Chevrolet Silverado Complaints

32,421 consumer complaints on file.

#727790August 13, 2000
TIRES
AFTER 235-15 RECALL ANNOUNCEMENT I DECIDED TO CHECK THE TIRES ON MY TRUCK. ONE OF THEM SUFFERED FROM BELT SEPARATION. I TOOK IT BACK TO FIRESTONE AND THEY REPLACED IT WITHOUT ANY PRO-RATED CHARGES. THIS PROBLEM MAY BE BIGGER THAN JUST ONE TIRE SIZE.*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 265R75-16 )
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727802August 13, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK AND THE LEFT REAR TIRE FELL APART. THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE AND CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK. APPROXIMATELY 90 - 95 % OF THE TREAD CAME OFF, ONLY A SMALL PIECE WAS LEFT ON THE TIRE. WHEN SHE TOOK IT TO OUR LOCAL TIRE DEALER HE INSPECTED THE TIRES AND SAID SOME OF THE OTHERS WERE ALSO SHOWING SIGNS OF THE SAME PROBLEM; TREAD / TIRE SEPARATION. THROUGH THE DEALER AND GENERAL TIRE CUSTOMER SERVICE I WAS GIVEN 4 TIRES AT HALF PRICE. I HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY TRIED TO GET REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE DAMAGE TO MY TRUCK. AT THIS POINT GENERAL TIRE IS SAYING THAT THE TIRE WAS DAMAGED BECAUSE THE TIRE HAD BEEN PATCHED. MY TIRE DEALER WHO PATCHED THE TIRE IS SAYING THAT THEY DID THE JOB ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS. I AM IN THE MIDDLE AS EACH PARTY IS POINTING TO THE OTHER ONE. I HAVE NEVER HAD TIRES THAT WERE AS BAD AS THESE. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK IN 1997, ONE YEAR OLD, WITH 7600 MILES ON IT. I MAKE IT A PRACTICE TO CHECK THE TIRES MONTHLY AND HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED ANNUALLY. THIS TRUCK IS NO EXCEPTION TO THAT PRACTICE. THESE TIRES AT THE TIME OF FAILURE WERE PROBABLY WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF NEEDING TO BE REPLACED AS THE TREAD WAS GETTING THIN. GIVEN THAT THE TRUCK ONLY HAD 20K MILES ON IT DOES NOT SPEAK VERY HIGHLY OF THE TREAD WEAR ON THESE TIRES. I HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE TIRE MANUFACTURER SAYING THAT THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGE. THEIR TIRE SEPARATED AND CAUSED THE DAMAGE. AS THE DEALER STATED TO ME AND GENERAL TIRE THERE WERE OTHER TIRES THAT HAD THE SIGNS OF THE SAME PROBLEM. IF MY WIFE HAD BEEN GOING 55 - 60 MPH TOWING OUR HORSE TRAILER I WOULD HATE TO THINK OF WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED. THE BOTTOM LINE IS I FEEL THESE TIRES WERE DEFFECTIVE AND THE GENERAL TIRE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEM. THANKS FOR YOU ASSISTANCE ON THIS MATTER. PAT IRWIN. *AK( DOT NUMBER: AD11C9B206 TIRE SIZE: LT245//75R )
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No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727737August 13, 2000
POWER TRAIN
DISCREPENCY IN ODOMETER READING. WILLFULL FRAUD WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS?
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727668August 12, 2000
TIRES, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER 4 TIMES AND EACH TIME THEY SAY NOTHING IS WRONG. CONSISTENTLY CALLED GENERAL MOTORS WITH NO RESPONSE. WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE MUST KEEP HANDS IN 10-10:30 POSITION TO KEEP VEHICLE STRAIGHT. UNABLE AT THIS TIME TO ROTATE TIRES THUS CAUSING MORE UNEVEN WEARING. ONE DEALER TOLD ME THIS WAS JUST NORMAL FOR CHEROLET. THIS IS THE SECOND Z71 IN OUR FAMILY AND MY SON HAD WORSE PROBLEMS THAN MINE. AT PRESENT RATE I WILL BE LUCKY TO GET 40,000 MILES OUT OF TIRES. FIRESTONE INSPECTED (VISUAL ONLY) AND SAID WEAR WAS NORMAL, HOWEVER YOU CAN SEE SPLITS AND CUTS IN TREADS ALREADY.( DOT NUMBER: W278WMA458 TIRE SIZE: P265/75R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727667August 12, 2000
TIRES
TRUCK VIBRATES AT HIGHWAY SPEED - DEALER SAYS ITS TIRES - GOODYEAR SAYS ITS TRUCK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867498August 11, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT OPERATE WHEN IT IS RANING. HOWEVER, WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO COME ON WHEN THE WEATHER IS DRY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727461August 10, 2000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727525August 10, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TREAD HAS SEPARATED ON AT LEAST ONE TIRE. MANUFACTURING LOCATION POSSIBLY M/S??. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/75R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867358August 10, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHENEVER ABS BRAKES WERE APPLIED VEHICLE WOULD FAIL TO STOP. WOULD LIFT FOOT OFF & APPLIED BRAKES AGAIN BEFORE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO STOP. HAS TAKEN TO DEALER 3 DIFFERENT TIMES, EACH TIME BRAKE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867379August 10, 2000
STEERING
WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN STEERING WHEEL WILL ACTUALLY TURN MORE, WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. STEERING SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES IN APRIL 1998/ AUG 1998, AND APRIL1999. SENSOR WAS STARTING TO GO AGAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867380August 10, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
BATTERY STARTED LEAKING ACID IN FRONT NEAR ENGINE. ALSO, FOUND OUT THAT ACID WAS LEAKING ON THE DRIVEWAY. HAD TAKING BATTERY TO BE REPLACED, THIS BATTERY WAS THE ORIGINAL IN VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867391August 10, 2000
INTERIOR LIGHTING, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
WHILE DRIVING CARGO LIGHTS WILL STOP WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. CARGO LIGHTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES SINCE 1997. *AK BRAKE LIGHTS ARE INOPERABLE DUE TO BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH FAILURE. SERPENTINE BELT FAILED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867396August 10, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ON BUMPY SURFACE BRAKES WILL NOT CATCH, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER CLAIMED IT WAS NORMAL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867459August 10, 2000
STEERING
STEERING WHEEL WOULD ON ANY UNEXPECTED TIME, SUDDENLY AND ABRUPTLY, PULL TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT WHEN GOING INTO A CURVE IN THE ROAD. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT THEY REPLACED THE POWER STEERING PRESSURE SENSOR, AND HE NEEDS TO HAVE IT DONE AGAIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727141August 9, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
WHEN THE TRUCK WAS BOUGHT WE TOLD THE SELLER OF THE PROBLEMS HE SAID THEY WOULD BE FIXED. THEY DIDN'T GET IT, A WEEK LATER IT STARTED TO LOSE CHARGE OF BATTERY I NOTICED THERE WAS AICD ON THE BOTTOM SO I REPLACED IT THATS WHEN IT ALL STARTED, I 'VE HAD IT IN THE SHOP 5X'S. IT HAS HAD 2 ALTERNATORS, 2 BATTERIES, IN THE LAST 3 1/2 MONTHS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727161August 9, 2000
TIRES
A 10 INCH PIECE OF RUBBER BLEW OUT THE SIDE OF TIRE ON A TRIP TO VIRGINA. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK AND THE TIRE BLEW AT 70MPH. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK STOPPED WITHOUT A CRASH. A STATE TROOPER CAME AND CHANGED THE TIRE. SHE TOOK THE TIRE TO A FIRESTONE DEALER AND THEY ACTED LIKE THE TIRE BLOWING OUT WAS NO BIG DEAL. I THINK IT IS!!! BEING 600 MILES FROM HOME ALL SHE COULD DO WAS BUY A NEW TIRE, BUT THE DEALER MADE SURE THAT THEY KEPT THE TIRE THAT BLEW OUT. I WONDER WHY!!!!!( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 16IN. )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727220August 9, 2000
TIRES
WHILE DRIVING MY PICKUP ON A 4 LANE ROAD THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE SIDEWALL BLEW OUT. THERE WAS NO APPARENT REASON FOR THE BLOWOUT. THE TIRE HAD A HOLE IN IT THE SIZE OF A GRAPEFRUIT NEXT TO THE TREAD. I TOOK THE TIRE TO A CHEV DEALER IN PHOENIX ARIZONA AND THEY GAVE ME A DISCOUNT ON ANOTHER TIRE BUT WOULD NOT REPLACE IT FREE. I ALSO WENT TO A FIRESTONE STORE OWNED BY FIRESTONE. THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO EXCEPT SELL ME A NEW SET OF TIRES. THEY DID TELL ME THAT A PASSENGER TIRE FOR A PICKUP WAS NOT THE IDEA TIRE. HOWEVER, THEY TOLD ME TO APPEAL TO WOMEN DRIVERS AND GET A SMOOTH RIDE THEY PUT PASSENGER TIRES LIKE MINE ON CHEVROLET TRUCKS. GREAT HUH? I JUST MISSED HAVING AN ACCIDENT. NOBODY AFTER LOOKING AT THE TIRE COULD TELL ME WHAT CAUSED IT TO EXPLODE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/75R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727387August 9, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
IF I GO TO BRAKE AND THE ROAD IS A TAD BET BUMPY THE BRAKES DO NOT CATCH AND IT TAKES A WHILE TO STOP. HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES. DIDN'T HAPPEN AT DEALERS SO THEY DID NOTHING TO FIX IT. CAME CLOSE TO HITTING VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727011August 8, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
TRUCK SHAKES @ 64MPH. DEALER CANT REPAIR PROBLEM AND MANUFACTURER WONT RETURN MY CALLS OR LETTERS. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN THROWN OFF SIDE OF ROAD, BEACUSE IT MAKES YOU LOSE CONTROL. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THIS TRUCK THIS WAY FOR 14 MONTHS, WITH NO CONCERN FROM DEALER OR MANUFACTURER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727047August 8, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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