Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (2006)

777 consumer complaints on file.

#10587772May 12, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
I APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH LITTLE RESISTANCE. I GOT THE TRUCK HOME AND NOTICED BRAKE FLUID DRAINING FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE METAL BRAKE LINE JUST FORWARD OF THE REAR AXLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10587123May 7, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE TRUCK IN MY DRIVEWAY AFTER PUMPING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THERE WAS NO TROUBLE LIGHT OR INDICATION ON THE DASHBOARD OF ANY BRAKE PROBLEM. WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK I SAW A PUDDLE OF FLUID UNDER THE MIDDLE OF THE TRUCK ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THERE IS A HOLE IN THE REAR BRAKE LINE AND ALL THE BRAKE LINES ARE COMPLETELY RUSTED AND ROTTING. I WAS TOLD BY THE CHEVROLET DEALER ALL THE BRAKE LINES NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $1000. HOW CAN THE NHTSA ALLOW MANUFACTURERS TO INSTALL BRAKE LINE MATERIALS THAT CAN FAIL WITHOUT WARNING IN 7 YEARS OR LESS? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10586371May 3, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE PEDAL BECAME SPONGY WHILE DRIVING. UPON REAPPLYING THE BRAKES, PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE CREEPED TO A STOP. UPON INSPECTION, SAW BRAKE FLUID ON GROUND AND SPEWING OUT FROM BRAKE LINES BY DRIVER'S REAR SIDE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, WHERE THEY SAID THAT ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED OUT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10585948May 1, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
LEFT REAR BRAKE LINE BLEW OUT AND RUSTED THROUGH. DO NOT TRUST ANY OTHER BRAKE LINE ON THIS TRUCK NOW. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10585412April 29, 2014
STEERING, WHEELS
WHILE DRIVING ON A PUBLIC MICHIGAN ROAD I STOPPED AT A FOUR WAY ROAD AT A STOP SIGN AND WAS HIT BY ANOTHER DRIVER. *JS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10585273April 28, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
OIL GAUGE READS FROM ZERO TO 80 (HIGHEST READING) WITH ALARMS BEING SOUNDED REPEATEDLY. THE GAUGE IS BOUNCING, CAUSING THE ALARM TO COME ON AND GO OFF WHILE IN TRAFFIC. WHEN ACCELERATING THE PRESSURE WILL DROP TO ZERO THEN BOUNCE. OIL LEVEL IS PERFECT. TRUCK IS WELL CARED FOR. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10585283April 28, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO BRAKING AVAILABLE. THIS WAS JUST AFTER A 300 + MILE TRIP HAULING A HORSE TRAILER AND TWO HORSES. SERVICE INVESTIGATION REVEALED RUPTURED HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINES. ALL BRAKE LINES ARE SEVERELY CORRODED AND ALL MUST BE REPLACED. WORST PORTION IS JUST UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT AREA WHERE THREE LINES RUN TOGETHER. CALLED DEALER AND GM, IT APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM SINCE GM NOW OFFERS A DISCOUNTED BRAKE LINE KIT. MAY POSTS ON CHEVY FORUMS REVEAL THE EXACT PROBLEM. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE AS THIS APPEARS TO BE A BAD DESIGN. FORTUNATE THAT THIS DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE ON THE TURNPIKE. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10584720April 24, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKELINES HAVE CORRODED,ROTTED OUT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10584493April 23, 2014
SEATS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEATED SEATS WOULD SPORADICALLY AND INDEPENDENTLY ACTIVATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE HEATED SEAT FUNCTION COULD NOT BE DEACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEATED SEAT SWITCH WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 114,937.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10578841April 10, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES, POWER TRAIN, STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED FOR A FEW SECONDS. ADDITIONALLY, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE VIBRATED SEVERELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER THREE TIMES FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE INTERMEDIATE DRIVE SHAFT ON THREE VISITS. THE BRAKE LINES, TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES AND INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT WERE COVERED WITH RUST AND WERE REPLACED BY THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,800.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10578941April 10, 2014
POWER TRAIN
ACTIVE RECALL #12138 TRANSMISSION DIPSTICK TUBE BROKEN AT WELD IN HALF. WAS JUST TOLD BY GM DEALER AND GM OWNERS CENTER THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED BY RECALL, EVEN THOUGH MY VEHICLE HAS THE EXACT FAILURE UNDER THE 12138 RECALL. TRANSMISSION FLUID HAS LEAKED ONTO HOT SURFACES AND SMOKED TO A NEAR FIRE. PLEASE HELP! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10577894April 7, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
WHEN I BACKED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY , WHICH IS ON AN INCLINE , THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I JUST MISSED BACKING OUT INTO A BUSY ROAD. I TOOK THE TRUCK IN FOR REPAIRS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT. THE REPAIRS COST NEARLY $750. THEY SAID THAT MOST ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND THE ONE ON THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE HAD A HOLE RUSTED THROUGH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10577462April 4, 2014
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND TOWING A TRAILER, THE LIMP MODE WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE DECELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,950 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 205,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10577516April 4, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
I BOUGHT MY CHEVY 3500 DUALLY 4X4 TO DRIVE WHEN I NEEDED IT TO HAUL THINGS OR FOR THE 4WD . I TOLD MY DAUGHTER IT WAS GOING TO SNOW AND MAKE THE ROADS DANGEROUS SO I WOULD TAKE HER TO WORK AND PICK HER UP WHEN SHE WAS DONE EVERYTHING WENT WELL NO SIGNS OF ANY PROBLEMS BEFORE AND AFTER I HAD TAKEN HER TO WORK SO WHEN SHE CALLED I WENT TO PICK HER UP AT WORK AND HAD TO WAIT A LITTLE WHILE FOR HER TO FINISH UP AFTER I HAD GOTTEN TO HER WORK THEN I DROVE HER HOME AND JUST AFTER GETTING OFF THE INTERSTATE WE PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND I PULLED UP TO THE HOUSE AND ALMOST WENT THROUGH MY GARAGE DOOR WHEN MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AT ABOUT 10-15 MPH WITH ABSOLUTLY NO WARNING WHAT SO EVER I WOULD HAVE NEVER USED THE TRUCK IF I HAD REMOTELY THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE BRAKES I DRIVE SEMI TRUCKS FOR A LIVING AND ALWAYS CHECK THINGS AROUND MY VEHICLES BY SECOND NATURE SINCE I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFE OPERATION OF THE VEHICLES I DRIVE. I HAD MY TRUCK TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED IT NEW AND TOLD THEM I HAD CONTACTED GM ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THAT I TOLD THEM I EXPECTED IT TO BE REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE AND GM RESPONSE WAS THAT THEY WANTED THE DEALER TO EVALUATE IT AND THE EVALUATION WOULD BE FREE OF CHARGE THEY DID AND THEY FOUND THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED IN HALF AND ALSO BUSTED AT THE RUBBER HOSE CONNECTIONS SO GM SAID THAT THEY WOULD COVER 30% OF THE REPAIR OF THE BRAKE LINES IN WHICH THEY DID BUT IT STILL COST ME $1800 . GM INSISTED THAT MY BRAKE LINES RUSTED IN HALF BECAUSE MY TRUCK SITS A LOT I TOLD THEM I HAVE A 1990 MAZDA I BOUGHT NEW THAT SITS BESIDE IT THAT I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY SAFETY PROBLEMS OUT OF . GM ALSO HAS CHANGED THE BRAKE LINES TO A PLASTIC COATED LINE . I HAD ALSO TOLD THEM THAT IT WAS A POOR DESIGN WHERE THE WATER RAN OFF THE WINDSHIELD AND DOWN ONTO THE BRAKE LINES RIGHT WHERE THEY RUSTED AND BROKE GM NEEDS TO STAND BEHIND ITS PRODUCT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10577220April 3, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE UNKNOWN REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 36,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10577258April 3, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
I HAVE A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500HD ALL OF THE BRAKE LININGS HAD RUSTED. MY BRAKES FAILED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. FORTUNATELY I CONTROLLED THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO STOP, SAW THE LEAK AND WAS TOWED .A PRIVATE COMPANY REPLACED ALL LINES. I EMAILED MY CONCERN TO CHEVROLET, ASKED TO HAVE MY COMMENTS FORWARDED TO CEO-PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT. SUBSEQUENTLY HAD A PHONE CONVERSATION (866-790-5600) [XXX]WITH [XXX] COULD NOT SEND THIS INFORMATION TO CEO PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT. IF THE BRAKE LININGS FAIL YOU HAVE NO BRAKES. MY SERVICE REQUEST[XXX] I SPOKE TO PRIVATE MECHANICS THEY SAID THIS WAS SYSTEMIC ISSUE TO CHEVROLET. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10576694April 2, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ON STARTING THE VEHICLE THE DIC LIGHT CAME ON & STATED THAT THE 42V BATTERIES WAS NOT CHANGING . AT THE SAME TIME THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON . I SHUT THE ENGINE OFF TO MOVE DEBRIS FROM THE REAR OF THE TRUCK ,THEN WHEN TRYING TO RESTART THE VEHICLE , IT WOULD NOT START. THE TRUCK HAVE POWER INSIDE BUT WILL NOT START AT ALL. I HAVE NO IDEA AS TO WHAT IS THE PROBLEM. I NEED SOME TYPE IDEA AS TO WHAT IS WRONG SO I COULD TELL A REPAIR SHOP OR DEALER SERVICE CENTER. PLEASE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10576776April 2, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT MY BRAKES WILL FAIL FROM RUSTED BRAKE LINES AT ANY TIME. A PROBLEM HE SEES EVERY WEEK.THE UNDER SIDE OF MY TRUCK IS COMPLETELY RUST FREE AND THE BRAKE LINES LOOK LIKE THE CAME FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN! I AM AFRAID TO PUT MY SELF AND MY FAMILY AND OTHER PEOPLE AT RISK DRIVING THIS TRUCK.THE REPAIR COST IS OUT OF MY GRASP.I ALSO HAVE A 2002 SUBARU WITH MANY MORE MILES ON IT DRIVEN ON THE SAME ROADS IN THE SAME WEATHER AND YOU COULD TAKE THOSE LINES OFF AND SELL THEM FOR NEW!I AM 62 AND HAVE OWNED ALOT OF CARS AND TRUCKS IN MY LIFE AND NEVER HAVE SEEN ANY THING WITH THAT POOR OF METAL USED ON SOMETHING YOU USE EVERY DAY.I ONLY HAVE TO MENTION TO A SERVICE CENTER WHAT TRUCK I HAVE AND BEFORE I TELL THEM WHY I AM CALLING THEY ASK I STILL HAVE BRAKES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10575399March 28, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
ABS ENGAGES AT SLOW SPEEDS - EVIDENTLY THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE ABS SENSORS ENGAGING AT LOW SPEEDS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DEFECT. IT IS SCARY WHEN YOU APPROACH A STOP AND THE BRAKES RELEASE. GM HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND HAS ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN. THERE WAS A RECALL ON PREVIOUS YEARS BUT STOPPED IN 06 EVEN THOUGH THEY NEVER FIXED THE PROBLEMS. THEY SHOULD REINSTATE THE RECALL AND FIX THE REMAINING VEHICLES. WE HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THE DEFECTIVE SENSORS BUT I CONSIDER US FORTUNATE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10573823March 20, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN DEPRESSED. THE GEAR LEVER WAS SHIFTED INTO PARK HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT WAS A CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND STATED THAT THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKE LINES WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION HOWEVER, THE REQUIRED PARTS WERE NO LONGER BEING PRODUCED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE WS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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