Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (2000)

2,131 consumer complaints on file.

#10559171January 9, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS STARTED AND THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, BUT THE BRAKE PEDAL ABNORMALLY TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THREE OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND BECAME FRACTURED, ALLOWING ALL OF THE BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
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0
Deaths:
0
#10558163January 2, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
UPON BACKING UP TO LEAVE A PARKING LOT, IT WAS IMMEDIATELY APPARENT THERE WAS A LOSS OF BRAKE PEDAL, I.E. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THERE WAS ENOUGH BRAKE LEFT TO COME TO A STOP AND TO DRIVE TO THE NEAREST REPAIR SHOP, BUT DEFINITELY NOT SAFE TO CONTINUE DRIVING BEYOND THAT. THERE WAS NO INDICATION PRIOR THAT THE BRAKES WERE FAILING. AFTER INSPECTION THE REPAIR SHOP ESTIMATED THAT AT LEAST 3 OF THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10556146December 16, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS DRIVING DOWN AN ICE COVERED ROAD STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN THEN WENT DOWN A HILL AND WHEN I PUSHED ON BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT TO THE FLOOR ALMOST WRECKED UNABLE TO STOP ON ICE COVERED ROAD. BRAKE LIGHT NEVER CAME ON UNTIL I GOT HOME ABOUT HALF HOUR AFTER BRAKE LINE FAILURE. HAD A 5 YEAR OLD AND A 7 YEAR OLD WITH ME THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE SOMETHING'S ARE MORE IMPORTANT THEN MONEY. I HAVE HAD VEHICLES THAT WERE 30 AND EVEN 40 YEARS OLD THAT HAD ORIGINAL BRAKE LINES ON THEM AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THAT. THIS IS SIMPLY USING CHEAP METAL JUST LIKE THEY USE ON THE BODIES OF THEIR PICKUP TRUCKS. WHETHER OR NOT ANYTHING IS DONE ABOUT THIS BY GM MAKES ME LITTLE DIFFERENCE BUT I WILL BE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I AM SELLING THE TRUCK AND BUYING A DIFFERENT MAKE THAT ISN'T SO DANGEROUS TO ME AND THOSE DRIVING AROUND ME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10555332December 9, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
VEHICLE CAME TO STOP IN FRONT OF ME. DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND HAD TO SWERVE OFF THE ROAD AND INTO THE DITCH OF THE HIGHWAY TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT WITH THE OTHER VEHICLE. LEARNED THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED OUT AND CAUSED A SIGNIFICANT LEAK. UPON RESEARCHING THIS, FOUND OUT THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE, AND THAT THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION EA11001 THAT HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR CLOSE TO 2 YEARS. 800+ REPORTS EXIST. THOUSANDS MORE UNREPORTED IN VARIOUS INTERNET FORUMS. WHEN WILL THIS BE RESOLVED WITH A VEHICLE SAFETY RECALL, BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED? THIS IS A BAD DESIGN, DUE TO STEEL BRAKE LINES, AND DESIGNED TO COLLECT MOISTURE AND SALT BY MEANS OF SPRING MATERIAL ON EXTERIOR OF LINES, AND LINES GROUPED TOGETHER DIRECTLY BEHIND THE SPLASH COMING OFF THE FRONT TIRE. IT IS AN OBVIOUS FLAW. FURTHERMORE, GM APPARENTLY DOES NOT HAVE GM REPLACEMENT (CERTIFIED?) SET OF BRAKE LINES. IS IT GOING TO TAKE A FATAL CRASH TO FINALLY RESOLVE THIS? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10555390December 9, 2013
ENGINE
MY TRUCK HAS THE BAD GM CASTECH CYLINDER HEADS THAT LEAK COOLANT INTO THE OIL. GM KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM VIA GM TSB. DEALER AND MFG. REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING. I FEEL THIS IS NOT A MECHANICAL WEAR ISSUE. IT IS BAD HEADS FROM THE MANUFACTURER. GM SHOULD BE FORCED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS ISSUE AND RECALL THE AFFECTED VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10552796November 18, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
HAD DRIVEN TRUCK HOME FOR LUNCH.WAS RETURNING TO WORK. WHEN I TRIED TO STOP AT REDLIGHT TO MAKE A LEFT THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND I HAD NO BRAKES. WAS ABLE TO GET TRUCK INTO PARKING LOT. PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID ON GROUND UNDER DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL. I WAS SCARED. IT COULD HAVE BEEN BAD. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING BEFORE. BRAKE LINES RUSTED. I HAD NO WARNING. ONE MINUTE I HAD BRAKES AND THE NEXT MINUTE I HAD NO BRAKES. HAD TRUCK TOWED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10551767November 11, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
BRAKE LINE FAILURE, WITHOUT ANY WARNING. RESULTED IN LOSS OF BRAKES! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10551805November 11, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
THE FLEX COUPLERS THAT ATTACH THE HARD BRAKE LINES TO THE ABS MODULE ARE RUSTED TO THE POINT THEY ARE LEAKING NOW. BESIDES THE BRAKE LINES, THE TRUCK IS RUST FREE. THIS IS A 100% SAFETY ISSUE THAT GM STILL CONTINUES TO IGNORE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10551067November 6, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
ON THE EXPRESSWAY ON THE WAY FROM WORK TRAVELING APPROX. 50 MPH WHEN TRAFFIC STOPPED. I HIT THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR, THANK GOD THERE WAS ENOUGH DISTANCE BETWEEN CARS THAT I PUMPED THE PEDAL AND DOWNSHIFTED TO STOP THE CAR. WHEN I HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK FOR THE CAUSE I FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS THE METAL BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED OUT ( PIN HOLE) . THE CHEVY DEALER INDICATED THE GM DOESN'T MAKE THIS LINE SO I HAVE TO HAVE LINE BENT BY A GARAGE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10550953November 5, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
THE HARD LINE BRAKE LINE STARTED LEAKING FLUID OUT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10550719November 4, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
DRIVING ON A SECONDARY RD STOPPED TO TURN. BRAKE LINE BLEW UNDER DRIVERS SIDE. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10549876October 28, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
THIS INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED 3 CONSECUTIVE YEARS. SEPTEMBER 2011, 2012, & 2013. ALL INCIDENTS HAPPENED DRIVING DOWNHILL ON MY ADDRESS ROAD. THE BRAKES/BRAKE LINES FAILED/GAVE OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING IN ALL INCIDENTS. BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO FLOOR IN ALL INCIDENTS. I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT DOWN IN GEAR ALL TIMES BUT LUCKILY I WAS DRIVING SLOWER & THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES IN FRONT/BEHIND ME. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET TRUCK STOPPED AT BOTTOM OF HILL. I HAVE HAD 2 REPAIRS TO DAMAGED BRAKE LINES & NOW HEADED FOR A THIRD AT A DEALERSHIP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10549667October 27, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
MY ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT COME ON INTERMITTENTLY BUT USUALLY STAY ON.THE OTHER DAY THEY CAME ON WHILE DRIVING SOMEONE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME AND I HIT MY BRAKES TO STOP AND MY BRAKES LOCKED UP AVOIDING THE CAR THAT PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME I ENDED UP ON THE SIDEWALK THANKFULLY THEIR WERE NO PEOPLE WALKING. NOW THAT I HAVE THIS PROBLEM I HAVE STARTED TO NOTICE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DRIVE THE SAME VEHICLE AS ME I SEE THE SAME LIGHT ON THERE INSTRUMENT PANEL.HAVE HEARD THAT THEIR ARE PLACES REBUILDING THE EBCM BECAUSE OF INFERIOR PARTS FROM THE MANUFACTURE. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10548067October 16, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
WHEN I WENT TO SLOW DOWN TO MAKE TURN FOR HOME, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP, I WAS ABLE TO PULL IT DOWN IN GEAR AND MAKE TURN, I THEN DRIFTED TO STOP AND USED PARKING BREAK TO STOP VEHICLE. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DRASTIC BECAUSE I DID HAVE MY 3 YEAR OLD IN CAR SEAT IN BACK. THE BREAK LINE THAT RUNS ACROSS FRONT OF VEHICLE TO SUPPLY PASSENGER SIDE FRONT BREAK HAD SPLIT AND MOST OF MY BRAKE FLUID WAS GONE. I THOUGH CARS HAD A BACK UP SYSTEM TO PREVENT THIS, BUT MY PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND WOULD NOT PUMP UP. AT MOST THE VEHICLE MAY HAVE SLOWED A LITTLE, BUT A COMPLETE FAILURE IS RIDICULOUS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10547876October 14, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE LINES RUSTED AND RUPTURED CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE BRAKING ABILITY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10547306October 8, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
WENT TO MOVE THE TRUCK, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. LEFT REAR LINE HAS A LEAK WHERE THE LINE RUNS ALONG THE FRAME BY THE FUEL TANK. ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO I HAD TO HAVE THE FRONT LINES REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE LEAKING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10546859October 5, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE LINE STARTED LEAKING WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A PARKING LOT. TOOK IT TO A GM DEALER TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AND HE SAID ALL THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10546707October 4, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHILE DRIVING SUDDENLY. BRAKES LINES RUSTED THROUGH. BROUGHT TO DEALER TO FIX 9/17/13/. HAD TO RETURN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND INFORM THEM TO REPLACE ALL BRAKE LINES AS THEY ARE ALL RUSTED THROUGH, THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THE GM ISSUE (I FOUND THE ISSUE ONLINE) . THEY HAD ONLY REPAIRED REAR LINES AND DIDN'T BRING THE LINE TO THE FRONT, JOINED IT TO OLD LINE WITH UNION. LEAKED AGAIN IN MY DRIVEWAY ON 10/1/13 . BROUGHT IN 10/4/13 INSISTED ON TOTAL BRAKE LINE REPLACEMENT. REQUESTED THE GM OFFERED KIT $500.00 FOR THIS PURPOSE THAT GM AS OFFERED TO OWNERS AND DEALERS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM . REQUESTED DEALERSHIP CREDIT THE PRIOR BANDAID WORK IT DID. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10546787October 4, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE DRIVING ON SOUTH MINIVILLE ROAD IN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY VA, THE BRAKE PEDDLE WENT FROM WORKING FINE AND THEN STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. ITS WAS LUCKY THAT TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT BECAUSE I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP. THIS IS VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS AND SOMETHING CHEVY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10546583October 3, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
DRIVING IN A NORMAL SITUATION, BRAKING TO GET OVER INTO TURN LANE AND THE BRAKES WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. FOUND BRAKE LINES UNDER LEFT FRONT OF CAB RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING COMPLETE BRAKING SYSTEM TO LOSE PRESSURE. FORTUNATELY I WAS NOT IN A CRITICAL SITUATION BECAUSE I LOST ALL BRAKING POWER, VERY SCARY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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