Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (1999)

2,384 consumer complaints on file.

#10378235January 22, 2011
SEATS, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
1999 CHEVY SILVERADO. ON 1/21/11 I PULLED THE MANUAL RELEASE LEVER TO RELEASE THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT AND LOAD MATERIAL INTO THE EXTENDED CAB OF MY PICKUP. A PLASTIC PIECE WITH METAL COMPONENTS INSIDE THE TRACK (QUOTED FROM DEALER AS A SEAT ADJUSTER) FELL OUT OF THE RIGHT SIDE TRACK. MY DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT WOULD NOT AND CONTINUES NOT TO LOCK INTO PLACE, CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO DRIVE WITH ONE FOOT ON THE FLOORBOARD, AND USE THE OTHER TO ACCELERATE AND BRAKE CONTINUOUSLY. WHEN DRIVEN, THE SEAT FREELY MOVES FORWARD AND BACKWARD WITH CENTRIFUGAL FORCE. NOTE: THE SEATBELT IS ATTACHED TO THE SEAT COMPLETELY, NOT ANCHORED TO THE SIDEWALL AND FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE, SO THERE IS NOTHING TO KEEP A DRIVER FROM SLIDING ALL THE WAY TO THE STEERING WHEEL IF AND WHEN THIS PIECE FAILS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10378110January 21, 2011
SEAT BELTS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH FRONT SEAT BELT RETRACTORS NO LONGER FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THE SEAT BELT RETRACTORS FAILED DUE TO THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10377930January 19, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DASH LIGHTS (4W/DRIVE,CRUISE,BRIGHTLIGHTS)STAY ON,GAUGES DO NOT WORK RIGHT. WAS TOLD WIRING HARNESS HAS SHORT IN IT,NEEDS REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10376634January 14, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES WOULD FAIL SPORADICALLY. THE GAUGES WOULD FLUCTUATE TO THE LEFT SIMULTANEOUSLY INDICATING THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS LOW, THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING HOT AND SO FORTH. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES BUT NEVER AT THE TIME WHEN THE FAILURE WAS ACTUALLY OCCURRING SO THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED THAT HE DID NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000. UPDATED 5/9/11 *CN UPDATED 05/16/11
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10377218January 11, 2011
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
6 WAY POWER SEAT TRACK HAS DEVELOPED APPROXIMATELY 1 INCH OF FREE PLAY NOTICEABLE WHEN BRAKING OR ACCELERATING. WHEN I GO TO THE INTERNET TO RESEARCH THE SAFETY PROBLEM, I NOTE THAT OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10372381December 25, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHILE DRIVING MY 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO I WENT TO STOP AND THE BRAKE WENT TO THE FLOOR. I GOT OUT AND FOUND THE BRAKE LINE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT HAD BURST. ALL OF THE LINES WERE RUSTED TO THE POINT OF FAILURE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10371779December 20, 2010
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRAME WAS EXTREMELY COVERED WITH RUST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS AND THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10369776December 9, 2010
PARKING BRAKE
HAVE HAD A ISSUE WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE OF MY 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO AUTO TRANSMISSION SINCE IT WAS NEW. TOOK VEHICLE IN UNDER WARRANTY TO DEALER FOR REPAIR THEY ONLY ADJUSTED CABLE INSTEAD OF CHANGING PADS. STILL DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM,WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT LEVER GOING ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR WAS NORMAL AS THIS BRAKE WAS FOR PARKING NOT FOR EMERGENCIES AND WAS NOT MEANT TO STOP VEHICLE ONLY TO GRADUALLY SLOW IT DOWN OR HOLD ON A INCLINE.HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED THAT GM DID A RECALL BUT ONLY ON MODELS WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS THE DIFFERENCE I STILL NEED A EMERGENCY BRAKE TOO, SHOULD THERE BE A RECALL FOR ALL MODELS WITH THAT PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ AND BEEN TOLD THE PADS WERE DEPLOYED AND RUBBED EVEN WITHOUT DEPRESSING EMERGENCY BRAKE PEDAL AND THE PADS WORE OUT IN NO TIME AS WAS MY CASE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10369512December 7, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
1999 CHEVY SILVERADO 4X4. CAME TO A STOP AT STOP SIGN AND SUDDENLY LOST ALL BRAKES. I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE GAS TANK AREA. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I FOUND THE BRAKE LINE WAS CORRODED AND HAD BURST. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10369223December 5, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
1999 SILVERADO TRUCK BRAKE LINE FAILURE. WENT TO STOP BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. PROBLEM BRAKE LINE RUSTED THRU. ALL THE BRAKE LINE ARE RUSTY PRETTY SAD THE TRUCKS ONLY 10 YEARS OLD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10366596November 17, 2010
SEATS
WAS NOT DRIVING VEHICLE AT TIME, SIMPLY GETTING SOMETHING OUT OF BACK SEAT, NEXT MORNING, SEAT WOULD NOT LOCK INTO PLACE DUE TO WHITE PLASTIC PART IN SEAT TRACK OF 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO WHICH PREVENTS SLIDING BACK AND FORTH HAS BROKEN. I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THIS SEAT TRACK ONCE BEFORE, SINCE THE PLASTIC PART ITSELF IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE. THE FIRST TIME IT BROKE, I WAS BRAKING AND NEARLY HAD AN ACCIDENT. REPLACEMENT WAS $250 FROM DEALER, ENTIRE SEAT TRACK HAS TO BE REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10365737November 15, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE CONTACT APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM ENGAGED INDEPENDENTLY. HE ALSO EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE AND TIME. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER HE WOULD APPLY THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 84,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10366304November 15, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
AS I APPROACH A STOP, AT VERY LOW SPEEDS, THE ABS UNIT KICKS IN WITH A SUDDEN SHUTTER AND EXTENDS THE STOP TIME AND DISTANCE. THIS STARTED ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO AND HAS NOT GOTTEN BETTER OR WORSE. IT IS UNNERVING TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN WHEN I NEED TO STOP AT AN INTERSECTION OR APPROACHING A TRAFFIC SIGNAL TURNING RED. RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET INDICATES A NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 05V37900 PE05020 WAS ISSUED FOR THIS VERY SAME PROBLEM, INCLUDING THOSE VEHICLES IN MY STATE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD, BOTH BY CHEVROLET AND NHTSA, THAT MY VEHICLE'S VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN GM RECALL NO. 05068, THEREFORE NOT THEIR NOR YOUR PROBLEM. I AM UPSET THAT I HAVE BEEN REBUFFED AND WANT TO KNOW WHY MY VEHICLE DOESN'T MATTER AND THE OTHER ONES DO. I HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE TRUCK'S DISC BRAKES OVER THE YEARS BUT THIS ONE CONCERNS ME VERY MUCH SINCE I DON'T KNOW IF OR WHEN THEY MAY FAIL IN AN EMERGENCY. THANKS YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. I AM AWAITING YOUR RESPONSE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10365372November 11, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
ON 11/6/2010 I WAS LEAVING MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN MY 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO TRUCK. WHEN I APPROACHED A STOP SIGN I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I HAD NO BRAKE PRESSURE AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I PUT THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL, PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND PUT ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ONCE THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. AFTER INSPECTING THE TRUCK, I NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUPTURED DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION AND ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES ARE CORRODED AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE ENTIRE UNDERCARRIAGE INCLUDING THE FRAME, SUSPENSION, BRAKES, AND FUEL LINE HAVE EXTENSIVE CORROSION. THE EXTENT OF THE CORROSION IS VERY SURPRISING BECAUSE I LIVE IN CENTRAL VA AND WE DON'T EXPERIENCE SNOW OR SALT BEING APPLIED TO THE ROAD VERY OFTEN. ALSO I HAVE ONLY USED THE TRUCK TO DRIVE TO WORK WHICH CONSISTED OF MOSTLY INTERSTATE DRIVING. THIS APPEARS TO BE MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATE BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10365157November 9, 2010
STRUCTURE
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRAME WAS RUSTED BENEATH THE DRIVER SIDE BETWEEN THE BOX AND THE CAB. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT HE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIR COSTS. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 169,354 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 169,439. UPDATED 2/17/11 *CN UPDATED 03/09/11
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10364367November 7, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
BRAKE LINE RUSTED AND FAILED. IT STILL NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10363636November 1, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
BRAKE LINE FAILURE IN THE FRONT WHEEL CIRCUIT. METAL BRAKE LINE BURST AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. LUCKILY IT WAS A SECONDARY ROAD AND I WAS ABLE TO USE THE E-BRAKE TO STOP. I ENDED UP REPLACING ALL THE BRAKE LINES BECAUSE THE REAR LINES WERE HEAVILY RUSTED AND CRUMBLING APART AS WELL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10362317October 25, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
1999 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500 EXT CAB LONG BOX 2WD PICKUP WITH 155,000 KLM HAD TWO BRAKE LINES EXPLODE UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES. TRUCK WAS PULLING A FULL LOAD AT THE TIME AND AN ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN MAJOR. LUCKILY THE TRAILER BEING TOWED HAD ELECTRIC BRAKES ON IT. INSPECTION OF THE BRAKE LINES SHOWS THEM ALL VERY RUSTY. SHOULD NOT BE OCCURRING. I DRIVE AN OLDER ASTRO VAN AND THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS WITH IT. GM SHOULD BE REPLACING ALL THE BRAKE LINES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10359444October 6, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE, THE VEHICLE WOULD CONTINUE MOVING ANOTHER FIVE FEET BEFORE THE BRAKES WOULD GRAB. ALSO, THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT A NEW STARTER AND NEW FUEL SENDING UNIT NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THAT TIME. THE REAR SEAL ON THE ENGINE WAS LEAKING OIL; THE DEALER REPAIRED THE SEAL. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE ROTORS WERE PEELING; THE CONTACT REPAIRED THE PROBLEM AT HIS EXPENSE. THE BRAKING ISSUE WAS THE MOST RECENT PROBLEM AND HAD NOT BEEN CORRECTED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE BRAKE PROBLEM. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 140,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 138,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10359466October 6, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING, THE ABS SUDDENLY ACTIVATED AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. THE VEHICLE WOULD STOP SHORT WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL DUE TO BRAKE LINE CORROSION. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: ANTILOCK). THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 98,000. UPDATED 01/04/11*LJ UPDATED 01/10/11
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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