Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (2000)

2,131 consumer complaints on file.

#6901074September 12, 2000
TIRES
WHILE DRIVING, THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS (SIZE#P265/75/R16) TIRE SIDEWALL BLEW OUT. (CLAIM#40-2418-573). *YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900240September 12, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TIRE INVOLVED IS A FIRESTONE WILDERNESS 265/75R16. PLEASE ADVISED ME WHICH DOT# SERIES IS INVOLVED WITH THIS RECALL IF POSSIBLE. (CLAIM# 05-4522-603) *MW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900715September 12, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE FAILURE-SIDEWALL BLOWN OUT. OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND INSURED LOST CONTROL. P265/75/R16 I WAS DRIVING AND SUDDENLY THERE WAS A LOUD POPPING NOISE. I LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. I RAN OFF THE ROAD. I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT I HIT BECAUSE IT HAPPENED SO FAST. THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE TRUCK WAS DAMAGED. (CLAIM# 40-2418-573) *MW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900248September 12, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
NEGOTIATING HIGHWAY TURN, VEHICLE FAILED TO MAKE TURN, WENT OVER CULVERT AND INTO DITCH. INSURED HAS FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES. SHOP INDICATES SEVERE MISALIGNMENT. INSRD CALLED, SHE ROUNDED CORNER AND WENT INTO DITCH. SHE AS THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES. TIRES DID NOT BLOW BUT STEEL BELTS ARE SHOWING THRU THE TIRES AND SHE ONLY HAS 13K MILES ON THE VEH. SHE IS GOING TO HAVE THEM REPLACED AND SHE WILL SAVE THE TIRES. FIRESTONE SAYS THEY ARE NOT THE RIGHT SIZE FOR THE RECALL. SHOP TOLD HER THAT THERE HAS BEEN OTHER PEOPLE IN WITH OUTHER SIZES AND THEY HAVE HAD SAME PROBLEMS AS RECALLS. ADVISED I WASNT SURE IF THIS WOULD HAVE ANTHING TO DO WITH LOSS BUT WE COULD CHECK INTO IT. NO INJURIES. INSRD IS GOING TO HAVE FRONT IRES REPLACED AND ALIGNMENT DONE BEFORE SHE TAKES INTO SHOP FOR BODY DAMAGEST. I EXPLAINED ALIGNMENT USUALLY GETS DONE AFTER REPAIRS. SHE SAID IF WE DON'T PAY FOR IT, WE DON'T SHE DOESN'T FEEL SAFE WITHOUT IF BEING DONE. (CLAIM# 47-4189-145) *MW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#731125September 12, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
A CAR ATTEMPTED TO TURN IN FRONT OF US, HE DID NOT MAKE IT. WE WERE TRAVELING BETWEEN 38-40 MPH WHEN WE HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE HEAD ON. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY ON EITHER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE TRUCK WAS TOTAL LOSS. THE OTHER PARTY'S VEHICLE ALSO WAS A. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#731064September 11, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
SEAT BACK HAS 1/2 INCH OF PLAY. SEAT BELT FASTENED TO TOP OF SEAT BACK. COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE IN A CRASH IF SEAT BACK FAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870153September 11, 2000
SEATS
SEAT TRACKS HAVE SHARPE EDGES. WHEN REACHING UNDER THE SEAT CONSUMER'S HAND WAS CUT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#730905September 10, 2000
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
STEERING WHEEL SHAKING BAD AND LIGHT VIBRATION IN CAB ABOVE 62+ M.P.H(TOOK TO DEALER AND HAVE HAD TIRES BALANCED 3 TIMES, DEALER SAID NO FIX AT THIS TIME, I SHOULD NOT BE TOLD THIS FOR PAYING $ 30,000 FOR THE TRUCK. ( LIGHT TICKING NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE IDLE TO 1000 R.P.M 'S ) DEALER SAID NO WORRY BUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730953September 10, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
THE SEATBELT LOCKED, WOULD NOT RETRACT OR EXTEND. PINNED DRIVER TO FRONT SEAT, COULD NOT LOOK OVER SHOULDER WHILE MERGING IN TRAFFIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730881September 9, 2000
WHEELS
TIRES WILL NOT STAY BALANCED DUE TO PROBLEM WITH WHEELS. DEALER SAYS HOLE IN CENTER NOT ROUND. REPLACED TIRES AND BALANCED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT WILL NOT STAY BALANCED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730815September 8, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TWO OF THE FOUR TIRES HAVE TREAD SEPARATION. TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED.( DOT NUMBER: 2319 TIRE SIZE: P265/75R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730404September 6, 2000
TIRES
TIRE BLEW ON A VERY FLAT NEW ROAD. THE TEMP WAS AROUND 98 AND IT WAS VERY HUMID. THERE IS A FIVE INCH TEAR ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE, PERPENDICULAR TO THE TREAD. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/75R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730276September 5, 2000
TIRES
ON JULY 6, 2000 ON A 5 MILE TRIP TO TOWN, I PICKED UP A SMALL SCREW IN THE LEFT REAR TIRE, ABOUT HALF WAY ACROSS THE TREAD BAND. I HEARD THE AIR LEAK AS I LEFT THE VEHICLE, AND I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT 2 BLOCKS TO A TIRE STORE TO BE REPAIRED BEFORE IT WENT FLAT. THE TIRE SHOP SAID IT COULDN'T BE REPAIRED, AS A SIDEWALL BULGE HAD FORMED FROM AN INTERNAL DELAMINATION IN THE TREAD AREA LEAKING INTO THE SIDE WALL AREA, AND THAT IT WAS UNSAFE TO USE. I RELACED THAT TIRE AT THAT TIME. ON SEPTEMBER 5, THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS FOUND FLAT IN MY GARAGE. FOR THE LAST MONTH OR SO, I HAVE NOTICED A CYCLIC "GROWLING" NOISE, TIED TO THE WHEEL ROTATIONAL SPEED OF THE VEHICLE, THAT WAS SIMILAR TO THE SOUND A FAILING WHEEL BEARING MAKES, BUT AN INSPECTION OF THE BEARINGS FOUND THEM IN GOOD CONDITION. AFTER REPLACING THIS SECOND TIRE, THE NOISE WENT AWAY. THE TIRE STORE ADVISED ME THAT A PARTIAL INTERNAL TREAD SEPERATION CAN MAKE THE KIND OF CYCLIC NOISE I WAS HEARING. I HAVE PUT 25,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK IN 6 MONTHS, WITH SEVERAL HIGH SPEED TRIPS ACROSS NEVADA AND UTAH, AND TWO TRIPS TO MEXICO VIA THE MOJAVE DESERT, PLUS NUMEROUS FREEWAY TRIPS THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA CENTRAL VALLEY THIS SUMMER. ALTHOUGH NEITHER TIRE FAILED AT SPEED OR SUFFERED A TREAD LOSS, THE FACT THAT 2 OF THEM HAVE HAD INTERNAL LAMINATION PROBLEMS CONCERNS ME GREATLY. I AM NO LONGER CONFIDENT OF THEIR SAFETY. PLEASE ADVISE ME IF OTHER CONSUMERS HAVE REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL AND SIZE, AND IF NHTSA IS CONSIDERING EXPANING THE RECALL TO THIS MODEL, AS OTHER PARTIES HAVE ALREADY REQUESTED.( DOT NUMBER: W273 WMA TIRE SIZE: P265-75R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869600September 5, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
FRONT END PULLED TO THE RIGHT SIDE. CONSUMER HAS TO KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE BY KEEPING BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729952September 2, 2000
SUSPENSION
SEVERE VIBRATION OF TRUCK AFFECTING DRIVEABILITY AT SPEEDS OF 40-45 AND 62-72MPH. AT HIGHWAY SPEDS THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES AND AT TIMES WILL BE FORCED OUT DRIVER'S HAND IF DRIVER DOES NOT HAVE A STRONG GRIP ON THE WHEEL. VEHICLE IS A SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO VIBRATION AND SUDDEN STEERING WHEEL PULL AND MAY CAUSE A CRASH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729923September 1, 2000
TIRES
TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH. THE DAMAGE TO THE TIRE WAS RIGHT WHERE THE TREAD AND SIDEWALL MEET. WHEN I TOOK THE TIRE TO A FIRESTONE DEALER I WAS TOLD THAT IT APPEARED TO BE A "ZIPPER PROBLEM". AFTER THE FIRESTONE WARRANTY DEPT. WAS CALLED I WAS THEN TOLD THAT THEY COULDN'T TELL WHY THE TIRE HAD FAILED BECAUSE I HAD OBVIOUSLY DRIVEN ON IT WHILE IT WAS FLAT. I INFORMED THEM THAT IT IS HARD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP FROM 55 MPH., AND THAT I HAD TO DRIVE APRX. A TENTH OF A MILE TO WHERE I COULD SAFELY PULL OFF OF THE ROAD. I WAS OFFERED A REPLACEMENT TIRE AT EITHER AT 1/2 OFF OR AT DEALER'S COST I DON'T REMEMBER. THE REPLACEMENT ALSO HAS THE "VD" DESIGNATION.( DOT NUMBER: VD11B1C TIRE SIZE: LT24575R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729707August 31, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
INTERMITANT PROBLEM WHEN TAKING OFF FROM STOP THERE IS A DELAY FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO ENGAGE. 1 OR 2 SECONDS. HAS HAPPENED 5 OR 6 TIMES IN 2,500 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729782August 31, 2000
TIRES, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
TIRES ARE BELIEVED TO BE SEPARATED, SHAKE THE TRUCK BACK AND FORTH FROM L TO R AND HAVE KNOTS ON THEM. BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR PERIODICALLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER DOES NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO TO IT.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245-75-16 )
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869158August 30, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WAS PULLING ONT HIGHWAY WHEN VEHICLE BOGGED DOWN. WHEN PUTTING FUEL INTO TANK & STARTING, VEHICLE WOULD DIE OUT FOR NO REASON. TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES FOR STALLING OUT. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER & WAS INFORMED NOTHING COULD BE DONE, BUT DID KNOW ABOUT PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554127August 29, 2000
WHEELS:HUB
THE HUB CAPS HAVE FALLEN OFF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER LOST TWO HUB CAPS IN ONE WEEK. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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