Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (1998)

800 consumer complaints on file.

#726765August 5, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
32000 MILES LIFTERS STARTED TAPPING ON COLD START--SRV MANAGER STATES NORMAL OPERATION---CHEVROLET KNOWS DOESN'T HURT--54000 MILES STILL TAPPING ON EVERY START AND WHILE MOTOR AT IDLE YOU CAN HEAR--I WONT BE ABLE TO SELL THIS VEHICLE WITH THIS NOISE IN MOTOR BECAUSE I WOULDN'T BUY IT--I WAS ADVICED BY CHEV. CO. TO GO TO ANOTHER DEALER AT MY EXPENSE TO SEE IF THIS IS NORMAL--IS THERE ANY HELP?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866795August 4, 2000
TIRES
ONE FIREST WILDERNESS TIRE JUST BUBBLED UP ON THE SIDE, AND THEN WENT FLAT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725793July 21, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
PICKUP TRUCK FROM DAY ONE HAD A WHINING SOUND AT FUEL PUMP. FUEL PUMP FAILED MUCH EARLIER THAN EXPECTED. PUMP FAILED ON ME IN ON AN EXTREMELY HOT DAY (OVER 100 F DEGREES). I HAVE A MEDICAL CONDITION (PARALYZED FROM THE CHEST DOWN). I DRIVE THIS VEHICLE WITH THE AID OF HAND CONTROLS. I WAS STRANDED FOR 2 1/2 HOURS WITH NO A/C IN THE CAB OF MY TRUCK. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE SHORT LIFETIME OF THIS FUEL PUMP, AND AM WONDERING IF OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. MY VEHICLE IS THE Z-71 VERSION OF THE CHEVROLET 1500 PICKUP TRUCK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865801July 20, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING WOUD STEP ON BRAKE PEDAL AND COULD HEARD AIR COMING FROM THE BRAKES. PROBLEM HAD BEEN WITH THE MASTER CYLINDER .*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725554July 17, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
THERE HAS BEEN AN ONGOING BRAKE PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. WHEN TRAVELING 30 - 40 MPH AND APPROACHING A STOP SIGN OR LIGHT. YOU WILL GET A VERY HARD BRAKE AND GO THRU THE INTERSECTION BEFORE THE BRAKES ACTUALLY STOP THE TRUCK. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY DAY ONLY OCCASIONALLY, BUT ON GOING THE TRUCK HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM AT 19,000 MILES AND THEY COULD FIND NO PROBLEM THE TRUCK FINALLY LOST ALL BRAKE POWER AND IS AT THE DEALER NOW WITH THE PROBLEM BEING WITH THE HYDRAULICS AND BRAKE BOOSTER. THE DEALER REFUSED TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE TRUCK HAS 44,000 MILES ON IT. WE FIRST COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM IN JAN 99( INVOICE # CTCS50319), I WOULD LIKE THIS PROBLEM NOTED IN CASE OF A FUTURE PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM IN THIS VEHICLE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725525July 16, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 60 MPH, NOTICED BRAKES WERE NOT RESPONDING PROPERLY. SLOWED DOWN, NO DASH BOARD WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED, AND HAD TO UJSE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO GET HOME. FORTUNATELY, IT WAS CLOSE TO HOME. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY SERIOUS. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP, BILL HEARD IN ANITOCH, TN. DEALER SERVICE MANAGER WAS CONSULTED CONCERNING GM SHARING THE EXPENSE TO NO AVAIL. CALLED GM, CUSTOMER SERVICE MYSELF, AND WAS DENIED ANY ADJUSTMENT. FELT I NEEDED TO CONSULT YOU CONCERNING THIS SAFETY ITEM ON SUCH A NEW VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO BRAKES FRONT OR REAR. THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW AND WAS KEPT IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH REGULAR SERVICING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725526July 16, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
LEFT TAILLIGHT CIRCUIT BOARD FAILURE DURING A LONG TRIP MADE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING. GM STATES THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURENCE. WEAK COMPONENT. WEAK COMPONENTS SHOULD HAVE SAFETY RECALLS DUE TO SAFETY AND POOR DESIGN. GM CUSTOMER SERVICE CONTACTED. SINCE VEHICLE HAD 41,000 MILES, THEY FELT NO RESPONSIBILITY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#552870July 3, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
THE DRIVER SIDE WINDSHIELD CRACKED DUE TO MANUFACTURER DEFECT. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864596June 30, 2000
SUSPENSION
RUBBING NOISE WOULD OCCUR WHEN MAKING A SLOW LEFT HAND TURN. IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM POWER STEERING, OR STEERING SECTOR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864621June 30, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD VEHICLE SHOOK AND SHIMMIED. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND TRANSMISSION/TORQUE CONVERTER HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864023June 22, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY, WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH REAR AXLE AND WHEEL CAME OFF. DEALER HAS SINCE REPAIRED VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863848June 20, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THERE WAS RESISTANCE IN THE PEDAL. ALSO, FRONT BRAKE PADS WORE OUT AT 17,896 MILES. FRONT BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED, AND ROTORS WERE TURNED AND RESURFACED. AT 2, 433 MILES AND FOUR MONTHS LATER, PROBLEM WAS BACK. FUEL INJECTOR, RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BEARING AND HUB ASSEMBLY WERE REPLACED. ALL REPLACEMENTS PERFORMED BY AND PAID FOR BY DEALER. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723988June 13, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
THE PROBLEM I AM CONTACTING YOU ABOUT IS UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AFTER SELECTING REVERSE. I BROUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN TO MY SELLING DEALER 13 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. GM WAS APPARENTLY AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND CALLED IT AN "IDLE FLARE-UP". WHEN THIS VEHICLE HAD IT'S "IDLE FLARE-UP" IT WOULD SUDDENLY SURGE BACKWARDS 6 INCHES TO 6 FEET, DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY OF THE "FLARE-UP" AND HOW QUICKLY I COULD GET THE VEHICLE STOPPED.SOMETIMES IT WOULDN'T DO IT FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, THEN IT WOULD DO IT 5 OR 6 TIMES IN ONE DAY.GM ENGINEERING HAD THE DEALER PERFORM 3 DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION REPAIRS TO ATTEMPT AND CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. A GM ENGINEER EVEN CAME OUT AND DROVE THE TRUCK ONCE, COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE CONCERN, (HENCE THE TERM "INTERMITTENT"), AND THEN DECLINED TO RECOMMEND A BUYBACK OR TRADE ASSIST. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT PERHAPS I WAS MAKING THIS UP TO GET RID OF THE TRUCK. I AM A LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR, DURING MY BUSIEST TIME OF YEAR, WASTING TIME AND ENERGY ON THIS MATTER. FURTHERMORE , IT HAS COST ME THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO GET RID OF THIS CHEVY AND PURCHASE A NEW FORD. GM HAS A PROBLEM THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF WITH THEIR 6.5 POWERTRAIN AND REFUSES TO ADDRESS IT. GO GET 'IM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723989June 13, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
BRAKE PEDAL ALWAYS LOW, SOFT, SOMETIMES STAND ON IT WITH BOTH FEET TO STOP TRUCK, WORSE WITH LOAD IN IT. REPLACED PADS AND SHOES AT 15,000 MILES. BETTER, BUT STILL REQUIRES YOUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION WHEN BRAKING.THE PROBLEM CAN BE BEST SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS: I WOULD USE MY LANDSCAPE TRAILER BRAKES TO HELP STOP THIS TRUCK. ON MY NEW FORD F350, I HAVE YET TO HOOK UP THE TRAILER BRAKE CONTROLLER AND THE TRUCK STOPS ON A DIME-REPEATEDLY-PULLING THE SAME TRAILER.VERY UNSAFE BRAKES ON THE CHEVY-I OWNED THREE 1998 CHEVY TRUCKS-ALL HAD TERRIBLE BRAKE PERFORMANCE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723945June 12, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
LF INBOARD BRAKE DISC PAD DESTROYED. ALL OTHER PADS SHOW NORMAL WEAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863283June 8, 2000
TIRES, AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 40MPH AND WHILE GOING AROUND A CURVE A TIRE BLEW OUT, RESULTING IN A CRASH. UPON IMPACT, PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY, NOR DID THE SEAT BELTS HELP TO SECURE THE PASSENGER & DRIVER AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED 3 TIMES. *AK *ML
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#862949June 2, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN PUTTING ON BRAKES VEHICLE WILL PULL TO THE LEFT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861072April 27, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
THERE IS NO DIRECT CABLE TO THE CARBURETOR SYSTEM. ALSO, WITHOUT THE COMPUTER INPUT PEDAL DOESN'T RELEASE UINTIL CONSUMER TURNS VEHICLE OFF. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860915April 25, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING MORE WEAR AND TEAR ON THE BRAKES. DEALER REPLACED BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS 5 TIMES WHICH CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND RESULTED IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860469April 17, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. ALSO, VEHICLE VEHICLE VEERS TO THE RIGHT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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