Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (2003)

2,092 consumer complaints on file.

#10185758March 21, 2007
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
NO DESCRIPTION. *AK SUBJECT : RE: ERRONEOUS SPEEDOMETER READING ~10956 > [XXX] > FROM: [XXX] > COMMENTS: > [XXX],I AM THE OWNER OF A 2003 CHEVROLET 2500 CREW CAB ,FULL SIZE BOX,DURAMAX DIESEL PICKUP TRUCK.ON A TRIP ON FEB.11/07 FROM TORONTO ,ONTARIO ,CANADA I EXPERIENCED EXACTLY THE SAME CONDITIONS AS ARE LISTED IN THE 21 PAGE APROX. 400 INCIDENTS THAT ARE NOTED ON THE WEB LINK INCLUDED HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.NET/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-TAHOE/T2BGKBGI55EKNU77C/P1 IT MAY CONCERN YOU AS TO WHY I ,A CANADIAN ,AM WRITING YOUR AGENCY. THE REASON IS THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN THE ATLANTA GA AREA. FURTHER MORE IT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT OUR OWN VEHICLE SAFETY BOARD (A PART OF TRANSPORT CANADA) NEVER TAKES AN INITIATIVE ON VEHICLE SAFETY ISSUES UNLESS IT HAS ALREADY BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO BE A CONCERN OF YOUR AGENCY IN THE U.S.A. SO IT IS MY HOPE THAT YOU WILL INVESTIGATE THIS SAFETY CONCERN AND ACT WITH DUE DILIGENCE TO OBLIGE GENERAL MOTORS TO DEAL WITH THIS FAULT BY A VEHICLE RECALL.IT IS WELL EVIDENCED THAT AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURERS IN NORTH AMERICA SELDOM IF EVER TAKE A! PERSONAL INITIATIVE ON SAFETY ISSUES (EVEN DENYING THEM IN MANY INSTANCES). TWO CASES THAT COME TO MIND ARE SIDE IMPACT EXPLODING GAS TANKS AND REAR ENGINES CATCHING FIRE (CORVAIR) BOTH GM I BELIEVE. I AM SURE FROM YOUR AGENCY'S KNOWLEDGE THERE WERE MANY MORE THAT BUT FOR YOUR ACTION WOULD HAVE GONE UNCORRECTED.I DON'T KNOW ABOUT IN YOUR COUNTRY BUT HERE IN CANADA UNDER OUR VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTION STANDARDS A VEHICLE EXHIBITING THIS FAULT WOULD NOT PASS AND WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE LICENSED.IF YOU REQUIRE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION FROM ME PERTAINING TO THIS SUBMISSION OR THE VEHICLE MENTIONED IT WOULD BE MY PLEASURE TO ASSIST YOU. THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
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#10185855March 21, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500 HD DURAMAX 4-DR THAT THE SPEEDOMETER JUST STARTED GOING INTERMITTENTLY WHACKO ON WITH THE LAST YEAR (CONVENIENTLY JUST OUTSIDE OF NORMAL WARRANTY) JUDGING FROM ALL OF THE POSTS I SEE SCATTERED ACROSS THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS IT IS CLEARY A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AND SHOULD BE RECALLED ASAP.
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#10185398March 17, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
CLUNKING NOISE FROM STEERING COLUMN. 1ST FAILURE AT 25,000 MI AND DEALER REPLACED SHAFT. 2ND FAILURE AT 50,000 MI AND GM REFUSED TO REPLACE OR PAY. I HAD TO PAY FOR SOME NEW LUBE KIT TO PREVENT NOISE AND WEAR.
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#10185229March 15, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
AT AROUND 13,000 MILES I HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT PADS AND ROTORS BECAUSE THE METAL ON THE ROTORS FLAKED OFF AND RUINED THE PADS. AT AROUND 16,000, I REPLACED THE REAR PADS AND ROTORS FOR THE SAME REASON. AT AROUND 4,000 MILES THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT ROTORS AND PADS, SAME REASON. I ALSO COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER ABOUT THE MUSHINESS OF THE BRAKE PEDAL. THERE IS NO FIRM STOP AND I AM GLAD I HAVE NOT HAD TO STOP FAST. *JB
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#10185090March 14, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL*- THE CONTACT HAS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO WITH A CURRENT ODOMETER OF 60,000 MILES. ON 5-13-04 THE BRAKES FAILED. THE CONTACT HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. ON 10-17-04 THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THEY TOLD THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE VEHICLE HAULING ITEMS, BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE A HITCH TO HAUL ANYTHING. *AK
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#10185091March 14, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE SPEEDOMETER REGISTERED 120 MPH EVEN WHEN THE POWER HAD BEEN TURNED OFF. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE CONTACT HAD AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER/MANUFACTURER TO HAVE THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,000.*AK UPDATED 04/05/07*JB
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#10184892March 12, 2007
SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY, SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
THE CENTER REAR SEATBELT RETRACTOR WILL NO LONGER RETRACT ON MY 2003 CHEVROLET HD PICKUP TRUCK. THIS SEATBELT WAS USED BY MY CHILD. LUCKILY WE WERE PARKED WHEN WE DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM AND HAD TO MOVE HER TO THE OUTBOARD POSITION. WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW. WHILE HAVING IT CHECKED AT THE DEALERSHIP, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL ADVISED THAT ANOTHER OWNER CAME IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND AFTER JERKING ON THE SEATBELT SEVERAL TIMES, THE RETRACTOR BEGAN WORKING AGAIN. I HAVE ORDERED A NEW SEATBELT RETRACTOR FOR THE REAR CENTER POSITION, BUT WANTED TO REPORT THIS DEFECT. *JB
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#10184893March 12, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER READING IS ERRATIC AT BEST. PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE. NEEDLE STARTS OFF AT BETWEEN 20-60 MPH. RETURNS TO ZERO SOMETIMES. SOMETIMES IT MOVES. SOMETIMES IT IS JUST STUCK. HAVE HEARD FROM NUMEROUS OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *JB
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#10184745March 11, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER INTERMITTENT. MOST OF THE TIME INDICATES 120 MPH. *JB
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#10184722March 10, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER AND GAUGES STOP WORKING. *JB
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#10184672March 9, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER IS ALL MESSED UP IT HAS INACCURATE READINGS MOST OF THE TIME AND DOESN'T WORK AT ALL THE REST OF THE TIME. THE DEALER CLAIMS NO RESPONSIBILITY AND IS ASKING $500.00 TO FIX. MY DAUGHTER RECENTLY NOTIFIED ME THAT A LOCAL NEWS STATION HAD MANY CONSUMERS COMPLAINING OF THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AND THAT SOME OF THEM HAD RECEIVED SPEEDING TICKETS WHEN THEIR SPEEDOMETER FAILED. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT GM NEEDS TO ADDRESS. *JB
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#10184561March 8, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO WITH 25000 FAILURE MILEAGE AT 5 MPH, AND SLOWING DOWN TO STOP THE ANTI- LOCK BRAKES STARTED TO PULSATE/JERK. THE CONTACT PRESSED HARD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, THEN THE VEHICLE FINALLY STOPPED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN TO A DEALER, AND THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AS OF 3/8/07. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 25,700.*AK THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE ABS REPAIRED BY A GM GARAGE. UPDATED 11/05/07. *JB
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#10184434March 7, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500HD SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T RETURN TO ZERO WHEN STOPPED. REGISTERS INACCURATE READINGS AS MUCH AS 60 MPH OFF. *JB
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#10184174March 4, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING AT 40120 MILES. *JB
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#10184187March 4, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER STICKS, DISPLAYS INCORRECT SPEED. UNABLE TO DETERMINE CORRECT SPEED. HAVE NOT FIXED YET. HAPPENED 1 WEEK AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED. *JB
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#10184106March 3, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
I FILED THE FORMAL REQUEST BELOW TO CHEVROLET / GM REGARDING A DEFECTIVE SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THIS IS A WELL KNOWN AND A WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM, AND I BELIEVE IT TO BE A SEVERE NATIONWIDE SAFETY ISSUE WHICH NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED TO AVOID POSSIBLE INJURY OR DEATH. GENERAL MOTORS WILL NOT REPAIR THE PROBLEM. SOME INFORMATION IS REMOVED TO MEET THE WORD LIMIT OF THIS COMPLAINT FORM. GM SERVICE REQUEST: 71-482347989 SILVERADO SAFETY HAZARD - A PROBLEM I AM EXPERIENCING WITH MY WIFE'S 2003 SILVERADO 2500 HD IS EXTENSIVE AND DANGEROUS. THE SPEEDOMETER IS OFTEN STUCK AT RANDOM SPEEDS WHEN AT REST, AND WHEN IN MOTION IS UNRELIABLE. INFORMATION THAT I HAVE REVIEWED ON SEVERAL SITES INDICATES THAT THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE STEPPER MOTORS IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER THAT HANDLE ALL GAUGES ON THIS VEHICLE, AND THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL TSBS THAT ARE RELATED TO THIS PROBLEM IN SEVERAL GM VEHICLES. NHTSA ALSO HAS SEVERAL DOZEN, IF NOT HUNDREDS OF REPORTS OF THIS PROBLEM. THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL PETITIONS IN PROGRESS TO DEMAND RECALLS AND / OR MEDIA INVESTIGATIONS. ALTHOUGH MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY, THIS APPEARS TO BE A DEFECT WORTHY OF A RECALL. WE SPECIFICALLY TRADED UP TO THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE WIFE HAULS A HORSE TRAILER WITH TWO OR THREE HORSES THROUGH MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN TO HORSE EVENTS FOR HER, MY DAUGHTER, AND MY DAUGHTER'S FRIENDS. THE SAFETY IMPLICATIONS OF UNRELIABLE GAUGES ARE MANY-FOLD, WHETHER IT IS GATHERING TOO MUCH DOWNHILL SPEED BECAUSE OF AN INCORRECT SPEEDOMETER, RUNNING OUT OF GAS WHILE TOWING A LOADED HORSE TRAILER DOWN A STEEP SLOPE BECAUSE OF AN INCORRECT GAUGE, OVERHEATING THE TRANSMISSION OR ENGINE BECAUSE OF AN INCORRECT TEMPERATURE READING, ETC. THERE ARE SEVERAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION DOCUMENTING THIS ISSUE. A FEW EXAMPLES ARE AS FOLLOWS: (MOST EXAMPLES REMOVED TO MEET WORD LIMIT): HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.NET/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-SILVERADO-1500/TR5QAB2MN19BL1D2J/P4 *JB
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#10183770February 28, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
2003 CHEVY SILVERADO SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING. STICKS. SOMETIMES WORKS. DEALER SAID $500 TO FIX. KNOW 3 OTHER 03-04 SILVERADO OWNERS WITH SAME PROBLEM. *NM
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#10183779February 28, 2007
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
PURCHASED NEW IN 2003, CHEVY SIVLERADO 1500, AT 40,000 MILES, PASSENGER SIDE HEATED MIRROR CRACKED AND BOTH HEATED MIRRORS NO LONGER WORK. AT ABOUT 88,000 MILES SPEEDOMETER IS JUMPING AND STICKING, WILL NOT RETURN TO ZERO, CANNOT READ TRUE SPEED. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MONTHS NOW. *NM
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#10183630February 27, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER FAILURE - SPEEDOMETER BEGAN BOUNCING ON MY TRUCK AROUND THE 40,000 MILE MARK AND NO LONGER WORKS AT ALL. REPAIR COST IS APPROX $500 FOR THE ITEM AND IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED BY THE MAKER CHEVY AS THIS IS A MAIN ITEM TO BE USED ON THE TRUCK EVERYDAY AND THERE WAS NO REASON FOR IT TO GO DEFECTIVE. I HAVE RESEARCHED AND DISCOVERED SEVERAL THOUSAND OTHERS OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM - SAME PART - SAME SOLUTION - HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER ONLY TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. *JB
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#10183659February 27, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
REPORT CONCERNING 2003 CHEVY SILVERADO. HAD TRUCK FAILURE ON LOCAL FREEWAY. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO MECHANIC. APPARENTLY OUT OF GAS. HOWEVER GAS GAGE READ 1/2 TANK. HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER SPEEDOMETER BEGAN MALFUNCTIONING, REGISTERING IN ACCURATE SPEEDS AND WHEN VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF SPEEDOMETER WOULD STOP ANYWHERE FROM 10-20 MPH. STARTER BEGAN GIVING US PROBLEMS AS WELL. COULD THIS ALL BE RELATED? *NM
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