Chevrolet Silverado Complaints

32,421 consumer complaints on file.

#551541March 27, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS CAUSING VEHICLE PULLING WHILE BRAKING . YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859131March 24, 2000
SUSPENSION
WHILE TRAVELING 60-65 MPH VEHICLE STARTED VIBRATING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN CONTACTED. OWNER TOLD THAT CHEVROLET IS WORKING ON IT AND THAT A TSB WILL BE ISSUED WHEN THE PROBLEM IS FIGURED OUT. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859151March 24, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WHILE DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY BECOME INOPERABLE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CORRECTED PROBLEM. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859157March 24, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES ON WET PAVEMENT FRONT WHEELS GRABBED AND LET GO, AND REAR WHEELS CONTINUED TO ROLL, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER COULD NOT DUPILCATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859172March 24, 2000
SEATS, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BROKE FOUR TIMES. WHEN CONSUMER DRIVES AND PUTS ON BRAKES, SEAT FLIES FORWARD. WHEN HE PUSHES ON THE GAS PEDAL, SEAT FLIES BACKWARD. TRACKS ARE BROKEN, AND CONSUMER CANNOT CONTROL VEHICLE. NO ACCIDENT HAS YET OCCURRED. ALSO, WINDOWS ARE LOOSE, DEALER HAS TRIED TO FIX SEVERAL TIMES. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN OF NO HELP. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859067March 23, 2000
STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR
EVO VALVE THAT CONTROLS POWER STEERING SECTOR HAS FAILED, CAUSING OVERSTEERING WHEN TURNING CORNERS, OR TURNING STEERING OVER 3 INCHES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859095March 23, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
CONSUMER WENT THROUGH TWO SETS OF BRAKE ROTORS AT 40000 MILES. THERE IS JERKING /PULSATION WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720519March 23, 2000
SUSPENSION:REAR
VEHICLE HAS ANNOYING VIBRATION WHEN HITTING BUMPS. STEERING WHEEL SHAKES WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. TIRES HAVE BEEN BALANCED, STEERING GEAR REPLACED, NEW SHACKLES, HUBS, AND TIRES AND THE VEHICLE STILL VIBRATES. SERVICE MANAGERS STATES THAT IT'S JUST A TRUCK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720496March 22, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
ACCELERATOR OR THROTTLE HANGS UP FROM DEAD STOP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LUNGE UPON ACCELERATION - FUEL GAUGE GOES TO FULL MARK WILL NOT MOVE UNTIL FUEL TANK IS ALMOST EMPTY - ENGINE HAS A SOUND LIKE THE VALVES ARE RATTLING AFTER VEHICLE HAS SET FOR 30 MINUTES OR MORE - VEHICLE HAS A BAD MISS IN THE ENGINE AS IF IT WILL STOP RUNNING THIS IS INTERMITTENT MOST NOTICEABLY ON INCLEMENT DAYS - EXHAUST HAS A LOUD HUM AT 35 TO 45 MPH AND ANY TIME YOU ACCELERATE TO PASS OR MERGE INTO TRAFFIC.( DOT NUMBER: 029056 TIRE SIZE: P22570R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#858989March 22, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, SUSPENSION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
VEHICLE EXPERIENCING THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM 1.) BRAKE BOOSTER HAD TO BE REPLACED ON TWO OCCASIONS; 2.) THOTTLE STICKING, UNBLE TO CORRECT THE THROTTLE FROM STICKING. 3.) WHEN APPLYING BRAKE PEDAL IN WET ROAD CONDITIONS, IT COMMENCED TO PULSATE INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND 4.) SQUEAKING SOUND COMING FROM THE SUSPENSION. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEMS ARE STILL REOCCURRING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#858931March 21, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WINDSHIELD RATTLES WHEN TRAVELING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#858952March 21, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
WHILE TRAVELING AT 35MPH EXHAUST WOULD MAKE SHRILLING/GRINDING NOISE WHICH WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE TRUCK. WOULD ALSO BE VIBRATING. THIS CAUSED NOISE TO BECOME LOUDER. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & INFORMED PROBLEM COULD NOT BE SOLVED, BUT COULD HEAR THE NOISE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#858959March 21, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
FUEL PUMP HAD MALFUNCTIONED, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE. HOWEVER, PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720406March 21, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WARRANT IS 3/36 BUT CHEVY NOW SAYS 12000 MILES. I THINK THATS B/S A WINDSHIELD SHOULD NOT START GOING BAD IN TWO YEARS. D. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720436March 21, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
THIS EXACT COMPONENT WAS REPLACED BY CHEVROLET ON ALL 1994 SUBURBAN VEHICLES, NHSTA CAMPAIGN # 98V150001. THE WIPER MOTOR ASSEMBLY/CIRCUIT BOARD ARE THE SAME PART NUMBER, AC DELCO PART # 22100736, ON ALL 1994 CHEVROLET TRUCKS, 2WD, 4WD, SUBURBAN, C1500-3500, K1500-3500, ETC., AND ALL 1994 CHEVY TRUCKS SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS CAMPAIGN IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE THIS SAFETY HAZARD ON ALL INVOLVED CHEVROLET TRUCKS. THERE ARE THREE 1994 C/K 1500 PICKUPS WHERE I WORK WITH SIMILAR OR HIGHER MILEAGE AND THEY ALL HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE WIPER MOTOR/CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#858811March 20, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 35 MPH. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED, AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND CLAIMS THAT THE AIR BAGS WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO DEPLOY IN THIS SORT OF ACCIDENT. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#858813March 20, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
LEFT REAR BRAKE LINE IS SITTING JUST BELOW THE AXLE. IF THE BRAKE LINE COMES INTO CONTACT WITH OTHER OBJECTS, IT COULD CAUSE LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720356March 20, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
BRAKE PADS OVER WORN.NEEDED REPLACEMENT.VECHICLE SHAKES BADLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT A SPEED HIGHER THAN 40.HAS HAD THIS SHAKING SINCE NEW DEALER SAYS ITS NORMAL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720383March 20, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES LOCK WHEN APPLIED WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN, SNOW OR AFTER VEHICLE BEING WASHED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#858714March 17, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING BRAKES LOCK UP. LIKEWISE, WHEN GOING TO SLOW DOWN FOR A TURN CONSUMER WILL JUST SLAM ON BRAKES, AND IT FEELS LIKE PUTTING ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM, CONSUMER HAS CONSTANTLY HIT HIS HEAD ON STEERING WHEEL. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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