1999 CHEVROLET C/K PICKUPS Problems & Recalls

THE VEHICLE IS 16 YEARS OLD. IT CURRENTLY HAS 201,352 MILES. THE BODY IS STARTING TO RUST OVER THE REAR TIRE AND THE FRAME IS REALLY RUSTED. DRIVER POWER WINDOW SWITCH WENT OUT AND ROLLED ITSELF DOWN AND CANT GET IT TO GO UP AT ALL. REALLY LOVE THE TRUCK BUT GM COULD HAVE BUILT IT TO LAST LONGER..MY...

Mileage: 199,999

THE VEHICLE IS 16 YEARS OLD. IT CURRENTLY HAS 201,352 MILES. THE BODY IS STARTING TO RUST OVER THE REAR TIRE AND THE FRAME IS REALLY RUSTED. DRIVER POWER WINDOW SWITCH WENT OUT AND ROLLED ITSELF DOWN AND CANT GET IT TO GO UP AT ALL. REALLY LOVE THE TRUCK BUT GM COULD HAVE BUILT IT TO LAST LONGER..MY...

Mileage: 199,999

THE VEHICLE IS 16 YEARS OLD. IT CURRENTLY HAS 201,352 MILES. THE BODY IS STARTING TO RUST OVER THE REAR TIRE AND THE FRAME IS REALLY RUSTED. DRIVER POWER WINDOW SWITCH WENT OUT AND ROLLED ITSELF DOWN AND CANT GET IT TO GO UP AT ALL. REALLY LOVE THE TRUCK BUT GM COULD HAVE BUILT IT TO LAST LONGER..MY...

Mileage: 199,999

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AND CAME TO A LIGHT. I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR. I HAD TO GO THROUGH THE LIGHT INTO A WALL. IT WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE AND WAS TOLD ALL THE BRAKE LINES WERE ROTTED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JS

Mileage: 270,000

BRAKE LINE FAILED ON 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO 4WD PICK UP. CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF A UPS FREIGHT TRUCK AT STOP LIGHT. I APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL APP. 50 YARDS TO TRY TO STOP MY TRUCK THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR I WAS HELPLESS CARS ON ONE SIDE TELEPHONE POLES ON THE OTHER LUCKILY PUT TRUCK IN 2ND G...

Mileage: 71,400

THIS WILL BE THE 4TH FUEL INJECTOR PUMP INSTALLED ON MY VEHICLE. TWICE IT QUIT WHILE TRAVELING MORE THAN 50 MPH ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS. THIS CAUSES ALL LOST OF POWER TO THE STEERING AND BRAKING. THE COMPANY HAS REPLACED IT FREE UNTIL NOW. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED ALL 3 TIMES. THIS APPEARS TO BE A PROB...

Mileage: 138,000

THIS WILL BE THE 4TH FUEL INJECTOR PUMP INSTALLED ON MY VEHICLE. TWICE IT QUIT WHILE TRAVELING MORE THAN 50 MPH ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS. THIS CAUSES ALL LOST OF POWER TO THE STEERING AND BRAKING. THE COMPANY HAS REPLACED IT FREE UNTIL NOW. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED ALL 3 TIMES. THIS APPEARS TO BE A PROB...

Mileage: 138,000

MY ANTILOCK BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. ATLOW SPEEDS MTHE ANTILOCK MOTOR COMES ON AND PUSHES BACK AGAINST THE BRAKE PEDAL. I HAVE HAD THIS REPAIRED 4 TIMES WITH NEW SPEED SENSORS ON THE FRONT BRAKES AND STILL I AM HAVING THIS TROUBLE. *TR

Mileage: 81

MY ANTILOCK BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. ATLOW SPEEDS MTHE ANTILOCK MOTOR COMES ON AND PUSHES BACK AGAINST THE BRAKE PEDAL. I HAVE HAD THIS REPAIRED 4 TIMES WITH NEW SPEED SENSORS ON THE FRONT BRAKES AND STILL I AM HAVING THIS TROUBLE. *TR

Mileage: 81

TRUCK WILL NOT STOP. *TR

Mileage: 4,000

FUEL PUMP IN FUEL TANK. *TR

Mileage: 175,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED, THE PEDAL FELT SPONGY. THE ABS KICKED IN AT 10 MPH. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL, # 05V379000, REGARDING THE SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: ANTILOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. UPDATED 04/05/07*JB

Mileage: 93,000

WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES PER HOUR TOWARD INTERSECTION. APPLIED BRAKES BUT ODDLY PEDAL SEEMED TO GO TO FLOOR WITH ZERO BRAKING ACTION. SUBSEQUENTLY, MY VEHICLE ENTERED INTERSECTION DURING RED LIGHT. WAS STRUCK ON DRIVERS SIDE BY 18-WHEELER CROSSING INTERSECTION AND THEN MY VEHICLE'S FOR...

Mileage: 99,000

WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES PER HOUR TOWARD INTERSECTION. APPLIED BRAKES BUT ODDLY PEDAL SEEMED TO GO TO FLOOR WITH ZERO BRAKING ACTION. SUBSEQUENTLY, MY VEHICLE ENTERED INTERSECTION DURING RED LIGHT. WAS STRUCK ON DRIVERS SIDE BY 18-WHEELER CROSSING INTERSECTION AND THEN MY VEHICLE'S FOR...

Mileage: 99,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER SIDE TAILGATE CABLE HAS BEEN REPLACED AND FRACTURED A SECOND TIME. THE PASSENGER CABLE IS IN THE PROCESS OF FRACTURING. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 06V066000, REGARDING THE TAILGATE CABLES. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER, I...

Mileage: 78,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ABS ENGAGED WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE AT SPEEDS OF 10MPH OR LESS. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER AND THE FRONT BRAKES WERE REPLACED. ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEM PERSISTED, NO FURTHER REPAIRS WERE MADE. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 05V379000, REGARDING THE ANTILOCK BRAKES...

Mileage: 79,000

LOAD OF PLYWOOD FELL FROM THE PICKUP WHEN THE TAILGATE CABLE BROKE. THE CAR BEHIND ME DID NOT GET HIT BY THE LOAD OF PLYWOOD BUT HAD TO AVOID THE LOAD BY SWERVING. THE PLYWOOD WAS DAMAGED AND THE TAILGATE WAS DESTROYED. *NM

Mileage: 75,000

THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM HAS FAILED ON MY 1999 CHEVROLET WITH LESS THAN 49000 MILES. THE VEHICLE ID IS [XXX] I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE NEW AND HAVE NEVER ABUSED IT. BERGLUND CHEVROLET IN ROANOKE ESTIMATED THE COST OF FIXING THIS AT $1000 DOLLARS. HOW LONG WOULD THIS FIX LAST? HOW SAFE IS A VEHICLE THA...

Mileage: 48,948

EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS ARE SNAPPING OFF ONE BY ONE. THIS IS CAUSING EXHAUST FUMES TO ENTER THE CAB OF THE TRUCK MAKING THE DRIVER SLEEPY OR SICK FROM THE FUMES. AFTER TALKING TO G.M MECHANICS A LOT OF THE CHEVY 3/4 TON WITH 6.0 MOTORS ARE DOING THIS. THIS IS A BAD SAFETY ISSUE. G.M DENIES THERE IS ...

Mileage: 140,000

FAILURE OF ABS SYSTEM ON 1999 CHEVORET C1500 PICKUPS. I HAVE HEARD FROM MANY MECHANICS THAT THE 1999-2003 KELSEY HAYES (TM) ABS MODULE IS FAILING IN A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF VEHICLES. MINE HAS FAILED AND THE ABS SYSTEM NO LONGER WORKS. GM HAS NOT RECOGNIZED THIS A MAJOR DEFECT AND DOES NOT...

Mileage: 48,000

LOSS OF BREAKING BELOW 5 MPH. ANTI LOCK BRAKES QUIT WORKING. COMING TO A STOP, AT ABOUT 5 MPH, BRAKE PEDAL PUSHES BACK AGAINST FOOT, ALL BREAKING CEASES AND HOWLING OR BURRRRR NOISE IS HEARD. IF YOU FORCE THE BRAKE PEDAL DOWN AS IN PANIC STOP, PEDAL GOES ALMOST TO FLOOR AND BRAKING RESUMES. IF ...

Mileage: 51,380

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, ABS SEEMS TO BE MALFUNCTIONING. *NM

Mileage: 52,904

ABS MODULE FAILURE ON 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO CK 1500 - WHEN THIS SYSTEM FAILED, THE RED BRAKE LIGHT INDICATOR ALSO CAME ON. IN ORDER TO STOP THE PUMP FROM RUNNING CONTINUALLY, WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE THE FUSE. THIS PUMP RAN EVEN WITH THE ENGINE OFF. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE MODULE COST $800...

Mileage: 75,000

ABS BRAKES ACTIVATE AT SLOW SPEEDS

Mileage: 50,000

ABS CONTROLL UNIT WILL NOT SHUT OFF AFTER ENGINE HAS BEEN SHUT OFF. FUSE HAS TO BE REMOVED TO PREVENT OVERHEATING UNIT.NEW UNIT IS OVER $1000.00

Mileage: 50,000

PROBLEM WITH ABS BRAKES LOW-SPEED ACTIVATION WITH BRAKE PEDAL GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR CAUSING FOOT TO HIT GAS PEDAL IN FORWARD AND REVERSE. THIS PROBLEM IS WHAT HAS CALLED FOR A RECALL IN CANADA AND NEWER GM VEHICLES. WHEN WILL A RECALL BE ISSUED TO FIX THIS SAFETY HAZZARD IN OLDER MODEL ...

Mileage: 28,000

ABS BRAKE SYSTEM ON 1999 CHEVY TRUCK. NHTSA ACTION # PE05020 CONTACTED DEALER, TALKED TO SERVICE MANAGER AND OWNER WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM SAID ID HAVE TO PAY FOR IT BECAUSE THEY DONT RECONIZE ANY RECALLS OR DEFECTS

ABS BRAKE SYSTEM ON 1999 CHEVY TRUCK. NHTSA ACTION # PE05020 CONTACTED DEALER, TALKED TO SERVICE MANAGER AND OWNER WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM SAID ID HAVE TO PAY FOR IT BECAUSE THEY DONT RECONIZE ANY RECALLS OR DEFECTS

I HAVE A 1999 SLIVERADO WITH A BAD FUEL GAGE AND THAT I HEARD THAT GM IS RECALL ALL YEARS BUT 1999 HERE A QOUTE FROM GM GM ANNOUNCED FIVE OTHER RECALLS MONDAY: THE CHEVROLET SUBURBAN AND YUKON XL FROM 2000 AND 2001 FOR POSSIBLE OVERHEATING OF FUEL PUMP WIRES THAT COULD LEAD TO STALLING, FAILUR...

Mileage: 48,000

I OWN A 1999 CHEVROLET K-1500 PICK-UP TRUCK. I'M EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES AS THE OTHER 1999 TRUCKS IN THE INVESTIGATION ISSUED 5/02/05. I AGREE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND BELIEVE GM NEEDS TO RECALL THE VEHICLES ASAP. IN THE RECALL PLEASE INCLUDE THE CHEVROLET C/K 1500...

I HAVE A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO EXTENDED CAB TRUCK. YESTERDAY, THE BOLTS HOLDING THE STEERING GEAR TO THE FRAME ATTACHMENT BROKE AND I LOST ALL STEERING CONTROL. I WAS LUCKILY PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND NOT DRIVING ON A ROAD, AS THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. I LOOKED ON YOUR...

Mileage: 70,000

REAR BOLT ON EXHAUST HEADS BROKE CAUSING LEAKS ON BOTH EXHAUST HEADS ON 6 LITER ENGINE

Mileage: 58,000

IN 1999, I PURCHASED 2 1999 CHEVROLET PICKUPS AS GRADUATION GIFTS FOR MY SON AND DAUGHTER. RECENTLY, MY DAUGHTER VISITED AND I USED HER TRUCK TO RUN AN ERRAND. SEEING THE BRAKE INDICATOR LIGHT ON, I WAS CONCERNED. SHE SAID SOME 2 YEARS AGO, AFTER TURNING OFF THE IGNITION, A LOUD HUM CONTINUED. EVENT...

THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE TRACTION CONTROL MODULE FAILED, AND RUNS ALL THE TIME. THE FUSE HAS TO BE PULLED TO KEEP MODULE FROM RUNNING, EVEN WHEN KEY IS TURNED OFF. I HAD A DEALER CHECK THE PROBLEM AND THEY SAID THE MODULE WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IF I WANTED THE ABS SYSTEM TO WORK. I WAS TOL...

Mileage: 45,100

VEHICLE FAILED TO DECELERATE WHEN THE CONSUMER REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO REDUCE SPEED.*AK THIS CONDITION WAS UNSAFE WHEN PULLING A TRAILER. *TT *JB

Mileage: 2,000

SEVERAL YEARS AGO I FILED A COMPLAINT ON MY 1999 CHEVROLET C-1500 PICKUP WITH THE SAME BODY STYLE AS 1998. AN ELECTRICAL FIRE OCCURRED IN THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WHILE PARKED AT WORK, CONSISTENT WITH NHTSA 03V093000. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON A US NAVY BASE AND THE NAVY FIRE CHIEF INVESTIGATED THE F...

THE FOOT OPERATED PARKING BRAKE ON C/K1500 PICK-UP TRUCK WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS LOCATED SO FAR FORWARD AND TOWARDS DRIVERS LEFT LEG THAT IT IS A HAZARD UPON AN ACCIDENT. IN AN ACCIDENT THE DRIVERS LEFT LEG IS SUBJECT TO INJURY FROM PARKING BRAKE FOOT LEVER. *JB

THE ABS CONTROL MODULE(PUMP) BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION ON MY 1999 CHEVROLET K1500 Z71 WHICH CAUSED IT TO CONTINUALLY RUN WITHOUT SHUTTING OFF. UPON INSPECTION I FOUND THAT THE PUMP HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED ONCE BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER WHO PURCHASED THE TRUCK NEW. I THEN BEGAN RESEARCH ON THE PART AND FO...

Mileage: 86,700

THE ABS PUMP ON MY '99 K1500 CHEVY TRUCK HAS GONE BAD. THE PUMP STAYS ON AT ALL TIMES, UNLESS YOU PULL OUT THE FUSE FOR THE PUMP. BY DISCONNECTING THE FUSE, THE ABS BRAKES ARE DISABLED FOR THE TRUCK. THE REPLACEMENT FOR THIS PART IS AROUND $1000. THIS APPEARS TO BE A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM ON THI...

Mileage: 48,000

1999 CHEVROLET C/K PICK -UP FUEL GAUGE SUDDENLY DROPS TO EMPTY, USUALLY JUST AFTER FILLING THE VEHICLE. NEEDED NEW FUEL PUMP (VEHICLE ONLY HAS 62,000 MILES). ALSO HAPPENED ON NIECES 99 GMC DENALI AT 3 YEARS AND 1 MONTH (JUST AFTER WARRANTY RAN OUT). *NLM

Mileage: 58,000

I HAD CHEVROLET PART NUMBER 15622861 CONNECTOR FOR THE 1999 CHEVROLET C3500 PICK-UP TRUCK FAIL WHICH ALLOWED HOT ENGINE COOLANT TO ESCAPE. ALTHOUGH I DID NOT COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE COOLANT I FEEL THERE IS A STRONG POSSIBILITY FOR THIS TO HAPPEN WHILE WORKING ON THE ENGINE DUE TO POOR DESIGN/CONS...

Mileage: 64,000

AFTER THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY, 250 MILES OVER TO BE EXACT. THE ABS PUMP KEPT RUNNING AFTER I SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. ESTIMATED REPAIR $1200.00. CALLED THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP(BEN MYNATT OF CONCORD, NC) AND THEY EVEN SAID THAT THEY WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE ABS PUMPS FAILING ON THE SILVERADOS. ATTEMPT...

Mileage: 36,250

REAR BRAKES LOCK UP WHEN BRAKES APPLIED LIGHTLY. DEALER REPLACED REAR DRUMS. BRAKES STILL LOCK UP. *AK THE REAR BRAKES LOCK UP DURING RAIN OR WHEN THE GROUND IS WET. *YH