Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (1999)

2,384 consumer complaints on file.

#736147November 11, 2000
TIRES:SIDEWALL
SIDEWALL FAILURE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W273WMB219 TIRESIZE: 265/75/16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#874644November 8, 2000
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
RAIN WATER IS LEAKING IN TO CAB OF TRUCK, CAUSING A MILDEW SMELL, AND CARPET TO GET WET. DEFECT POSSIBLY DUE TO A CRACKED FRAME AROUND REAR SLIDING WINDOW. DEALER HAS REPLACED WINDOW 3 TIMES, BUT DEFECT STILL OCCURS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#874535November 7, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
INTERMITTENTLY BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO FLOOR, HAVE TO PUMP BRAKE PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES TO GET VEHICLE TO STOP. ALSO, CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON FIVE OCCASIONS, AND STILL UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#557417November 6, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE ABS CONTROL VALVE AND ABS CONTROL MODULE SHORTED OUT CAUSING THE ABS WARNING LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WHILE DRIVING. WATER HAD ENTERED BOTH UNITS, THE PINS OF THE CONTROL UNIT AND SOCKETS OF THE MODULE UNIT WERE COVERED WITH RUST, SHORTING THE SYSTEM, IN SOME MANNER WATER ENTERED THROUGH THE CONTROL UNIT AND CAUSED THE PINS AND SOCKETS TO RUST RESULTING IN PREMATURE FAILURE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#874521November 6, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELTS WILL LOCK UP. CONSUMER WILL HAS TO UNBUCKLE THEM, AND PUTT THEM BACK ON.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#556639October 31, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING THE TIRE SEPARATED AND CHUCKS OF RUBBER WERE COMING OFF, THE REAR TWO SEPARATED AND THE FRONT TIRES WHERE STARTING TO CRACK AND SEPARATE (INTERCO SUPER SWAMPER TSL). NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735341October 28, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
ON 10-1-99 I COMPLAINED TO MY SELLING DEALER ABOUT A METALLIC NOISE COMING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY VEHICLE WHEN I WOULD GO OVER A BUMP OR BACK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. I'VE COMPLAINED NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE THEN AND EACH TIME THE DEALER SAYS THAT THEY CAN'T FIND OR DUPLICATE THE NOISE OR THEY BLAME IT ON ONE OF MY AFTERMARKET ACCESSORIES. THE LAST TIME I TOOK IT IN ON 10/16/00 THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT IT WAS MY AFTERMARKET EXHAUST SYSTEM MAKING THE NOISE. I DIDN'T INSTALL THE EXHAUST UNTIL 7/00 AND I'VE COMPLAINED WELL BEFORE THIS TIME ABOUT THIS NOISE. WELL TODAY I GOT UNDER MY TRUCK TO INVESTIGATE FOR MYSELF WHAT COULD BE THE SOURCE OF THIS AWEFUL NOISE AND THAT'S WHEN I DISCOVERED THAT BOTH OF MY REAR BRAKE CALIPER ASSEMBLIES WERE LOOSE. I WAS ABLE TO WIGGLE BOTH OF THEM WITH MY HAND BUT THE RIGHT REAR WAS THE LOOSEST. AT THIS POINT I DECIDED NOT TO TOUCH THEM ANYMORE, I CONSIDERED TIGHTENING THEM MYSELF BUT DECIDED AGAINST THAT JUST IN CASE ANYBODY SHOULD WISH TO INSPECT THEM. I IMMEDIATELY WENT DOWN TO MY SELLING DEALER AND SPOKE WITH A MANAGER BUT OF COURSE THEY TOLD ME TO BRING IT BACK IN ON MONDAY, 10/30/00 INSTEAD OF IMMEDIATELY REPAIRING THE DEFECT THAT I'VE COMPLAINED ABOUT SO MANY TIMES. THIS IS DEFINATELY A SAFETY HAZZARD AND ONE CAN ONLY IMMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE BOLTS CAME ALL THE WAY OUT COMPLETELY AND THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE TRUCKS RECALLED AND THE BRAKE BOLT TORQUE CHECKED TO INSURE THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO ANYBODY ELSE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#874058October 27, 2000
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
DRIVETRAIN BINDS UP, AND WILL ALSO SHAKE AND GROWL WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 35-55 MPH.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#873870October 26, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
AT NORMAL BRAKING PROCEDURES BRAKES WILL INTERMITTENTLY FAIL, CAUSING LONGER STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE OF DEFECT.*AK THE BRAKE FAILURE OCCURED THREE TIMES. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#873769October 25, 2000
TIRES
THIS TRUCK HAD A GOODYEAR TIRE BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH.*AK THE TRUCK WAS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD, BUT THERE WAS VIBRATION IN THE STEERING SINCE THE FIRST DAY IT WAS PURCHASED. GOODYEAR REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES AND THE VIBRATION STOPPED. THE BLOWN UP TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#873804October 25, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
MOTOR THAT CONTROLS ABS SYSTEM DOES NOT SHUT OFF WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. TO SHUT OFF WIRE HAS TO BE UNPLUGED MANUALLY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#556504October 23, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
THE SEAT BELTS ARE PREMATURELY LOCKING. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#556795October 22, 2000
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
VEHICLE SUFFERED A CRACKED FRAME ON BOTH SIDES WHILE IN TRANSIT WITH NO PRIOR WARNING, GENERAL MOTORS STATED THE CONSUMER WAS PULLING TOO MUCH WEIGHT IN THE TRAILER HOWEVER SCALE TICKET SHOWED THE WEIGHT WAS WELL BELOW MAXIMUM LIMITS OUTLINED ON GENERAL MOTORS OWNERS MANUAL (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT). NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#734818October 20, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
I WAS A VICTIM OF THE MAY 1999 TORNADOS. MY HOME AND PREVIOUS AUTO WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY THE STORM. SMICKLAS CHEVROLET KNEW I WAS DESPERATE WHEN I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK NEW ON MAY 12, 1999. THE TRUCK WAS A DEMONSTRATOR, WITH 3585 MILES ON IT. AFTER I HAD IT ABOUT TWO AND = MONTHS, AND HAD DRIVEN IT LESS THAN 4,500 MILES, A SERIOUS VIBRATION APPEARED IN THE STEERING WHENEVER THE TRUCK REACHED ABOUT 60 MILES/HOUR. THE SHIMMY IS PRESENT ALL THE TIME AT HIGHWAY SPEED, AND SOMETIMES THE TRUCK ALSO PULLS TO THE RIGHT. BETWEEN JULY OF 1999 AND JULY OF 2000, I BROUGHT THE TRUCK BACK TO SMICKLAS SEVEN TIMES TO HAVE THE STEERING DEFECT CORRECTED. I HAVE SERVICE RECORDS FOR THOSE OCCASIONS (7/31/99, 8/21/99, 8/24/99, 9/28/99, 10/20/99, 11/17/99 AND 7/17/00). SMICKLAS JUST KEPT FOOLING WITH THE TIRES AND WHEEL ALIGNMENT, EVEN THOUGH IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN OBVIOUS AFTER THE FIRST THREE TRIES THAT THIS WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. THE STEERING DEFECT IS STILL THERE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#873406October 19, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
PASSENGER FRONT SEAT BELT WILL LOCK ,TIGHTEN UP AS SOON PASSENGER BUCKLES IN BELT. PASSENGER CANNOT LEAN FOWARD, CANNOT MOVE. MANUFACTURER CLAIMS THAT BY LAW CHILD SEAT SEATBELT MUST BE INSTALLED . CONSUMER CANNOT RIDE IN VEHICLE DUE TO MEDICAL CONDITION , CANNOT HAVE SEAT BELT LOCKED UP AGAINST CHEST.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#734565October 17, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
MY VEHICLE DIES WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, IS VERY HARD TO START, RIGHT AND THIRD DOOR HAD AIR AND WATER LEAK, MY TRUCK ALSO HAS A CLANKING NOISE UNDERNEATH FRAME. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#734443October 16, 2000
TIRES
NO SUMMARY (TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT26575R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#734478October 16, 2000
TIRES
WHILE DRIVING THROUGH AN OPEN FIELD THAT HAD JUST RECENTLY BE HARVESTED FOR SOY BEANS. I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN WHEN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE SUDDENLY WENT FLAT. THIS CAUSED THE RIGHT FRONT RIM TO PLUNGE INTO THE GROUND. THIS RESULTED IN THE TRUCK ROLLING OVER. (TIRESIZE: P265/75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/75R16 )
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#872936October 13, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE00040, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 1999, CHEVROLET SILVERADO COMPANY CAR, FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRE SIZE LT24575R16, MADE IN CANADA. FRONT PASSENGER TIRE TREAD PEELED OFF WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. NO OTHER PROBLEMS ON THE OTHER TIRE AS OF YET. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#555777October 12, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
DESIGN FLAW OF THE LOCATION OF COMPONENTS RESULTED IN A BRACKET RUBBING AGAINST BATTERY CABLE RESULTING IN FIRE, DESTROYING MOTOR IN VEHICLE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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