Chevrolet Silverado Complaints

32,421 consumer complaints on file.

#10004390January 22, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT 75 MPH, VEHICLE'S AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY AND OR TO RECORD ANY INFORMATION. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003169January 22, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
6 DAYS AFTER REPLACING TIRES WITH SAME SIZE TIRES, I GOT IN MY 99 CHEVY SILVERADO TRUCK AND STARTED IT UP. A STRANGE HUMMING NOISE STARTED COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION I FOUND IT WAS COMING FROM THE ABS CONTROL MODULE. I CALLED THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALER TO VERIFY WHAT IT WAS AND THEY NEW INSTANTLY THAT IT WAS INDEED THE ABS CONTROL MODULE AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003215January 22, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
APPLIED ABS BRAKES AT 40 MPH .BRAKES STARTED TO CATCH THEN WENT TO FLOOR CAUSING INCREASED STOPPPING DISTANCE AND VEHICLE COLLISION.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003074January 21, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TIRE FAILURE OF FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S TIRE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10004193January 21, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
CONSUMERS FRONT AND REAR ROTORS ARE WARNING CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003013January 20, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
ABS MODULE GETS WATER IN IT AND SHORTS OUT CAUSING ABS PUMP TO RUN AND BURNS UP MOTOR.TALKED TO A MECHANIC THAT WORKS FOR A CHEVY DEALER AND HE SAID THAT THEY ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THESE AND IT SEEMS TO BE ONLY THE 1999 MODEL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002909January 18, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
ABS CONTROL MODULE FAILURE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10004110January 17, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES HAVE BEEN APPLIED, THE BRAKES WILL LOCK UP AND THE VEHICLE WILL HAVE HEAVY VIBRATION. THUS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED. PH THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP ON HEAVY SLICK SURFACES AND WOULD SLIDE OUT OF CONTROL. SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10004124January 17, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
THE VEHICLE HAS A HARD THROTTLE WHEN PRESSED, CONSUMER STATES THE THROTTLE HAS TO BE PRESSED VERY HARD, THEN VEHICLE WILL TAKE OFF UNEXPECTEDLY. OFTEN NEARLY HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER STATES CARBON HAS BUILT UP AROUND THE BRAKE PEDAL. DEALER WILL CLEAN OFF THE CARBON. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002786January 16, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
TRUCK WAS RUNNING FINE WITH NO INDICATION OF TROUBLE WHEN PARKED, UPON REENTRY TRUCK DID NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO START, ENGINE WOULD TURN SPIN FREELY. TOWED TO SHOP. FUEL PUMP SUPPOSEDLY FAILED ACCORDING TO INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AND WAS REPLACED WITH 46,000 MILES ON TRUCK. TRUCK DROVE LESS THAN 500 MILES AND FAILED TO START WITH SEEMINGLY THE SAME PROBLEM. TOWED TO CHEVEROLET DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. FUEL PUMP SENDING UNIT CONNECTION INSIDE THE TANK WAS BURNED OUT. SERVICE MANAGER SAID THIS WAS A COMMON FAILURE FOR ALL CHEVEROLET TRUCKS WITH VORTEC ENGINES. HE RETURNED THE DEFECTIVE SENDING UNIT TO ME AND I COULD PLAINLY SEE THE BURNED ELECTRICAL CONNECTION AT THE TOP OF THE UNIT. UNDER THE RIGHT CONDITIONS AN EXPLOSION WOULD BE POSSIBLE IF SUFFICIENT OXYGEN WAS IN THE TANK. FUEL PUMP AND COMPONENT PARTS SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN 46,000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10004048January 16, 2003
SUSPENSION, STEERING
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL CONTINUOUSLY PULL TO THE RIGHT, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED THE STEERING GEAR AND DID SOME ALIGNMENT, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. PH THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN ALIGNED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, AND HAVE NOT CORRECTED. THE FRONT TIRES WERE WEARING OUT UNEVENLY. SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10004049January 16, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
WHEN THE VEHICLE MADE SUDDEN STOPS, THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR, AND THE VEHICLE DIDN'T STOP. THIS RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. PH THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS LOW AND SOFT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WERE FINE. THE BRAKES STILL FELT UNSAFE. SCC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10004062January 16, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY
WHEN STARTING VEHICLE THE GAS PEDAL GETS STUCK,THEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER NOTIFIED. PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10004063January 16, 2003
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CONSUMER STATES WHILE TURNING ON THE VEHICLE'S HEAD LIGHTS THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS DOES NOT COME ON. CONSUMER STATES IT'S HARD TO TELL WHAT GEAR YOU ARE IN. DEALER NOTIFIED. PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10004078January 16, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE, THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM APPEAR ON THE PANEL. WITHOUT BRAKES, THE ABS MOTOR CONTINUE TO RUN UNTIL THE CONSUMER DISCONNECTED THE SYSTEM. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002700January 15, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
THE LINING OF THE REAR BRAKE ROTORS FLAKED OFF THE ROTOR. IN TALKING WITH THE MECHANICS CONCERNING THIS INCIDENT I HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT THEY REPLACE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF REAR BRAKE ROTORS ON CHEVROLET SILVERADOSDUE TO THIS SAME COMPLAINT.THESE ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED WHILE THE FRONT ROTORS ARE STILL ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT.THIS SITUATION CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHUDDER VIOLENTLY WHEN BRAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. CAUSING A FEELING OF NO CONTROL ON THE VEHICLE.THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WOULD SHUDDER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003736January 14, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO THE FLOOR CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE DEALER NOTIFIED. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10001474January 14, 2003
SEAT BELTS
CONSUMER STATED THE SHOULDER BELTS LOCKED UP, IN WHICH CONSUMER WAS PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO VIEW THE TRAFFIC WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC. THE BRAKES WERE NOT BEING APPLIED AT THE TIME AND ALMOST CAUSED THREE BAD ACCIDENTS BECAUSE THE DRIVER COULDN'T VIEW THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC FROM BEHIND. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS IS NOT A DEFECT. SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10006823January 13, 2003
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. *PH *JB **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**770840
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002597January 13, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE TRAVELLING OVER AN EXPANSION JOINT ON A BRIDGE, THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ENGAGED AS IF TRUCK WAS SKIDDING. THIS CAUSED CONSUMER TO LOSE TEMPORARY CONTROL OF BRAKING AND STEERING FUNCTIONS WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION.*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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