MPH. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS A NEAR ACCIDENT: I WAS FORCED TO RUN A STOP SIGN. I WILL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM IF REQUESTED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748467July 14, 2001
TIRES
WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 75MILES PER HOUR THE LEFT REAR TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT, THE TIRE COMPLETELY PEELED APART. IT TOOK MY HUSBAND ABOUT 1MILE TO COME TO A STOP, DURING WHICH TIME THE TIRE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE PAINT , WHEEL WELL, TORE OFF A MUD FLAP, AND BENT THE STEEL RIM. THE VEHICLE IS A WORK TRUCK SO MY HUSBAND PURCHASED 4 NEW TIRES IMMEDIATELY THE TRUCK WAS VIBRATING BECAUSE OF THE BENT RIM SO HE ALSO PURCHASED NEW RIMS. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF ANYTHING THAT I MIGHT COLLECT FROM FIRESTONE. I KNOW HIS TIRES ARE NOT ON THE RECALL???BUT IT CAME APART JUST LIKE ALL THE TIRES YOU SEE ON TV AND THE INTERNET...THANX IN ADVANCE JO LACHANCE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VN11BFC TIRESIZE: LT245/75R1)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892771July 13, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
HEAD COLLISION AT 60-65MPH, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND MANUFACTURER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892793July 13, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED FOR ENGINE KNOCK THREE WEEKS AFTER DATE OF PURCHASE. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND SOURCE OF PROBLEM, BUT STATED THAT WAS NORMAL IN VEHICLES FOR THAT MAKE/MODEL AND YEAR. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892804July 13, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WAS TRAVELING 45MPH ON THE HIGHWAY ENTERING ONTO A RAMP ANDTIRE WENT FLAT. WAS ABLE TO PULL VEHICLE OVER TO THE SHOULDERS, AND NOTICED THAT PASSENGER REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE. GOODYEAR, WRANGLER #ST, P23575 R16 . DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748326July 12, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE ABS CONTROL PUMP UNDER THE DRIVER SEAT CONTINUES TO RUN AFTER THE VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF. THEREFORE RENDERING THE ABS SYSTEM INOPERATIVE. CHEVROLET HAS OFFERED NO SUPPORT TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748334July 12, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS INFORMED BY MY DEALER THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL & IS CAUSED BY CARBON BUILDING UP IN THE THROTTLE BODY WHICH CAUSES THE THROTTLE TO SEIZE. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THIS PROBLEM BEGAN WITH THE 1999 MODELS & HAS CONTINUED UNTIL THE PRESENT MODEL. IT IS DEFECTIVE, HAS BEEN FOR YEARS, THEY ARE AWARE OF IT, & THEY DON'T CARE. THEY RECCOMMEND THAT & HAVE THE THROTTLE BODY CLEANED OUT ABOUT EVERY 4000 MILES AT MY OWN EXPENSE, EVEN THO IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THEY SAY THIS IS A SERVICE MATTER & THE WARRANTY DOESN'T COVER NORMAL SERVICE. WHAT A RIP OFF!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892656July 12, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE TRAVELING 30-50MPH ON WET AND DRY ROAD CONDITIONS CONSUMER EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE WITH ABS BRAKING SYSTEM ON VEHICLE. PROBLEM STATRED AT 47,000 MILES. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892500July 11, 2001
SEATS
CUSTOMIZED VAN WITH AFTERMARKET SEATS. SEATS WOULD SLIDE BACK AND FORTH ON TRACTS. WOULD NOT REMAIN LOCKED IN PLACE. BOLTS ON DRIVER'S SIDE TRACTS WERE BROKEN. PASSENGER SIDE WAS BROKEN PRIOR TO DRIVER'S.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748294July 11, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
REAR DOORS DO NOT CLOSE WHEN COLD TEMP; REAR BRAKES LOCK ON ICE; STEERING COLUMN SQUEAKS WHEN TURNED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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