Chevrolet Silverado Complaints

32,421 consumer complaints on file.

#854138December 20, 1999
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
WHILE DRIVING ON STATE HIGHAY WENT TO APPLY BRAKES AND DRIVER'S SEAT LATCHING DEVICE BROKE, MADE SEAT GO FORWARD WHICH CAUSED CONSUMER TO GO FORWARD INTO THE DASHBOARD, INJURYING THE KNEES. CONTACTED THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER, VEHICLE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#716227December 19, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE VIBRATES BETWEEN 0 MPH TO 22 MPH. MORE PRONOUNCED WHEN TOWING TRAILER. DEALER AND GM CONTACTED, WERE ADVISED IS COMMON PROBLEM, NO FIX AVAILABLE AS OF 12-6-99. ENGINEERS WORKING ON PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716235December 19, 1999
SEATS
NEED HELP WITH PREVIOUS RECALL ON SEAT FRAME BOLT FATIGUE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716165December 17, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER
CONSTANT LOUD TICKING NOISE FROM LEFT SIDE OF ENGINE/UNDERBODY. ONLY AUDIBLE WHILE TRUCK IS IN GEAR AND UNDER ACCELLERATION. SUSPECT FAULTY CATALYTIC CONVERTER OR MANIFOLD TO EXHAUST SEALS. IF LEAKING, COULD POSE HEALTH THREAT. DEALERSHIP AND CHEVROLET ADVISED. SO FAR, RESPONSE IS THAT IS THE WAY IT WAS DESIGNED. NOISE IS SIMPLY ENGINE HARMONICS PASSING THROUGH TAILPIPE. I DISAGREE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716190December 17, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
ROUGH IDLE, EXHAUST BURNING BLACK, SMELL OF GASOLINE IN OIL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716191December 17, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST
TRANSMISSION SHUDDER, FORWARD OR REVERSE, IMMEDIATELY AFTER RELEASING FOOT BRAKE TO BEGIN ACCELERATION. THEN BETWEEN 18 AND 25MPH THERE IS A VACUUM LEAKING SOUND - WHISTLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550001December 16, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT
FRONT END STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE CAUSING WHEEL BALANCE INOPERABLE. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853434December 16, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTION, CAUSING WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO BE INOPERATIVE WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN WHICH RESULTS IN VISUAL DIFFICULTY AND CAN CAUSE A CRASH. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS MAKE/MODEL. BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH IT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. COMMON PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853512December 16, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
ON-GOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILING TO OPERATE. IF TAPPING ON FIRE WALL NEXT TO MOTOR OR GOING OVER A BUMP, WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD FAIL TO OPERATE. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF MANUFACTURER'S RECALL DUE TO VIN, MANUFACTURER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING CAN BE DONE. *AK *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854098December 16, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
WOULD SMELL ANTI-FREEZE INSIDE OF VEHICLE. COMING THROUGH THE VENTS. THIS CAUSED PROBLEM WITH RESPIRATION. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & MECHANIC TOOK DASHBOARD APART TO REPAIR LEAKAGE ON PASSENGER'S SIDE. REPAIRED THE LEAKING PROBLEM. NOW THE LEAKAGE HAS RETURNED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854085December 15, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
ROTORS AND BRAKES HAVE BEEN WARPING, BOTH HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES WITHIN 4200 MILES ON VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716063December 15, 1999
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES
DRIVER'S SIDE MIRROR BEGINS TO VIBRATE AT AND ABOVE 50MPH, ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CLEARLY SEE WHAT'S BEHIND YOU. DEALER REPLACED MIRROR, REPLACEMENT ONE HAS SAME PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#549959December 14, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR ON OCCASIONS, ON TWO OCCASIONS THE KEY WAS REMOVED AND CONSUMER WAS EXITING VEHICLE AT TIME OF SLIPPAGE. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854053December 14, 1999
STEERING
WAS DRIVING VEHICLE & WOULD MAKE TURN AROUND ON CORNER OR CURB AND VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY OVERSTEER BY ITSELF. LATER ,IT WOULD STRAIGHTEN UP ON ITS OWN. DID NOT LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. PROBLEM WOULD BE INTERMITTENT. TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC OF NO RECALLS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854056December 14, 1999
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
REAR DRIVER'S SIDE 2ND ROW THERE IS NO SEATBELT SYSTEM AT ALL EXCEPT FOR STUDS WHICH WON,T PROTECT AN OCCUPANT IN THAT SEAT FROM A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716043December 14, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
ENGINE IDLES ROUGH (MISSING), INSIDE OF EXHAUST IS BURNING BLACK, AVERAGE MPG IS 16.6, OIL ON DIP-STICK HAS GASOLINE SMELL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716045December 14, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS FORWARD OR REVERSE, IMMEDIATELY AFTER RELEASING FOOT BRAKE TO BEGIN ACCELERATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716016December 13, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL OCCASIONALLY. I HAVE HEARD OF OTHERS WITH THIS PROBLEM. I WENT TO A CHEVROLET DEALER, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THIER WAS NO RECALL ON THAT PROBLEM. THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT ,BUT THEY WOULD CHARGE ME. I DECLINED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715960December 12, 1999
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
VEHICLE HAS ERRATIC STEERING. THE STEERING WHEEL UNEXPECTEDLY TWITCHES OR JERKS GOING DOWN THE ROAD. IT IS MORE PREVALENT WITH JUST NORMAL DRIVING (STEERING DOWN A ROAD). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715979December 12, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE KNOCKS WHEN LEFT RUNNING IN MORNING, TO WARM UP ENGINE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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