Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (1999)

2,384 consumer complaints on file.

#10032399August 7, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
CONSUMER STATED WHILE TRAVELING, THE ABS INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHED ALONG WITH BRAKE LIGHT. FOLLOWED BY A NOISE COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *PH
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029358August 7, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE BLEWOUT. THE OUTER BELT CAME LOOSE FROM THE TIRE AND DID EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO REAR SIDE PANEL AND SMALL DAMAGE TO BACK TAIL GATE. CONSUMER HAD TO PURCHASE A NEW TIRE WITH INSURANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK *CB *JB
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030721August 4, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
ABS FAILURE - THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND LOUD HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM ABS SYSTEM WHEN ENGINE IS OFF AND KEY IS REMOVED. HAD TO PULL 60A FUSE TO STOP THE ABS SYSTEM FROM CONTINUEING TO MAKE NOISE. PULLING THIS FUSE ALSO CAUSE THE MAIN BRAKE INDICATOR LIGHT TO STAY ON, THUS I HAVE NO TRUE INDIDCATION PRESENTLY IF MAIN BRAKE FAILURE OCCURS.*AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030591August 1, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
ABS SYSTEM FAILED. WARNING LIGHT IS ON CONTANTLY AND SOUND OF MOTOR RUNNING UNDER THE VEHICLE. HAD TO PULL 60 AMP ABS FUSE UNDER HOOD TO KEEP FROM DRAINING BATTERY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026727August 1, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THEY LOCKED UP, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK *TS *JB
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10031442July 29, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT
CONSUEMR STATES WHEN COMING TO A STOP ABS LIGHT COMES ON. BRAKE PEDAL MAY GET HARD , AND CONSUMER HAS TO PUMP THE BRAKE TO GET THE PEDAL BACK UP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026233July 28, 2003
PARKING BRAKE
FOR ABOUT A MONTH, THE PARK BRAKE DID NOT HOLD ON HILLS. AN APPOINTMENT WAS MADE ON 7/7/2003 WITH THE DEALER TO REPAIR THE PARK BRAKE. *AK *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024342July 28, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WILDERNESS AT MODEL # P265/75R16 LFT/REAR TIRE DISINTEGRATED ON THE SIDEWALL. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT IT WAS PROBABLY BECAUSE OF AIR PRESSURE.*AK WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE TRUCK SUDDENLY DROPPED TO THE LEFT WITH INDICATIONS OF A BLOWOUT.*TS. THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED THE TREAD ON THE TIRE HAD SEPARATED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029087July 24, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO SHUDDERS AT TAKE OFF BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEARONLY AFTER DRIVEN 15 TO 20 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029128July 24, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
ABS MODULE CONTINUES TO RUN WHEN KEY IS SHUT OFF AND EVENTUALLY KILLS BATTERY.I HAVE COME ACROSS SEVERAL SITUATIONS WHERE ABS WOULD HAVE HELPED SKIDDING;SLIDING ON SNOWY ROADS. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING MY TRUCK FOR QUITE SOMETIME WITHOUT THE PEACE OF MIND THAT ABS COULD GIVE PEOPLE JUST WAITING FOR THAT SITUATION WHERE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN MY TRUCK IF THEY BORROW IT AND DRIVE IT NOT KNOWING THE ABS IS NOT WORKING!!! I DON'T THINK TO TELL THEM BECAUSE ITS BEEN SO LONG SINCE IT HAS WORKED.I CAN' T AFFORD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR, BUT I BELIEVE GM SHOULD AT THE VERY LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM TO THE CURRENT VEHICLE OWNERS AND OFFER SOME KIND OF FULL OR EVEN PARTIAL COMPENSATION FOR THIS POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028784July 22, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
ABS ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE FAILED ON TRUCK. REPLACEMENT COST WAS $860.00. AFTER REVIEWING THE COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WHICH THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028654July 20, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
THE ABS CONTROL MODULE WENT OUT ON MY 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO Z-71 (FOUR WHEEL DISK) WITH ONLY 60,000 MILES. I WAS TOLD THE PART WOULD COST $1147.00 FROM GM, NOT INCLUDING TAX OR LABOR. THE ABS PUMP AND MOTOR CONTINUED TO RUN UNTIL I DISCONNECTED THE 60 AMP FUSE. OF COURSE, NOW THE ABS WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED OF AT LEAST 30 OTHERS SILVERADO OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THE 99 MODEL SEEMS TO HAVE THE MOST PROBLEM. GM REFUSES TO RECALL THE PART, WHICH IS VERY EXPENSIVE. MANY OF THE OTHER "VICTIMS" HAD LESS MILEAGE ON THEIR VEHICLES THAN MINE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028617July 19, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
THE EHCU FOR THE ABS SYSTEM ON MY 1999' CHEVROLET SIVLERADO WENT OUT AFTER JUST 53000 MILES. I HAVE FOUND ENDLESS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ON THE WEB AND IT IS A SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10020124July 18, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM), SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THE ABS PUMP AND THE PCM MODULE WERE GOING BAD. *NLM THIS PROBLEM WAS DISPLAYED IN 1999 SILVERADO'S. THE PROBLEM WAS, THE ABS PUMP CONTINUED TO RUN AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. (THE ABS WAS INOPERATIVE) GM REPRESENTATIVE STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL, BUT AN UPGRADED PART AND THE CONSUMER PAID FOR THE REPAIR. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029440July 16, 2003
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
CONSUMER STATED THAT IT WOULD BE HARD TO OPEN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028358July 15, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS MODULE SHORTED OUT AND NOW THE ANTILOCK BRAKES ARE INOPERABLE. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM BY GENERALS MOTORS. DEALERSHIP SAID THEY REPLACE SEVERAL WEEKLY. ALSO, 2000 SILVERADO`S HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM ,AND I BELEIVE MODULE THEY HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR A NEW MODULE. TOLD GENERAL MOTORS THIS AND ALL THEY COULD SAY WAS "BUT SIR YOURS IS A 1999 MODEL ISN`T IT". NHTSA PLEASE HELP US CONSUMERS . WE ARE DRIVING TRUCKS WITHOUT ANTILOCK BRAKES. HOW SAFE COULD THIS BE? THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026055July 14, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
ABS LIGHT CAME ON THEN HEARD GRINDING SOUND OF ABS MOTOR RUNNING. TURNED OFF VEHICAL ABS MOTOR STILL RUNNING WITHOUT KEY. TOOK VEHICAL TO REPAIR SHOP $1000 ESTIMATE TO REPLACE EBCM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026033July 14, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE FAILURE IN 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. MILEAGE AT TIME OF FAILURE AROUND 19500. CHEVROLET REFUSES ANY HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM.VIN#[XXX] I CONTACTED CHEVROLET DIRECTLY WITH THIS PROBLEM.*AK THIS SEEMS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE THAT CHEVROLET WILL NOT ADDRESS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025999July 13, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
THE ABS BRAKE CONTROLLMODULE IS DEFECTIVE, HAD TO PULL THE 60 AMP FUSE TO GET THE ABS PUMP TO STOP RUNNING, THE DEALER SAYS ITS A COMMON PROBLEM AND WILL COST $1000 TO FIX.TRUCK ONLY HAS 53000 MILES ON IT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025973July 12, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
THE EBCM OF THE ABS HAS INTERNAL SHORT, CAUSING THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM TO STOP WORKING. THIS OCCURRED AT 54200 MILES. THE SERVICE WRITER FOR THORNTON CHEVROLET LITHIA SPRINGS, GA. STATED THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE ESTIMATE TO REPLACE THE EBCM WAS $1000. THE ABS WILL NOT WORK WITH OUT THE EBCM. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE 1999 SILVERADO AND SHOULD BE RECALLED AND REPAIRED AT GMC EXPENSE.*AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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