Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (2003)

2,092 consumer complaints on file.

#10368168November 29, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVARADO 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER WHO REPLACED THE TRANSFER CASE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10367927November 26, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
SUDDEN BRAKING FAILURE ON 2003 CHEVY 2500HD. LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID DUE TO SUDDEN LOSS OF BRAKE LINE PRESSURE. BRAKE LINES FAILED WHILE DRIVING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10367865November 26, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 2003 76,000 MILES. BRAKES FAILED WHILE PULLING A 6000LB TRAILER ON AN INTERSTATE. RUSTY BRAKE LINES BURST WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED WHILE ENTERING A CONSTRUCTION ZONE. HAD NO BRAKES. IF CAR IN FRONT HADN'T SEEN ME COMING AND PULLED OVER, THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A FATALITY REPORT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10366088November 10, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
I USE THIS TRUCK TO PULL A 2-HORSE GOOSENECK TRAILER AND HAD LITERALLY JUST UNLOADED TWO HORSES AND UNHOOKED THE TRAILER. WHEN I GOT BACK INTO THE TRUCK TO LEAVE THE BARN, THERE WERE NO BRAKES AND FLUID WAS LEAKING ALL OVER THE DRIVEWAY AND TRUCK. VERY SCARY AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. HAD THIS OCCURRED MOMENTS BEFORE WHILE PULLING THE LOADED TRAILER ON THE HIGHWAY, I AM ALMOST CERTAIN THAT MY SELF AND/OR SOMEONE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED, NOT TO MENTION THE SAFETY OF THE HORSES. THERE WERE SUDDENLY NO BRAKES. I PULLED THE TRUCK ONTO THE GRASS AND CAME TO A STOP. IT IS STILL SITTING THERE BUT HAS BEEN EXAMINED BY TWO PEOPLE. COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINES. I AM NOW INFORMED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL. PLEASE ISSUE AN IMMEDIATE RECALL. THANK YOU. RESPECTFULLY, JULIE MILLER
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10365289November 10, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55-60 MPH HE NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS NO LONGER WORKING AND DISPLAYED ZERO. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO WAS DIAGNOSING THE FAILURE WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS REPLACED IN 2007. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR COST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000. UPDATED 01/28/11*LJ UPDATED 02/07/11
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10366112November 10, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
APPLIED BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL ALMOST WENT TO THE FLOOR,I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL TO THE CURB WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE EMERGENCY BRAKE.UPON INSPECTION OF THE PROBLEM I FOUND THAT ALL THE STEEL BRAKE LINES UNDER THE VEHICLE WERE RUSTED. ONE BRAKE LINE HAD BURST DUE TO THE CORROSION. THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON THAT THESE BRAKE LINES SHOULD RUST AND FAIL EVER, NEVERMIND AT 36000 MILES. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN ALOT WORSE, SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10365039November 8, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SLOW MY 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 TO ENTER AN OFF RAMP, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKES NO LONGER WORKED. I BARELY MISSED HITTING SOMEONE AND WAS ABLE TO USE THE PARKING BRAKE TO SLOW AND STOP THE TRUCK. LUCKILY, I WAS GOING UP AN INCLINE AND HAD ROOM TO PULL OFF THE MAIN ROAD. I HAD TO TOW THE TRUCK TO MY MECHANIC. UPON INITIAL INSPECTION, IT WAS DEEMED THAT THE BRAKE LINES CORRODED TO THE POINT THAT THEY BLEW OUT. IT WAS ALSO DETERMINED THAT ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. INCLUDING THE TOW, THE COST OF REPAIRS WAS OVER $1100. THE TRUCK BARELY HAD OVER 20,000 MILES AT THE TIME. I LIVE IN MARYLAND AND HAVE OWNED OTHER VEHICLES FOR MUCH LONGER AND WITH A LOT MORE MILES. THIS TYPE OF FAILURE COULD HAVE CERTAINLY RESULTED IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT WITH MULTIPLE INJURIES OR EVEN DEATHS. I HOPE THIS COMPLAINT AIDS IN THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION I READ ABOUT HERE: HTTP://WWW.INSIDELINE.COM/CHEVROLET/SILVERADO-2500HD/FEDS-INVESTIGATING-6-2-MILLION-GM-VEHICLES-FOR-POSSIBLE-BRAKE-PROBLEM.HTML THANK YOU. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10364345November 7, 2010
TIRES, TIRES:SIDEWALL
PURCHASED 2 NEW(?) WRANGLER ST TIRES FROM DEALER ON 11/09/2005 BUT DATE CODE ON TIRE WAS 2504 TO MATCH ORIGINAL 2 STILL IN GOOD SHAPE. BREAKS REDONE FRONT END ALIGNMENT PERFORMED. FRONT END OF TRUCK STILL VIBRATED AT HIGHER SPEEDS ON LEVEL ROAD. DEALER TRIED NUMEROUS TIMES TO IDENTIFY CAUSE OVER 2-3 YEARS. BALANCED AND REBALANCED THE TIRES. DID HIGH SPEED TEST IN SHOP. SUSPECTED TIRES, BUT COULD NOT IDENTIFY EXACT PROBLEM WITH TIRES. ON 30 OCT. 2010 WHILE TRAVELING @ 70MPH ON CLEAR DAY ON STRAIGHT INTERSTATE ROAD, FRONT PASSENGER TIRE EXPLODED. ROAD WAS CLEAR, NOTHING WAS STRUCK BY TIRE, OUTSIDE TEMP WAS ABOUT 73 DEGREES F. TIRE WAS SHREDDED TO BITS AND ONLY HAD ABOUT 31K MILES ON IT. PLENTY OF TREAD AND NO UNUSUAL WEAR PATTERNS. TOOK TIRE TO DEALER AND REPLACED BOTH FRONT TIRES WITH COOPERS AND NOW THERE IS NO VIBRATION IN THE FRONT COMING FROM THE TIRES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10363484November 1, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
CORRODED FRONT BRAKE LINES. ALSO FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10363587November 1, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
EVERY TIME WHEN COMING TO A STOP THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES SOFT HAVE TO PRESS REAL HARD TO GET TRUCK TO STOP.THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FROM WHEN BRAND NEW, I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE WAY GM BRAKES FELT. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER,TRUCK HAS 27,000 MILES,AND BRAKES WERE REPLACED AT12,000 MILES. I AM AN ASE MECHANIC AND ITS NOT THE BRAKE PADS OR ROTORS. I HAVE DRIVEN A 03 3500 TRUCK WITH SAME PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10362646October 27, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO SPEEDOMETER SOMETIMES DOES NOT WORK AND PRESSURE GAGE SOMETIMES WORKS INTERMITTENTLY ALONG WITH THE SPEEDOMETER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10362184October 25, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
REAR BRAKE LINE RUPTURE BEHIND FUEL TANK ON 2003 CHEVY SILVERADO WHILE NORMALLY DRIVEN. INSPECTED THE LINES FOR REPAIR AND FOUND SEVERE CORROSION OF ALL LINES AFT OF THE A.B.S. UNIT. HAVE REPLACED LINES WITH AFTERMARKET BENDABLE ONES AS PERFORMED ARE NOT AVAILABLE I AM TOLD. LARGE SECTIONS OF OLD LINE ARE IN MY POSSESSION. 60,000 MILES ON UNIT UNDERCARRIAGE CORROSION IS TERRIBLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10362087October 24, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
2003 CHEVY 2500HD BRAKE LINE FAILURE,THE LINE RUNNING FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE ABS CONTROL RUBBED THRU AND FAILED IN MY DRIVEWAY. THERE IS EXCESSIVE RUST AND CORROSION ON THE BRAKE LINES IN THIS AREA. MINE FAILED 35 INCHES FROM THE ABS CONTROL MODULE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10361641October 21, 2010
EXTERIOR LIGHTING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING.WHEN REPLACING BULBS FOUND SOCKETS BURNED TO BULB BASE AND WIRES TO SOCKETS BURNT. HAD TO REPLACE SECTION OF WIRES AND BREAK BULB BASE TO REMOVE. CONDITION CAN POSSIBLY CAUSE A FIRE IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10360787October 16, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, I HIT THE BRAKES TO STOP FOR TRAFFIC LIGHT. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE "RUSTED" BRAKE LINE HAD CRACKED OPEN AND ALLOWED FLUID TO ESCAPE. NO BRAKES. HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED TO MY HOUSE. THIS HAPPENED TODAY,10/16/2010. IT IS A 2003 CHEVY SILVERADO P/U ALL OF THE STEEL LINES ARE RUSTED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10360451October 14, 2010
AIR BAGS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. IN AUGUST 2005, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND WOULD NOT TURN OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE WIRING AT THE BRAKE HINGE WAS REPAIRED. IN 2010, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,283 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,292.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10360013October 11, 2010
TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE
COULD NOT REMOVE SPARE TIRE FROM VEHICLE. THE CABLE LOWERED THE TIRE UNTIL THE SECONDARY CATCH RESTRICTED THE LOWERING ANY FURTHER. FOLLOWED OWNERS MANUAL TO RESOLVE ISSUE, DID NOT WORK. CRANKED SPARE TIRE BACK TO MOUNTED POSITION. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, THEY HAD TO CUT THE CABLE AND UNBOLTED THE MECHANISM FROM THE VEHICLE. THE SECONDARY CATCH WAS ACCESSED AND RELEASED FROM THE SIDE. THE UNIT IS NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL AND A NEW UNIT IS WELL OVER $100. I NOW HAVE ACCESS TO THE SPARE BUT NOT THE FACTORY MOUNTING POSITION. GLAD I DON'T GET A FLAT TIRE ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10359671October 8, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET K2500HD SILVERADO. THE CONTACT WAS REVERSING 5 MPH FROM A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY. AS THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE VEHICLE YET HE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR AND FRONT BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10359082October 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO BRAKE LINE CORROSION AND FAILURE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10358838October 2, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
STEEL BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH ON MY 2003 CHEVY SILVERADO PU CAUSING COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. GOOD FORTUNE HAD IT THAT I WAS AT A LOW SPEED AND NO CRASH OCCURRED. TRUCK HAS BEEN GARAGED AND NEVER BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SEA WATER. NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT RUST EXISTS ON VEHICLE EXCEPT ON THE OTHER BRAKE LINES. RESEARCH SHOW THIS IS A COMMON AND SERIOUS PROBLEM ON THESE TRUCKS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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