Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (1999)

2,384 consumer complaints on file.

#769964November 20, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
I HAVE HAD THREE PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS BRAKES. FIRST PROBLEM WAS THE TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP WHILE TOWING MY TAILER WITH ELECTRIC BRAKES AND DOING 10MPH ON DRY, LEVEL ROAD. THE SECOND WAS SAME AS FIRST BUT WITHOUT THE TAILER. BOTH TIMES THE DEALER FOUND NOTHING. THE THIRD WAS THAT THE REAR ROTORS HAD RUSTED OVER AND THE PADS WERE DOWN TO THE METAL BACKING. THIS WAS ALL BEFORE 21,000 MILES AND I HAD TO PAY FOR THE PADS. GM ONLY PAID FOR THE ROTORS. NOW THE TRUCK IS OUT OF WARRANTY THE MODULE HAS GONE BAD AND AFTER SEVERAL PHONE CALLS TO GM THEY SAID THEY WILL ONLY PAY 30% OF THE REPAIR BILL AND I WILL HAVE TO PICK UP THE OTHER 70%. TALKING TO THE DEALER THEY TELL ME GM HAS A PROBLEM AND GM KNOWS IT. GM TOLD THE DEALER THE TRUCKS WERE NOT DESIGNED FOR THE WEATHER IN THE NORTHEAST (SNOW, SALT, WATER) SO WHY ARE THEY SELLING THESE TRUCKS WHERE THEY KNOW THEIR GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS. THIS PROBLEM IS GOING TO GET SOMEONE HURT IF NOT KILL IF SOMEONE DOESN'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. A MECHANIC FRIEND AT THE GMC DEALERSHIP IN TOWN SAID THAT THE LOCATION OF THE ABS SYSTEM IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM. HE ALSO SAID THAT THEY HAVE REPLACED QUIT A FEW UNITS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS IN GMC TRUCKS. WHY DON'T THEY DO A RECALL AND FIX THE PROBLEM. DT
Crash:
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022854November 18, 2002
STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS SYSTEM ON HIS VEHICLE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT IT WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED AND THAT IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. TS
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022923November 18, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SHOCK ABSORBER
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT THE ABS SYSTEM ON THE VEHICLE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE ABS SYSTEM PUMP WENT OUT AND IT WILL COST $820.00 TO REPLACE AND THAT IS ONLY FOR THE PUMP AND NOT LABOR. TS
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769701November 14, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
BATTERY LEAKING ACID ON GARAGE FLOOR FROM POSITIVE TERMINAL POST OF BATTERY. I HAVE BEEN READING OF MANY OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FOR CHEVROLET TAHOE/YUKON OF SAME YEAR THAT HAS CAUSED CRASHES DUE TO BRAKE LINE CORROSION AND SUBSEQUENT FAILURE. MY DEALER FOUND BATTERY LEAK, BUT DID NOT INFORM ME OF ANY BRAKE LINE INSPECTION SO I AM NOT CERTAIN MY VEHICLE IS SAFE. I REPLACED BATTERY MYSELF AND USED BAKING SODA AND WATER TO NEUTRALIZE ACID AS PER DEALER INSTRUCTION. (BEFORE INSTALLING NEW BATTERY) I THOUGHT I SHOULD REGISTER COMPLAINT THAT THIS CONDITION OCCURED. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769657November 13, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
ABS BRAKES SEVERLY RESIST THE OPERATORS ATTEMPTS TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP AT SLOW SPEED. THE BRAKE PEDAL VIBRATES BUT INCREASED PRESSURE BY THE OPERATOR WILL NOT BEING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF OF THE PEDAL COMPLETELY, THEN SLAM IT DOWN WITH FORCE TO GET THE TRUCK TO JERK TO A STOP MANY FEET PAST WHERE IT WOULD NORMALLY STOP. THIS FREQUENTLY CAUSES A LOSS OF CONTROL AT SLOW SPEED SUCH AS PULLING UP TO A GAS PUMP OR STOPPING AT AN INTERSECTION. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP UNTIL IT WAS WELL INTO AN INTERSECTION. DEALER WOULD NOT REPAIR UNLESS "THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON" WHICH IT NEVER DID. OWNER REMOVED THE ABS FUSE AND THE VEHICLE STOPS NORMALLY WITH ABS DISABLED. OWNER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THE 1999 SILVERADO WHICH REQUIRES NEARLY $1000 TO REPAIR, BUT GM WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIR OF THESE OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE ABS SYSTEMS. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769594November 12, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
THE BREAK PEDEL BECOMES ROCK HARD AND THE TRUCK WILL NOT STOP HAVE TO USE THE EMERGANCY BRAKE WHEN THE ANTILOCK BRAKE FUSE IS REMOVED THE BRAKES WORK FINE. BEFORE I REMOVED THE FUSE WAS ALMOST IN MANY CRASHES, IF I HAD NOT USED THE E BRAKE!!!!!!!!!! DT
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769600November 12, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
MANY PEOPLE SIMPLY PULL FUSE OR DISCONNECT ABS PUMP POWER AND GO WITHOUT ABS BECAUSE OF THE COST OF REPAIRS. DUE TO THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE, THIS COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY PROBLEM. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022579November 12, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR
CONSUMER STATES THE BACK ROTORS HAVE COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED AND COULD NOT BE CUT OR TURNED UPON RECENT BRAKE SERVICE. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022614November 12, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
CONSUMER STATED THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE CONTROL MODULE FAILED. MR *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769584November 11, 2002
PARKING BRAKE
EMERGENCY BRAKE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR AND WILL NOT HOLD ON HILL. STUTZMAN TOLD ME CHEVROLET IT IS NORMAL ON THIS MODEL TRUCK. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769525November 10, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
ECBM SHORTED OUT. LOCATED ON TOP OF ABS BRAKE PUMP, ATTACHED TO FRAME UNDER DRIVERS SEAT. DEALER WANTED $1100 TO FIX, $770 PART. BOUGHT PART $409 (DISCOUNT) HAD INSTALLED FOR $300, CALLED CHEVROLET SERVICE HELP. NO HELP!! GOT OTHER RECALLS FIXED AT DEALER. DEALER NOR ME COULDN'T GET HOLD OF CHEVORLET SERVICE HELP. ECBM LOCATED WHERE WATER CAN DAMAGE IT. SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH 1999. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769517November 9, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
I HAVE TALKED WITH OVER 50 PEOPLE JUST IN THE KNOXVILLE AREA THAT HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM - A "BURNT OUT ELECTRICAL DELAY IN THE ABS UNIT" - COSTING UPWARDS OF $1000 TO FIX. I HAVE PUT LESS THAN 5000 ON THIS VEHICLE FROM MY DATE OF PURCHASE EARLIER THIS YEAR. I AM STILL UNDER DEALER WARRANTY AND I WILL BE DEMANDING A REFUND AND AN EXPLANATION. IF SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS SAME EXACT PROBLEM, SOME PEOPLE TOLD ME IT IS CAUSED BY WATER FROM THE LEFT TIRE SPLASHING ON THE SPEED SENSORS, VITRUALLY RENDERING THEM USELESS, THEN WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL? DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022342November 7, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
CONSUMER STATE WHEN DEPRESSING THE GAS PEDAL TO GAIN SPEED CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO USE FORCE TO DEPRESS THE PEDAL WITHOUT ANY INDICATION PEDAL WOULD BECOME STUCK. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022431November 7, 2002
WHEELS
THE VEHICLE HAS BAD WHEEL SPINDLE AND BEARERS CREATE A GRINDING NOISE. COMING FROM THE LEFT AND RIGHT TIRES. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. DEALER IUS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769400November 7, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
THE ABS MOTOR KEEPS RUNNING AFTER THE TRUCK IS CUT OFF. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS TO PULL THE FUSE, SO I HAVE NO ABS. GM FINDS WAYS TO GET OUT OF THEIR WARRANTIES AND COULD CARELESS THAT THEY ARE CREATING SAFETY PROBLEMS. WHEN YOU PAY $26,000 FOR SOMETHING YOU EXPECT IT TO WORK AND EXTENDED WARRANTIES SHOULD BE JUST THAT INSTEAD OF WAYS TO SUCK OUT MORE MONEY FROM BUYERS. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769373November 6, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
ABS PUMP CONTINUED TO RUN WITH VEHICLE OFF. ABS/BRAKE LIGHT REMAIN ON SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769374November 6, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
VIBRATION/CLUNKING FELT IN STEERING COLUMN AND STEERING WHEEL AT LOW SPEEDS. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022238November 5, 2002
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
THE WINDSHIELD DELAMINATED AROUND THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE EDGES. TS *JB
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022140November 4, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THE ABS LIGHT APPEAR ON THE DASHBOARD. A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022148November 4, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
CONSUMER NOTICED THE AT HOME DIDN'T HAVE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED YET. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION . MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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