Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (2001)

1,820 consumer complaints on file.

#10125622June 17, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DT: CONTACT HAS NO BRAKES BETWEEN 0-10 MPH. BRAKES DO WORK AT OTHER SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WA SEEN BY A LOCAL DEALER WHO WANTED TO CHARGE FOR REPAIRS. THE CALLER SAW A RECALL FOR CANADIAN VEHICLES IN REGARD TO WHAT MAY BE THIS SAME PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM WAS FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR CORROSION. THERE HAS BEEN NO ACCIDENT ALTHOUGH THERE WERE THREE NEAR MISSES. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS A YEAR AGO.*AK *SB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125477June 16, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
LOW SPEED BRAKE FAILURE - WHEN SLOWING TO A STOP BRAKES RELEASE AS IN AN ANTI-LOCK SITUATION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124990June 11, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
MY 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO WITH APPROX 46,000 MILES HAS THE SAME INTERMITTENT SLOW SPEED ABS ACTIVATION PROBLEM AS I HAVE READ OTHER ACCOUNTS OF HERE. ABS WILL ACTIVATE AT BELOW 5 MPH SUCH AS PULLING INTO PARKING SPACE GARAGE ETC THANKFULLY I HAVE NEVER HIT ANYTHING AS YET BUT HAVE HAD CLOSE CALLS HAVE HAD TO DEALER AND TOLD THAT I NEEDED TWO NEW SENSORS MINIMUM MAYBE WHOLE HUB ASSEMBLY BUT EVEN IF I REPAIR THAT IF THE SENSORS GO BAD OR GET RUST UNDER THEM THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN WITH NO WARNING LIGHT. THERE IS NO ABS WARNING LIGHT ACTIVATED FOR THIS FAILURE AND THIS IS THE SAFTEY PROBLERM !!! THERE HAS BEEN A CANADIAN RECALL FOR THIS WHY NOT IN US ??? HAVE DEACTIVATED ABS FOR TIME BEING RATHER THAN WORRY IF THE TRUCK WILL STOP WHEN I WANT IT TOO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125005June 11, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHILE TAKING MY PICK UP IN FOR ITS 18000 MILE MAINTENANCE CHECKUP, THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT ALL 4 ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO DELAMINATION OF METAL FROM THE SURFACE OF THE ROTOR. AFTER INSPECTING THE ROTORS MYSELF, IT WAS OBVIOUS THIS WAS THE CASE. PRIOR TO THIS VISUAL INSPECTION, THERE WAS NO SIGN OF ANY BRAKE PROBLEMS. TALKING TO VARIOUS MECHANICS, AS WELL AS THE HEAD OF THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, I COULD NOT GET A BELIEVABLE ANSWER AS TO WHY THIS OCCURRED. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT GM WAS HAVING THIS SORT OF PROBLEM, BUT THAT IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE THE REPAIRS MADE. SEVERAL DAYS AND $1200 LATER, I RECEIVED MY TRUCK BACK WITH WORKING BRAKES. HOWEVER, HAD THIS PROBLEM NOT BEEN FOUND AT THIS TIME, I'M CONCERNED THAT THE BRAKES COULD HAVE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, WITH OBVIOUS CONSEQUENCES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124665June 9, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS BRAKES ENGAGING AT SLOW SPEED AND WHEN COMING TO A STOP ON MY 2001 CHEVY SILVERADO. IN NOVEMBER 2004 THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE (ABS WAS ENGAGED ON DRY PAVEMENT) WHEN PULLING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY ONTO A BUSY HIGHWAY, RESULTING IN A NEAR COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. REPAIRS WERE DONE AT A LOCAL GM DEALER AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE SENSORS IN THE WHEELS BECAUSE OF CORROSION, I BELIEVE AS A RESULT OF DEFECTIVE ENGINEERING. MY TRUCK HAD LESS THAN 40,000 MILES ON IT, AND WAS DRIVEN IN A NORMAL FASHION WHEN THE PROBLEM FIRST APPEARED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124588June 8, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DT: CONTACT STATES VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER BECAUS E ABS BRAKE SYSTEM WAS NOT WORKING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124629June 8, 2005
PARKING BRAKE
DT: THE CONTACT STATED THATA RECALL WAS ISSUED IN APRIL OF 2005 FOR THE PARKING BRAKE, ONLY INCLUDING MANUAL TRANSMISSION. HOWEVER, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HAS AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, AND HE HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH PARKING BRAKE. HE STATES THAT THE PARKING BRAKE WOULD NOT HOLD, IT WOULD JUST ROLL. FROM THE TIME HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE THERE WAS NO PRESSURE ON PARKING BRAKE PEDAL, AND THIS WAS UNLIKE ANY VEHICLE PARK BRAKE HE HAD SEEN. DEALER TOLD HIM THAT THIS WAS THE WAY THE NEW BRAKES WERE IN VEHICLES. THE PARKING BRAKE WAS REPLACED, AND WORKED WELL SINCE THEN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124634June 8, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM
WHILE SITTING STILL OR DRIVING FUEL GAUGE MOVES BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN FULL AND EMPTY, REGUARDLESS OF AMOUNT OF FUEL IN TANK.FUEL LIGHT COMES ON WHEN IT MOVES TO EMPTY. PROBLEM STARTED AT ABOUT 65,000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121684June 8, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT
DT: CONSUMER'S ABS MOTOR WILL NOT SHUT OFF, CAUSING THE BATTERY TO RUN DOWN. THE WARNING LIGHT FOR THE ABS ILLUMINATED. THE SERVICE DEALER STATED THE ENTIRE ABS MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT DID PULL THE FUSE TO THE ABS SYSTEM. *AK *TT CONSUMER FEELS THAT SINCE THE ABS IS A REQUIRED OPTION THEN IT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY INSTEAD OF COSTING $1,000 TO REPLACE. CONSUMER FEELS THAT SINCE IT'S THE BRAKING SYSTEM THAT IT WOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE AND STATES THAT ARIZONA IS ONLY WORRIED ABOUT EMISSIONS.*SB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119714June 8, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
VEHICLE HAS 48,400 MILES, ON IT, AND HAD TO HAVE THE ROTORS AND BRAKES CHANGED. CERTIFIED MECHANICS DID THE WORK. CONSUMER WAS UPSET ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE BRAKES DID NOT LAST LONG. WHEN THE ROTORS WERE TAKEN OFF THEY WERE JUST PIECES OF METAL MISSING, AND THEY ALL WERE RUSTY, ESPECIALLY ON THE INSIDE WHERE THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES OPERATED. *AK CONSUMER SAID THAT THE FRONT ROTOR WAS TOO THIN TO BE TURNED, THE BRAKE PAD WAS NOT WORN OUT AND IT WAS POOR METAL FROM THE MANUFACTURER. CONSUMER TALKED TO SEVERAL OTHER SILVERADO VEHICLE OWNERS AND THEY EITHER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM OR DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE SITUATION UNTIL AFTER THEY GOT THERE VEHICLE CHECKED OUT, AND WAS INFORMED OF THE SAME PROBLEM. CONSUMER SAID THAT THE DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS SUCH AS THIS ONE BECAUSE OF OTHER SILVERADO OWNERS.*SB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120900June 8, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE OWNS A 2001 CHEVY SILVERADO AND THE ABS BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING. *JB THE CONSUMER AND HAD TO SHIFT TO A LOWER GEAR IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLES SYSTEM DID NOT GIVE A WARNING FOR THE MALFUNCTION THAT WAS ABOUT TO OCCUR. THE CONSUMER HAS THE ORIGINAL PARTS THAT WERE TAKEN OFF OF THE VEHICLE FOR GMC TO DO A DIAGNOSIS OF THE SITUATION. CONSUMER IS VERY UPSET ABOUT THE ABS BRAKES AND THE COMPLAINTS THEY SAW ON NHTSA'S WEBSITE AND WANTS GMC TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THEIR VEHICLES. *SB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124225June 5, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR
THE ANTILOCK BRAKES ACTIVATE AT LOW SPEEDS ON MY 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO AND I READ AN ARTICLE IN THE NEWSPAPER THAT THE NHTSA WAS LOOKING INTO THIS. THIS HAS OCCURRED MANY TIMES AND THE WORST WAS WHEN I WAS TRAVELLING WITH MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER AND CAME UPON A STOP LIGHT. I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND WAS ALMOST TO A STOP WHEN THE ANTILOCK BRAKES ACTIVATED. LUCKILY THERE WASN'T A VEHICLE AHEAD OF ME AS I COULDN'T STOP AS I SHOULD HAVE AND ENDED UP PART WAY INTO THE INTERSECTION. I PLAN ON CONTACTING MY MECHANIC TO SEE WHAT IS REQUIRED TO GET THIS REPAIRED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119783June 3, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM CORRODED, AND VEHICLE MIGHT NOT PASS INSPECTION. TOOK VEHICLE TO INSPECTION STATION, WHO SAID THIS WAS THE PROBLEM. HAD SEVERAL INCIDENTS. SOMETIMES VEHICLE DIDN'T STOP. BRAKES SEEMED TO BE DEFECTIVE. *AK CONSUMER ADDED THAT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM ACTIVATES WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THUS CAUSING HEAT BUILD-UP AND INCREASING STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO INCREASES ANXIETY AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE VEHICLE WILL STOP IN TIME. *TT *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119975June 3, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE VEHICLE'S ABS ACTIVATED AT ABOUT 5 MPH, NO MATTER THE WEATHER CONDITION. WHEN THIS OCCURRED IT WAS DIFFICULT TO STOP THE TRUCK BECAUSE OF THE PULSATION CAUSED BY THE ABS. NOW THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS EVERYTHING THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THIS INCIDENT OCCURS BECAUSE DIRT OR RUST OBSCURES THE WHEEL SENSORS LOCATED BEHIND EACH BRAKE ROTOR. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120525June 2, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
DT: THE BRAKES WOULDN'T STOP THE VEHICLE AT SLOW SPEEDS. THE CONSUEMR WANTS HIS NAME AND PROBLEM ADDED TO THE LIST OF OTHER COMPLAINTS.*AK *SB *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10123753June 1, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR
I AM HAVING A PROBLEM WITH MY 2001 CHEVY SILVERADO, THE BRAKES WHEN I PRESS DOWN ON THEM SOUND LIKE THERE ISN'T ANY BRAKES THEIR AT ALL, MAKING A GRINDING AND GROWLING SOUND. I HAVE HAD IT AT THREE DIFFERENT CHEVY DEALERS AND THEY SAY THAT THEIR ISN'T ANYTHING WRONG WITH THEM. I KNOW THAT THEIR ISN'T SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES BECAUSE IT ONLY MAKES THAT SOUND WHEN I USE MY BRAKES. I AM ALMOST AFRAID TO DRIVE THE TRUCK LONG DISTANCE BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY TRUST IT. THANKS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10123826June 1, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
MULITPLE FAILURES OF THE ANTI LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM THAT TAKES CONTROLL OF THE BRAKING AWAY. IT HAS CAUSED NUMEROUS CLOSE CALLS INCLUDING CRASHING THROUGH THE GARAGE DOOR OF MY HOUSE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122470May 31, 2005
PARKING BRAKE
I HAVE A 2001 CHEVROLET Z71 TRUCK, AND THE PARKING BRAKES WILL NOT PASS THE TEXAS SAFETY INSPECTION. THE PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM SHOULD NOT FAIL DURING THE LIFETIME OF A VEHICLE, PARTICULARLY SINCE IT HAS ONLY 75000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122401May 29, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:ABS WARNING LIGHT
I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH ABS BRAKES, FIRST THE RIGHT FRONT BEARING HUB WEAR AND TIRE VIBRATION, THEN THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON, WILL STAY ON THEN EXTINGUISH AND COME AGAIN AND STAY ON, ABS DOES NOT WORK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122383May 28, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR IF A BUMP/UNEVEN SPOT IN THE ROAD IS ENCOUNTERED WHILE BRAKING. NO MECHANICAL CORRECTIONS TAKEN YET...SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE. PEDAL TRAVEL AND BRAKING CAN ONLY BE REGAINED IF I LET OFF THE PEDAL AND REAPPLY...AND THERE'S NO MORE BUMPS. HAS RANDOMLY OCCURED THROUGHOUT OWNERSHIP DEPENDING UPON ROAD CONDITIONS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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