Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (1997)

955 consumer complaints on file.

#738739January 3, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WAS DRIVING STRAIHT AND THE TRUCK TOOK OFF ALL BY ITSELF...THE STEERING WHEEL WAS STRAIGHT. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738429December 28, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
PLASTIC INTAKE GASKET WEARS OUT BETWEEN 20,000 AND 70,000 MILES REQUIRING MAJOR COSTLY REPAIRS TO ENGINE. SERVICE DEALERS ARE WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT MUST REPLACE THE PLASTIC GASKET WITH A NEW PLASTIC GASKET DESIGNED THE SAME WAY AS ORIGINAL. THE NEW GASKET IS WARRANTIED TO LAST 12,000 MILES ONLY AND WILL WEAR OUT AGAIN AT THE SAME MILEAGE INTERVAL. THIS SERVICE WILL BE REQUIRED AT EACH MILEAGE INTERVAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#558261December 19, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE VEHICLE LOST CONTROL FOR UNKNOWN REASON RESULTING IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT, POSSIBLY DRIVER ERROR, NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAGS DURING VEHICLE COLLISION RESULTING IN INJURIES. (STATE OF NEVADA TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORT PROVIDED) *MJS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#558578December 14, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
CONSUMERS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE, MANUFACTURER REFUSED REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, VEHICLE HAS LOW MILEAGE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876477December 13, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN ONLY VEHICLE WOULD TURN MORE THEN NORMAL. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876363December 12, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM
VEHICLE WOULD NOT START.THERE WAS A FIRE IN LOWER GAS TANK FLOAT, WIRES WERE BURNED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876394December 12, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
ENGINE COMPONENT'S PLASTIC CASING THAT SURROUNDED COMPUTER WAS FILLED WITH FUEL. VEHICLE HAD SHUT OFF AT LEAST ONCE. BEEN TO DEALER & MECHANIC RAN DIAGNOSTIC TEST. ALSO WIRES WERE CHECKED. INFORMED CONSUMER THAT SOME OF THE COMPONENTS WEERE BAD. VEHICLE WAS REDIAGNOSED & NOTHING WORKED. MECHANIC FINALLY DECIDED TO CHECK COMPUTER. IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#737362December 5, 2000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
STEERING WANTS TO JERK DOWN WHILE TURNING OR IN SLIGHT CURVES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#557896December 5, 2000
STEERING
STEERING WHEEL POSITION SENSOR FAILED WHEN MAKING SHORT OR LONG RIGHT HAND TURNS, THE WHEEL SKIPS OR MOVES ON ITS OWN, WHEN THIS HAPPPENS THE CONSUMERS FIRST RESPONSE IS TO OVERCORRECT THE WHEEL. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875989December 5, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DUE TO SLOW SPEED SENSOR WHICH MALFUNCTIONED WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL VEER TO RIGHT, WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875673November 29, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT
WHILE DRIVING ON WET OR DRY PAVEMENT AND APPLYING BRAKES, ANTI-LOCK BRAKES KICKED IN. THIS PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. ALSO, DEALER SAID BEARINGS WERE WORN OUT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875376November 21, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
DRIVING 60MPH HEARD A LOUD POP. PULLED OVER & SAW THE LEFT REAR TIRE HAD LOST ALL TREAD. TREAD HAD HIT VEHICLE & BENT FENDER. PART OF TREAD WAS STILL ON TIRE WHICH HAD DEFLATED. PLACED SPARE ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO TIRE RETAILER & HAD IT REPLACED. OTHER 3 TIRES WERE OKAY. 1997, CHEVROLET 3500(REPLACEMENT) WITH 13,000 MILES. FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX, R4S LT 265/75R16, DOT VNW81XM278. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736356November 15, 2000
STEERING
STEERING BECOMES ERRATIC AT SPEEDS OVER 35 MPH, VEHICLE WILL TURN SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING. STEERING POSITION SENSOR WAS REPLACED AT ABOUT 30,000 MILES, PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736286November 14, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
MILEAGE NOW 100000 DEALER NOW IDENTIFIED EVO SENSOR TO BE FAULTY. THE NUMBER OF THESE FAILURES ON THE NHTSA IS EXTENSIVE IS A MANUFACTUERER RECALL IN EFFECT? MY OPINION IS FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS MANDATORY TO AVOID CATASTROPHIC FAILURES AND INJURY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#874806November 13, 2000
STEERING
ERRATIC STEERING. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK SPEED DEPENDENT STEERING ELECTRONIC VARIABLE DEVICE SYSTEM FAILED CAUSING THE POWER STEERING ERRATIC. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735956November 8, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR SEEMS TO BE DEFECTIVE. SOMETIMES IT WILL WORK AND OTHER TIMES IT WILL NOT, RESULTING IN A VERY POTENTIAL HAZARD WHEN DRIVING. KNOW OF 2 OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE 1993-1997 GMC C/K PICK-UPS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR WIPER MOTORS REPLACED DUE TO THIS IDENTICAL DEFECT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735951November 7, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST
MY TRUCK HAS A 6 WAY POWER SEAT. WHEN I RECLINED IT WHILE PARKED, IT DIDN'T LOCK IN POSITION WHEN PUT BACK IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. MY WIFE SAYS IT DID THE SAME THING ABOUT A YEAR AGO, BUT SHE FINALLY GOT IT TO LOCK; I COULD NOT. THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALERSHIP SAID HE HAD NEVER SEEN A FAILURE LIKE THIS UNTIL MY TRUCK, BUT THAT SAME DAY A 1997 GMC TWO WHEEL DRIVE EXTENDED CAB, MADE IN ARLINGTON TX AS WAS MY TRUCK, CAME IN WITH THE SAME FAILURE. I HAD TO PUT A WASH BASKET BETWEEN THE DRIVER'S SEAT BACK AND THE REAR SEAT OR THE SEAT BACK WOULD DROP ALL THE WAY BACK AGAINST THE REAR SEAT. NEEDLESS TO SAY, YOU CAN'T DRIVE A VEHICLE LIKE THAT. CHEVROLET REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM, BUT THE DEAL DID HELP BY PAYING HALF THE COST. THE REPAIR COST ME $59.25 WHICH IS NOT THE ISSUE; A SEAT BACK FAILURE SHOULD NEVER OCCUR DURING THE LIFETIME OF THE VEHICLE, AND ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, IS A SAFETY ISSUE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735542November 1, 2000
SEATS
SUFFERED SERIOUS FINGER WOUND AND SUBSEQUENT BACTERIAL INFECTION DUE TO MECHANISM CRUSHING SAID FINGER. DEALER HAD ASSURED THAT ALL RECALLS WERE PERFORMED ON VEHICLE PRIOR TO INCIDENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#734493October 17, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
4TH GM CVEHICLE TO HAVE SAME PROBLEM. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#873045October 16, 2000
TIRES
PE00040, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENTON 1997 CHEVROLET, 1500, TIRE SIZE LT24575R16. PASSENGER'S REAR TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT WITH ONLY 5,000 MILES ON IT. SEEMED THAT THE TIRE EXPLODED INTO PIECES. ALSO, ON OCTOBER 9, 2000 FRONT PASSENGER'S TIRE HAD A BULGE IN THE TIRE WHICH MAY INDICATE A PROBLEM WITHIN THE TIRE. *AK THE TIRES WERE MADE IN CANADA. THE BLOW OUT OCCURED ON HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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