Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (2003)

2,092 consumer complaints on file.

#10027303August 15, 2003
TIRES
WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 20 MPH ON A DIRT ROAD, A POPPING NOISE WAS HEARD. THE FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER TIRES WENT FLAT. GOODYEAR, WRANGLER ST P245/75R16 *AK (THE RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS FLAT, AND THE RIGHT FRONT WAS ATTEMPTING TO GO FLAT) *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033934August 14, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRACTION OF THE TIRES WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SLIDE WHEN STOPPING AND TURNING CORNERS. CONSUMER HAS COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER; DEALER SAID THIS PROBLEM WAS NORMAL FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032572August 11, 2003
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH
TAILGATE ON MY 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO DROPPED OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE HAULING A GOOSENECK HORSE TRAILER ON A GRAVEL ROAD. I DIDN'T NOTICE THIS WHEN IT HAPPENED. MADE A RIGHT TURN AND THE CORNER OF THE OPEN TAILGATE MADE CONTACT WITH THE HORSE TRAILER AND RIPPED THE TAILGATE OFF THE TRUCK. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032581August 11, 2003
AIR BAGS
AIR BAGS FAILED TO OPEN ON HEAD END COLLISION. SPEED APPROX. 40 MPH. 2003 CHEVY SILVERADO - NEW CONDITION
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10027302August 7, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CONSUMER HAD HEADLIGHT SWITCH PROBLEMS. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK GM SENT THE CONSUMER A LETTER WHICH STATED WHEN THE HEADLAMP/PARK LAMPS WERE ON, THE TRAILER LIGHT WOULD NOT WORK. THE CONSUMER STATED IF THE LIGHTS WERE TURNED ON, THE BRAKES WOULD LOCK. THE TRAILER HAD COME EQUIPPED WITH AUTO HEADLIGHTS. THE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND ACTIVATE THE TRAILER BRAKES. THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS PLUG UNLESS THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE NEW MODEL PLUG. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032304August 6, 2003
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL:LINKAGE AND CABLE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
VEHICLE HAD A FAULTY RADIATOR HOSE AND HEATER HOSE ALONG WITH BRAKE PROBLEMS.*MR. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOUR TIMES TO NO AVAIL. THE CONSUMER FELT THE PROBLEMS HAD BECAME WORSE AFTER PICKING THE VEHICLE UP FROM THE MECHANIC AFTER IT'S THIRD REPAIR. THE CABLE FOR THE PARKING BRAKE WAS REPLACED. *PH *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032258August 6, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY:LEAF
CONSUMER STATES SPRINGS HAD TO BE REPAIRED THREE TIMES. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030725August 4, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO EXT. CAB 4X4 WITH ONSTAR, WRECKED. HIT TREES. TRUCK TOTALLED, FRONT-END DAMAGE, SIDE AND REAR END DAMAGE. AIR BAG DID NOT INFLATE. ONSTAR DID NOT WORK. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10030669August 3, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SUPPLY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, SUSPENSION:REAR:SHOCK ABSORBER
MY 2003 CHEVROLET DURAMAX TRUCK THAT I RECENTLY PURCHASED, SHEARED THE DRIVER SIDE REAR SHOCK MOUNT OFF AFTER HITTING A CUT OFF TREE STUMP IN SOME TALL GRASS. NOT KNOWING THIS OCCURRED, THE FOLLOWING MORNING ON 7/27/03, I WENT TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN ALONG A BUSY HIGHWAY IN NINILCHIK, ALASKA, AND HAD BREAK FAILURE. CHECKING, I FOUND A SHEARED SHOCK MOUNT AND WITH THE BREAK LINE ATTACHED TO THIS BRACKET WITH A BOLT, IT TOOK THE BREAK LINE OUT AS WELL. AFTER HAVING MY VEHICLE TOWED TO HUTCHENSONS CHEVEROLET IN SOLDOTNA, ALASKA THE REPAIRS WERE MADE AND I LEFT. BEFORE MAKING IT BACK TO NINILCHIK, AK. I ALMOST REAR-END A VEHICLE BECAUSE I HAD NO BREAKS. CHECKING OUT THE SHOCK MOUNT AGAIN, I FIND THE WELD HAD NOT HELD AND BROKE AGAIN AND TAKEING OUT THE BREAK LINE AGAIN. HUTCHENSON CHEVROLET REFUSED TO BOLT TO ANY OTHER PLACE OTHER THAN WHERE THE MANUFACTURE HAD BOLTED IT BEFORE. THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE OFF ROADING NOT KNOWING THIS HAZORD EXIST AND IT DOES ON ALL OF THE NEWERCHEVROLET TRUCKS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10020192July 18, 2003
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE HIGH WITHOUT WARNING. FOR THE THIRD TIME THE SENSOR MOTOR HAD TO BE REPLACED BY THE SERVICE DEALER. *JB *CB *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026943July 10, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, TRAILER HITCHES
VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL ELECTRICAL WIRING, THAT CONTROLS THE TRAILER FAILED. IT ENGAGED BY ITSELF AND OVERHEATED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE PART. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025506July 7, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AT LOW RPM THE TRANSMISSION WILL FREE WHEEL AFTER STOP OR BETWEEN LOW GEARS. AFTER STOPPING THE TRUCK WILL RAISE RPMS, BUT NOT MOVE, THEN DROP INTO GEAR. RUNS FINE FOR A WHILE THEN WITHOUT WARNING CAN RE-APPEAR. HAS BEEN A MAJOR FACTOR IN TWO NEAR-COLLISIONS WHEN EXITING SHOPPING AREAS AND FINDING NO POWER CONNECTED AS TRUCK ROLLS INTO INTERSECTION. HAS ALSO ROLLED BACKWARDS ONCE ONLY ON UPHILL WHEN TRANSMISSION FREE WHEELED. HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO DEALER FOUR TIMES (FIVE BUT ONCE DID NOT EVEN LOOK AT) AND CAN NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. ONCE ALSO TO DEALER BECAUSE BRAKE PETAL WENT TO FLOOR WHILE STOPPED AT INTERSECTION - WAS TOLD THIS WAS A NORMAL FUNCTION OF THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM. DATE IS OF FIRST INCIDENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10020183July 3, 2003
POWER TRAIN
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED UP A HILL, THE TRANSMISSION DECELERATED EVEN WHEN THE CONSUMER'S FOOT WAS ON THE ACCELERATOR, WHICH MADE THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THE VEHICLE ALSO DIED ON TAKE OFF. GROMMETS ON LOWER CONTROLS RUBBED THE TORSION BARS. WHILE PUSHING ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE CONSUMER HAD TO BUILD UP RPMS BY PRESSING THE GAS. THE VEHICLE DID NOT TAKE FUEL UNTIL THE RMPS BUILT UP WHEN CLIMBING HILLS. *JB *CB *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029370July 2, 2003
TIRES
COMPLAINT WITHDRAWAL OF ODI NUMBER 10018466. *MR THE CONSUMER DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE TIRE RATING ON THE VEHICLE. *SCC *JB *CB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025081June 27, 2003
SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023054June 13, 2003
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
TRANSFER CASE/DIFFERENTIAL,SERVICE 4X4 LIGHTS KEEP COMING ON, BRAKES, SHOCKS, BUMPER PAD FALLING OFF, TRANSMISSION CLUNKING NOISE, WOULD NOT START. GOES INTO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ON ITS ON. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN THIS HAPPENS. WAS TOLD BY GM THAT THERE WAS NO FIX. DEALER HAS PUT SEVERAL PARTS ON INCLUDING REPROGRAMMED MODULE IN TRANSFER CASE, REPLACED DIFFERENTIAL CASE AND GEAR KIT, BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR, DEALER REPLACED LEFT FRONT SHOCK BECAUSE OF LEAKING FLUID ONTO ROTOR, CLUNKING NOISE FROM FORWARD TO REVERSE WAS TOLD THIS WAS NORMAL, ENGINE CRANKS BUT DOES NOT START, TOWED IN, DEALER REPLACED BODY CONTROL MODULE. THIS TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 9,000 MILES ON IT. THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM ( TRANSFER CASE) THE DEALER IS JUST GUESSING THAT THEY HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM. WAS TOLD THAT MY TRUCK WAS A TESTER TO SEE IF THEY COULD FIX THE TRANSFER CASE PROBLEM. WHAT COULD GO WRONG NEXT! *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021443June 11, 2003
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH
TAIL GATE LATCH FAILED TO HOLD THE TAIL GATE IN THE LATCHED POSITION. THE TAIL GATE POPPED OPEN AND THE RETAINING CABLE ON THE PASSENGER OF THE TAIL GATE BROKE AS A RESULT OF THE TAIL GATE FALLING OPEN. THE TAIL GATE THEN CAME OUT OF ITS RETAINING SOCKET , ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, AND FELL TO THE GROUND. I WAS IN A ROAD CONSTRUCTION ZONE, WITH NO PLACE TO PULL OVER. AFTER ABOUT AN EIGHTH OF A MILE I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SHOULDER. THE TAIL GATE WAS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED. MY COMPLAINT IS ABOUT THE FAILURE OF THE LATCH AND THE FAILURE OF THE RETAINING CABLE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022077June 3, 2003
SUSPENSION
VEHICLE EXCESSIVELY VIBRATES WHEN DRIVING. DEALER HAS REPLACED 3 OF 4 ORIGINAL TIRES, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DIAGNOSE ANY OTHER CAUSE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019992May 16, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE WITHOUT WARNING. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018800May 16, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ON 4/1/2003,TOOK DELIVERY OF A CHEVROLET 3500 P/UP VIN:[XXX] IT HAS A SUDDEN ACCELERATION. DEALER HAS HAD VEHICLE 3 WEEKS GM HAS NO CURE, THEY WANT TO DRIVE IT AND TRY AND CAPTURE THE DATA TO FIX IT. MY INSURANCE CO DOESN'T WANT THEM TO DRIVE IT BECAUSE OF LIABILITY. WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE. *NLM INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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