Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (2000)

2,131 consumer complaints on file.

#882991March 14, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR RECALL NOTICE 00V345000. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE, AND TO DRIVE VEHICLE AS IT WAS. PLEASE PROVDIE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742347March 13, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. CAME UP TO INTERSECTION WITH STOP LIGHT. LIGHT CHANGED TO RED AND TRIED TO APPLY BRAKES.BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. VEHICLE RAN THRU RED LIGHT AND INTERSECTION NARROWLY MISSING COLLISION WITH OTHER VEHICLE.ROAD SURFACE DRY AND CLEAR. TEMP APPROX 35. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID NO PROBLEM. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURENCE OF THIS TYPE SINCE I'VE OWNED THE VEHICLE. CANNOT CONTINUE TO DRIVE WITH NO CONFIDENCE IN BRAKES. FORTUNATELY NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES HAVE OCCURED HOWEVER THIS CONDITION IS A TIME BOMB WAITING TO GO OFF.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882853March 13, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING, TRANSMISSION WOULD DOWNSHIFT FOR NO REASON, FROM 2ND TO 1ST GEAR OR 3RD TO 2ND GEAR. TOOK TO DEALER, CAN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882965March 13, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY
WATER WOULD GET INSIDE OF VEHICLE WHEN ITS RAINING OR BEING WASHED. SEAM IN TRUCK WOULD ALLOW WATER TO LEAK IN AND GET UNDER CARPETING. ELECTRICAL WIRES WOULD ALSO GET WET AND AFFECT LIGHTING SYSTEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882706March 12, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A NORMAL STOP, BRAKES SLIGHTLY CATCH. BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOORBOARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. BRAKES KICK IN, CAUSING VEHICLE TO COME TO A SKIDED STOP. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882758March 12, 2001
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
THERE IS A SOUND COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. IT SOUNDS AS IF SOMETHING IS LOOSE IN COLUMN. THIS OCCURS RANDOMLY, AND MORE FREQUENTLY DURING COLDER WEATHER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882552March 9, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
FROM 10MPH AND HIGHER STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES UNCONTROLLABLY. DEALER HAS REPLACED THREE DEFECTIVE WHEELS AND TWO TIRES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742122March 8, 2001
TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE
WHEN TRYING TO CHANGE THE SPARE YOU MUST INSERT A ROD AND TURN TO BRING THE SPARE DOWN. THE ROD FAILS TO CONNECT PROPERLY AS A RESULT YOU ARE UNABLE TO LOWER THE SPARE. WHEN ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WAS CONTACTED THEY SAID THERE WERE MANY INSTANCES JUST LIKE OURS. THE DEALERSHIP EXPLAINED THAT THE SPARE WAS TIGHTENED TOO MUCH CAUSING THE SHAFT(WHICH PASSES DIRECTLY OVER THE TIRE) TO BEND. MY HUSBAND, DANIEL R. NORIZ, HAS A 2000CHEVY SILVERADO Z71. HIS VIN # IS 2GCEK19T6Y329756. HIS TRUCK HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. WE HAVE STOPPED TO HELP A 2000GMC SIERRA OWNER BRING HIS SPARE DOWN AS WELL. HE WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND WAS HAVING TROUBLE BRINGING HIS SPARE DOWN. MY SISTER-IN-LAW HAS A 2000 GMC SIERRA WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742133March 8, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP TRUCK ON WET, ROUGH, BLACKTOP, 20% SLOPE HILL. BRAKES FAILED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882450March 8, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHEN APPLYING GAS CONSUMER HAS TO ALMOST STAND ON PEDAL TO GET PEDAL TO GO DOWN. DEALER ADMITTED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH GAS PEDAL STICKING.*AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882497March 8, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY
CONSUMER HAD FOUND DIFFERENT CRACKS ON BODY OF VEHICLE WHERE PARTS WERE MADE OF PLASTIC, AND ANYBODY COULD LEAN ON VEHICLE AND IT WILL CRACK.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882356March 7, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SUPPLY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
AFTER BRAKING TO STOP VEHICLE HESITATES. ALSO, THERE IS INCREASED BRAKING DISTANCE WHEN BRAKING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER DEALER 6 TIMES, AND WAS TOLD BRAKE LINE WAS TOO CLOSE TO LEFT EXHAUST PIPE, HEATED BRAKE FLUID. DEALER COMPUTER WAS CONVENIENTLY DOWN LAST 3 TIMES. SO THOSE VISITS WER NOT DOCUMENTED. *AK THE DEALER BELIEVES THE BRAKE LINE WAS NOT THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882424March 7, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST
WAS BACKING VEHICLE OUT OF GARAGE WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENED TO POWER ASSIST ON STEERING. ALSO, HAD NO POWER BRAKES. EVERYTHING HAD LOCKED UP. NOTICED STEERING FLUID ON GARAGE FLOOR. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED BY SERVICE MANAGER VEHICLE WILL BE TOWED.*AK DEALER STATED THAT CONSUMER MAY HAVE HAD FOOT ON BRAKE AND WENT THROUGH SAFETY ZONE ON HYDRO BOOSTER CAUING FLUID TO FOAM UP AND CAUSE THIS PROBLEM. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882184March 6, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER TO INSPECT BRAKE LINE, CONSUMER WAS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT DEALER WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.*AK CONSUMER IS UNHAPPY BECAUSE IN ORDER TO DO REPAIR, GM HAD TO SLICE BRAKE LINE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882212March 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
VEHICLE WAS IN 4- WHEEL LOW AND CONSUMER WAS IN BACK OF IT, VEHICLE MOVED ON ITS OWN, WENT DOWN HILL, AND HIT A TREE. DEALER FOUND VEHICLE HAD JUMPED FROM 4- WHEEL LOW INTO NEUTRAL DUE TO THE LINKAGE NOT ADJUSTED RIGHTLY. DAMAGE TO BVEHICLE WAS $ 6000. *AK CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#9001997March 5, 2001
POWER TRAIN
THERE IS A BACKLASH IN THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881921March 2, 2001
SUSPENSION:REAR
REAR END OF VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSPECTED,UNABLE TO LOCATED PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881929March 2, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN MAKING SUDDEN STOPS BRAKES WILL CHIRP AND FRONT END WILL DIVE DOWN. DEALER CANNOT FIX PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881859March 1, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT, STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
WHILE TRAVELING, TO KEEP VEHICLE FROM PULLING TO RIGHT, CONSUMER HAS TO APPLY PRESSURE TO STEERING WHEEL AND PULL TO LEFT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALER REPLACED THE GEAR BOX, HOWEVER THE STEERING WAS WORSE THAN EVER, DEALER THEN ROTATED FRONT TIRES LEFT TO RIGHT, CONSUMER HAS NOTICED IMPROVEMENT HOWEVER THERE IS STILL A LIGHT PULL TO THE RIGHT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559915February 23, 2001
STRUCTURE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
THE VEHICLE WAS WEIGHED WITH A MEDIUM SIZED VEHICLE IN TOW AND THE WEIGHT WAS 12140, AS PER GM THE TRUCKS MAX GVW RATING IS 11,000, THE VEHICLE WAS BEING USED OVERWEIGHT OF SPECS WHICH CAUSED PREMATURE BRAKE WEAR, THE VEHICLE WAS SOLD TO THE CONSUMER WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD BE USED AS A TOW TRUCK, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT GM IS SELLING TRUCKS WITH WRECKER PROVISIONS BUT ARE TOO LIGHT TO BE TOW TRUCKS OR THEY ARE SELLING TRUCKS WITH DEFECTIVE BRAKE SYSTEMS, ON ONE OCCASION THE VEHICLE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHILE THE DRIVER WAS BRAKING AND FAILED CAUSING THE TRUCK TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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