Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (1998)

800 consumer complaints on file.

#733062October 1, 2000
TIRES
TIRE BLOW OUT CAUSED ACCIDENT ON 09/26/2000 - CAUSED LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND SERIOUS SPINE INJURY. LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AND THAT MY 2 LITTLE GIRLS WERE NOT WITH ME AT THE TIME. (TIRESIZE: LT225/75R1)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT225/75R1 )
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#871872September 29, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE CONSUMER WILL FILL INFORMATION CONCERNING TIRE TREAD SEPARATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#871658September 27, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 15MPH AND WAS SLOWING DOWN FOR A STOP SIGN, APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND IN THE PROCESS HE HIT A BUMP AND VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD. WHEN VEHICLE STOPPED, IT WAS IN THE STREET PASSING THE CROSSWALK. ABS BRAKING SYSTEM DIDN'T KICK IN. CONSUMER STATED THAT HE HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#871359September 24, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
BRAKES ARE GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE WHENEVER THEY ARE APPLIED. THIS WOULD CAUSE VEHICLE TO SHIMMY. IT WOULD ALSO INCREASE THE STOPPING DISTANCE. HAVE NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731925September 19, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
I HAVE TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO CONTACT CHEVROLET TO GET ATTENTION BROUGHT TO THE ISSUE. I KEEP BEING TOLD THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM, BUT STILL NO WORD FROM THEM. EVERYTIME THEY SAY THEY WILL GET BACK TO ME, NO ONE EVER DOES. THE BRAKES LOCK UP WHEN IT IS WET OUTSIDE SOMETIMES THEY DON'T WORK AT ALL, AND SOMETIMES THEY WORK GREAT. I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR MY BRAKES TO BE FIXED. WE HAVE CONSULTED 2 AUTHORIZED CHEVROLET DEALERS AND THEY CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I AM BACK INTO A CORNER AND DO NOT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. I RISK MY LIFE, MY WIFE'S LIFE, OUR 6 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER'S LIFE, AND EVERYONE OUT ON THE ROAD WHEN I DRIVE THE TRUCK. THIS IS THE ONLY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION I HAVE TO GET BACK AND FORTH TO WORK. I WOULD APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING INTO THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU, DANIEL L. MCKINNEY
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731797September 18, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
BRAKES FAILED DUE TO BATTERY ACID LEAK ON BRAKE TUBING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870797September 18, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
FACTORY INSTALLED BATTERY IS LEAKING ACID ONTO METAL TUBING OF THE BRAKE LINE CAUSING IT TO CORRODE AND EAT LINE AWAY, RESULTING IN LOSS OF BRAKES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870585September 15, 2000
TIRES
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT. DEALER COULD NOT REPAIR THE TIRES. DEMON, GROUNDHOG 2, 361450R165LT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870511September 14, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
ON TOP OF ENGINE ELECTRICAL WIRES ARE CONNECTED, AND FUEL IS BYPASSING INTO CONTROL MODULE. WHEN VEHICLE IS UNDER PRESSURE, IT CAUSES FUEL TO LEAK INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT, WHICH COULD COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE MANIFOLD, CAUSING A FIRE HAZARD. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869849September 7, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1998, CHEVROLET, SILVERADO, LT245/75R16 SIZE, DOT#:VNIIBAB318. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS LEFT REAR TIRE SIDEWALL BLEWOUT AROUND THE WHOLE RIM.*AK FIRESTONE 245/75/R16 *MW
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
#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
#869010August 29, 2000
TIRES:BEAD
FIRESTONE, STEELTEX AT, TIRE SIZE 245/75R16 , 35,000 ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH CHEVROLET, 1500, 1998. FRONT TIRES INNER TREAD IS SINKING POSSIBLY DUE INNER CORDS THAT CONTRACTED, AND PULLED IN.*AK ALL OF THE FOUR TIRES HAVE THE SAME DEFECT. THE INNER TREADS WERE SINKING. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868342August 22, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
BATTERY WAS LEAKING BATTERY ACID. POST THAT WAS HOOKED UP TO CABLE FELL OFF, AND THAT WAS WHY VEHICLE WOULDN'T START. ELECTRICAL SOCKET AND BRAKE LINE HAD SOME PAINT DAMAGE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT WARRANTY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868357August 22, 2000
STEERING
STEERING WHEEL FEELS SLIPPERY & WOULD JERK OR PULL TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT ON ITS OWN. TOOK TO DEALER & HAD REPLACED THE OLD SENSOR WITH A NEW EVO SENSOR IN THE STEERING COLUMN. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT & COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728489August 20, 2000
TIRES
COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION, MUCH LIKE DESCRIBED ON FORD EXPLORER INCIDENTS. IN OUR CASE (LUCKILY) I COULD MAINTAIN VEHICLE CONTROL, SINCE THE TIRE DID NOT BLOW OUT. I SUSPECT FIRESTONE HAS QUALITY PROBLEMS ON TIRES OTHER THAN THE EXPLORER SIZE. THE INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE SERIOUS IF THE TIRE HAD BLOWN. NOTE THAT THE WHILE THE BASIC CHASSIS IS A CHEVROLET (EXPRESS VAN), IT WAS MODIFIED TO A MOTOR HOME BY HOME & PARK MOTORHOMES, 100 SHIRLEY AVE., KITCHENER, ONTARIO, CANADA N2B 2E1 TEL. 519-745-1169. WHILE ON A '98 CHEVROLET CHASSIS, THE MOTORHOME IS DESCRIBED AS A '99 ROADTREK 200. IF YOU CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION ON HOW TO DETERMINE "DOT" IDENTIFICATION, I WILL BE HAPPY TO TRY TO GET YOU THAT INFO. NOTE THAT THE FAILED TIRE WAS TRADED IN ON A NEW TIRE AT DORSEY TIRE & TRAILER, PO BOX 1157, BRUNSWICK, GA 31521, TEL. 912-261-9947, SO MAY HAVE BEEN DISCARDED. I ASSUME THE OTHER 4 TIRES WOULD HAVE THE SAME DOT INFO. DORSEY'S PAPERWORK LISTED "DOT OFF/BRAND" AS SP872KD120 AND "DOT ON/BRAND" AS V611B1C2700. PERHAPS THIS IS THE DATA YOU NEED. ALSO, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT NUMBERS MOLDED INTO THE OUTER WALL OF THE TIRE: E.G. 120/116R & TPC SPEC 2012MS. I FOUND YOUR FORMAT FOR THE "FAILED COMPONENT/PART INFORMATION" A TAD CONFUSING - SUGGEST 2 SETS OF BOXES: ONE FOR DESCRIPTION, LOCATION ETC. AND ANOTHER FOR CRASH, FIRE ETC.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT245/75R1 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728364August 18, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST
THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE A VACUUM LEAK IN THE POWER BRAKE ASSIST UNIT . THERE IS A CLEARLY AUDIBLE HISSING SOUND WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED WHILE THE ENGINE IS RUNNING, STOPPING POWER HAS DIMINISHED BY APPROXIMATELY75% WITH THE ABILITY TO STOP QUICKLY { IN LESS THAN 100 FEET} VIRTUALLY NIL. THIS PROBLEM DEVELOPED WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR SIGNS OF GRADUAL FAILURE. AT THE ONSET OF THE FAILURE I WAS PULLING A TRAILER EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRIC BRAKES,FOR THE REMAINDER OF MY TRIP I RELYED HEAVILY ON THE TRAILER BRAKES TO SAFELY COME TO A STOP. WITH OUT THE TRAILER TO ASSIST ME STOPPING THE VEHICLE WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND UN RELYABLE. THANK YOU.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727980August 15, 2000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867825August 15, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, VEHICLE WILL PULL TO LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT. ALSO, STEERING WHEEL WILL BOUNCE/SHAKE. DEALER HAS TURNED ROTORS AT 40,000 MILES, BUT DEFECT KEEPS OCCURRING .DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO STOP VIBRATION. ALSO, BRAKES DO NOT CATCH RIGHT AWAY, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *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

← Back to Chevrolet Silverado