Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (1999)

2,384 consumer complaints on file.

#10133271August 18, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM
THE FUEL SENDING UNIT ON MY TRUCK IS DEFECTED. THE FUEL GAUGE IS SPORADIC. IT JUMPS FROM FULL TO EMPTY WHETHER IT IS FULL, OR HALF-FULL, OR NEAR EMPTY. I'VE TALKED WITH SEVERAL CHEVROLET/GMC TRUCK OWNERS WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. ON A CHEVROLET INTERNET FORUM (HTTP://WWW.GM-TRUCKS.COM), THE MAJORITY OF CHEVROLET/GMC TRUCK-OWNERS HAVE REPORTED THE SAME FAILURE. SOME HAVE REPLACED THE SENDING UNIT AND THE PROBLEM WAS REMEDIED. I HAVE NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM DUE TO THE COST OF REPLACING THE UNIT AND THE LABOR REQUIRED TO DO SO. I BELIEVE THAT WITH A PROBLEM SO WIDE-SPREAD, THE DEVICE IS DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED.*JB
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0
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#10133273August 18, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
MY 1999 SILVERADO PICKUP TRUCK IS HAVING BRAKING TROUBLE WHERE THE ABS SYSTEM KICKS ON DURING NORMAL DRY CONDITIONS. IT HAS CAUSED ME TO HAVE SOME NEAR MISSES WHILE TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE.*JB
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0
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#10132792August 14, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THROTTLE BODY STICKING ON 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO... I PREVIOUSLY REPORTED A STICKING THROTTLE BODY ON MY TRUCK WHEN IT WAS NEW. IT STUCK AT THE IDLE POSITION AND TOOK CONSIDERABLE EFFORT TO GET IT TO "UNSTICK". THE DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY CLAIMING THE ORIGINAL HAD A BUR, THAT CAUSED IT TO STICK. NOW, SEVERAL THOUSAND MILES LATER, THE NEW THROTTLE BODY IS EXHIBITING THE SAME BEHAVIOR. IT SEEMS OBVIOUS THAT I DIDN'T HAVE ONE DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY, BUT ALL THROTTLE BODYS AT THE TIME HAD A DEFECT. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. I DO NOT WANT TO PAY TO REPLACE WHAT GM KNOWS IS DEFECTIVE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER FURTHER....*NM
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#10132794August 14, 2005
PARKING BRAKE
MY TRUCKS PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM HAS BEEN INOPERATIVE SINCE 15,000 MILES. I HAVE NEVER DRIVEN WITH THE BRAKE ON AND NEVER USED THE BRAKE IN AN INAPPROPRIATE WAY. I SEE THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR TRUCKS LIKE MINE WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS. I FEEL THIS IS UNFAIR TO OWNER OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION VEHICLE. THE TRANSMISSION TYPE SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PARKING BRAKE. I HAVE READ SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS OF OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AS MINE.... NO HOLDING POWER WHEN PARKING BRAKE IS APPLIED. THE REPAIR COST IS VERY HIGH, AND I HATE TO SPEND THE MONEY IF IT WILL ONLY LAST ANOTHER 15,000 MILES! *NM
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0
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#10132795August 14, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE ABS MODULE IN MY TRUCK FAILED AT ~85,000 MILES. THE MOTOR WOULDN'T STOP RUNNING. FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN IN MY RESEARCH THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT. THE WORST PART IS THAT THE REPAIR COST $1,000! I FEEL THIS IS A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURING, OR A POOR PLACEMENT OF THE UNIT, AS IT IS TOTALLY EXPOSED ON THE FRAME-RAIL. *NM
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#10132561August 12, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN STOPPING AT LOW SPEED ON DRY PAVEMENT, ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ENGAGE CAUSING GREATER STOPPING DISTANCE THAN ANTICIPATED. NEARLY HIT A PARKED CAR. *NM
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0
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#10132203August 10, 2005
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
DT: THE CALLER HAD GALVANIZED SUPPORT CABLE FOR THE TAILGATE BRAKE. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE YEAR AFTER AND SHE FELT IT SHOULD INCLUDE HER VEHICLE. . DEALER SAID IT WAS THE SAME PART AS IN THE RECALL. MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO HELP.*AK
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No
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0
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#10132300August 10, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM ARE MESSING UP AT LOW SPEEDS CAUSING THE ABS SYTEM TO ENGAGE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. *JB
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#10131584August 4, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES TURNING ON AND OFF BY THEMSELVES, ANTI-LOCK MOTOR CONTINUED TO RUN AFTER TAKING KEY OUT OF VEHICLE, WENT TO G.M. GARAGE THEY SAID, 1500 TO 3000 DOLLARS TO FIX( I SAID YEAH RIGHT!) I THEN PULLED THE RELAY SWITCH UNDER THE HOOD ELIMINATING THE ANTI-SYSTEM ALL TOGETHER. NOW DASH LIGHTS STAY ON BUT I DON'T HAVE BRAKING PROBLEMS. THIS ALL HAPPENED AT 40,000 MILES I NOW HAVE 65000 ON TRUCK. WAY TO STAND BEHIND PRODUCT GM THANKS A LOT! FOR NOTHING! *NM
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0
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#10131388August 3, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKES FAILED AT LOW SPEED, LESS THAN 20 MPH. THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE FIRST TIME THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO RUST ON THE ROTORS. THEY REPLACED THE ROTORS, BUT THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE BEARING HUB ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED, THE PROBLEM CEASED FOR ABOUT A YEAR. THE BEARING HUB ASSEMBLY HWAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. *AK
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0
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#10130799August 1, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
I OWN A 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO. THE ABS SENSOR WENT BAD AND I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE $1000 TO FIX THIS. OUTRAGEOUS! I DID MORE RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS PROBLEM IS COMMON AND GM IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. I READ THAT THEY RECALLED ALL TRUCKS WITH SAME PROBLEM IN CANADA, BUT NOT HERE. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE MY ABS DOES NOT WORK, AND THE ABS MOTOR RUNS, WHICH IS A FIRE CONCERN. NEXT, WITH WINTER DRIVING COMING SOON, THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN TO NOT HAVE ABS. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE RECALLED AND FIXED AT GM'S EXPENSE. *JB
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
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0
#10130840August 1, 2005
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
PLACING A 150 POUND LOAD ON THE TAILGATE CAUSED THE CABLES TO BREAK. THESE EXACT SAME FAULTY CABLES ARE INCLUDED IN A RECALL FOR 2000 THROUGH 2004 TRUCKS, BUT FOR SOME REASON, NOT THE SAME MODEL OF 1999 TRUCK. *JB
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0
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0
#10119631August 1, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES IN WET WEATHER THEY WOULD GRAB. WHEN A BUMP WAS HIT THE BRAKES WOULD GO OUT COMPLETELY. *JB *NM
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0
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#10130735July 31, 2005
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
CABLES USED TO SUPPORT TAILGATE SUDDENLY SNAPPED WHILE 2 AVERAGE ADULT MALES WERE SITTING ON THE GATE. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS NOTED THAT THE CABLES APPEARED TO BE RUSTED AND CORRODED INSIDE THE PROTECTIVE COATING. *NM
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No
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No
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0
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#10130651July 30, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ANTI LOCK BRAKE FAILURE AT LOW SPEED. NEAR COLISION WITH TWO GARAGE DOORS AND ONE RESTURANT. WHAT WILL IT BE NEXT TIME? *JB
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0
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#10130280July 27, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
AT 49000 MILES ABS CONTROL MODULE WOULD NOT SHUT OFF REQUIRING REPLACEMENT.
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122203July 25, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DT: ABOUT A YEAR IN HALF AGO THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES STARTING ACTING UP, WHEN IT WAS WET AND PREPARING TO STOP THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES WOULD ENGAGE AND THE TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP. CODE WAS LEFT FRONT SENSOR. THIS WAS REPLACED. DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. HAD THE RIGHT FRONT SENSOR REPLACED, DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE FUSE WAS THEN UNPLUGGED JUST SO I WOULD HAVE BRAKES. CURRENTLY, IN VERMONT TRUCK WAS DUE FOR INSPECTION IN JUNE, AND IT WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION, WITH OR WITHOUT THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES. SPOKE WITH ELMORE AT GM IN PORTLAND OFFICE, AND HE ADVISED TO TAKE VEHICLE TO GM DEALER AND HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST DONE.*AK DEALER CLEANED BOTH FRONT SPEED SENSORS BUT DID NOT GUARANTEE IT WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *TT
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No
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No
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0
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#10119612July 25, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMOR STATES: BRAKES DO OPERATE PROPERLY AT LOW SPEEDS. VEHICLE CONTINUES TO ROLL, AND DOESN'T COME TO COMPLETE STOP. PRESSING VERY FIRM, AND NOT STOPPING. NO FOR WARNING BEFORE HAND, CHECKED BRAKE FLUID. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND HAD IT CHECKED OUT. *AK *TT
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10129581July 21, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DT: THE VEHICLE IS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. EVERY TIME THE CONSUMER COMES TO A SLOW STOP THE ABS BRAKES COME ON WHEN THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSE TO. DO SO. CONSUMER STATES ABS WILL COME ON WHEN DRIVING 5 MPH. CONSUMER FEELS ABS BRAKES SHOULD NOT BE COMING ON IN THESE CONDITIONS, LIKE WHEN THE ROADS ARE DRY. THE CONSUMER IS ALMOST UNABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP QUICKLY ENOUGH TO KEEP FROM HITTING ANYTHING ELSE. CONSUMER HAS DISABLED THE ABS BY PULLING THE FUSE. HE STATES THAT IT HAS NOT MISSED WITH ANY OTHER PART OF THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKES WORK FINE NOW, AND THE OTHER COMPONENTS WITH IT. IN 2002, THE ABS PART HAD BEEN REPLACED. HE BELIEVES IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE CONTROL UNIT. THE PROBLEM AT THAT TIME WAS THAT THE ABS WOULD NOT TURN OFF. THIS IS THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. HE HAS NOT TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER OR THE MANUFACTURER. CONSUME R STATES THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL IN CANADA CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP HE PURCHASED IT FROM IS OUT OF BUSINESS. *AK
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
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#10129278July 19, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DT: CONSUME RCOMPLAINED ABOUT A BRAKE PROBLEM.. WHEN COMING TO A STOP THE BRAKE WILL GO JUST ABOUT TO THE FLOOR, AND WOULD STOP HALF WAY THROUGH A STOP. IT HAS 34,000 MILES, AND YESTERDAY IT WAS LIKE IT HAD NO BRAKES AT ALL. PUSHED HARD AS I COULD AND I WENT THROUGH THE GARAGE DOOR. THIS HAPPENED YESTERDAY JULY 18, 2005. JUST ABOUT ANYTIME HADTO PUSH THE BRAKES TO THE FLOOR. ITS HAPPENED TWICE WERE Y MASHING THE BRAKE AS HARD ITWAS LIKE HAVEINGNO BRAKES. WHEN FIRST GOT THE VEHICLE ICONSUME RCOMPLAINED TO THE DEALER, AND THE DEALER AND SAID THIS WAS NORMAL FOR ANTI LOCK BRAKES. *AK
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