Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (1999)

2,384 consumer complaints on file.

#10086440August 9, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
(1)BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR SLOWLY (BLEEDING BACK THROUGH MASTER CYLINDER SYSTEM) AND PULSATION FROM FRONT BRAKES AT 5 MPH: BRAKES RELEASE AND CAN NOT STOP. (2)CAN NOT STOP IN EMERGENCY SITUATION OR IN FOUL WEATHER.*AK (3)REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER AND DISCONNECT EBCM (ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODUAL POWER LEAD. NOTE: UPON DOING RESEARCH FROM NHTSA WEBSITE FOUND VARIOUS COMPLAINTS FROM CONSUMERS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS. I WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT DEALORS CONCLUDED REMOVING THE FUSE. IN MY CASE, IF YOU REMOVE THE 60 AMPERE FUSE THE POWER WINDOWS AND HVAC SYSTEM BECOME INOPERATIVE! I OWN A 1999 CHEVROLET K2500 PICKUP WITH 56,500 MILES. ADDITIONALLY, I HAVE TWO CO-WORKERS WHO PURCHASED 2001 K1500'S THAT HAVE SIMILAR ABS PROBLEMS. LUCKILY, THEY ARE UNDER WARRANTY.
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#10086392August 8, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
ADDING ONE MORE FAILURE OF THE ABS SYSTEM TO THE LONG LIST OF UNHAPPY GM TRUCK OWNERS. ABS FAILED AS DESCRIBED IN OTHER COMPLAINTS AND COST TO REPAIR IS $1000. *AK
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#10086172August 4, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
THE BRAKES ON MY 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO FAILED. I REALIZED THE BRAKES WERE DRAGGING/LOCKING UP AND WHEN I TRIED TO STOP GOT A TERRIBLE NOISE WHICH WAS HEARD BY EVERYONE IN THE PARKING LOT. WHEN I WAS DRIVING HOME, THEY FINALLY GAVE OUT AND I COASTED INTO THE INTERSECTION. I CAN STOP IF I PUMP THE BRAKES BUT THE RIGHT REAR CALIPER, REAR PADS AND REAR ROTORS ARE SHOT. BRAKE FLUID IS LEAKING ALL OVER THE PLACE AND IT LITERALLY ATE RIGHT THROUGH WHILE DRIVING HOME FOR 45 MILES. WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT. TOTAL ESTIMATE TO FIX = $1250.00 , RECOVERY FROM GM = NOTHING. *AK
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#10083153August 2, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM
THERE IS A CHRONIC FUEL LEVEL SENDING UNIT FAILURE, FUEL GAUGE FAILS. THIS UNIT LOCATED IN THE FUEL TANK FAILS DUE TO "CONTAMINATED FUEL IN THE AREA ATTACKING AND CORRODING THE UNIT CAUSING IT TO FAIL." THIS IS THE SAME RESPONSE DEALERS ARE INSTRUCTED TO GIVE WHEN CUSTOMERS COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE HEARD THIS FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY FROM DEALERS FROM EL PASO, TEXAS TO NORTHERN NEW MEXICO.*AK
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#10083092August 1, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS & BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. TOOK TO DEALER TO HAVE CHECKED BUT LIGHTS WERE NOT ON AT THE TIME. THEY DID NOT EVEN GET IN AND TEST DRIVE. I WAS TOLD ITS A COMMON PROBLEM CAUSED BY THE ABS MODULES AND THAT ITS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. PEOPLE ARE DRIVING AROUND WITH BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THEY ARE LEAD TO BELIEVE THEY DONT HAVE A SAFETY ISSUE. *AK
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#10083068July 31, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
VEHICLE W/ 40,400 MILES. ABS WARNING LIGHT ON VEHICLE COMES ON AS START VEHICLE. ABS MOTOR/MODULE UNDER DRIVER'S SIDE OF CAB CONTINUES TO RUN AFTER IGNITION TURNED OFF. UNIT IS HOT TO TOUCH. NO ABS IF UNIT DISCONNECTED TO SEEK REPAIR.*AK
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#10082868July 28, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH CONSISTENT VEHICLE MAINTAINENCE. THE ABS MODULE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE BRAKING SYSTEM IN THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO LOSE POWER AND REQUIRED MORE THAN NORMAL BRAKING TIME. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS IMMEDIATELY AT A COST OF $1,000. I WAS TOLD IT IS DUE TO A FAULTY PART THAT GENERAL MOTORS IS AWARE OF BUT REFUSES TO RECALL DUE TO THE 750,000 1999 SILVERADOS ON THE ROAD. AT A PART COST OF $700 YOU CAN EASILY DO THE MATH. A RECALL MUST BE IN ORDER. THESE HEAVY TRUCKS ARE NOT SAFE ON THE ROAD IF NOT A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IS IN ORDER.*AK
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#10082460July 22, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
WHILE LOADING LUMBER INTO MY 1999 CHEVY K1500 SILVERADO THE TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLES BROKE RELEASING THE TAILGATE. THE WEIGHT OF THE LUMBER CAUSED THE TAILGATE TO REST ON THE REAR BUMPER CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE TAILGATE. THE LUMBER ITSELF NEARLY KNOCKED MYSELF AND A FRIEND TO THE GROUND. THE REPLACEMENT CABLES COST ME $31.00 DOLLARS FROM THE DEALER, BUT THEN I FIND OUT THAT THE 2000-2004 SILVERADO'S HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THE EXACT PROBLEM I HAVE AND THE REPLACEMENT CABLES SOLD TO ME BY THE DEALER ARE THE SAME FAULTY CABLES I HAD TO BEGIN WITH AND THAT I AM NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE RECALL. *JB
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#10082259July 20, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
WHILE I WAS 1100 MILES AWAY FROM HOME ON VACATION THERE WAS A HUMMING NOISE FROM UNDERNEATH MY VEHICLE. AFTER RETURNING HOME IT WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL GARAGE AND I WAS TOLD FROM THERE HEAD MECHANIC THAT IT WAS A SHORTED OUT CONTROL MODULE FOR THE ABS MOTOR. THE MECHANIC DID NOT EVEN LOOK UNDER THE VEHICLE BECAUSE HE SAID HE WAS WELL AWARE OF THIS PRODUCT FAILING DUE TO ALL OF THE OTHER 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO'S THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. THE LOCAL MECHANIC PULLED THE FUSE OUT AND THAT STOPPED THE MOTOR FROM RUNNING. *LA AFTER THAT, I CALLED THE DEALER THAT I BOUGHT THE CERTIFIED VEHICLE FROM AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD COST ME A FEE TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT, I TOLD THEM THAT I HAD A CERTIFIED MECHANIC ALREADY LOOK AT AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY NEEDED TO HAVE A G.M. MECHANIC LOOK AT IT BEFORE THEY COULD DO ANYTHING FOR ME. SO AFTER PAYING $60 FOR THEM TO TELL WHAT I ALREADY KNEW. THEY TOLD ME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $1200 TO $1400 FOR THE NEW PART AND LABOR. I AM STILL DRIVING IT TODAY WITHOUT THE ABS THIS I STRONGLY FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, FOR ONE THE ABS LIGHT IS ALWAYS LIT ALONG WITH THE BRAKE LIGHT. SO THERE WOULD BE NO WAY OF TELLING IF THERE IS MORE WRONG WITH THE BREAKS IF SOMETHING ELSE WOULD BREAK ON THEM. ALSO, ISN'T ABS SUPPOSE TO BE A SAFETY DEVICE COMPARED TO THE MECHANICAL BREAKS OF THE 80'S. G.M. NEEDS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS > RECALL IN ORDER! *LA
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#10082193July 19, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
THE CONSUMER SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND THE BRAKE PUMP WILL NOT SHUT OFF. IT CONTINUED TO PUMP EVEN WHEN THE IGNITION IS OFF THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CONTROL MODULE ON THE ABS BRAKES IS DEFECTIVE. *LA
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#10083396July 19, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
PROBLEMS WITH ABS SYSTEM ON 1999 CHEVROLET K1500.*MR BEFORE THE CONSUMER TURNED OFF THE ENGINE THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. WHEN THE IGNITION WAS OFF THE CONSUMER HEARD A GRINDING NOISE WHICH ORIGINATED UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER CRAWLED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND UNPLUGGED THE ABS AND THE NOISE STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE EBCM SHORTED OUT. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL CHEVROLET. *NM
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#10081253July 17, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
NOTICED A LOUD BUZZING SOUND COMING FROM NEAR THE FRAME UNDER THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. BUZZING PRESENT WITH KEY ON AND OFF. VISUAL INSPECTION INDICATED THAT IT PROBABLY HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ABS. PULLED THE ABS FUSE, AND BUZZING STOPPED. FURTHER RESEARCH REVEALED THAT THE EBCM WENT BAD, AND MUST BE REPLACED AT A COST OF NEARLY $1000. ALSO, SEEMS TO BE A VERY FREQUENT ISSUE WITH 1999 AND 2000 CHEVY TRUCKS.*AK
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#10081105July 15, 2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH
TAILGATE STRAP BROKE. HAVE NOT REPLACED AS OF YET, BEING CAREFUL NOT TO LOAD WEIGHT ON TAILGATE. *LA
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#10081076July 14, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM
FUEL SENDING UNIT FAULTY. MANY REPORTS ON WEB OF SAME FAILURE DUE TO FUEL ADDITIVES DAMAGING CONTACTS.*AK
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#10081006July 13, 2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH
WE PURCHASED A 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO ON 03-27-01. WE HAVE NEVER USED IT FOR HEAVY-DUTY WORK. ON 7-1-04, MY HUSBAND, DRIVING ON A COUNTY PARK ROAD AT 15-20 MPH, WENT OVER A SPEED BUMP AND THE TAIL GATE OPENED AND THE RIGHT REAR CABLE ON THE TAILGATE BROKE IN TWO. THE TAILGATE, HANGING FROM THE LEFT CABLE, WAS DAMAGED AS IT WAS DRAGGED ABOUT 10 FT. THE CABLE, WHICH IS COVERED WITH PLASTIC, WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED UNDER THE PLASTIC COVER. THE TOP OF THE CABLE COVER DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE ANY OPEN ACCESS TO WATER, SO IT IS DOUBTFUL THAT AN INSPECTION OF THE CABLE WOULD HAVE SHOWN ANY WEAR. THE DEALER TOLD US THERE WAS A CABLE RECALL FOR MODEL YEARS 2000 AND ON, BUT NOT THE 1999. REPAIR WORK WAS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. HE REFERRED US TO GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE. I SPOKE WITH A MANAGER, ROBERT BECKETT, WHO OPENED A COMPLAINT FILE#1-232-773-551. HE ALSO SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WE COULD DO SINCE WE WERE OUTSIDE OUR NEW VEHICLE WARRANTY. IT WAS SIMPLY A MAINTENANCE/WEAR ITEM. HE SAID HE INSPECTS HIS TAILGATE CABLES EVERY TIME HE CHANGES HIS OIL. A MAN I KNOW WHO WORKED FOR GM FOR 20 YEARS AND HAS OWNED PICK-UP TRUCKS ALL OF HIS LIFE SAID HE NEVER CHECKS THE TAILGATE CABLES ON ANY OF HIS TRUCKS, HAS NEVER HEARD OF ANYONE WHO DOES, AND THINKS THAT THIS MANAGER'S IMPLICATION THAT IT WAS NEGLIGENCE ON OUR PART IS UNFOUNDED. WE PURCHASED TWO NEW CABLES A GM PARTS DEALER AND INSTALLED THEM. WE STILL HAVE THE DEFECTIVE CABLE. WE FEEL THIS ACCIDENT WAS A RESULT OF A PART DEFECT AND THAT GM SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE REPAIR AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT. FORTUNATELY IT DIDN'T BREAK WHEN SOMEONE STOOD ON THE TAILGATE, AS HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER TRUCK OWNERS, RESULTING IN BODILY INJURY, OR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR ON A HIGHWAY. THIS GM MANAGER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING FURTHER I COULD DO. HE GAVE ME THE ADDRESS TO MAIL A COMPLAINT (CHEVROLET, PO BOX 33170, DETROIT, MI 48232) BUT THAT IT WAS POINTLESS BECAUSE THE LETTER WOULD END UP ON HIS DESK. PLEASE HELP. *LA
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#10080511July 7, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
ANTI-LOCK BRAKE PUMP DEVELOPED INTERNAL SHORT. VEHICLE ONLY HAD ABOUT 47,000 MILES ON IT. CHEVROLET DEALER QUOTED $1000 TO REPLACE PUMP. CALLED 1 800 COMPLAINT NUMBER. THEY CALLED DEALER AND WORKED THE PRICE DOWN TO $400. STILL TOO MUCH FOR ME TO PAY FOR A DEFECTIVE PART THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED FOR NOTHING.*AK
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#10075444July 6, 2004
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
THE DRIVER'S SEAT WAS TOO LOOSE AND MOVED BACK AND FORTH WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. *AK ( THE SEAT WOULD NOT LOCK INTO PLACE) THE LEFT FRONT SEAT MANUAL ADJUSTER PLASTIC CLIP HAD BROKEN INSIDE AND WAS REPLACED. *SC *JB
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#10065238July 6, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN DRIVING OVER A ROUGH SURFACE ROAD, SUCH AS A GRAVEL ROAD, ABS SYSTEM CHATTERED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. ALSO, WHEN THIS OCCURRED, EXCESSIVE FORCE HAD TO BE APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ABS COMPUTER CHIP. THIS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY. . THE PROBLEM HAD PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. THE REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE INDICATED THAT THE ABS WAS WITHIN THEIR LEVEL OF ACCEPTANCE. *AK *LA
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#10079083June 30, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
PARKED MY 1999 CHEVROLET K PICKUP AT A STORE AND JUST BEFORE I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF, THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN THE IGNITION WAS OFF, THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. APPARENTLY THE ABS MODULE WAS STILL RUNNING. I CRAWLED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND UNPLUGGED IT. WHEN I TOOK IT TO MY GM MECHANIC, HE TOLD ME THAT THE EBCM SHORTED OUT AND APPARENTLY HAPPENS FREQUENTLY TO THIS MODEL. IT COST ME $781 FOR THE PART PLUS LABOR OF $202.50. I WAS UNIMPRESSED, ESPECIALLY TO FIND OUT THAT THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH PROBLEM WITH THIS AND THAT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR IT. CAN YOU HELP? ISN'T THIS A SAFETY ISSUE? MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 50496 MILES ON IT.*AK
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#10078919June 28, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
LIKE SO MANY OTHERS, MY ABS SYSTEM HAS GONE OUT ON MY 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO, I WAS SIMPLY DRIVING TO TOWN WHEN THE LIGHT CAME ON, 34,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THE MOTOR KEPT RUNNING EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF, I IMMEDIATELY PROCEEDED TO MY ASC CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO REVIEWED THE VEHICLE AND INFORMED ME MY ABS MODULE IS SHOT AND THE ESTIMATED REPAIR COST IS $1000.00+ (PARTIALLY DUE TO NO AFTERMARKET PARTS AVAILABLE.) SO NOT ONLY IS GM UNWILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM, THEY ARE COMPOUNDING THE PAIN FOR OWNERS BY HOLDING A MONOPOLY ON THE REPAIR PART. UNACCEPTABLE - A RECALL IS IN ORDER - THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE GM IS NOT ADDRESSING. *AK
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