Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (2003)

2,092 consumer complaints on file.

#10522547July 1, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED WHILE ENTERING A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO HEAR BRAKE FLUID SPRAYING OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND ONTO THE DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 115,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10522574July 1, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
WENT TO APPLY BRAKES. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, NO BRAKING ABILITY. ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP WITH OUT HITTING ANYTHING. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO LOCAL FIRESTONE, BRAKE LINE RUSTED OUT FROM MASTER CYLINDER BACK. $700 FOR REPAIRS. HAD BRAKE LINE REPAIRED LAST YEAR FOR SIMILAR PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10522404June 29, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE ON THE HIGHWAY GOING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH SEVERAL CAR LENGTHS BEHIND 2 CARS IN FRONT OF ME. CARS IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED SUDDENLY. I APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THEY IMMEDIATELY FAILED. SWERVED HARD INTO THE LEFT LANE TO AVOID COLLISION. CHECKED THE BRAKE LINES AND THEY ARE CORRODED AND BURST AT THE POINT OF CORROSION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10522250June 28, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
TRYING TO STOP. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN. ABLE TO AVOID ACCIDENT BECAUSE NO VEHICLE WAS IN FRONT OF ME. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED. TERRIBLE SAFETY HAZARD AND $1000 REPAIR BILL FOR NEW BRAKE LINES AND MASTER CYLINDER. ALL LINES WERE BRITTLE AND CORRODED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10521731June 25, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, STRUCTURE:BODY
IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC FOR APROX 4 MINS AND STOPPING AND STARTING HIT THE BRAKES , PEDDLE GOES TO FLOOR HITTING CAR IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE NO BRAKES. AFTER ACCIDENT POLICE OFFICERS NOTICED FLUID COMING FROM UNDER TRUCK, CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK BECAUSE NO BRAKES AT ALL, WHEN ON TOW TRUCK{ FLAT BED} THEY SAW THAT BRAKES LINES THAT RUN ALONG FRAME WERE TOTALLY ROTTED OUT AND POPPED CAUSING THIS ACCIDENT. TRUCK AT THE SHOP AS WE SPEAK GETTING ALL NEW LINES INSTALLED AT THE COST OF 1000.00. ALWAYS BOUGHT A AMERICAN VEHICLE ALL MY LIFE 55YRS BUT WHEN I GET THIS BACK IT WILL BE FOR SALE....NEVER AGAIN WILL I BUY A CHEVY OR ANY OTHER AMERICAN MADE VEHICLE.....I BEEN A UNION PIPEFITTER 40 YRS 3RD GENERATION,,,,,AND WILL BE SPREADING THE WORD..................... *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10521263June 23, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO DRIVE FOR A MOMENT WHILE PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL. TRUCK WAS IN DRIVE AND WOULD ENGAGE AFTER A FEW SECONDS OF ACCELERATING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10521073June 21, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE ALL BRAKE LINES RUSTED 2,000.00 REPAIR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10520626June 19, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
BROKE 3 BRAKE LINE IN LESS THAN ONE YEAR. CORROSION ISSUE WITH BRAKE LINES AND WHEN YOU GO TO STOP FAST TO AVOID HITTING SOMETHING THE BRAKE LINE BLOWS OUT AND PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND YOU HIT OBJECT. ALL OF THE CHEVY TRUCKS ARE DOING THIS FROM 2000 TO 2005. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10520063June 17, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
DUE TO A SUDDEN BURSTING OF THE BRAKE LINES, 3 OF THE 5 LINES IN THE CLUSTER BELOW THE DRIVERS DOOR, THE MASTER CYLINDER EMPTIED OUT CAUSING THE TRUCK TO HAVE NO BRAKES. THIS HAPPENED WHEN MY DAUGHTER AND HER THREE CHILDREN WERE DRIVING IN A BUSY WASHINGTON, DC SUBURB. THANK GOD NO ONE WAS HURT! VERY DANGEROUS! AFTER INSPECTION, THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS INSIDE THE PLASTIC RETAINER CLIPS THAT HOLD THEM TO THE FRAME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10515857June 9, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
BACKED INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND PRESSED BRAKE TO STOP AND PEDAL WAS SUDDENLY EXTREMELY SOFT AND WENT VERY FAR DOWN. I HAD NO BRAKES AT ALL AT THIS POINT. I HAD TO USE MY EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP WHILE ONLY GOING A FEW MILES AN HOUR. I WAS RUNNING ERRANDS EARLIER AND HAD ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING BRAKES WERE ABOUT TO COMPLETELY FAIL, NO AUDIBLE OR VISUAL WARNING FROM INSTRUMENTATION AT ALL, AND NO PRIOR SOFT PEDAL OR POOR STOPPING CAPABILITY. I WANT GM TO PAY FOR ALL NEW BRAKE LINES FOR THIS TRUCK NOW! UPON INSPECTION, ALL THE BRAKE LINES ARE IN AN ADVANCED STATE OF CORROSION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513690May 27, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I LOSS ALL MY BRAKES AND ALMOST HIT SOMEONE. LOOKED UNDER TRUCK FOUND FLUID LEAKING FROM BACK DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL. AFTER CLIMBING UNDER TRUCK FOUND ALL MY BRAKE LINES ARE EXTREMELY CORRODED. I LOOKED AT CARS THAT ARE WAY OLDER AND HAD A LOT MORE MILES IN MY AREA AND THEY HAVE NO CORROSION. I EXPECT CHEVROLET TO FIX ALL MY LINES AT THEIR COST BECAUSE THIS IS NOT NORMAL TO SEE WITH A VEHICLE WITH 55000 MILES AND TO FIX ONE LINE WILL NOT FIX ALL THE LINES ON THE TRUCK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513542May 25, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
STOPPED TO GET GAS. AS I WAS PULLING OUT THE LOT, BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR. TRIED TO PUMP BRAKES TO PRESSURIZE. I DECIDED TO PULL OVER. AS I WAS TURNING OFF ROAD TO INVESTIGATE I HEARD A LOUD POP. CHECK BRAKE LIGHT AND AUDIBLE CAME ON. PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY ONLY TO DISCOVER BRAKE LINE HAD RUPTURED. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED ALL BRAKE LINE TUBINGS WERE SEVERELY CORRODED. CHEVY HAD FINALLY MADE WISE DECISION TO GO STAINLESS STEEL FOR EXHAUST SYSTEM. PUZZLING WHY THEY DID NOT MAKE SAME DECISION FOR THE BRAKE LINES. BRAKE SYSTEM IS CRITICAL SAFETY ITEM THAT SHOULD MANDATE HIGHEST SAFETY MEASURES. NOT THE EXHAUST SYSTEM! I WAS FORTUNATE FAILURE DID NOT OCCUR ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS ABLE TO TOW THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIR. WHILE PULLING INTO PARKING STALL AT THE DEALER, I HEARD ANOTHER LOUD POP. AND EVEN THOUGH MY FOOT WAS ON BRAKES, THE TRUCK BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. I HAD TO PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK TO STOP. IT APPEAR THERE WAS JUST ENOUGH STOPPING POWER TO GET OFF THE ROAD. MUST ADVISE ANYONE WHO EXPERIENCE THIS NOT TO ATTEMPT TO DRIVE HOME! NO MATTER HOW CLOSE. I WAS CONSIDERING THIS OPTION. GOOD THING MY GOOD SENSE PREVAILED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513375May 24, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, HE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT DROPPED TO THE FLOOR BOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10512816May 20, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
DRIVING DOWN 2 LANE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 40 IN A 45 MPH ZONE. TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNED YELLOW AT THE WORST POSSIBLE MOMENT. DECIDED TO PANIC STOP, PRESSED THE PEDAL HARD, IMMEDIATELY THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKE WARNING CAME ON. TRUCK DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT BRAKING TO STOP AND I HAD TO PLOW THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, THANK GOD I MADE IT THROUGH SAFELY. FROM THIS POINT UNTIL I REACHED HOME, VERY LITTLE BRAKING WAS POSSIBLE, VERY UNSAFE. UPON INSPECTION, THE REAR LINE HAD BURST, REQUIRING $200 IN REPAIRS. A FEW MONTHS EARLIER THE GAS LINE RUSTED THROUGH ALSO, COSTING ANOTHER $200. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10512817May 20, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
SLOWING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT I NOTICED THE PEDAL DEPRESSING MORE THAN NORMAL. AT LIGHT THE PEDAL DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR OF THE CAR, BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. UNSAFE RIDE HOME WITH ALMOST ZERO BRAKING. LEFT FRONT BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED OUT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511832May 14, 2013
ENGINE, FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
FUEL INJECTORS REPLACED ALL 8 INJECTORS AT 34901 MILES, AGAIN AT 85039, AND AGAIN AT 141,000 AND NOW AGAIN AT 185,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511596May 12, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
PUSHED BRAKE PEDAL WHILE TRAVELING SLOW (THANKFULLY) ON COUNTRY ROAD. LOST PRESSURE AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, PULLED OVER AND STOPPED WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. BRAKE HARD LINE RUPTURED, PRESUMABLY DUE TO CORROSION BUT UNVERIFIED AT THIS TIME, AT THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION BENEATH DRIVER'S FEET. PLEASE DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO INITIATE A RECALL. THERE CAN BE NO EXCUSE ALLOWED FOR THE BRAKING SYSTEM, AND MINE WAS FAR FROM A UNIQUE CASE. AS IT TURNS OUT, I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE LOCALLY THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED BRAKE LINE FAILURE ON GM TRUCKS THAT NEVER REPORTED TO THE NHTSA. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511001May 7, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED AN INACCURATE READING OF 80 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 84,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10512138April 28, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
TRUCK EXPERIENCED CATASTROPHIC BRAKE FAILURE WHEN A CORRODED RIGHT FRONT BRAKE LINE RUPTURED DURING AN ATTEMPTED HARD STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR AND THE TRUCK CONTINUED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. PUMPING THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD NO EFFECT. SHIFTING THE TRANSMISSION DOWN AND APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE EVENTUALLY STOPPED THE TRUCK. FLUID LEAKING FROM THE RUPTURE DRAINED THE MASTER CYLINDER RESERVOIR WITHIN FIVE MINUTES. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF ALL THE BRAKE LINES REVEALED SEVERE CORROSION AND PITTING AT MANY LOCATIONS ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE TRUCK. DESPITE HAVING THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES ON SEPARATE HYDRAULIC CIRCUITS, THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH BRAKING CAPABILITY REMAINING TO SAFELY DRIVE THE TRUCK, EVEN AT LOW SPEEDS. THIS WAS A VERY CLOSE CALL AND IT IS EVIDENT THAT THE CORROSION RESISTANCE OF THE BRAKE LINES IS SUBSTANDARD, POSING A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10509516April 25, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS DRIVING ALONG COASTING AT A LOWER THAN NORMAL SPEED, (FORTUNATELY) BECAUSE I SAW THE TRAFFIC LIGHT WAY AHEAD OF ME TURN RED....NOT TOWING ANYTHING...NO LOAD IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES,IN A NORMAL/NOT PANICKED MANNER, THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. THERE NEVER WERE ANY WARNINGS/LIGHTS, EVEN AFTER THE FAILURE. LUCKILY I HAD ENOUGH TIME, AND PIECE OF MIND, TO MANIPULATE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, AND COME SCREECHING TO A STOP (BY JUST THE REAR BRAKES) WITH ONLY A COUPLE FEET TO SPARE. IF I HADN'T, (OR IF THE E-BRAKE HADN'T WORKED) I WOULD HAVE PLOWED INTO SEVERAL SMALL CARS THAT WERE STOPPED AT THE LIGHT., WITH MY BIG CREW CAB TRUCK. CERTAINLY SEVERELY INJURING MANY PEOPLE! I DISCOVERED THE REAR BRAKE LINE HAD FAILED...TOTALLY...IT IS A PILE OF RUST...RESULTING IN COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE! I CAN SEND YOU A PHOTO....I WOULD LIKE TO SEND YOU A PHOTO! ALL OF THE LINES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO SAFELY OPERATE THIS VEHICLE AGAIN... I HAVE ALSO FOUND (WITH A QUICK INTERNET SEARCH) COUNTLESS OTHER IDENTICAL INSTANCES OF THIS OCCURRING IN SIMILAR MODEL YEAR GM TRUCKS.. MANY, YEARS PRIOR TO IT HAPPENING TO ME! MINE ONLY HAS 50K MILES ON IT, AND IS GARAGE KEPT...AND ALWAYS KEPT SPOTLESS. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT IF A BRAKE LINE FAILED, THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS SUPPOSED TO SHIFT OVER TO SHUNT/PREVENT THE LEAKING LINE FROM BLEEDING PRESSURE...SO THE REST OF THE BRAKES WOULD WORK?? (NOT LIKE IN THE MOVIES) THE GOV'T MANDATES 5 MPH BUMPERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE UNDER THE SUN, BUT NOT THIS TYPE OF REDUNDANT BRAKE FEATURE? WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? THEY DO A RECALL BECAUSE THE TAILGATE CABLES RUST, AND MIGHT DAMAGE THE TAILGATE, BUT DON'T FOR RUSTING BRAKE LINES THAT COULD KILL PEOPLE!!?? THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!!!! I'M VERY ANXIOUS TO HEAR A REPLY TO THIS.. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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