Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (1997)

955 consumer complaints on file.

#10153915March 28, 2006
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS DIFFICULT TO CLOSE DUE TO THE LATCH. ALTHOUGH THE DEALER WAS ALERTED, NO APPOINTMENT WAS MADE FOR REPAIRS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10152421March 10, 2006
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STANDING ON THE TAILGATE OF THE VEHICLE BROKE CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 06V066000 CONCERNING THE TAILGATE: HINGES: ATTACHMENTS. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN AND THE YEAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN ALERTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10150237February 14, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ABS ENGAGED WHILE STOPPING AT SPEEDS OF 10MPH OR LESS. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 05V379000, REGARDING THE ANTILOCK BRAKES. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEM PERSISTED, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SEEN BY A DEALER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10147904January 17, 2006
STEERING
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT INTERMITTENTLY. THE PULLING OCCURS SUDDENLY AND LAST FOR ONLY A SECOND. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED FOR THE PROBLEM BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP IN 2000. THE REPAIR SHOP WAS UNABLE ABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PULLING. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED AND THE CONTACT CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER YESTERDAY. THE DEALER WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE A POSSIBLE CAUSE BY PHONE AND SUGGESTED REPAIRING THE STEERING SENSOR. *NM UPDATED 03/17/06. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10146848January 4, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE EXITING A RAMP IN LEXINGTON, KY, THE ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM ON MY PICK-UP FAILED, RESULTING IN MY TRUCK NOT BEING ABLE TO STOP. THIS RESULTED IN MY TRUCK ENTERING ON-COMING TRAFFIC AND CAUSED AN NON-INJURY ACCIDENT. MY FAMILY WAS PRESENT IN THE VEHICLE, INCLUDING MY 3 YEAR OLD SON. THE TRUCK WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME, AND IS PREPARING TO BE REPAIRED. THE BRAKING SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MAL-FUNCTION WITHOUT WARNING, REDUCING OR ELIMINATING THE ABILITY TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM KICKS IN CONSTANTLY, AND WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THE TRUCK WILL NOT IMMEDIATELY STOP. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10145863December 21, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON MY 1997 CHEVROLET C-1500 PICK-UP TRUCK FUNCTION INTERMITTENTLY. AT THE FIRST RAIN OF THE SEASON, THE WIPERS WOULD NOT WORK. THIRTY MINUTES LATER, THE WIPERS BEGAN WORKING AGAIN. THE WIPERS HAVE FAILED TO FUNCTION ON SIX SEPARATE OCCASIONS NOW. FOR AN UNEXPLAINABLE REASON, THEY RESUME WORKING AFTER WAITING A PERIOD OF TIME RANGING FROM TEN TO THIRTY MINUTES. THE TRUCK CANNOT BE DRIVEN WHEN THE WIPERS ARE NOT WORKING. (SAFETY ISSUE AND VEHICLE CODE VIOLATION) NO REPAIRS YET TAKEN. RUMOR CIRCULATING THAT GM MAY RECALL THE WIPER CIRCUITRY BOARD. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10145729December 20, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
FROM EVERYTHING I'VE READ AND RESEARCHED, MY 1997 CHEVROLET K1500 FROM MINNESOTA HAS THE CORRODED ABS SPEED SENSORS. AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN STOPPING THE ABS COMES ON EVEN ON DRY PAVEMENT. THIS HAS CAUSE ME ROLL OUT INTO INTERSECTIONS UNABLE TO STOP. THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS DEFECT COULD BE CATASTROPHIC. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A RECALL, BUT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE 1997 OR MINNESOTA WHICH MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE CONSIDERING THE PROBLEM AND ITS POTENTIAL RISKS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10145735December 20, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WIPER MOTOR INTERMITTENTLY QUITS WORKING. THE WIPERS QUIT WHEN RAINING OR SNOWING CAUSING ZERO VISABLILITY AND THE VERY HIGH RISK OF CRASHING. THERE WAS A 2003 RECALL FOR A BAD SOLDER JOINT IN THE MOTOR, BUT IT ONLY INCLUDED VEHICLES WITH 70, 000 MILES OR LESS THUS ELIMINATING 95 PERCENT OF THE 1997'S ON THE ROAD. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10144841December 9, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
I OWN A 1997 CHEVROLET PICKUP TRUCK VIN [XXX]. MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL TO WORK AT VARIOUS TIMES. I'VE ALMOST HAD TWO WRECKS DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. I CALLED GENERAL MOTORS AND THEY TOLD ME MY TRUCK IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE THE RECALL PROBLEM WITH MY WIPERS. GM TOLD ME TO HAVE IT FIXED AND TO SAVE MY RECEIPT FOR A FUTURE RECALL. *NM UPDATED 07/17/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10144760December 8, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ON 1997 CHEVROLET K1500 ACTIVATING AT LOW SPEEDS - JUST STARTED. THIS IS ON A TRUCK 2 YEARS OLDER THAN CURRENTLY BEING RECALLED IN OTHER STATES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10144787December 8, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PULLING OUT FROM A PARKING PLACE OR SLOWING DOWN, AND WHEN PRESSING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, BRAKES WILL BECOME STIFF AND WILL PULSATE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10144627December 7, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS BRAKES SYSTEM ENGAGES AT LOW SPEEDS MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT STARTED IN 2001 WHEN I LIVED ON EAST COAST. IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED BUT AT MY EXPENSE. THE RECALL THAT IS BEING ISSUED SHOULD INCLUDE VEHICLES IN A BROADER RANGE THAN ONLY 1999-2002 AS THIS 1997 HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE NEWER VEHICLES. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10144629December 7, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS BRAKES ARE PULSING AT LOW SPEEDS AND WILL NOT STOP QUICKLY. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10144696December 7, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES COME ON AT 6 MPH REGARDLESS OF ROAD CONDITIONS. THIS MAKES THE TRUCK HARDER TO STOP AT LOW SPEEDS BECAUSE THE BRAKE PEDAL AUTOMATICALLY PUMPS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10144619December 6, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ANTILOCK BRAKES ENGAGE AT SLOW SPEEDS NEEDING FURTHER STOPPING DISTANCES. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS. I HAVE CALLED THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND CHECKED FOR RECALLS ON THIS DEFECT. WHEN I DID FIND OUT THEY WERE RECALLING IN OTHER STATES I AGAIN CALLED THE DEALER TO COMPLAIN. NOW THAT THERE IS A RECALL I FIND THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10144195December 2, 2005
SEATS
I WAS STOPPED IN TRAFFIC AND WAS REAR ENDED BY A FORD F-150 GOING 20-40 MPH ESTIMATED. BOTH MY SON AND I WERE HURLED BACKWARDS BECAUSE THE SEATS COLLAPSED BACKWARDS. WE BOTH SUSTAINED INJURIES TO OUR NECKS AND BACKS. I BELIEVE THAT IF WE WERE NOT REAR ENDED OR THE SEATS WOULDN'T HAVE COLLAPSED WE WOULD HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY INJURIES. I BELIEVE THESE SEATS HAVE A POTENTIAL OF BEING DANGEROUS AND THE COMPANY NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT RIGHT AWAY BEFORE SOME ELSE GETS INJURED. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10144137December 1, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
HAVE A 1997 CHEVY C1500 FULL SIZE TRUCK AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. THEY WORK WHEN THEY WANT TO AND THEY TURN OFF WHEN THEY WANT. ALMOST GOT IN TO A ACCIDENT BECAUSE THEY STOPPED WITH NO WARNING IN THE MIDDLE OF A DOWNPOUR. THEN THEY START BACK UP A FEW MINUTES LATER THEN REPEATED ITS SELF. NOW THERE IS A RECALL FOR 1997 TRUCKS BUT MY VIN# WAS NOT INCLUDED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10143593November 24, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
1997 K 2500 TRUCK PROBLEM WITH ENGINE STALLING AND SURGING WILL STALL AT HIGH SPEEDS AND WITH HYDRO BOOST THERE ARE ONLY 10 % BRAKING POWER THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES WITH EACH TIME A FAILURE OF A PMD BOX ON ENGINE THAT THE DEALER SAYS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM SINCE 1994 I HAVE HAD REPLACED 4 TIMES WITH THE RESULT THE SAME A DANGEROUSLY CLOSE CALL WHEN THE VEHICLE SURGES IN TO TRAFFIC OR THE BRAKES FAIL WHEN THE ENGINE STALLS AFTER LOOKING THE DEALER WAS PUSHED BUY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE OEM PART BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO REPAIR THE RISK OF DRIVING AFTER I LEAVE THE DEALER AND A FAILURE HAPPENS I HAVE TO BELIEVE THIS IS A PROBLEM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ACCIDENT OTHER THAN MINE MUST HAVE HAPPENED THE DEALER AND THE STANADINE DEALER IN TOLEDO ADMIT THESE ARE A CONTINUING PROBLEMS THAT IS NOT GOING AWAY. THE SAFETY CONCERN IS REAL AND MUST BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOME ONE IF NOT ALREADY GETS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10143095November 18, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 03V159000 CONCERNING THE WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER. THIS VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL, BUT IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. UPDATED 05/30/06. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10142737November 15, 2005
VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
DT: CONTACT STATES THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER; THEY STATED THIS HAPPENS BECAUSE OF A FAULTY SENSOR. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE PROGRESSIVELY BECAME WORSE. THE DEALERSHIP OFFERED NO FREE REMEDY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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