Chevrolet Silverado Complaints

32,421 consumer complaints on file.

#869670September 6, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
EXCESSIVE WEAR OF FRONT BRAKES ROTORS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. ASKING NHTSA TO LOOK INTO THESE MATTERS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869776September 6, 2000
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
WHILE MAKING A TURN STEERING WHEEL FEELS LOOSE, AND PULLS TO THE RIGHT. TECHNICIAN SAID THAT PROBLEM WAS WITH AVA CENTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869785September 6, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
PLATIC PART OF SEAT BELT ON PASSENGER'S SIDE BROKE WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. IT HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730276September 5, 2000
TIRES
ON JULY 6, 2000 ON A 5 MILE TRIP TO TOWN, I PICKED UP A SMALL SCREW IN THE LEFT REAR TIRE, ABOUT HALF WAY ACROSS THE TREAD BAND. I HEARD THE AIR LEAK AS I LEFT THE VEHICLE, AND I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT 2 BLOCKS TO A TIRE STORE TO BE REPAIRED BEFORE IT WENT FLAT. THE TIRE SHOP SAID IT COULDN'T BE REPAIRED, AS A SIDEWALL BULGE HAD FORMED FROM AN INTERNAL DELAMINATION IN THE TREAD AREA LEAKING INTO THE SIDE WALL AREA, AND THAT IT WAS UNSAFE TO USE. I RELACED THAT TIRE AT THAT TIME. ON SEPTEMBER 5, THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS FOUND FLAT IN MY GARAGE. FOR THE LAST MONTH OR SO, I HAVE NOTICED A CYCLIC "GROWLING" NOISE, TIED TO THE WHEEL ROTATIONAL SPEED OF THE VEHICLE, THAT WAS SIMILAR TO THE SOUND A FAILING WHEEL BEARING MAKES, BUT AN INSPECTION OF THE BEARINGS FOUND THEM IN GOOD CONDITION. AFTER REPLACING THIS SECOND TIRE, THE NOISE WENT AWAY. THE TIRE STORE ADVISED ME THAT A PARTIAL INTERNAL TREAD SEPERATION CAN MAKE THE KIND OF CYCLIC NOISE I WAS HEARING. I HAVE PUT 25,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK IN 6 MONTHS, WITH SEVERAL HIGH SPEED TRIPS ACROSS NEVADA AND UTAH, AND TWO TRIPS TO MEXICO VIA THE MOJAVE DESERT, PLUS NUMEROUS FREEWAY TRIPS THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA CENTRAL VALLEY THIS SUMMER. ALTHOUGH NEITHER TIRE FAILED AT SPEED OR SUFFERED A TREAD LOSS, THE FACT THAT 2 OF THEM HAVE HAD INTERNAL LAMINATION PROBLEMS CONCERNS ME GREATLY. I AM NO LONGER CONFIDENT OF THEIR SAFETY. PLEASE ADVISE ME IF OTHER CONSUMERS HAVE REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL AND SIZE, AND IF NHTSA IS CONSIDERING EXPANING THE RECALL TO THIS MODEL, AS OTHER PARTIES HAVE ALREADY REQUESTED.( DOT NUMBER: W273 WMA TIRE SIZE: P265-75R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730340September 5, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869600September 5, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
FRONT END PULLED TO THE RIGHT SIDE. CONSUMER HAS TO KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE BY KEEPING BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869501September 5, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
BATTERY IS LEAKING ACID WHERE THE CONNECTION IS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730140September 4, 2000
TIRES
TRAVELING DOWN WINDING 6% MOUNTIANOUS GRADE PULLING TRAILER ON BUSY LABORDAY WEEKEND. I COULD FEEL A SLIGHT VIBRATION BEGIN TO BUILD, I TOLD MY WIFE WHO WAS DRIVING TO SLOW DOWN IMMEDIATLY AND PULL OFF TO THE SHOULDER. AS SHE WORKED HER WAY OVER A LOUD POP COULD BE HEARD, LUCKLY WE HAD SLOWED CONCIDERABLLY. THE TRUCK STARTED TO WIGGLE AS WE PULLED OFF TO THE SHOULDER. THE TREAD HAD STARTED TO DELAMINATE FROM THE SIDEWALL. HAD I NOT BEEN VERY ATTUNED TO THE FEEL OF THE TRUCK AND ROAD WE MAY HAVE BEEN THE NEXT TO BE IN THE NEWSPAPER. WE ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE OUR 1 YEAR OLD TRUCK AT SPPEEDS OVER 45 MPH.( DOT NUMBER: W273 TIRE SIZE: P265/75R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730182September 4, 2000
TIRES
THIS TIRE SEPARATED ON ME. IT THREW THE TREAD OFF JUST LIKE THE 15" TIRES THAT ARE BEING RECALLED. IT CAUSED ME TO RUN OFF THE ROAD ONTO THE SHOULDER, BUT NO DAMAGE OR INJURY TO ME OR MY TRUCK OCCURRED. THERE WAS 56% OF THE TREAD LEFT ON THE TIRE.THE FIRESTONE DEALER FOUND NO APPARENT ROAD DAMAGE TO THE TIRE TO CAUSE THE SEPARATION.( DOT NUMBER: ? TIRE SIZE: LT24575R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869420September 4, 2000
SEAT BELTS
ON GOING PROBLEM WITH THE SEAT BELT WOULD LOCK UP ON THE PASSENGER THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO MOVE, NOT UNLESS YOU RELEASE THE BUCKLE; ONLY THE PASSENGER SIDE. DEALER NOTIFIED AND MADE REPAIRS/ REPLACEMENT AND CONDITION STILL REOCCURRING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS:
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869424September 4, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
REPORTING DRIVER SIDE BELT BUCKLE FELL APART; MFR'S NOTIFIED AND UNABLE TO GET REPLACEMENT PART. LEAVING OCCUPANT WITHOUT ANY RESTRAINT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS:
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729952September 2, 2000
SUSPENSION
SEVERE VIBRATION OF TRUCK AFFECTING DRIVEABILITY AT SPEEDS OF 40-45 AND 62-72MPH. AT HIGHWAY SPEDS THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES AND AT TIMES WILL BE FORCED OUT DRIVER'S HAND IF DRIVER DOES NOT HAVE A STRONG GRIP ON THE WHEEL. VEHICLE IS A SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO VIBRATION AND SUDDEN STEERING WHEEL PULL AND MAY CAUSE A CRASH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729795September 1, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARING WENT OUT AS WELL AS WINDOW REGULATOR'S WITH LESS THEN 3000 MILES ON THE PICK UP AND THE DEALER HAS HAD OTHER TRUCKS OF THE SAME TYPE WITH FRONT END SUSPENSION PROBLEMS WHICH DUPLICATES MINE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729833September 1, 2000
TIRES
I AM NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED. I WAS DRIVING ALONG ON A RELATIVELY STRAIGHT STRETCH OF ROAD AND THE NEXT THING I KNEW I WAS HAVING AN AIR-BAG FOR BRUNCH. THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER AND THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER BOTH SAID THAT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE LOOKED SUSPICIOUS. IT APPEARED TO HAVE BLOWN OUT THE SIDEWALL AND TREAD AREA.DUE TO THE RESTRAINTS AND VEHICLE DESIGN I WAS FORTUNATE TO NOT BE SERIOUSLY INJURED HOWEVER I DID TOTAL A FAIRLY NEW VEHICLE WHEN I HIT A CONCRETE CULVERT ABUTMENT.( DOT NUMBER: NOT AVAIL. TIRE SIZE: LT24575R16 )
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#729844September 1, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM WHEN BRAKING AND YOU HIT A BUMP, POTHOLE OR DEPRESSION THE BRAKES GO INTO ANTI LOCK AND DO NOT COME OUT. IT TAKES ABOUT 1/3 MORE DISTANCE TO STOP. THIS IS ESPECIALLY BAD ON SNOW AND ICE. WHEN TRAVELING WITH OTHER PICKUPS IN UPPER CANADA THE OTHER TRUCKS COULD STOP ON SNOW BUT I WOULD GO BY THEM BY ABOUT 25-30 FT. I HAD ONE ACCIDENT WHERE I WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AT A T IN THE ROAD AND THE HIGHWAY WAS SLIPPERY AND I HIT A BUMP AS I WAS STOPPING. INSTEAD OF STOPPING I JUST SLOWED AND COULD NOT MAKE THE TURN I HIT A TREE. $20,000 DAMAGE TO TRUCK. ON THE INTERSTATE I78 I WAS FOLLOWING TRAFFIC WHICH CAME TO A HALT FOR CONTRUCTION WORK I WAS UNABLE TO STOP AND HAD TO PASS A CAR ON THE RIGHT BIRM OF THE ROAD. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURED SEVERAL TIMES WITH MYSEL AND MY SON DRIVING. IT IS VERY DANGOROUS SINCE YOUR NORMAL STOPPING DISTANCE IS SUDDENLY INCREASED AND THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#729923September 1, 2000
TIRES
TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH. THE DAMAGE TO THE TIRE WAS RIGHT WHERE THE TREAD AND SIDEWALL MEET. WHEN I TOOK THE TIRE TO A FIRESTONE DEALER I WAS TOLD THAT IT APPEARED TO BE A "ZIPPER PROBLEM". AFTER THE FIRESTONE WARRANTY DEPT. WAS CALLED I WAS THEN TOLD THAT THEY COULDN'T TELL WHY THE TIRE HAD FAILED BECAUSE I HAD OBVIOUSLY DRIVEN ON IT WHILE IT WAS FLAT. I INFORMED THEM THAT IT IS HARD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP FROM 55 MPH., AND THAT I HAD TO DRIVE APRX. A TENTH OF A MILE TO WHERE I COULD SAFELY PULL OFF OF THE ROAD. I WAS OFFERED A REPLACEMENT TIRE AT EITHER AT 1/2 OFF OR AT DEALER'S COST I DON'T REMEMBER. THE REPLACEMENT ALSO HAS THE "VD" DESIGNATION.( DOT NUMBER: VD11B1C TIRE SIZE: LT24575R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729935September 1, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN WE FIRST NOTICED THE ACCELERATOR STICKING, THE DEALER WOULD NOT LOOK AT IT UNTIL THEY COULD DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM SO WE LITERALLY HAD TO SMASH OUR FOOT ON THE ACCELATOR TO GET THE VEHICLE TO ACCELORATE. AT TIMES WE WERE TRYING TO CROSS 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC AND THE ACCELERATOR WOULD STICK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION AT WHICH POINT THE DEALER COULD REDUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THE THROTTLE PLATE WAS CLEANED. APPROXIMATELY 1-2 MONTHS LATER IT BEGAN SHOWING THE SAME SYMPTOMS ONLY THIS TIME IT IS TAKING LONGER TO COMPLETELY STICK. IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THE DEALER WILL NOT BE REIMBURSED FOR THE PARTS BY GM IF THEY CAN'T PROVE THE ACCELERATOR STICKS FIRST. MY QUESTION THEN IS DO I HAVE TO BE KILLED BY AN ONCOMING SEMI WHILE TRYING TO CROSS 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC BEFORE SOMEONE WILL FIX MY VEHICLE PROPERLY. MY NEXT QUESTION IS AM I THE ONLY ONE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS. SOMEONE NEEDS TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS PROBLEM AND FIX IT BEFORE A FATALITY OCCURS. MY LAST QUESTION IS WHAT CAUSES THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE HEARD A VARIETY OF EXCUSES THAT THROTTLE PLATES GET DIRTY, A NEW CAR SHOULDN'T BE DOING THAT, ETC, ETC. HELP!!!!!( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729940September 1, 2000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
STEERING WAS PULLING TO RIGHT AFTER TIRE ROTATION WITH GRADUAL PROGRESSION AND AFTER 4 ALIGNMENTS AND 3 FRONT TIRE SWAPS IT STILL PULLS TO RIGHT NOT AS SEVERELY BUT NOTICEABLY DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE ROTATION. ALSO SEEMS TO HAVE MORE PLAY IN THE STEERING WITH ABOUT A 1/4 TO 1/2" RADIUS OF NO TIRE MOVEMENT EVEN THOUGH I AM MOVING THE WHEEL. DEALER KEPT THE VEHICLE 2 DAYS AND SAID THEIR MACHINE WAS OFF BUT I HAD THE JOB DONE THE FIRST TWO TIMES AND 1 FRONT TIRE SWAP AT ANOTHER PLACE AND THEY ALSO CHECKED TO SEE IF THE MACHINE WAS OFF AND IT WASN'T. ANY SUGGESTIONS. IF I LET GO OF THE STEERING WHEEL I WILL ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DIVERT TO THE RIGHT. WHAT IS THE STANDARD FOR A VEHICLE AFTER IT IS ALIGNED-HOW FAR SHOULD YOU BE ABLE TO TRAVEL IN A STRAIGHT LINE ASSUMING THE ROAD IS LEVEL?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729948September 1, 2000
TIRES
AT ABOUT 25,000 MILES, I NOTICED UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR. IT LOOKS AS IF SOMEONE TOOK A CHISEL AND CHIPPED OFF PIECES OF TREAD. FRONT AND REAR TIRES. THE PIECES MISSING RANGE IN SIZE FROM 1/8" - 1/2" DIA. THE TIRES HAVE BEEN ROTATED PER MANUFACTURER SPECS. PROPERLY INFLATED AT 44 PSI COLD. DRIVEN ON PAVED SURFACES, AND AT MODERATE SPEEDS. I WENT TO THE FIRESTONE AT 5499 N. HIGH ST., WORTHINGTON OH 43085, AND THE EMPLOYEE, AFTER TREATING ME LIKE A MORON, INFORMED ME THAT THE RECALL ONLY WAS FOR CERTAIN 15" TIRES. HE THEN INSISTED THAT IT WAS NORMAL TIRE WEAR. I STRONGLY DISSAGREE, AND ASK THAT MY TIRES BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY TRUCK. HOW CAN I SEND YOU A PHOTO, OR MOLD TO SHOW YOU WHY I AM CONCERNED? PLEASE RESPOND.( DOT NUMBER: W273WMA TIRE SIZE: P265/75R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729805September 1, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
THE ABS SYSTEM/PUMP MADE A TERRIBLE SOUND AND THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON INSIDE THE VEHICLE. I CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO STATED JUST TO UNPLUG THE ABS POWER SUPPLY BUT THE BRAKES WERE FINE. ANOTHER FRIEND, JULIAN SCAFF, HAS THE SAME MAKE/MODEL/YEAR TRUCK AND HAS HAD THE EXACT ABS FAILURE. BOTH WERE AT APPROX. 45,000 MILES. I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR BRAKES LOCKING UP AND NOT UNLOCKING FOR A FEW MINUTES. THIS HAS CAUSED UNTOLD WEAR AND REDUCED FUEL MILAGE CONSIDERABLY. THESE ARE SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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