Chevrolet Silverado Complaints

32,421 consumer complaints on file.

#843256July 23, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE BACKING INTO THEIR DRIVING WAY, GOING APPROX. 5 MPH OR LESS, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO BACK THROUGH GARAGE DOOR WHILE FOOT WAS STILL APPLYING BRAKES. TWO INJURIES WAERE RECEIVED BY PASSENGER IN BACK AND HEAD. CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER; UNABLE TO TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER SHOP NOT KNOWING IF SOMTHING ELSE MAY HAPPEN. AGIN YOUR HELP IN THIS MATTER ARE NEEDED.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#709058July 23, 1999
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
VEHICLE HAS INTERMITTEN POWER ASSIST STEERING BOOST AND CAUSES THE DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL TEMPERARILY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709071July 23, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
MY 1999 SILVERADO'S ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAIL INTERMITTENTLY AT SLOW SPEEDS. THE SYMPTOMS, OCCURANCES AND FREQUENCY OF FAILURES ARE INDENTICAL TO THE ONES GENERAL MOTORS REPORTED IN A PRESS RELEASE DATED 7/21/99. SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, I TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT THEY HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY BULLETINS FROM GENERAL MOTORS REGARDING THE TYPE OF BRAKE FAILURES I DESCRIBED HOWEVER, THE SERVICE MANAGER DID STATE THAT ONE OTHER MAN IN TOWN REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM IN HIS 1999 SILVERADO WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE ADVISE HOW I MAY RESOLVE THIS SITIUATION WITH MY TRUCK'S BRAKES. THANKS!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709099July 23, 1999
SUSPENSION:REAR
BOUGHT NEW, PULLED 26FT TRAILER TO ALASKA AND BACK, NO PROBLEMS. 6000+- MILES AFTER GETTING HOME REAREND STARTER MAKING NOISE, NO TRAILER PULLING. REAREND OVERHAUL. LEFT FOR MICHIGAN ON FAMILY REUNION, GOT THERE AND STARTED HOME, BLEW REAREND EFFANLIHAMM,IL OVERHAULER AND 760 MILES LATER REAREND GREASE COVERED TRAILER AND ALMOST FIRE, SMOKING BAD, NEW REAREND ASSEMBLE ORDERED FROM CANADA, INSTALLED AND 711 MILES LATER NOISEY BAD. LAST NEW ASSEMBLE NOISEY NOW , #5 FOR TRUCK. DEALER SAYS NOT PULL TRAILER AND WILL HAVE NO PROBLEM. TOWING PACKAGE 350FI,373 REAREND, TRUCK DON'T KNOW TRAILER BACK THERE, ALTERNATOR WENT OUT IN ENNIS AND LEFT STRANDED IN MIDDLE I45 AND WIFE AND KIDS SCARED TO LEAVE TOWN IN TRUCK. CHEVY WON'T OR CAN'T FIX, JUST PUT ANOTHER REAREND IN TO GET ME OUT OF THE WAY. ALLMOST GOT WHOLE FAMILY AND YORKIE DOG WIPED OUT ON I45 STOPPAGE. DEAD IN ROAD. ***AT 35.000 MILES TOOK BACK TO RON CARTER AND SAID PLEASE TAKE NOISE OUT OF TRUCK SO I CAN SELL. LEFT SET ON LOT FOR 3 SAYS AND SAID DAMAGED RONN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843107July 23, 1999
SUSPENSION
WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE AND PICKING UP SPEED, THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO WANDER TO THE RIGHT. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843131July 23, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED PEDAL BECAME HARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND CAUSING A COLLISION. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843194July 23, 1999
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
THERE IS NO REARVIEW ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE WHAT'S BEHIND THE VEHICLE WHEN SWITCHING LANES TO THE RIGHT. DEALER CAN'T DO ANYTHING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843203July 23, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE ABS SYSTEM ISN'T WORKING AND NOT STOPPING THE VEHICLE, BUT THE HORSE TRAIL THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE IS STOPPING THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843233July 23, 1999
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCK: ONCE STARTED THE ENGINE CONSUMER IS NOT ABLE TO UNLOCK THE DOOR WITH THE DOOR LEVER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#842891July 22, 1999
SUSPENSION
VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. VEHICLE HAS BENN INSPECTED BY THE DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#842947July 22, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#842951July 22, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
VEHICLE WAS ON HIGHWAY AT APPROX. 45-50 MPH. APPROACHING RAILROAD TRACKS, APPLIED BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN. WHILE SLOWING DOWN, THE REAR WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SLIDE INTO A TRAIN. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#842952July 22, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH AND APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES, THE SYSTEM PULSATED AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE OCCURRED, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK *ML
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843007July 22, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES REAR END OF THE VEHICLE JUMPS. DEALER HAS REPLACED REAR BRAKES 4 TIMES, AND THE FRONT BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE A YEAR. DLR CAN'T FIND CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843034July 22, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH CAUSED A CRASH. THE TRUCK HAD WARPED BRAKE DRUMS WHICH CAUSED THE FRONT WHEELS TO SHAKE OUT OF CONTROL WHEN ON ICE, RAIN OR SNOW, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK *ML
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#843035July 22, 1999
SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THERE IS ALOT OF VIBRATION WITHIN THE VEHICLE. THE STEERING WHEEL MOVES TO THE LEFT / RIGHT. *AK *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843063July 22, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. DEALER SAID IT WAS NORMAL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843072July 22, 1999
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ANY TIME THERE IS A DRY SURFACE OR BUMP IN THE ROAD OR ROUGH TERRAIN, THE ABS IS ACTIVATED.CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709003July 22, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THERE IS NO ACTION UNTIL A LONG BRAKE PEDAL STROKE FINALLY ENGAGES THE BRAKES. THIS RESULTS IN EXTRA DELAY TIME BEFORE BRAKES ARE ACTUALLY APPLIED. THE DEALER LOOKED AT THE BRAKES AND ADJUSTED THE REAR BRAKES. THIS DID NOT IMPROVE THE BRAKE PEDAL SQUASHY NO ACTION, DELAY TO APPLICATION OF BRAKES. THE DEALER'S SHOP REPAIR SUPERVISOR/ MANAGER DROVE THE VEHICLE AND DEMONSTRATED THAT THE VEHICLE STOPPED FINE. HOWEVER, HE HAD PERFORMED THIS TEST WITH HIS FOOT ALREADY ON AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL BEFORE ACTUALLY ATTEMPTING TO STOP. THIS APPROACH OF COURSE REMOVED THE DELAY TO APPLY THE BRAKES, BUT HARDLY A NORMAL WAY TO DRIVE. I HAVE SEEN THIS REPORTED IN A NUMBER OF AUTOMOTIVE MAGAZINES AS A PROBLEM AS WELL AS EXPERIENCING IT WITH OTHER CHEVROLET PICKUPS 1995 THRU 1999 MODELS. IT SEEMS THAT A REPROGRAMMING OF THE ABS MODULE OR SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE, THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. AS A FINAL POINT , MY 1998 CHREVOLET MALIBU ABS BRAKE ACTION IS INSTANTANEOUS, AS SOON AS YOU TOUCH THE BRAKE PEDAL! IT'S NOT BECAUSE IT'S A SMALLER VEHICLE AND NOT A TRUCK AS THE DEALER TRIED TO IMPLY(BALONEY!) *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709015July 22, 1999
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TRUCK LESS THAN A MONTH OLD, BEEN IN SHOP OVER 9 DAYS. DEALERSHIP STILL DOES NOT NO HOW TO FIX PROBLEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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