Chevrolet Silverado Complaints

32,421 consumer complaints on file.

#10018323May 6, 2003
SEATS
FRONT DRIVERS SEAT WILL NOT SLIDE ALL THE WAY BACK AFTER YOU HAVE TILTED IT FORWARD AND PUT IT BACK. IT SEEMS TO HANG AND NOT MOVE BACKWARD UNTIL YOU PLAY AROUND WITH IT. THEN THE SEAT WILL NOT LOCK IN PLACE WHEN YOU MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT, THEN YOU HAVE TO KIND OF FORCE IT INTO A LOCKED POSITION. ALSO THE SEAT RAIL HAS LOOSENESS IN IT. IT FAILS EVERY TIME YOU MAKE A SEAT ADJUSTMENT. *JB
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#10018192May 5, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING THE SECOND GEAR OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DIDN'T SHIFT PROPERLY. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *NLM
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#10016986May 4, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE USES OIL AND KNOCKS. *JB
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#10016990May 4, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
ANT-LOCK PUMP THAT MAKE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WORK WAS PUMPING ALL THE TIME, RUNNING DOWN THE BATTERY HAD TO PULL OUT FUSE TO MAKE IT STOP. WENT TO DEALER THEY SAID IT WOULD COST AROUND $1250.00 TO FIX. MY Z-71 IS 1999 WITH ONLY 60121 MILES.
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#10016991May 4, 2003
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
REAR SEAT BELTS WILL LOCK UP FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE BELT WILL NOT RELEASE UNLESS IT IS UNFASTENED AND RETRACTED ALL THE WAY AND THEN REFASTENED. THIS CAN HAPPEN NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE DRIVING AND I FEEL THAT THIS IS AN UNSAFE CONDITION. *JB
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#10016953May 3, 2003
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. SOME VEHICLES MANUFACTURED IN THE YEARS 1994 THROUGH PART OF THE YEAR IN 1997 HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY CHEVY HOTLINE THAT MY VEHICLE, 1998 CHEVY SILVERADO, IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL EVEN THOUGH THE PROBLEM IS THE SAME.*JB
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#10016920May 2, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS MOTOR FAILED, WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE $1300. TO FIX. WAS ABLE TO REMOVE FUSE AND CONTINUE DRIVING WITHOUT ABS. *NLM
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#10018111May 2, 2003
VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES
THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECAME INOPERABLE. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON SIMILAR MAKES AND MODELS. HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDE DUE TO THE VIN#. *NLM
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#10018114May 2, 2003
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WHILE DRIVING THE WINDSHIELD WIPER CAME ON AND THEN WENT OFF. THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. *NLM
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#10017957May 1, 2003
STEERING
THE VEHICLE MADE A RATTLING SOUND WHILE DRIVING AND THE WHEELS FELT UNSTABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE RATTLING WAS COMING FROM THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT. *NLM
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#10016878May 1, 2003
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
4WD DRIVE IS INOP. THE TRANSFER CASE AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHED TO 4 LO ON THE MOVE. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN IN 5 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALER AND GM SAYS THERE IS NO FIX AT THIS TIME, TIME FRAME FOR FIX IS UNKNOWN. DEALER SAYS IT CAN NOT REPLACE ENCODER BECAUSE GM WILL NOT ALLOW PARTS TO BE INSTALLED BECAUSE IT WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 2500 MILES ON IT.
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#10016881May 1, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
THE SBS LIGHT CAME ON. THE SBS MODULATOR UNDER THE FRAME STARTED RUNNING AND EVEN RAN AFTER THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN. ALSO THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT REMAINES ON IN THE DASBOARD I PULLED A FUSE TO SHUT IT DOWN.
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#10017883April 30, 2003
STEERING
THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED TO TURN WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN IDLE. *JB
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#10016710April 29, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
APPARENT ABS FAILURE. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 4WD PICKUP. SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE LAST FOUR YEARS (AT LEAST 5 DISTINCT TIMES I RECALL), THE ABS SEEMED TO FAIL. ALL THE INCIDENTS OCCURRED WHEN I WAS ATTEMPTING TO STOP RAPIDLY ON A ROUGH/BUMPY ROAD. THE SYMPTOMS ARE THE SAME EACH TIME: AFTER STARTING TO BRAKE NORMALLY, THE BRAKE PEDAL DROPS A BIT AND THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE FOR A FEW MOMENTS (A SECOND OR TWO AT MOST) ALONG WITH SOME SIGNIFICANT RESISTANCE TO THE PRESSURE OF MY FOOT ON THE PEDAL, THEN THE RESISTANCE AND THE GRINDING DISAPPEAR, AND I LOSE THE POWER BRAKES. IF I LIFT MY FOOT OFF THE PEDAL AND PRESS DOWN AGAIN, THE POWER BRAKES ARE RESTORED. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED (APRIL 6), I NEARLY REAR-ENDED SOMEONE AT A STOP LIGHT. I HAVE COMPLAINED OF THIS PROBLEM TO MULTIPLE DEALER MECHANICS, BUT THEY HAVE ALL STATED THAT THIS IS THE NORMAL WAY FOR ABS TO WORK. AFTER THE LAST INCIDENT, I REMOVED THE ABS FUSE. *JB
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#10017356April 28, 2003
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
THE DRIVESHAFT EXPLODED WHEN LEAVING AN INTERSECTION GOING 2 MILES PER HOUR. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR DAMAGES. MR SCC *JB
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#10017669April 28, 2003
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED SPORADICALLY, WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO SEE WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN. *JB *TS
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#10016663April 28, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
PURCHASED 2/2003; "SERVICE TRANSMISSION" LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY; DEALER UNABLE TO FIX PROBLEM. GRINDING NOISE IN TRANSMISSION; ADVISED BY DEALER NOT TO USE 4WD LOW AS IT MAY BECOME STUCK. *NLM
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#10016667April 28, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
MY TRUCK JUST STOPPED RUNNING, IT STARTED RIGHT BACK UP, BUT WHAT HAPPENED??? NOW AT TIMES IT TURNS OVER ALOT BEFORE IT STARTS AND IT ROUGH IDLES! WHAT IS THE PROBLEM??? I HAVE HEARD THAT IT IS PROBABLY A FUEL REGULATOR--VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR ON ALOT OF SILVERADOS-- I THINK GM SHOULD REPLACE THESE FOR FREE BECAUSE THERE IS ALOT OF THESE WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. *NLM
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#10016588April 27, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS LIGHT COME ON. ABS MOTOR BEGAN TO BUZZ AND WOULD NOT STOP WHEN THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF. I HAD TO TAKE THE FUSE OUT THAT WAS FOR THE ABS BRAKES. THE BRAKE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT STAY ON THE DASH. I RECENTLY HAD VALID BREAK ISSUES AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO TELL DUE TO THE STAYING ON CONTINUALLY. *NLM
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#10016592April 27, 2003
STEERING
A MONTH AGO I TOOK MY 2001 CHEVROLET EXT CAB SILVERADO IN FOR SERVICE BECAUSE WHEN I DROVE ACROSS PARKING LOTS WITH MINOR BUMPS I COULD FEEL A RATTLE IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THEY LUBRICATED THE INTERMEDIATE U-JOINT IN THE STEERING COLUMN, THERE WAS GM KIT PROVIDED FOR THE REPAIR. CURRENTLY THE STEERING FEELS LOOSE AND THE VEHICLE DRIFTS WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD. I PERSONALLY JACKED UP THE VEHICLE AND ASSESSED FOR LOOSENESS. THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. A CLICKING NOISE CAN BE HEARD AND FELT WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED BACK AND FORTH. I WILL BE TAKING THE TRUCK IN FOR SERVICE THIS WEEK. I DON'T THINK THAT GM IS CORRECTLY ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM AND IT MAY LEAD TO ACCIDENTS IN THE FUTURE. IF A MANUFACTURER PREPARES A KIT FOR REPAIR, IT TELLS ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM. I FEEL GM IS TAKING THE CHEAP WAY OUT BY LUBRICATING VS. THE HIGH COST WAY OR REPLACING THE FAULTY PART. *NLM
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