Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (1999)

2,384 consumer complaints on file.

#10186547March 30, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL TO HAVE THE BRAKES SERVICED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKES, BUT WAS NOW CHARGING THE CONTACT FOR OTHER SERVICES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE DEALER STATED THAT OTHER PARTS ON THE VEHICLE ASSISTED IN CAUSING THE BRAKES TO FAIL. THE MANUFACTURER SUGGESTED THAT THE CONTACT'S DRIVING HABITS MAY BE THE REASON FOR THE FAILURE. ALSO, THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CONTACT SHOULD GET USED TO THE BRAKES JUMPING, AND NEEDED TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 75,000.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10186227March 26, 2007
AIR BAGS
AIR BAGS 1999 CHEVROLET PICKUP FAILED TO OPEN /DEPLOY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
1
#10185378March 17, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
THE ABS PUMP WONT SHUT OFF WHEN I TURN OFF MY TRUCK, CAUSING A DEAD BATTERY. THE PUMP WENT BAD 3 WEEKS AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. DEALER TOLD ME IT WOULD BE AROUND $1000 TO FIX OR I COULD PULL THE FUSE. EVERY PERSON IVE TALKED TO WITH A 99 SILVERADO HAS HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10185286March 16, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
WHEN PUSHING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THERE IS A RESISTANCE, A GRINDING NOISE, AND TRUCK DOES NOT STOP. IF YOU LET OFF THE PEDAL AND IMMEDIATELY PUSH IT AGAIN, PROBLEM IS STOPPED. VERY STRESSFUL DRIVING THIS TRUCK, WHICH IS OUR ONLY VEHICLE AT THIS TIME. NUMEROUS TIMES WE HAVE ALMOST REAR ENDED CARS OR HIT BUILDINGS IN PARKING SPACES. WE TOOK IT TO A GARAGE, THEY REPLACED BOTH REAR CALIPERS AT $375.00, BEFORE I EVEN PULLED OUT OF THE PARKING LOT THE BRAKES DID IT AGAIN. NOW WE CAN'T AFFORD TO REPLACE THE ABS SENSOR DUE TO THE CALIPER BILL. WE LIVE IN KENTUCKY, WHY WEREN'T WE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL? IF OHIO AND INDIANA GET SNOW, SO DO WE AND THEY WERE IN THE RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10184001March 2, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE), STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1550 EXTENDED CAB ANTILOCK BRAKE PUMP CONTINUED TO COME ON AND STAY ON. HE HAD TO DISCONNECT THE ANTILOCK BRAKE PUMP ABOUT ONE MONTH AFTER HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS RECALL O5V379000 FOR THE SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: ANTILOCK. HE STATED THAT THE RECALL WAS REPAIRED ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, THE PUMP ALREADY FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,150, AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 135,000.*AK THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED AND THERE WAS A LEAK COMING FROM THE DRIVERS DOOR. UPDATE 05/04/07*TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10183396February 24, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
CONSTANT NOISE FROM UNDER DRIVERS SIDE ,HAD GM DEALER DIAGNOSE PROBLEM ($75),WAS TOLD ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE HAD INTERNAL SHORT. EXT. WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER THE $900.00 EXPENSE,CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE WHO SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP WITH PROBLEM,SHOWED NO CONCERN OVER THE SAFETY OF HAVING THE ABS SYSTEM WORKING, DEALER TECH. ADVISED TO PULL FUSE. AM KNOW WITHOUT ABS BRAKES. FEEL GM SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS SAFETY ISSUE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10183197February 21, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
ABS LIGHT CAME ON, THEN A ELECTRIC MOTOR SOUND FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE,TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP, WAS A FAILED ABS MODULE. HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME IN 6 YEAR THIS HAS BEEN REPLACED, THE FIRST TIME WAS COVERED BY WARRANTY, THIS TIME COAST 1180 DOLLARS TO REPLACE, I FEEL GM HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE SYSTEM, AND THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL PROBLEM. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10181408February 2, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
DEFECTIVE EBCM . *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10178338January 10, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
FOR SEVERAL MONTHS I HAD NOTICED THAT THE ABS WOULD OCCASIONALLY ENGAGE AT LOW SPEEDS ON DRY PAVEMENT, RESULTING IN INCREASED PEDAL TRAVEL AND INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES. THEN ON DECEMBER 15, AS I LEFT THE HOUSE AND HAD DRIVEN ABOUT 100 YARDS, I HEARD A GRINDING SOUND COMING FROM THE ABS UNIT NEXT TO THE TRANSFER CASE, AND THE NOISE STOPPED WHEN I PULLED THE ABS FUSE. I CALLED O'BRIEN CHEVROLET, AND THE EARLIEST THEY COULD LOOK AT IT WAS DECEMBER 20. THEY LOOKED AT IT, AND TOLD ME THAT THE ABS UNIT HAD DEVELOPED AN INTERNAL SHORT, AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED, COSTING ABOUT $1200.00. I WAS SHOCKED! THIS TRUCK IS IN LIKE-NEW CONDITION, WITH ONLY 37,200 MILES, AND ITS ALWAYS BEEN KEPT IN A GARAGE OR A CARPORT. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT 37,200 MILES IS A NORMAL SERVICE LIFE OF A GENERAL MOTORS ABS UNIT BEFORE THEY DEVELOP SHORTS AND HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10178367January 10, 2007
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
I AM SUBMITTING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE GM HAS NOT REIMBURSED ME FOR A RECALL IN WHICH I PAID FOR OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. THE REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT IS MINUSCULE AND WOULD HAVE BEEN FAR LESS THAN WHAT THE DEALERSHIP WOULD HAVE CHARGED BACK TO GM. PLEASE SEE THE DETAIL TO THIS COMPLAINT BELOW. APRIL 2006 I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM GM, IT STATED THE FOLLOWING: 1. YOUR 1999 MODEL YEAR CHEVROLET SILVERADO, IS INVOLVED IN A SAFETY RECALL 06019. 2. SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT WITH YOUR CHEVROLET DEALER. 3. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FOR YOU AT NO CHARGE. I DO NOT RECALL THE SPECIFIC DATES BUT I SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY LOCAL DEALER WILSON CHEVROLET, STILLWATER OK, I CALLED AND MADE THE APPOINTMENT ON MONDAY AND SCHEDULED THE APPOINTMENT FOR THAT WEDNESDAY. THAT WEDNESDAY I ARRIVED AT 8:00 AM ON TIME AT WILSON CHEVROLET. I SPOKE WITH THE SERVICE GENTLEMEN AT THE DESK AND HE PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT I HAD HAVE TO LEAVE MY VEHICLE. THEY DID NOT OFFER TO GIVE ME A RIDE TO WORK OR ANYTHING, SIMPLY STATING I COULD RESCHEDULE. RESCHEDULE WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION DUE TO I HAD ALREADY TAKEN A LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM WORK AND THE DEALERSHIP WAS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF TOWN; IT WAS A 30 MINUTE DRIVE ROUND TRIP FROM MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. CONSIDERING MY OPTIONS I REMEMBERED THAT IN THE MAILING GM HAD PROVIDED A REIMBURSEMENT FORM. I OPT TO PURCHASE THE CABLES FROM THE DEALER AND REPLACE THEM MYSELF AND FILE A REIMBURSEMENT WITH GM. I ISSUED A REIMBURSEMENT TO GM USING THEIR FORM, I ASKED FOR A REIMBURSEMENT OF $44.44, THE COST OF THE CABLES INCLUDING TAX. ON OCTOBER 16, 2006, A FEW MONTHS LATER AFTER SUBMITTING THE REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST I RECEIVED A DENIAL LETTER DENYING REIMBURSEMENT, NO REASON WAS GIVEN. I ASK NTHSA TO LOOK INTO THESE CLAIMS AS I AM NOT AWARE OF MY RIGHTS TO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT ON A RECALL THAT GM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10178040January 8, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
PULLING INTO A GAS STATION WITH MY SON FROM A ROAD WITH A 45 MPH SPEED LIMIT. SLOWED DOWN TO ATTEMPT TO PARK ON SIDE OF BUILDING AND ABOUT THE LAST 50-75 FEET THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM PULSATES AND BRAKE PEDAL IS SLAMMED DOWN AS HARD AS COULD AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO BRAKES. TRUCK HITS CORNER OF GATE DAMAGING BUMPER,GRILLE,HOOD AND SMALL DENT IN DOOR FROM GATE. TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE RECALL CAMPAIGN 05068 LOOKED AT AND DAMAGE ACCESSED. DEALERSHIP SAYS DAMAGE NOT DUE TO RECALL CAMPAIGN. THEY ALSO STATE THAT THERE ARE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT CAUSED CRASH AND I AM CHARGED $220.00 TO FIX THESE. CALLED CHEVROLET HOT LINE AND OF COURSE THEY DO NOTHING BUT DENY RESPONSIBILITY FOR PRODUCTS THEY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH. THEY INSULT MY GOOD FAITH IN THEM BY ASKING ME HOW TALL I AM (THEY PROBABLY THINK THAT I AM A SHORT PERSON AND INADVERTANTLY STEPPED ON GAS PEDAL INSTEAD OF BRAKE).
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10178133January 8, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ON THE APPROX. DATE LISTED I HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY ABS. SYSTEM RUNNING NON STOP. WHEN I APPROACHED A LOCAL DEALER ABOUT THIS ISSUE, I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FIX OR I COULD JUST PULL THE FUSE AND IGNORE THE LIGHTS THAT WOULD BE ON SO THIS IS WHAT I DID. I WAS RECENTLY NOTIFIED THAT THIS PROBLEM COULD NOW BE FIXED FOR MUCH LESS ($1500). *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10178530January 8, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
DEFECTIVE BRAKE PRESSURE MODULE VALVE ASSEMBLY**CC THE CONSUMER STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10176391December 18, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
LAST FALL I REPORTED TO NHTSA THAT A SOLID BRAKE LINE TUBING FAILED ON MY 1999 SILVERADO WHICH I LOST BRAKING POWER WHICH ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GO OVER THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN JUST BEFORE KINGWOO WV. I HAD THIS REPAIR DONE A THE CHEVY DEALER IN NEARBY OAKLAND MD NAMED TEAM ONE. NO RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED FROM NHTSA. WEDNESDAY THIS PAST WEEK I WAS HEADING FOR CLARKSBURG VAMC WHEN THE SECOND RIDGED BRAKE LINE CRACKED AS THE FIRST. AGAIN I ALMOST LOST THE VEHICLE AS I WAS GONG DOWN HILL JUST OUTSIDE KINGWOOD AND ALMOST LOST THE TRUCK OVER THE MOUNTAIN. AGAIN I GOT IT THIS TIME TO JOE ROMEOS CHEVY DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK. SAME FINDINGS AS THE FIRST AND THEY REITERATED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER IT, BUT I STATED HOW CAN LINES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN STAINLESS STEEL OR RUST RESISTANT THAT FAIL BE EXCLUDED FROM THE WARRANTY? I ASKED THIS OF GM LAST WEEK AND ALL I GOT WAS A BEAT AROUND THE BUSH ANSWER AND THEY WOULD NOT PAY. THIS LEAVES ME WITH OVER $400 IN REPAIR BILLS I HAVE TO PAY. MY TRUCK HAS BEEN AT THE LATEST DEALER FOR ALMOST A WEEK NOW WITH HOPES OF GETTING IT BACK TODAY. THIS WHAT I CALL INFERIOR PARTS BUT MY ELECTRIC WHEEL CHAIR THAT IS IN BACK OF THE VEHICLE I DO HAVE USE OF. [XXX],OF CRL AND ASSOC MOTORCYCLE SAFETY CONSULTANT. ALSO I MENTIONED THE DEALER HAS KNOWLEDGE OF OTHERS THAT THEY BROKE IN SAME MANOR AS MINE. *JB INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10175812December 11, 2006
SEATS
FRONT PASSENGER SEAT SLIDES BACK AND FORTH ON THE TRACK WHEN VEHICLE STOPS AND GOES. PLAY HAS INCREASED OVER TIME TO AT LEAST 1 INCH. CONCERNED THAT IN AN IMMERGENCY STOP AND SEAT COULD DETACH. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10175587December 8, 2006
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE), POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSFER CASE FRACTURED. LESS THAN A YEAR LATER, THE TRANSFER CASE FRACTURED AGAIN. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, THE DIFFERENTIAL FAILED. THE SALES/SERVICE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10175624December 8, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
LOW SPEED CYCLING OF FRONT ABS SYSTEM, OR FALSE ACTIVATION. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10175411December 6, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED ON JUNE 9, 2006 WHERE THE REAR BRAKE LINE FAILED WHILE PULLING BOAT FROM REMOTE FISHING LAKE AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 PM, LEAVING A LARGE AMOUNT OF BRAKE FLUID ON THE GROUND AND ON THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. NO DEALERS ARE OPEN AT THIS HOUR, THEREFORE I HAD TO DRIVE TRUCK WITH ONLY EMERGENCY BRAKE. DELIVERED TRUCK TO THE DEALER DURING BUSINESS HOURS WHERE THE REAR BRAKE LINE WAS REPLACED DUE TO FAILURE FROM BEING CORRODED THROUGH. ASKED FOR INSPECTION OF ALL REMAINING BRAKE LINES AND HAVE THEM REPLACED IF REQUIRED AS I DID NOT WANT THE INCIDENT TO HAPPEN AGAIN - NONE WERE REPLACED AND WAS INFORMED EVERYTHING WAS NOW FINE. 2ND INCIDENT OCCURRED DECEMBER 6, 2006. ANOTHER BRAKE LINE ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FRAME NEAR THE TRANSFER CASE FAILED DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION. THIS HAPPENED AS MY WIFE WAS RETURNING HOME AND DROVE TO THE END OF OUR DRIVEWAY AND WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. OUR HOUSE IS LOCATED ON A HILL AND THE TRUCK WENT OFF THE DRIVE AND HEADED THROUGH THE YARD DOWN THE HILL - LUCKILY SHE PLACED THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT OR INJURY. I INSPECTED ALL OF THE BRAKES LINES AND FOUND THAT ALL ARE SEVERELY CORRODED. IF THEY ARE TOUCHED IN ANY WAY, LARGE FLAKES OF CORROSION COME OFF IN YOU HAND. I WILL NOT RETURN THIS VEHICLE TO A GM DEALER FOR REPAIR AS I WOULD RATHER COMPLETE THE JOB MYSELF RATHER THAN HAVE SOMEONE LIE TO ME AND JEOPARDIZE MY FAMILIES OR MY LIFE ANY FURTHER! *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10175118December 4, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH INTO A SERVICE DEALER, THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL BEGAN TO PULSATE AND THE ABS SYSTEM MADE A BANGING NOISE IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE WAS NOT RESPONSIVE AT ALL. THE VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH THE SERVICE DOOR. THERE WAS 3200 WORTH OF DAMAGE DONE TO THE SERVICE DOOR AND 1500 DOLLARS IN DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE RIGHT FRONT HUB ASSEMBLY. THE REPAIR FIXED THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED. THERE ABS ENGAGE WHEN IT WASN'T NECESSARY. UPDATED 01/10/07. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10174998December 2, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
ANTILOCK BRAKE MODULE FAILURE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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