Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (1999)

2,384 consumer complaints on file.

#883358March 19, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
FUEL PUMP KEEPS GOING OUT ON CONSUMER ALREADY HAS HAD ONE PUMP INSTALLED IN VEHICLE. CURRENTLY, PUMP MALFUNCTIONED AGAIN. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THAT WARRANTY EXPIRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742463March 15, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
THE ABS PUMP CONTINUES TO RUN EVEN AFTER IGNITION IS TURNED OFF, THUS DRAINING BATTERY. INORDER TO STOP PUMP THE ABS MUST BE DISABLED RESULTING IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION, DRIVING THE VEHICLE WIH COMPROMISED STOPPING ABILITY WHICH CAN RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT CAUSING BODILY HARM OR EVEN DEATH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742501March 15, 2001
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, SUSPENSION:REAR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ABS MODULE CONTINUES TO RUN, ABS & BRAKE LIGHT ON IN DASH. MANY OTHERS LIKE THIS. CHEVY HAS STARTED INSTALLING A DIFFERENT UNIT, BUT HAS NOT RECALLED THE OLDER UNITS THAT HAVE FAILED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883002March 14, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES WERE APPLIED UNDER NORMAL STOPPING DISTANCES, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND CAUSING A COLLISION. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT PROBLEM. CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE AFTER COLLISION.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883020March 14, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
REAR DISC BRAKES AND ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 20,000 MILES DUE TO POOR DESIGN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882829March 13, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP WHEN HE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE 00X001000 FROM MANUFACTURER CONCERNING FRONT BRAKE HOSE. DEALER DID NOT HAVE PARTS AVAILABLE, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THEY WOULD CONTACT HIM WHEN PARTS WERE IN. CONSUMER HAS YET TO HEAR FROM DEALERSHIP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882917March 13, 2001
TIRES:BEAD
ORIGINAL MANFACTURING EQUIPMENT PURCHASED ON A 1999, CHEVROLET, SILVERADO, TIRE SIZE P24575R16. CORDS ARE COMING FROM TREAD ON ALL FOUR TIRES. *AK WHILE DRIVING, ONE OF THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT ONLY HAVING 4000 MILES ON THE TIRE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882542March 9, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL GOES PARTIALLY TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882622March 9, 2001
PARKING BRAKE:DRIVELINE, PARKING BRAKE
BRAKE PADS ON EMERGENCY BRAKES HAVE BURNED UP PREMATURELY. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALER TOLD HIM THAT HE MUST HAVE RIDDEN WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON, HOWEVER THERE ARE TWO WARNING DEVICES TO WARN CONSUMER'S THAT THE BRAKE IS ON; A LIGHT AND A BELL. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882518March 8, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
PERIODICALLY BRAKES WOULD STOP WORKING. CONSUMER WOULD ATTEMPT TO STOP, BUT BRAKE PEDAL WOULD HIT FLOOR, AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL BRAKE PEDAL WAS PUMPED A COUPLE OF TIMES.*AK WHENEVER THE VEHICLE HITS BUMP, THE BRAKES GO DOWN. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882309March 7, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
INTERMITTENTLY BRAKE PEDAL DOES NOT DEPRESS, AND VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP, USUALLY IN WINTER CONDITIONS OR WHEN WET (SNOW AND RAIN).*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881954March 2, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHEN STARTING VEHICLE OR WHEN DRIVING ENGINE WAS KNOCKING. ENGINE KNOCKING WAS VERY LOUD UPON FIRST START. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881847March 1, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS WHILE CONSUMER IS OPERATING VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM WAS WITH FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881854March 1, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS, AND IT TAKES EXCESSIVE FORCE TO MOVE IT. HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND BEEN TOLD THAT PROBLEM WAS IN FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881869March 1, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
WHEN ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ACTIVATES ON ROUGH SURFACE BRAKES GO TO FLOOR. ABS MODULE FAILED AND RAN ALL TIME. CONSUMER PULLED FUSE OUT AND CORRECTED PROBLEM WITH ANTILOCK SYSTEM. DEALER WAS AWARE OF SOME MAJOR PROLEMS. SECOND PROBLEM WAS DRIVESHAFT. REAR UNIVERSAL JOINTS CAME APART WHILE DRIVING AT 65MPH. IT WAS TAKEN TO A DRIVESHAFT SHOP, AND THEY FOUND NO SIGNS OF GREASE IN JOINTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881730February 28, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
BRAKE PROBLEMS, VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE BRAKING DISTANCE IT SHOULD HAVE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER 3 TIMES. DEALER REPLACED FRONT ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS. CURRENTLY, DEALER SAID BRAKES WERE NORMAL FOR VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881796February 28, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS AT REST AND THE VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD. THE DEALER REPLACED THROTTLE BODY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. A TECHNICAL BULLETRIN HAD BEEN ISSUED BY THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THIS PROBLEM AND THE CONSUMER FEELS THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL RATHER THAN A BULLETIN. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741598February 27, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
MY AIR BAG DID NOT ACTIVATE AND IN A DIRECT FRONT END COLLISION. THE SUN SETTING BLINDED ME AND I HIT DIRECTLY THE REAR OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND IT'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND THE CHAIN REACTION OF THE TWO CARS IN FRONT OF THE CAR I HIT AIRBAGS DEPLOWED. GM SAID MY AIRBAG WAS NOT DEFECTIVE AND I ASKED TO HAVE IT CHECKED TWO TIMES. IT SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED AND IT DID NOT. I WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT AND I SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES. I SOLD TRUCK BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO DIE NEXT FAILURE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#741589February 27, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
FROM THE VERY BEGINING, THE ENGINE, (5.3L), HAS MADE A TICKING/KNOCKING NOISE AT START UP (SIMILAR TO WHAT "NOISY LIFTERS). I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER SOME TIME AGO, THAT IS WAS FAULTY PISTONS, ("PISTON SLAP"), WITH NO SOLUTION YET. I HAVE SINCE ALSO HEARD THIS FROM ADDTIONAL AUTOMOTIVE RESOURCES. IT HAS CONTINUED TO GET WORSE. I SPOKE TO THE DEALER AGAIN TODAY, AND AM MEETING WITH HIM TOMORROW, LEAVING MY TRUCK SO THEY CAN START IT IN THE MORNING. I JUST ANTICIPATE A LOT OF PROBLEMS. HE HAS TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD MANY TRUCKS COME BACK FOR THE SAME REASON, AND HAVE EVEN REPLACED ENTIRE ENGINES. BUT HE ALSO SAID IT COULD BE "CARBON BUILD UP". I DON'T THINK SO, BECAUSE IT WAS DOING THIS FROM THE FIRST DAY OFF THE LOT. I HOPE I AM WRONG, BUT EXPECT A VERY DIFFICULT BATTLE TO GET THE ENGINE REPLACED. ANY INFORMATION OR HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. I HAVE TALKED TO NUMEROUS OTHER TRUCK OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. SOME HAVE HAD MAJOR REPAIRS LIKE NEW LIFTERS, WITHOUT SUCCESS. BUT THOSE WHO LET THE DEALER DO MAJOR REPAIR, THEN LATER WERE TOLD CHEVROLET WOULD NOT TAKE THE MOTOR BACK AND PUT A NEW ONE IN, BECAUSE THE DEALER HAD ALREADY "BROKE" INTO THE ENGINE. (DIDN'T MEAN TO WRITE A BOOK, BUT REALLY WOULD LIKE SOME HELP/SUPPORT. THIS IS A VERY NEW AND EXPENSIVE TRUCK, AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE AN ENGINE KNOCKING WITH 40,000 MILES ON IT, PARTICULARLY FROM DAY ONE. I TAKE METICULOUS CARE OF THIS TRUCK AND CHANGE THE OIL LIKE CLOCK WORK EVERY 3500 MILES. THANKS SO MUCH FOR ANY HELP OR DIRECTION YOU CAN PROVIDE! SINCERELY, [XXX] PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881559February 27, 2001
SEAT BELTS
SEAT BELT WAS NEVER CORRECTED BY DEALER. CONSUMER HAS RECEIVED ANOTHER RECALL FOR A DIFFERENT PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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