Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (1997)

955 consumer complaints on file.

#722492May 10, 2000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
STEERING HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE THE TRUCK WAS NEW. DEALER HASN'T FIXED IT. WHEN TURNING SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT THE STEERING WHEEL JERKS TO THE RIGHT CAUSING TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9000434May 8, 2000
STEERING
CHECK STEERING WANDER AT HWY SPEEDS, REPLACED STEERING EVO SENSOR ASSEMBLY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861495May 5, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS PROBLEMS; INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL FEELS VERY SPONGY AND GOES DOWN TO THE FLOORBOARD. THIS HAPPENS ON NORMAL ROAD SURFACES. NO DIFFERENCE ON WET ROAD SURFACES. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722262May 4, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
STEERING IS OFTEN UNPREDICTABLE DUE TO FAULTY SPEED SENSOR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#552054May 2, 2000
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER(MOTORCYCLE)
THE CLUTCH ROD CONNECTS THE CLUTCH PEDAL IN MASTER CYLINDER WAS MISSING. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#552050May 2, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
THE ELECTRICAL WIRING TO THE FUSE BOX FAILED RESULTING IN FIRE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861159May 1, 2000
STEERING
WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL IT JUMPED, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL TEMPORARILY. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY PUT A PINION ROD ON, BUT THAT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721849April 23, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
VEHICLE ALWAYS PULLS TO THE LEFT WHEN BRAKING..SO HARD TO AS PULL YOU INTO ONCOMMING TRAFFIC..THE ROTORS/PADS AND THE CALIPERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED.SEVERAL TIMES.THE ROTORS ONCE, CALIPERS TWICE, AND THE PADS 6 TIMES..OK FOR ABOUT 50 MILES THEN STARTS THE SAME ALL OVER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#551930April 18, 2000
STEERING
EVO SENSOR ASSEMBLY FAILURE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO WANDER. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860379April 14, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, STEERING
WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH STEERING WHEEL IS VERY LOOSE, CAUSING ERRATIC POWER STEERING OR LOSS STEERING CONTROL. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS VERY SCARY, AND AVOIDS DRIVING VEHICLE. ALSO, ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM HAS POOR BRAKING PERFORMANCE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860065April 11, 2000
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
SIDE REAR VIEW MIRRORS SHAKE TO THE POINT WHERE THE VIEW IS OBSTRUCTED WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE MIRRORS TWICE. PROBLEM IS STILL PRESENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860014April 10, 2000
STEERING
WHILE MAKING RIGHT HAND CURVE STEERING WILL LOCK UP FOR A SECOND. THEN, LOOSEN UP AND GO OUT OF CONTROL. TOOK VEHICLE IN TO HAVE IT SERVICED. WAS TOLD THAT THERE WERE OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM, AND GMC IS LOOKING INTO IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#711101April 7, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRUCK WAS TAKEN IN MANY TIMES TO COMPLAIN ABOUT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. ONLY ONCE OUT OF FIRST 3 TIMES DID THEY FIND THE PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED WITH A REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION. ON OR ABOUT JULY 22 OF 1998. NOW AS VEHILCE IS APPROACHING 60,000 MILE WE ARE EXPERIANCING THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM AS WE HAD FIRST ENCOUNTERED WITH CLUNKING AND ROUGH SHIFTING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#711102April 7, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
SHORTLY AFTET WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED FUEL PUMP WENT OUT. SERVICE PERSONNEL MENTIOND PROBLEMS WITH FUEL PUMPS THAT IF TANK WAS RAN EMPTY PUMP WOULD OVERHEAT AND FAIL. SUGGESTED THAT WE NOT LET FUEL TANK GET BELOW 1/4 TANK AS TO KEEP PUMP COOLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#551758April 5, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
THE REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDERS HAD BLOWN THEIR SEALS CAUSING CONSUMERS TO EXPERIENCE LOW BRAKE PEDAL. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859678April 4, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECAME INOPERABLE, OBSTRUCTING THE VIEW OF THE DRIVER. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE'S MAKE/MODELS. HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859626April 3, 2000
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY STEERING GETS VERY LOOSE, AND WHEEL FEELS AS THOUGH IT IS GOING TO COME OFF. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHILE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY FOR REPAIRS, BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. LATER, AFTER THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED, THE OWNER FOUND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET, THE STEERING POSITION SENSOR. DEALER NOT WILLING TO MAKE REPAIRS UNDER WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH THE PROBLEM WAS DETECTED BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. MANUFACTURER AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND HAS DESIGNED A MODIFIED SENSOR TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859421March 30, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN TWO COLLISIONS DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE. WHILE APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL WOULD START TO PULSATE AND HARDEN. VEHICLE WOULD CONTINUE ON WITHOUT STOPPING. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#551605March 29, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL
REAR AXLE SEALS CONTINUALLY LEAK OIL CAUSING DAMAGE TO BRAKES, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES PRIOR TO REPLACEMENTS. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720742March 29, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DEALER CLAIMED FLR DUE TO IMPROPER FLUIDS, DEALER PERFORMED ALL MAINTAINCE SINCE NEW. SUMMARY NOT CLEAR AS TO SAFETY DEFECT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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