Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (1999)

2,384 consumer complaints on file.

#10120635May 11, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR
INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE WHEN BRAKES APPLIED UNDER 10 MPH AND ABS FAILS...MY VEHICLE SLAMMED INTO A CEMENT POLE IN PARKING SPACE CAUSING $1600 DAMAGE...ORIGINAL DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY AS VEHICLE WAS IN THEIR REPAIR SHOP THE VERY DAY BEFORE FOR EXACT COMPLAINT AND WAS NOT ADDRESSED...SECOND DEALERSHIP IMMEDIATELY KNEW THE PROBLEM AND CORRECTED THE PROBLEM BY REPLACING FRONT SPEED SENSORS.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120671May 11, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR
I HAVE A 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO THAT HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH THE ABS SYSTEMS. WHEN YOU GET BELOW 10 MILES AN HOUR IT STARTS ACTING UP.. IT DOESNT WANT TO STOP. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LET OFF AND STOMP THEM A COUPLE OF TIMES TO GET THEM TO STOP.. YOU DONT KNOW WHEN ITS GOING TO ACT UP EITHER. IT MAY GO A FEW TIMES WITHOUT A PROBLEM THEN THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW IT STARTS DOING IT. I TRY NOT TO DRIVE IT AND WHEN I DO ITS CLOSE BY. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO A SHOP AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE ABS WHEEL SPEED SENSOR . THEN THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD SEEN ON THE NEWS WHERE THERE IS A CONCERN WITH THIS PROBLEM.. AND TOLD ME I SHOULD WAIT ABIT IF I COULD BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE A RECALL AND THAT THIS COULD BE EXPENSIVE..
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120321May 9, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
ABS MOTOR RUNS CONSTANTLY WITH OR WITHOUT TRUCK RUNNING OR KEY IN IGNITION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120201May 8, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
THE ABS ENGAGES AT LOW SPEEDS. THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS IN PARKING LOTS. I HAVE PULLED THE ABS FUSE IN THE FUSE PANEL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120210May 8, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
STARTED MY TRUCK ONE DAY AFTER SHOPPING AND A LOUD HUMMING OR BUZZING NOISE WAS COMING FROM UNDER DRIVER SIDE OF THE TRUCK. HAD TO DISCONNECT THE POWER FROM THE ABS MODULE BECAUSE IT WOULD SIT THERE AN RUN WITH THE TRUCK TURNED OFF. TOOK TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THE MODIULE WAS BAD AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. I HAD 40,000 MILES AND WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD COST $1000 TO BE REPLACED AND THAT THEY HAVE HAD MANY OF THESE TRUCKS COME IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY SAID IT IS SO COMMON THAT THEY THINK IF I FIXED IT THAT IT PROBABLY WIOULD HAPPEN AGAIN AND THE PART WOULD BE ONLY WARRANTIED FOR ONE YEAR. GM HAS PRODUCED A FAULTLY PART OBIVIOUSLY AND SHOULD FIX IT. NOW I HAVE A $30.000 TRUCK THAT HAS NO ANTI LOCK BRAKES AND A ABS LIGHT AND A EMERGENCY LIGHT ON MY DASH THAT WILL NOT GO OFF UNTIL THE PART IS FIXED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120217May 8, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR
ABS BRAKES ACTIVATE IN WET WEATHER FOR THE FIRST 5 MINUTES OF DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120189May 7, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR
THE ABS SYSTEM ON MY 1999 SILVERADO ACTIVATES AT LOW SPEEDS CAUSING ERATIC BRAKING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120096May 6, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
THE ABS & BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS SPORATICALLY ILLUMINATE WHILE DRIVEING AND WILL SOMETIMES RESET TO NORMAL AFTER YOU SHUT ENGINE OFF AND REMOVE KEY. THIS HAS CONTINUED FOR 2 OR 3 MONTHS. LAST WEEK IT FINALLY WENT ON AND REMAINED ON AND WOULD NOT CLEAR. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE MECHANIC AND HIS DIAGNOSTICS INDIACTED A FAULTY EBCM. I HAVE HAD IT CHANGED JUST TODAY. I HAVE CHECKED WITH E OTHERS WHO ALSO OWN THIS YEAR TRUCK SILVERADO AND THEY ALSO HAVE HAD PROBLEM. SOME HAVE HAD IT FIXES AND OTHERS NOT. THE MECHANIC SAID IS THE ABS LIGHT IS ILUMINATED THEN THE ABS IS NOT OPERATABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119912May 5, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
AT ABOUT 40,000 MILES MY ABS MOTOR UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT CAME ON AND WOULD NOT TURN OFF. CONTACTED DEALER, THEY SAID THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THE PART NEEDED TO FIX IT COST $900. AFTER INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM I FOUND THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF 99 CHEVY 1500 OWNERS WITH THE EXACT PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119943May 5, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
MY1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 4WD HAD 48,00 MILES ON IT WHEN PROBLEMS STARTED. IN GOOD WEATHER ON DRY SMOOTH ROADS MY ABS WOULD ENGAGE WHILE I WAS STOPPING OR SLOWING IN A NORMAL MANNER. EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS SOMEWHAT SURPRISING I DID NOT FEEL THAT THE STOPPING DISTANCE WAS BEING COMPROMISED. THEN AN INCIDENT OCCURED WHILE MY WIFE AND I WERE TURNING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT A RETAIL STORE. AS I WAS TURNING INTO THE PARKING SPACE I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO SOLW THE VEHICLE AND IT FELT LIKE I HAD NO BRAKES, THE PEDAL WAS VERY HARD TO PUSH, FELT LIKE IT WOULD NOT MOVE LIKE IT WAS STUCK, AND THERE WAS NO BRAKING ACTION. I IMMEDIATELY BELIEVED THAT I WAS GOING TO STRIKE THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF ME AND CONTINUED TO PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH GREATER FORCE. THE RESULT IS THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BRAKE MOVED FORWARD AND THE ANTILOCK BRAKES ENGAGED. THE TRUCK STOPPED BEFORE I STRUCK THE OTHER VEHICLE. A GOOD MECHANIC EXPLAINED THAT HIS EXPERIENCE WITH CHEVRY TRUCK ABS THROWING FALSE SIGNALS WAS THAT THE SENSORS WERE PROBABLY DIRTY AND NEEDED CLEANED. AS A SIMPLE CHECK OF THE ABS I REMOVED THE 60 AMP FUSE FOR THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM. MY BRAKES WORK VERY WELL NOW AND I HAVE NOT HAD A PROBLEM. I HAVE NOT SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO GET THE PROBLEM FIXED AND AFTER READING THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION IS NOW CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION INTO PROBLEMS WITH CHEVROLET TRUCK ANTILOCK BRAKE FAILURES I INTEND TO LEAVE THE SYSTEM AS IT IS NOW UNTIL YOU FINISH YOUR INVESTIGATION. SOME INFORMATION ON MY BACKGROUND. I AM 54 YEARS OF AGE, A RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER,26 YEARS SERVICE, HAVING REACHED THE RANK OF CHIEF DEPUTY/UNDERSHERIFF. I HAVE OWNED, WORKED ON, AND BUILT OLD CARS SINCE I WAS A TEENAGER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119989May 5, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
ANTILOCK BRACK MODULE FAILED AT APPROXIMATELY 42,000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120014May 5, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DT: THE CONSUMER VEHICLE HAD PROBLEM WITH IT'S ABS BRAKES. WHILE COMING TO A STOP BELOW 5 MPH THE ABS WOULD KICK IN WHILE ON DRY PAVEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER NOV.2004 TO BE FIXED. THE DEALER CLEANED THE SENSOR MOUNTS OF RUST AND RETESTED AND IT SHOWED THAT THE LEFT SIDE WAS OUT OF LIMITS. THE ROAD TEST SHOWED NO UNWANTED ABS STOPS. THIS HAS HAPPEN TO THE CONSUMER ONE TIME WITHIN THE LAST MONTH. THE CONSUMER HAS THE SERVICE INVOICES. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119700May 4, 2005
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
MY 1999 CHEVY Z71 LOSES THE POWER STEERING WHEN TURNING LEFT THERE WAS A RECALL ON SOME CARS IN JAN 04 BUT MY TRUCK WAS NOT INCLUDED MY DAUGHTER HAD A MINOR ACCIDENT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY BAD CHEVY FIRST SAID MY TRUCK WOULD BE INCLUDED BUT NOW THEY SAY IT WILL NOT BE FIXED AND I CAN NOT GET THEM SEND ME ANY INFO ON HOW TO FIX THE PRBLEM MY DEALER SAYS THEY DONT EVEN KNOW HOW TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119712May 4, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS SYSTEM FAILED AT 5 MPH, MADE NOISE, AND TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP AT 5 MPH. HAD TO HIT BRAKE HARD TO STOP THE TRUCK.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119722May 4, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, EQUIPMENT
[1] BRAKEING SEEMED TO BE ERRATIC SO I WENT TO A DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT.UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE REAR BRAKEING SYSTEM WAS RUSTED TO THE POINT OF A CRITICAL CONDITION.[2]LIFE THREATENING. [3]DEALER REPLACED ROTORS,DISKS&PADS ON BOTH REAR WHEELS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119724May 4, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR
I OWN A 1999 CHEV. SILVERADO. ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILING AT LOW SPEEDS. I HAD IT SERVICED AND IT WAS DUE TO CORROSION. THE PROBLEM IS STARTING TO REAPPEAR AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119814May 4, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:HYDRAULIC:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
I WAS DRIVING AT AROUND 35 MPH WHEN I TRIED TO BRAKE AND THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. I TRIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THAT WOULDN'T WORK EITHER. I ROLLED TO A STOP AND CALLED A TOWING COMPANY. WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICAL THERE WAS BREAK FLUID LEAKING ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE CAR. THE VEHICAL WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I WAS INFORMED THAT THE BRAKE LINE HAD BUST. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE FEUL LINE WAS ABOUT TO BUST. THE ENTIRE BREAK AND FUEL LINES WERE CORRODED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. IT TOOK THE DEALERSHIP 2 WEEK TO REPAIR. THE COST WAS OVER $2000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119831May 4, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ANTI LOCK BRAKE PROBLEMS; AT SLOWER SPEEDS WHEN APPLYING BREAK, BRAKE DOES NOT HOLD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119868May 4, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
ABS BRAKE FAILURE WITH ONLY 40,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK. THE ABS BRAKES WOULD COME ON IF I WENT OVER BUMPS OR RAILROAD TRACKS, AND THEN I WOULD HAVE TO PUMP MY BRAKES TO GET THEM BACK (OR THE TRUCK WOULDN'T STOP). FINALLY, AT 40,000 MILES MY ABS LIGHT CAME ON, MY ABS PUMP CAME ON AND WOULD NOT TURN OFF, AND THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP TOLD ME MY ABS MODULE BLEW. I WAS QUOTED $1,200 TO REPLACE IT. INSTEAD, I PULLED MY ABS FUSE AND OPERATE THE VEHICLE WITHOUT ABS BRAKES AS I REFUSE TO PAY FOR WHAT I BELIEVE IS A DEFECTIVE ABS SYSTEM. IT IS MY HUMBLE OPINION THAT CHEVY SHOULD RECALL AND REPLACE THIS DEFECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119886May 4, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
MY 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM IS NOT OPERATING CORRECTLY. WHEN NEARING A STOPPING POINT THE ANTILOCK SYSTEM ENGAGES AND EXCESSIVE BRAKING DISTANCE RESULTS. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS NEAR MISSES AND ONCE RAN INTO AN INTERSECTION NEARLY HITTING OTHER TRAFFIC. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCE FOR A MACHINE WITH ONLY 48,000 MILES AS NO CHANGES OR SERVICES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE VEHICLE IN THE BRAKE COMPONENT AREA. I HAVE NOT PERFORMED THE SERVICE AS THIS WAS A RECENT INCIDENT AND HAVE LEARNED ABOUT A POSSIBILITY OF A RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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