1999 CHEVROLET CHEVROLET TRUCK Problems & Recalls

WAS DRIVING TO STORE THE FIRST TIME AND READY TO STOP AT RED LIGHT AND THE BAKE PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO FLOOR,MADE IT HOME AND SAW FLUID LEAKING FROM A RUPTURED LINE.(REPLACED AND HAD THE REST LOOKED OVER). SECOND TIME A YEAR LATER DEC. 23 ON TURNPIKE , I HAD TO STOP QUICKLY AND ANOTHER BRAKE LINE FAILE...

Mileage: 94,000

MY 1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE (2DR, 4X4) HAD AN ABS SENSOR FAILURE DUE TO DEBRIS BUILDUP WHICH CASED THE ABS TO INDICATE A FALSE WHEEL LOCK AT LOW SPEEDS ON DRY PAVEMENT. THIS FAILURE IS IDENTICAL TO THE FAILURES THAT PROMPTED THE CANADIAN RECALL OF GM SUVS HAVING THIS ABS CONFIGURATION. THE DEALERSHIP ...

Mileage: 78,446

I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES ON MY 1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE, SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN NOTED IN THE RECENT RECALL NUMBER 05V3790000. I HAD A SLOW SPEED IMPACT CRASH IN 1998 THAT RESULTED IN SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE THAT I REAR ENDED, AND MINOR DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE. I R...

Mileage: 6,000

I HAVE A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO TRUCK THAT HAS DEFECTIVE ABS BRAKES. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, I NEARLY CRASHED WHEN I COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE AT LOW SPEEDS EVEN THOUGH I PUSHED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH ALL MY MIGHT. I HAD THE BRAKE SYSTEM REPAIRED AT A SMALL SHOP AT A COST OF OVER $300.00 BUT THE ...

Mileage: 45,000

ABS SYSTEM IS ENGAGING AT LOW SPEEDS ON MY CHEVROLET SILVERADO TRUCK, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKING POWER

Mileage: 87,000

1999 CHEVORLET SILVERADO TRUCK, C/K MODEL, MILAGE OF 45,000 ABS MODULE ACTIVATED CONTINUOUSLY , ABS LIGHT STAYED ON. ABS SYSTEM INOOPERATIVE, CLOSE CALL WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION! DUE TO BRAKES NOT WORKING PROPERLY!

Mileage: 45,000

DURING A RAIN STORM ON 4/2/05, MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING IN MID-STREAM. I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD RATHER SUDDENLY, NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED NOR CRASHES, HOWEVER IWAS VERY SHAKEN BY IT ALL. I ACTUALLY SAT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD UNTIL THE RAIN TURNED INTO A DRIZZLE. ...

Mileage: 109,000

I WAS PULLING INTO ADVANCED AUTO WHEN THE BRAKES GAVE OUT ON ME. I JUMPED THE CURB AND SIDE WALK AND WAS STOPPED BY A TRASH CAN AND THE FRONT WALL. LUCKLY I WASN'T GOING FAST AND DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE WALL. THIS IS THE 3RD TIME MY BRAKES WENT OUT LIKE THIS. I ALSO TOLD TO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE ...

Mileage: 68,000

WHEN VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF ABS MODULE WAS STILL RUNNING. CONSUMER APPROACHED THE VEHICLE AFTER HEARING A HUMMING SOUND COMING FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE. AFTER GETTING UNDER THE VEHICLE ABS MODULE WAS HUMMING AND WAS EXTREMELY HOT TO TOUCH. *AK

Mileage: 62,000

INTAKE MANIFOLD IS LEAKING ON 5.7 VORTEC. I KNOW OF 2 OTHER TRUCKS THAT THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED ON AS WELL AS THE DEALER IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. IT IS ALSO WELL DOCUMENTED ON THE WEB. IF YOU HAVE A 5.7 LITER MOTOR IT IS NOT IF IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BUT WHEN. WHY DO I HAVE 100,000 COOLANT WHEN TH...

Mileage: 74,120

INTAKE MANIFOLD IS LEAKING ON 5.7 VORTEC. I KNOW OF 2 OTHER TRUCKS THAT THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED ON AS WELL AS THE DEALER IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. IT IS ALSO WELL DOCUMENTED ON THE WEB. IF YOU HAVE A 5.7 LITER MOTOR IT IS NOT IF IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BUT WHEN. WHY DO I HAVE 100,000 COOLANT WHEN TH...

Mileage: 74,120

I HAVE A 1999 CHEVROLET 1500 SILVERADO PICK-UP. THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE ABS SYSTEM AT SLOW SPEEDS. (BELOW 20 MPH) THE BRAKING SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY GOES INTO ABS MODE WHEN STOPPING AT A SLOW SPEED AND NO AMOUNT OF PEDAL PRESSURE WILL STOP IT. GM DEALERS ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM, BUT WANT...

Mileage: 70,000

THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A TECHNICAL REASON FOR THESE TYPES OF FAILURES: ABS BRAKES, AND VACUUM BOOSTERS. (MODEL 3500 SERIES) SCC *JB

THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK UP, WHEN CONSUMER MADE A LEFT TURN.*JB

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH THE CONSUMER HAD A VEHICLE ACCIDENT HEAD ON WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER STATES THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG NEVER DEPLOYED NOR THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

ABS LIGHT CAME ON. STOPPED TRUCK AND HEARD LOUD "CLICKING" NOISE. TOOK TRUCK TO DEALER (CORONA CHEVROLET). DEALER SAID "IT'S YOUR ABS PUMP. IT WILL COST $1000 DOLLERS TO FIX. COULD CAUSE A FIRE. DO YOU WANT US TO FIX IT?" WHAT ELSE COULD I SAY? THE DEALER DID THROW IN A "FREE" OIL CHANGE ($1...

Mileage: 42,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT, RESULTING IN MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END OF TRUCK.*AK (GOODRICH TRAIL EDGE-LT215/85R16 M+S DOT BFOP C01498 TIRE INFLATION HAD BEEN CHECKED ON MAY 19,2002 AT 65PSI) *SCC

TRAIL BLAZER MODEL; THIS TRUCK HAS CARBON BUILD UP ON THROTTLE BODY WHICH MAKES DRIVER PUSH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WITH FORCE. *AK CONSUMER CAN NOT USE THE GAS PEDAL GENTLY TO MOVE SLOWLY. *JG

WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH IN A 1999, CHEVROLET Z71 TRUCK LEFT REAR FIRESTONE TIRE, SIZE: P265/75R16, DOT: W273WMB189 EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT. THERE WERE 12,000 MILES ON TIRE, AND IT WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. BLOWOUT WAS APPROXIMATLEY 1 1/2 INCHES IN LENGTH, AND WAS IN CENTER OF THE TREAD. ...

WHILE DRIVING A VIBRATION BEGAN IN THE RIGHT REAR TIRE, UPON INSPECTION THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE TREAD WAS SERIOUSLY DISTORED, THE CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRS (FIRESTONE LT245/75R16 STEELTEX RADIAL R4ST TIRES - THE VEHICLE IS A 1999 ROADTREK POPULAR). NLM *JB

ON THREE OCCASIONS AFTER THE TRAILER LOCKED ONTO THE KINGPIN OF THE CONSUMERS FIFTH-WHEEL TRAILER, THE TRAILER SEPARATED FROM THE HITCH CAUSING THE TRAILER TO FALL ON THE TRUCKS RAILS AND RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO BOTH THE TRUCK AND THE TRAILER. NLM

FAN BELT BROKE, RESULTING IN LOSE OF POWER BRAKES AND STEERING. POWER STEERING PUMP SHAFT BROKE, CAUSED POWER BRAKES TO FAIL

WHILE DRIVING RIGHT REAR TREAD SEPARATED AND THE TIRE BLEWOUT, SEVERAL OF THE OTHER TIRES LOOSE AIR INTERMITTENTLY RESULTING IN FLAT TIRES, CONSUMER TIRES WERE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 00T-005, CONSUMER BELIEVES RECALL IS NOT SUFFICIENT (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT, P265/75R16 114 SM/S DOT W273WMA). NLM

FIRESTONE STEELTEX AT (P245 75 R16) TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. *SLC

NO SUMMARY (TIRESIZE: P265/75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/75R16 )

NO SUMMARY (TIRESIZE: P265/75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/75R16 )

1 TIRE HAS A BUBBLE AND OTHER TIRE'S OUTSIDE TREAD IS COMING APART. CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE PURCHASED AND THEY ADVISED ME TO CALL GENERAL TIRE. I CONTACTED GENERAL TIRE AT 1-800-847-3349 & THEY REFERRED ME TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER IN LAMPASAS TEXAS. I WAS TO SPEAK TO JIM SMITH BUT HE WAS NO...

THE MACHANIC SAID THE CANISTER PLUGGED BY DRIVING ON GRAVEL ROADS AND THAT THE NEW CANISTER IS REDESIGNED. MY QUESTION IS-- SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY FOR REPLACING A $160 CANISTER AND HOSE WHICH MAY NOT HAVE BEEN DESIGNED QUIT RIGHT. REPLACING A AIR FILTER FOR $10 TO $20 DOES NOT BOTHER ME, BUT WHEN Y...

THE MACHANIC SAID THE CANISTER PLUGGED BY DRIVING ON GRAVEL ROADS AND THAT THE NEW CANISTER IS REDESIGNED. MY QUESTION IS-- SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY FOR REPLACING A $160 CANISTER AND HOSE WHICH MAY NOT HAVE BEEN DESIGNED QUIT RIGHT. REPLACING A AIR FILTER FOR $10 TO $20 DOES NOT BOTHER ME, BUT WHEN Y...

THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE AND THEY WOULD NOT FULLY WARRANTY THEM.( DOT NUMBER: W273 WMA TIRE SIZE: P265/75R16 )

THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE AND THEY WOULD NOT FULLY WARRANTY THEM.( DOT NUMBER: W273 WMA TIRE SIZE: P265/75R16 )

FIRST SIZED BUBBLE ON SIDEWALL. NOTICED BY OTHER DRIVER IN TOWN. LUCKY. REPLACED ALL 5 WITH COOPER.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT 245/16R )

POWER BRAKES HAVE FAILED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. NLM

POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. NLM

AT ALL SPEEDS TRUCK WILL START TO SLOW DOWN THEN ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WILL COME ALMOST TO A STOP AND THEN SUDDENLY SPEED UP. IT IS AS IF BOTH THE BRAKE AND THROTTLE WERE BEING DEPRESSED AT THE SAME TIME, EXCEPT THE VEHICLE SLOWS WITHOUT HESITATION THEN SUDDENLY ACCELERATES. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS NE...

ALIGNED AND ROTATE TIRE, EVEN TRIED 12 DIFFERENT TIRES, VIBRATION STILL EXIST

WHEN ENTERING THE X-CAB USING EASY ENTRY - A PLASTIC PIECE BROKE THAT CAUSED THE SEAT NOT TO LOCK IN PLACE - BUT TO SLIDE BACK AND FORTH WHILE DRIVING. *AK

RETURNED TO DEALER 8+TIMES GM CASE FILE OPENED #990533542 ITEM NOT CORRECTED I FEEL THIS IS A SAFTY ITEM FOR ME AND MY FAMILY STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION @HIGHWAY SPEEDS ALSO HAVE BULLETIN NO 99-03-09-002 WHICH STATES GM KNOWS OF THIS CONDITION AND WHEN I ASK THEM TO SEND ME A LETTER STAYING THIS IS A...

SEATS IN VEHICLE HAVE VERY HIGH SEATS WHICH ORCE DRIVER TO SIT OUT OF BALANCE AND CREATE REAR AND RIGHT SIDE BLIND SPOTS. NLM