Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (2001)

1,820 consumer complaints on file.

#891494June 27, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
6.0 LITER ENGINE IS MAKING A LOUD "PECKING" AND "CLATTERING" NOISE DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOISE IS NORMAL. CONSUMER FEELS NOISE COULD BE COMING FROM VALVES IN ENGINE.*AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#891495June 27, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION VIOLENTLY JUMPS WHILE CHANGING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEARS. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, BUT HAS NOT INFORMED CONSUMER AS TO CAUSE OR REASON OF PROBLEM. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747459June 27, 2001
TRAILER HITCHES
AFRAID THE HITCH WILL LET GO AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT ON THE HIGHWAY DURING A VACTION TRIP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#891166June 25, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. HAD TO PUSH BRAKES DOWN TWICE BEFORE VEHICLE STOPS. ALSO, BRAKES DONOT WORK GOOD ON DRY PAVEMENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746878June 15, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CARBON BUILDUP. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 3 TIMES FOR WHAT THE DEALER SAYS IS CARBON BUILDUP. IT HAPPENS ABOUT EVERY 2500 MILES. THE LAST TIME IN THE DEALER SAID CHEVY KNEW IT HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE DESIGN OF THE PISTONS. THE NEW PISTONS WOULD BE OUT IN LATE 2001 OR EARLY 2002 AND TO KEEP DRIVING IT FOR NOW. I DID NOT PAY $ 35,000.00 TO HEAR A ENGINE KNOCK. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP IN THIS MATTER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746686June 11, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE PROBLEM IS AN INTERMITTANT NEUTRAL CONDITION. THIS HAPPENS WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT FOR A FEW MINUTES. AFTER RELEASING THE BRAKES AND APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR THE ENGINE REVS, BUT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT MOVE. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGES WITH A LARGE BANG AND THE REAR TIRES BREAK TRACTION. THIS HAS HAPPENED SIX TIMES. THE DEALER SAYS THERE IS NO PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURE SAYS THEY HAVE HAD MANY CALLS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, HOWEVER THEY DON'T HAVE A FIX. ON THE INTERNET, THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND GM HAS FIXED IT WITH A NEW VALVE BODY FOR THE TRANSMISSION, AS WELL AS, A NEW FRONT PUMP ASSEMBLY. I FEEL THAT THIS IS UNSAFE AND SHOULD BE FIXED. THANK YOU.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890130June 11, 2001
AIR BAGS
AIRBAG LIGHT STAYED ON AT ALL TIMES. FRONT SENSORS WERE REPLACED TWICE, ONCE IN MARCH, AND AGAIN ON THE 2ND OF MAY. LIGHT WAS BACK ON, AND CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED IF IT WILL DEPLOY IF NEEDED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889912June 6, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHEN PRESSING ON GAS IT DOES NOT ENGAGE, IT IS STICKING IN THROTTLE BODY. WHEN IT DID ENGAGE, IT CAUSED VEHICLE TO TAKE OFF AT A RAPID ACCELERATION. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY CLEANED THROTTLE BODY, AND PROBLEM STOPPED FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, BUT IT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889422May 30, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TO ADJUST SEATBELT FOR CONSUMER'S HEIGHT. SHOULDER BELT FITS BELOW CONSUMER'S SHOULDER. DEALER DOES NOT HAVE REMEDY TO REPAIR SEATBELT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746152May 30, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
THE 3-POINT SAFETY BELT CUTS INTO MY SHOULDER AND CAUSES SEVERE PAIN EVEN WHEN THE VEHICKLE IS NOT MOVING. THE SAFETY BELT CANNOT BE ADJUSTED TO CORRECT TIS PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT NOTICED A THE TIME VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED DUE TO TEH SHORT DURATION OF THE TEST DRIVE, AND THE HEAVY COAT THAT WAS WORN AT THE TIME. IF THE SAFETY BELT CAUSES PAIN AND DISCOMFORNT AFTER SHOR DURATIONS OF WEAR, IT IS OBVIOUS THAT IT WOULD CAUSE SEVERE INJURIES DUE TO THE DESIGN IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. THE MANUFACTURER SAYS THAT THE SEAT BELT IS OPERATING AS IT WAS DESIGNED TO AND THAT IT IS MY FAULT THAT I AM TALLER THAN THEIR DESIGN CRITERIA. THE DEALER DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY HEIGHT RESTRICTION ACCOSIATED WITH THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICKLE WHEN IT WA SPURCHASED. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT THAT THE MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO CORRECT. THE ONLY WAY TO DRIVE THIS VEHICKLE MORE THAN 10 MILES WITHOUT BEING SUBJECTED TO PAIN AND SUFFERING IS TO DRIVE WITHOUT BEING BUCKLED UP. SO DO I BUCKLE UP AND CONTINUE TO INDURE THE PAIN, OR DO I BREAK THE LAW AND NOT BUCKLE UP. NOT WEARING THE SEAT BELT PUTS ME AT THE SAME OR GREATER RISK OF INJURY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT AS WELL AS IS BREAKING THE LAW.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#889244May 29, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID
POWER STEERING FLUID IS LEAKING ONTO RACK AND PINION STEERING, RENDERING VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO STEER. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745976May 27, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:TORSION BAR
NUT (S) AND COTTER KEY(S) MISSING ON RIGHT UPPER BALL JOINT AND RIGHT SWAY BAR ENDS.. VEHICLE MFR. IN INDIANA PLANT.....VERY DANGEROUS...CAUTION ALL OWNERS OF ANY TRUCK MANUFACTURER IN THIS PLANT THE LAST WEEKS OF MAY 2001. MISSING NUTS WILL CAUSE COPLETE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888496May 17, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATLEY 55 MPH ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY, THERE WAS A VERY LOUD POPPING NOISE RESULTING IN COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO BRING VEHICLE TO A STOP WHILE VEHICLE DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT, NOT TO LEFT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. DEALERSHIP WAS EXAMINING VEHICLE, AND HAS YET TO MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO CAUSE OF THIS DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888417May 16, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER HAD BOUGHT VEHICLE BRAND NEW. COULD BE DRIVING AND TRANSMISSION WOULD BE JUMPING OUT OF GEAR. HAD TO BE TAKEN BACK TO DEALER FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEM.*AK IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VALVE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE AND WAS REPAIRED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745360May 15, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, I FOUND THAT THE SAFETY BELY SYSTEM WAS CAUSING PAIN IN MY SHOULDER. THIS IS A RESULT OF A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT IN THE DESIGN OF THE PASSANGER RESTRAINT SYSTEM WHICH PREVENTS THE SHOULDER BELT PORTION OF THE SEAT BELT FROM BEING ADJUSTED SO THAT THE DRIVER AND/ORPASSANGER CAN PROPERLY BUKLE THE SEAT BELT. THIS DESIGN PRESENT SERIOUS AND POTENTIALY LIFE THREATENING CONSEQUENCES FOR THE DRIVER AND OCCUPENTS IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. THE DESIGN ALSO MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE DRIVER TO COMPLY WITH STATE SEAT BELT LAWS WHICH REQUIRE THE DRIVER AND PASSANGERS TO BE PROPERLY BUCKLED UP WHILE DRIVING. THIS DESIGN ALSO SUBJECTS PASSENGER WHO ARE ABOVE AVERAGE IN HEIGHT TO PAIFUL DOWNWARD PRESSURE ON THEIR SHOULDER AND COLAR BONE WHILE WEARING THE SAFETY BELT. THE SAFETY BELT CANNOT BE ADJUSTED AN ANY WAY OR FORM. THE VEHICKLE HAS BEEN TAKE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS, AND THE PROBLEM WAS FORWARDED TO THE MANUFATURER. THE REPORT BACK WAS THAT THE SEAT BELT SYSTEMS IS WORKING ACORDING TO THEIR DESIGN AND THAT IT IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM IS IS MINE BECAUSE I AM ABOVE AVEGARE IN HEIGHT AND DO NOT MEET THE CRITERIA THEY DESIGNED FOR. THEY STATED THAT THEY WILL MAKE NO EFFORT TO CORRECT THE SAFETY PROBLEM, WHICH THEY ADMITTED EXISTED, UNLESS THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE ITEM. IF THE SEAT BELT CANNOT BE ADJUSTED SO THAT THE DRIVER AND/OR PASSANGER CAN PROPERLY AND SAFLY BUCKLE UP, HOW CAN THIS DESIGN MEET FEDERAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. IS IT NOT THE REPONCIBILITY OF NHTSA TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM SUCH OBVIOUSLY FLAGRANT VIOLATIONS AND SAFETY HAZARDS. WHY IS IT THAT NHTSA REFUSES TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION TO FORCE THE MANUFACTURER TO CORRECT THIS SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT? IS NHTSA WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO BE KILLED OR PERMANANTLY DISABLED BEFORE THEY ACT. IF THIS IS THE CASE, THEN NHTSA IS ITSELF ASSUMING PARTIAL LIABILITY FOR FAILURE TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM THE SAFETY DEFECTS THAT ARE KNOWN TO EXIST WITH THIS AND OTHER SIMILAR DESIGNS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9002500May 14, 2001
INTERIOR LIGHTING
DOME OVERIDE BUTTON CAUSES AUTOMATIC LIGHTS TO GO OFF WHEN VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE AT NIGHT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887700May 8, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER PULLED IN FIELD OF FARM AREA THOUGH GRASS. HE TURNED VEHICLE OFF, LEFT A FEW MINUTES, AND A YOUNG GENTLEMAN TOLD HIM THAT VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. SMOKE WAS COMING FROM FRONT RIGHT TIRE . HE TRIED TO START VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE STOPPED. GRASS WAS ON FIRE, AND VEHICLE BURNED DOWN TO THE GROUND. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED OUT. HE WAS HURT A LITTLE BIT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#887763May 8, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL
WHILE DRIVING FUEL INJECTORSLINE BROKE, CAUSING DIESEL FUEL TO SPRAY OUT ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVER BEHIND CONSUMER TO TURN ON WINDSHIELD WIPERS. DEALER REPLACED INJECTOR LINE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744275April 19, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
THIS TRK DRIFTS LEFT WITHIN ABOUT 40 FT YOUR OFF THE ROAD I TOOK IT IN THEY SET THE FRONT END 3 OR 4 TIMES THE LAST TIME THEY WENT PAST MANUF.SPECTS TO COMPENSATE AND SET TOE IN OUT TRK STILL DRIFTS AT ABOUT 60 TO100 FT AND NOW TIRES ARE WAREING ON THE INSIDE THIS TRK SHOULD NOT BE DOING THIS AND I FIND THERE ARE OTHERS AFTER TALKING TO A ALINEMENT SHOP THE DEALERS TAKING THEM THERE BEFOR SOMEONE BUYS IT SO THEY MAY NOT NOTICE THERES A PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885777April 12, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS
REAR BUMPER ASSEMBLY BUBBLED ON TOP WHEN INVOLVED IN A LOW SPEED ACCIDENT. WHER ECONSUMER WAS BACKING UP AT LESS THAN 5 MPH, AND ANOTHER CONSUMER WAS PULLING OUT. MANUFACTURER STATED THAT BUMPER MET OR EXCEEDED STANDARDS. CONSUMER FELT THAT DAMAGE WOULD HAVE BEEN FAR MORE SEVERE IN EVENT OF A HIGH SPEED IMPACT, AND WAS CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF BUMPER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS/PHOTOGRAPHS.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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