Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (1999)

2,384 consumer complaints on file.

#10630635September 4, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
I WENT TO STOP TO MAKE A TURN AND BRAKES WENT OUT. WAS ABLE TO SLOW ENOUGH TO MAKE IT TO THE HOUSE BRAKE FLUID ALL OVER REAR TIRE. THIS IS NOT THE 1ST TIME THE 1ST TIME HAULING A TRAILER WHEN BRAKES FAILED THE NEXT TIME MY SON WAS DRIVING AND VEHICLE CUT HIM OFF SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES BLEW LINE UNDER DRIVERS DOOR CAUSED ACCIDENT THE NEXT TIME WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND APPLIED BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AT THIS TIME I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE TRUCK AS I NEVER KNOW WHEN THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME I DO ALOT OF HIGHWAY DRIVING AND I FEEL THAT AFTER REPLACING 4 BRAKES LINES IN LESS THEN A YEAR AND THE TRUCK GIVES NO WARNING OF ANY KIND THE BRAKES ARE LOW. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10629992September 2, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS MOVING THE 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 IN MY DRIVEWAY TO MAKE ROOM TO MOVE ANOTHER CAR. I BACKED THE TRUCK INTO MY TURN AROUND, THEN PUT THE TRUCK INTO DRIVE TO MOVE IT FORWARD A LITTLE. WHEN I PUSHED ON THE BRAKES TO STOP THE PEDAL WENT HALFWAY TO THE FLOOR STOPPED THEM WENT CLEAR TO THE FLOOR. I HAD NO BRAKES, OTHER THAN THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON THE TRUCK, WHICH I USED TO STOP THE TRUCK. AFTER GETTING THE TRUCK STOPPED AND TO A SPOT I COULD INSPECT IT. I DISCOVERED THAT TWO BRAKE LINES HAD BURST AND WERE LEAKING FLUID ONTO THE GROUND. THE BREAKS WERE NOT IN A BEND IN THE LINE WHERE THEY SEEMS TO TYPICALLY HAPPEN. THEY WERE IN A STRAIGHT SECTION JUST UNDERNEATH THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WHERE THE LINES RUN ALONG THE FRAME. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I NOTICED THAT ALL THE BRAKE LINES WERE AS HEAVILY CORRODED AS THE SECTION THAT HAD BURST. LUCKILY THIS HAPPENED IN THE DRIVEWAY AS I WAS PREPARING TO LEAVE IN THE TRUCK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10629824September 1, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK AND WHEN I TO PUT ON THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I INSTANTLY HAD NO BRAKES, NO WARNING LIGHTS OR ANYTHING. THERE WAS A CAR STOPPED IN THE ROAD IN FRONT OF ME AND WAS NOTHING I COULD DO SO I ENDED UP REAR ENDING THEM, TOTALING THEIR CAR. WHEN LOOKING UNDER THE TRUCK I REALIZED THE BRAKE LINES HAD BUSTED DUE TO RUST. I HAVE NEVER HAD AS MUCH AS A SPEEDING TICKET AND NOW HAVE A WRECK ON MY RECORD DUE TO FAULTY LINES THAT HAS HAPPEN TO MANY PEOPLE. AFTER I LOOKED INTO IT I SEEN ITS BEING INVESTIGATED BUT SOMETHING NEEDS DONE, THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND IS GONNA KILL PEOPLE IF NOT FIXED AND RECALLED. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10629445August 29, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
THE BRAKE LINE WENT OUT AND JUST ABOUT CAUSED US TO WRECK. IT WAS FINE ONE MINUTE THEN THE BRAKES WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. PIONEER CHEVY IN ABINGDON VA SAID THE LINES HAD RUSTED. THAT COST US OVER $1300. THAT WAS IN APRIL AND NOW IT'S AUGUST AND IT'S HAPPENED AGAIN WITH A DIFFERENT BREAK LINE. PIONEER NOW SAID IT'S GOING TO COST OVER $800 THIS TIME. I'M SO FURIOUS WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THIS KIND OF MONEY TO SPEND ON FIXING THE TRUCK WHICH WE REALLY NEED. FROM WHAT I'VE READ AND RESEARCHED APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. PLEASE FIX THIS ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10627717August 23, 2014
STEERING
EXPERIENCE UNANTICIPATED STEERING WHEEL MOVEMENT AT MODERATE SPEEDS (30 TO 55 MPH). STEERING WHEEL "JERKS" UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING, ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING ON A CURVED ROADWAY (IN A MODERATE TURN AT SPEED). VEHICLE HAS DONE THIS FOR ABOUT 5 YEARS, BUT PROBLEM HAS PROGRESSED. WHAT DO I DO TO FIX THIS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10626555August 20, 2014
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUDS DETACHED FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD CAUSING EXHAUST FUMES TO LEAK FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10626001August 18, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
ABS FAILURE TO STOP VEHICLE. ACCIDENT OCCURRED. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10622395August 14, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS DRIVING ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK GOING 45MPH WHEN I SAW A CAR A SHORT DISTANCE AHEAD PULL OUT ONTO THE ROAD. I TRIED TO APPLY MY BRAKES AS THE CAR AHEAD DID NOT REACH THE SPEED LIMIT FAST ENOUGH. MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND ALL BRAKING ABILITY WAS LOST. I LIFTED MY FOOT TO TRY TO APPLY THE PEDAL AGAIN AND AGAIN THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I NEARLY CRASHED INTO THE CAR AHEAD OF ME AND HAD TO SWERVE OFF OF THE ROAD TO AVOID CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. IT WAS ONLY AFTER A LONG DISTANCE OF RIDING ON THE SHOULDER AND DOWNSHIFTING THAT I WAS ABLE TO COME TO A STOP. ONLY JUST AS I WAS STOPPING DID THE BRAKE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATE ON THE DASH. I HAD NO WARNING THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN OR THAT I HAD LOST MY BRAKES, OTHER THAN THE PEDAL GOING TO THE FLOOR. BEFORE THIS, THE BRAKES WORKED PERFECTLY. HAD I NOT HAD THE ROOM TO SWERVE OUT OF THE WAY, I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A POTENTIALLY LETHAL ACCIDENT AND ONE OR MORE LIVES COULD HAVE BEEN LOST. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10618065August 1, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
I HAPPENED TO NOTICE MY BRAKE LINE GOING TO THE REAR BRAKES WHERE WET, I CHECKED IN FOUND THE LINE HAD RUSTED THRU. UPON CHECKING THE OTHER LINES I FOUND THEY ALL WHERE EXTREMELY RUSTED. LUCK WOULD HAVE IT I HAD JUST PARKED. I WAS FORCED TO REPLACE ALL THE BRAKE LINES WITH NEW LINES. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CHEVROLET TRUCKS FROM 1999-TO THE EARLY OR MID 2000'S. I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH RUSTED BRAKE LINES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10618019July 31, 2014
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE FUEL GAUGE MALFUNCTIONS AFTER FILLING TANK - IT READS EMPTY IMMEDIATELY AND INTERMITTENTLY THEREAFTER AT ANY FUEL LEVEL. IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR TRAVELING ANY LONG DISTANCE AS YOU ARE NOT QUITE SURE HOW MUCH FUEL IS AVAILABLE OR IF IT WILL SHUT DOWN ON ME DURING A DIFFICULT SITUATION. WE HAVE CONTACTED GM AND THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME TO CHECK IT AND THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED AS A PROBLEM FOR MULTIPLE MODELS TO GM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10616836July 28, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, VEHICLE DID NOT WANT TO STOP, FOUND ALL BRAKE LINES TO BE SEVERELY CORRODED FROM THE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER TO THE BRAKING HARDWARE AT EACH WHEEL, DOT3 BRAKE FLUILD LEAKING QUICKLY FROM BRAKE LINE RUNNING TOWARD THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. REF: HTTP://WWW-ODI.NHTSA.DOT.GOV/CARS/PROBLEMS/DEFECT/RESULTS.CFM?ACTION_NUMBER=EA11001&SEARCHTYPE=QUICKSEARCH&SUMMARY=TRUE *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10616570July 26, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
IN 2013, THE ABS BEGAN ROUTINELY ACTIVATING DURING BRAKING AT SPEEDS OF 5-10 MPH. I FOUND RECALL 05068: UNWANTED ABS ACTIVATION. MY GM MAINTENANCE RECORDS NOTED THIS RECALL SERVICE WAS COMPLETED 3/31/2006. THE 3/31/06 SERVICE NOTES WERE "INSPECTIONS: ELECTRICAL/WIRING." I CONTACTED GM CORPORATE CUSTOMER SERVICE IN JAN.2014 TO NOTIFY THEM THAT CURRENTLY MY ABS WERE ERRONEOUSLY ACTIVATING ON NEARLY ALL BRAKING EVENTS. ADDITIONALLY, I ASKED WHAT RECALL SERVICE WAS ACTUALLY PERFORMED ON 3/31/06 BECAUSE THE NOTES ONLY INDICATE AN INSPECTION OCCURRED. A CONFERENCE CALL ENSUED BETWEEN GM CUSTOMER SERVICE, THE LOCAL GM SERVICE DEALERSHIP, AND MYSELF. GM ALLOWED 1 HOUR TO DIAGNOSE THE ABS PROBLEM ON 1/22/14 AT THE LOCAL GM DEALER. THE RESULTING 1/22/14 SERVICE NOTES WERE: "DIAGNOSE & FOUND LEFT FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR DROPPING OUT. INSPECT WIRING FOR POOR CONNECTIONS OR DAMAGED WIRING. ALL OK. GAVE ESTIMATE TO REPLACE LEFT FRONT WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY." IN PERSON, THE DEALERSHIP SAID THIS BEARING WAS WORN & WAS CAUSING ABS ACTIVATION. I LEFT UPSET, WITHOUT THE $642 WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY INSTALL BECAUSE I DIDN'T BELIEVE THE BEARING WAS WORN. ON 5/30/2014, I HAD ANOTHER SERVICE SHOP INDEPENDENTLY DIAGNOSE MY TRUCKS BEARINGS, TIE RODS AND SUSPENSION. THEY CONFIRMED MY ORIGINAL BELIEF THAT THE BEARINGS DID NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED. I DID HAVE BOTH INNER TIE RODS REPLACED AT THIS TIME. ON 6/17/14, I TOOK MY TRUCK TO A 3RD SERVICE SHOP TO HAVE THEM COMPLETE A FRONT END ALIGNMENT BECAUSE INNER TIE RODS WERE RECENTLY INSTALLED. I ALSO ASKED THEM TO DETERMINE IF THIS BEARING WAS WORN. THEIR OPINION WAS THE BEARING WAS OK AND NO MAINTENANCE WAS REQUIRED. IN SUMMARY, THE GM SERVICE SHOP HAD OPPORTUNITIES ON 3/31/06 AND 1/22/14 TO COMPLETE THE RECALL REMEDY AND FAILED. I HAVE REMOVED THE FUSES TO DISENGAGE THE ABS AND PREVENT AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THIS CONDITION STILL EXISTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10615866July 23, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
REAR DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LINE BURST DURING BRAKING AT 40 MPH. SWERVED TO AVOID A COLLISION. EXTREMELY CORRODED BRAKE LINES UPON INVESTIGATION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10614859July 20, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
I WENT TO APPLY BRAKES AT STOP SIGN, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND BY LUCK NO ONE WAS COMING FROM OTHER DIRECTION. I WASN'T ABLE TO STOP. I SPENT OVER 700 DOLLARS TO HAVE NEW BRAKELINES INSTALLED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10611415July 18, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
LEAVING DRIVEWAY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP. USED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP VEHICLE. NO ABS LIGHT OR ANY OTHER LIGHT VIEWABLE ON DASHBOARD. EVEN AFTER PARKING THE TRUCK, STARTING IT UP, AND DEPRESSING PEDAL, AGAIN WENT TO FLOOR, NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. THIS IS A 4WD TRUCK WITH ABS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10614643July 18, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
THE BRAKE LINES ARE VERY RUSTY WHICH HAS CAUSED THE BRAKE LINE TO BREAK AND CAUSE THE BRAKES TO FAIL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10610562July 14, 2014
ENGINE
NOTICED THAT THE FRONT LEFT EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLT BROKE OFF; NO ONE HAS EVER TOUCHED THIS PART SO THE BOLT WAS INSTALLED AS ORIGINAL. SEARCHING THE INTERNET I FOUND THIS IS A MAJOR -- AND KNOWN -- PROBLEM AFFECTING MILLIONS OF THESE ENGINES. THE PATTER STARTS WITH A BOLT OR TWO THEN CULMINATES WITH MORE BROKEN BOLTS, AN EXHAUST LEAK, OVERHEATED CATALYTIC CONVERTER, DAMAGED PARTS AND POTENTIAL FIRES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10610194July 13, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED THRU AND LEAKED OUT ALL THE BREAK FLUID CAUSING THE BRAKES TO FAIL. BRAKE LINES SHOULD NOT RUST THRU SO EASILY AND SO SOON. I PREVIOUSLY HAD A 1991 SILVERADO WITH CLOSE TO 300,000 MILES AND THE BRAKE LINES ON IT NEVER RUSTED THRU. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT THAT IS VERY DANGEROUS. THIS IS A VITAL SAFETY COMPONENT. FOR SOME REASON THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN CHEVROLET SILVERADOS FROM 1999 TO 2003. I HAD TO PAY $610.50 TO GET WHAT I CONSIDER A GM DEFECT FIXED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10608872July 8, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE BRINGING VEHICLE TO A STOP, BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AS NORMAL BUT THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. STEEL BRAKE LINE BURST AND FLUID WAS DISPERSED ON THE GROUND. ALL STEEL BRAKE LINES WERE EXTREMELY RUSTED. I REPLACED ENTIRE ORIGINAL STEEL LINE SYSTEM WITH NEW STAINLESS STEEL LINES AT A COST OF $596. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10608903July 8, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
MONDAY JULY 7TH, 2014, I WAS DRIVING 55 MPH, TRAVELING WEST ON HWY 290 W., AUSTIN, TX JUST PASSED CIRCLE DR. (INTERSECTION HAS BEEN CALLED DEATH TRAP). DEADLY CRASHES ON THIS STRETCH OF HIGHWAY OCCUR FREQUENTLY. STARTED TO SLOW FOR NEXT INTERSECTION WHEN BRAKES FAILED - PEDAL WAS PUSHED TO THE FLOOR. THE HILL HELPED ME SLOW A BIT, BUT SWITCHED TO MIDDLE TURNING LANE TO AVOID REAR ENDING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THANK GOD THE LIGHT WAS GREEN. ONE SMALL CAR PASSED IN FRONT OF ME WHILE I WAS TURNING IN FRONT OF TWO LANES OF EASTBOUND TRAFFIC. PROCEEDED INTO LONE STAR BANK'S PARKING LOT MISSING A MOVING CAR. TURNED RIGHT TO AVOID ROW OF PARKED CARS, DRIVE UP BAYS AND CURB THAT LED TO A POSSIBLE RAVENE. TURNED INTO PARKING SPACE, WENT UP OVER CURB & STOPPED IN FRONT OF LANDSCAPING ROCKS AND A TREE. IT ALL HAPPENED SO FAST - HAD NO BRAKES WHATSOEVER. AS WENT UP OVER CURB, I DEPRESSED EMERGENCY BRAKE. WITH ONLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, SLOWLY ALLOWED TRUCK TO ROLL BACK DOWN OVER CURB. CALLED FOR AAA SERVICE. LOOKED UNDERNEATH TRUCK & IDENTIFIED TWO BRAKE FLUID LEAKS ON CONCRETE. HAD TRUCK TOWED TO DAVIS AUTO AND WAS TOLD TODAY THAT ALL BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED, WITH NO WAY TO SPLICE, AND ALL WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THEY WEREN'T SURE OF WHAT ELSE WOULD NEED REPLACING, SUCH AS ABS PUMP, BUT MASTER CYLINDER WAS OKAY. I CALLED BEN WHITE AUTOMOTIVE & WAS TOLD ABOUT ANOTHER MAN WITH A SIMILAR SITUATION, AND THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE AT GM. I SAW ON INTERNET, AN ARTICLE DATED JULY 7, 2014 (HOW IRONIC) WHERE GM IS RESISTING RECALL OF BRAKE LINES ON 1999-2003 CHEVY SILVERADO PICKUPS. SERIOUSLY, ALMOST REAR ENDING A SMALL CAR WITH CARS ALL AROUND, SWERVING IN BETWEEN TWO LANES OF ONCOMING EASTBOUND TRAFFIC TRAVELING 65 MPH, HOW MANY PEOPLE COULD'VE BEEN INJURED OR KILLED. THE BRAKE LINES ON THESE TRUCKS HAVE GOT TO BE RECALLED BY GM! *TR UPDATED 03/19/2015 *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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