Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (1999)

2,384 consumer complaints on file.

#10493719January 22, 2013
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED, IT WAS NOTICED THAT BOTH SIDES OF THE FRAME WERE CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL AND OFFERED NO OTHER ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10490886January 3, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT NOTICED A NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD WHILE PARKED. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE ANTI-BRAKING MOTOR REMAINED IN OPERATION WHILE THE ENGINE WAS POWERED OFF. THE CONTACT DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY IN ORDER TO POWER OFF THE ANTI-BRAKING MOTOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE ANTI-BRAKING MOTOR WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. SOME TIME LATER WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE DEALER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED AND PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 00V345000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS). THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE IN REPAIRING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10490713January 2, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
THE BRAKE LINE ON MY CHEVY SILVERADO PICK UP RUPTURED DO TO RUST. THE LINE IS LOCATED JUST UNDER THE DRIVERS DOOR. IT RUNS FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE ABS BLOCK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10490642January 1, 2013
ENGINE
STARTED MY TRUCK ONE DAY AND HEARD A NOISE I HAVEN'T HEARD BEFORE. LOOKED UNDER HOOD TO SEE WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM AND NOTICED NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. THE BOLTS HAVE BROKEN OFF LEAVING THE MANIFOLD LEAKING EXHAUST FUMES. CAME TO FIND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON BUT VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM ON CHEVY TRUCKS. MANY CHEVY VEHICLES HAVE THIS ISSUE AND IF NOT CORRECTED COULD LEAD TO MORE ENGINE TROUBLES OR WORSE YET A FIRE.SO NOW MY VEHICLE IS A SAFETY HAZARD! CHEVY SHOULD RECALL THIS SAFETY HAZARD, WHICH COULD BECOME DANGEROUS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10489092December 18, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THEY ABNORMALLY TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE BRAKE LINES HIMSELF. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 280,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10489074December 17, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
I JUST SPENT OVER 2K REPLACING ALL OF MY BRAKE LINES WITH STAINLESS STEEL THE WAY THE FACTORY SHOULD HAVE DONE IT ORIGINALLY ON MY 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO. MY MECHANIC ALMOST HIT THE BAY DOOR WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AS THE RUSTED BRAKE LINE BLEW OUT. THE LOCAL GM DEALER THAT REPLACED THE LINES HAD ANOTHER CHEVY IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND SAID THEY ARE GETTING 1 TO 2 PER WEEK WITH THE SAME, EXACT PROBLEM! I WAS LUCKY I WASN'T DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE LINE BLEW OUT. SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE KILLED AND GM NEEDS TO DO A RECALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10487223December 3, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, THE REAR BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH. TO DO THE REPAIR THE REAR CALIPERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE BOTH THE BLEEDERS AND LINE CONNECTIONS WERE SEIZED. FLASH FORWARD ONE YEAR AND NOW THE FRONT LINES FRONT HOSES AND FRONT CALIPERS NEED THE SAME THING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10484936November 16, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
WHEN STOPPING AT STOP SIGN PEDAL WENT ALMOST ALL WAY TO THE FLOOR. CYCLES PEDAL A FEW TIMES AFTERTHOUGHT COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. STILL WENT TO FLOOR AND HEARD AROUND LIKE AIR OR WATER RUSHING AT EACH PUSH OF THE BRAKE PEDAL. UPON INVESTIGATION FOUND LEAK ON TOP SIDE OF MAIN BRAKE LINE SPRAYING BRAKE FLUID IN UPWARD DIRECTION INTO REAR DRIVERSIDE CAB FLOOR. BRAKELINE APPEARS TO BE PITTED WITH CORROSION WITH LARGE HOLE. I DO NOT LIVE IN A SALT AIR ENVIRONMENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10484597November 14, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH SHE NOTICED A BURNING SMELL AND A GRINDING SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE REAR BRAKES WERE SMOKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE INDEPENDENT DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT PURCHASED THE VEHICLE A DAY PRIOR FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC STATED THE REAR BRAKES WERE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIR THE BRAKES CONTINUED TO SMOKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AS IT WAS AND NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WOULD BE PROVIDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000. UPDATED 12/21/12*LJ UPDATED 1/9/2013 *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10483771November 8, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED, AS WELL AS THE POLICE OFFICER I ALMOST HIT AT THE STOPLIGHT AND THE PEOPLE IN CROSS TRAFFIC I WOULD HAVE PUSHED HIM INTO, WHEN MY BRAKES FAILED DUE TO RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINES. NO WARNING LIGHTS TO TELL ME THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND STILL NO WARNING LIGHT, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NO BRAKES. THE ONLY REASON I WAS ABLE TO STOP IS BECAUSE I WAS NOT GOING THE FULL SPEED LIMIT DUE TO GROCERIES STACKED ON THE SEAT BESIDE ME; WITH DOWNSHIFTING TO LOW RANGE ONE AND PUMPING THE BRAKES REPEATEDLY TO GAIN MAYBE 5 TO 10% PRESSURE, I ONLY STOPPED ABOUT 5 TO 10 FEET BEHIND THE OFFICER. ADD ANOTHER 10-15 MPH AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP. AN AVERAGE DRIVER WOULD HAVE MOST LIKELY WRECKED AT FULL SPEED. THE LINE BURST ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, UNDER WHERE THE DOOR JAM STARTS. ALL THE BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTED. I'VE HAD TWO 1971 CHEVY TRUCKS AND A 1964 PLYMOUTH VALIANT CONVERTIBLE AND NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM EVER HAD A BRAKE LINE PROBLEM. THIS TRUCK IS ONLY 13 YEARS OLD, VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF, STILL LOOKS NEW, REGULARLY COMPLIMENTED ON ITS CONDITION AND LOOKS AND IT ALMOST KILLED PEOPLE! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10483772November 8, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
PUT BRAKES ON AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, FINALLY GOT TRUCK STOPPED AND BRAKE FLUID WAS POURING FROM UNDER CAB. THE BRAKE LINES ARE BADLY RUSTED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10482257October 25, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
ON OCT. 10 2012, A CAR STOP REAL FAST IN FRONT OF ME AND I HAD TO APPLY MY BRAKES. THEY DID NOT WORK, WENT A AROUND HER AND STILL COULD NOT STOP. WENT THROUGH RED LIGHT,DODGING TRAFFIC. IF I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE MY TRUCK I WOULD HAVE HIT 6 DIFFERENT CARS. I MADE IT THROUGH THAT, WENT INTO PARKING LOT STILL COULD NOT STOP. I WAS HEAD FOR A BUSINESS AND IF I DID NOT TURN THE WHEEL WHEN I DID I WOULD HAVE GONE RIGHT INTO IT. I HIT A TREE SO I COULD STOP. UPON CHECKING THE BRAKE LINES WE FOUND OUT THAT THEY WE RUSTED THROUGH. NOT ONLY ARE THE BRAKE LINES BUT THE FUEL LINES ARE ALSO LIKE THIS. I LOVE THE TRUCK BUT GM SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. IF I DIDN'T KNOW HOW THO DRIVE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN SEVERAL PEOPLE KILLED THAT DAY, THANK GOD I HAD SOMEONE WATCHING OVER ME ON THAT DAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10482157October 24, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
REAR BRAKE LINE CORRODED AND CAUSED A BREAK WHERE BRAKE FLUID SPRAYED THROUGH THE LINE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. LOSS OF BRAKING DISTANCE. NO ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10480004October 13, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
REAR BRAKE LINE BURST. UPON INSPECTION FOUND THAT ALL BRAKE LINES ARE SEVERELY CORRODED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10480030October 13, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
THANKFULLY AFTER REMOVING MY BOX OF MY TRUCK TO REPAIR RUST, I NOTICED SEVERE CORROSION/RUST ON THE BRAKE LINE THAT FEEDS THE REAR CALIPERS (ENOUGH CORROSION WHERE IT WAS BOWING OUT AND SLIGHTLY LEAKING). I WENT OUT AND PURCHASED CORROSION PROOF FLEX LINE AND REPLACED THE ENTIRE LINE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THE ENTIRE LINE IS BASICALLY CORRODED AWAY. I STARTED LOOKING AT THE OTHER LINES AND THEY ALL HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM I REALLY CAN'T AFFORD TO REPLACE THEM ALL NOR DO I HAVE THE TIME, READING ONLINE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED, THIS IS PUTTING MANY LIVES AT RISK! PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS. GM NEEDS TO BE HELD FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10478631October 4, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR BRAKE SERVICE AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRAME AND BRAKE LINES WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NO LONGER BE DRIVEN. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 59,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10477351September 28, 2012
AIR BAGS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS PULLING IP TO A STOP SIGN AND MY THROTTLE STUCK AND I HAD NO CONTROL TO STOP IT AND A GUY HIT ME IN THE FRONT END WHERE ALL THE SENSORS TO MY AIRBAGS WERE AND THEY NEVER DEPLOYED AND THE GUY WAS GOING 95 MPH WHEN HE HIT ME. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10477172September 26, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
I HAVE A 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO AND AT LOW SPEEDS MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM ENGAGES WHICH CAUSES MY TRUCK TO STOP LATER OR FURTHER THAN ANTICIPATED. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 6-8 MONTHS. I CALLED GENERAL MOTORS TO SEE ABOUT A RECALL AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WASN'T A RECALL. MY BOSS HAS A 2002 SILVERADO AND HE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS TO PULL THE FUSE AND THE BRAKES WILL ACT LIKE CONVENTIONAL BRAKES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10476706September 21, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
COMING HOME FROM VERMONT AND 6 MILES A WAY ABS LIGHT CAME ON,CAME TO A STOP SIGN AND BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO FLOOR I WAS PULLING A U-HAUL TRAILER,GOT TO WHERE I WAS GOING AND LOOKED UNDER AND SAW BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED, NICE SIZE HOLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10475536September 16, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
WAS MOVING THE TRUCK INTO GARAGE TO CHANGE OIL.. HIT BRAKES AND PEDAL DROPPED A BIT, BRAKE FLUID FROM RUSTED OUT LINE JUST BELOW DRIVERS FLOORBOARD. I'VE HEARD THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THESE...THIS IS NOT THE FIRST LINE TO GO..THIS IS A BAD DESIGN. I LIVE IN NORTHERN INDIANA...PART OF THE SALT BELT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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