Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (1999)

2,384 consumer complaints on file.

#10436904November 23, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH THE GEAR SELECTOR AND ODOMETER INDICATORS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT TO ADJUST THE BRIGHTNESS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL TO PREVENT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND PROVIDED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,400.
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#10436456November 19, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
ON 11-10-11 I PURCHASED A PREOWNED SILVERADO 1500 LS TRUCK FROM CHAMPION CHEVROLET,3606 BRISTOL HIGHWAY, JOHNSON CITY, TN 37602. I WAS UNABLE TO TRY OUT THE TRUCK UNTIL THEY REPAIRED A LEAKING BRAKE LINE WHICH I WAS ADVISED HAD RUSTED.. AFTER PURCHASE I GOT IT HOME AND WAS EXAMINING THE UNDER FRAME ASSEMBLIES AND FOUND ALL THE STEEL BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTING PREMATURELY. THE DEALER HAD INSTALLED A PATCH LINE WHERE THE RUST RUPTURE HAD BEEN. THE TRUCK IS OTHERWISE RUST FREE AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. I REALIZE THERE IS NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS OF PURPOSE UNDER THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE FROM THE DEALER OR GM ON THIS VEHICLE, BUT THERE IS LIABILITY FOR DEFECTIVE DESIGN WHICH SURVIVES TO SUBSEQUENT OWNERS. I PLAN TO TOW A CARGO TRAILER WITH THE TRUCK AND AM AFRAID THERE WILL BE FURTHER BRAKE LINE FAILURE WHICH COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. I'VE NOW LEARNED THIS PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD WITH THESE VEHICLES AND STRONGLY URGE A RECALL IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE DRIVING PUBLIC AND THE OWNERS OF THESE DEFECTIVE TRUCKS. *TR
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0
Deaths:
0
#10435971November 15, 2011
STRUCTURE:BODY, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, PARKING BRAKE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS EXCESSIVE CORROSION ON THE FRAME. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT DUE TO THE CORROSION, THE BRAKE LINES FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO REPLACEDDUE TO CORROSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 91,000. ALSO, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 01/10/12
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0
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#10435359November 12, 2011
SEATS
THE DRIVERS SIDE POWER SEAT MOTOR HAS PLAY IN IT AND ALLOWS THE SEAT TO MOVE 1-2 INCHES BACK AND FORTH AS THE TRUCK BRAKES OR ACCELERATES. THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT IS ALSO JAMMED AND NO LONGER MOVES AT ALL. *TR
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10435142November 10, 2011
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30-55 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN UNUSUAL NOISE FROM THE OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND DISCOVERED THAT THE FRAME WAS COMPLETELY FRACTURED. THE CONTACT RESUMED DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT AN EXTREMELY LOW RATE OF SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 12/12/11*LJ
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10433787November 1, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
BRAKE LINES ON THIS 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO LT 1500 4WD Z71 HAVE FAILED 2 TIMES. FIRST IN OCTOBER 2006 WITH APPROXIMATELY 98,200 MILES. ALL BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED AT A COST OF $1,400, PLUS THE COST OF THE TOW. THEN AGAIN IN OCTOBER 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 173,600 MILES. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE HAPPENED IN MY DRIVEWAY WHILE PULLING OUT ONTO THE STREET. FORTUNATELY, I WAS NOT MOVING TOO FAST AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE SECOND OCCURRENCE HAPPENED AT SPEED, APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, AS THE LIGHT TURNED RED AND THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME APPLIED HIS BRAKES. I APPLIED MINE ONLY TO HAVE THEM GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE AN ERRATIC LOOP AROUND THE OTHER VEHICLE, GOING THROUGH THE RED LIGHT AND THE INTERSECTION. HAD IT NOT BEEN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, WITH LIGHT TRAFFIC, I, AND ANY NUMBER OF OTHER DRIVERS, COULD HAVE BEEN SEVERELY INJURED OR KILLED AS A RESULT OF THIS FAILURE. THIS VEHICLE WAS TOWED, AT MY EXPENSE, AND IS PRESENTLY IN THE SHOP BEING EVALUATED FOR NEEDED REPAIRS. TWO COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURES IN 12 YEARS OR A FAILURE ONCE EVERY 6 YEARS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. I HAVE BEEN A CHEVY DRIVER FOR MORE THAN 36 YEARS, HOWEVER, I NO LONGER TRUST MY VEHICLE, OR ANY CHEVY. *TR
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10432849October 26, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WENT TO BACK UP OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND PEDDLE WENT TO FLOOR. NO BREAKS HIT PARKING BREAK NOTHING THERE EITHER. TWO LINES RUSTED THREW AND TWO MOR OF 5 WERE BAD. BACK CALIPERS FROZEN AND DAMAGED . THOUGHT BREAKS WOULD NEVER FAIL TOTALLY BUT THIS IS NOT TRUE. NO WARNING LIGHTS EITHER JUST ROLL AND STOP WHEN YOU HIT SOMETHING. NOT FUN. GOOD THING I WAS NOT ON THE FREEWAY OR IN TRAFFIC COULD HAVE KILLED ONE.... NOT HAPPY......... JUST NICE FAT BILL TO PAY... *TT
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10432828October 25, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
I WAS SLOWING UP TO STOP AT THE STOPLIGHT AND WAS CLOSE TO STOPPING WHEN SUDDENLY MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND I HAD NO BRAKES. FORTUNATELY I WAS GOING SLOW AND MANAGED TO COME TO A ROLLING STOP. I HAD TO CALL FOR A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE MY VAN TO A REPAIR SHOP. THEY FOUND A CORRODED AND LEAKING BRAKE LINE. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE REST OF THE BRAKELINES WERE ALSO VERY CORRODED BADLY AND WOULD LIKE ALSO NEED REPLACED DUE TO THE CORROSION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10432292October 21, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
1999 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500. MOVING VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY, PRESSED BRAKE PEDAL, WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR. UPON INSPECTION FOUND MULTIPLE CORROSION POINTS IN STEEL BRAKE LINE, THAT RESULTED IN HOLES IN THE LINE. TWO CORROSION POINTS/HOLES LOCATED IN THE "CLIPS" THAT HOLD BRAKE LINE IN PLACE. ONE "CLIP" INSIDE THE MAIN ENGINE COMPARTMENT, ANOTHER ON TOP OF THE FRAME WHERE LINE LEAVES ENGINE COMPARTMENT GOING TO REAR OF VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10432288October 20, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHEN PULLING UP TO A STOP LIGHT AT A CONGESTED INTERSECTION, I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT CLEAR TO THE FLOOR. AFTER INSPECTION I NOTICED I HAD A BROKEN BREAK LINE. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION IT APPEARED THAT SEVERAL WERE VERY CORRODED AND APPEAR READY TO BREAK AT ANY GIVEN TIME. THE TRUCK IS NOT A DAILY DRIVER AND I AVERAGE LESS THAN 8,000 MILES A YEAR ON IT. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10430649October 18, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
BROKEN EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS. 3 BOLTS HAVE BROKEN OFF ON THEIR OWN. 2 FROM ONE SIDE AND ONE FROM THE OTHER. V8 6 LITER MOTOR. *TR
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#10430160October 14, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK TO THE CARRYOUT WHEN I WENT TO STOP AND ALL OF SUDDEN THERE WERE NO BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. NEVER HAD A WARNING IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. I WAS LUCKY THAT THE PERSON THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO STOP DIDN'T HIT ME, AS THEY HAD TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES AND SWERVE TO AVOID ME. I AM LUCKY THIS HAPPENED AT 2 AM IN THE MORNING WHEN THERE WASN'T MUCH TRAFFIC. I WAS ONLY ABLE TO STOP BECAUSE I ENDED UP HITTING THE CURB AND JUMPING IN SOMEONE'S YARD SCARED ME INTO THING I WAS GOING TO SMASH INTO THE HOUSE. WELL THE TRUCK CAME TO REST ABOUT 10 FOOT FROM THE PORCH. I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND CAN SEE THAT THE LINES ARE RUSTED REALLY BAD UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE CAB AND IT LOOKS TO BE ALL NEED REPLACED. I HAVE NEVER HAD BRAKE LINES RUST LIKE THIS EVER AND I OWN SEVERAL OLDER TRUCKS AND THEY AREN'T THIS BAD BEING TWICE THE AGE OF THIS TRUCK. GM SHOULD OWN UP TO THIS PROBLEM AND DO A RECALL BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS KILLED IF THAT HASN'T HAPPENED ALREADY. LIKE I CAN JUST LET MY TRUCK SIT WHILE THIS INVESTIGATION IS SLOWLY LOOKED AT BY OFFICIALS THAT DON'T CARE IF PEOPLE DIE BY NOT ISSUING A RECALL NOW. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10430265October 14, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
BRAKES FAILED WHEN LEAVING A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY. TWO LINES SPLIT NEAR THE BALANCER VALVE LOCATED BELOW THE DRIVER SEAT UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE RESULTING IN CATASTROPHIC BRAKE FAILURE. NOTICED EXTREME CORROSION AROUND ALL FIVE OF THE BRAKE LINES AROUND THE BALANCER VALVE UPON INSPECTION. *TR
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10429949October 12, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
1999 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 2WD, I HAVE NO ABS BRAKES HAVE NOT HAD THEM FOR YEARS THE ABS MODULE WENT OUT THE TRUCK WAS BARLEY 6 YEARS OLD TO EXPENSIVE TO FIX. *KB
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10429456October 11, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, PARKING BRAKE:DRIVELINE:HYDRAULIC:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
ALL THIS DUE TO RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINES. ON 3/9/10 I WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN IN A 35MPH ZONE. I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO GIVE IT A FEW PUMPS AND I STOPPED IN TIME. I IMMEDIATELY DROVE 4 BLOCKS TO AUTO SHOP. THE MECHANIC FOUND A RUPTURED BRAKE LINE GOING TO THE BACK BRAKES DUE TO RUST. FOUR DAYS LATER I HAD TO RETURN MY TRUCK TO THE SHOP BECAUSE MY BACK BRAKES WERE STICKING. I WAS INFORMED THAT RUST AND CORROSION HAD GOTTEN INTO THE BACK HOSES AND/OR CALIPERS AND WOULD NOT RELEASE PROPERLY. AT THAT TIME HE REPLACED THE REAR HOSES AND CALIPERS. ON 10/2/11 I HAD BRAKE FAILURE AGAIN. THIS TIME IT WAS THE FRONT BRAKES. MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS A BRAKE LINE COMING OFF THE ABS UNIT IN THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK. THERE ARE FIVE BRAKE LINES IN THAT AREA AND THEY WERE ALL RUSTED. HE SAID HE WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE ALL OF THEM BECAUSE THEY WOULD EVENTUALLY FAIL. AT THAT TIME, THE FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS WERE SO RUSTED THAT HE COULD NOT BLEED THE BRAKES, AND HE SUGGESTED TO REPLACE THE HOSES AND CALIPERS AND ALL FIVE BRAKE LINES, WHICH I DID. HE ALSO TOLD ME THERE IS A CROSS BRACE ON THE FRAME THAT WAS ALMOST RUSTED THRU AND NEEDED TO BE TAKEN TO A WELDER TO BE FIXED. *KB
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10429193October 8, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
BOTH FRONT AND REAR BRAKES FAILED DUE TO CORROSION CAUSED LEAKS IN THE STEEL BRAKE LINES WHERE THEY ARE GANGED TOGETHER APPROX 12"-18" BEFORE THE EBCM. THIS FAILURE CAUSED MY VEHICLE TO SLIGHTLY BUMP THE VEHICLE STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME AT A RED LIGHT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE. THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10428959October 6, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
MY 1999 CHEVY TRUCK BRAKES FAILED AND I HAD TO PUT IT IN A DITCH TO STOP IT BEFORE I RAN INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. WHEN I GOT IT PULLED OUT OF THE DITCH BY A TOW TRUCK WE LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK TO SEE THE PROBLEM AND THERE WAS A BUSTED BRAKE LINE BUT EVERY LINE UNDER THE TRUCK WAS RUSTED ALL MOST IN TO FOR IT TO BE NO OLDER THEN IT IS, UNDER THE TRUCK LOOKS LIKE IT IS 50 YEARS OLD CHEVY HAS A BAD PROBLEM ON THERE HANDS. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10428124October 1, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, SUSPENSION, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
BRAKE LINE BLEW OUT DUE TO CORROSION WHEN PULLING TO A STOP LIGHT, WAS ABLE TO STOP THE TRUCK W/O INCIDENT. THIS WAS 8AUG09. REPAIRED ON 12AUG09. ON 5AUG11 WENT TO REPLACE SHOCKS THINKING THEY WERE SHOT, PROBLEM DISCOVERED, ENTIRE SHOCK MOUNT RAIL ASSEMBLY HAD RUSTED AWAY FROM THE FRAME AND IS HANGING IN THE AIR. MILEAGE: 148876. ON 30SEP11 GAS TANK DROPPED TO THE GROUND DUE TO CORROSION OF FRAME, AND ALSO EXHAUST SYSTEM COMPONENTS HAVE ROTTED AWAY FROM THE FRAME AND NOW HANGING, THERE ARE ALSO SOME CRACKS IN THE FRAME, MILEAGE 149476. THERE IS NO RUST OR DAMAGE TO THE BODY ON THIS TRUCK AT ALL. IT STILL LOOKS LIKE A NEW TRUCK. THE FRAME IS ROTTING AWAY FROM UNDER THE TRUCK. I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT A FORD. WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHEVY. FROM WHAT I SEE, THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT GM KNOWS ALL ABOUT AND REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT ALL THESE TRUCKS. GM SHOULD RECALL AND REPLACE EVERYONE'S FRAMES ON TRUCKS LIKE MINE THAT HAVE PERFECT BODIES BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10427159September 26, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND COMING TO A STOP THE ABS ACTIVATED INADVERTENTLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING NOR WAS IT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10427069September 25, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
AFTER STOPPING HARD DUE TO TRAFFIC, THE BRAKES LOST ALMOST ALL PRESSURE. STOPPING DISTANCE INCREASED GREATLY WHILE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT MUCH RESISTANCE. UPON RETURNING HOME, ALBEIT SLOWLY, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A SMALL LEAK JUST AFTER THE MASTER CYLINDER IN THE STEEL BRAKE LINES WHERE THEY ENTER A PLASTIC RETAINING CLIP. ALL OF THE SURROUNDING STEEL LINES HAVE CORROSION ON THEM AS WELL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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