2003 CHEVROLET EXPRESS 3500 Problems & Recalls

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET EXPRESS 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT BUCKLES PREMATURELY DETERIORATED TO THE POINT THAT THE BUCKLES FAILED TO LOCK THE SEAT BELTS TO SECURE A PASSENGER. THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT A SEAT BELT RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED IN 2016, BUT THE CONTA...

Mileage: 80,000

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, ALL ELECTRICAL STOPPED, DISCOVERED THAT THE IGNITION HAD TURNED OFF BY ITSELF AND CAUSED A LOSS OF ALL POWER CREATING DANGEROUS STEERING AND STOPPING SITUATION.. I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF ROAD AND STOPPED VEHICLE. TOOK THE TRUCK TO CHEVROLET DEALER IN SARASOTA RT. 41 A...

Mileage: 165,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET EXPRESS 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS UNKNOWN. HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE MAF CENSOR NEEDED TO BE REP...

Mileage: 58,500

WHEN THE VEHICLE FUEL TANK IS FILLED, GAS FUMES ARE DETECTED AND SOME FUEL CAN BE SEEN ON THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK (A FEW DROPS OF FUEL). AS THE TANK CONTENTS LOWER THE SMELL AND LEAK GOES AWAY. AN ACCESS HOLE ON THE SIDE OF THE VAN REVEALS THAT THE TANK HAS A SMALL LEAK WHERE THE PLASTIC FILL NECK ...

Mileage: 151,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET EXPRESS 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND REAR SEAT BELTS WOULD NOT LATCH AND ONE OF THE REAR SEAT BELTS WAS COMPLETELY INOPERABLE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAM...

Mileage: 65,030

GAS LEAKING FROM FUEL FILLER PIPE ONTO INSIDE OF WHEEL WELL AND GROUND. EXAMINATION REVEALS DESIGN OF PIPE ASSEMBLY (METAL PIPE INSIDE CORRUGATED PLASTIC TUBE), TRAPS CONDENSATION AND WATER AROUND METAL PIPE GUARANTEEING RUST AND LEAKS. MAY BE WORSE IN HIGH HUMIDITY REGIONS BUT SAME ASSEMBLY IS OPEN...

Mileage: 51,459

GAS LEAKING FROM FUEL FILLER PIPE ONTO INSIDE OF WHEEL WELL AND GROUND. EXAMINATION REVEALS DESIGN OF PIPE ASSEMBLY (METAL PIPE INSIDE CORRUGATED PLASTIC TUBE), TRAPS CONDENSATION AND WATER AROUND METAL PIPE GUARANTEEING RUST AND LEAKS. MAY BE WORSE IN HIGH HUMIDITY REGIONS BUT SAME ASSEMBLY IS OPEN...

Mileage: 51,459

WIRE HARNESS FIRE. WATER GOT INTO THE END OF ONE OF THE CONNECTORS FROM THE WIRE HARNESS GOING INTO THE TRASMISSION. THE RESULT OF THE WATER GETTING INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSED AN ELECTRICAL FIRE AND CAUSED A SHORT IN THE TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE WIRE HARNESS, THE FINAL RESULT WAS THE WIRE HARNESS W...

Mileage: 150,000

I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT TRAVELING 65 MPH AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE BROADSIDE AND THE AIR BAG NEVER DEOLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. ITS A 2003 3500 CHEVY VAN. *TR

Mileage: 108,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET EXPRESS 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MADE A GRINDING NOISE. HE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE CORRODED. A REPORT WAS FILED WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD COVER 50% OF ...

Mileage: 38,000

I PURCHASED MY 2003 CHEVY EXPRESS 3500 IN 2003. ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VAN THERE IS A FRONT PASSENGER DOOR AND ARE TWO PASSENGER DOORS ON THE SIDE OF THE VAN. IN FIVE YEARS TIME I HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE SIDE PASSENGER DOOR HINGE SEIZING UP AND NOW I CAN'T OPEN THE LEFT SIDE DOOR AND IT IS I...

Mileage: 41,208

2003 CHEVY EXPRESS. TURNED ON THE REAR DEFROSTER. THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW CAUGHT FIRE AND BEGAN BURNING. PULLED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND ANOTHER CAR PULLED OVER WITH ME. THE WINDOW CONTINUED TO BURN, AND THEN EXPLODED IN MY FACE. THE FIRE WENT OUT AND THE WINDOW HAD SHATTE...

Mileage: 101,000

2003 CHEVY EXPRESS. TURNED ON THE REAR DEFROSTER. THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW CAUGHT FIRE AND BEGAN BURNING. PULLED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND ANOTHER CAR PULLED OVER WITH ME. THE WINDOW CONTINUED TO BURN, AND THEN EXPLODED IN MY FACE. THE FIRE WENT OUT AND THE WINDOW HAD SHATTE...

Mileage: 101,000

FIRE TO VEHICLE . *JB

Mileage: 28,000