Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (1999)

2,384 consumer complaints on file.

#885058April 4, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE TRAVELING ABS INDICATOR LIGHT WAS ON. TECHNICIAN STATED ABS SYSTEM WAS BAD, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884918April 3, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE HAS A VIBRATION IN FLOORBOARD. PROBLEM HAS BEEN CONSISTENT. THE TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REPROGRAMMED TO AT LEAST CUT DOWN SOME OF VIBRATION.DEALER HAS NOT YET FOUND A REMEDY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743364April 1, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
NO SUMMERY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: 255 70 R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 255 70 R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884694March 30, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:DRUM
PREMATURE WEAR OF BRAKE PADS AND DRUMS. DEALER HAS PUT 4 SETS OF PADS AND DRUMS ON VEHICLE.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT REAR DRUMS DO NOT ADJUST PROPERLY, WHICH CAUSE THE FRONT BRAKE PADS TO WEAR AT APPROXIMATELY 10000 MILES, SOMETIMES BRAKES SMOKE AND RATTLE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884705March 30, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ABOUT 10-15 MPH APPLIED BRAKES AND ABS JUST PULSATED, AND THERE WAS NO BRAKING ACTION. UPON INSPECTION OF VEHICLE CONSUMER FOUND OUT WHEEL BEARING HUB AND ABS WERE CONNECTED. WHEN WHEEL BEARINGS WERE WORN OUT ABS WOULD FAIL. DEALER STATED CHEVROLET WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER HIT A BARRIER POST DUE TO THE FAULTY ABS BRAKES DAMAGING THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE, EVEN THOUGH GM IS AWARE OF PROBLEM THEY WILL NOT PAY DAMAGES, WHEN THE HUB WEARS THE ANTILOCK SENSOR READS FALSELY LEADING TO NO BRAKES. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884573March 29, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE 00V345000/ BRAKE LINE CHAFING, AND DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO PERFORM REPAIR WORK. REASON FOR REFUSAL WAS THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT PURCHASED FROM THAT DEALERSHIP. CONSUMER HAS RECEIVED A SECOND RECALL NOTICE AND WANTED TO HAVE REPAIR WORK PERFORMED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884595March 29, 2001
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING WHEEL FAILS TO TURN, RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AT TYPICALLY LOWER SPEEDS. DEALERSHIP DOES NOT KNOW REASON FOR DEFECT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884605March 29, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. ABS SYSTEM WOULD NOT SHUT OFF WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER, AND SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560539March 28, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
THE BRAKES FADE WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884149March 26, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON IN VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883952March 23, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
WHILE LOCKING DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT SEAT BELT WILL NOT ALLOW CONSUMER TO TURN SIDE TO SIDE. SEAT BELT LOCKED CONSUMER IN PLACE, NO MOVEMENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883781March 22, 2001
TIRES
WHEN VEHICLE IS DRIVEN ON A WET SURFACE IT BEGINS TO SLIDE. TIRES WERE REPLACED DUE TO PREMATURE WEAR. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883837March 22, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN STEPPING ON BRAKE PEDAL IT WILL GO ALWAYS TO THE FLOOR, AND WILL NOT OPERATE. TWO RECALLS HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM MANUFACTURER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883840March 22, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WILL NOT OPERATE JUST AS WAS STATED ON TWO RECALLS THAT CONSUMER HAD RECEIVED ON SEAT BELT RETRACTOR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883884March 22, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
SPRINGS ON HOOD ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD HOOD. ANYBODY COULD BE WORKING UNDER HOOD AND BE TRAPPED OR HURT WITHOUT NOTICING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883619March 21, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
VEHICLE'S REAR END LOCKS UP WHEN MAKING TURNS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER 6 TIMES, REPLACED ENTIRE REAR END. VEHICLE WAS FINE FOR 5 WEEKS, THEN VEHICLE LOCKED UP AGAIN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A LOUD POPPING SOUND AFTER STARTING OFF, DEALER REPLACED DIFFERENTIAL CASE, BEARINGS, AND AXLE SEALS, PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883645March 21, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF, THE ELECTRICAL BRAKE PUMP WOULD STILL RUN. *AK FIRESTONE AT TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, FIRESTONE WOULD NOT REPLACE, BUT DID GIVE A DISCOUNT, TIRE SIZE P285/75R16. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883734March 21, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS LIGHT CAME ON, CAUSING ABS MOTOR TO TURN ON PRESSING AGAINST BRAKES. DEALER HAS ADVISED THAT ENTIRE ABS SYSTEM MUST BE REPLACED WITH CONSUMER'S EXPENSE.*AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883562March 20, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING ABS LIGHT CAME ON. THEN, CONSUMER DROVE OFF ROAD AND TURNED OFF ENGINE, ABS MOTOR KEPT WORKING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, WHERE THEY DID NOT EXPLAIN WHAT COULD HAD HAPPENED. .*AK THE CONSUMER BELIEVES, THE ABS WAS DEFECTIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742666March 19, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BREAK FAILURE WITH MINOR ROAD BUMP. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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