Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (2000)

2,131 consumer complaints on file.

#10724683June 11, 2015
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 EQUIPPED WITH GENERAL AMERI 660 AS TIRES (NA), SIZE: P255/70R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD THUMP SOUND NEAR THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE AND THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND OBSERVED THAT THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TREAD SEPARATED. THE TIRE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 93,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10722843June 2, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE LINES ROTTED OUT DO TO ROAD SALT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10715258May 7, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
WHEN RETURNING HOME MY BRAKES FAILED WHEN ENTERING MY DRIVEWAY CAUSING ME TO STRIKE A TREE. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE GRILL OF MY VEHICLE. THE CAUSE WAS A RUPTURED BRAKE LINE. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF THE LOSS OF BRAKES. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10706170April 16, 2015
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
AS I WAS TOPPING THE CURVE OF AN ENTRANCE RAMP, I FELT THE REAR OF THE TRUCK LOSE TRACTION ON THE WET ASPHALT AND THE TAIL STARTED TO MOVE. I LET OFF THE GAS PEDAL TO GAIN CONTROL, AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO PROPEL THE TRUCK AS IF THE GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK. THIS CAUSED THE REAR OF THE TRUCK TO CONTINUE AROUND AND SLAMMED THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK INTO A GUARD RAIL AND FINALLY CAME TO A STOP WITH TRUCK PARALLEL TO GUARD RAIL AND FACING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC. I WAS HOLDING THE BRAKES AS SOON AS I REALIZED THE TRUCK WAS OUT OF CONTROL. IF NOT FOR THE GUARD RAIL, MY FAMILY AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN PROPELLED OVER A STEEP EMBANKMENT WITH FATAL RESULTS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HAD THIS OCCUR ON THIS VEHICLE SINCE I PURCHASED IT IN 2001. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10703818April 5, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
BACKED OUT OF GARAGE DRIVE WITH A DOWNWARD SLOPE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. STOPPED THE TRUCK USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER THE INCIDENT, NOT BEFORE. CHECKED THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR, FLUID LEVEL WAS BELOW MINIMUM. UNDER THE VEHICLE, THE PROBLEM WAS APPARENT. NEAR THE ABS CONTROL UNIT IT LOOKED LIKE THE METAL LINE(S) HAD EXPLODED AND BRAKE FLUID WAS ALL OVER THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRUCK AND DRIPPING DOWN THE FRAME RAIL. CHECKING THE VEHICLE, I FOUND ALL THE METAL BRAKE LINES, ESPECIALLY NEAR THE ABS UNIT, WERE BADLY RUSTED. TWO PROBLEMS: 1. THE FAILURE WAS CATASTROPHIC WITHOUT WARNING. WHILE THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER THE BRAKE LINE FAILURE, IT PROVIDED NO PRIOR INDICATION OF PROBLEMS. BRAKE FLUID WAS OK PRIOR TO THE LINE FAILURE (NO BRAKE SERVICE LIGHT) AND THE BRAKE FLUID LOSS WAS THE RESULT OF THE BRAKE LINE RUPTURE. THE BRAKE LINE, WEAKENED BY RUST, FAILED WITH THE INCREASED PRESSURE WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. 2. THERE WAS NO RESIDUAL OR BACK-UP BRAKING AVAILABLE EVEN WITH FULLY DEPRESSED BRAKE PEDAL. I'VE READ GM'S STATEMENT THAT THE BRAKE SERVICE LIGHT WOULD PROVIDE ADVANCE WARNING AND THE BRAKING SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE BRAKING (WITH LONGER STOPPING DISTANCES) SHOULD THERE BE FAILURES IN THE SYSTEM. UNFORTUNATELY, IN CATASTROPHIC BRAKE LINE FAILURES THERE WERE NO WARNINGS; THE WARNING LIGHT WAS DELAYED AFTER THE FACT. FROM AN ENGINEER'S PERSPECTIVE, DID THE METALLURGICAL CONTENT OF THE BRAKE LINES CHANGE IN 1999 OR PERHAPS THAT WAS WHEN THE ABS HOUSING CHANGED TO ALUMINUM? THE GALVANIC NATURE OF THE STEEL BRAKE LINES CONNECTING TO ALUMINUM IN THE PRESENCE OF SALT WATER WILL CERTAINLY RESULT IN THE INCREASED CORROSION OF THE BRAKE LINES. SUMMARY: THE NHTSA NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL (REGARDLESS WHETHER GM IS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MONETARY COSTS OF REPAIR) TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10703545April 3, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, STARTED TO MAKE RIGHT TURN AND ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF AND JUST AS QUICKLY KICK STARTED. LATER SAME DAY ENGINE SHUT OFF IN PARKING LOT, BUT I WAS ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY RESTART IT. THE NEXT DAY ENGINE DID THE SAME THING (SHUT OFF) BUT AGAIN, I WAS ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY RESTART IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10693400March 10, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE AT 50MPH WAS APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT WHICH TURNED YELLOW STEPPED ON MY BRAKES FELT LIKE I WASN'T EVEN PUSHING THEM PUMPED A FEW TIMES THE TRUCK STARTS BRAKING THE ONCE AGAIN WITH MY FOOT STILL ON BRAKE PEDAL IT FELT LIKE I WASN'T STEPPING ON THE PEDAL SO PUMPED AGAIN AND I ALMOST ENDED UP RUNNING A RED LIGHT WITH TWO SMALL CHILDREN IN THE TRUCK. WITH ALL THESE COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10692867March 8, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL TANK LEAK ,FRONT OF TANK APPROX HALF WAY UP TANK NOT VISABLE WITH OUT REMOVAL BRAKE LINES ALSO ROTTED OUT FOR SECOND TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10691660March 2, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY GOING 60 MPH, THE CAR AHEAD OF US MADE A SUDDEN, DRASTIC SLOW DOWN. AS WE PRESSED THE BRAKES, THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR AND WE CONTINUED TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD AND STOPPED INCHES BEFORE HITTING THE CAR AHEAD OF US. THANKFULLY WE HAD AT LEAST 5 CAR LENGTHS BETWEEN US. HAD BREAK LINE REPAIRED. MECHANIC SAID IT HAD RUSTED THROUGH. FEBRUARY 28, 2015 PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT WITH CARS AHEAD OF US, MOVING 4-5 MPH. CAR IN FRONT OF US SUDDENLY STOPS, WE GO TO BRAKE AND HEARD A NOISE, BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR AND WE HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF US.( WE WERE A 1/2 CAR LENGTH BEHIND THE CAR.) DUE TO MOVING AT A SLOW SPEED, THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OTHER THAN THE OCCUPANTS OF BOTH CARS BEING JERKED. TOOK TO A MECHANIC AND ABS SENSORS WERE RUSTED OUT AS WELL AS THE HUBS ETC... HE THEN TOLD US HE CANNOT BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF RUST AND CORROSION WE HAVE ON THE ENTIRE UNDERSIDE. HE STATED IT LOOKED LIKE A 50 YEAR OLD VEHICLE THAT SAT IN A FIELD FOR YEARS. HE ADVISED US TO GET THE REST OF THE BRAKE LINES REPLACED AS WELL AS WATCH THE FRAMING ETC.. FOR CRACKING. WE DO NOT FEEL SAFE ANYMORE! THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY CARED FOR AND KEPT WASHED EVEN DURING WINTERS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10682853February 11, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS DOWN MOUNT PLACE ROAD GOING TO WORK 5:00 AM IN THE MORNING I BRAKE FOR A DEAR AN SLOW DOWN THEN ON BRAKE PADDLE HIT THE FLOOR AN MY PICK UP WAS HARD TO STOP HAD TO TAKE IT BACK HOME AN I HAVE BRAKE FLUID ON GROUND A BRAKE LINE BURST. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10682086February 9, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS APPROACHING A STOP AT THE TOP OF A HILL, THE BRAKE LINE RUPTURED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARDS DOWN THE HILL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10681560February 5, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, POWER TRAIN, SEATS
THE TRANSMISSION IN THIS VEHICLE IS A TOTAL PIECE OF JUNK. THERE ARE MANY, MANY VEHICLES WITH THIS SAME TRANSMISSION. IT LOCKED UP SLINGING THE DRIVER INTO THE STEERING WHEEL AND WINDSHIELD. THIS BROKE THE BOLTS HOLDING THE SEAT TO THE FRAME. THE COST TO FIX WAS OVER 1200 DOLLARS. I'VE TALKED WITH SEVERAL TRANSMISSION SHOPS, EACH ONE IS IN BUSINESS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE. THEY REPAIR OR REPLACE MORE OF THESE THAN ALL OTHER TIMES 400. IT APPEARS THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE FIRST BEING USED. IT ALSO APPEARS THAT NO ONE IS BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE REPAIRS AND/OR DEATHS, INJURY THAT IS BEING CAUSED BY THIS DEFECTIVE UNIT. IT'S OINDTALLED IN MILLIONS OF VEHICLES WORLDWIDE. WHEN IS SOMETHING GOING TO BE DONE ? WHEN IS SOMEONE GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE ? STOP THIS MADNESS, PLEASE ! THE TIME IT'S TOOK ME TO FILL OUT THE FORM, DOZENS OF PEOPLE WERE INJURED DUE TO THE ABOVE STATEMENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10676496January 19, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, WHEELS
PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY ABS MOTOR BEGAN RUNNING AND NO BRAKING HAD TO RAM INTO PARK TO KEEP FROM HITTING GARAGE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10676506January 19, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
DRIVING ON 4 LANE BUSINESS ROAD COMING TO A RED LIGHT PUSHED ON BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND NO BRAKES HAD TO SWERVE INTO OTHER LANE TO KEEP FROM HITTING CAR IN FRONT OF ME RAN RED LIGHT DOWNSHIFTED INTO LOW GEAR AND BEGAN RUBBING TIRES ON CURB UNTIL I CAME TO A STOP.CHECKED BRAKE FLUID LEVEL WAS EMPTY LOOKED UNDER TRUCK AND BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH UNDER DRIVERS DOOR.WALKED 2 BLOCKS TO PARTS STORE AND BROUGHT BRAKE FLUID FILLED MASTER CYLINDER PUMPED BRAKES STILL HAD NO BRAKES,I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND HOW ONE BROKEN LINE LEFT ME WITH NO BRAKES, I THOUGHT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TWO SYSTEMS FRONT AND REAR ? I HAVE SEVERAL VINTAGE TRUCKS FROM 67-72 ERA ALL STILL HAVE ORIGINAL BRAKE LINES, I THINK GM SKIMPED ON MATERIALS AND LEFT US WITH A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10672648January 15, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE CONTACT APPLIED EXCESSIVE PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE CONTACT HAD TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10669961January 4, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS LEAVING A BANK PARKING LOT AND WENT TO STOP BEFORE TURNING ONTO THE HIGHWAY. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. LUCKILY, I WAS ON A SLIGHT INCLINE AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID UNDER THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK, WHICH WAS COMING FROM A CORRODED LINE BETWEEN THE MASTER CYLINDER AND ABS MODULE. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO MY LOCAL SHOP AND THEY REPLACED TWO BRAKE LINES BETWEEN THE MASTER CYLINDER AND ABS. FAST FORWARD TO APRIL 22, 2012 AND AROUND 37K MILES LATER. I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND WENT TO STOP. PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, BRAKE FLUID ON THE GROUND. THE BRAKE LINE GOING TO THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL HAD RUSTED THROUGH ENOUGH THAT IT COULD NOT HOLD THE PRESSURE. THIS LINE I REPLACED MYSELF. AND FINALLY, TODAY, JANUARY 4, 2015, SAME THING. I START MY TRUCK, LET IT RUN FOR A FEW MINUTES. APPLY THE BRAKE TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE, PEDAL GOES DOWN TO THE FLOOR, BRAKE FLUID ON THE GROUND. THIS TIME IT'S THE BRAKE LINE FOR THE REAR BRAKES THAT HAS RUSTED OUT. I AM GOING TO HAVE THIS LINE AND ANY OTHER LINES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED, REPLACED AT MY LOCAL SHOP OR DEALER. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT GM NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF! I WAS GOING SLOW WITH EACH OF THESE INCIDENTS, BUT WHAT IF I WAS DOING 70 MPH DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND HAD TO STOP OR SLOW DOWN VERY SUDDENLY AND MY BRAKES FAILED? SOMEONE AND/OR MYSELF COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. MAYBE THAT'S WHAT IT WILL TAKE...FIX IT GM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10669203December 30, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
MY CAR HAS ONLY 50,400 MILES-ITS A 2009, YESTERDAY WHILE DRIVING I FELT A JOLTING IN THE REAR END OF THE TRUCK AND IT CONTINUED EACH TIME I STOPPED AND STARTED DRIVING AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO INFORMED ME IT WAS A TRANSMISSION SHIFTING PROBLEM. I WENT ON LINE AND DISCOVERED THAT THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN RELATED TO OTHER SILVERADO TRUCKS AS A RECALL DUE TO A SHIFT CABLE ADJUSTER PROBLEM WHICH CAN LEAD TO A ROLL AWAY. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10668657December 29, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE COMING UP TO AN INTERSECTION MY BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT NEARLY TO THE FLOOR. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO ONE AHEAD OF ME , NOR WAS THERE ANY CROSS TRAFFIC.. I SOON FOUND OUT THAT MY FRONT BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH AND HAD LOST ALL BRAKE FLUID TO THE FRONT BRAKES. ALL BRAKE LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10668764December 29, 2014
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE SPARE TIRE DETACHED FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000. UPDATED 2/24/15*CN UPDATED 9/11/2017*CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10668896December 29, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
ABS BRAKES COME ON AT SLOW SPEEDS ON DRY PAVEMENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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