Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (2003)

2,092 consumer complaints on file.

#10130023July 26, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
GENERAL MOTORS HAVE A FAULTY NEUTRAL SAFETY SHIFT SWITCH ON THEIR SILVERADO 1500 1/2 TON PICKUPS THAT MAY LEAD TO FAILURE AND CAUSE THE TRUCK TO BURN. I HAVE BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF GENERAL MOTORS BUT THEY IGNORED ME. MY TRUCK BURNED AND WE PUT IT OUT. I SEE OTHERS THAT HAVE BURNED AND I BET THE NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH IS WHAT STARTED IT. IF YOU WERE TO INVESTIGATE HOW MANY 03 (MAYBE NEWER MAYBE OLDER) HAVE BURNED YOU WILL FIND THE CAUSE IN THIS SWITCH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10129025July 17, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I OWN A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO EXTENDED CAB SHORT BOX Z71 4X4 PICK UP TRUCK. IT HAS THE 4 SPEED AUTOMATIC WITH OVERDRIVE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE A CONSISTANT SHIFTING DRIVELINE CLUNK THAT ONLY OCCURS WHEN THE TRANSMISSION UPSHIFTS FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR AND THEN DOWNSHIFTS FROM 3RD TO 2ND GEAR. I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE BACK TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER THREE TIMES SO FAR CONCERNING THIS ISSUE. ALL I GET IS THE USUAL GM RUNAROUND THAT THIS PROBLEM IS A NORMAL CONDITION AND NO REPAIRS SHOULD BE ATTEMPTED ACCORDING TO THE TSB RELATED TO THIS CONDITION. I HAVE OWNED OTHER GM VEHICLES IN THE PAST, AND I HAVE NEVER HAD OF ANY OF THEM BANG OR CLUNK FROM THE TRANSMISSION WHEN SHIFTING GEARS AUTOMATICALLY. THEY CLAIM THAT IT IS SOME TYPE OF A MOMENTARY TORQUE REVERSAL PROBLEM WHEN THAT PARTICULAR SHIFT OCCURS THAT CAUSES THE CLUNKING AND OR BANGING CONDITION IN THEIR TRANSMISSION. A MOMENTARY TORQUE REVERSAL IN THEIR DRIVETRAIN WHILE THE VEHICLE IS MOVING IN FORWARD GEARS IS A NORMAL CONDITION? NOT TO ME. THEY ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY STATING THAT IT IS A NORMAL CONDITION. ON THE OTHER HAND, IF THIS CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION TO SUDDENLY LOCK UP...AND SOMEONE GETS HURT IN THE PROCESS....THEN I'M SURE THAT IT WILL BE FIXED PROPERLY. WHY IS IT THAT THE AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURERS TODAY WILL NOT REPAIR THEIR ENGINEERED SCREWUPS AT THEIR EXPENSE, LIKE THEY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO DO? WHY IS IT THAT THEY WILL NOT FIX THEIR PROBLEMS UNLESS THAT COMPONET IN QUESTION FAILS COMPLETELY?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128227July 10, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
UPON PARKING, HAD SLIGHT DIFFICULTY PLACING VEHICLE INTO PARK GEAR POSITION ON VERY SLIGHT INCLINE IN DRIVEWAY OF HOME. STEPPED OUT OF VEHICLE, RETURNED A FEW MINUTES LATER TO FIND VEHICLE HAD ROLLED INTO POLE. ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE, BUT WOULD NOT START, TRIED TO PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL, AND COLUMN SHIFT WAS VERY LOOSE. APPLIED PARKING BRAKE AND CONTACTED DEALER FOR TOW NEXT MORNING. DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE SHIFT CABLE HAD BROKEN, REPLACED WITH NEW SHIFT CABLE. ONLY EXPLANATION OFFERED WAS PLASTIC SHEATH HAD CRACKED ALLOWING CABLE TO KINK, THEY STATED INITIALLY IT SOMETIMES HAPPENS, BUT THEY DID NOT EXPLAIN WHY. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT IF VEHICLE WERE PARKED ON STREET ON A SLIGHT GRADE IT WOULD HAVE ROLLED DOWNHILL POSSIBLE CAUSING DAMAGE OR INJURING SOMEONE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127701July 6, 2005
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL:LINKAGE AND CABLE
THE PARKING BRAKE ON 2003 CHEVROLET 2500 SILVERADO PICKUP TRUCKS WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS WILL NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE ON EVEN A VERY SLIGHT GRADE WITHOUT CONSTANT ADJUSTMENTS BEING MADE TO THE BRAKE SYSTEM. IF THERE IS A TRAILER BEING TOWED OR A LOAD BEING CARRIED IN THE TRUCK BED, THE PARKING BRAKE WILL NOT HOLD EVEN FOLLOWING A DEALER SERVICE ADUSTMENT. I HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO THE DEALER AND BEYOND ADJUSTING THE BRAKE THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE. MY TRUCK HAS 48000 MILES ON IT AND THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM ALMOST FROM THE BEGINNING. THE TRUCK HAS NEARLY RUN INTO THE SIDE OF A BUILDING, ROLLED OUT OF ITS PARKING SPACE, AND STARTED ROLLING DOWN A HILL WHILE I WAS EXITING THE TRUCK. I CANNOT SAFELY PARK THE TRUCK UNLESS IT IS ON LEVEL GROUND, PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED AND TRANSMISSION PLACED IN REVERSE. I HAVE A FRIEND THAT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET 3500 SILVERADO WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127418July 5, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127368July 3, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
MY REAR ROTOR ON MY 2003 SILVERADO SS WITH 41,000 MILES IS RUSTING/CRACKING AWAY CAUSING MY PADS TO DIG GROOVES INTO ROTOR.PADS HAVE ANOTHER 40,000 MILES LEFT ON THEM.THE WARRANTY RAN OUT AT 36,000.SHOULD GM BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEFECTIVE ROTOR?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127951June 24, 2005
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
REPLACEMENT OF THE FAULTY TAIL GATE ON THE 2003 CHEVROLET C2500. *MR GM LED THE CONSUMER TO BELIEVE THAT THE TAILGATE HE REPLACED WAS GOING TO BE REPLACED BY THEM WITH THE ORIGINAL PARTS IF THE DEALER AGREED THE PROBLEM WAS SAID TO BE CAUSED BY THE TAILGATE CABLES. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126360June 23, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE), FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL), POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE), SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:CALIPER, STEERING:COLUMN, SUSPENSION:FRONT, SUSPENSION:REAR, TIRES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
4X4 NOT WORKING, CHARCOAL CANISTER, CD-PLAYER 3 TIMES, COMPLETE NEW BRAKE SYSTEM FROM ROTORS,SEALS,CALIPERES ETC. THAT I PAID FOR $1,000., WINDOW REGULATOR, DOOR LATCHES, NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING AREA, DASH PEELING APART, CHAPMAN CHEVY REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES TWICE WITHIN 50,000 MILES-I FINALLY WENT AND SPENT $1,200 ON NEW TIRES TO MAKE SURE MY FAMILY AND I OUR SAFE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125105June 13, 2005
STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR
ALONG WITH AT LEAST A DOZEN OTHER COMPLAINTS FILED WITH NHTSA I ALSO HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT SECTORON MY 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD MAKING A RATTLING , CLICKING NOISE ESPICALLY WHEN TURNING. WHAT IS THE CRITERIA TO GET GM TO ANNOUNCE A RECALL? I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BEFORE MORE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES OCCUR. SO FAR I HAVE MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT AND POSSIBLY REPLACE THE SECTOR OR PLACE A LUBRICATION KIT IN IT.IN READING OTHER COMPLAINTS IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THIS RESOLVES THE PROBLEM. MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY BUT THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXPIRATION. I WOULD BE HAPPYTO ALLOW AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO FORWARD THIS TO GM FOR ACTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124889June 10, 2005
SUSPENSION
I BOUGHT A NEW 2003 CHEVY EXPRESS CARGO VAN (2500) IN 2003.WHEN THIS VEHICLE IS UNDER LOAD,TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH SIX/SEVEN PERCENT DOWNHILL GRADES,THE FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY. SIMPLY TAPPING THE BRAKES WILL NOT BRING IT UNDER CONTROL,YOU HAVE TO LITERALLY SLAM ON THE BRAKES,OR TAKE THE RISK OF BEING TOSSED OFF THE HIGHWAY.THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN STRESSED IN ANY WAY (WRECKS,HITTING CURBS,ETC) THE DEALER IS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. I WANT A DEALERSHIP TO TAKE IT,WITH ME,TO A ROAD OF MY ABOVE DESCRIPTION AND FIND THIS PROBLEM AND FIX IT. I AM POSITIVE I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS MODEL VAN,WITH THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE COME VERY CLOSE TO ETERNITY IN THIS VAN BECAUSE OF THIS MALFUNCTION.I HAVE NOT DRIVEN THE VAN IN THREE MONTHS BECAUSE OF ANXIETY WITH THE PROBLEM. DYING IN A CHEVY VAN BECAUSE OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS NO PART OF WHAT I WANT IN MY FUTURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124767June 3, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO EXPERIENCED PREMATURE REAR DISC BRAKE PAD WEAR.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE REAR ROTORS WERE RESURFACED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10123892June 2, 2005
PARKING BRAKE, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
YOUR ID#05V161000 SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE CHEVY TRUCKS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. I OWN A 2003 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500 HD 4 WHEEL DRIVE. I HAVE AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND MY PARKING BRAKE HAS'NT HELD SINCE LAST FALL. ITS HOLDING POWER HAD GOTTEN CONTINUALLY WEAKER SINCE THE PURCHASE DATE (9-30-02). CHEVY TOLD ME I HAD TO ADJUST IT, I DID, TWICE. I CAN'T ADJUST IT ANYMORE. ADDITIONALLY, MY WINDSHIELD HAS A PERFECT CRACK IN IT THAT FOLLOWS THE UPPERMOST BLOW PATTERN OF THE DEFROST VENTS PERFECTLY. THIS CRACK STARTED DURING THE FIRST COLD SPELL THIS PAST WINTER. IT GREW EVERYTIME I USED THE DEFROSTER. IT STRETCHES ALL THE WAY ACROSS MY WINDSHIELD AT THIS POINT. CHEVY TOLD ME THAT SINCE THERE WERE IMPERFECTIONS IN THE GLASS, CAUSED BY WEAR AND TEAR, THAT THE WINDSHIELD WAS NOT THIER RESPONSIBILITY. THE IMPERFECTIONS THEY FOUND WERE NOT VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE. DAMAGE BY ROAD DEBRIS WOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY 'SPIDERING' OF THE GLASS. NONE SUCH ON MY WINDSHIELD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122136May 25, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DT: CONSUMER STATES: VEHICLE HAD TERRIBLE STOPPING DISTANCE. HAD TO APPLY HARD PRESSURE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP, TOOK IT TO BRAKE SPECIALIST, WHO SAID VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW BOOSTER.*AK *SB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121283May 18, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKE PEDAL FEELS VERY SPONGY. WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED HARD THE STOPPING DIDTANCE IS VERY POOR. IN FACT ON DRY PAVEMENT, THE VEHICLE ABS SYSTEM WILL NOT ENGAGE. WHEN I ADD MY BOAT TRAILER (WHITHIN THE MANUFACTURES HAULING SPEC) THE VEHICLE IS SCARY TO DRIVE, IT FEELS LIKE YOU CANNOT STOP. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY HAVE NO WAY TO MAKE THE TRUCK STOP BETTER. PLEASE HELP!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121285May 18, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
I OWN A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO THAT HAS THE PROBLEM WITH THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ACTIVATING AT LOW SPEEDS BECAUSE OF RUST AROUND THE SENSORS. IT ALSO HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE ROTOR BRAKING SURFACE RUSTING AND PITTING SO BAD IN TWO YEARS THAT THE REAR BRAKE PADS WERE ONLY MAKING 50% CONTACT WITH THE BRAKE ROTOR CAUSING A LOSS OF BRAKING PERFORMANCE. YOUR CURRENT INVESTIGATION DOES NOT INCLUDE 2003 VEHICLES AND NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121288May 18, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR GETS WET FROM RAIN OR WASHING THE CAR, WIPERS SEEM TO SHORT OUT AND TURNS ON BY ITSELF, WILL NOT TURN OFF UNTIL DRY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121105May 16, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
SPEEDOMETER WAS JUMPING AROUND SPEEDS NOT INDICATED THE PROPER SPEED IF IT WORKED AT ALL.I FEEL IT IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE NOT KNOWING THE SPEED YOUR GOING FOR THE ROAD CONDITIONS AND WHEN SEARCHING INTERNET FOUND THAT IT IS A CONTINUAL PROBLEM THAT GENERAL MOTORS STILL DOES NOTHING TO FIX FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW AND CHARGES THE OWNER A CHECK OUT FEE AND SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLORS TO PUT A NEW DASH IN VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120490May 9, 2005
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
VEHICLE OFF IN PARK, KEY TURNED 1 CLICK , WENT IN GEAR WITHOUT FOOT ON BRAKE, CRASHED.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119727May 4, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
THE BRAKES ON MY 2003 CHEVEROLET SILVERADO ARE VERY SOFT. THEY REQUIRE GREATER STOPPING DISTANCE THAN NORMAL UNDER ANY DRIVING CONDITIONS. WHEN GOING DOWN A HILL OR OTHER INCLINE, YOU MUST PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR IN ORDER TO STOP. DEALERS HAVE NOT RESOLVED THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119538May 3, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
BRAKE PEDDAL GOES TO FLOOR WHEN STEADY PRESSURE APPLIED. THIS HAS OCCURED SINCE THE TRUCK HAD ABOUT1000 MILES ON IT.DEALER SAYS THIS IS NORMAL. IF THIS IS NORMAL THERE IS A LOT OF TRUCKS THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO STOP VERY FAST.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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