Chevrolet Silverado Complaints

32,421 consumer complaints on file.

#559173January 24, 2001
AIR BAGS
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END ACCIDENT, THE AIRBAGS EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT, DEALER FOUND THE AIRBAG MODULE WAS DAMAGED INTERNALLY. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739871January 24, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
STEERING AND THE BRAKING SYSTEMS ON THESE VEHICLES SHOULD NOT GO OUT WITH UNDER 35000 MILES ON THEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739881January 24, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
INTERMITTENT STEERING PROBLEMS VEHICLE SUDDENLY OVERSTEERS WHILE TURNING AT ROAD SPEEDS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878896January 24, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
CONSUMER'S BRAKES LOCK UP & SOMETIMES THERE'S A JERKING MOTION. ALSO, HORN WHEN IT'S COLD COMES ON BY ITSELF. DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEMS. MORE INFORMATION WILL BE ADDED BY CONSUMER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878930January 24, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, STEERING
SINCE FIRST DAY IT HAS BEEN HARD TO STOP, THEN, IT GOT HARDER AND HARDER, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER IN JUNE OF 2000, AND THEY COULD NOT FIND CAUSE. CONSUMER STATED IT WAS ALSO HARD TO STEER . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878965January 24, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK ONLY INTERMITTENTLY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739822January 23, 2001
SUSPENSION:REAR, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
PROBLEM #1 TRUCK HAS A "VIBRATION" SINCE PURCHASE DATE. DEALER CHECKED THE BALANCE OF THE TIRES 4 TIMES AND FOUND THEM OUT OF BALANCE, TIRES WERE THEN BALANCED AND ROTATED. BUT THE "VIBRATION" STILL EXISTED. SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM I WOULD HAVE TO LIVE WITH. MANUFACTURE STATES ALL TRUCKS HAVE "VIBRATION. PROBLEM #2 THE REAR DOOR WILL NOT LATCH AFTER BEING OPENED IN FREEZING WEATHER, THE FRONT DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE COMPLETELY AS IT LATCHES TO THE REAR DOOR. THE DOORS CAN BE CLOSED COMPLETELY AFTER THE INTERIOR HAS BEEN WARMED UP ENOUGH FOR THE LOCKS TO THAW, ABOUT 5 MILES OF TRAVEL WITH THE HEATER RUNNING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878797January 23, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
INTERMITTENTLY DRIVER AND PASSENGER RESTRAINTS WILL NOT RETRACT, CAUSING DRIVER AND PASSENGER TO BE UNRESTRAINED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878807January 23, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER WAS HIT FROM LEFT SIDE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. FOR CONSUMER TO AVOID CRASH SHE SWAYED AND RAN INTO A DITCH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 70 MPH. *AK BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND PROPERLY. *YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#878817January 23, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THIS CAN RESULT IN INOPERATIVE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, REDUCING DRIVER'S VISIBILITY AND INCREASING RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK SOLDER JOINTS ADJACENT WIRING HARNESS BROKEN. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559079January 22, 2001
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
THE TWO CENTER CROSS MEMBERS WHICH HOLD THE FUEL TANK HAD CRACKS, ONE CRACKED COMPLETELY THROUGH AND THE SECOND WAS CRACKED 3/4'S THROUGH THE METAL, THE FUEL TANK ALMOST TOUCHED THE GROUND, THE CROSS MEMBERS WERE REPLACED. *CJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878659January 22, 2001
STEERING
VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT WHILE IN OR WHILE ENTERING A CURVE, CONSUMER STATES IT FEELS AS IF SOMEONE IS GRABBING STEERING WHEEL, DEALER SUGGESTED THE PROBLEM WAS THE EVO SENSOR, HOWEVER AT THE TIME THEY COULD NOT GET VEHICLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM, THEREFORE NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878660January 22, 2001
SUSPENSION
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT HAND TURN VEHICLE WILL LOSE RPMS AND ACCELERATION POWER WHICH HAS CAUSED CRASH. ONLY WAY TO REGAIN POWER BACK IS BY STRAIGHTENING STEERING WHEEL. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE OF DEFECT.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878688January 22, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
IN WET CONDITIONS FUEL SHUT OFF SWITCH WILL ACTIVATE, CAUSING FUEL TO STOP GETTING INTO ENGINE, RESULTING IN VEHICLE QUITTING TO RUN( STALLED). THERE IS NO OVERRIDE BUTTON ,IT MUST BE RESET BY COMPUTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739636January 19, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
THE TRUCK WAS PARKED EARLY EVENING, AT 3:30 A.M. FIRE HAD BROKE OUT IN THE CARPORT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878539January 19, 2001
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL
CONSUMER STATED THE PARKING BRAKE RELEASE HANDLE IS ATTACHED TO A SQUARE METAL BRACKET LOCATED ABOUT THE DRIVER'S LEFT LEG, WHEN THE LEG IS STRETCHED, THE SHIN HITS THE METAL ASSEMBLY, IN AN ACCIDENT ANY FORWARD MOVEMENT WOULD CAUSE LEG INTO THE METAL ASSEMBLY CAUSING AN INJURY. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878585January 19, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
VARIABLERATION POWER STEERING IS GIVING CONSUMER SOME PROBLEMS, AND HE ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT. CONSUMER WAS TRAVLING AT 40-50 MPH AND WHEN CHANGING LANES STEERING WENT OUT. PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING IS THAT WHEEL GETS TOO LOOSE WHEN SLOWING DOWN, AND WHEEL TURNS MORE THE IT SHOULD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739598January 18, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WENT TO THE STORE. THE BRAKES WAS FINE HAD A HARD PEDAL. CAME BACK OUT STARTED THE TRUCK. PUT FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. PUT THE TRUCK IN REVERSE TRUCK STARTED TO BACK UP. PUT TRUCK BACK IN PARK. CALLED GM. PUT THE TRUCK IN THE SHOP. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH LITTLE PRESSURE OVER THE WEEKEND. GM SAYS NO PROBLEM FOUND AND SHOWED ME ANOTHER TRUCK ABOUT LIKE MINE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I DROVE SEVERAL OTHER TRUCKS HAD HARD PEDAL ON THEM. I THINK THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS AND WILL NOT TAKE MINE BACK UNLESS THEY ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. THEY ARE SAYING THAT NOTHING IS WRONG AND WAS NOT WRONG. ALTHOUGH I HAVE 7 WITNESSES TO THE PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT IN THESE TRUCKS. THANK YOU.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878434January 18, 2001
SEATS, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELTS WILL LOCK UP WHILE PASSENGERS ARE WEARING THEM AND WILL NOT UNLOCK. DEALER HAS REPLACED BELTS ON BOTH SIDES A TOTAL OF 7 TIMES, INCLUDING RECALL CAMPAIGN#0045SS; 3 TIMES ON DRIVER'S SIDE ,TWICE ON PASSENGER'S SIDE, AND BOTH CAMPAIGNS. ALSO, SEAT TRACK LOCKS TOO CLOSE TO AIRBAG, AND WILL INTERMITTENTLY UNLOCK. TRACK HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878448January 18, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A NO START CONDITION. FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THERE WAS BURNED WIRES WITHIN GAS TANK. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTEHR INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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