2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS ARE BROKEN OFF (ONE ON EACH SIDE AT THE REAR OF THE MOTOR RESULTING IN AN EXHAUST LEAK (TICKING NOISE) AND ALSO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT "ON" BAD EMISSION CODES. *TR

ENGINE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLT NEAREST THE FIREWALL BROKEN ALLOWING RAW UNTREATED ENGINE EXHAUST TO BE EXPELLED INTO ATMOSPHERE. EXHAUST SMELL IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AT SLOW SPEEDS. *KB

Mileage: 88,950

ENGINE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLT NEAREST THE FIREWALL BROKEN ALLOWING RAW UNTREATED ENGINE EXHAUST TO BE EXPELLED INTO ATMOSPHERE. EXHAUST SMELL IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AT SLOW SPEEDS. *KB

Mileage: 88,950

CHEVY SILVERADO TRUCK HAD EXHAUST LEAK(6.0LITER). UPON INSPECTION, EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLT HEADS WERE NOTED TO BE BROKEN OFF. AFTER TALKING WITH OTHER SILVERADO OWNERS, THEY ALSO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS. *TR

Mileage: 79,650

DT*: UPDATED 10/25/2006 - EVERYTIME THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND THE ENGINE WAS COLD, IT MADE A KNOCKING NOISE, WHICH CONTINUED UNTIL THE ENGINE WARMED UP. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TOT HE SERVICE DEALER WHO SAID THE NOISE WAS CARBON BUILD-UP ON THE PISTON. THE DEALER TRIED RUNNING CLEANER INTO THE ENGINE TWICE BUT THE NOISE WAS STILL THERE. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS PISTON SLAP MAKING THE NOISE AND THAT IT WAS OK TO DRIVE. *NM

Mileage: 38,000

THE ENGINE IN MY 2000 CHEVY HAS A KNOCK AND TAPPING NOISE THIS HAS BEEN A ONGOING PROBLEM I HAVE TALKED TO TWO CHEVY DEALERS AND THEY SAY IT IS NORMAL BUT IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE THE MILEAGE NOW IS 76585 . *JB

Mileage: 35,226

2000 K3500 SILVERADO HAS HAD THREE FAILED FUEL INJECTOR PUMPS, FUEL TRANSFER PUMP, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AT 70,000 MILES AND BOOST REGULATOR FAILED. *TS WHEN THE CONSUMER REMOVED THE ENGINE,TO EVALUATE THE DAMAGE, TO SEE IF IT COULD BE REBUILT, HE DISCOVERED THE SECOND MAIN BEARING CAP FROM THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE WAS MISSING A BOLT. *JB

Mileage: 70,000

2000 SILVERADO HEATER HOSE BROKE OFF AT THE FIREWALL CONNECTOR. *TS THE PART WAS MADE OF PLASTIC (NYLON. THE REPLACEMENT PART WAS MADE OF THE SAME MATERIAL. *NM

GENERAL MOTORS 2000 SILVERADO TRUCK-BRAKE PROBLEMS-OWNER FINANCED REPAIRS-REAR BRAKES AND TIMING BELT ($1,800 DEALER)-MOST RECENT FRONT BRAKES-RUSTED ROTORS-RETAILER REPLACED ($200). SUSPECT DEFECTIVE MATERIALS MANUFACTURED BY GM RESULTED IN EQUIPMENT FAILURES. DEALER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO REFUND REPAIR COSTS TO CONSUMER. *JB

Mileage: 57,750

I AM WRITING TO SEEK SOME ASSISTANCE WITH AN INFERIOR PRODUCT PRODUCED BY GM. I HAVE A CHEVY 2000 SILVERADO Z71 PICK UP THAT HAS PISTON SLAP STARTING AT AROUND 15K MILES AND PROGRESSIVELY WORSENED WHICH THE DEALER STATES IS NORMAL WEAR. THIS EXPENSIVE VEHICLE ALSO HAS A REAR END BANG INTO DRIVE AND THEN REVERSE AGAIN THE DEALER STATES IS NORMAL. RECENTLY I FIXED A SNAPPED CABLE FOR THE DRIVERS WINDOW WHICH THE SAME KIND OF CABLE WAS RECALLED FOR THE TAIL GATE CABLES. I HAVE REPLACED RECALL ITEMS FOR THE TAIL GATE CABLES, DRIVE SHAFT YOLK AND THE ABS SENSORS TO WHICH IT IS STILL NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. ALL OF WHICH WHEN PRESENTED TO THE DEALER AND THE RESPONSE WAS IT IS NORMAL, UNTIL THE RECALL OCCURRED. IT SEEMS THE POLICY OF A COMPANY WHICH CREATES AN INFERIOR PRODUCT IS TO STATE, "IT IS NORMAL" TO THE CONSUMER UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT STEPS WHEN ENOUGH PEOPLE COMPLAIN AND MAKES THE DEALER OWN UP TO THE PROBLEMS WITH THE PRODUCTS AND FINALLY TREATS THE CONSUMER WITH MORE COMPASSION, AND TO SOME DEGREE "DECENCY". WITH THE MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO STEP IN AND HELP THE CONSUMER WITH THE DEALERSHIP RESISTANCE TO FIX THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY MORE CONCERN FOR PROFIT THAN QUALITY. *NM

Mileage: 15,000

EXCESSIVE ENGINE KNOCK ON COLD START HOT OR COLD WEATHER EVERY DAY BEEN TO 2 DIFFERENT DEALERS AND WAS TOLD WAS NORMAL AND IT SEEMS TO GET WORSE AS I PUT MILES ON TRUCK ONLY HAVE 48K ON IT AND CHANGE OIL EVERY 3K. *JB

2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES AND THE ENGINE.*MR THE ENGINE KNOCKS WHEN STARTED DUE TO PISTON PLAY. *NM

THE BRAKES ON MY TRUCK DO NOT STOP THE TRUCK IN A REASONABLE DISTANT. WHEN I PULLED OFF THE WHEELS YOU COULD SEE WHERE THE PADS ON THE FRONT WHEELS WERE ALMOST GONE, BUT THE REAR SHOES WERE HARDLY WORN. I DID CHANGE THE FRONT PADS. I ALSO HAVE THE STICKING GAS PEDAL PROBLEM WHICH I HAVE HAD THE DEALER WORK ON WITH NO RESULTS.

Mileage: 75,100

I HAVE TWO GENERAL MOTORS VEHICLES. A 2000 SILVERADO TRUCK AND A 97 OLDS SILHOUETTE. BOTH OF THESE HAVE V6 ENGINES AND NOW I AM BEING TOLD THAT BOTH OF THEM HAVE INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKS. THE ANTIFREEZE IS LEAKING OUTSIDE OF THE INTAKE, AND IN THE CASE OF MY TRUCK, PROBABLY INTO THE ENGINE. I AM BEING TOLD THREE DIFFERENT MECHANICS, THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE V6. AND AFTER VOICING MY COMPLAINT, FOUND THAT MY BROTHER-IN LAW, HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I CALLED THE GENERAL MOTORS NUMBER IN THE MANUAL AND TOLD THEM THAT I WAS UPSET WITH THE PROBLEMS AND THEY SAID THAT BECAUSE ONE IS A 97 WITH 62000 MILES, IT IS TWO OLD AND THAT MY TRUCK HAS TO MANY MILES (112000). YET EVERYONE TELLS ME THAT IT IS THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLDS THAT GM USES THAT IS THE PROBLEM. *NM

Mileage: 112,000

EXCESSIVE TICKING AND ENGINE NOICE DURING COLD START UPS. I WAS TOLD, BY CHEVROLET SERVICE THE TICKING WAS NORMAL BUT SHOULD NOT LAST MORE THAN 1 MINUTE. HOWEVER AFTER DIGANOSING THE PROBLEM, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT MY 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 HAS A BAD LIFTER. THIS AFTER ONLY 38000 MILES. I FILED A CLAIM WITH CHEVROLET THEY REFUSED TO PICK UP ANY OF THE $1300. IN REPAIR COSTS. MY TRUCK HAS A VORTEX V6, WHICH GM HAS BEEN MANUFACTURING IN EXCESS OF 20 YEARS. THE BUGS SHOULD BE WORKED OUT BY NOW, BUT AFTER READING THE NUMEROUS COMPLIANTS, WITH REGARD TO THE SAME PROBLEM, THE BUGS CLEARLY HAVE NOT BEEN WORKED OUT.*AK

Mileage: 38,800

WE PURCHASED A 2000 SILVERADO 2500. THERE IS A KNOCKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE. WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO LOOK AT AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE ABOUT IT. GM IS WELL AWARE OF THE KNOCKING NOISE IN THE VORTEX 6.0 ENGINE. THEY TOLD US THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF IT IS A COLD START OR IF IT RUNS ALL DAY.*AK

Mileage: 82,312

ENGINE KNOCKS ON STARTUP...WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER IT IS NORMAL...BULL@#$#...WE ARE HARD WORKING PEOPLE WHO MUST DEPEND ON OUR VEHICLE TO GET US TO WORK...I DO NOT TRUST THIS TRUCK VERY FAR FROM HOME. FYI TO ALL OTHER OWNERS...THERE IS A CLASS ACTION PENDING ON THIS PROBLEM. WE DIDN'T PLAN ON PAYING THIS MUCH FOR A VEHICLE JUST FOR IT TO SOUND LIKE THIS. OTHER DEALERS ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM..SO TRADING IT OFF WITHOUT LOOSING YOUR SHIRT IS IMPOSSIBLE.*AK

Mileage: 32,000

ENGINE KNOCKS ON STARTUP...WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER IT IS NORMAL...BULL@#$#...WE ARE HARD WORKING PEOPLE WHO MUST DEPEND ON OUR VEHICLE TO GET US TO WORK...I DO NOT TRUST THIS TRUCK VERY FAR FROM HOME. FYI TO ALL OTHER OWNERS...THERE IS A CLASS ACTION PENDING ON THIS PROBLEM. WE DIDN'T PLAN ON PAYING THIS MUCH FOR A VEHICLE JUST FOR IT TO SOUND LIKE THIS. OTHER DEALERS ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM..SO TRADING IT OFF WITHOUT LOOSING YOUR SHIRT IS IMPOSSIBLE.*AK

Mileage: 32,000

ENGINE WAS MAKING A KNOCKING SOUND WHILE IDLING. *PH THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT GM WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER THERE WAS NO FIX. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A PISTON SLAP. *JB

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE AND THE BRAKE SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONING. *LA *MR

I OWN A 2000 5.3 VORTEX V8 IN MY CHEVROLET AND THE ENGINE MAKES HORRIBLE NOISE WHEN ITS COLD, REFERRED TO AS SLAPPING OF THE PISTON SLEEVE. WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS IF ANYTHING. SEEMS LIKE AN ON GOING PROBLEM FOR MANY GM OWNERS AND SOMETHING THAT IS ONLY RESOLVED ONCE A BIG STINK IS MADE OF IT BEFORE ANY POSSIBLE ACTION IS DONE. I REALLY LOVE MY TRUCK BUT, THIS IN CONJUNTION WITH THE NOISE I GET IN COLD WEATHER GOING OVER SPEED BUMPS OR UNLEVELED SURFACES IN THE SHOCK OR THE FRAME. I HAD ALL KINDS OF PARTS REPLACED AND IT STILL COMES BACK IN COLD WEATHER, ALONG WITH THE KNOCKING NOISE ON COLD STARTS. ANY ADVISE OUT THERE FOR A RESOLUTION? THANKS NHALL. *AK

ABS OCCASIONALLY FAILED DUE TO WATER, DIRT, AND RUST GETTING IN THE SENSORS. *LA CONSUMER ALSO COMPLAINED OF THE ENGINE KNOCKING. HE WAS THEN INFORMED THAT THE CAUSE WAS CARBON AND THE AMOUNT OF CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE PISTONS AND THE CYLINDER WALL. THEY REDESIGNED THE PISTONS FOR THAT REASON. *PH

I OWN A CHEVROLET 2500 SILVERADO TRUCK, FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WITH THE 6.0 LITER ENGINE. THERE ARE THREE BOLTS BROKEN OFF IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD OF THE TRUCK DUE TO WHAT I BELIEVE WAS OVER TORQUING AT THE FACTORY. *AK

Mileage: 70,000

MY 5.3 LITER SILVERADO HAS A DIESEL LIKE NOISE IN THE MOTOR UNTIL IT REACHES NORMAL RUNNING TEMPERATURE, THEN IT RUNS GREAT. ITS VERY LOUD THE FIRST 30 SECS. FROM A COLD START. MY LOCAL GM GARAGE SAID THAT IS NORMAL FOR A 4.8 AND A 5.3 MOTOR. THEY CALLED IT PISTON SLAPPING, TO ME IT IS VERY ABNORMAL. AND WILL IT GET WORSE, I ASKED. THEY HAD NO ANSWER. THEY DID COMMENT THAT GM HAS NOT RESOLVED THIS BULLETIN YET. I LOVE MY TRUCK, I HOPE I GET 200K MILES OUT OF IT. NOW I ONLY HAVE 50K . WHAT'S A PERSON TO DO IF THE MAKER OF HIS FAVORITE AUTO CAN'T COME THROUGH WITH A RESOLUTION. IT ALSO AFFECTS RESALE VALUE IF I DECIDE TO SELL. *JB

UPON STARTING VEHICLE COMPUTER SHOWED CODE B2960 WHICH MEANT ENGINE WON'T START AGAIN, AND WILL TAKE LONGER TO START. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT, AND DEALER COULDN'T REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER DEALER AND STILL HAD THE PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 14,000

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SLAMS HARD INTO GEAR. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT EITHER COMES ON BEFORE OR AFTER THIS OCCURS. DEALERSHIP SERVICED VEHICLE 4 TIMES BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

Mileage: 27,324

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

Mileage: 85,000

ENGINE KNOCKED VERY BADLY AT COLD OR HOT START UPS, IT SOUNDED LIKE A DIESEL ENGINE. KNOCKING LASTED FOR 3 TO 4 MINUTES. DEALER STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE ENGINE .*AK 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE KNOCKING DURING START UPS. ENGINE KNOCKING LAST FOR 3 TO 30 SECONDS. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND WITH THE ENGINE.*MR

WHEN STARTING VEHICLE THE ROD SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS COMING THROUGH THE ENGINE. *AK

Mileage: 122,000

UPON STARTING VEHICLE THERE IS A KNOCKING NOISE IN THE FRONT END THAT STOPS AFTER 3 MINUTES. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED IT WAS NORMAL. ALSO, PARKING BRAKE PROBLEM. *AK THE VEHICLE HAD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AS WELL AS A PROBLEM WITH THE PARKING BRAKE. *MR *NM

Mileage: 23,000

ONGOING PROBLEM FOR ROUGH IDLE, FROM THE TIME THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW. SEVERAL DEALERS TOLD ME IT WAS NORMAL, ANOTHER SAID IT WAS PROBLEM WITH THE 5.3 LITER; HOWEVER, NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. FUEL INJECTORS HAVE BEEN CLEANED SEVERAL TIMES. NOW VEHICLE OUT OF WARRANTY. AFTER VEHICLE IS UP TO OPERATING TEMPERATURE AND IS SHUT OFF AND REMAINS FOR APPROXIMATELY HALF HOUR, UPON RESTARTING, VEHICLE "TUMBLES." I CONTACTED CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE WHO PROVIDED ME WITH AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE ENGINE AND THEY HAVE "WASHED THERE HANDS" OF ANY OTHER PROBLEMS THEY MAY OCCUR. MY COMPLAINT IS THE ROUGH IDLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRESENT, AND NOW THE "TUMBLING" IS BEING CAUSED AS A RESULT OF THE PRIOR PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN SERVICE NUMEROUS TIMES AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY CHEVROLET. DO ANY SERVICE BULLETINS EXIST FOR A SIMILAR PROBLEM AS THIS? FILE #1-89542103 & 1-89542103. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WAS ADDRESSED WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. NOW, TCC VALVE IS STICKING CAUSING A DELAYED GEAR ENGAGEMENT. AGAIN, SORRY BUT YOUR VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. *LA

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT STALLING PROBLEMS. VEHICLE WOULD SHUT DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN DRIVING OVER 42 MPH OR EVEN WHEN STANDING AT A RED LIGHT. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALL.*AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF DEFECTIVE ENGINE MAKING CONSTANT NOISE. VEHICLE ALSO VIBRATED WHILE DRIVING. IN ADDITION, DEALER REPLACED WATER PUMP AND ENGINE BELTS. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF DEFECTIVE ENGINE MAKING CONSTANT NOISE. VEHICLE ALSO VIBRATED WHILE DRIVING. IN ADDITION, DEALER REPLACED WATER PUMP AND ENGINE BELTS. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF DEFECTIVE ENGINE MAKING CONSTANT NOISE. VEHICLE ALSO VIBRATED WHILE DRIVING. IN ADDITION, DEALER REPLACED WATER PUMP AND ENGINE BELTS. *AK

THERE IS A KNOCK AT START UP AND A CONSTANT TICKING IN THE ENGINE. PH

Mileage: 15,000

CONSUMER STATES THERE IS KNOCKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER OFFERED A 100.000 MILES EXTENDED GUARANTY. CONSUMER DECLINED. PLEASE PROVIDED FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT ENGINE BLOCK AND THE PISTON ARE MADE OUT OF TWO DIFFERENT KINDS METAL. SO THE HEAT EXPANSION OF THE TWO ARE NOT COMPATIBLE,CAUSING ENGINE COLD CRANKING KNOCK. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. *MR

THERE IS A KNOCKING NOISE IN ENGINE WHEN CONSUMER IS DRIVING. IT WILL HAPPEN ONLY WHEN VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

EXHAUST LEAKS DUE TO POOR DESIGN. NLM

THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BE INSPECTED. THIS IS WHEN THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS THREE INCHES OF LOOSENESS UP AND DOWN, LEFT AND RIGHT ON BOTH WHEEL BECAUSE OF BEARING FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY AGREED THAT THE BEARING WERE WORN. THE VEHICLE HAD EXCEEDED THE 36000 MILE WARRANTY BY ABOUT 200 MILES, THEREFORE THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. THE CONSUMER WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO GREASE FITTINGS WHICH IS WHY THE BEARINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED. *SCC MANIFOLD/GASKET LEAKED DUE TO POOR DESIGN. *NM

Mileage: 38,607

1ST PCM BROKE AT 19735 MILES IN WYTHEVILLE VIRGINA WAS ABLE TO LIMP TO DEALER THEY REPLACED THE PCM AND CAM SENSOR. 2ND TIME AT DOUGLAS GA. THEY REPLACED THE PCM AND CRANKSHAFT SENSOR .I PULL A 5TH WHEEL AND THE 2 ND TIME I HAD JUST PUT IN TO A CAMP SITE AND WAS GOING TO TOWN WHEN IT QUIT IN THE CAMP ROAD DOING ABOUT 20 I HAD TO CALL FOR A TOW TO CHEVROLET DEALER . NOTE BOTH DEALERS WERE EXCELLENT . I WAS LUCKY I DID NOT HAVE THE CAMPER ON. IS THIS A PROUBLEM WITH THIS TRUCK?*AK

5.3L ENGINE DEVELOPED A KNOCK AT APPROX 17000 MILES. COMPLAINT MADE TO GM DEALERSHIP, THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THE ISSUE AND STATED THAT "GM IS AWARE OF PROBLEM AND WORKING ON A FIX". GM NOW CLAIMS IT IS NORMAL ENGINE NOISE AND NO FIX REQUIRED. IF IT'S NORMAL WHY DON'T ALL THE 5.3'S DO IT ? GM HAS ISSUED ME AN "EXTENDED COMPONENT WARRANTY" FOR THE ENGINE ONLY FOR AN ADDITIONAL 2 YEARS AND 64K MILES AFTER EXPIRATION OF FACTORY 3/36. IF THEY WON'T FIX UNDER WARRANTY NOW WHAT GOOD IS AND EXTENDED WARRANTY?? GM NEEDS TO RESOLVE THIS ENGINE PROBLEM NOW BEFORE CUSTOMERS START SEEING ENGINE FAILURES AND ABNORMAL OIL USAGE BECAUSE OF IT. NHTSA, AS WELL AS STATE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICES NEEDS TO MAKE GM RESOLVE THIS ISSUE OF CONSUMER FRAUD FOR NOT HONORING THE WARRANTY AND TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE.*AK

ENGINE "KNOCK" ON COLD START-UP, SERVICING DEALER (M&S CHEVROLET - HIGHLAND, N.Y.) STATES GM AWARE OF PROBLEM & WORKING ON A FIX ACCORDING TO SERVICE TICKET, GM CUSTOMER SERVICE NOW STATES "NOT A PROBLEM" BUT ISSUED 5/100K EXTENDED ENGINE COMPONENT WARRANTY. *AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WENT ON DAY AFTER PURCHASE. SATURDAY. RETURNED TO DEALER ON MONDAY FOR CHECKUP. DEALER SAID THEY COULDN'T REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON 08/10/2000. RETURNED TO DEALER. THIS TIME THEY CHECKED THE NATIONAL COMPUTER AND FOUND THAT THE KNOCK SENSORS WERE OVERTORQUED AT THE FACTORY AND REPLACED THEM. WHY DIDN'T THEY CHECK THE NATIONAL COMPUTER WHEN THEY HAD THE TRUCK THE FIRST TIME? STARTED TRUCK UP IN AM 11/13-/2000 OIL LIGHT CAME ON. CHECKED OIL, WAS FULL. STARTED TRUCK UP AGAIN, THOUGHT MAYBE GUAGE WAS INCORRECT. STILL NO OIL PRESSURE. THEY TOWED TRUCK IN AND REPLACED OIL PUMP. THE MILEAGE WAS ONLY 4513. I WANTED ENGINE REPLACE, BUT THEY SAID THERE WAS NO DAMAGE . GAS PEDAL STICKING AT 23550 MILES. RETURNED TRUCK TO DEALER. THEY INSTALLED NEW THROTTLE BODY.ALSO OIL FILLER TUBE WAS NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY. OIL WAS LEAKING FROM TUBE. THEY FIXED THIS ALSO.AT 26581 MILES ENGINE STARTED TO HAVE VALVE NOISE ON COLD STARTUP. RETURNED TO DEALER. THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. ON 12/05/2001 RETURNED TRUCK DUE TO TAPPING NOISE. THIS TIME THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO CASTROL OIL FILTER. THEY CHANGED OIL AND PUT ON PF59 FILTER. THOUGHT PROBLEM WAS FIXED. ENGINE STILL HAS LIFT NOISE ON COLD STARTUP. ALSO COMPLAINED OF TRANSMISSION DOUBLE SHIFTING. DEALER CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SO MANY TIMES THEY SHOULD EXTEND THE WARRANTY TO 10 YEARS, BUT I KNOW THEY ARE AFRAID TO DO THAT. *AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WENT ON DAY AFTER PURCHASE. SATURDAY. RETURNED TO DEALER ON MONDAY FOR CHECKUP. DEALER SAID THEY COULDN'T REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON 08/10/2000. RETURNED TO DEALER. THIS TIME THEY CHECKED THE NATIONAL COMPUTER AND FOUND THAT THE KNOCK SENSORS WERE OVERTORQUED AT THE FACTORY AND REPLACED THEM. WHY DIDN'T THEY CHECK THE NATIONAL COMPUTER WHEN THEY HAD THE TRUCK THE FIRST TIME? STARTED TRUCK UP IN AM 11/13-/2000 OIL LIGHT CAME ON. CHECKED OIL, WAS FULL. STARTED TRUCK UP AGAIN, THOUGHT MAYBE GUAGE WAS INCORRECT. STILL NO OIL PRESSURE. THEY TOWED TRUCK IN AND REPLACED OIL PUMP. THE MILEAGE WAS ONLY 4513. I WANTED ENGINE REPLACE, BUT THEY SAID THERE WAS NO DAMAGE . GAS PEDAL STICKING AT 23550 MILES. RETURNED TRUCK TO DEALER. THEY INSTALLED NEW THROTTLE BODY.ALSO OIL FILLER TUBE WAS NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY. OIL WAS LEAKING FROM TUBE. THEY FIXED THIS ALSO.AT 26581 MILES ENGINE STARTED TO HAVE VALVE NOISE ON COLD STARTUP. RETURNED TO DEALER. THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. ON 12/05/2001 RETURNED TRUCK DUE TO TAPPING NOISE. THIS TIME THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO CASTROL OIL FILTER. THEY CHANGED OIL AND PUT ON PF59 FILTER. THOUGHT PROBLEM WAS FIXED. ENGINE STILL HAS LIFT NOISE ON COLD STARTUP. ALSO COMPLAINED OF TRANSMISSION DOUBLE SHIFTING. DEALER CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SO MANY TIMES THEY SHOULD EXTEND THE WARRANTY TO 10 YEARS, BUT I KNOW THEY ARE AFRAID TO DO THAT. *AK

CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING A FUEL VAPOR PROBLEM, WHEN VEHICLE IDLES FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THE VAPORS ARE PUSHED OUT, WHEN THIS HAPPENS THEY ARE SUCKED UP INTO THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND PUSHED INTO THE CAB OF VEHICLE. *JG

CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING A FUEL VAPOR PROBLEM, WHEN VEHICLE IDLES FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THE VAPORS ARE PUSHED OUT, WHEN THIS HAPPENS THEY ARE SUCKED UP INTO THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND PUSHED INTO THE CAB OF VEHICLE. *JG

ENGINE HAS A DEEP KNOCKING NOISE IN THE LOWER PART AND A TAPPING NOISE IN THE UPPER PART AFTER SETTING SEVERAL HOURS OR OVERNIGHT. ALSO THE SAME THING HAPPENS WHEN HOT UPON START-UP. DEALER STATED THE ENGINE KNOCKING IN THEIR OPPINION DID NOT LAST OVER A MINUTE AND HALF, THEREFORE THE GM TECH ASST ADVISED NO REPAIRS ARE REQUIRED, THIS IS A NORMAL CONDITION. ALTHOUGH THE DEALER STATED GM IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. HOW CAN THIS BE NORMAL AND A PROBLEM? GM HAS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS 4.8 AND 5.3 ENGINES.*AK

WITHIN A MONTH AFTER OUR PURCHASE, I TOOK OUR TRUCK TO TONY CHEVROLET'S SERVICE DEPT. FOR AN ENGINE KNOCK. I WAS TOLD THIS NOISE IS NORMAL TO "ALL" 2000 CHEVROLET AND GMC TRUCKS WITH THE 5.3 LITER ENGINE. I ASKED HOW AN ENGINE KNOCK CAN BE NORMAL TO A BRAND NEW ENGINE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE NOISE WAS CALLED "PISTON SLAP" WHICH GENERAL MOTORS IS AWARE OF THIS "DEFECT" AND WAS WORKING ON A FIX. I THEN EXPLAINED TO THE SERVICE WRITER, SINCE I'VE WORKED AS A MECHANIC, THAT I'VE NEVER HEARD A NEW OR REBUILT ENGINE KNOCK UNLESS THERE WAS A MISTAKE MADE OR A FAULTY PART INSTALLED. I'VE HEARD HIGH MILEAGE ENGINES WITH A KNOCK PROBLEM, AND I'VE HEARD HIGH MILEAGE ENGINES WITH "PISTON SLAP". AFTER RESEARCH I FOUND OUT GM WAS GOING TO REPLACE THE FAULTY PISTONS WITH GM'S NEW DESIGN PISTONS AND THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE "PISTION SLAP" ISSUE. AFTER TALKING WITH ANOTHER DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS ISSUE, I WAS TOLD THAT GM HAS REPLACED A FEW ENGINES WITH THE NEW DESIGNED PISTIONS WHICH NOW STILL HAVE THE "PISTON SLAP". I WAS SHOWN BULLETIN # 01-06-01-028 WHICH STATED MODELS:1999-2002 CHEVROLET/GMC PICKUP & UTILITY MODELS,2002 CADILLAC ESCALADE (2WD) WITH 4.8L,5.3L OR 6.0L ENGINES MAY EXHIBIT AN ENGINE KNOCK NOISE THAT BEGINS IN THE FIRST 12,000-15,000 MILES OF USE. THE KNOCK NOISE IS MOST OFTEN NOTICED DURING START-UP AND TYPICALLY DISAPPEARS WITHIN THE FIRST 5-30 SECONDS (MAY LAST LONGER IN EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES) SINCE WE LIVE IN ALASKA THIS IS VERY TRUE. THE NOISE IS USUALLY MORE NOTICEABLE ON THE INTIAL START-UP WHEN THE TEMPTURE IS BELOW 50 DEGREES AND MAY BE MORE PRONOUNCED ON THE FIRST START FOLLOWING A LONG TRIP. THE NOISE "MAY" BE CAUSED BY AN INTERACTION BETWEEN CARBON THAT HAS FORMED ON THE PISTON, THE PISTON MOTION AND THE CYLINDER WALL. AT THIS TIME, ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR THIS CONDITION BY REPLACING THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY OR PISTONS IS NOT RECOMMENDED. OUR TRUCK'S PERFORMANCE HAS GONE DOWN DUE TO THE KNOCK SENSOR DETECTING THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM.*AK

THERE WAS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE. PROBLEM ONLY HAPPENS WHEN STARTING VEHICLE IN MORNING. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

ENGINE KNOCKS VERY BADLY AT COLD OR HOT START UP. KNOCKING LASTS FOR MINUTES. CHEVROLET SAYS THEY KNOW ABOUT PROBLEM. STATES THAT THE PISTON SKIRTS ARE TOO SHORT CAUSING PISTON WOBBLE. THEY ALSO START THEY CAN'T FIX AT THIS *AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON, THEN VEHICLE STARTS TO LOSE POWER, THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE ON HIGHWAY, AND IT IS VERY UNSAFE. *AK. CONSUMER STATED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL IS LOOSE CAUSING RATTLING NOISE FROM PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG AREA AND TOP OF INSTRUMENTAL PANEL, THE THIRD BRAKE LIGHT IS INOPERATIVE AND DRIVERS WINDOW POWER REGULATOR FAILED CAUSING NOISE, THE FUEL FILTER WAS REPLACED. *YD

WHILE DRIVING DURING A COLD OR WARM START, ENGINE WILL START MAKING LOUD CLICKING NOISES COMING FROM VALVES. CONSUMER HAS TO WARM UP ENGINE BEFORE DRIVING IT EVERY DAY TO TRY TO AVOID NOISE. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE WHERE NOISE WAS COMING FROM. *AK *TT

ENGINE VALVES WOULD MAKE A LOUD TAPPING SOUND INTERMITTENTLY WHEN STARTING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER NOT TO BE CONCERNED IF IT DID NOT LAST MORE THEN A MINUTE. *AK *YD

ENGINE KNOCKS VERY BADLY AT COLD OR HOT START UP. KNOCKING LASTS FOR MINUTES. CHEVROLET SAYS THEY KNOW ABOUT PROBLEM. STATES THAT THE PISTON SKIRTS ARE TOO SHORT CAUSING PISTON WOBBLE. THEY ALSO START THEY CAN'T FIX AT THIS TIME. ENGINE SOUNDS LIKE A DIESEL AT START UP NOISE IS SO BAD. I AM NERVOUS TO TAKE TRUCK OUT OF TOWN FOR FEAR OF ENGINE FAILURE.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED FOR ENGINE KNOCK THREE WEEKS AFTER DATE OF PURCHASE. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND SOURCE OF PROBLEM, BUT STATED THAT WAS NORMAL IN VEHICLES FOR THAT MAKE/MODEL AND YEAR. *AK *SLC

ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON;MOTOR ROARS;IN SHOP 5 TIMES;REPLACED FUEL INJECTORS, FUEL FILTER, FUEL INJECTORS AGAIN, REPLACED GASKETS,O-RINGS, BRAKE LINE, ETC. BECAUSE THEY SAID THERE WAS WATER IN GAS TANK CAUSING THE PROBLEM. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHTS STAYS ON, MOTOR STILL MAKING NOISE, 200 MILES FROM BEING OUT OF WARRENTY. THIS PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED FOR 7,000 MILES AND GOING ON 7 MONTHS. CANNOT LEAVE TOWN IN MY NEW TRUCK, CANNOT GET WITHING 30 MILES OF HOME, STAYS PARKED IN YARD. THIS VEHICLE IS A PIECE OF MADE IN THE USA TRASH. LEMON?*AK

ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON;MOTOR ROARS;IN SHOP 5 TIMES;REPLACED FUEL INJECTORS, FUEL FILTER, FUEL INJECTORS AGAIN, REPLACED GASKETS,O-RINGS, BRAKE LINE, ETC. BECAUSE THEY SAID THERE WAS WATER IN GAS TANK CAUSING THE PROBLEM. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHTS STAYS ON, MOTOR STILL MAKING NOISE, 200 MILES FROM BEING OUT OF WARRENTY. THIS PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED FOR 7,000 MILES AND GOING ON 7 MONTHS. CANNOT LEAVE TOWN IN MY NEW TRUCK, CANNOT GET WITHING 30 MILES OF HOME, STAYS PARKED IN YARD. THIS VEHICLE IS A PIECE OF MADE IN THE USA TRASH. LEMON?*AK

ENGINE KNOCKING NOISE. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP TWICE, AND THEY DE-CARBONIZED THE ENGINE (WHICH IS A HOOT!). *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

ENGINE NOISE, VALVE TICKING AT LOW SPEED OR AFTER SITTING FOR SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. CHEVROLET SAYS IT KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT HAS NOW FIX. 2001 SILVERADO'S WITH NEW HEAD DESIGN DO NOT HAVE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

DEALER REPORTS THAT THE NOISE IS FROM CARBON BUILD UP.

VEHICLE HAD BEEN LEAKING OIL SINCE HE HAD BOUGHT VEHICLE. DEALER COULD NOT FIX OR FIND OUT WHERE OIL WAS COMING FROM.*AK

TIRES HAD MADE A LOT OF NOISE FROM BEGINING AFTER BUYING VEHICLE. CURRENTLY, TIRES WERE WEARING FROM INSIDE OUT WHERE ALIGMENT COULD NOT FIX PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER DID NOT GIVE ANY INORMATION REGARDING TIRE TYPE OR SIZE. OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DEALER PUT IN A NEW VALVE, OIL PROBLEM STILL CONTINUED, OIL WAS FOUND COVERING AND UNDERNEATH THE CHASSIS. CONSUMER STATES WINDOWS RATTLE. *SLC

THERE'S A LOUD KNOCKING AND ROARING NOISE COMING FROM MOTOR. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID THERE A MIS BETWEEN MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION.*AK

WHEN ACCELERATING ABOUT 1700 RPM ENGINE WILL SOUND LIKE A DIESEL ENGINE WHEN IT IS A GASOLINE ENGINE. DEALER STATED THAT NOISE WAS COMING FROM BALANCE SHAFT.*AK

THE 2000 SILVERADO HAS TO BE A BLUNDER BY GENERAL MOTORS. THE TRUCK HAS BAD TIRES, THE ENGINE HAS USED OIL SINCE DAY ONE . THE ENGINE HAS A DEEP KNOCKING NOISE IN THE LOWER PART AND A TAPPING NOISE IN THE UPPER PART . THE ENGINE HAS A MISS AT IDLE AND NO MATTER HOW MUCH DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT YOU HOOK UP TO THE TRUCK YOU CAN'T FIND THE REASON, BUT AFTER CHECKING I HAVE FOUND THAT ALL THE 99 AND 2000 SILERADO'S WITH THE 5.3 HAVE HAD A STRANGE MISS/VIBRATION. THERE ARE SO MANY MORE PROBLEMS THAT I CAN'T EXPLAIN THEM ALL WITHIN THIS COMMENT SECTION. . NOTE THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 8,592 MILES. GENERAL MOTORS HAS GOT A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS . GM TRUCKS HAVE REALLY GONE DOWN HILL .GM CUSTOMERS NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF SOME UPPER LEVEL MANAGEMENT TO DISCUSS THEIR PROBLEMS AND ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS ON TIMELY MANNER. *AK (TIRESIZE: P265/75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/75R16 )

ENGINE DEFECTS SUCH AS LEAKING OIL ON NEW VEHICLE IS CONCERNING. NOT HAPPY. *AK

TERRIBLE ENGINE RATTLE ON START-UP LASTS FOR MINUTES/GETTING WORSE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE BETWEEN 40-45MPH, IT WOULD MAKE A ROARING NOISE. SOMETIMES VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE OR SHAKE. MOST NOTICEABLE AFTER 40MPH. BEEN IN CONTACT WITH DEALERSHIP & INFORMED NO SOLUTION TO PROBLEM. ENGINEERS ARE WORKING ON PROBLEM. ALSO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT SOUND WAS BECAUSE ENGINE WAS NEAR TRANSMISSION. *AK

WHEN ACCELERATING GENTLY TRUCK HAS A FLATNESS AND STALLS OUT. THEN, THERE IS A VIBRATION TO IT. WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE 5.3 VOLTEC ENGINES AND TRANSMISSION COMBINATION. *AK

VEHICLE SHOWS PAUSING OR HESITATING CONDITIONS IN BOTH IN TOWN AND HIGHWAY DRIVING, WHETHER IN MANUAL OR CRUISE CONTROL, WITH OR WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

STEERING WHEEL SHAKING BAD AND LIGHT VIBRATION IN CAB ABOVE 62+ M.P.H(TOOK TO DEALER AND HAVE HAD TIRES BALANCED 3 TIMES, DEALER SAID NO FIX AT THIS TIME, I SHOULD NOT BE TOLD THIS FOR PAYING $ 30,000 FOR THE TRUCK. ( LIGHT TICKING NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE IDLE TO 1000 R.P.M 'S ) DEALER SAID NO WORRY BUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY.

WAS PULLING ONT HIGHWAY WHEN VEHICLE BOGGED DOWN. WHEN PUTTING FUEL INTO TANK & STARTING, VEHICLE WOULD DIE OUT FOR NO REASON. TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES FOR STALLING OUT. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER & WAS INFORMED NOTHING COULD BE DONE, BUT DID KNOW ABOUT PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING COOLANT OUT OF THE RADIATOR. CURRENTLY, VEHICLE WAS PULLING TO LEFT AND RIGHT AND INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALERSHIP, AT THIS TIME NO REPLY FROM THE MECHANIC.*AK

OVERALL VEHICLE IS A STEP BACK IN TIME. MANY COMPONENTS OF THIS "IMPROVED TRUCK" FAIL TO IMPRESS OR EVEN OPERATE AS THEY SHOULD, AS MILEAGE MOUNTS MORE SEEMS TO GO WRONG THIS TRUCK, TRUCK GOES BACK TO DEALER AGAIN NEXT WEEK BUT I AM TOLD THERE IS NOTHING WRONG OR ITEM HAS BEEN FIXED BUT PROBLEM IS STILL THERE OR RETURNS SHORTLY.

ENGINE MISSING/ROUGH IDLE. ABOVE 4500 FT ELEV AND ABOVE 65MPH = 19.6MPG. BELOW 4500 FT ELEV AND UNDER 65PMH = 16.6MPH. EMISSIONS CANNOT BE WORKING! FUEL = THROTTLE STICKS FROM IDLE AND WHEN ACCELERATING FROM COASTING.*AK

CAR HAS BEEN IN SERVICE TWICE FOR KNOCKING NOISE HEARD IN ENGINE. *AK

VIBRATION IN VEHICLE, OIL CONSUMPTION, BRAKES, POPPING NOISE IN FRONT-END. *AK

5.3L ROUGH/STUMBLING IDLE, 3 YIMES AT DEALER (INJECTORS, IDLE REPROGRAM), PROBLEM PERSISTS, LEMON?

MOTOR IS KNOCKING VERY BADLY. CONSUMER FEARS THE MOTOR MAY BLOW OUT. *AK

ENGINE LIGHT ON DUE TO INTERNAL FAILURE WITH EVAP SOLENOID, REPLACED EVAPORATIVE EMISSION CANISTER PURGE VALVE, IGNITION COIL WIRE OPEN. NLM

VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING, SEVERAL COMPONENT HAVE BEEN REPLACED BUT NONE HAVE ALIEVIATED THE STALLING. NLM

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, ENGINE DIES, CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER. STEERING STIFFENS, AND BRAKES GET HARD. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON REPEATEDLY, TOOK TO DEALER BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. SOON AFTER THE VEHICLE STALLED, AND WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALER. THE FUEL SENDING UNIT AND THE IGNITION COIL WIRE WERE REPLACED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ENGINE DIES OUT. THIS HAPPENS WHEN TAKING FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL. MESSAGE CONTROL PANEL READS A BIG RED BATTERY, AND THE POWER SURGES. CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER, THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE WITHOUT WARNING, RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE SEVEN TIMES. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED. *AK *ML

VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO 3 DEALERS NUMEROUS TIMES. CONTACTED CHEVROLET NO SOLUTION AVAILABLE. NO SAFETY DEFECTED LISTED WITHIN SUMMARY. *AK

WHEN TRAVELING BETWEEN 70- 80 MILES VEHICLE STALLS. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE WAS PUT ON A MACHINE. DEALERSHIP IS WAITING FOR A PROGRAM TO COME BACK. GM STATES THEY ARE UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DIAGNOSE UNTIL MID-MARCH. *AK *ML

ROUGH ENGINE IDLE (MISSING) AND TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS ( FORWARD GEAR) WHEN SHIFTING INTO 2ND GEAR. *AK

ROUGH IDLE, EXHAUST BURNING BLACK, SMELL OF GASOLINE IN OIL

ENGINE IDLES ROUGH (MISSING), INSIDE OF EXHAUST IS BURNING BLACK, AVERAGE MPG IS 16.6, OIL ON DIP-STICK HAS GASOLINE SMELL. *AK

ENGINE IDLES ROUGH (MISSING), INSIDE OF EXHAUST IS BURNING BLACK, AVERAGE MPG IS 16.6, OIL ON DIP-STICK HAS GASOLINE SMELL. *AK

CHEVROLET HAS DENIED THAT THEIR 99 AND 00 CHEVROLET SILVERADOS DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIER NEW ENGINES. I KNOW OF NUMEROUS OTHER OWNERS WHO HAVE THIS PROBLEM WHICH CHEVROLET ACKNOWLEDGES AS A NORMAL SOUND. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE TRUCK CAN NOT BE FIXED BECAUSE THE NEW ONES MAKE THE SAME NOISE. I HAVE DRIVEN OTHER COMPRIABLE TRUCKS AND THEY DO NOT HAVE THE ENGINE PING/KNOCK. THE DEALER ALSO SAID THAT THE NOISE WILL EVENTUALLY GO AWAY, BUT I HAVE SEEN TRUCKS WITH 19000 WITH THE NOISE CONTINUING. THIS PROBLEM COULD INCREASE EMMISIONS IF IT IS INDEED A PING/KNOCK. IF THIS PROBLEM PERSISTS WITH NO FIX FROM CHEVROLET, I COULD HAVE ENGINGE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE PING/KNOCK THAT WILL NOT BE COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.