2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Problems & Recalls

The contact owns a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked in the driveway, he poured oil into the oil reservoir, and then placed the key into the ignition switch to turn on the vehicle when the air bags unexpectedly deployed without warning. The steering whee...

Mileage: 173,000

BRAKE FAILURE TODAY ON CHEVY SIVERADO. DRIVING 55 MPH ON HIGHWAY. THE CAR AHEAD OF ME SLOWED AND I BRAKED. PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT STOPPING VEHICAL. WAS ABLE TO COME TO STOP AND COULD SEE RUSTED BRAKE LINES BY DRIVER DOOR. HAD WIFE PRESS BRAKE PEDDLE TO SEE FLUID SRAYING FROM RUSTED AREA. H...

Mileage: 150,000

REAR BRAKE LINE BLEW WHEN TRYING TO APPLY BRAKES. NO INDICATOR LIGHTS OR ANYTHING PEDAL JUST WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. HAD TO SWERVE OFF THE ROAD INTO AN EMBANKMENT TO AVOID A COLLISION AT A RED LIGHT! MECHANIC SAID THAT ALL MY BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE ANOTHE...

Mileage: 97,000

INSTRUMENT PANEL/CLUSTER IS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING. SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER, OIL PRESSURE GAUGE AND SO ON ARE ERRATIC AND GIVING FALSE READINGS. DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO ASSIST. PLEASE ADVISE, RC, ESQUIRE.

Mileage: 40,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE BRAKES SUDDENLY FAILED AND THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A DITCH. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT EXTENDE...

Mileage: 113,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE DRIVER SEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ECM BOX WAS DAMAGED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTA...

Mileage: 78,344

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE DRIVER SEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ECM BOX WAS DAMAGED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTA...

Mileage: 78,344

I WAS DRIVING ON RT.7 IN SCHENECTADY NY, SPEED WAS AROUND 35MPH, TRAFFIC SIGNAL CHANGED TO RED, AS I WAS APPLING THE BRAKES THE PEDDAL SUDDENLY WENT TO THE FLOOR, LUCKY FOR ME THERE WERE NO CARS IN FRONT OF ME, OR IN THE INTERSECTION. MY TRUCK DID ENVETUALLY STOP, BUT IT WAS AFTER PASSING THRU T...

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE AT NIGHT TO DISPLAY PERTINENT INFORMATION, SUCH AS THE SPEEDOMETER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 277,638.

Mileage: 277,638

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO EQUIPPED WITH YOKOHAMA GEOLANDAR A/T-S TIRES, SIZE: LT215/85R16 (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES FAILED TO PASS AN INSPECTION BECAUSE THE TREAD WAS TOO THIN. THE TIRES WERE NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAIL...

Mileage: 144,322

BRAKES FAILED SUDDENLY DUE TO SEVERELY CORRODED BRAKE LINES. BRAKE PEDAL WAS SLIGHTLY MUSHY AT STOP SIGN COMING OFF OF FREEWAY. AT THE NEXT STOP SIGN (3-WAY INTERSECTION ON 55-MPH COUNTY HIGHWAY) THE PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NOBODY IN THE INTERSECTION OR A SERIOUS ACCI...

Mileage: 135,000

WHILE EXITING OF A HIGHWAY AND TRAVELING 25 MPH MY BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED. I PUSHED THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR SEVERAL TIMES BUT IT DID NOT SLOW THE TRUCK. AS A RESULT I REAR ENDED A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I HAD NOW WARNING OR CHECK LIGHT FOR THE BRAKES PREVIOUS OR SINCE. UPON INSPECTION I DISCOVERED...

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT FAILED TO RESPOND. THE BRAKE FLUID WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSE...

Mileage: 54,000

I WAS DRIVING ALONG AND HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES IMMEDIATELY. I ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I NOTICED I HAD TO START PUTTING THE BRAKES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR IN ORDER TO STOP, ESPECIALLY ON AN INCLINE. THE BRAKE LIGHT WENT ON AND OFF A FEW TIMES SO I TOOK IT TO A SHOP TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. TH...

Mileage: 108,000

I WAS DRIVING ALONG AND HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES IMMEDIATELY. I ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I NOTICED I HAD TO START PUTTING THE BRAKES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR IN ORDER TO STOP, ESPECIALLY ON AN INCLINE. THE BRAKE LIGHT WENT ON AND OFF A FEW TIMES SO I TOOK IT TO A SHOP TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. TH...

Mileage: 108,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND EXTENDED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT THEN PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK, DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL ONCE MO...

Mileage: 54,527

MY BROTHER INLAW OWNS A 2003 GMC SIERRA AND EXPERIENCED TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO CORRODED BRAKE LINES IN 2009. UPON INSPECTING MY BRAKE LINES ON MY 2004 SILVERADO I OBSERVED THE THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED BEFORE THEY FAILED AS WELL. MY TRUCK WAS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD AT...

Mileage: 65,500

THE BRAKE LINES ON MY TRUCK ARE COMPLETELY ROTTED OUT. WHEN I WENT TO GET INTO MY TRUCK AND DRIVE AWAY NO BRAKE PEDAL EXSISTED. YET AGAIN ANOTHER QUALITY GM PRODUCT MADE FROM INFERIOR MATERIALS.

Mileage: 142,310

THIS IS THE (2) TIMES LOSING MY BRAKES DUE TO RUSTED BRAKE LINES. TODAY 7-11-2015 I LOST THEM AGAIN AND ONCE AGAIN DUE TO RUSTED BRAKE LINES. I ENDED UP DRIVING INTO SOME BUSHES TO STOP AND JUST MISSING (2) TREES. IM NOT THE ONLY ONE IN THE US THAT IS HAVING THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH RUSTED BRAKE...

Mileage: 1,200,000

WIFE WAS DRIVING ON 301 SOUTH IN MARYLAND ON 10\27\2012 WHEN SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES WHEN PULLING OVER TO GET GAS. PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKE FLUID WAS VISIBLE ON GROUND BY THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. SHE HAD TO LEAVE IT AT THE GAS STATION UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO REPAIR. BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED THROUGH I...

Mileage: 80,112

ON MAY 29TH MY SERVICE AIR BAGS LIGHT CAME ON. IN TALKING WITH OTHER CHEVY SILVER OWNERS OF THE SAME YEAR AND AROUND THAT YEAR IT SEEMS THIS IS COMMON. I PAID $521.18 TO GET THESE AIR BAG SENSORS REPLACED ON 17 JUN15 AT A DEALER IN HARRISBURG PA., BECAUSE I WAS TOLD WITHOUT THE SENSORS THE AIR BAGS ...

Mileage: 79,099

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT OCCASIONALLY STARTED COMING ON. TOOK TRUCK TO SEVERAL INDEPENDENT SVC PLACES. THEY SAID DO NOT HAVE COMPUTER READER FOR AIRBAGS. LIGHT STARTED STAYING ON CONSTANTLY. TOOK TRUCK TO DEALERS AND THEY SAID BECAUSE OF LIABILITY, THE DIAGNOSTICS ARE $900 AND COULD RUN ANOTHER $1500...

Mileage: 78,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET WENT TO HIT MY BRAKES AND THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO WARNING NO LIGHTS ON THE DASH AT ALL TOOK ME A CITY BLOCK TO STOP MY EMERGENCY BRAKE BARELY WORK I'M GLAD I WAS NOT IN DC LIKE I WAS AN HOUR BEFORE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY BAD ACCIDENT

Mileage: 180,000

ABS LIGHT ON AND E B C M. PUMP WON'T STOP RUNNING UNLESS REMOVE FUSE I AM ORIGINAL OWNER

Mileage: 49,000

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO RUSTED BRAKE LINES. *SMD THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED WHEN THE FIRST LINE OF THE DUAL SYSTEM FAILED, THE SECOND SYSTEM RECEIVED ADDITIONAL PRESSURE WHICH CAUSED THAT ONE TO FAIL TOO. *JB

STEEL BRAKE, FUEL AND TRANSMISSION LINES ARE EXTREMELY RUSTY AND FAILURE APPEARS TO BE IMMINENT, ESPECIALLY ON BRAKE LINES. THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 96,100

STEEL BRAKE, FUEL AND TRANSMISSION LINES ARE EXTREMELY RUSTY AND FAILURE APPEARS TO BE IMMINENT, ESPECIALLY ON BRAKE LINES. THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 96,100

STEEL BRAKE, FUEL AND TRANSMISSION LINES ARE EXTREMELY RUSTY AND FAILURE APPEARS TO BE IMMINENT, ESPECIALLY ON BRAKE LINES. THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 96,100

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED ON THE VEHICLE. THE ODOMETER WORKED, BUT THE FUEL GAUGE AND ALL OTHER GAUGES FAILED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE...

HI, NOT SURE IF YOU ARE AWARE, BUT THERE IS A SERIOUS ISSUE WITH 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO BRAKE LINES. ON 2/21/15, MY SON WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK (VIN# [XXX]). HE WAS ABOUT 3 MILES FROM HOME WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I HAD TO TAKE THE TRUCK TO AN AUTO MECHANIC AND HE SAID A...

Mileage: 36,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE. THE TECHNICIAN NOTIFIED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS A HOLE WITHIN THE TRANSFER CASE AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMAT...

Mileage: 118,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND. IN ADDITION, THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MAD...

Mileage: 110,322

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HEADLINER SEPARATED ABOVE THE DRIVER AREA, OBSTRUCTING THE SUN VISORS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A VEHICLE BODY SPECIALIST FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE HEADLINER BORDER FRAME AND SEALANT WERE DEFEC...

Mileage: 65,000

I WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY HIT BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. LOOKED UNDER TRUCK AND BACK LEFT BRAKE LINE HAD BLOWN OUT UPON LOOKING AT REST OF BRAKE LINES THEY TO WHERE RUSTED AND BULGING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED LUCKILY HAPPENED IN DRIVEWAY AND NOT IN THE MORNING WHEN I WOULD HAVE BEEN TRAV...

Mileage: 74,000

DRIVING A WELL MAINTAINED TWO WHEEL DRIVE 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 CREW CAB PICKUP AT 30 MPH ON A SUBURBAN ROADWAY. I APPLIED HARD BRAKING AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TO LOW 1 AND APPLY E-BRAKE TO STOP BEFORE CRASH. EXAMINATION OF STEEL BRAKE LINES FROM ...

Mileage: 171,000

AFTER CHECKING THE UNDERSIDE OF MY 04 SILVERADO 1500 4X4 FOR A FUEL FILTER( WHICH IT DOESN'T HAVE) I NOTICED THE BRAKE LINES TO BE SEVERELY CORRODED. MOST OF THE WORST AREAS WERE IN THE BENDS AROUND THE FRAME FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER AND ALONG THE FRAME. *TR

WHILE EXITING A PARKING LOT, I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP BEFORE PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR SUDDENLY AND WITH NO WARNING. MY TRUCK WENT OUT INTO THE ROAD WHERE I QUICKLY TURNED HARD RIGHT TO AVOID CROSSING THE ROAD. I THEN USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO PULL OVER AND ST...

Mileage: 108,165

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE EMITTED SMOKE AND THE CONTACT SMELLED BURNING WIRES. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. ...

Mileage: 55,000

BACKING OUT MY DRIVEWAY I APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND SAW BRAKE FLUID LEAKING TO GROUND BELOW DRIVER SIDE FRONT WHEEL AND DOOR. *TR

Mileage: 136,000

THE DASH INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED AND DOES NOT READ A CORRECT TEMPERATURE NOR DOES THE OIL GAUGE READ CORRECTLY. THERE IS A CLICKING SOUND WITHIN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE AT THE GM COMPANY. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CLUSTER IS FAILING AND THE READING ...

Mileage: 61,000

THE DASH INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED AND DOES NOT READ A CORRECT TEMPERATURE NOR DOES THE OIL GAUGE READ CORRECTLY. THERE IS A CLICKING SOUND WITHIN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE AT THE GM COMPANY. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CLUSTER IS FAILING AND THE READING ...

Mileage: 61,000

EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLT ON DRIVER SIDE AT REARMOST PART OF ENGINE HAS BROKEN OFF. *TR

Mileage: 113,250

EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLT ON DRIVER SIDE AT REARMOST PART OF ENGINE HAS BROKEN OFF. *TR

Mileage: 113,250

MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR DUE TO A RUSTED BRAKE LINE. I WAS ABLE TO STOP BUT VERY SCARY. UPON INSPECTION I REALIZED EVERY METAL LINE IN THE TRUCK IS RUSTED AND EITHER ALREADY LEAKING OR WILL BE SOON. I'VE HAD 5 CHEVY TRUCKS AND NEVER ENCOUNTERED ANYTHING LIKE THIS WITH ANY OF THEM. IF I WANT ...

Mileage: 104,000

WAS COMING UP TO A RED LIGHT AND WHEN I PUSH ON THE BRAKE PEDAL , IT FAILED. LOST OF BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE. GOT OUT AND LOOKED AND THERE WAS A HUGE PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID ON THE ROAD BELOW THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. *TR

Mileage: 46,499

APPROACHING STOP SIGN, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT ANY BRAKING. INSPECTION IDENTIFIED CORROSION THROUGH BRAKE LINE TUBING WALLS CAUSING LOSS OF PRESSURE AND FLUID. MASSIVE SYSTEM FAILURE OCCURED WITHOUT WARNING. *TR

Mileage: 86,000

THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE ON MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS FAULTY. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 75MPH WHEN I NOTICE IT WAS PEGGED OUT. I IMMEDIATELY PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURN MY TRUCK OFF THINKING SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH MY OIL PRESSURE WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS THE GAUGE T...

Mileage: 60,139

CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP IN GAYLORD, MICHIGAN INSTALLED DUNLOP AT20 GRANDTREK P245/75R16 TIRES ON MY HD 2500 SILVERADO PICKUP TRUCK. THIS TRUCK IS A 3/4 TON PICKUP. THESE TIRES WERE PASSENGER TIRES RATED AT 4 PLY AND NEVER DESIGNED TO BE INSTALLED ON A 3/4 TON PICKUP TRUCK. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS UNTI...

Mileage: 105,000

CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP IN GAYLORD, MICHIGAN INSTALLED DUNLOP AT20 GRANDTREK P245/75R16 TIRES ON MY HD 2500 SILVERADO PICKUP TRUCK. THIS TRUCK IS A 3/4 TON PICKUP. THESE TIRES WERE PASSENGER TIRES RATED AT 4 PLY AND NEVER DESIGNED TO BE INSTALLED ON A 3/4 TON PICKUP TRUCK. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS UNTI...

Mileage: 105,000

AFTER DISCOVERING AN EXHAUST LEAK PERFORMED A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE. I HAVE A 2004 SILVERADO WITH THE 6.0L. I AVE DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE AN ABUNDANCE OF THESE VEHICLES OUT THERE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS CAUSING EXHAUST FUMES TO ENTER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND CAB OF THE VEHICLE. ...

Mileage: 100,000

BRAKE LINE BURST, VERY LITTLE STOPPING POWER, HAD TO MAKE CRASH AVOIDANCE MANEUVER, SWERVING OFF ROAD. UPON INSPECTION NOTICED ALL BRAKE LINES RUSTED BADLY. WILL REQUIRE REPLACEMENT OFF ALL LINES. *TR

Mileage: 78,000

OUT FOR A DRIVE IN THE PENNSYLVANIA MOUNTAINS WHEN EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY STOPPING. CHECKED BRAKE FLUID. IT WAS 3/4 EMPTY DUE TO LEAKAGE IN LINES. TOOK TRUCK TO THE REPAIR SHOP. BRAKE LINES NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO RUSTING OUT. THE COST WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $1,000.00. I REGULARLY MAINTAIN MY TRUC...

Mileage: 176,000

WAS PULLING A TRAILOR WITH TRACTOR AND BUSHHOG ON IT. 3 CARS WERE STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME. THE FIRST ONE TURNING LEFT. I WENT TO STOP. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT ME, PUSHING THAT ONE INTO THE ONE IN FRONT OF THAT ONE. UPON INSPECTION BRAKE LINE UNDER DRIVERS FLOOR HAD BU...

Mileage: 192,000

BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH VERY LITTLE STOPPING ABILITY. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS TIME TO COME TO A GRADUAL STOP BECAUSE A QUICK STOP WAS NOT POSSIBLE. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A CHEVROLET DEALER. BRAKE LIES WERE "RUSTED THROUGH." COST TO REPAIR WAS $1199.29. *TR

Mileage: 145,385

PULLED OFF INTERSTATE 95 TO SWITCH DRIVERS. WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPPED AND WAS PUT INTO PARK THE BRAKE LINES RUPTURED. ON INSPECTION LINES WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED (ALL 3). CHEVROLET CORPORATE REFUSES ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR INFERIOR MATERIAL, DEALER IS CHARGING $3400 TO REPLACE LINES. EXACTLY 2 MINU...

Mileage: 119,000

THIS TRUCK HAS HAD ACTUALLY 3 OF THESE PUT ON THE FIRST ONE WAS APP.JUNE 2011 THE SECOND TIME WAS SEPT.19TH 2011 THESE LAST TIME IT HAD MELTED ALL OF THE WIRES UNDER THE KICK PANEL ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WHICH THIS CONTROLS THE A/C AND THE HEAT BLOWER WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN IN DANGER OF STARTING A...

BRAKES HAD BEEN A LITTLE MUSHY, THEN AS THE DRIVER WAS COMING TO A STOP, HE NOTICED THAT HE LOST ALL HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. HE USED THE PARKING BRAKE IN ORDER TO DRIVE IT TO A SAFE PLACE. LOOKING UNDER THE VEHICLE THE NEXT DAY, THE BRAKE LINES ARE COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AND THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF BRAKE...

Mileage: 223,000

I WAS PULLING UP TO A STOP SIGN IN MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 AND EASING ON THE BRAKES WHEN I NOTICED THEY WERE SOFT, SO I PUSHED ON THEM HARDER AND STILL NOTHING. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH BARELY ANY STOPPING POWER. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ONE AT THE STOP SIGN AND I WAS A...

Mileage: 150,305

WIFE WAS MOVING TRUCK TO GARAGE WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR; ON FURTHER OBSERVATION BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED TO THE POINT WHERE RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY OF FLUID. WE HAD JUST BEEN HAULING TRAILER LOADS OF HAY GLAD THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN ON OPEN ROAD WITH OTHER VEHICLES INVOLVED. BOUGHT TRUCK NEW NO ABUSE IN ...

Mileage: 76,000

BRAKE LINES ROTTED OUT LOST BRAKES. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

FATAL CRASH. ENTIRE LEFT SIDE OF VEHICLE RIPPED OFF INCLUDING DRIVER DOOR. TRUCK FLIPPED ALSO. HIT 4 TREES. SPEED LIMIT WAS 65 IN THE AREA THEY BELIEVE THE VEHICLE TO BE MOVING A LITTLE OVER THE SPEED LIMIT. AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED NONE OF THEM. THE IMPACT TOTALED THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 95 NB WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO EXIT, BRAKE PETAL WENT TO FLOOR, HAD TO PUMP SEVERAL TIMES TO GET STOPPED. INSPECTION UNDER THE HOOD REVEALED BRAKE HYDRAULIC FLUID COVERING THE WHOLE DRIVER SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT INCLUDING THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. FLUID WAS COMING FROM A RUST...

Mileage: 85,000

BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH AND LOST BRAKE FLUID AND ALL BRAKES. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

I BELIEVE THE ORIGINAL BRAKE LINES ON THE 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 HAVE INHERENT DESIGN/MATERIAL FLAWS AND ARE UNSAFE TO THE DRIVING AND PEDESTRIAN PUBLIC. I HAD 2 SEPARATE INSTANCES OF CATASTROPHIC LOSS OF ALL BRAKING EFFORT ON THE SAME TRUCK WITHIN ONE YEAR OF EACH OTHER. ON 10/6/2013 WAS...

Mileage: 80,229

DRIVING THROUGH UTAH AT POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 75 WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON, THE SPEEDOMETER SUDDENLY STARTED TO INDICATE A DECELERATION FROM CRUISES SPEED TO 30 MPH. MY VEHICLE DID NOT PHYSICALLY SLOW AS EVIDENCED BY MY GPS WHICH CONTINUED TO SHOW ACTUAL SPEED OF 75 MPH. DISENGAGING THE CRUISE CONTRO...

Mileage: 60,000

TRUCK WAS IN DON MEALEY CHEVROLET CLEMONT FL. 34711 FOR A FUEL LEAK. UPON COMPLETION OF WORK TECHNICIAN TOOK TRUCK OUT FOR TEST DRIVE. DURING THE RIDE HE EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE AND ALMOST STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE. THIS WAS REPORTED TO ME BY THE SERVICE WRITER [XXX] . THE RESULTS WERE REBUILD BRAKE ...

Mileage: 96,924

I WAS LAUNCHING MY BOAT THIS MORNING AND NEARLY LAUNCHED MY TRUCK WITH IT. PUTTING THE BOAT IN THE WATER MY BRAKES ALL OF A SUDDEN STOPPED WORKING. LUCKILY I THOUGHT TO PUT IT IN DRIVE ESPECIALLY SINCE I CAN'T SWIM. AFTER DRIVING TO THE TOP OF THE HILL I HAD TO CRASH IN TO A BANK TO STOP! THEN I NOT...

Mileage: 155,000

WHILE DRIVING, I WENT TO APPLY BRAKES AT STOP LIGHT WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND "SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM" WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. WAS ABLE TO STOP BY USING EMERGENCY BRAKE. AAA TOWED TO LOCAL GAS STATION AND DISCOVERED THAT BRAKE LINES WERE BADLY RUSTED AND HAD RUPTURED AT ONE POINT. TECHNICIAN O...

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE EXCESSIVELY CORRODED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 186,000.

Mileage: 186,000

APPROACHING TRAFFIC LIGHT, WENT TO APPLY BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. PULLED OFF ROAD AND SAW BRAKE FLUID FROM VEHICLE LEAKING . HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO SHOP, THIS IS SECOND TIME 1ST TIME FRONT BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH, THIS TIME THE REAR LINES RUSTED THROUGH. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR

Mileage: 48,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE SERVICE BRAKE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTUR...

Mileage: 117,000

BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT NEEDING REPLACEMENT. CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP CHARGED $772.70. SERVICE MANAGER SAYS MANY PROBLEMS. GM OFFERS KIT TO REPLACE LINES. SHOULD BE RECALLED. NEVER HAD A BRAKE LINE PROBLEM IN 50 YEARS AS I MAINTAIN MY VEHICLES. I COULD NO LONG WAIT FOR A RECALL. THE BRAKE LINES WERE TERR...

Mileage: 81,812

ON JUNE 27,2014 APPROX. 6:30PM MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AS I WAS BACKING UP TO TURN MY TRUCK AROUND IN THE DRIVEWAY. I PROCEEDED TO PUT THE TRUCK IN DRIVE AND PUSHED THE BRAKE AGAIN AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK AND GOT OUT AND LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK...

Mileage: 86,547

THE BRAKE LINES COLLAPSED LEAVING MY TRUCK WITH MINIMAL STOPPING POWER . THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED TWO TIMES IN ONE MONTH. MY MECHANIC SAID THERE WAS AN UNEXPECTED AMOUNT OF CORROSION ON THE LINES. *TR

Mileage: 115,000

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY ABOUT 70 MPH AND NEEDED TO BRAKE QUICKLY FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION. WHEN I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT WENT TO THE FLOOR BOARD AND THERE WAS NO PRESSURE. THE RED BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON IMMEDIATELY, BUT THERE WAS NO WARNING BEFORE APPLYING THE BRAKES. WITH DIFFICULTY, ...

Mileage: 97,500

I WAS GETTING READY TO BRAKE MY VEHICLE AT A STOP SIGN, AS I APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE TRUCK. I ONLY LIVED CLOSE BY SO I WAS ABLE TO GET HOME WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. WHEN I INSPECTED THE TRUCK , BRAKE FLUID W...

Mileage: 96,884

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND STEPPED ON MY BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR I WAS TOLD THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT. I HAD IT REPAIRED AND THEN HAPPENED TWICE MORE. KNOW I HAD TO ORDER SS. BRAKE LINES BEFORE MY WIFE OR SOMEONE ELSE GOT KILLED!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS B...

Mileage: 135,247

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO BE PRESSED TO THE FLOOR IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED T...

Mileage: 25,000

I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE , , I TRIED TO STOP, AND THE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL SHOP . ALL THE BRAKE LINE WERE RUSTED OUT , I FIND OUT NOW GM SELLS A REPLACEMENT KIT WITH THE LINE COATED IN ABS PLASTIC. GM KNOWS THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THIS TRUCK. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

IN PREPARATION TO LEAVE ON A CAMPING TRIP THE NEXT MORNING I ATTACHED A TAG ALONG TRAILER TO THE TRUCK. WHEN I PULLED FORWARD A LITTLE TO TEST THE BRAKE AND RUNNING LIGHTS ON THE TRAILER AND TO ACHIEVE A MORE LEVEL GROUND, SO AS TO TURN ON THE REFRIGERATOR, MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I COU...

Mileage: 98,000

STEEL BRAKE LINES FAILED DUE TO CORROSION UNDER THE HOOD IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND ALONG THE FRAME BEHIND THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. LOST THE ABILITY TO STOP THE TRUCK. LUCKILY, THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE ON THE ROAD. *JS

Mileage: 90,423

WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND APPLIED BRAKES JUST BEFORE EXITING ON OFF-RAMP AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. INSPECTION OF BRAKE LINES REVEALED THAT RF BRAKE LINE THAT RUNS UNDER THE RADIATOR RUPTURED AND IS SEVERELY CORRODED. ALL OTHER BRAKE LINES HAVING HEAVY CORROSION AS WELL. *TR

Mileage: 119,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT AFTER RESTARTING THE ENGINE THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS NORMAL. THE CONTACT ALSO INDICATED THAT THE PA...

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT AFTER RESTARTING THE ENGINE THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS NORMAL. THE CONTACT ALSO INDICATED THAT THE PA...

Mileage: 130,000

I HAVE THE CASTECH HEADS ON MY TRUCK THAT ARE KNOWN FOR GETTING CRACKS IN THEM AND LEAKING ANITIFREEZE INTO THE ENGINE. THE WAY IT SOUNDS THERE SHOULD OF BEEN A RECALL ON THESE HEADS, THIS ISN'T A NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR DEAL. WHY SHOULD THE CONSUMER PAY FOR THE COST OF REPLACING SOMETHING THAT OBVIO...

Mileage: 99,470

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE COMPLETLY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE F...

Mileage: 96,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE COMPLETLY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE F...

Mileage: 96,000

THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT HAS COME ON FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE GMC DEALERSHIP HAS STATED THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEFECT, BUT SHOULDN'T A SAFETY ITEM LIKE YOUR AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT COMING ON BE COVERED UNDER A LIFETIME WARRANTY? JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT THIS CRITICAL SAFE...

Mileage: 105,800

WIFE WAS DRIVING MY 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO WITH 89764 MILES WHEN SHE WAS COMING TO A STOP THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR SHE WENT INTO OTHER LANE TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF HER. THE STEEL BRAKE LINE BY THE GAS TANK HAD RUPTURED. SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A COMMON THING ON THESE TRUCKS HOWE...

Mileage: 89,764

I WAS DRIVING DOWN MY HILL WHEN MY BRAKE PEDAL UNEXPECTEDLY WENT TO THE FLOOR. I COASTED THE REST OF THE WAY DOWN THE HILL IN LOW (AUTOMATIC TRANS) AND TURNED AROUND AND COASTED BACK INTO MY DRIVEWAY WHERE I COULD CHECK IT OUT. MY REAR MAIN BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED IN TWO AND THE OTHERS WERE COMPLETE...

Mileage: 210,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER, FUEL GUAGE, ODOMETER, PRESSURE AND THE HIGH/ LOW BEAM INDICATORS FAILED TO DISPLAY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS...

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE REDUCED ENGINE POWER WARNING MESSAGE ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO 15 MPH. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOORBOARD BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. TH...

Mileage: 200,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE REDUCED ENGINE POWER WARNING MESSAGE ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO 15 MPH. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOORBOARD BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. TH...

Mileage: 200,000

SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THE TRUCK NEW THE PARKING BRAKE HAS NEVER WORKED CORRECTLY. WHILE THE BRAKE IS ENGAGED THE VEHICLE WILL STILL ROLL. AFTER NOTICING GM HAD ISSUED A RECALL ON THIS MODEL TRUCK FOR SIMILAR PROBLEMS I CONTACTED THEM. GENERAL MOTORS HAS INFORMED ME THAT MY TRUCK IS NOT INCLUDED IN T...

Mileage: 112,000

RUSTED BRAKE LINE BROKE , CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKES. *TR

Mileage: 43,000

WIFE WAS DRIVING HER NIECE AND NEPHEW AND COMING UP ON A STOP SIGN TO CROSS A BUSY HIGHWAY. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I CHECKED THE BRAKE LINES AND THEY ARE EXTREMELY CORRODED/RUSTED AND HAVE A FAILURE IN AT LEAST ONE LOCATION. THIS DID NOT RESULT IN A CRASH OR INJURY BUT COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN F...

Mileage: 162,280

I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND A BRAKE LINE BLEW. LUCKY IT HAPPENED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND NOT COMING DOWN A HILL. I HAD TO HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY SAID ALL THE LINES NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO RUST. THE COST TO REPLACE THE LINES IS AROUND $950. *JS

Mileage: 91,700

I DROVE TO DENTAL OFFICE, PARKED MY TRUCK, ATTENDED APPOINTMENT. I RETURNED TO MY TRUCK, DROVE APPROX. 1-2 MILES BEFORE COMING TO AN INTERSECTION WHERE MY LANE WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT ON THIS TWO LANE ROAD. 3 VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME WERE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. I ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN WHEN MY BR...

Mileage: 86,740

WHEN I LEFT OUR GARAGE I NOTICED THAT THE RED BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT WAS ON. USUALLY MY HUSBAND DRIVES THIS TO WORK BUT WE SWITCHED VEHICLES BECAUSE I NEEDED TO HAUL A TRAILER TO HELP MOVE MY DAUGHTER. I HAVE ONLY DRIVE THIS VEHICLE ONE OTHER TIME SO I WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH HOW IT HANDLED. I NOTICED TH...

Mileage: 100,000

WHEN I LEFT OUR GARAGE I NOTICED THAT THE RED BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT WAS ON. USUALLY MY HUSBAND DRIVES THIS TO WORK BUT WE SWITCHED VEHICLES BECAUSE I NEEDED TO HAUL A TRAILER TO HELP MOVE MY DAUGHTER. I HAVE ONLY DRIVE THIS VEHICLE ONE OTHER TIME SO I WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH HOW IT HANDLED. I NOTICED TH...

Mileage: 100,000

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FUEL TRANSFER PUMP RECALL NOTICE. *SMD

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FUEL TRANSFER PUMP RECALL NOTICE. *SMD

CHEVROLET SENT ME A NOTICE OF GUAGE FAILURE IN 2007 , AND SAID THEY WOULD REPLACE THEM IF THEY WERE NOT WORKING AS LONG AS THE MILAGE WAS UNDER 80000. THE PROBLEM WAS WHEN THEY SENT ME THE NOTICE MY GUAGES WERE WORKING, THEY CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL AFTER I HAD 82000 THEN THEY STOPPED WORKING. I CALL...

Mileage: 80,000

BRAKE LINE BROKE DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUSTING OF LINE. INTERNET RESEARCH SHOWS MANY MANY OWNERS HAVING SAME PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 58,000

WHILE DRIVING MY 2004 CHEVROLET Z71 CREWCAB SILVERADO THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH NO WARNING SIGN SUCH AS SOFT PEDAL OR WARNING LIGHT. I AVOIDED REAR ENDING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE I WAS GOING SLOW ENOUGH IN TRAFFIC TO USE MY EMERGENCY BRAKE. UPON INSPECTION IF FOUND TH...

Mileage: 108,000

MY WIFE WAS TRANSPORTING ME TO MY FIRST CHECK UP AFTER MAJOR SHOULDER SURGERY, WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED. UPON A MECHANICAL INSPECTION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE LINE RUSTED TOTALLY THROUGH. WE WERE VERY LUCKY SHE WAS ABLE TO GET TRUCK STOPPED WITH NO INJURY TO US OR ANYONE ELSE. ...

Mileage: 197,000

DRIVING INTO WORK THIS MORNING I TRIED TO STOP TO AND THE BRAKES WHEN TO THE FLOOR. I LOOKED UNDERNEATH AND THERE WAS BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM MY BRAKE LINES NEAR THE DRIVERS DOOR ON TOP OF THE FRAME RAIL. *TR

Mileage: 162,125

ALL MY LINES UNDER TRUCK RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINES SHIFT LINKAGE TRANSMISSION LINES. BRAKES WERE THE WORST LINES POPPED FROM RUST.I KEEP THIS TRUCK IN A GARAGE NOT USED COMMERCIALLY. I'M A HOSPICE NURSE AND NEED TO GET WHERE I'M GOING. I KEEP THIS TRUCK MINT DETAILED TWICE A YEAR PROFESSIONALLY MAINTAI...

Mileage: 40,322

ALL MY LINES UNDER TRUCK RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINES SHIFT LINKAGE TRANSMISSION LINES. BRAKES WERE THE WORST LINES POPPED FROM RUST.I KEEP THIS TRUCK IN A GARAGE NOT USED COMMERCIALLY. I'M A HOSPICE NURSE AND NEED TO GET WHERE I'M GOING. I KEEP THIS TRUCK MINT DETAILED TWICE A YEAR PROFESSIONALLY MAINTAI...

Mileage: 40,322

1ST INCIDENT NOV. 2013 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WITH THE KIDS AND WAS COMING TO A STOP AT A LIGHT AND HER BRAKES WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND HAD TO SWERVE INTO SHOPPING PLAZA ENTRANCE TO AVOID A ACCIDENT. TOOK IT TO THE SHOP TO HAVE BRAKE LINE FIXED. 2ND INCIDENT WAS NOV. 2013 WHILE BLEEDING BRAKES...

Mileage: 140,000

STEPPED ON BRAKE AND PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR. WARNING CHIME AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON SIMULTANEOUSLY. PULLED INTO CONVENIENCE STORE AND DISCOVERED BRAKE FLUID DRIPPING OUT OF BRAKE LINE ADJACENT TO DRIVERS SIDE FRAME RAIL. LOCATION WAS AFT OF BEND RADIUS WHERE THE BRAKE LINES TURNS TO GO UP TO THE MA...

Mileage: 157,800

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE HYDRO BOOST WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE HYDRO BOOST WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER W...

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RECALLED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,000.

Mileage: 34,000

WHILE EXITING I95 AND TRYING TO COME TO A STOP, MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I HAD A RUPTURED BRAKE LINE UNDER THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AND IT COST ME 200.00 TO GET REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 77,542

I WAS GOING UP A HILL IN VERMONT AND THE BRAKES LET GO, PEDAL TO THE FLOOR. MY TRUCK SLID BACKWARDS, JACK KNIFED MY TRAILER WHICH SWUNG AROUND AND SMASHED INTO THE SIDE OF MY TRUCK. TOOK MY TRUCK TO HAVE THE BRAKE LINES REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE TOTALLY RUSTED WHICH CAUSED THEM TO BREAK. MY GAS ...

Mileage: 85,000

BRAKE LINES UNDER FORWARD SIDE OF DRIVERS DOOR TOTALLY RUSTED THROUGH. TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKES WHILE TOWING A TRAILER. BRAKES FELT SOFT PRIOR TO COMPLETE FAILURE BUT NO WARNING INDICATION IN INSTRUMENT CLUSTER UNTIL TOTAL FAILURE. BRAKE FLUID GUSHING ONTO THE GROUND. *TR

Mileage: 94,253

A BRAKE LINE RUPTURED. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

BOUGHT A SET OF FEDERAL COURAGIA MT'S ABOUT FIVE MONTHS AGO STILL ABOUT 95% TREAD WHEN TWO OF THE TIRES SPLIT GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE. I HAVE READ ALL OVER THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS HAPPENING TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH THIS TIRE IN ALL DIFFERENT SIZES. I ALSO TOOK THE TIRES BACK TO THE COMPANY I PURCHASED...

Mileage: 160,120

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE FRONT LEFT STEEL BRAKE LINE BURST DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUST. AFTER INSPECTING THE REMAINING LINES UNDER THE VEHICLE ALL OF THE METAL LINES , INCLUDING THE FUEL AND POWER STEERING LINES ARE EXCESSIVELY RUSTED TO THE POINT THEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.THE REPAIR COST 1200 DOLLARS. *TR

Mileage: 33,500

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE FRONT LEFT STEEL BRAKE LINE BURST DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUST. AFTER INSPECTING THE REMAINING LINES UNDER THE VEHICLE ALL OF THE METAL LINES , INCLUDING THE FUEL AND POWER STEERING LINES ARE EXCESSIVELY RUSTED TO THE POINT THEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.THE REPAIR COST 1200 DOLLARS. *TR

Mileage: 33,500

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE FRONT LEFT STEEL BRAKE LINE BURST DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUST. AFTER INSPECTING THE REMAINING LINES UNDER THE VEHICLE ALL OF THE METAL LINES , INCLUDING THE FUEL AND POWER STEERING LINES ARE EXCESSIVELY RUSTED TO THE POINT THEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.THE REPAIR COST 1200 DOLLARS. *TR

Mileage: 33,500

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM ERRAND RUNNING AND FOUND THE BRAKE PEDAL GOING ALMOST TO THE FLOOR. FOUND A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID UNDER THE TRUCK NEAR THE BACK OF THE CAB AND BED OF TRUCK. CALLED MY SERVICE PERSON AND HE SAID IT WAS PROBABLY A RUPTURED BRAKE LINE, AND FROM THE DESCRIPTION OF WHERE THE PUDDL...

Mileage: 112,000

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM ERRAND RUNNING AND FOUND THE BRAKE PEDAL GOING ALMOST TO THE FLOOR. FOUND A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID UNDER THE TRUCK NEAR THE BACK OF THE CAB AND BED OF TRUCK. CALLED MY SERVICE PERSON AND HE SAID IT WAS PROBABLY A RUPTURED BRAKE LINE, AND FROM THE DESCRIPTION OF WHERE THE PUDDL...

Mileage: 112,000

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM ERRAND RUNNING AND FOUND THE BRAKE PEDAL GOING ALMOST TO THE FLOOR. FOUND A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID UNDER THE TRUCK NEAR THE BACK OF THE CAB AND BED OF TRUCK. CALLED MY SERVICE PERSON AND HE SAID IT WAS PROBABLY A RUPTURED BRAKE LINE, AND FROM THE DESCRIPTION OF WHERE THE PUDDL...

Mileage: 112,000

ALL BRAKE LINES ARE COMPLETELY CORRODED. *TR

I ATTEMPTED TO STOP IN MY DRIVEWAY AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. FORTUNATELY I WAS ONLY GOING 5 MPH BECAUSE I HAD ALMOST NO BRAKES. I STOPPED AND LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE. A BRAKE LINE WAS GUSHING OUT BRAKE FLUID. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE BRAKE LINE RUSTED AND DEVELOPED A LEA...

Mileage: 92,000

NOTICED THAT ALL THE FRONT BRAKE PADS HAVE VERY LITTLE WEAR AND EVEN THE ROTORS ARE NOT BEING WORN (EITHER THE ENTIRE SURFACE (LF INNER ROTOR) OR JUST ON PART OF THE ROTOR SURFACES). THE BACK BRAKE PADS WERE WORN DOWN AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AND SEEM TO BE WEARING FINE. IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH THE ...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHRYSLER 300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF A BRIDGE. THE VEHICLE TRAVELED OFF THE ROADWAY AND ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES BEFORE LANDING ON ALL FOUR WHEELS. THE DRIVER AND FRONT...

Mileage: 29,000

APPROACHING A RED LIGHT. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, VEHICLE DIDN'T STOP. DUE TO MY DRIVING EXPERIENCE, I DOWNSHIFTED AND APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP VEHICLE. EXPENSIVE REPAIR OF $3,500 DUE TO EXTENSIVE RUST CORROSION, ALL BRAKE LINES FRONT TO REAR, ROTORS WITH CALIPERS AND BACKING PLATES ...

Mileage: 64,000

BRAKES FAILED - LINES RUSTED - MECHANIC TELLS ME THAT THEY ARE GETTING SEVERAL SIMILAR SITUATIONS A WEEK ON THIS MODEL OF CHEV. HIS IS A SMALL ;SHOP. WHILE THE TRUCK DID STOP, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE TRUCK TOOK A LONG TIME TO STOP. LUCKILY I WAS NOT IN TRAFFIC. I WOULD HAVE NEVER ST...

Mileage: 102,000

WHILE DRIVING IN MY CHEVY SILVERADO TRUCK WITH MY TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS, WE APPROACHED A RED LIGHT AT AN INTERSECTION. I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE AND I FELT PRESSURE BUT THEN THE BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR. I PUMPED AND DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDDLE SEVERAL TIMES AND ALWAYS COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR UNTIL I...

Mileage: 182,079

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL ABNORMALLY TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR BOARD AS THE SERVICE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT ALL O...

Mileage: 77,296

I JUST FOUND THIS WEB SITE AND SAW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THEIR BRAKE LINES POPPING. IN MY CASE I WAS BACKING UP TO HOOK UP MY 24FT BOAT AND TRAILER. WHILE I WAS GETTING MY TRUCK IN POSITION TO HOOK UP THE TRAILER I NOTICED THAT MY BRAKES WERE GETTING SOFTER AND SOFTER ...

Mileage: 99,670

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT GEARS, THE BRAKES AND EMERGENCY BRAKES FAILED TO FUNCTION WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE BRAKE LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE BRAKES LI...

Mileage: 50,000

THE FORWARD BRAKES LINES WHICH WERE SHOWING SIGNS OF LIGHT SURFACE RUST THREE YEARS AGO ARE NOW HEAVILY CORRODED AND PITTED AND ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF FLUID LEAKAGE. I DISCOVERED THE CONDITION JUST IN TIME WHILE WALKING PAST THE TRUCK IN BRIGHT SUNLIGHT. THE LIGHT HAPPEN TO BE HITTING THE LINES JUST...

Mileage: 48,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE CONTACT TRAVELED THROUGH A STOP SIGN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE WHERE THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT BRAKE ...

Mileage: 93,000

I WAS TRAVELING WEST BOUND ON INTERSTATE 88 TOLLROAD NEAR AURORA, ILLINOIS. I HAD MY 3 HORSE TRAILER, LOADED WITH ONE HORSE, IN TOW. AS I APPROACHED A TOLL PLAZA, I SLOWED MY SPEED FROM 65 DOWN TO 35-40 AS I WAS NEARING THE TOLL BOOTH. WHEN I WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT WENT COMPLETELY TO...

Mileage: 30,000

I CAME TO A STOP IN MY DRIVE WAY WHEN MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR.I KNEW RIGHT AWAY WHAT HAD HAPPENED.I BLEW MY MAIN BRAKE LINE THAT EXITS THE MASTER CYLINDER.I INSPECTED THE BRAKE LINES AND REALIZED THEY WERE ALL CORRODED VERY BADLY.I HAVE NEVER HAD BRAKE LINES CORRODE ON ME SO BADL...

Mileage: 48,000

GOING TO WORK, BACKED UP AND STARTED DOWN DRIVEWAY. AS I APPLIED BRAKES AT BOTTOM OF HILL, BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR, USED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. TOOK TRUCK TO REPAIR SHOP AND HE FOUND THE BREAKS LINES RUSTED AND LEAKING WITH ONE ALREADY SPLIT. WITH THE CONDITION OF ALL THE LINES, KNOW...

Mileage: 123,986

APPLIED BRAKES AT A STOP SIGN AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. TOTAL LOSS OF STOPPING ABILITY. AFTER USING THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP. LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK TO SEE BRAKE FLUID DRIPPING FROM THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK. ALL BRAKE LINES AND THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES CORRODED AND 2 BURST. ALL...

Mileage: 99,706

APPLIED BRAKES AT A STOP SIGN AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. TOTAL LOSS OF STOPPING ABILITY. AFTER USING THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP. LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK TO SEE BRAKE FLUID DRIPPING FROM THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK. ALL BRAKE LINES AND THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES CORRODED AND 2 BURST. ALL...

Mileage: 99,706

THE BRAKE LINING ON MY 2004, SILVERADO WITH 49,000 MILES FAILED DUE TO THE LINES RUSTING AND CAUSING A MASSIVE LEAK. I HAD NO BRAKE PRESSURE AND LUCKILY IT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS GOING FROM PARK TO REVERSE. *TR

Mileage: 49,000

I NOTICED A TRAIL OF FLUID ON MY DRIVEWAY AS I WAS MOVING MY TRUCK AND TRAILER AROUND. WHEN I STOPPED, MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I PUT THE TRUCK ON A SET OF RAMPS TO FIND THE PROBLEM. I NOTICED FLUID DRIPPING FROM THE CHASSIS SLIGHTLY BEHIND THE DRIVER'S DOOR. INVESTIGATION S...

Mileage: 62,900

I WAS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC FOR ABOUT 3MI. WHEN THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED, WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME ON THE REAR BUMPER. THANK GOODNESS I WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY WHEN I HIT HIM AND THERE WAS NOW DAMAGE TO EITHER VEHICLE. I PULLED OFF...

Mileage: 76,481

UNABLE TO STOP. AVOIDED VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME, WENT OFF ROAD NO DAMAGE TO VEHICLE BUT LOSS OF BRAKING. UPON INSPECTION FOUND BRAKE LINES SEVERELY CORRODED AND SEEPING BRAKE FLUID. *TR

Mileage: 68,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE FUEL GAUGE, TACHOMETER AND THE BATTERY CHARGE INDICATOR FAILED. ALSO, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD ONLY OPERATE SPORADICALLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN ...

Mileage: 141,000

LAST MONTH AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 1 HOUR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS; MY SPEEDOMETER STARTED DROPPING. IT WOULD SHOW I WAS GOING 35 ON THE FREEWAY. THIS WAS CLEARLY NOT ACCURATE. THE NEEDLE STARTED JUMPING THEN DROPPED TO 0. THE NEXT DAY, IT WAS WORKING FINE. THE NEXT 2 LONG DISTANCE TRIPS I TOOK, THE SPEEDOMETE...

Mileage: 128,500

BRAKE LINE RUSTED OUT CAUSED LOSS OF ALL BRAKE FLUID ON INTERSTATE 95. PEDAL WHEN TO FLOOR RESULTING IN TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKING. EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS USED TO STOP BUT HARD TO CONTROL VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

WENT TO SHOP FOR SCHED. SERVICE AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND SHOULD BE REPLACED. SCHEDULED FOR REPLACEMENT ON 5/14/13 AT CONSIDERABLE COST. *TR

Mileage: 59,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS BLOWING COLD AIR AND THE DEFROSTER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE CYLINDER HEAD HAD CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER PROV...

Mileage: 110,000

ENGINE LOST POWER IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AT HIGHWAY SPEED DUE PREMATURE FAILURE OF DIESEL FUEL INJECTOR. COME TO FIND OUT INJECTOR HAVE KNOWN DEFECT AND HIGH FAILURE RATE. *TR

Mileage: 119,000

THE BRAKE LINES HAVE RUSTED THROUGH AND BRAKE FLUID LEAKED OUT INTO MY DRIVEWAY. THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT I HAVE HAD WITH A BRAKE LINE LEAK WITHIN THE PAST YEAR. VERY POOR DESIGN ON THE BRAKE LINE SYSTEM IN THIS VEHICLE.. *TR

Mileage: 160,541

I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE INTERSTATE AND TRAFFIC ABRUPTLY STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME. WHEN PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, I SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE, BUT THEN THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND I REAR-ENDED THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. AFTER THE POLICE REPORT WAS FILED, I GOT IT TO A CHEVY DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT ONE...

Mileage: 75,000

I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE INTERSTATE AND TRAFFIC ABRUPTLY STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME. WHEN PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, I SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE, BUT THEN THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND I REAR-ENDED THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. AFTER THE POLICE REPORT WAS FILED, I GOT IT TO A CHEVY DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT ONE...

Mileage: 75,000

DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN I CAME TO NEXT RED LIGHT AND BRAKE PEDAL HIT THE FLOOR. TOOK VERY LONG TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. NOTICED LATER BRAKE LINES ARE CORRODED AND LEAKING DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. APPEAR TO BE RUSTING ALL ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE TUBE. LUCKILY NO VEHICLES WERE IN FRONT ...

WHILE BACKING OUT AT A LITTLE LEAGUE PARKING LOT, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND I HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. ALL BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED/RUPTURED. I DO NOT LIVE OR DRIVE IN THE "RUST BELT". THIS COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE TO INCLUDE PEDESTRIAN OR OCCUPANT FATALITIES. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE BRAKING FOR A TRAFFIC STOP, THE BRAKES ABNORMALLY TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A PEDESTRIAN. THE PEDESTRIAN WAS INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSP...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND CAUSED THE BRAKES TO FAIL. THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO STOP WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CRUISE TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A L...

Mileage: 143,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND CAUSED THE BRAKES TO FAIL. THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO STOP WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CRUISE TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A L...

Mileage: 143,000

DRIVING DOWN A BUSY 4 LANE ROAD. APPROACHED A RED LIGHT AND ATTEMPTED TO STOP, WHEN PUSHING THE PEDAL IT GAVE FREE AND DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I HAD TO SWITCH LANES QUICKLY TO AVOID A CAR AND BLEW THROUGH THE RED LIGHT. WHILE I WAS ABLE TO AVOID THE ACCIDENT IT WAS VERY SCARY. UPON I...

Mileage: 63,000

TODAY ON MY WAY HOME FROM A DOCTORS VISIT I WAS LEAVING ROUTE 509 OFF RAMP FROM HEADING NORTH BOUND IN SEATTLE WASHINGTON. I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN AND AS I APPROACHED THE STOP LIGHT SUDDENLY THE BRAKE PEDAL COLLAPSED TO THE FLOOR CORRESPONDING WITH THE SERVICE BRAKE LIGHT TURNING ON. LUCKI...

Mileage: 72,000

I WAS TRAVELING AT SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT WHEN I NOTICED THAT CARS AHEAD OF ME HAD STOPPED. I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND THE PEDAL IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE FLOOR, THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH CAME ON AS DID A "SERVICE BRAKES" WHERE MY ODOMETER IS. THE BELL INSIDE THE CAB STARTE...

Mileage: 109,940

ON 7/7/09, DRIVING SLOWLY DOWN DRIVEWAY, BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP VEHICLE AFTER BOUNCING OVER CURB. TOOK THE CAR TO JEFF BARNES CHEVROLET AND THEY REPLACED BRAKE LINE THAT WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. ON 6/26/12, DRIVING ON A RURAL ROAD, BR...

Mileage: 77,764

I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH RUSTING BRAKE COMPONENTS SINCE THE CALIPERS RUSTED AND FELL OFF AT 36,000 MILES. NOW MY GARAGE KEPT SILVERADO HAS BRAKE LINES FALLING OFF THAT NEARLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 86,600

I WAS NOTIFIED BY A GM SERVICE CENTER THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE VERY RUSTY AND NEEDED REPLACING.. WHILE REPLACING THE BRAKE LINES, I WAS TOLD THAT THE FUEL LINES WERE LEAKING, NEEDING REPLACEMENT AND ALSO THE FUEL SENDER UNIT NEEDED REPLACING DUE TO CORROSION. THIS WAS A VERY COSTLY REPAIR AND SHOU...

Mileage: 64,824

I WAS NOTIFIED BY A GM SERVICE CENTER THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE VERY RUSTY AND NEEDED REPLACING.. WHILE REPLACING THE BRAKE LINES, I WAS TOLD THAT THE FUEL LINES WERE LEAKING, NEEDING REPLACEMENT AND ALSO THE FUEL SENDER UNIT NEEDED REPLACING DUE TO CORROSION. THIS WAS A VERY COSTLY REPAIR AND SHOU...

Mileage: 64,824

WHEN COMING TO A STOP BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. *TR

Mileage: 153,652

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PARKING AND EXITING THE VEHICLE, SHE HEARD AN ABNORMAL CLICKING NOISE AS THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL AWAY IN REVERSE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER'S DOOR OPENED AND SLAMMED HER TO THE GROUND, TRAVELING...

Mileage: 154,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN RTE 3 NEAR MY HOUSE GOING APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES PER HOUR IN MID AFTERNOON. WHEN I TRIED TO APPLY MY BRAKES THE PEDDLE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND I WAS UNABLE TO STOP. I IMMEDIATELY DEPRESSED MY EMERGENCY BRAKE AND WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A SAFE STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD....

Mileage: 69,000

RUSTED BRAKE LINE RUPTURED CAUSING LOSS OF FLUID RESULTING IN BRAKING FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 66,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME ABNORMALLY STUCK TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE FAILURE WAS...

Mileage: 51,000

NO BRAKES, ALL MOST WENT INTO OHIO RIVER. MAIN BRAKE LINE RUSTED OUT UNDER DRIVER SEAT. AND EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE RUSTED OUT UNDER DRIVER SEAT. AFTER CHECKING ALL LINE AND CABLE NEEDS REPLACED $ 2000. DEALER SAID NOTING THEY CAN REPLACE FOR FREE. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE GM PRODUCTS AGAIN . *TR *JS

Mileage: 64,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Z71. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IN REVERSE, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR UPON ENGAGING. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE GEAR WAS IMMEDIATELY SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ENGAGED IN ORDER TO STOP. THE CONTACT W...

Mileage: 66,800

THE VECHICLE'S ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED! *TR

Mileage: 55,000

THE VECHICLE'S ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED! *TR

Mileage: 55,000

UPON LEAVING A PARKING AREA WITH A FULL LOAD OF WOODCHIPS ON MY TRUCK MY BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT ANY DASHBOARD WARNING, WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. COASTING TO A STOP AND APPLYING THE PARKING BRAKE I STOPPED THE TRUCK WITHOUT HITTING ANYTHING. LOOKING UNDER THE TRUCK I FOUND THE REAR BRAKE L...

Mileage: 137,140

I WENT OUT TO LEAVE FOR A MEETING AND STARTED MY TRUCK. I HEARD A TICKING NOISE THAT I HAD NOT HEARD PRIOR TO THIS MORNING. I OPENED THE HOOD TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF THE TICKING AND DISCOVERED ON THE LEFT BANK ONE OF THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS WAS MISSING THE HEAD. I THEN WENT AROUND TO THE R...

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A KNOCKING COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE NOISE WOULD BECOME LOUDER WHEN ATTEMPTING A TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE SECTOR SHAFT WAS FAILING AND NEEDE...

Mileage: 125,000

I HAVE A DIESEL TRUCK. I NOTICED THAT I COULD SMELL FUEL WHEN THE TRUCK WAS IDLING. I CHECKED UNDERNEATH AND NOTICE A POOL OF FUEL ON THE GROUND ABOUT MIDWAY BACK UNDER THE TRUCK. I CHECKED UNDERNEATH AND NOTICED THE FUEL LINE WAS LEAKING JUST BEFORE IT ENTERED THE FUEL COOLER. THE LINE HAD BURS...

Mileage: 126,482

APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO STOP AS THERE WAS SOME BRAKE PRESSURE LEFT ONCE I GOT THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I CAREFULLY DROVE THE TRUCK HOME AND NOTICE A LARGE PUDDLE UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. I CHECKED UNDERNE...

Mileage: 134,786

I WAS TRAVELING ON A SIDE ROAD AFTER LEAVING MY HOME AND AS I APPROACHED THE STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION OF A MAIN ROAD I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDDLE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I ACTUALLY WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE STOP SIGN AND ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR TRAVELING ON THE MAIN ROAD. ON INSPECTIO...

Mileage: 55,600

I WAS TRAVELING ON A SIDE ROAD AFTER LEAVING MY HOME AND AS I APPROACHED THE STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION OF A MAIN ROAD I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDDLE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I ACTUALLY WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE STOP SIGN AND ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR TRAVELING ON THE MAIN ROAD. ON INSPECTIO...

Mileage: 55,600

I WAS MOVING MY TRUCK FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER AT MY HOUSE TO MOVE AROUND SOME OTHER VEHICLES. WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL THE SECOND TIME TO STOP THE TRUCK, THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, AND MOVED THE OTHER VEHICLES I NEED TO AND WENT TO MOVE MY TRUCK B...

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT TIRES WERE WEARING PREMATURELY. THE TIRES WERE ROTATED REGULARLY, BUT THE FRONT TIRES CONTINUED TO WEAR PREMATURELY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT...

Mileage: 6,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT TIRES WERE WEARING PREMATURELY. THE TIRES WERE ROTATED REGULARLY, BUT THE FRONT TIRES CONTINUED TO WEAR PREMATURELY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT...

Mileage: 6,000

WHEN COMING TO A STOP THE BRAKES OPERATE PROPERLY UNTIL JUST UNDER 10MPH. AROUND 10MPH IT FELT LIKE THE BRAKES FADED AWAY CAUSING THE TRUCK TO LURCH FORWARD. I REPLACED PADS AND ROTORS ON THE FRONT AND BACK THINKING THIS WAS THE ISSUE. THE PROBLEM PERSISTED AFTER INSTALLATION OF NEW BRAKE COMPONE...

Mileage: 58,000

WHEN COMING TO A STOP THE BRAKES OPERATE PROPERLY UNTIL JUST UNDER 10MPH. AROUND 10MPH IT FELT LIKE THE BRAKES FADED AWAY CAUSING THE TRUCK TO LURCH FORWARD. I REPLACED PADS AND ROTORS ON THE FRONT AND BACK THINKING THIS WAS THE ISSUE. THE PROBLEM PERSISTED AFTER INSTALLATION OF NEW BRAKE COMPONE...

Mileage: 58,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THEY RECEIVED A LETTER APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO FROM THE MANUFACTURER STATING THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED TO SEVEN YEARS AND 70,000 MILES. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED NOT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN UNDER ...

Mileage: 116,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THEY RECEIVED A LETTER APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO FROM THE MANUFACTURER STATING THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED TO SEVEN YEARS AND 70,000 MILES. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED NOT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN UNDER ...

Mileage: 116,000

DRIVING 04 SILVERADO NOTICED BRAKES FEELING FUNNY.......DRIVING TO WORK PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR,MADE IT TO WORK AND SEEN BRAKE FLUID POURING OUT OF THE LINE, AFTER CLOSER LOOK REALIZED ALL THE LIBES ARE COMPLETLY CORRODED......UNACCEPTABLE FOR 8 YEAR OLD VEHICAL......SUMTHING SHOULD B DONE. *TR

Mileage: 89,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE WOODS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DESTROYED AND THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS NO...

Mileage: 93,000

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO HAS SEVERELY RUSTED AND CORRODED BRAKE LINES. MUST BE REPLACED. WITH ALL THE EMPHASIS ON SAFETY IT IS ABSURD THAT THESE VEHICLES DO NOT HAVE CORROSION PROOF ( STAINLESS STEEL BRAKE LINES). *TR REPAIR WILL BE VERY COSTLY. I HAD THREE FORD PICKUPS PRIOR TO THIS CHEVROLET, KE...

Mileage: 66,027

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE DRIVER DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE BRAKES WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY CAME TO A STOP AFTER REPEATEDLY APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTICS WHE...

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED AFTER RECEIVING A RECALL REPAIRS FOR THE BLOWER RESISTOR, THE BLOWER FAILED AND AS A RESULT THE WIRING HARNESS AND CONTROL MODULE STARTED TO MELT DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE WHICH...

Mileage: 80,000

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STOPPED WORKING ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. I FOUND LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM ONLINE. WHEN I CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER TO SEE ABOUT GETTING MY VEHICLE FIXED THEY ADVISED EVEN THOUGH THE MILEAGE WAS OLD IT WAS 4 MONTH TO OLD TO BE COVERED BY THE FIX. THEY KNOW THEY SOL...

Mileage: 46,746

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO DIESEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS PLACED IN DRIVE, THE VEHICLE EMITTED A LOUD BANGING NOISE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED BRAKE FLUI...

Mileage: 82,301

TACHOMETER, SPEEDOMETER AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE FAILURES. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

TACHOMETER, SPEEDOMETER AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE FAILURES. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

TACHOMETER, SPEEDOMETER AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE FAILURES. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

RUPTURED BRAKE LINES, DEALER SAID IT IS VERY COMMON, WANTS $1500 FOR REPAIR. MY DAUGHTER HAS 2003 SILVERADO & THE DAY BEFORE HER LINE RUPTURED ALSO! *TR

Mileage: 40,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES FAILED AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A GARAGE DOOR WHILE ENTERING A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED COMPLETELY. THE...

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES FAILED AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A GARAGE DOOR WHILE ENTERING A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED COMPLETELY. THE...

Mileage: 80,000

WELL I BOUGHT THE 2004 SILVERADO TRUCK IN JUNE OF 2011 AND I NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER STUTTER A LITTLE BIT GOING EACH WAY. THEN JUST RECENTLY I EXPERIENCED THE SPEEDOMETER JUST STOP WORKING BY GETTING STUCK AT 30MPH. I PULLED OVER THE TRUCK AND TURNED IT OF TO MAYBE RESET THE SYSTEM BUT EVEN WIT...

Mileage: 113,000

I WAS EXITING FREEWAY AND APPLIED BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN. PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. LUCKILY I GOT SLOWED ENOUGHTOSTOP. CALLED DEALER AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED. THEY REPLACED TWO BRAKE LINES FROM MASTER CYLINDER PROP. VALVE TOBRAKE PRESSURE MOD. VALVE. BAD DESIGN ON THIS VEHICHLE. REPLACEMENT PARTS WERE UDATED W...

Mileage: 64,246

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 45 MPH WHEN THE TRAILER HITCH BENT ABNORMALLY. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THE TRAILER HITCH COULD TOW UP 10,000 POUNDS AND THE CONTACT WAS TOWING 4,700 POUNDS OF PAY LOAD. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THE MANUF...

Mileage: 79,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL KNOCKING FROM THE ENGINE. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE ABNORMALLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS TO THE FAILURE. THE VE...

Mileage: 70,000

2004 CHEVORLET SILVERADO. UNIT #1 WAS TRAVELING WEST IN THE CENTER LANE ON IR80, OHIO TURNPIKE. UNIT #1 LEFT REAR TRAILER TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TRAILER LEFT FENDER. *LN NO TRAILER INFORMATION WAS GIVEN. THE VIN IS INVALID. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0422-91)*JB

THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED SHOWING ACCURATE SPEED, ODOMETER STILL WORKS. WE TOOK THE TRUCK IN FOR SERVICE AND FOUND THAT IT THE FAILURE WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE, BUT NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY OR RECALL. THE COST OF REPAIR WAS APPROXIMATELY $500.00. WE NOW USE GARMIN FOR SPEED CONTROL.

Mileage: 142,000

BRAKE LINE RUSTED AND BURST

Mileage: 44,000

RECKLESS DRIVING - I WAS DRIVEN OFF THE ROAD ON PURPOSE BY AN AGGRESSIVE DRIVER. IT WAS A CAR AND A HALF IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER WHEN I YIELDED TO THE CAR ON MY LEFT PRIOR TO CONDENSING INTO ONE LANE. THE VEHICLE BEHIND US SPEED UP TO BLOCK ME FROM MERGING AND DROVE ME ONTO THE SHOULDER. HE WAS DRIV...

BRAKE ROTORS DETERIORATED TO PUT THEY HAD TO BE REPLACED, COULD NOT BE RESURFACED. FOUND MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD SAME PROBLEM. SEEMS TO ME GM HAS USED INFERIOR METAL. TRUCK IS USED ONLY FOR OCCASIONAL HAULING. TRUCK IS 2 WHEEL DRIVE - NO OFF ROADING.

Mileage: 62,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY REMOVED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FOR INSPECTION. ONCE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS INSTALLED BACK IN THE VEHICLE, THE PANEL OPERATED AS NORMAL WITH THE EXCEPTI...

Mileage: 80,000

MY WIFE AND I WERE TRAVELING DOWN A STEEP HILL WITH A STOP SIGN AT THE BOTTOM. I PROCEEDED TO BEGIN PUMPING THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN, AS I WAS PUMPING THE BRAKE, THE PEDAL KEPT GOING DOWN FURTHER AND FURTHER TO THE FLOOR. IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND A RED WARNING LIGHT CAME ON TELLING ME TO ...

Mileage: 70,510

SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. ODOMETER IS STILL WORKING.

Mileage: 129,217

THERE IS A RATTLING TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL AND HEARD AND FELT BY THE DRIVER. IT IS ESPECIALLY NOTICEABLE DURING LOW SPEED DRIVING AS WELL AS WHEN TURNING OR DRIVING OVER ROUGH TERRAIN. IT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY GM IN A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (TSB NUMBER 06-02-3-0056, ISSUE DATE...

Mileage: 28,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER ON HIS VEHICLE WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT INSTEAD OF JUST REPAIRING THE SPEEDOMETER, THEY NEEDED TO REPLACED THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED...

Mileage: 95,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER REPLACED THE MODULAR TWICE, THE AIR BAG, PLUGS, AIR BAG STRING AND SEVERAL OTHER COMPONENTS MORE THAN 15 TIMES. THE CONTACT HAD THE MODULAR UNDERNEATH THE DASHBO...

Mileage: 30,000

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO, TOWED A TRAILER. THE TRAILER BECAME DISCONNECTED AND TRAVELED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. THE TRAILER STRUCK THE CONCRETE WALL AND FLIPPED OVER. BF THE PIN WHICH HELD THE HITCH INTO THE RECEIVER FELL OUT AND WAS LOCATED. THERE WERE NO CHAINS ON THE TRAILER. (OHIO ...

JUST BOUGHT THIS TRUCK AND THERE IS A CLUNKING, THUMPING, IN THE STEERING COLUMN. MY MECHANIC SAYS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH ALL FULL SIZE GM PRODUCTS, GM NEEDS TO FIX THIS WITH A PERMANENT FIX. HOW CAN THIS NOT BE A SAFETY ISSUE? I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK FOR SAFETY OF MY FAMILY.

Mileage: 80,522

KUMHO TYRES ON MY CHEVY SILVERADO DEVELOPED SIDEWALL SPLITS DUE TO DRY ROT. TYRES ARE ONLY 1 YEAR OLD AND HAVE 26,000 MILES ON THEM. THEY DID NOT WANT THE DOT NUMBERS. CONTACTED KUMHO AND THEY SAID THEY WEREN'T CONCERNED. MY AUTO SHOP SAID THE TYRES WERE UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND REPLACED THEM. THE ...

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. CONSUMER WRITES REGARDING REPAIRS FOR A FUEL INJECTORS *TGW WHEN THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, THEY FOUND THE NUMBER SIX INJECTOR HAD A HIGH FUEL BALANCE RATE AND THEREFORE, WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS AT A COST OF $ 5300. ...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED THEY EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE DEALER WAS INFORMED ABOUT THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG ...

CLUNKING IN STEERING COLUMN GM KNOWS ABOUT PROBLEM STEMS FROM 2004 TILL2008 ALL HAVE BAD STEERING SHAFT GM REFUSES TO REMEDIATE THE PROBLEM HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES ARE AFFECTED PLEASE PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM .THIS PROBLEM OCCURS ON CHEVY SILVERADO PICKUPS. *TR

Mileage: 73,000

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHEN DECELERATING TO STOP FOR A RED LIGHT, THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATED CAUSING THE VEHICLES DECELERATION TO DECREASE, THUS INCREASING THE STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTING IN A NEAR COLLISION. THE VEHICLE NOW DOES THIS CONSISTENTLY DURING EVERY STOP ONCE THE VEHICLES SPEED DROP...

Mileage: 42,000

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHEN DECELERATING TO STOP FOR A RED LIGHT, THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATED CAUSING THE VEHICLES DECELERATION TO DECREASE, THUS INCREASING THE STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTING IN A NEAR COLLISION. THE VEHICLE NOW DOES THIS CONSISTENTLY DURING EVERY STOP ONCE THE VEHICLES SPEED DROP...

Mileage: 42,000

ODOMETER FAILER. 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO. 61,966 MILES. *TR

SPEEDODOMETER CHANGES AND MAY BE CORRECT, NEXT TIME MAY SHOW OFF 5 MILES AN HOUR, NEXT TIME MAY BE OFF 60 MILES AN HOUR, MAY BE FAST, MAY BE SLOW. *TR

Mileage: 99,820

AC TROUBLES: I OWN TWO 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO TRUCKS. AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK AND SOMETIMES SEVERAL TIMES IN ONE DAY, THE TWO DRIVERS SIDE VENT BLOW HOT AIR WHILE THE OTHER TWO PASSENGER VENTS BLOW COLD AIR AS NORMAL. *TR

Mileage: 20,000

AC TROUBLES: I OWN TWO 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO TRUCKS. AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK AND SOMETIMES SEVERAL TIMES IN ONE DAY, THE TWO DRIVERS SIDE VENT BLOW HOT AIR WHILE THE OTHER TWO PASSENGER VENTS BLOW COLD AIR AS NORMAL. *TR

Mileage: 20,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE FROM A COMPLETE STOP, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP INTO NEUTRAL. THE CONTACT WOULD ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE BUT THE VEHICLE WAS RESISTANT. WHEN REMOVING HIS FOOT FROM THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE WOULD INDEPENDENTLY ...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON JANUARY 15, 2010, HE NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE AUTHORIZED D...

Mileage: 91,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES WERE HESITANT TO ENGAGE. HE HAD TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL INTO THE FLOORBOARD IN ORDER TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN I...

Mileage: 79,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO DIESEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD OVERHEAT. THE FAILURE WOULD ONLY OCCUR WHEN TRAVELING ON FLAT ROAD SURFACES, UPHILL OR WHEN PULLING A TRAILER. THE CONTACT WOULD SHUT OFF THE ENGINE UNTIL THE ENGIN...

Mileage: 100,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY TO HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED WHEN HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENTIRE LOWER BALL JOINT ASSEMBLY WAS DEFECTIVE AND THE CALIPER AND BRAKE PADS WERE LOOSE AND FLOPPING AROUND. THE MECHANIC REFUSED TO REPAIR...

Mileage: 91,200

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY TO HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED WHEN HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENTIRE LOWER BALL JOINT ASSEMBLY WAS DEFECTIVE AND THE CALIPER AND BRAKE PADS WERE LOOSE AND FLOPPING AROUND. THE MECHANIC REFUSED TO REPAIR...

Mileage: 91,200

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY TO HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED WHEN HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENTIRE LOWER BALL JOINT ASSEMBLY WAS DEFECTIVE AND THE CALIPER AND BRAKE PADS WERE LOOSE AND FLOPPING AROUND. THE MECHANIC REFUSED TO REPAIR...

Mileage: 91,200

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO SEAT CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO THE SEAT HEAT SWITCH MALFUNCTIONING. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE SEAT HEAT SWITCH WAS STICKING, WHICH CAUSED A SHORT. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND THE SPEEDOMETER INDICATED THE MILEAGE AS 0 MPH. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS INFORMED TWICE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS RECALLED. THEY STATED THAT IF THE VEHICLE WA...

Mileage: 85,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. HE STATED THAT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE SPEEDOMETER, OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT AND RPM LIGHT COMPONENTS BECAME INOPERABLE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED REPLACING THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. THE M...

THE SPEEDOMETER SUDDENLY GOES TO 120 MPH AND STICKS THERE. IT WILL RESET ITSELF WITHIN 3 DAYS (USUALLY) BUT IS HAPPENING MORE OFTEN NOW. *TR

Mileage: 91,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED SHE NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER MOVED FROM 0 TO 120 MPH WITHOUT THE VEHICLE MOVING. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS AND THE VEHICLE HAS ...

Mileage: 126,000

ONGOING BRAKE PROBLEMS WITH ROTORS AND PADS. THE INITIAL FAILURE OF ALL ROTORS AND PADS WERE REPLACED BY DEALER 11,505 MILES. REAR PADS HAVE FAILED AGAIN AT 17,589 MILES. THIS VEHICLE WAS IN FOR A STATE SAFETY INSPECTION AND FAILED SO AGAIN I WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH DEALERSHIP. *TR

Mileage: 17,589

STEERING SHAFT NOISE AND VIBRATION ON 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO THERE IS A CLUNKING AND VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEN TURNING AT LOWER SPEEDS. ALL FRONT END COMPONENTS WERE VERIFIED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION WITH NO PLAY. CLUNKING IS BELIEVED TO BE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. *TR

Mileage: 52,000

INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, HAS OCCURRED APROX. 5-6 TIMES. SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE WILL READ ABOUT 45-50 MPH MORE THAN ACTUAL SPEED. TURN OFF VEHICLE AND THE NEEDLE RESTS ABOUT THE 50 MPH LOCATION AND WILL ONLY GO BACK TO THE ZERO LOCATION AFTER 6-8 RESTARTS. ALSO WHILE LISTENING TO THE RADIO IT WILL SUDDEN...

Mileage: 57,000

WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILURE - WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR CIRCUIT BOARD FAILS, AND WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR REMAINS ON, EVEN WITH THE SWITCH IN THE "OFF" POSITION. *TR

Mileage: 58,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHEN SHIFTING THE VEHICLE INTO THE "REVERSE" POSITION TO EXIT THE DRIVE-WAY, HE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. AS A CONSEQUENCE THE VEHICLE STRUCK A LARGE DECORATIVE BOULDER DIRECTLY IN THE PATHWAY. THE VEHICLE C...

Mileage: 59,347

THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT ON MY CHEVY SILVERADO HAS BECOME LOOSE AGAIN AND NOT ONLY DOES IT MAKE A CLUNKING SOUND WITH VIBRATIONS, IT NOW ALLOWS THE STEERING TO UNEXPECTEDLY DRIFT OVER UN EVEN PAVEMENT OR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IN A CROSS WIND. HAS BEEN FIXED ONCE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO WITH FOREIGN YKS, SIZE LT245/75R16 TIRES. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED MOVING FROM SIDE TO SIDE; HOWEVER, HE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. HE OBSERVED THAT MOST OF THE TREAD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE WAS GONE....

Mileage: 25,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH HE FELT A PULSATING SENSATION AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE BEGAN TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE STOPPED BUT FELT AS IF IT DID NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. HE THEN PULLED OVER AND COULD NOT LOCATE THE FAILURE . THE...

Mileage: 23,150

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHENEVER THE CONTACT ACTIVATED THE AIR CONDITIONING DUAL CLIMATE CONTROL, HE NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE VENTS WOULD SUDDENLY BLOW OUT HOT AIR. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVICED FOR THIS FAILURE AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE ACTUATOR. THE VEHICLE...

Mileage: 75,031

I PURCHASED A 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO BRING NEW FROM COMMONWEALTH MOTORS AND NOW HAVE 85,000 AND THE SPEEDOMETER IS REGISTERING FROM 60 MPH TO 120 MPH. IT'S FLOATING ALL OVER THE PLACE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. IT'S SO DANGEROUS NOT KNOWING HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING. HOW CAN A 2004 VEHICL...

Mileage: 82,000

CLUNKING IN INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME IN 35,000 MILES THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT NEEDED TO BE GREASED. GM DID NOT HAVE A FIX FOR THE PROBLEM OTHER THAN GREASING IT AGAIN. IT WILL NEED TO BE GREASED AGAIN IN ~ 10K MILES...THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! *TR

Mileage: 35,000

I TOO HAVE A 2004 SILVERADO. MY SPEEDOMETER WENT OUT . AT FIRST IT REGISTERED ZERO. LATER IT WENT UP TO OVER 120 AND STAYED OFF THE SCALE FOR THE ENTIRE TRIP. THIS OCCURS NOW EVERYTIME I DRIVE THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 114,000

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO...THE STEERING COLUMN MAKES A HORRIBLE CLUNKING NOISE. WE HAVE HAD IT REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES UNDER WARRANTY BUT NOW THERE'S NO WARRANTY AND THESE PARTS AND LABOR ARE TOO EXPENSIVE TO FIX. THE DEALER SAYS AND I KNOW FROM OWNING ANOTHER 2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN THAN THIS IS A ...

Mileage: 32,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER REMAINED AT 90 MPH. THE FAILURE OCCURS SPORADICALLY. THE DEALER STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT HEARD OF RECALLS FOR THE SPEEDOMETERS ON OTHER SILVERADOS, BUT FOR DIFFERENT...

Mileage: 85,000

MY SPEEDOMETER, RPM GAUGE, AND TRANSMISSION GAUGE HAVE ALL STOPPED FUNCTIONING...BASICALLY EVERYTHING ON THE LEFT SIDE IF YOUR LOOKING AT IT. THE SPEEDOMETER HANGS ON 30 OR 60 AND IF IT DOES WORK, WHICH IS ONLY OCCASIONALLY IT'S VERY SLOW AND CLICKS IT'S WAY ALONG, SO THEREFORE IT IS NOT ACCURATE A...

Mileage: 130,000

04 CHEVY SILVERADO SPEDO GOES TO 120 MPH AND STAYS THERE AND WILL NOT GO DOWN. *TR

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. AT ABOUT 20,000 MILES THE TRUCK STARTED TO HESITATE WHENEVER I WOULD TAKE OFF FROM A RED LIGHT, IT WOULD DO THIS ABOUT ONCE A MONTH OR SO. AT 30,000 MILES OR SO, IT WOULD KIND OF JUMP INTO GEAR WHEN FIRST TAKING OFF OR JUMP INTO REVERSE. DEALER WOULD SAY THEY TEST DRIVE AT ...

Mileage: 76,000

HAD TWO CHEVY SILVERADOS THAT DEVELOP INTAKE AND WATER PUMP GASKET FAILURE ON A 4.3 LITER ENGINE. BOTH DEVELOP COOLANT LEAK THROUGH THE GASKET. THE LATEST WAS IN NOVEMBER ON MY 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO. UPON CHECKING THE OWNERS MANUAL IN REGARDS TO THE DEXCOOL COOLANT IT CLEARLY STATES THAT THIS COOLA...

Mileage: 64,659

MY VEHICLE IS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO K2500 EXT LWB 4WD WITH APPROXIMATELY 21,000 MILES. I HAVE USED THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE FEATURE OFF AND ON AS NEEDED TO NEGOTIATE SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, WHICH OCCURRED ON 12/23/08: WHILE DRIVING IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE, HI...

Mileage: 21,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AT NIGHT, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WARNING INDICATORS AND GAUGES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER FAILED. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THA...

Mileage: 40

I WAS DRIVING AND HEARD A POP. A COUPLE OF MILES DOWN THE ROAD NOTICED THAT MY SPEEDOMETER WAS WAY OFF. IT SAID THAT I WAS DOING OVER 100 WHEN I WAS PROBABLY ONLY GOING ABOUT 60. I SEARCH AND NOTICED THAT THIS IS VERY COMMON WITH MY TRUCK. IT'S A 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO WITH ABOUT 33K MILES ON IT. ...

Mileage: 33,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO EXTENDED CAB. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 30 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER DIAL WENT STRAIGHT TO ZERO. THE FAILURE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY THREE TIMES WITHIN ONE WEEK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,959 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS GREATER THAN 84,000. UPDATED 1/6/09 *C...

Mileage: 83,959

2004 CHEVY 1500 TRUCK, I RECEIVED A RECALL FOR THE DASH CLUSTER, ALL MY DASH COMPONENTS DO NOT WORK, THE RECALL IS IF ONLY THERE WERE LESS THAN SO MANY MILES, NOW AT 90,000 MILES, MINE QUIT WORKING, WHY IS A RECALL ONLY GOOD FOR SO MANY MILES WHEN THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH IT. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

2004 CHEVY 1500 TRUCK, I RECEIVED A RECALL FOR THE DASH CLUSTER, ALL MY DASH COMPONENTS DO NOT WORK, THE RECALL IS IF ONLY THERE WERE LESS THAN SO MANY MILES, NOW AT 90,000 MILES, MINE QUIT WORKING, WHY IS A RECALL ONLY GOOD FOR SO MANY MILES WHEN THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH IT. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

STEERING COLUMN VIBRATION AND HEAVY "CLUNK" ON TURNING, TRUCK WAS LOOKED AT SEVERAL TIMES UNDER WARRANTY, AND STEERING COLUMN WAS "GREASED" TO FIX ISSUE, WHICH MADE NOISE DISAPPEAR FOR SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. PROBLEM BECOMING MORE FREQUENT, AND "GREASE" FIX LASTING LESS TIME EACH ATTEMPT. *TR

Mileage: 49,802

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE FAILED WHERE THE UPPER CONTROL ARMS ATTACH TO THE FRONT FRAME. AS A RESULT, HE CANNOT USE THE VEHICLE FOR SNOW-PLOWING, WHICH IS...

Mileage: 112,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SENSOR INDICATOR ILLUMINATES IMMEDIATELY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP FROM 5-10 MPH. THIS IS DURING A SOFT STOP, NOT A HARD STOP; THEREFORE, THE SENSOR SHOULD NOT ILLUMINATE AT THAT SPEED. THE WEATHER AND SPEED...

Mileage: 32,000

2004 CHEVY SILVERADO HAD A BAD FUEL PUMP. CONSUMER THINKS THAT GMC SHOULD HAVE A BETTER QUALITY FUEL PUMP. *NJ

Mileage: 42,186

ABS ACTIVATION AT SPEEDS UNDER 20 MPH, SOMETIMES JERK THE WHEEL TO THE RIGHT, FOR NO APPARENT REASON. MECHANIC REPLACED ABS WHEEL SENSORS, PROBLEM EVEN WORSE, AND TOLD TO BRING IT TO GM. *TR

Mileage: 44,100

THE ODOMETER AND INSTRUMENT PANEL IN MY 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO IS NOT WORKING, MEANING THAT I CAN NOT TELL HOW FAST OR SLOW I AM DRIVING. I WAS NOT SURE IF A SAFETY RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED TO MAKE GM REPAIR THIS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SPEEDOMETER IS STUCK ON 5MPH AND DOES NOT MOVE THE ENTIRE TIME I AM D...

Mileage: 63,000

ON AUG 13, 2008 AT APPROX MIDNIGHT OUR TRUCK WHICH WAS PARKED IN OUR DRIVEWAY STARTED ON FIRE. IT DID DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE AND WE BELIEVE IT STARTED WITH THE GLOW PLUG RELAY SWITCH OR SOMETHING ELECTRIC COVERED BY POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. TODAY IS SEPT 13TH AND WE JUST RECEIVED A LTR FROM GM THAT THE...

Mileage: 46,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 50 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER REMAINED STUCK ON 40 MPH, DESPITE ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION. THE OIL GAUGE ALSO REMAINED STUCK ON 80. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 64,000.

Mileage: 64,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 58 MPH, THE CONTACT SLID ON A PATCH OF ICE AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE RAN OFF THE ROAD AND CRASHED INTO A TELEPHONE POLL ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE STOPPED WHEN IT CRASHED INTO A FROZEN EMBANKMEN...

Mileage: 180,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL WAS INOPERATIVE. SHE WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT SPEED SHE WAS TRAVELING. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY COULD NOT IDENTIFY WHAT COMPONENT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ...

Mileage: 50,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE SPARE TIRE WAS A DIFFERENT SIZE THAN THE ORIGINAL TIRE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT HIS SPARE TIRE WAS THE CORRECT SPARE TIRE SIZE THAT COMES WITH HIS VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.UPDA...

Mileage: 30,000

I HAVE A2004 CHEVY 3500 SILVERADO, WITH 50,000 MILES ON, I NOTICED A CLICKING NOISE IN THE RIGHT FRONT. WITH FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I NOTICED THAT THE FRONT WHEEL WAS LOOSE ON THE TRUCK. THE WHEEL BEARING WAS LOOSE. I CALLED GENERAL MOTORS AND DISCUSSED THE BEARING FAILURE. I GOT THE NEW BEARING AN...

Mileage: 50,000

SPEEDOMETER/TACH DON'T WORK, FUEL GAUGE IS INCORRECT. THE VEHICLE IS AN 04 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 2X4. PURCHASED NEW IN 04, WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. *TR

Mileage: 32,700

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL GAUGES WORK SPORADIC, OR NOT AT ALL. SPEEDOMETER READS OVER 120 MPH ALL THE TIME, AND GAS GAUGE DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. I HAVE NOT REPAIRED THEM YET BECAUSE OF COST ($500+ LABOR AND PROGRAMMING FEES). *TR

Mileage: 85,000

ENGINE NOISE AT IDLE. TICKING WHICH SOUNDS LIKE LIFTERS OR INJECTORS HANGING UP. *TR

Mileage: 37,850

STARTING AT AROUND 50,000 MILES AND DURING ROUTINE DRIVING CONDITIONS I NOTICED A SCENT OF ANTI-FREEZE EMANATING FROM UNDER HOOD. AT FIRST UNABLE TO LOCATE LEAK AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE VEHICLE. AT AROUND 69,000 MILES LEAK BECAME APPARENT AND WAS LEAKING FROM THE WATER PUMP. DEALER ASSESSED THE PROBLE...

Mileage: 50,000

2004 CHEVY SILVERADO WITH THE SPEEDOMETER STICKING. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WILL STAY AT 50 MPH FOR A WHILE THEN DROP TO 0 MPH AFTER STOPPING A FEW TIMES AND MIGHT NOT MOVE FROM 0 UNLESS HE SHUTS THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART IT. *KB

Mileage: 49,000

SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. IT WILL DISPLAY 70 MPH WHEN STANDING STILL. IT DOES NOT DISPLAY THE MPH CORRECTLY. THE NEEDLE WILL NOT RE-ZERO AFTER IGNITION IS TURNED OFF. *TR

Mileage: 82,000

THE CLUSTER PANEL GAUGES ARE ALL MALFUNCTIONING, SOME HAVE GONE COMPLETELY OUT I.E. SPEEDOMETER, OIL GAUGE, ALTERNATOR, ETC. FAN MOTOR AND ADAPTER WIRES CAUGHT FIRE, SHORTED OUT. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

MY SPEEDOMETER STICKS. IT WILL NOT MOVER OR IT WILL GO TO 80 AND YOUR DOING 30. OR IT WON'T MOVE AT ALL. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON NOW FOR A YEAR. *TR

Mileage: 47,000

SPEEDOMETER, IS ALL OVER THE PLACE 20MPH TO 110MPH, YOU NEVER KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING WITHOUT CHECKING THE RPMS OR A STOP WATCH. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYS INACCURATE READINGS. THERE WAS A COURTESY RECALL REGARDING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, BUT THE VEHICLE HAS TOO MANY MILES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 78,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000.

Mileage: 72,000

I OWN A 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO. ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO, MY INSTRUMENT PANEL QUIT WORKING. BECAUSE MY MILEAGE EXCEEDED THE NUMBER SET BY GM, GM WILL NOT HONOR THE RECALL ON 2003-2005 GM VEHICLES. MY WIFE HAS EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. *CN

Mileage: 65,000

THE SPEEDOMETER MAULFUNCTIONS RESULTING IN DISPLAY OF INCORRECT SPEED. GM ACKNOWLEDGES THE EQUIPMENT FAILURE AND WILL NOT HONOR THE RECALL. *CN

Mileage: 50,000

YEAR : 2004 MAKE : CHEVROLET MODEL : COLORADO FUEL TANK CAP WON'T TIGHTEN PROPERLY 99,596 MILEAGE. *TR

Mileage: 99,000

04 SILVERADO WITH 46,000 MILES, SPEEDOMETER HAS MALFUNCTIONED. SOMETIMES WILL BE PEGGED WHILE STOPPED,SOMETIMES WILL READ 60 WHEN STOPPED. I THINK GM SHOULD REPLACE THESE OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE PARTS, PLUS PAY FOR ALL TICKETS ACQUIRED IN THESE DEFECTIVE VEHICLES. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A "TREND" HERE PEOPL...

Mileage: 45,500

WE HAVE A 2004 SILVERADO. ON FRIDAY, DEC. 21 THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO STICK. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED IT WILL GO AS LOW AS 30 MPH. WHEN DRIVING THE SPEEDO SAYS ABOUT 110-120 MPH. THERE IS (WITHOUT GOING AND LOOKING) ABOUT 38,300 MILES ON THE TRUCK. WE BOUGHT THIS TRUCK NEW IN FEB. OF 2003. THIS...

Mileage: 38,100

NOVEMBER 10, 2007, I WROTE THE FOLLOWING LETTER TO: GENERAL MOTORS 100 RENAISSANCE CENTER P.O. BOX 100 DETROIT, MI 48265-1000 CERTIFIED MAIL NUMBER: 7007 1490 0000 9298 4767 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I HAVE RECEIVED YOUR LETTER REGARDING THE 2004 MODEL YEAR CHEVROLET SILVERADO WHEREBY ...

NOVEMBER 10, 2007, I WROTE THE FOLLOWING LETTER TO: GENERAL MOTORS 100 RENAISSANCE CENTER P.O. BOX 100 DETROIT, MI 48265-1000 CERTIFIED MAIL NUMBER: 7007 1490 0000 9298 4767 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I HAVE RECEIVED YOUR LETTER REGARDING THE 2004 MODEL YEAR CHEVROLET SILVERADO WHEREBY ...

FAILURE OF 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

SPEEDOMETER IS SOMETIMES PINNED AT 120MPH SOMETIMES 60 MPH WHEN PARKED . DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. THIS IS A KNOWN GM INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER PROGRAM & THE TRUCK IS A 2004 UNDER 4 YEARS OLD BUT THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING TO PAY FOR THIS KNOWN PROBLEM BECAUSE I AM OVER THE MILEAGE. NOT MY FAULT IT BROKE AFT...

Mileage: 78,000

WE PURCHASED A NEW 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO THAT CURRENTLY HAS ONLY 11,475 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. I WAS INFORMED DURING A SAFETY INSPECTION THAT THE BRAKE ROTORS AND BRAKES NEED TO BE REPLACED (COMPLETE) AND HAD COMMENTED HE HAS EXPERIENCED "MANY FAILURES" SUCH AS MINE. FAILURE DUE TO POROUS CASTING ...

Mileage: 11,452

WE PURCHASED A NEW 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO THAT CURRENTLY HAS ONLY 11,475 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. I WAS INFORMED DURING A SAFETY INSPECTION THAT THE BRAKE ROTORS AND BRAKES NEED TO BE REPLACED (COMPLETE) AND HAD COMMENTED HE HAS EXPERIENCED "MANY FAILURES" SUCH AS MINE. FAILURE DUE TO POROUS CASTING ...

Mileage: 11,452

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS FAILING. FIRST WAS THE SPEEDOMETER, THEN THE TACHOMETER, FOLLOWED BY OIL PRESSURE GAUGE. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST I AM TRAVELING OR IF MY OIL PUMP IS WORKING. THE SPEEDOMETER PART IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE TO ME. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ, THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF GM VEHICLES WITH T...

MY SPEEDOMETER STARTED ACTING UP SAYING THAT I WAS GOING FASTER THAN I WAS GOING. NOW IT STAYS ON 120 AND NOW MY OIL PRESSURE GAUGE IS STARTING TO DO THE SAME. *TR

MY 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO SPEEDOMETER KEEPS STICKING AT 55 OR 60 WHEN I TRAVEL FOR MORE THAN 20 MILES ITS REALLY UNSAFE AND ENDED UP PAYING A 191.00 SPEEDING TICKET OVER THIS. MY SPEEDOMETER WAS STUCK AT 50 WHEN I WAS REALLY DOING 65 AND I DIDN'T NOTICE I TOLD THE OFFICER BUT HE SAID TO HAVE SOMEONE C...

Mileage: 67,500

LEFT BRAKE LIGHT CONTINUES TO STOP WORKING. BULB IS GOOD, STILL WON'T WORK. DRIVERS SIDE BACK UP LIGHT IS THE SAME WAY. THEY MAY WORK , MAY NOT. *TR

Mileage: 58,000

LEFT BRAKE LIGHT CONTINUES TO STOP WORKING. BULB IS GOOD, STILL WON'T WORK. DRIVERS SIDE BACK UP LIGHT IS THE SAME WAY. THEY MAY WORK , MAY NOT. *TR

Mileage: 58,000

THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVEADO BEGAN MALFUNCTIONING EARLY THIS SPRING, AND HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. CURRENTLY WHEN PARKED IT REGISTERS BETWEEN 50-120 MPH, THEN PEGS WHEN DRIVING. SO I NEVER KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING. THE REPLACEMENT INSTRUMENT CLUSTER COSTS NEARLY $600.00 FOR TH...

WHEN PLACING THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE/REVERSE AFTER START UP, THE ON BOARD DIAGNOSTICS REPORTS "SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM". A COMPLETE BRAKE INSPECTION HAS BEEN PERFORMED WITH NO INDICATION OF ANY TYPE OF ISSUE. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. IF THE DIAGNOSTICS REPORTS THIS FAILURE, I CAN TURN THE VEHIC...

Mileage: 27,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR WHEN DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR. THE VEHICLE COASTED FOR THREE MINUTES BEFORE IT STOPPED. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS NOT APPLIED. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME WITHO...

Mileage: 68,000

SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO IS ACTING UP. THE NEEDLE IS TICKING LIKE A CLOCK AS I ACCELERATE AND SLOW DOWN. I HAVE HEARD AND READ ABOUT MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME EXACT PROBLEM ON THIS MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 28,827

MY 04 CHEVY SILVERADO SS HAS LOST THE GAS GAGE AND THE RPM GAGE IS STICKING. THE ONLY GAS GAGE THAT I HAVE IS THE DIGITAL ONE. THE RPM GAGE HAS STARTED STICKING. WHEN THE GAS GAGE STARTED STICKING I TALKED TO THE CHEVY SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY SAID A GAS CLEANER THEY SOLD WOULD MOST LIKELY FIX TH...

MY 04 CHEVY SILVERADO SS HAS LOST THE GAS GAGE AND THE RPM GAGE IS STICKING. THE ONLY GAS GAGE THAT I HAVE IS THE DIGITAL ONE. THE RPM GAGE HAS STARTED STICKING. WHEN THE GAS GAGE STARTED STICKING I TALKED TO THE CHEVY SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY SAID A GAS CLEANER THEY SOLD WOULD MOST LIKELY FIX TH...

SPEEDOMETER IS ERRATIC, DOES NOT RESET TO ZERO WHEN STOPPED. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

STEERING YOKE HAS BEEN FIX TWICE WOULD LIKE IT FIXED DEALERS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT HAS NO ANSWER ALL THAT IS SAID TO ME IS WE WILL REPACK THE YOKE THIS IS ONLY GOOD FOR 4 TO 5 MOUTHS WHAT SHOULD I DO. *TR

SPEEDOMETER COMPLETELY FAILED, RIGHT AFTER TRUCK TURNED 100,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 100,300

TRUCK CUT OUT WHILE ON THE FREEWAY; ABLE TO GET IT RESTARTED. LATER WHILE TRYING TO GET HOME IT STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. CHEVY SERVICE DEALER KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS-- HE TOLD ME IT WAS DUE TO A BROKEN WIRE PRIMARY AT COIL CONNECTOR. THAT THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. PART WAS REPL...

Mileage: 76,505

THERE IS A BANGING IN THE STEERING COLUMN. *JB

Mileage: 43,216

WHILE DRIVING AROUND 65-70MPH MY SPEEDOMETER STUCK. WHILE SLOWING DOWN AFTER REACHING SPEEDS OF NEARLY 70MPH, I REALIZED MY SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT BACKING OFF OF THIS SPEED. I THEN DID NOT KNOW HOW FAST I WAS DRIVING. THE SPEEDOMETER IS NOW STUCK AT 67MPH. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND I WILL HAVE TO REPLA...

I OWN A 2004 SILVERADO. AS WITH AN EVER GROWING LIST OF FELLOW OWNERS OF CHEVY AND GMC 2000 TO 2005 TRUCKS, THE SPEEDOMETER HAS QUIT WORKING WITH ONLY 40,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD NOT BEING ABLE TO KNOW THE SPEED AT WHICH OUR VEHICLES ARE TRAVELING AT! *TR

Mileage: 41,380

THEY WARRANTY COVERS INJECTORS REPLACEMENT OF 2001-2003 CHEVY DURAMAX DIESELS MY TRUCK IS A 2004 WITH A 2003 ENGINE AND HAS INJECTORS REPLACED AT 63000 MILES ALREADY AND BECAUSE MY TRUCK IS AN 04 WITH A 03 ENGINE THEY DENY THE CLAIM BUT ALLOW THE 2001-2003 OWNERS INJECTORS TO BE REPLACED. *JB

Mileage: 133,000

2004 SILVERARDO 2500 HD CREW CAB WITH 33,000 MILES - INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NOT WORKING. *TR

Mileage: 32,250

WHEN I BOUGHT MY 04 SILVERADO TRUCK USED IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR I NOTICED A KLUNKING IN THE STEERING. AFTER GETTING IT CHECKED OUT I FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS THE UPPER INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT. MY FATHER-IN-LAW BOUGHT AN 02 AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. WELL AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I FOUND OUT TH...

Mileage: 40,000

MY 2004 CHEVY TRUCK WAS RECALLED BECAUSE OF INSTRUMENT PANEL MALFUNCTIONS. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED; HOWEVER, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE PLAN TO CORRECT THIS HAS ARBITRARY RECALL PARAMETERS, IE 7 YEAR/70,000 MILES. MY VEHICLE IS 3 YEARS OLD AND HAS 96,000 MILES AND HAS EXPERIENCED THIS MALFUNCTION. ...

Mileage: 34,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH FOR 20 MINUTES USING THE CRUISE CONTROL, THE SPEEDOMETER READING WAS 95 MPH AND THE RPM WAS 2000. HE DIDN'T NOTICE ANY WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE SPEEDOMETER READ 45 MP...

Mileage: 32,640

#1-BLOWER MOTOR ON HIGH THEN WILL ONLY BLOW INTERMITTENT.#2 STEERING TO THE LEFT CAN FEEL CLUNKING NOISE STEERING WHEEL AND FEEL IN THE FLOORBOARD. LOCAL GARAGE CAN NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. DID ALIGNMENT. DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. ALSO SOMETIMES HARD TO STEER AFTER REVERSING. *TR

I WAS DRIVING UP TP A STOP LIGHT WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED RED THERE WAS A CAR IN FRONT OF ME THAT HAD STOPPED, I REALIZED I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF ROOM BUT THOUGHT IT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO STOP. I PUT THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND STILL HIT THEM TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED. *TR THEN ON 9/8/07 AND A DEER RAN OUT...

Mileage: 63,000

I WAS DRIVING UP TP A STOP LIGHT WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED RED THERE WAS A CAR IN FRONT OF ME THAT HAD STOPPED, I REALIZED I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF ROOM BUT THOUGHT IT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO STOP. I PUT THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND STILL HIT THEM TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED. *TR THEN ON 9/8/07 AND A DEER RAN OUT...

Mileage: 63,000

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO SPEEDOMETER HAS STOPPED WORKING EXACTLY AS OUTLINED BY THE OTHER COMPLAINTS, SPEEDOMETER REGISTERS RANDOMLY WITH INCORRECT SPEED OR STUCK NEEDLE. I CALLED MY DEALER AND PARTS AND LABOR AMOUNTS TO AROUND $500.00. I ASKED A FRIEND OF MINE WHO IS ALSO A SERVICE MANAGER AT THE D...

Mileage: 66,000

CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. WAS TOLD THIS WAS CHRONIC PROBLEM BY A LOT OF OTHER OWNERS. *TR

Mileage: 41,422

SPEEDOMETER ON 2004 SILVERADO READS ERRATICALLY. NOT RELIABLE TO SHOW CORRECT SPEED. READING EVENTUALLY WILL REACH "0" WHILE SPEED HAS NOT CHANGED. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

SPEEDOMETER FAILURE. *JB

Mileage: 41,200

AMBIENT OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE OF APPROXIMATELY 25-DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND LOWER CAUSES IN-CAB HEATER/AC CONTROL THAT DETERMINES WHERE AIR FLOW WILL BE DIRECTED (DEFROST/FLOOR/DASH VENTS/COMBO) TO STICK. OCCURS AROUND ONE TIME IN FIVE; AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. IF, AFTER COMMENCING DRIVING, THE WINDSHIEL...

Mileage: 3,500

SPEEDOMETER READS 75 WHEN THE TRUCK IS STOPPED AND QUICKLY PEGS WHEN MOVING. CHEVY WANTS HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO REPAIR. A QUICK SEARCH ON THE INTERNET REVEALED THAT THIS IS A FREQUENT PROBLEM WITH CHEVY TRUCK NEWER THAN 2003. IT SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE. *JB

Mileage: 72,000

MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Z71 HAS A FAILURE IN THE STEERING COLUMN LINKAGE WHERE IT MAKES A CLUNKING & WHINING NOISE, PRIMARILY WHEN TURNING LEFT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT MY MECHANIC TELLS ME WILL CAUSE THE STEERING TO FAIL AND THAT ALMOST ALL OF HIS CUSTOMERS WHO OWN LATE MODEL GM TRUCKS HAV...

Mileage: 39,000

FOR OVER 2 YEARS AND 30,000 MILES THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO PICKUP HAS BEEN STICKING. STARTING AT ABOUT 20,000 MILES ABOUT EVERY 3 OR 4 MONTHS THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE WOULD STICK AT 25 MPH, 30 MPH OR 35 MPH. THIS STICKING WAS WHERE THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE WOULD STOP AT WHEN YOU TU...

Mileage: 20,000

THE 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 43000 MILES AND THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING AND DID NOT REGISTER ANYTHING. I LOOKED ONLINE FOR RECALLS AND FOUND NONE PERTAINING TO THIS. HOWEVER, I FOUND 208 SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON TOPIX.NET/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-SILVERADO-1500/TR5QAB2MN19BL1D2J/P11#LASTPOST....

Mileage: 42,667

FAILURE OF SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER GAUGES. NEEDLES PEGGED. NO IDEA HOW FAST TRUCK IS TRAVELING. *TR

Mileage: 24,000

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERARDO - EXT CAP, 4WD, LS, FAULTY SPEEDOMETER. *AK

Mileage: 45,400

SPEEDOMETER INOPERATIVE. *AK

Mileage: 65,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH IN THE CENTER LANE, THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO THE MEDIAN. AAA ARRIVED AND CHANGED THE TIRE. THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER HE ...

Mileage: 65,000

2004 SILVERADO 1500 4 DOOR. UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED REGISTERING WAY TOO HIGH... DEAD STOP, THE SPEEDOMETER READS ABOUT 30-45 MPH. NORMAL DRIVING WITH FLOW OF TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATE DISPLAYED AS GREATER THAN 120 MPH. *AK

Mileage: 38,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD VIBRATE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE DEALER COULD NOT ORDER THE PART AND ADVISED HIM TO CHECK WITH ANOTHE...

Mileage: 7,500

SPEEDOMETER HAS BECOME ERRATIC ON A 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO @ 47,000 MILES. STARTED APPROX. 5/14/07. DOES NOT WORK RIGHT MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOONS - SPEED INDICATES 0-10 MPH WHETHER DOING 50 MPH OR 70 MPH. CONTACTED CHEVY DEALER ON 5/25/07 AND HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM. I FEEL AS IF THIS IS A S...

Mileage: 47,000

THE 2004 SILVERADO 1500 CONTINUED TO GIVE PROBLEMS. I HAD THE SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER REPLACED RECENTLY TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE, BUT THE VEHICLE SHIMMIED AND BOUNCED AS IT WENT DOWN THE HIGHWAY. I KNEW IT WAS THE VEHICLE BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE ON MY OTHER CARS ON THE SAME HIGHWAY. ...

Mileage: 25,000

2004 CHEVY SILVERADO CUSTOMER WANTS TO KNOW IS THIS TRUCK COVERED IN RECALL**CC THE CONSUMER RECENTLY PURCHASED THE VEHICLE WITH A SALVAGED TITLE. *JB

THE 2004 CHEVROLET, SILVERADO IS RUNNING 50 PLUS MPH, AND SPEEDOMETER READS ZERO. WHEN IS GENERAL GOING TO GET THERE HEADS OUT OF THERE. *AK

Mileage: 70,000

AFTER I DRIVE ABOUT 11 MILES THE SPEEDOMETER DROPS TO ZERO. AFTER ABOUT 30 TO 40 MILES IT WILL RUN BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MILES SLOW. THIS HAPPENS EVERY DAY I DRIVE THE TRUCK. WHY CAN'T GENERAL MOTORS GET THERE HEADS OUT OF THE SAND AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS. *JB

Mileage: 70,998

SPEEDOMETER ON 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO TRUCK STICKS AT VARIOUS PLACES. IF I TURN OFF THE ENGINE AND IT IS STUCK ON 30 MPH THE NEXT TIME I DRIVE THE NEEDLE WENT UP FROM THERE AS IF THAT WAS ZERO. SO I MIGHT ONLY BE GOING 30 MPH, BUT THE SPEEDOMETER SAID IM GOING 60 MPH. THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE ...

Mileage: 26,000

SPEEDOMETER DROPPED TO ZERO WHEN DRIVING AT 55 MPH, AFTER ABOUT 40 MILES SPEEDOMETER RUNS SLOWER THAN ACTUAL SPEED. THIS IS HAPPENING ON A REGULAR BASIS.*AK

Mileage: 71,440

SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 GM CHEVY SILVERADO READS DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT FROM ACTUAL SPEED WHILE DRIVING, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE ACTUAL SPEED WHICH COULD CAUSE A CRASH DUE TO IMPROPER SPEED, OR TRAFFIC SAFETY VIOLATION FOR IMPROPER SPEED. GM DOES NOT HAVE RECALL ON THIS SAFETY ISSUE. GM IS A...

Mileage: 40,000

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO WITH A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE! THE SPEEDOMETER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY AND WHEN THE NEEDLE ACTUALLY MOVES THE SPEED THAT REGISTERS IS NO WHERE NEAR CORRECT. THE DEALER WANTS $600 TO FIX IT BUT APPARENTLY IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT CHEVY'S ARE HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE SPEEDO...

Mileage: 38,000

I OWN A 2004 SILVERADO 2500 HD W/ALLISON TRANSMISSION. THE SPEEDOMETER IS FAULTY. THE SPEED SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED BUT HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION IS OK. THE SPEEDOMETER IS ERRATIC. ONE DAY IT WILL WORK...THEN I'LL BE DRIVING AT 60 MPH AND THE NEEDLE DROPS TO ZERO OR SHOOTS UP ...

Mileage: 45,000

(1) THERE WERE NO SPECIFIC EVENTS THAT LEAD TO FAILURE. (2) MY 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING AT ABOUT 40K MILES WHEN WARRANTY WAS OUT. DEALER SAYS IT COSTS APPROXIMATELY $500. I'VE READ MANY WEBSITES DESCRIBING THIS ISSUE ALONG WITH LAWSUITS IN CA, OR, AND WA, SO I WAS HOPING GM W...

Mileage: 40,000

MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO SPEEDOMETER WAS DEFECTIVE/ ERRATIC, AND INTERMITTENTLY OPERATING, NOT READING SPEED ACCURATELY. IT WAS JUMPY, AND DID NOT NOT WORK AT ALL AT TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAS 41000 MILES , AND DEALER WILL NOT FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

Mileage: 39,000

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO. MY SPEEDOMETER STARTED GOING BAD AFTER 50K MILES (15K PAST WARRANTY) THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYS INACURRATE SPEEDS. DRIVING ON THE INTERSATE AT 70MPH, IT READS ANYWHERE FROM 0-15. SITTING AT RED LIGHTS IT STICKS AT 55 OR 40. I HAVE NO IDEAD HOW FAST I AM DRIVING AND ...

Mileage: 50,000

I OWN A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 AND YESTERDAY THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN READING INCORRECTLY. NOW IT CURRENTLY READS 65 MPH AT BOTH A STANDSTILL AND WHEN THE TRUCK IS TURNED OFF. AT REGULAR SURFACE STREET SPEEDS (40-50 MPH) THE SPEEDOMETER READS APPROX. 95 MPH. I CALLED GM IN DETROIT AND THE DEN...

Mileage: 47,800

MY SPEEDOMETER HAS HAD A 'JERKY' MOTION FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS. TODAY, ON MY WAY TO WORK, I SET MY CRUISE AT 78. WHEN I EXITED THE FREEWAY AND ENTERED THE SLOWER SECTION OF ROAD, MY SPEEDOMETER FAILED TO DECREASE AS MY SPEED DID. IT STILL READ 78 WHEN I SLOWED TO MATCH OTHER TRAFFIC IN A 55 ZONE....

Mileage: 79,179

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. AT TIMES IT WILL SHOW 0 MPH WHEN THE CAR IS BEING DRIVEN. WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER DECIDES TO WORK IT MOVES IN A JERKING FASHION. THE FIRST TIME I REALIZED THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE SPEEDOMETER WAS BECAUSE I WAS PULLED OVER BY TH...

Mileage: 38,000

SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTION IN MOST OF THE 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO'S I HAVE DRIVEN IN. I OWN 1 SILVERADO. THE COMPANY I WORK FOR OWNS SEVERAL 2004 SILVERADO'S. EVERYONE I HAVE DRIVEN ALONG WITH THE BOSS TRUCK ALL HAVE THE SAME SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTION IS A SAFETY ISSUE. PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW HOW FAST THEY ARE...

Mileage: 38,000

2004 CHEVY SILVERADO SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO STICK AT AROUND 55 MPH THEN START WORKING, THIS WENT ON FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS, THEN IT PEGGED OUT AT 120 MPH AND HAS STUCK WHILE DRIVING, WHEN TRUCK IS AT IDLE IT SETS AT 70 MPH. *JB

Mileage: 28,000

SPEEDOMETER WAS STUCK ON 50 MPH AND NEVER MOVES LOWER. UNABLE TO TELL WHAT SPEED ONE IS TRAVELING. *JB

Mileage: 39,376

CHEVY SILVERADO 2004 4 WD PICKUP APPROX MILES 38,000 WHEN DRIVING TRUCK SPEEDOMETER RACED PAST 120 MPH .VEHICLE STAYED AT 50 MPH WHEN SHUT OFF. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND GM IS IN DENIAL. *JB

Mileage: 38,000

CHEVY SILVERADO 2004 4 WD PICKUP APPROX MILES 38,000 WHEN DRIVING TRUCK SPEEDOMETER RACED PAST 120 MPH .VEHICLE STAYED AT 50 MPH WHEN SHUT OFF. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND GM IS IN DENIAL. *JB

Mileage: 38,000

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT EACH TIME HE DROVE THE 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO WITH 47000 FAILURE MILEAGE)AT ANY RATE OF SPEED AND COMING TO A STOP THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE DID NOT RETURN TO ZERO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO PARK AND TURNED OFF THE NEEDLE WILL GO TO A L...

Mileage: 47,000

MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO SPEEDOMETER STARTED WORKING ERRATICALLY OR NOT AT ALL ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO. *NM

Mileage: 60,230

SPEEDOMETER FAILURE @48000 MILES. IT WOULD WORK INTERMITTENTLY BUT MOST TIMES IT WAS TOO FAST OR TOO SLOW. THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER HAD TO BE REPLACED AT THE DEALERSHIP. *NM

Mileage: 48,300

THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT ON CHEVROLET SILVERADO TRUCKS BECOMES LOOSE AND ALLOWS STEERING TO UNEXPECTEDLY DRIFT OVER UNEVEN GROUND OR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IN A CROSS WIND. ALL OF THE DEALER SERVICE SHOPS ARE AWARE OF THIS. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS AT 16,596 MILES AND THE REPAIRS WERE MADE, THE P...

Mileage: 16,596

MY CHEVROLET 2004 SILVERADO LS DOES NOT READ THE SPEED CORRECTLY. SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT MOVE AND OTHERS IT WILL HAVE ME GOING 110 WHEN I AM DOING 45 MPH. *NM

Mileage: 41,000

56000 MILES ON 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO AND SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN SHOWING 110 WHEN DOING 30, SHOWING 0 WHEN DOING 70, SHOWING 0 PERIOD.*JB

Mileage: 56,500

THE SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING AT 40000 MILES. CHECKING ON LINE THERE ARE HUNDREDS POSSIBLY EVEN THOUSANDS DEFECTIVE SPEEDOMETERS. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM AND THE DEALER STATED IT WOULD COST $500 TO FIX AND TAKE TWO DAYS. *JB

Mileage: 40,000

1. NOTICED TRANSMISSION SLIPPING OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS 2. A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE TAIL LIGHT, RIGHT TURN SIGNAL AND CRUISE CONTROL AND DASH LIGHTS STARTED MALFUNCTIONING 3. RECENTLY, THE PAINT AROUND REAR PASSENGER DOOR AND ROOF IS PEELING. *NM

Mileage: 45,000

1. NOTICED TRANSMISSION SLIPPING OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS 2. A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE TAIL LIGHT, RIGHT TURN SIGNAL AND CRUISE CONTROL AND DASH LIGHTS STARTED MALFUNCTIONING 3. RECENTLY, THE PAINT AROUND REAR PASSENGER DOOR AND ROOF IS PEELING. *NM

Mileage: 45,000

1. NOTICED TRANSMISSION SLIPPING OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS 2. A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE TAIL LIGHT, RIGHT TURN SIGNAL AND CRUISE CONTROL AND DASH LIGHTS STARTED MALFUNCTIONING 3. RECENTLY, THE PAINT AROUND REAR PASSENGER DOOR AND ROOF IS PEELING. *NM

Mileage: 45,000

1. NOTICED TRANSMISSION SLIPPING OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS 2. A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE TAIL LIGHT, RIGHT TURN SIGNAL AND CRUISE CONTROL AND DASH LIGHTS STARTED MALFUNCTIONING 3. RECENTLY, THE PAINT AROUND REAR PASSENGER DOOR AND ROOF IS PEELING. *NM

Mileage: 45,000

1. NOTICED TRANSMISSION SLIPPING OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS 2. A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE TAIL LIGHT, RIGHT TURN SIGNAL AND CRUISE CONTROL AND DASH LIGHTS STARTED MALFUNCTIONING 3. RECENTLY, THE PAINT AROUND REAR PASSENGER DOOR AND ROOF IS PEELING. *NM

Mileage: 45,000

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO WITH AN ODOMETER READING OF 27000 MILES. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT 25 MPH IN TRAFFIC UNDER DRY CONDITIONS WHEN HE HAD TO COME TO A SUDDEN STOP. THE CONTACT'S WAS UNABLE TO STOP FROM ABOUT TWO CAR LENGTHS AWAY FROM HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF I...

Mileage: 17,000

I HAVE A 2004 SILVERADO S71. IT HAS 35K MILES ON IT AT THIS TIME. IN SEPT. OF 2006 I NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT RETURNING TO ZERO MPH SMOOTHLY. IT WOULD DROP IN STEPS. IT IS NOT INDICATING THE CORRECT SPEED, SOMETIMES IT IS HIGH AND OTHER TIMES IT MAYBE LOW OR NOT WORKING AT ALL. NOW THE...

Mileage: 31,000

NOTED GRINDING NOISE FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED ON A FRIDAY EVENING. NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP ASAP ON MONDAY. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED ON THAT TUESDAY. THEY FOUND THAT THE REAR BRAKES WERE GRINDING AND THE PADS HAD DUG INTO A REAR ROTOR. THEY INSTALLED NEW REAR RO...

Mileage: 30,419

AFTER READING ON SEVERAL WEB FORUMS ABOUT GM HITCH RECEIVER PROBLEMS, I CHECKED MINE AND WAS SHOCKED THAT ALL BUT ONE WELD ON MY RECEIVER SHOWED SIGNS OF RUSTING. TWO WERE TO THE POINT WHERE CRACKED WELDS WERE OBVIOUS. THE DEALER OFFERED TO REPLACE IT BUT I DID NOT WANT A GM HITCH SO I USED ANOTHER ...

Mileage: 20,000

2004 SILVERADO SPEEDOMETER. THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN FAILING ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND NOW FAILS ON TRIPS OF 5 MILES OR MORE. SPEEDOMETER MOST OFTEN BEGINS REGISTERING LOW. IT IS SO GRADUAL THAT IT IS NOT OBVIOUS WHEN IT BEGINS HAPPENING. IT WILL EVENTUALLY REGISTER BELOW ZERO AT ANY SPEED. THE ONLY WAY TO ...

Mileage: 35,000

WHILE TRAVELING, MY SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO WOULD NOT READ AN ACCURATE MILEAGE, FOR EXAMPLE WHILE TRAVELING 60 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD BE IN EXCESS OF 100 MPH, THUS CAUSING A SAFETY ISSUE, DUE TO THE FACT THAT I DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT SPEED OF MY VEHICLE, AND CAN ONLY JUDGE THAT MY ...

Mileage: 48,700

ERRATIC SPEED READING ON THE SPEEDOMETER OF MY CHEVY SILVERADO. *NM

Mileage: 60,000

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO WITH SEAT COVER CONCERNS**CC A RECALL WAS ISSUED REGARDING THIS PROBLEM WITH THE AIR BAGS AND SEAT COVERS. THE CONSUMER WANTED TO KNOW IF HIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB

I HAVE A 2004 2500 CHEVY TRUCK THE SPEEDOMETER WILL SOMETIMES START AT 0 AND SOMETIMES AT 60 MPH AND SOMETIMES AT 30 MPH I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME TO BRING IT IN. THEY SAID THEY WOULD KEEP MY TRUCK FOR 2 DAYS. THEY KNEW JUST WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IN. THEY WANT $350 DOLLARS TO DO THIS. I...

MY SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 SILVERADO FUNCTIONS INCORRECTLY. IT READS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 30 AND 120 AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT MY SPEED IS. APPARENTLY THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF OWNERS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS APPARENTLY A SAFETY ISSUE AND THERE MOST DEFINITELY SHOULD BE A RECALL. *NM

Mileage: 58,000

SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING. AT A STOP IT WAS SHOWING 120 MILES AN HOUR, SOMETIMES MORE SOMETIMES LESS. AFTER RESEARCHING ON CAR FORUMS ON THE INTERNET I FOUND MANY, MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THESE SAME PROBLEMS. *JB

Mileage: 12,200

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Z71. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DID NOT ACCURATELY REGISTER THE SPEED BEING DRIVEN IN THIS VEHICLE. EVEN WHEN NOT DRIVING THE SPEEDOMENTER REGISTERED A SPEED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON 80% OF THE TIME SINCE...

Mileage: 63,000

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Z71. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DID NOT ACCURATELY REGISTER THE SPEED BEING DRIVEN IN THIS VEHICLE. EVEN WHEN NOT DRIVING THE SPEEDOMENTER REGISTERED A SPEED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON 80% OF THE TIME SINCE...

Mileage: 63,000

IT APPEARS NUMEROUS GM VEHICLES ARE CURRENT EXPERIENCING SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER PROBLEMS, CAUSE THE SPEEDOMETER TO FAIL. MY ISSUE IS WITH A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THERE APPEARS TO BE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ONLINE, WITHOUT ANY RECALL PROPOSED BY GM. *JB

Mileage: 40,800

MY 2004 SILVERADO JUST REACHED 40,000 MILES WHEN MY SPEEDOMETER STOPPED FUNCTIONING. IT'S STOPPED AT 120 MPH AND WANT GO DOWN. *NM

TL* - THE CONTACT PURCHASED A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO FROM CHEVROLET OF TYSON'S. THERE WAS A KNOCKING SOUND IN THE STEERING WHEEL REGARDLESS OF THE SPEED AT WHICH THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING. GM STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE STEERING FAILURE, AND WERE REDESIGNING THE STEERING COLUMN, IT DILL NO...

Mileage: 91,000

PROBLEMS WITH MY SPEEDOMETER. THE SPEEDOMETER GETS STUCK AS WELL AS RPM READINGS. INTERIOR MATERIALS SQUEAK WHEN GOING OVER SLIGHTEST BUMPS. *JB

Mileage: 54,000

DEAR SIRS, MY SON IS DRIVING OUR 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO PICKUP AND HE IS 16 YO. THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 50K MILES AND THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED MALFUNCTIONING LAST WEEK. IT INDICATES THE SPEED AT 20-50 MPH LESS THAN ACTUAL. I AM AWARE OF A FORUM ON TOPIX.NET THAT HAS MORE THAN 327 COMPLAINTS OF THIS V...

Mileage: 48,000

SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN "JERKY" FOR A MONTH OR SO. THIS MORNING ON MY COMMUTE I SET MY CRUISE-CONTROL AT 65 MPH, WHEN I CHECKED MY SPEED AGAIN THE SPEEDOMETER WAS READING 50 MPH. I DID NOT RESET THE CRUISE CONTROL. *JB

SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 GM CHEVY SILVERADO READS DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT FROM ACTUAL SPEED WHILE DRIVING, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE ACTUAL SPEED WHICH COULD CAUSE A CRASH DUE TO IMPROPER SPEED, OR TRAFFIC SAFETY VIOLATION FOR IMPROPER SPEED. GM DOES NOT HAVE RECALL ON THIS SAFETY ISSUE. GM IS...

Mileage: 60,250

SPEEDOMETER PROBLEMS 2004 SILVERADO PEGGED AT 120 MPH LARGE SAFETY ISSUE, I NEVER KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING. *JB

Mileage: 45,000

SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTION DOSE NOT SHOW PROPER SPEED NEEDLE GETS STUCK AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS OR STARTS AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. *NM

Mileage: 39,952

SPEEDOMETER FAILURE : NEEDLE PEGS AT 120 AND WILL NOT RETURN TO 0, FLUCTUATES. *JB

Mileage: 50,500

SPEEDOMETER FAILURE-2004 CHEVY. SILVERADO-Z71- INCORRECT SPEED INDICATED ON SPEEDOMETER-AT STOP SPEEDOMETER CONTINUES TO REGISTER MOVEMENT-WHEN MOVING SPEEDOMETER REGISTERS SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF OR LOWER THAN ACTUAL SPEED. *JB

Mileage: 50,000

SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER WORK SOMETIMES. NOW DON'T WORK AT ALL. *JB

Mileage: 23,000

04 CHEVY SILVERADO SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING. *JB

ON 12/24/06 I STARTED HAVING TROUBLE WITH STEERING AND BRAKING, ON 12/26/06 I LOST THE ABILITY TO STEER OR TO BRAKE. ON 12/28/06 I TOOK THE TRUCK TO PARKS CHEVROLET IN CHARLOTTE, NC---I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRUCK WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE UNLESS I REPLACED THE BRAKE HYDRD-BOOSTER, I AGREED TO AT A COST OF ...

Mileage: 98,201

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY SPEEDOMETER READS 10-30+ MPH LOWER THEN ACTUAL SPEED. CAN NOT FIND A SERVICE RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM THOUGH I HAVE HAD NO PROBLEM FINDING HUNDREDS,IF NOT OVER ONE THOUSAND OTHERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. *NM

THE SPEEDOMETER HAS QUIT WORKING. THIS IS COMMON ON 2004 CHEVY TRUCKS LIKE THE ONE I OWN. I HAVE ASKED AROUND AND IT IS A COMMON REPAIR. THE FAILURE OF A SPEEDOMETER IS A SERIOUS FAILURE OF A SAFETY DEVICE ON ANY VEHICLE. *NM

Mileage: 90,000

I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AS MANY. THE NEEDLE STARTED STICKING. THEN IT CONTINUOUSLY GOT WORSE. NOW I DO NOT KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT WILL COST 450.00 TO REPLACE. *NM

THE GAUGE CLUSTER ON MY 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO HAS 6 GAUGES AND AFTER 2 YEARS 3 OF THE GAUGES NO LONGER WORK. THE 3 THAT NO LONGER WORK ARE THE SPEEDOMETER,TACHOMETER, AND VOLTMETER. WITH THE SPEEDOMETER NO LONGER WORKING IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. *NM

Mileage: 45,000

SPEEDOMETER HANGS UP AND DOES NOT REGISTER CORRECT SPEED. *NM

Mileage: 64,875

UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS THE SPEEDOMETER ON SOME GM TRUCKS WILL HANG WHEN DECELERATING AND WHEN ACCELERATING AGAIN THE SPEEDOMETER STARTS FROM THE POSITION THAT IT HUNG. THE PART THAT IS FAILING IS A MOTOR THAT CONTROLS THE SPEEDOMETER AND TO REPLACE THE PART YOU MUST REPLACE THE WHOLE INSTR...

Mileage: 48,000

CLUNKING AND RATTLING NOISE IN STEERING SHAFT THAT CAN BE FELT IN STEERING WHEEL. DEALER AND GM ACKNOWLEDGES PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER SAYS THAT GM HAS NOT COME UP WITH A FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. DEALER ALSO SAYS THAT PROBLEM IS NOT A SAFETY PROBLEM BUT I AM CONCERNED. DEALE...

Mileage: 15,978

SPEEDOMETER ACTING ERRATIC NOW STUCK ON 120 MPH NON FUNCTIONAL NOW VERY EXPENSIVE FIX FROM GM(NEW INSTRUMENT CLUSTER) *JB

Mileage: 48,680

I OWN A 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO Z71 4X4 WITH 5.3L V8. AT APPROXIMATELY 50K MILES I STARTED HAVING ERRATIC/INCORRECT SPEEDOMETER READINGS AND THE SPEEDOMETER STICKS AT VARYING LOCATIONS ON THE PANEL. I MUST GAGE SPEED BY USING THE TACHOMETER. I HAVEN'T ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM YET AS THE COST...

Mileage: 51,000

LIKE MANY OTHERS I HAVE A 2004 SILVERADO AND THE SPEEDOMETER WENT CRAZY REGISTERS WRONG, STATS OUT AT 90 MPH AND GOES OVER A HUNDRED AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR, I HAVE SEEN THE POSTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, LOOKS TO ME TO BE A MAJOR ACCIDENT PROBLEM! MY TRUCK ONLY HAS 30,000 MILES ON IT! MIKE QUEEN . *JB

Mileage: 30,200

2004 CHEVY SILVERADO SPEEDOMETER WILL NOT RETURN TO ZERO. SPEED READING ARE ERRATIC. YOU DO NOT KNOW AT WHAT SPEED YOU ARE DRIVING. *JB

Mileage: 50,000

SPEEDO PROBLEM. SOMETIMES READS TOO LOW. SOMETIMES READS TOO HIGH. SOMETIMES READS 55 MPH SITTING STILL. SAFETY ISSUE AS I COULD BE @100 MPH WHEN SPEEDO INDICATES 55 MPH. *NM

Mileage: 59,516

HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM IS INEFFECTIVE IN STOPPING THIS VEHICLE. BRAKES ARE SPONGY AND GO TO THE FLOOR WHEN STOPPED OR IF HARD PRESSURE IS APPLIED. THIS VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP IF A CHILD RAN IN FRONT OF IT. THREE ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR AND NOW WE ARE TOLD IT IS PART OF THE DESIGN AND IF WE USED IT MOR...

SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTION. SOMETIMES IT READS TWICE THE SPEED I'M DOING OR MORE AND SOMETIMES IT READS HALF THE SPEED I'M DOING. IT VARIES. *JB

Mileage: 57,575

2004 CHEVREOLET SILVERADO - BOUGHT NEW SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONING (NEEDLE HANGS UP, ETC.) AT 45,000 MILES. *JB

Mileage: 45,000

2004 SILVERADO DRIVEN BY MY SON EVERYDAY TO HIS CLASSES HAS A SPEEDOMETER PROBLEM. THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. I HAVE HAD TROUBLE GETTING SOMEONE FROM PELTIER CHEVROLET TO CALL BE BACK AFTER LEAVING MESSAGES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONCERN. I NOTICED THAT THERE ARE RELATED COMPLAINTS ALRE...

Mileage: 44,000

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Z71 W/ 44,300 MILES IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE SPEEDOMETER. THERE IS NO WAY TO TELL HOW FAST I AM GOING. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THE NEWER GMS. *NM

Mileage: 44,245

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TURNING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS A NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE STEERING COLUMN WAS REPLACED. THE PROBLEM RETURNED A YEAR LATER AND THE STEERING COLUMN WAS REPLACED A SECOND TIME. WHEN THE PROBLEM RETURNED A THIR...

Mileage: 55,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER TURNING THE IGNITION SWITCH TO THE OFF POSITION, THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN. THE BATTERY CABLES AND THE FUSES WERE PULLED AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED RUNNING FOR ANOTHER 45 MINUTES. AS THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF THIRD GE...

Mileage: 38,050

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING COLUMN MADE A POPPING SOUND AND THERE WAS SLACK IN THE STEERING. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE STEERING SHAFT IN MARCH 2006, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED.

Mileage: 39,900

DT*: THE CONTACTS STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKES WERE LESS EFFECTIVE WHEN HOT. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE ROTORS WERE CORRODED AND THIS WAS A RESULT OF ROAD SALT. THE VEHICLE WAS IN A SALT BELT STATE. UPDATED 09/13/06.*JB

Mileage: 32,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH COMING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THE STEERING SYSTEM STARTED MAKING NOISES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO ORDERED THE PART TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THREE MONTHS LATER THE PART ARRIVED AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR...

Mileage: 13,177

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH COMING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THE STEERING SYSTEM STARTED MAKING NOISES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO ORDERED THE PART TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THREE MONTHS LATER THE PART ARRIVED AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR...

Mileage: 13,177

LOOSE STEERING COMPONENTS ON 3 GM VEHICLES I OWN. DEALER REPLACED ONCE AT 7000 MILES. PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN AT 14,000 MILES. SAME PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ON MY 2005 CADILLAC ESCALADE AND 2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. EVIDENCED BY LOUD CLUNK WHEN DRIVING. LOOSE STEERING COMPONENTS COULD LEAD TO FAILURE. ...

Mileage: 7,000

SPEEDOMETER FAILURE. TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE CHEVROLET REPAIR CENTER TO BE TOLD THAT THE WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER AND THE PRICE THEY ARE ASKING IS OUTRAGEOUS. THE DEFECT IS KNOWN TO THE REPAIR MAN THERE FOR I WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WERE HAVING IT VERY FREQUENTLY, THEREFORE IT IAS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT....

Mileage: 29,000

IN JUNE 2006 THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO PINKERTON CHEVROLET BECAUSE OF A HOT WIRE SMELL. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE SMELL. AN OIL CHANGE WAS DONE AT THE SAME TIME. APPROXIMATELY 7 WEEKS LATER THE TRUCK SHUT OFF. MY HUSBAND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE TRUCK TO NO AVAIL. HE LEFT ...

Mileage: 26,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE AT STOP SIGN, A VAN HIT THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. UPON IMPACT, THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY.

Mileage: 964

WHEN THE OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS APPROXIMATELY 75 DEGREES, ESPECIALLY OVER 85 DEGREES, THE VEHICLE'S HORN WILL NOT OPERATE. IT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS DELIVERED NEW. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR 3 TIMES. EACH TIME IT IS CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN FIXED. YET, ONCE THE OUTSI...

Mileage: 2,000

WHILE PARKED ON THE STREET, LOCKED AND NOT IN USE FOR 7 DAYS, A FIRE APPARENTLY STARTED IN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED AND SPREAD TO THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WELL AND LEFT FRONT BUMPER COWLING, BEFORE IT WAS PUT OUT WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THE GM INVESTIGATOR HAS INDICAT...

Mileage: 37,172

2000 MILES AFTER MY WARRANTY WENT OUT SO DID MY SPEEDOMETER IT WILL WORK FOR ABOUT A WEEK THEN REGISTER 60-100 MPH EVEN SETTING STILL. I CONTACTED EARL DUNN IN MADISON CAUSE THAT IS WHERE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK AND THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT REALLY WASN'T EXTENDED. THE WARRANTY THEY SOLD ME DIDN'T EX...

Mileage: 60,000

MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO HAS DANGEROUS BRAKE PROBLEMS. THE BRAKES GIVE WAY UNEXPECTEDLY WITH THE PEDAL GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS- EACH TIME THE SITUATION WAS DIFFERENT. THE FIRST TIME I WAS JUST PARKING THE CAR IN THE GARAGE MOVING IT F...

Mileage: 19,500

2004 SILVERADO FRONT SHOCK AND COIL SPRING INSULATOR FAILURES. *TS THE FRONT SPINDLE ALSO FAILED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES. *JB

Mileage: 14,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT END. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. SEAT BELTS WERE IN USE HOWEVER BACK AND NECK INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE IMPACT WAS SO SEVERE; BOTH PASSENGER TIRES CAME OFF THE RIMS AND DUG INTO THE PAVEMENT....

Mileage: 900

LEFT FRONT HUB ASSEMBLY TOTAL FAILURE. APPARENTLY HUB STAYED LOCKED IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE AND DESTROYED HUB. THE FAILURE WAS NOTED WHEN EXTREME VIBRATION AND LACK OF STEERING RESPONSE OCCURRED. FAILURE WAS AT 49,750 MILES. HUB ASSEMBLIES SHOULD LAST LIFE OF VEHICLE. REPAIRED AT MY OWN COST AFTER ...

Mileage: 49,750

THE CONSUMER STATED THE LEFT FRONT SHOCK FAILED. *JB THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH TIRES THAT CAUSED THE SHOCKS TO FAIL. *JB

THE CONSUMER STATED THE LEFT FRONT SHOCK FAILED. *JB THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH TIRES THAT CAUSED THE SHOCKS TO FAIL. *JB

THE CONSUMER STATED THE COIL SPRING INSULATORS FAILED. *JB

Mileage: 15,000

THE CONSUMER STATED THE FRONT SPINDLE FAILED. *JB

Mileage: 19,000

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A USED 2004 CHEV. SILVERADO PICK-UP IN 7-2005 FROM A CAR DEALER IN OUR AREA. WITHIN A SHORT TIME FRAME FROM THE PURCHASE THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND THEY ADVISED THAT IT WOULD COST APPROX. $550.00 TO R...

Mileage: 45,000

I HAD AN ACCIDENT IN MY 2004 CHEVY TRUCK AT A SPEED OF APPROX 80 MPH HEAD ON IMPACT. THE TRUCK WAS TOTALED BUT MY AIR BAGS DIDN'T WORK. I MADE A COMPLAINT TO GMAC, THEY HAD AN INVESTIGATION AND ACCORDING TO THEM THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE AIR BAGS. I FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE WITH THAT KIN...

Mileage: 35,600

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED INTERMITTENTLY THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE STICKS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THIS IS ONE OF THE TWO VEHICLES OF THE SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL THAT THE COMPANY OWNS. THE OTHER VEHICLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WHICH CONTAINS THE SPEE...

Mileage: 72,400

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE SPEEDOMETER BECAME INOPERABLE. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

Mileage: 98,702

RECALL 05042 WAS COMPLETED ON MY 3500 SERIES SILVERADO USED AS A TOW TRUCK. THIS RECALL HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM AND REPEATED CALLS HAVE ENDED WITH THEY WILL FIX THE PROBLEM AS LONG AS IT IS PAID OUT OF POCKET. NO PARKING BRAKE ON A TOW TRUCK IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. AS OF YET NO ACCIDENTS HAVE O...

WHILE DRIVING ON SLICK ROADS MY TRUCK WENT OFF THE ROAD, DOWN A HILL AND CRASHED INTO AN EMBANKMENT. THE ENTIRE FRONT END WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. THE FRAME WAS BENT, THE BUMPER WAS WRAPPED UP UNDER THE FENDER, GRILL GUARD PUSHED INTO THE RADIATOR. UPON IMPACT NEITHER OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. MY FACE ...

Mileage: 164,321

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE SPEEDOMETER IS INOPERABLE. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

Mileage: 55,000

AFTER 15 MONTHS OF OPERATION, THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED ACTING STRANGELY AND FINALLY FAILING COMPLETELY AFTER 18 MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS WELL UNDER WARRANTY. TOOK IT IN AND THE DEALER SAID THAT THEY HAD TO BACKORDER AND THE NEW SPEEDOMETER WOULD BE IN WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. THAT WAS 5 MONTHS AG...

Mileage: 27,000

MY SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE STARTED TO STICK ON A HIGHER SPEED AND NOT COME DOWN. IT WOULD RETURN TO ZERO IF I STARTED AND STOPPED THE ENGINE MULTIPLE TIMES. THIS CONDITION GRADUALLY WORSENED UNTIL IT WAS STUCK ON "PEGGED", EVEN WHEN PARKED. I HAD NO IDEA HOW FAST I WAS GOING. ALSO, THE SPEED CONTROL WOUL...

Mileage: 30,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE FEEL SPONGY. THE BRAKE PEDAL MUST BE DEPRESSED HARD AT 5MPH AND BELOW BEFORE THE VEHICLE STOPS COMPLETELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER STATED AFTER THE INSPECTION, PART OF NORMAL MAINTENANCE WOULD BE TO REPLACE ...

Mileage: 2,000

THE TRUCK LOSES POWER STEERING ASSIST IN SLOW TURNING MANEUVERS THERE WERE NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT ABOUT 2000 MILES AND HAS PERSISTED TO 20,000 MILES. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED OVER 25 TIMES. THE DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED THE STEERING GEAR 2 TIMES, THE ...

Mileage: 2,800

SPEEDOMETER ERRATIC OR DON'T WORK AT ALL. *JB

Mileage: 448,000

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON 2004 CHEVROLET 2500 HD STARTS GOING OUT AND THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER CANNOT BE DEPENDED ON. WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING AND YOU HAVE THE CRUISE CONTROL ON WHO KNOWS HOW FAST YOU ARE REALLY GOING. I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL SINCE CHEVY HAS THEM DESIGNED TO WHERE THEY GENE...

Mileage: 54,350

2004 CHEVY SILVERADO XCAB 4X4 1500 SHUTTER IN REAR CAB AREA?REPLACED DRIVE SHAFT/NOW INSTRUMENT CLUSTER BROKE/CHANGED OUT SHOCKS/CHANGED FACTORY TIRES/WILL NOT BRAKE MANUFACTURES GMVW+TOW PACKAGE/HAVE SUED CHEVROLET FOR $6000/I'LL DO IT AGAIN!DRIVERS SIDE STEERING /SHOCK/TIRE POUNDING IN 50000 MILES...

Mileage: 3,500

2004 CHEVY SILVERADO XCAB 4X4 1500 SHUTTER IN REAR CAB AREA?REPLACED DRIVE SHAFT/NOW INSTRUMENT CLUSTER BROKE/CHANGED OUT SHOCKS/CHANGED FACTORY TIRES/WILL NOT BRAKE MANUFACTURES GMVW+TOW PACKAGE/HAVE SUED CHEVROLET FOR $6000/I'LL DO IT AGAIN!DRIVERS SIDE STEERING /SHOCK/TIRE POUNDING IN 50000 MILES...

Mileage: 3,500

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE SPEEDOMETER INTERMITTENTLY WORKS PROVIDING AN INCORRECT READING OF THE ACCURATE MILES PER HOUR, WHICH RESULTED IN A SPEEDING TICKET. ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER, NO REPAIRS WERE MADE.

Mileage: 60,000

YESTERDAY I WAS STANDING ON MY TAILGATE TO STRAP DOWN THE LUMBER ON MY OVERHEAD RACK. SUDDENLY THE TAILGATE COLLAPSE DOWN AND SLAMS INTO MY BUMPER. I WAS SHAKEN BUT NOT HURT. I WAS LOOKING AT MY TAILGATE TO DETERMINE WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED, I NOTICED THAT BOTH CABLES THAT HOLD UP THE TAILGATE WER...

Mileage: 31,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE CD PLAYER IN THE VEHICLE OVER HEATED, RESULTING IN HOT AIR BLOWING THROUGH THE AIR VENTS. THE AIR CONDITIONER OR HEAT WAS NOT IN USE WHEN THE HOT AIR WAS BLOWING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM ...

Mileage: 43,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT HAND TURN THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THIS OCCURRED ON NORMAL ROADS DURING NORMAL STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. UPON INSPECTION, THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE STEERING SHAFT HOWEVER, THE PROBL...

Mileage: 23,801

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT HAND TURN THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THIS OCCURRED ON NORMAL ROADS DURING NORMAL STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. UPON INSPECTION, THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE STEERING SHAFT HOWEVER, THE PROBL...

Mileage: 23,801

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT HAND TURN THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THIS OCCURRED ON NORMAL ROADS DURING NORMAL STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. UPON INSPECTION, THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE STEERING SHAFT HOWEVER, THE PROBL...

Mileage: 23,801

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT HAND TURN THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THIS OCCURRED ON NORMAL ROADS DURING NORMAL STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. UPON INSPECTION, THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE STEERING SHAFT HOWEVER, THE PROBL...

Mileage: 23,801

ON JAN. 10 OF 2006 I LOST CONTROL OF MY 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON ICY ROAD. I HIT A CONCRETE DIVIDER HEAD ON. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE AIR BAG NEVER DEPLOYED EVEN THOUGH THE DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK WAS QUITE BIG. I WAS GIVEN A ESTIMATE OF $9820 OF DAMAGE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO REPLACE THE ...

Mileage: 27,149

FRONT BUMPER BRACKET IS BROKEN, AND THE BUMPER MAY FALL OFF. DEALER SAID THEY HAVE REPLACED NUMEROUS BRACKETS, BUT I HAVE TOO MANY MILES ON MY VEHICLE TO REPLACE. 2004, CHEVROLET DURAMAX 2500 HD. *AK

Mileage: 30,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE SPEEDOMETER STOP WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *NM UPDATED 02/13/06. *JB

Mileage: 17,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ALIGN PROPERLY. THE IMPROPER ALIGNMENT RESULTED IN PREMATURE TIRE WEAR ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRES. THE PROBLEM MANIFESTS ITSELF WITH THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE SHOWING EXCESSIVE OUTSIDE WEAR AND EVENTUALLY AFFECTS EVERY TIRE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED WI...

Mileage: 18,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE IN MOTION THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND JERKED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER GREASED THE DRIVESHAFT WITH HI-TEMPERATURE GREASE ON THE SPLEEN. AT 2000 MILES LATER, WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE DRIVESHAFT SHEARED,...

Mileage: 16,401

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE IN MOTION THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND JERKED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER GREASED THE DRIVESHAFT WITH HI-TEMPERATURE GREASE ON THE SPLEEN. AT 2000 MILES LATER, WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE DRIVESHAFT SHEARED,...

Mileage: 16,401

2002 CHEVY SILVERADO FRONT ROTORS AND PADS RUSTED AFTER BEING TOLD THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE. *TS ***NO ANSWER REQUIRED*** THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD HE HAD TWO BADLY WORN TIE RODS WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE TIRES BEING WORN OUT. *JB

2002 CHEVY SILVERADO FRONT ROTORS AND PADS RUSTED AFTER BEING TOLD THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE. *TS ***NO ANSWER REQUIRED*** THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD HE HAD TWO BADLY WORN TIE RODS WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE TIRES BEING WORN OUT. *JB

I PURCHASED A 2004 SILVERADO IN DEC OF 03. I HAD BRAKE PROBLEMS SINCE THE FIRST DAY. THE BRAKE ARE VERY SOFT AND OFTEN THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. THE TRUCK JUST WILL NOT STOP SAFELY. I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND THEY SAY THERE IS NO PROBLEM. BECAUSE OF THE POO...

Mileage: 2,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO BE CHECKED. THEY DETERMINED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL WAS FAULTY. THIS CAUSED THE SPEEDOMETER TO MALFUNCTION. HE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY APPROVED THE REPAIRS TO B...

Mileage: 38,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO BE CHECKED. THEY DETERMINED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL WAS FAULTY. THIS CAUSED THE SPEEDOMETER TO MALFUNCTION. HE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY APPROVED THE REPAIRS TO B...

Mileage: 38,000

FAILURE OF THE NEUTRAL POSITION SAFETY SWITCH, 2004 CHEV SILVERADO DIESEL WITH ALLISON TRANSMISSION. THE SAFETY SWITCH SHORTS OUT AND FAILS DUE TO WET DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS FAILURE RESULTS IN THE TRANSMISSION GOING INTO A "FAIL SAFE" CONDITION THAT DOES NOT ALLOW THE TRANSMISSION TO SHIFT, STRAND...

EARLY 2004 SILVERADO 3500 DIESEL. THE EXTENSION HOUSING BETWEEN THE TRANSMISSION AND THE TRANSFER CASE CRACKED DUE TO VIBRATION FROM THE DRIVE SHAFT U-JOINT FAILURE. TECHNICAL BULLETINS FROM CHEV ADDRESS THIS AS A COMMON PROBLEM. THEY HAVE REDESIGNED THE PARTS BUT WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT...

DT: THE CONTACT STATED SINCE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN WEAK AND SPONGY. THE BRAKES WERE NOT ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE PROPERLY AND IT TOOK AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF PRESSURE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSPECTED BY THE SALES DEALERSHIP AND TWO OTHER DEALERSHIPS AND THEY ALL STATE...

Mileage: 4,572

WHEN VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN FOR LESS THAN 2-3 MILES AND WHEN TRANSMISSION IS COLD THE FOLLOWING OCCURS: WHEN THE VEHICLE OPERATOR STOPS AT AN INTERSECTION, STOP SIGN, OR STREET CORNER - THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION CONTINUES TO PROPEL THE VEHICLE FORWARD WHILE THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THE RESULT IS...

Mileage: 12,000

BOUGHT A 2004 CHEVORLET 2500HD USED. ONE WEEK AFTER PURCHASE THE TAILGATE BEZEL TRIM PIECE WAS LOST ON THE HIGHWAY. THEN A FEW MONTHS LATER THE SPEEDOMETER DIES ON QUITS WORKING, OR WORKS INTEMITTENTLY SOMETIMES STICKING. *NM

Mileage: 45,000

BOUGHT A 2004 CHEVORLET 2500HD USED. ONE WEEK AFTER PURCHASE THE TAILGATE BEZEL TRIM PIECE WAS LOST ON THE HIGHWAY. THEN A FEW MONTHS LATER THE SPEEDOMETER DIES ON QUITS WORKING, OR WORKS INTEMITTENTLY SOMETIMES STICKING. *NM

Mileage: 45,000

DT: THE REAR VIEW MIRRORS THAT WERE SPECIAL ORDERED FOR THE VEHICLE DID NOT EXTEND FAR ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR PROPER VISION WHEN TOWING A EIGHT FOOT WIDE TRAILER. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT THEY COULD NOT OFFER A FREE REMEDY.*AK UPDATED 12/7/2005. *NM

Mileage: 100

DT: THE CONTACT STATED VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. ALSO, THE DEALER REPLACED THE IGNITION SYSTEM. THIS REPLACEMENT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM AGAIN. THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE FOR T...

Mileage: 7,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATED VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. ALSO, THE DEALER REPLACED THE IGNITION SYSTEM. THIS REPLACEMENT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM AGAIN. THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE FOR T...

Mileage: 7,000

REAR SEAT SEAT BELTS HAVE RELEASED BY THEMSELVES TWICE. *NM

THE PROBLEM STARTED SOON AFTER I DROVE THE NEW 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO EXTENDED CAB OFF THE LOT. WHEN TRAVELING BETWEEN 60-70 MPH, THE TRUCKS SUSPENSION WILL BOUNCE ALMOST AS IF THERE ARE NO SHOCK ABSORBERS. THIS BOUNCING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE SPEED IS REDUCED TO BELOW 55 MPH. I BROUGHT THE TR...

Mileage: 500

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE COMPANY TRUCK THAT HE DROVE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. UPON IMPACT, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES. HE BRUISED HIS CHEST, SHIN AND TORE THE TENDON IN HIS ANKLE. THERE HAD BEEN NO ACC...

DT: THE CONTACT STATED VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO PARK. HE THOUGHT HE HAD PUT THE CAR INTO PARK BUT WHEN HE BEGAN TO EXIT THE VEHICLE IT STARTED MOVING. WHEN HE LOOKED AT THE SHIFT INDICATOR IT WAS IN REVERSE. HE CHECKED TO SEE IF THERE WAS SOMETHING LODGED IN THE COLUMN SHIFT. THE CONTACT SAI...

Mileage: 13,000

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT 21000 MILES. *TS WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED, THE DASH READ "REDUCED ENGINE POWER." THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RE-START, STEERING AND THE BRAKING WAS LIMITED. THE VEHICLE FINALLY RESTARTED BUT THERE WAS NO POWER, THE VEHICLE IDLED ROUGHLY AND WOULD NOT T...

Mileage: 21,000

DT: 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS THAT COME ON BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. THIS HAS HAPPENED EVERY TIME UNDER 50 MPH. WAS ABLE TO BE PULL OVER THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTED IT IMMEDIATELY. THE DEALERSHIP COUL...

Mileage: 15,760

DT: 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS THAT COME ON BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. THIS HAS HAPPENED EVERY TIME UNDER 50 MPH. WAS ABLE TO BE PULL OVER THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTED IT IMMEDIATELY. THE DEALERSHIP COUL...

Mileage: 15,760

DT: HAD THE VEHICLE ON THE JACK AND THE VEHICLE FELL OFF THE JACK, THIS HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2005. THE JACK HAS A SMALL BASE , IT'S ABOUT 4X5 OR 4X6. HE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, THEY SAID TO CONTACT NHTSA. *AK *NM

Mileage: 10,000

DT: THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND HEARD A NOISE IN THE VEHICLE. SHE THOUGHT IT WAS THE BRAKES BECAUSE IT SOUNDED LIKE METAL TO METAL. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS CHECKED AT THE DEALERSHIP ONE COULD PULL THE TIRE OUT BECAUSE THE PIN THAT HELD THE AXLE HAD DROPPED DOWN INTO THE DIFFERENTIAL UNIT. THIS COULD HAVE C...

DT: THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND HEARD A NOISE IN THE VEHICLE. SHE THOUGHT IT WAS THE BRAKES BECAUSE IT SOUNDED LIKE METAL TO METAL. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS CHECKED AT THE DEALERSHIP ONE COULD PULL THE TIRE OUT BECAUSE THE PIN THAT HELD THE AXLE HAD DROPPED DOWN INTO THE DIFFERENTIAL UNIT. THIS COULD HAVE C...

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO STALLED, AND DIED, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE MESSAGE CENTER ON THE DASH READ " REDUCED ENGINE POWER". *TS THE TRUCK WOULD NOT RESTART AND STEERING AND BRAKING WAS LIMITED. THE CONSUMER PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD FOR SIGNS OF FAILURE, NO...

Mileage: 21,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THAT 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO FAILED TO STOP AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE SPEED WAS AROUND 40 MPH WHEN THE DRIVER WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND THE ABS DID NOT ENGAGE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. THE CONTACT WAS STANDING UP IN THE VEHICLE AND MASHED ...

Mileage: 19,000

LIGHT TICKING NOISE FROM ENGINE FROM ABOUT 30,000 MILES BY 45,000 MILES THE NOISE IS MUCH MORE NOTICEABLE LIKE LIFTERS TAPPING. FAILURE WAS WITH ONE OF THE CAM SHAFT LOBES CHIPPING OFF A SUBSTANTIAL PIECE OF METAL ( BRAKE FAILURE AS OPPOSED TO BEING WIPED ). THE REPAIR HAS NOT YET BEEN COMPLETED BUT...

Mileage: 46,000

TRAILER BRAKE WIRING HARNESS. I RECENTLY PURCHASED A TRAILER WHICH REQUIRED A ELECTRONIC BRAKE. AFTER HAVING THE BRAKING SYSTEM INSTALLED BY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE TRAILER I WAS INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKING HARNESS ON THE VEHICLE. I THEN CALLED THE DEALER FOR MORE INFORMATION, THEY RECO...

TRAILER BRAKE WIRING HARNESS. I RECENTLY PURCHASED A TRAILER WHICH REQUIRED A ELECTRONIC BRAKE. AFTER HAVING THE BRAKING SYSTEM INSTALLED BY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE TRAILER I WAS INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKING HARNESS ON THE VEHICLE. I THEN CALLED THE DEALER FOR MORE INFORMATION, THEY RECO...

ABS PUMP MOTOR RUNNING CONSTANT EVEN WHEN VEHICLE IS OFF AND KEY IS OUT. *JB

Mileage: 44,263

DT: THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN INSTANT ACCELERATION PROBLEM WHEN APPROACHING A STOP SIGN OR RED LIGHT AND WHEN APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE. THIS OFTEN OCCURRED WHEN STOPPING AT LOW SPEEDS, SUCH AS 10 MPH OR LOWER, AND WAS INTERMITTENT IN NATURE. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST FIVE TIMES. WHEN B...

Mileage: 1,000

DT: THE FUEL TANK FELL OFF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THIS PROBLEM ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2005. THE CONSUMER HAS NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP YET. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT TWO BRACKETS BROKE, CAUSING THE TANK TO HANG CLOSE TO THE ROAD. THE CONSUMER FELT THAT IT WAS DANGEROUS TO MOVE TH...

Mileage: 3,100

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED. THE DRIVER'S SEAT COMPARTMENT WAS WHERE THE MOST DAMAGE WAS DONE. THE TRUCK HAD BEEN PARKED FOR THIRTY MINUTES. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS THAT THE CONSUMER WAS AWARE OFF THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE FIRE. THE DRIVER SE...

Mileage: 14,800

1) WHILE BACKING UP A TRAVEL TRAILER INTO MY DRIVEWAY, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN AND IN ADDITION THERE WAS NO POWER BRAKE FUNCTION IN THE TRUCK. 2) WITHOUT STEERING OR BRAKING POWER THE TRUCK WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE. HAD THIS EVENT OCCURRED JUST MINUTES EARLIER WHEN WE WERE TRA...

Mileage: 23,677

1) WHILE BACKING UP A TRAVEL TRAILER INTO MY DRIVEWAY, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN AND IN ADDITION THERE WAS NO POWER BRAKE FUNCTION IN THE TRUCK. 2) WITHOUT STEERING OR BRAKING POWER THE TRUCK WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE. HAD THIS EVENT OCCURRED JUST MINUTES EARLIER WHEN WE WERE TRA...

Mileage: 23,677

DT: PARKING BRAKE WOULD STAY ENGAGED BUT WOULD NOT PREVENT VEHICLE FROM ROLLING. WHEN THE PARKING BRAKE WAS IN PLACE THE VEHICLE WOULD STILL ROLL AS IF THE PARKING BRAKE WAS NOT ENGAGED. RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING THE PARKING BRAKE. TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS. DEALER...

Mileage: 24,943

I HAVE OWNED MY 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO SINCE SEPT. OF 2004 WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. JUST RECENTLY, HOWEVER, MY POWER STEERING IS FAILING AT SPEEDS BELOW 10 MILES PER HOUR. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER AND HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THIS IS COMMON FOR THE CAR AND THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I WAS ...

Mileage: 11,500

ALL 5 (FIVE) TIRES THAT CAME ON MY 2004 SILVERADO ARE DRY ROTTING. I AM A 59 YEAR OLD DISABLED WOMAN AND VEHICLE HAD 18000 WHEN MY SON NOTICED THE ROTTING. *JB

Mileage: 16,000

DT: CLUTCH FAILURE, VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY HAVE TEMPORARILY FIXED IT. THEY REPLACED BEARING, FLYWHEEL, PRESSURE PLATE, AND THE SLAVE CYLINDER. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME. THE SECOND TIME THEY REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER. THE THIRD TIME THEY REPLACED T...

Mileage: 11,256

DT: 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS A SLIP IN IT AND IT STALLS. THE DEALERSHIP INSISTS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE AND IT CANNOT BE FIXED. THE VEHICLE HESITATES AND THEN CLANGS WHEN IT CATCHES INTO GEAR. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THEY NEED TO SP...

Mileage: 16,000

I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK IN FEB 2004 AND IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP NUMEROUS TIMES FOR WIRING HARNESS REPAIRS. THEN WHEN IT IS OUT OF THE 36000 MILES WARRANTY, IT HAS PROBLEMS AGAIN AND THE DEALERSHIP THEN TELLS ME THEY WILL NEED TO REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS AT ABOUT $1500 OUT OF MY POCKET AND A RENTAL FE...

Mileage: 7,912

DT: THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE AMERITECH BY GENERAL TIRE HAS DEVELOPED A PROBLEM WITH TREAD SEPARATION. THE TWO FRONT TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO AND THE 4 REAR TIRES NEED TO BE REPLACED NOW. THE DEALERSHIP AGREED THAT THE TIRES NEED TO BE REPLACED AND THE MANUFACTURER SAID THAT TH...

Mileage: 8,684

DT: IN JANUARY 2005 THE CONSUMER'S HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AT 30 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES AND STEERING LOCKED UP. IN JANUARY 2005 THERE WAS A LIGHT SNOW . THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC AND FOUND OUT THAT THE BRAKES WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE HAD A LITTLE UNDER 20,000 MILES ON IT. ON AUGUST ...

Mileage: 20,000

DT: IN JANUARY 2005 THE CONSUMER'S HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AT 30 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES AND STEERING LOCKED UP. IN JANUARY 2005 THERE WAS A LIGHT SNOW . THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC AND FOUND OUT THAT THE BRAKES WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE HAD A LITTLE UNDER 20,000 MILES ON IT. ON AUGUST ...

Mileage: 20,000

I HAD THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM WITH MY 1999 SILVERADO AS WELL: WHILE DRIVING MY 2004 SILVERADO DOWN RT. 128 IN MA. AT RATE OF SPEED OF ABOUT 45 MPH THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET (?) STOPPED SUDDENLY. THERE WAS PLENTY OF DISTANCE TO STOP. IF I WAS DRIVING MY 1968 DODGE DART WITH 1 BRA...

Mileage: 19,000

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO ACCELERATOR GOT STUCK ON START UP, CAUSED ROLLOVER. ONE PERSON INJURED. TOTAL LOSS OF THE VEHICLE. ALSO WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES NOT STOPPING THE VEHICLE. HAD IT IN TWICE FOR THE BRAKES, DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THIS IS THE WAY THERE SUPPOSE TO BE. I KEPT ON...

Mileage: 20,000

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO ACCELERATOR GOT STUCK ON START UP, CAUSED ROLLOVER. ONE PERSON INJURED. TOTAL LOSS OF THE VEHICLE. ALSO WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES NOT STOPPING THE VEHICLE. HAD IT IN TWICE FOR THE BRAKES, DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THIS IS THE WAY THERE SUPPOSE TO BE. I KEPT ON...

Mileage: 20,000

DT: THE CONTAC OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH ON AUGUST 28, 2005. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ON INDICATING THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR BAG SYSTEM. THE CONTACT ...

Mileage: 61,000

TRAFFIC CAME TO QUICK STOP I DID A RAPID PUSH ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND NOTHING HAPPENED NO BRAKE LOCK AT ALL AND REAR ENDED THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME, CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO FRONT OF MY VEHICLE AND MY AIR BAG DID NOT EVEN DEPLOY. *JB

Mileage: 9,838

TRAFFIC CAME TO QUICK STOP I DID A RAPID PUSH ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND NOTHING HAPPENED NO BRAKE LOCK AT ALL AND REAR ENDED THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME, CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO FRONT OF MY VEHICLE AND MY AIR BAG DID NOT EVEN DEPLOY. *JB

Mileage: 9,838

DT: 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT ON AUGUST 23, 2005. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH. A DEER CAME ONTO THE ROAD, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE SWERVED TO AVOID IT, AND WENT INTO RAVINE. TOOK OUT TWO TREES. THIS DAMAGED THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEP...

Mileage: 30,000

TRUCK WILL NOT MOVE INITIALLY WHEN PUT INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE AFTER IT HAS BEEN PARKED AND JUST BEEN STARTED . AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO LOOSE FLUID IN TORQUE CONVERTER AFTER SETTING. THIS HAS BEEN SINCE NEW AND IS GETTING WORSE.

Mileage: 100

DT: 2004 CHEVY SILEVRALDO THAT HAS 10,700 MILES THAT IS EXPERIENCING BRAKE PROBLEMS. THE TRUCK IS CURRENTLY AT DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE FIRST INSTANCE OCCURRED AT ABOUT 1,000 MILES. THE ISSUE IS AT LOW SPEEDS SUCH AS BEING AT AN INTERSECTION OR RED LIGHT AND WHEN BRAKE PRESSURE IS APPLIED -IT GOES...

Mileage: 1,200

MY '04 CHEVY SILVERADO HD2500 WITH DURAMAX OVERHEATS WHEN TOWING. *JB

Mileage: 14,000

STEERING COLUMN MAKING CLUNKING NOISE & HARD STEERING. *NM

Mileage: 49,750

I OWN A 2004 CHEVY 2500HD WITH A LLY DURAMAX AND THE TRUCKS OVERHEATS EVRYTIME I PULL A TRAILER THAT WEIGHS 2000LBS OR 12000LBS IT DOES NOT MATTER. I THINK YOU NEED TO HELP US OUT THAT OWN THIS MODEL AND YEAR OF TRUCK AND MAKE GM FIX IT. *NM

Mileage: 4,000

DT: CALLER STATED HA A LEMON FOR A VEHICLE. CALLER SAID 6 MONTHS AGO IT STARTED ACTING UP AND IT GOT WORSE SOMETIMES IT WILL START AND SOMETIMES IT WONT. SH HAD THE VEHICLE IN THE REPAIR SHOP 3 TIMES IN ONE WEEK FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER SAID THEY FIXED IT. CALLER THOUGHT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHA...

Mileage: 33,900

DT: A 2004 2500 HD CHEVROLET TRUCK HIT CONSUMER'S SON IN FORD RANGER. THE CHEVROLET MOMENTARILY STOPPED, AND THEN HIT CONSUMER'S SON WITH A LIGHT IMPACT. RECALL ID 05V043000 WAS ISSUED ON BRAKE PROBLEMS & DIFFICULT STEERING. THE TIE ROD END BROKE, AND IT APPEARED THEY WERE NOT WELL BUILT TO BREA...

DT: A 2004 2500 HD CHEVROLET TRUCK HIT CONSUMER'S SON IN FORD RANGER. THE CHEVROLET MOMENTARILY STOPPED, AND THEN HIT CONSUMER'S SON WITH A LIGHT IMPACT. RECALL ID 05V043000 WAS ISSUED ON BRAKE PROBLEMS & DIFFICULT STEERING. THE TIE ROD END BROKE, AND IT APPEARED THEY WERE NOT WELL BUILT TO BREA...

WHILE PULLING MY TRAILER MY TRUCK OVERHEATS AND WHEN IT GETS HOT IT WILL TAKE ALL THE POWER FROM THE MOTOR MAKING A HAZARD AND A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE BEEN TAKING IT TO THE DEALER FOR ONE YEAR AND THE SAY NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT. *NM

Mileage: 20,000

IN JUNE, 2004, MR. WOLD BEGAN EXPERIENCING MECHANICAL PROBLEMS HIS 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO TRUCK. TO BEGIN WITH, THE ABS BRAKE LIGHT IN THE NEW SILVERADO CAME ON AND INTERMITTENTLY STAYED ON. IN JULY OF 2004, MR. WOLD TOOK TRUCK FOR SERVICING AT RIVERSIDE AUTO CENTER IN BONNERS FERRY, IDAHO FOR INVEST...

Mileage: 2,689

IN JUNE, 2004, MR. WOLD BEGAN EXPERIENCING MECHANICAL PROBLEMS HIS 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO TRUCK. TO BEGIN WITH, THE ABS BRAKE LIGHT IN THE NEW SILVERADO CAME ON AND INTERMITTENTLY STAYED ON. IN JULY OF 2004, MR. WOLD TOOK TRUCK FOR SERVICING AT RIVERSIDE AUTO CENTER IN BONNERS FERRY, IDAHO FOR INVEST...

Mileage: 2,689

2004.5 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500 DURAMAX OVERHEATS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TO 258 DEG WHILE TOWING 9000LB TRAILER 2 TIMES TRANSMISSIONS HAS GONE TO 270 DEG AND HAS GONE INTO A PROTECTIVE MODE WHILE CLIMBING A HILL CAUSING US TO NEARLY GET REAR ENDED DUE TO NO PLACE TO PULL OVER AND EXTREMELY SLOW SPEEDS TO...

Mileage: 1,539

DT: CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING ON I-66, AROUND MILE MARKER 58, THE TIRE BLEW OUT. THIS HAPPENED AT 6:45 AM. CONSUMER FELT THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK, AND HE FELT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WOULD FALL. THIS WAS THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE. THE TIRES HAD BEEN ROTATED APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS AGO. T...

2004.5 LLY 2500HD SILVERADO DURAMAX TOWING 1700 LUND PROSPORT IN ~85 DEGREE AMBIENT. I WAS REQUIRED TO TURN OF THE A/C AND LIMIT THE POWER AS THE ENGINE TEMP CONTINUED TO CLIMB BEYOND 210 AND INTO THE 235-240 DEGREE RANGE. THIS IS A CONSTANT PROBELM WITH THIS ENGINE UNDER MINIMAL LOAD. DEALER HAS...

Mileage: 22,000

3 TIMES WHILE CLIMBING A HILL, THE ENGINE HAS SUDDENLY, WITHOUT WARNING, LOST ALL POWER, THEN DIED LEAVING ME COASTING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. ENGINE IS VERY HARD TO RESTART, BUT WILL RESTART IF IT SITS FOR A FEW MINUTES. IF THIS WERE TO OCCUR IN AN AREA WHERE I CANNOT GET OFF THE HIGHWAY, OR WHILE PASS...

Mileage: 16,000

WHILE PULLING INSIDE OF THE GARAGE THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE STOPPED BY HITTING THE HOUSE WALL. THE BRAKING BEFORE THE CRASH CAUSED THE ABS AND THE ENGINE LIGHTS TO APPEAR ON THE DASHBOARD WHICH REMAINED ON. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO THE DE...

Mileage: 25,000

WHILE PULLING INSIDE OF THE GARAGE THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE STOPPED BY HITTING THE HOUSE WALL. THE BRAKING BEFORE THE CRASH CAUSED THE ABS AND THE ENGINE LIGHTS TO APPEAR ON THE DASHBOARD WHICH REMAINED ON. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO THE DE...

Mileage: 25,000

DT: WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER FOUND HE WAS UNABLE TO GET THE ENGINE OUT OF 3RD GEAR AS THOUGH IT NEEDED TO BE GEARED DOWN. THE VEHICLE IS AN AUTOMATIC AND THOUGHT IT WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. HOWEVER, WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN, IT PRETTY CONSISTENT IN DOING SO. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER....

Mileage: 25,500

DT: WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER FOUND HE WAS UNABLE TO GET THE ENGINE OUT OF 3RD GEAR AS THOUGH IT NEEDED TO BE GEARED DOWN. THE VEHICLE IS AN AUTOMATIC AND THOUGHT IT WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. HOWEVER, WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN, IT PRETTY CONSISTENT IN DOING SO. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER....

Mileage: 25,500

DT: COMPUTER THAT PROGRAMS THE SEATS,WINDOWS, AND MIRRORS FAILED. IF THE CONSUMER TRIES TO OPEN THE WINDOW THE SEAT WILL MOVE, THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. SOMETIMES WHILE BACKING UP THE MIRRORS WILL AUTOMATICALLY GO DOWN TOWARD THE GROUND AT 90 DEGREES. ALSO, WHEN TURNING THE KEY IN THE IGNI...

DT: WHEN THE VEHICLE SITS ON A GRADE IT WILL ROLL BACKWARDS WHEN IN DRIVE. THE TRANSMISSION WILL READ A FALSE NEUTRAL ON LEVEL GROUND. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THIS VEHICLE HAS A 4L80E TRANSMISSION. THE PROBL...

Mileage: 1,500

2004 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500 DIESEL, FOUR MONTHS OLD(4000MILES) REAR AXILE WENT OUT. SAID DEFAULT FROM THE MANUFACTOR. TOOK FOURTEEN DAYS TO GET NEW ONE.CHEVROLET BUILT NEW FROM ST.LOUIS AND SHIPPED IT TO BE PUT ON. THEY GAVE ME A LITTLE CAR TO DRIVE. 27000 MILES AND NOW REAR AXILE LEAKING. TOOK TO DE...

Mileage: 27,000

SINCE I'VE BOUGHT MY 2004 CHEVORLET SILVERADO. I'VE HAD THE OIL PUMP REPLACED. THEN I STATED TO HEAR NOISES IN MY ENGINE. I TOOK IT BACK TO HAVE THEN LOOK OVER THE LIFTERS AND VALVES AND POWER/STERRING, IT IS STILL MAKING A WINEDY NOISE. THEY SAID" THAT'S NORMAL. THEN I TOOK IT INTO A FRIENDS PLACE,...

SINCE I'VE BOUGHT MY 2004 CHEVORLET SILVERADO. I'VE HAD THE OIL PUMP REPLACED. THEN I STATED TO HEAR NOISES IN MY ENGINE. I TOOK IT BACK TO HAVE THEN LOOK OVER THE LIFTERS AND VALVES AND POWER/STERRING, IT IS STILL MAKING A WINEDY NOISE. THEY SAID" THAT'S NORMAL. THEN I TOOK IT INTO A FRIENDS PLACE,...

SINCE I'VE BOUGHT MY 2004 CHEVORLET SILVERADO. I'VE HAD THE OIL PUMP REPLACED. THEN I STATED TO HEAR NOISES IN MY ENGINE. I TOOK IT BACK TO HAVE THEN LOOK OVER THE LIFTERS AND VALVES AND POWER/STERRING, IT IS STILL MAKING A WINEDY NOISE. THEY SAID" THAT'S NORMAL. THEN I TOOK IT INTO A FRIENDS PLACE,...

2500HD W/ALLISON TRANSMISSION. HAVE TAKEN TRUCK IN SEVERAL TIMES TO DEALER BECAUSE WHILE BACKING UP IN REVERSE THE TRANNY SURGES. DEALER KEEPS SAYING THAT THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM

ABOUT 1 MONTH AFTER BUYING A NEW 2004 SILVERADO IT STARTED SURGING VILOENTLY WHEN COLD. IT IS INCONSISTANT, SOMETIMES LASTS FOR BLOCKS. I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED LAST WEEK WHILE TRYIG TO CONTROL THE TRUCK. GM REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING, SAYING THERE IS NO DIAGNOSIS CODES SET AND THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD O...

Mileage: 1,200

ABOUT 1 MONTH AFTER BUYING A NEW 2004 SILVERADO IT STARTED SURGING VILOENTLY WHEN COLD. IT IS INCONSISTANT, SOMETIMES LASTS FOR BLOCKS. I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED LAST WEEK WHILE TRYIG TO CONTROL THE TRUCK. GM REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING, SAYING THERE IS NO DIAGNOSIS CODES SET AND THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD O...

Mileage: 1,200

(1) DRIVING VEHICLE ON INTERSTATE AT HIGHWAY SPEED, 65-70 MPH. (2) TIRE, INTERIOR SIDEWALL FAILURE, OF DRIVER SIDE REAR. (3) DEALER REPLACED WITH A NEW TIRE, N/C. (4) VEHICLE UNLOADED. TIRES 17,000 MLS WEAR.

Mileage: 16,800

1. I OBSERVERED ON 3 OCCASSIONS INTERMITTENT LOW SPEED BRAKING PROBLEMS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON 23MAY05 AND THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. 2. WHILE PARKED AND IDLING THE VEHICLE ON 11JUN05, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. A PART OF THE BRAKING SYTEM FROM UNDER THE HOOD LOOK...

Mileage: 9,670

MY 4 WHEEL DRIVE PICKUP HAS SHIFTED FROM 2 WHEEL DRIVE TO LOW 4 WHEEL DRIVE WITHOUT COMMAND. IT IS NOW IN THE SHOP FOR THE THIRD TIME FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS COULD BE DEADLY AT HIGH SPEEDS. I AM AWAIR OF ONE TRUCK OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL THAT CRASHED INTO A DITCH WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

Mileage: 18

BRAKES FAILED WHILE APPROACHING INTERSECTION CAUSING VEHICLE TO COME TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION. APPLIED BRAKES LIGHTLY WHILE APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION, AND WHEN APPLING BRAKES HARDER, TO COME TO COMPLETE STOP, THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL INTO INTERSECTION BEFORE S...

Mileage: 15,275

I HAVE SURVEYED GM TRUCKS/SUVS/VANS WHEN MEETING THEM IN THE INCOMING LANE. IT QUITE APPARENT THAT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE DRLS. I HAVE CALUCLATED THAT 3% OF THEM HAVE A BURNED OUT LIGHT. START WATHING FOR THEM ON YOUR DAILY DRIVES AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT I MEAN.

DT: THE TRUCK STOPS AND HAS NO POWER BRAKES OR STEERING CONTROL. WHEN IT COMES TO A FINAL STOP IT CANNOT BE RESTARTED. THE COMPUTER LIGHT COMES ON, STATING SERVICE BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED. ONCE CONSUMER WAITED ABOUT FIVE MINUTES BEFORE TRUCK RESTARTED.*AK

Mileage: 14,900

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO EXPERIENCED COMPLETE SHUTDOWN WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC.*MR THE MANUFACTURER REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH, FUEL PUMP, COMPUTER MODULE AND INSTALLED ENGINE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM TO MONITOR THE TRUCK. DUE TO ALL THE PROBLEMS THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE MANUFACTURER REPLACED THE ...

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO EXPERIENCED COMPLETE SHUTDOWN WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC.*MR THE MANUFACTURER REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH, FUEL PUMP, COMPUTER MODULE AND INSTALLED ENGINE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM TO MONITOR THE TRUCK. DUE TO ALL THE PROBLEMS THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE MANUFACTURER REPLACED THE ...

DT: NOT HAD A BRAKE PROBLEM UNTIL APPLIED BRAKE PRESSURE. WHILE DRIVING HOME SAW ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND HIT BRAKES AND SLID TO WHAT SEEMED A LONG WAY. FELT THERE WAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THIS WAS THE FIRST INCIDENT OF THIS TYPE. THIS DID RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT, STRIKING VEHICLE IN FRONT...

Mileage: 9,500

DT: DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, AND A PIECE OF PVC PIPE WENT INTO THE FRONT OF THE GAS TANK AND THEN MOST OF THE WAY OUT. RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 15 POUNDS OF PVC PIPE STUCK IN THE TANK. THE ALUMINUM COVER ONLY COVERS THE BACK AND THE SIDE OF THE GAS TANK.*AK

Mileage: 20,000

CONSUMER INQUIRY REGARDING WHETHER A CERTAIN 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO PICKUP TRUCK WAS SUBJECT TO A RECALL.*MR *JB

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO REAR ROTORS AND DISC PADS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE.*MR ONE YEAR AFTER INITIAL VEHICLE INSPECTION THE TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT THE PADS WERE BAD AND THE ROTORS WERE RUSTED AND PITTED. THE TRUCK ONLY HAD 15900 MILES AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION. *NM

Mileage: 15,919

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION.*MR....TRANSMISSION BANGS WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR AND DOWNSHIFTS HARD FROM 3RD TO 2ND GEAR. REPORTED PROBLEM TO DEALER IN FEBRUARY 2004 AT 3796 MILES. REPAIRED ON MARCH 2, 2004 AS PER BULLETIN 1430080. PROBLEM RECURRED AND W...

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Z71 PICKUP CREWCAB AND A CLUNKING BEGAN IN THE TRANSMISSION AROUND 2000 MILES AND HAS WORSENED. THE TRUCK NOW HAS 19,000 MILES AND THE DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOT A PROBLEM AND IT WAS NORMAL FOR THIS TRUCK. I KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM FROM DOING SOME SEARCHING ON THE I...

Mileage: 2,000

DT: WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 40-60 MPH VIBRATION FROM THE FRAME. SUSPENSION VIBRATION OR FRAME BEAMING. IT IS AS IF THERE IS A FLAT TIRE, THE CAR WOBBLES. VERY EERIE FEELING TO BE DRIVING AND THIS TO HAPPEN. A NEW SET OF TIRES HAVE BEEN PLACED ON FRONT. COMPLAINED TO GM,NO RECALL BUT WOULD BE NOTI...

Mileage: 4,000

DT: WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 40-60 MPH VIBRATION FROM THE FRAME. SUSPENSION VIBRATION OR FRAME BEAMING. IT IS AS IF THERE IS A FLAT TIRE, THE CAR WOBBLES. VERY EERIE FEELING TO BE DRIVING AND THIS TO HAPPEN. A NEW SET OF TIRES HAVE BEEN PLACED ON FRONT. COMPLAINED TO GM,NO RECALL BUT WOULD BE NOTI...

Mileage: 4,000

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL DESCENDS TO THE FLOOR WITH MINIMUM RESPONSE. BRAKES LOSE REACTION TIME WHEN PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. DEALER TESTED THE BRAKES AND STATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE NORMAL. ALSO, DEALERSHIP TRIED OTHER VEHICLES ON THE LOT, AND ALL THE BRAKES REACTED THE SAME. *AK *BF *NM

2004 CHEVY SILVERADO LS EXT. CAB 1500 4X4. BRAKE PEDAL GOING TO FLOOR BOARD WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. MUST PUMP BRAKE PEDAL TO BE ABLE TO STOP. HAS HAPPENED 12 TO 15 TIMES SINCE I TOOK DELIVERY 12/20/03. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER 2 TIMES AND OF COURSE DID NOT SHOW UP WHEN THEY TEST DROVE IT. SERVICE MANAGER ...

CONTACT STATES: SAFETY BULLETIN #PIP3328A DATED MARCH 14,2005 REGARDING SURGE IN A 2004-2005 CHEVROLET 6.6 ENGINE. STARTED OUT AS A ROUGH IDLE, AND IT PROGRESSIVLEY LEAD TO THE ENGINE SURGING.

CONTACT STATES: WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH VEHICLE IN FRONT SLAMMED ON BRAKES WHEN DRIVER TRIED TO STOP AND MISSED THAT VEHICLE, BUT BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. AFTERWARDS BRAKES WORKED, BUT SUSTAINED $ 2,700 WORTH OF DAMAGE. REPAIR WORK WAS BEING DONE TODAY. *AK

Mileage: 20,000

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE TORSION BAR ON THE FRONT BROKE. THIS CAUSED THE RIGHT FRONT TO DROP AND LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. VEHICLE WAS TOW TO A REPAIR SHOP. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.*AK TORSION BAR ADJUSTER BROKE ON THE LEFT FRONT AND THEN LOST CONTROL AND WENT OFF DRIVEWAY INTO TREES...

Mileage: 23,400

THE CONNECTOR TO THE FAN BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR BURNED UP AND MELTED ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE TECHNICIAN THAT WORKED ON THIS VEHICLE SAID THAT THE CONNECTOR SHORTED OUT, CAUSING THE RESISTOR PLUG TO BURN UP. HE ALSO STATED THAT THIS WAS COMMON IN CERTAIN GM VEHICLES. CHEVROLET SAID TH...

Mileage: 63,000

DEATH WAS THE RESULT OF A CRASH INVOLVING A 2004 SILVERADO TRUCK, DUALLY. MY SON, GENE, DECEASED OWNER, WAS RETURNING HOME WHEN TRUCK SKIDDED AND ROLLED OVER AT LEAST TWICE, KILLING HIM. I THINK THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES OR POWER STEERING, BUT AM NOT SURE HOW TO PROCEED WITH...

DEATH WAS THE RESULT OF A CRASH INVOLVING A 2004 SILVERADO TRUCK, DUALLY. MY SON, GENE, DECEASED OWNER, WAS RETURNING HOME WHEN TRUCK SKIDDED AND ROLLED OVER AT LEAST TWICE, KILLING HIM. I THINK THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES OR POWER STEERING, BUT AM NOT SURE HOW TO PROCEED WITH...

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH AN OAK TREE AT 5 MPH. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER FRONTAL AIR BAG DEPLOYED. ALTHOUGH CONSUMER WAS PROPERLY RESTRAINED THE CRASH PUSHED THE ENGINE THROUGH THE FIREWALL AGAINST THE PASSENGER'S SEAT. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES, AND AN AMBULANCE T...

Mileage: 64,000

SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER FAILURE. SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE SWINGS CLOCKWISE AND GOES PAST 120 MPH - EVEN WHEN VEHICLE IS STATIONARY. UNABLE TO DETERMINE VEHICLE'S SPEED. VERY UNSAFE SITUATION. TACHOMETER IS INACCURATE. CANNOT DETERMINE IF OR WHEN ENGINE IS BEING OVER-REVVED. THIS COULD LEAD TO ...

SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER FAILURE. SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE SWINGS CLOCKWISE AND GOES PAST 120 MPH - EVEN WHEN VEHICLE IS STATIONARY. UNABLE TO DETERMINE VEHICLE'S SPEED. VERY UNSAFE SITUATION. TACHOMETER IS INACCURATE. CANNOT DETERMINE IF OR WHEN ENGINE IS BEING OVER-REVVED. THIS COULD LEAD TO ...

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND FELT MY BRAKES SHUTTER THAN HEARD A WHIRRING NOISE AND LIGHTS STARTED COMING ON SAYING MY ANTILOCK BRACKS NEEDED SERVICE. WAS TOLD THAT MY TRUCK NEEDED A NEW ANTILOCK PUMPAND THAT IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY BY 3000 MILES NOTHING WAS DONE UP TO THIS POINT

Mileage: 40,000

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN TWO COLLISIONS CAUSED BY BRAKE FAILURE. THE FIRST COLLISION INVOLVED A VEHICLE MAKING A U TURN AND CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TRAVELING 40 MPH WAS UNABLE TO STOP AND STROKE THE OTHER VEHICLE. DURING THE SECOND COLLISION CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 35 MPH, W...

Mileage: 500

THERE IS A HORRIBLE WIND NOISE ON THE REAR QUARTER PANEL WINDOWS OF MY 2004, CHEVROLOET SILVERADO. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM, THERE IS STILL WINDNOISE APPARENT.*AK

Mileage: 1,000

THE HIGH BEAM INDICATOR IS TOO BRIGHT ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET 3500 DRW CC PICKUP. AT NIGHT, THE LIGHT IS BRIGHT ENOUGH TO IMPAIR THE VISION OF THE DRIVER. EVERYTIME I DRIVE MY TRUCK AT NIGHT (WHICH IS ALOT IN THE WINTERTIME IN ALASKA WHEN WE HAVE REDUCED DAYLIGHT HOURS) THE HIGH BEAM INDICATOR IS SO ...

ACCELERATING AFTER START UP THE FRONT AXLE LOCKED UP IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE. THE FRONT AXLE WAS REPAIRED. *AK VEHICLE OPERATED IN 2 WHEEL DRIVE. *AK

Mileage: 20,045

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH VEHICLE LOST POWER, AND THEN IT SHUT DOWN, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE BRAKES, AND POWER STEERING . DASHBOARD GOT COMPLETELY BLANK. OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY OUT OF WARRANTY.*AK

Mileage: 39,780

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH VEHICLE LOST POWER, AND THEN IT SHUT DOWN, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE BRAKES, AND POWER STEERING . DASHBOARD GOT COMPLETELY BLANK. OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY OUT OF WARRANTY.*AK

Mileage: 39,780

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AT THIS TIME. *AK THE ABS/BRAK...

Mileage: 12,250

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AT THIS TIME. *AK THE ABS/BRAK...

Mileage: 12,250

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AT THIS TIME. *AK THE ABS/BRAK...

Mileage: 12,250

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AT THIS TIME. *AK THE ABS/BRAK...

Mileage: 12,250

WHILE STANDING ON THE TAILGATE BOTH TAILGATE STRAPS SNAPPED. CONSUMER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 4,200

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTERS OVERLY BRIGHT HIGH BEAM INDICATOR DISTRACTED THE DRIVER AND CAUSED A NEAR MISS ACCIDENT WITH A DEER CROSSING THE ROADWAY. WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON VERY DARK ROADWAYS THE HIGH BEAM INDICATOR GLOWS TOO INTENSE BACK INTO THE DRIVER'S EYES.*AK

CHUNKS OUT OF TREADS ON ALL FOUR OEM SUPPLIED TIRES. INCREASING VEHICLE VIBRATION NOTED WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. TIRES ARE BRIDGESTONE DURAVIS II LT245/75R16E. VEHICLE HAS 11,000 MILES. VEHICLE IS USED FOR PERSONAL USE 80-85% HWY/CTY, 10-15% GRAVEL ROAD, 1-2% OFFROAD. TIRES HAVE BEEN INSPEC...

CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2004, INADEQUATE AND UNSAFE BOTTLE JACK. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TOO LARGE FOR A JACK THAT SIZE. THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDE HIM WITH AN ADEQUATE JACK. *JB

WHILE BRAKING AT 40 MPH THE BRAKES FAILED INTERMITTENTLY, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 7,600

TAILGATE PROBLEM, DRIVERS SEAT FAILURE,CRUISE CONTROL FAILURE, DECLINING BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS,WATER LEAKING IN DRIVERS DOOR,ELECTRICAL FAILURE IN RADIO,POWER MIRRORS. OWNER RETURNED TRUCK TO BANK FOR VOL.REPO.FEELING THIS TRUCK WAS BECOMING MORE UNSAFE TO DRIVE, THIS AMONG OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES. *JB

Mileage: 100

TAILGATE PROBLEM, DRIVERS SEAT FAILURE,CRUISE CONTROL FAILURE, DECLINING BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS,WATER LEAKING IN DRIVERS DOOR,ELECTRICAL FAILURE IN RADIO,POWER MIRRORS. OWNER RETURNED TRUCK TO BANK FOR VOL.REPO.FEELING THIS TRUCK WAS BECOMING MORE UNSAFE TO DRIVE, THIS AMONG OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES. *JB

Mileage: 100

TAILGATE PROBLEM, DRIVERS SEAT FAILURE,CRUISE CONTROL FAILURE, DECLINING BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS,WATER LEAKING IN DRIVERS DOOR,ELECTRICAL FAILURE IN RADIO,POWER MIRRORS. OWNER RETURNED TRUCK TO BANK FOR VOL.REPO.FEELING THIS TRUCK WAS BECOMING MORE UNSAFE TO DRIVE, THIS AMONG OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES. *JB

Mileage: 100

TAILGATE PROBLEM, DRIVERS SEAT FAILURE,CRUISE CONTROL FAILURE, DECLINING BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS,WATER LEAKING IN DRIVERS DOOR,ELECTRICAL FAILURE IN RADIO,POWER MIRRORS. OWNER RETURNED TRUCK TO BANK FOR VOL.REPO.FEELING THIS TRUCK WAS BECOMING MORE UNSAFE TO DRIVE, THIS AMONG OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES. *JB

Mileage: 100

WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER THE WINDOWS WILL NOT WORK. THE WINDOWS DOES NOT COME DOWN. CONSUMER STATES HE HAS HAD THE PROBLEM WITH THE WINDOWS SINCE HE HAS HAD THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *NM

STEERING SHAFT RATTLES. MORE SEVERE WHILE TURNING CURVES, OR ON BUMPY ROADS. NO FAILURE YET. DEALER WILL ONLY APPLY GREASE. NO RECALL NOTIFICATION TO DATE, DEALER HAS NOT REPLACED.*AK

05V043000/HYDRAULIC BRAKE BOSCH. THE CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES AND STEERING. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AND APPLYING THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING. THE BRAKE DOES NOT RETURN TO ITS NORMAL POSITION AFTER THE BRAKE HAS BEEN RELEASED CAUSING THE VEHICLE ...

Mileage: 14,000

05V043000/HYDRAULIC BRAKE BOSCH. THE CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES AND STEERING. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AND APPLYING THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING. THE BRAKE DOES NOT RETURN TO ITS NORMAL POSITION AFTER THE BRAKE HAS BEEN RELEASED CAUSING THE VEHICLE ...

Mileage: 14,000

AFTER AN AVERAGE COLD NIGHT ABOUT 0*TO - 7* F, SNOW AND ICE WERE ON THE ROADS SO THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN 4WD AND LEFT FOR THE NIGHT, WHEN I WENT TO WORK THE NEXT DAY, THE TRUCK MADE A VERY LOUD GROWLING NOISE FROM THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL AND TRIVE TRAIN FOR ABOUT 20 - 30 MILES. TURNS OUT THE FRONT...

Mileage: 29,550

I HAVE A CLUNK NOISE IN THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE TAKEN MY VECHICLE TO THE DEALER MANY TIMES THEY SAID THERE IS NO FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. THEY HANDED ME A DOCUMENT ID# 1430424 AND WILL NOT FIX THEY TRUCK.*AK

Mileage: 11,000

STEERING WOULD LOCK UP AT LOW SPEEDS. *AK

NHTSA RECALL 04V129000 ON THE TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLE. FOR SIX MONTHS THE DEALER DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *NM

I OWN A 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500HD. ON 11 FEB 2005 I NOTICED SOME RUST ON MY TRAILER HITCH. I INSPECTED IT AND FOUND THAT THERE IS RUST AROUND THE WELDS, AND THAT ONE OF THE WELDS IS COMPLETELY CRACKED. I WENT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ONLY FIX IS TO RE-WELD IT. I TOLD THEM THAT I DID NOT...

Mileage: 10,900

A CLUNKING NOISE COULD BE HEARD UNDER THE CONSUMER'S 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO WHILE IN MOTION . *NM THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER 3-4 TIMES FOR REPAIRS. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE DEFECT COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. *SC *JB

A CLUNK SOUND EMANATES FROM THE DRIVELINE OF MY 2004 SILVERADO MOSTLY WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD AND FROM 3RD TO 2ND. THE CLUNK ALSO OCCURS BETWEEN NO ACCELERATION AND ACCELLERATION WHILE IN 2ND GEAR. OCCASIONALLY THE NOISE OCCURS BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR. THE PROBLEM BEGAN AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 ...

Mileage: 2,000

RECALL # 05 V 043 000/BOS/HYDRO BOOSTER/HYDRAULIC BRAKE: CONSUMER IS REPORTING THAT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE BRAKE BOOSTER PRESSURE ACCUMULATOR BLEW OFF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT THE BRAKE...

Mileage: 18,000

WHILE DRIVING THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON , AND THE COMPUTER READ OUT, SAYING SERVICING AIR BAG. THE CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, THEY PLACED IT ON THE COMPUTER AND STATED IT SHOWED NO DEFECTS, AND WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. *AK *SC

Mileage: 37,600

WHILE BACKING UP THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK BACK AND SURGE. TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP CHANGING RMP UNLESS IT WAS TAKEN OUT OF REVERSE, PUT INTO NEUTRAL THEN PUT BACK IN REVERSE. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *BF THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND T...

THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN AND LURCHED FORWARD WHEN IT WAS COLD AND DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. THIS MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR DRIVER TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, INCREASING THE CHANCE OF A CRASH. TOOK TO DEALER FOR CHECKUP, BUT RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED.*AK

REPEATED FAILURE OF VEHICLE OXYGEN SENSOR.*AK

Mileage: 8,000

WHILE DRIVING ON I-75 NORTH COMMING FROM FLORIDA AFTER CROSSING THE GEORGIA STATE LINE DRIVER MADE STOP AT THE REST AREA,WHEN I RESUMED TRIP THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO ENGAGE,A FEW MILES LATER IN HEAVY TRAFFIC THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED ON IT'S OWN. *AK ALMOST CAUSING A ACCIDENT,THIS TRUCK HAS H...

Mileage: 5,400

THE DASH BOARD CLUSTER WENT OUT AND THE TRUCK IS ONLY A YEAR OLD, THE EXPENSE AND THE DELAY IN GETTING IT FIXED DUE TO THE BACK LOG OF CLUSTERS NEEDING REPAIRED. IT TOOK SEVEN DAYS FOR THE PART TO COME IN.*AK

Mileage: 38,000

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKE SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON . PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

Mileage: 17,036

WINDSHIELD CRACKING. *NM

Mileage: 7,150

I RECENTLY HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE HEATER MOTOR IN MY 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO. THE HEATER MOTOR BEGAN TO MAKE A SQUEALING NOISE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT . MECHANICS LOOKED IT OVER AND I WAS TOLD THE BEARING IN THE HEATER MOTOR WAS SEIZING UP ,ALTHOUGH THE DEALERSHIP DIDN'T HAV...

Mileage: 8,475

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, BUT FAILED TO INFLATE PROPERLY. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. *AK

VEHICLE WAS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME SLOWING DOWN WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, ESPECIALLY WHEN TOWING ITEMS. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED BY CONSUMER, BUT REFUSED TO REPAIR VEHICLE. *AK *NM

THE SPARE TIRE WAS NOT THE SAME SIZE OF THE TIRES MOUNTED ON THE VEHICLE. *SC THE CONSUMER STATED THAT CHEVROLET DOES NOT MAKE NOR PROVIDE 17 INCH SPARE TIRES FOR HIS VEHICLE. THE 2005 VEHICLES NOW HAVE 17 INCH SPARE TIRES. THE CONSUMER ASKED IF IT IS SAFE TO MAKE AN 8000 MILE JOURNEY PULLING...

WHILE DRIVING A RATTLING NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT STEERING WHEEL SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE LOST POWER AND EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN. THERE WERE NO BRAKES OR STEERING, AND THE DASHBOARD WAS COMPLETELY BLACK. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT IF THIS HAPPENED AGAIN HE WOULD HAVE TO TOW IT BACK TO THE DEALER. *AK

Mileage: 2,000

MUSHY BRAKE PEDAL GOES ALMOST TO FLOOR AND REQUIRES EXTREME PRESSURE ON PEDAL, ESPECIALLY AT SLOW SPEEDS, WORSE WITH LOAD. NO CONSEQUENCES YET. PROBLEM SINCE NEW AND DEALER SAID BRAKES WOULD WEAR IN OK, NOW 40,000 MI AND PROBLEM WORSE.*AK

Mileage: 1,000

THE CONSUMER WAS MAKING A U TURN AND WITHOUT WARNING THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS HARD AND DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH VEHICLE HYDROPLANED, LOST CONTROL, AND CRASHED INTO A BUILDING HEAD ON . UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG WAS DEACTIVATED. NO INJURIES REPORTED. *AK

Mileage: 18,807

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM FAILED. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BACK FIRE. HOWEVER, VEHICLE STILL DRIVABLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 7,000

NEW SILVERADO THE TWO BATTERIES GO DEAD IN A FEW DAYS OF NO USE. AFTER THREE SERVICE TRIPS TO DEALER. THEY TELL ME NOT TO LEAVE THE TOW PACKAGE SWITCH ON. SO INSTEAD OF FIXING THE SHORT, THEY TELL ME NOT TO USE THIS OPTION. I AM FEAR THIS MAY CAUSE A FIRE. ALSO WHEN I TOOK A TEST DRIVE ALL THE SILV...

Mileage: 800

WHILE DRIVING 58 MPH STEERING WHEEL PULLED TO THE LEFT, CAUSING CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 16,000

VEHICLE SHIFTED VERY HARD, AND THERE WAS AN INCIDENT OF SHUTTING DOWN. ALSO, DASHBOARD LIGHTS FLASHED ON AND OFF. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 1,500

VEHICLE SHIFTED VERY HARD, AND THERE WAS AN INCIDENT OF SHUTTING DOWN. ALSO, DASHBOARD LIGHTS FLASHED ON AND OFF. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 1,500

VEHICLE OVER HEATED WHILE TOWING A 10K LBS 5TH WHEEL TRAILER, VEHICLE IS RATED TO TOW 17K LBS 5TH WHEEL TRAILER. *AK

Mileage: 4,500

THERE ARE 3 RECALLS ON MY VEHICAL WHY HAVE I NOT BEEN NOTIFIED

THERE ARE 3 RECALLS ON MY VEHICAL WHY HAVE I NOT BEEN NOTIFIED

THERE ARE 3 RECALLS ON MY VEHICAL WHY HAVE I NOT BEEN NOTIFIED

OUTSIDE DISC BRAKE PAD ON RIGHT REAR WHEEL WEARS OUT PREMATURELY CAUSING THE BRAKE DISC TO BE DAMAGED. REAR RIGHT SIDE AXLE IS ALLOED TO FLOAT FROM SIDE TO SIDE IN THE AXLE HOUSING ALLOWING THE BRAKE PAD TO BE LOADED BY THE WEIGHT OF THE TRIUCK DURING NORMAL OPERATION. THIS LOADING CAUSES THE PREM...

TIRES ARE OUT OF ROUND. I HAVE A 2004 Z71 THAT HAS 8,000 MILES ON IT. THE DEALER HAS PUT FOUR SETS OF TIRES ON IT. THEY WONT ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM. CAN YOU HELP? THE TIRES ARE BRIDGESTONE DUELERS A/T 17"*JB

THE PLASTIC TAILGATE HANDLE BEZEL KEEPS FALLING OUT EVERYTIME THE TAILGATE IS LOWERED. IT MAY FLY OFF WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT BEHIND MY TRUCK.*AK

Mileage: 2,000

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT (SO FAR) TWICE AND THE FIRST TIME THEY DID NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE SO THEY STATED THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE SECOND TIME THE SERVICE TECH RODE WITH ME AND COULD HEAR THE PROBLEM. THEY TOOK THE VEHICLE I...

Mileage: 9,500

WHEN AT LOW IDLE THE POWER STEERING IS INOPERABLE. I HAVE TAKEN THIS TO MY DEALER @ TOLD IT IS NORMAL . I DO NOT FEEL THAT A CAR THAT IS EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN AT LOW IDLE IS CONSIDERED NORMAL.*AK

Mileage: 18,500

THE GRILLE GUARD IS BLOCKING THE HEADLIGHTS, MAKING VISIBILITY ON THE ROAD AT NIGHT DIFFICULT. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER FOR A REPLACEMENT GRILL.*AK

THE GRILLE GUARD IS BLOCKING THE HEADLIGHTS, MAKING VISIBILITY ON THE ROAD AT NIGHT DIFFICULT. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER FOR A REPLACEMENT GRILL.*AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WHEN DRIVING TRANSMISSION SOUNDED AND RODE ROUGHLY. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS . DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO CONTACTED. *AK

Mileage: 10

HEADLIGHTS DO NOT LIGHT WELL DUE TO CONDENSATION, ESPECIALLY IN THE RAIN AND AT NIGHT. THIS DECREASES THE VISIBILITY ON THE ROAD.*AK

VEHICLE HAS BAD LIGHTS, MAKING THE VIEW ON THE ROAD AT NIGHT VERY DIFFICULT. ANYTIME THAT THE HIGH BEAMS WERE TURNED THE OTHER LIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE HEAD LIGHTS HAVE SHADOWS IN THEM. THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL ON BOTH HIGH AND LOW BEAM SHARE THE SAME SC...

THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AN DRIVERS SIDE BACK DOOR MOLDING HAS DIMPLES THE SIZE OF A GOLF BALL LOOKS VERY BAD HAS BEEN THERE EVER SINCE I TOOK DELIVERY OF VEHICLE AND DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT IN THE FUTURE THERE WILL BE A RECALL TO FIX THIS I FEEL AS A CONSUMER THAT THIS IS A DEFECT AND IT SHOULD BE FIXED ...

Mileage: 38

THE TIRES DO NOT FULLY CONTACT THE GROUND,THEY ARE ROUNDED. THREE FIFTHS OF THE TIRE IS ON THE GROUND. ONCE THE ROAD IS WET THERE IS A LACK OF STOPPING POWER. GENERAL, AMERITRAK ATS, LT215/85R16, LOAD RANGE E, DOT A30P1UNB, 115/112S. *AK THE TIRES FAILED TO GRIP THE ROAD WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MA...

THE ROOF OF THE TRUCK WAS SOFT, IT BUCKLED WHEN THE CONSUMER WENT THROUGH A CAR WASH. *JB WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS WITH THE SIDE WINDOW OPENED HALF WAY, PRESSURE BUILT UP INSIDE THE VEHICLE WHICH CAUSED THE ROOF TO BUCKLE. *NM

Mileage: 11,000

TRANSMISSION WENT OF GEAR WHENEVER THE KEY IS IN THE ACCESSORY POSITION. THIS CAUSED A COLLISION.*AK

WHILE PARKED ON A INCLINE CONSUMER APPLIED THE PARKING BRAKE AND IT FAILED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL DOWN A HILL. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE CAUSE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *AK

Mileage: 5,200

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO APPLY THE BRAKE FROM A LOW SPEED THE PEDAL INTERMITTENTLY PROCEEDED TO THE FLOOR. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB PROBLEM COULD NOT BE FOUND BY DEALERSHIP. *TC

Mileage: 96

CONSUMER STATES THAT HE HAS A BRAND NEW VEHICLE WITH MALFUNCTIONING HEADLIGHTS. HE STATES THAT THE HEAD LAMPS BULBS ARE SO DIM THAT YOU CANNOT SEE IN FRONT OF YOU AT NIGHT. HE SAID THE LIGHT BULB DO NOT SPREAD SO THAT YOU CAN SEE BEFORE YOU REACH THE AREA YOU ARE APPROACHING. PLEASE HELP, BECAUSE...

THREE YEAR OLD CHILD TOOK VEHICLE OUT OF PARK AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED AND CRASHED INTO THE CARPORT.*MR THE CONSUMER REQUESTED COMPENSATION FOR THE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE BUT WAS DENIED. THE REPRESENTATIVE INDICATED THAT THERE WAS A DESIGN CHANGE THEREFORE HE COULD NOT RECEIVED COMPENSATION. *NM

CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT VEHICLE WAS MAINTAINING THE SAME SPEED AFTER RELEASING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. SPEED WOULD CONTINUE FOR 3 SECONDS OR MORE BEFORE THE SPEED WAS REDUCED. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO TWO SEPARATE DEALERS, AND BOTH AGREED THAT WAS THE NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THAT VEHICLE.*AK

Mileage: 5

WHILE DRIVING AT A MODERATE SPEED, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WAS PERFORMING ERRATICALLY. THE CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS THE STEERING SHAFT/BOX. THERE WERE NO PARTS AT THAT TIME. IT HAS BEEN SEVEN WEEKS AND PARTS STILL WEREN...

Mileage: 17,000

WHILE DRIVING AT A MODERATE SPEED, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WAS PERFORMING ERRATICALLY. THE CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS THE STEERING SHAFT/BOX. THERE WERE NO PARTS AT THAT TIME. IT HAS BEEN SEVEN WEEKS AND PARTS STILL WEREN...

Mileage: 17,000

AFTER THE VEHICLE IS WARM, ONE OF THE INJECTOR SLEEVES BEGINS TO LEAK DIESEL AND OIL INTO THE CRANKCASE, CAUSING PLUMES OF WHITE AND BLACK SMOKE TO COME OUT OF THE TAIL PIPE AND CAUSES THE TRUCK TO SPUTTER. A LOUD SOUND OF A VALVE FLAPPING VIOLENTLY ALSO IS HEARD. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSH...

Mileage: 1,928

AFTER THE VEHICLE IS WARM, ONE OF THE INJECTOR SLEEVES BEGINS TO LEAK DIESEL AND OIL INTO THE CRANKCASE, CAUSING PLUMES OF WHITE AND BLACK SMOKE TO COME OUT OF THE TAIL PIPE AND CAUSES THE TRUCK TO SPUTTER. A LOUD SOUND OF A VALVE FLAPPING VIOLENTLY ALSO IS HEARD. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSH...

Mileage: 1,928

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE BRAKES FAILED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND PULLED OVER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

I OWN A 2500HD W/DURAMAX DIESEL.IT HAS FRAME BEAMING DEFECTS.DEFECT WAS PRESENT FROM THE START BUT WAS NOT IDENTIFIED TILL ABOUT 20,000 MI.TRUCK TEARING UP TIRES,VIBRATING,DIFFICULT TO STEER AND GETTING WORSE ALONG WITH DEVELOPING OTHER PROBLEMS.GM HAS LIED AND TRIED TO HIDE THAT THERE REALLY IS A D...

Mileage: 5,500

I OWN A 2500HD W/DURAMAX DIESEL.IT HAS FRAME BEAMING DEFECTS.DEFECT WAS PRESENT FROM THE START BUT WAS NOT IDENTIFIED TILL ABOUT 20,000 MI.TRUCK TEARING UP TIRES,VIBRATING,DIFFICULT TO STEER AND GETTING WORSE ALONG WITH DEVELOPING OTHER PROBLEMS.GM HAS LIED AND TRIED TO HIDE THAT THERE REALLY IS A D...

Mileage: 5,500

I OWN A 2500HD W/DURAMAX DIESEL.IT HAS FRAME BEAMING DEFECTS.DEFECT WAS PRESENT FROM THE START BUT WAS NOT IDENTIFIED TILL ABOUT 20,000 MI.TRUCK TEARING UP TIRES,VIBRATING,DIFFICULT TO STEER AND GETTING WORSE ALONG WITH DEVELOPING OTHER PROBLEMS.GM HAS LIED AND TRIED TO HIDE THAT THERE REALLY IS A D...

Mileage: 5,500

I OWN A 2500HD W/DURAMAX DIESEL.IT HAS FRAME BEAMING DEFECTS.DEFECT WAS PRESENT FROM THE START BUT WAS NOT IDENTIFIED TILL ABOUT 20,000 MI.TRUCK TEARING UP TIRES,VIBRATING,DIFFICULT TO STEER AND GETTING WORSE ALONG WITH DEVELOPING OTHER PROBLEMS.GM HAS LIED AND TRIED TO HIDE THAT THERE REALLY IS A D...

Mileage: 5,500

I OWN A 2500HD W/DURAMAX DIESEL.IT HAS FRAME BEAMING DEFECTS.DEFECT WAS PRESENT FROM THE START BUT WAS NOT IDENTIFIED TILL ABOUT 20,000 MI.TRUCK TEARING UP TIRES,VIBRATING,DIFFICULT TO STEER AND GETTING WORSE ALONG WITH DEVELOPING OTHER PROBLEMS.GM HAS LIED AND TRIED TO HIDE THAT THERE REALLY IS A D...

Mileage: 5,500

CONSUMER STATED THAT EVERY TIME HE ENTERED THE VEHICLE HE WOULD HAVE AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO THE VEHICLE. HE DID NOT KNOW IF IT WAS THE LEATHER INTERIOR. HE GOT HIVES ALL OVER HIS BODY. *AK

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE PROBLEM I HAVE BEEN HAVING WITH THIS TRUCK STARTED FROM DAY ONE. WHEN I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK IT WAS RIGHT OFF THE SHOWROOM FLOOR IT WAS SOLD TO ME WITH BRAND NEW GM CERTIFIED 20" RIMS AND TIRES WHICH REALLY MAKE THE TRUCK LOOK GREAT BUT ONE THING THEY FAILED TO TELL ME...

Mileage: 300

THE CONSUMER STATED HIS PANT LEG CONTINUED TO GET STUCK ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT WILL PROHIBIT HIM FROM BRAKING IN AN EMERGENCY. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB THE CONSUMER TALKED TO OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS ...

Mileage: 1,000

WHILE DRIVING, THE SERVICE BRAKE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT COMPUTER HAS TO BE RESET BY THE MANUFACTURER. AT THIS TIME THE SOFTWARE HAD NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE EPA. THE VEHICLE WA...

Mileage: 3,726

WHILE DRIVING, THE SERVICE BRAKE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT COMPUTER HAS TO BE RESET BY THE MANUFACTURER. AT THIS TIME THE SOFTWARE HAD NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE EPA. THE VEHICLE WA...

Mileage: 3,726

INTERMITTENT BRAKE MALFUNCTION. *BF WHEN THE PEDAL WAS APPLIED IT SLOW WENT TO THE FLOOR WHICH RESULT IN LITTLE TO NO BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL BUT HTEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *NM

CLUNKING NOISE SOUNDING LIKE A U-JOINT IN BOTH REVERSE AND DRIVE FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEARS. HAPPENS AT ANY SPEEDS. TWO REPAIR CENTER/CHEVROLET DEALERS STATED THIS IS A COMMON NOISE AND FEELING. THERE WAS A BULLETIN FROM CHEVROLET ABOUT IT AND THERE IS NOT REPAIR. TOLD THAT YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE...

DRIVER'S WINDOW RATTLES WHEN WINDOW IS NOT ALL THE WAY UP OR DOWN. DEALER STATES THIS IS NORMAL FOR THIS TRUCK AND THAT THERE ARE NO FIXS. *NM

Mileage: 100

HIGH BEAM INDICATOR IS TOO BRIGHT WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE DURING NIGHT TIME HOURS ON VERY DARK ROADWAYS. THE HIGH BEAM INDICATOR ILLUMINATES TOO BRIGHTLY BACK TO THE DRIVERS EYES AND CAUSES UNNECESSARY PERIPHERY EYE STRAIN. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND AN INCONVEINENCE TO THE OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE ...

Mileage: 500

I AM AN AUTOMOBILE MECHANIC AND HAVE BEEN FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS. ON 9\17\04 I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 04 CHEVROLET SILVERADO SUPER SPORT, A TRUCK THAT THE GM FACTORY LOWERED TWO INCHES IN THE FRONT AND FOUR INCHES IN THE REAR. THE FIRST NIGHT I OWNED THE TRUCK I NOTICED A SERIES SUSPENSION PROBLEM. ON...

Mileage: 1,400

DESIGN OF THE SILVERADO FRONT SEAT,FIXED LUMBAR PUSHING INTO KIDNEYS VARY PAINFULLY. *AK

Mileage: 15

DESIGN OF THE SILVERADO FRONT SEAT,FIXED LUMBAR PUSHING INTO KIDNEYS VARY PAINFULLY. *AK

Mileage: 15

THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR COULD NOT BE UNLOCKED FROM THE OUTSIDE BECAUSE THE DOOR HANDLE WAS COVERING THE LOCK CYLINDER. *NM *NM

THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON AFTER BEING SERVICED ON THREE OCCASIONS. THE AIR COIL, AIR BAG MODULE AND MODULE DIAG SENSOR SENSOR WERE REPLACED. *JB

Mileage: 10,873

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD HAS ANTILOCK BRAKE PROBLEMS. *BF THE ANTILOCK WHEEL SENSOR BECAME DIRTY WHICH CAUSED THE ANTILOCK TO ENGAGE RIGHT AT THE END OF BRAKING CAUSING IT TO TAKE LONGER TO STOP THE TRUCK. THE MANUAL NEVER INDICATED THAT THE SENSORS NEEDED TO BE CHECKED OR CLEANED. THER...

WHILE RECLINING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED. *AK *MR

OPERATING MY PICKUP ON RIVER ROAD (GRAVEL SURFACE), AKRON, IOWA AT A SPEED BETWEEN 15-20 MPH, DRIVERS DOOR WINDOW SHATTERED AND FELL ON DRIVER, CUTTING MY LEFT HAND. I IMMEDIATELY DROVE THE VEHICLE TO DIRKS MOTOR COMPANY, THE CHEVROLET DEALE, AND REPORTED THE DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE. THE WINDOW WAS ...

Mileage: 4,075

AFTER TOWING A TRAILER AND PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE VEHICLE JUMPED AND TORE A PIECE OF RUBBER OUT OF THE TIRE. DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. HOWEVER, THE TRANSMISSION JUMPED FROM SECOND GEAR TO REVERSE WITHOUT WARNING. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE DEALER SAID THERE WAS NO CODE SET,...

Mileage: 1,056

WHILE DRIVING IN A VERY HEAVY RAIN STORM WINDSHIELD WIPERS COMPLETELY BROKE. CONSUMER COULD NOT GET THEM TO WORK AGAIN. CONSUMER STATED THAT WINDSHIELD WIPERS JUST FLOPPED TO THE LEFT, HITTING THE SIDE VIEW MIRROR. *AK

CONSUMER ORDERED A FOUR WHEEL DRIVE FROM THE MANUFACTURER, AND THE VEHICLE WAS DELIVERED WITH 4 PLY HIGHWAY TIRES ON IT. THESE TIRES WERE NOT DESIGNED TO HANDLE 4 WHEEL OPERATION. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT WILLING TO CHANGE ANYTHING. THEY STATED TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT. *AK

Mileage: 1,800

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO BRAKING SYSTEM IS DEFECTIVE.*MR THE CONSUMER INDICATED THAT HE BRAKE PEDAL FELT SOFT. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION THE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR OR VERY CLOSE TO IT. AS A RESULT THE CONSUMER'S RIGHT FOOT SOMETIMES ALSO PRESSES THE ACCELERATO...

PROBLEMS WITH BUGS AND DEBRIS DEFLECTED RIGHT INTO THE CONSUMER'S FACE WHILE DRIVING.*MR THE LEFT AND RIGHT DOOR REAR VIEW MIRRORS CAUSE BUGS AND OTHER DEBRIS TO BE DEFLECTED RIGHT INTO THE FACE OF WHOEVER IS SITTING IN THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT. THE HAS OCCURRED MANY TIMES. THE CONSUMER HAS ...

2001 CHEVROLET PICKUP INVOLVED IN A CRASH WITH A TREE AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVE SUSTAINED SEVERE INJURY TO MOUTH BY HITTING STEERING WHEEL, DISPLACING FIVE LOWER FRONT TEETH CAUSING EXTENSIVE PAIN HAVING TEETH REPOSITIONED. *JB

Mileage: 52,000

PRIOR TO PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE A VIBRATION AND BOUNCING WAS NOTED ON THE TEST DRIVE, THE DEALER ASSURED ME THAT THE PROBLEM WOULD BE CORRECTED AND TWO DAYS LATER THEY REPLACED THE TIRES. THIS DID NOT ELIMINATE ALL OF THE BOUNCING, THE DEALER AGAIN SERVICED THE VEHICLE, THE SALESMAN AND THE SERVIC...

Mileage: 25

PRIOR TO PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE A VIBRATION AND BOUNCING WAS NOTED ON THE TEST DRIVE, THE DEALER ASSURED ME THAT THE PROBLEM WOULD BE CORRECTED AND TWO DAYS LATER THEY REPLACED THE TIRES. THIS DID NOT ELIMINATE ALL OF THE BOUNCING, THE DEALER AGAIN SERVICED THE VEHICLE, THE SALESMAN AND THE SERVIC...

Mileage: 25

THE VEHICLE HAS PROBLEMS SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. SOMETIMES THE GEARS CHANGE SMOOTHLY, AND OTHER TIMES THERE IS A THUMPING SOUND ACCOMPANIED BY JERKING. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED AT LEAST FOUR TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH. *AK IN ADDITION WHEN MAKING THE TRANSITION FROM A LOW SPEED TO A ...

Mileage: 9,000

THE VEHICLE HAS PROBLEMS SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. SOMETIMES THE GEARS CHANGE SMOOTHLY, AND OTHER TIMES THERE IS A THUMPING SOUND ACCOMPANIED BY JERKING. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED AT LEAST FOUR TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH. *AK IN ADDITION WHEN MAKING THE TRANSITION FROM A LOW SPEED TO A ...

Mileage: 9,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE FRONTAL AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR BRUISES TO THEIR CHEST FROM THE SEAT BELT, AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED A BRUISED KNEE. THIS COLLISION RESULTED IN $800.00 FRONTAL DAMAGE. *...

Mileage: 8,700

WHILE DRIVING ON I-75 AT 70 MPH REAR PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT. STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND THE TIRE BLEW OUT FROM THE SIDE, ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TIRE.*AK

I PURCHASED A 2004 CHEVROLET 2500HD SILVERADO DURAMAX IN FEB 2004. THE EXTERIOR MIRRORS HAVE BEEN VIBRATING SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT. THE DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED THE MIRRORS ONCE, WHICH DID NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THEY NOW STATE THAT IT IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE T...

Mileage: 500

CRUISE CONTROL SURGES GOING DOWN HILL (ACCEL,DECEL,ACCEL,DECEL) APPEARS THAT COMPUTER "GAIN" AND "DEADBAND" ARE INCORRECT. DEALER SAYS THAT GM CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM. *JB

Mileage: 16

THE CONSUMER HAD THE HOOD UP EXAMINING THE ENGINE, AND THE HOOD FELL ON THE CONSUMER'S HEAD AND BACK AREA. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED A BUMP ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD, A SLIGHT CONCUSSION, AND A GASH TO THE FORE HEAD. THE DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND REPLACED THE COIL SPRING ON THE HOOD. *AK *SC ...

Mileage: 4,100

WHILE PLACING THE JACK UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE IT SLIPPED OFF. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE JACK OPERATED AS DESIGNED. *AK

GOING DOWNHILL ON A S CURVE, I WAS APPLYING MY BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR HAD TO PUMP A FEW TIMES TO GET BRAKES.*AK

Mileage: 9,500

WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH I TOOK NOTICE TO VEHICLE SLOWING DOWN IN FRONT OF ME. I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR CAUSING ME TO REAR END VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP OF PURCHASE, STILL SITS THERE TODAY. THIRD OCCASION OF BRAKES GOING TO FLOO...

Mileage: 11,400

WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH I TOOK NOTICE TO VEHICLE SLOWING DOWN IN FRONT OF ME. I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR CAUSING ME TO REAR END VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP OF PURCHASE, STILL SITS THERE TODAY. THIRD OCCASION OF BRAKES GOING TO FLOO...

Mileage: 11,400

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS CONSUMER HEARD A POPPING NOISE. THEN, THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. CONSUMER TRIED TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH THE OTHER VEHICLE, BUT N...

Mileage: 7,000

WHEN COMING TO A STOP LIGHT I WAS APPLYING MY BRAKES TO STOP BEHIND A VEHICLE, BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. ALL BRAKE COMPONENT WERE CHECKED, NO CURRENT TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS AND CONTACTED TECHNICAL ASSISTANT. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLI...

Mileage: 9,400

WHEN COMING TO A STOP LIGHT I WAS APPLYING MY BRAKES TO STOP BEHIND A VEHICLE, BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. ALL BRAKE COMPONENT WERE CHECKED, NO CURRENT TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS AND CONTACTED TECHNICAL ASSISTANT. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLI...

Mileage: 9,400

THE CONSUMER STATED THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING AN ACCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE DRIVER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A BODY SHOP. *JB WHILE TRAVELING AT 30 MPH AND APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, A SECOND VEHICLE ENTERED ON THE CONSUMER'S LEFT HAND SIDE, THERE WAS NO TIME TO RE...

Mileage: 2,700

THE EXTERIOR SIDE MIRRORS ON BOTH SIDES ARE MADE OF PLASTIC. WHEN THE MIRRORS ARE WIPED SCRATCHES APPEAR. ONCE THEY ARE SCRATCHED MIRRORS BECOME USELESS. ALSO, CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES DON'T STAY ON WHEN THE WINDSHIELD IS WASHED MANUALLY.*AK

Mileage: 200

THE EXTERIOR SIDE MIRRORS ON BOTH SIDES ARE MADE OF PLASTIC. WHEN THE MIRRORS ARE WIPED SCRATCHES APPEAR. ONCE THEY ARE SCRATCHED MIRRORS BECOME USELESS. ALSO, CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES DON'T STAY ON WHEN THE WINDSHIELD IS WASHED MANUALLY.*AK

Mileage: 200

WHILE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE THE DRIVER NOTICED THAT BOTH FRONTAL TIRES LUG NUTS WERE LOOSE. THE DRIVER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE LUG NUTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *NM

WINDSHIELD MADE CRACKLING NOISE AT MEDIUM TO FAST SPEED (40 MPH AND UP). TOOK TO DEALER WHO AGREED THAT WINDSHIELD NEEDED TO BE RESEALED, WHICH THEY DID. NO FURTHER PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 1,500

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED OVER A BUMP STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. *AK

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED, AND BRAKES FAILED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE HYDRAULIC BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED, AND BRAKES FAILED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE HYDRAULIC BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE SWAY BAR MOUNTING BRACKET BROKE, CAUSING THE FRAME AND MOUNTING BAR TO COME OFF. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND IT WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. *AK THE FRONT SWAY BAR MOUNTAIN BRACKET BROKE OFF AT THE WELD AND CAUSED ABNORMAL "ROLL" CONTROL AN...

Mileage: 737

I CURRENTLY OWN A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 SERIES TRUCK, PRIOR TO SIGNING THE PAPERS THERE WAS A SHIMMY/VIBRATION COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THE TIRES WERE NOT PROPERLY SPUN BALANCED, STATING THAT THEY WERE I SIGNED THE PAPERS, THEN AFTER THAT THE VEHICLE HA...

Mileage: 473

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK

IN EXTREMELY COLD WEATHER, -20 DEGREES OR COLDER, THE DOORS FAIL TO UNLOCK USING THE REMOTE OR THE KEY. THE DEALER STATED THAT GM DOES NOT CARE TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION. THE DEALER THEN TOOK THE FRONT PANELS OFF AND EITHER APPLIED GREASE OR REMOVED GREASE. THE FRONT DOORS NOW UNLOCK BUT THE BACK ...

RECENTLY WHILE TRYING TO START MY TRUCK THERE WAS A DRIVABILITY ISSUES WITH THE POWERTRAIN, I HAD THE LOCK LIGHT FOR THE THEFT DETERRENT SYSTEM ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL COME ON. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ALSO LIT. THE AIRBAG LIGHT FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE WOULDN'T COME ON.IT READ "AIRBAG OFF" EVEN TH...

Mileage: 1,208

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO NECK, JAW, AND A BROKEN ARM. *AK *JB

Mileage: 350

2004 DURAMAX WILL NOT DEFROST WINDSHIELD OR WARM CAB AFTER 1 HOUR PLUS OF IDLE OPERATION. IF WINDSHIELD IS SCRAPED IT FOGS OVER WHEN OPERATED DOWN THE ROAD TO WARM THE ENGINE. THIS PROBLEM, FROM FREEZING TEMP. AND WORSENS AS THE TEMP. DROPS. I PURCHASED VEHICLE 10-30-2003 AND GM SERVICE SAYS THAT T...

Mileage: 1,500

AFTER READING ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH TAILGATES ON GM VEHICLES, I CHECKED MINE. I NOTICED THAT THE LEFT ONE WAS LOOSE AND NOT SUPPORTING ANY OF THE WEIGHT OF THE TAILGATE WHEN THE GATE WAS OPEN. AS I EXAMINED IT FURTHER, IT CAME APART IN MY HAND. THE ONLY THING HOLDING IT TOGETHER WAS THE PLASTIC...

Mileage: 130,000

WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH TRUCK PULLING FROM RIGHT TO LEFT AND BACK. TOOK BACK TO DEALER TO CHECK AND DEALER REPAIR SHOP SAID THAT THE FRONT END HAD NOT BEEN ALIGNED NOR SUPPOSSEDLY THE STEERING COLUMN NOT PROPERLY SECURED. *AK

Mileage: 1,600

THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK THE LEFT DOOR FRAME WAS UNABLE TO BE LINED PROPERLY. *SC

Mileage: 3,600

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON AN ICY ROAD THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED WHICH CAUSED THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE TO ENGAGE AUTOMATICALLY IN 2 WHEEL DRIVE. *NM

Mileage: 500

THE VEHICLE'S BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. *NM

Mileage: 363

3 MONTH OLD 2004 SILVARADO 4X4 HAD, STARTED DISPLAYING SEVERAL ERROR REPORTS, IE SERVICE BRAKES, SERVICE 4WD UNIT, STEREO CONSOLE LIGHTS WOULD GET EXTREMELY BRIGHT THEN DIM. TOOK TRUCK TO LOCAL DEALER, POWER CHEVROLET OF TILLAMOOK OR. SERVICE MNGR "BOB HEAGAL" STATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A FAULTY ...

HARD SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR - SLIPPING INTO OVERDRIVE - EVENTUALLY FAILING TO UPSHIFT UNTILL RPM REACHED APRX 3500. *AK

Mileage: 1,700

FRONT DEFROSTER WAS INOPERATIVE. AS A RESULT, THE HEAT WAS BLOCKED OFF, CAUSING IMPAIRED VISION. *AK 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH FRONT DEFROSTER WHICH IS CAUSING IMPAIRED VISION. DEALER EXPLAINED TO CONSUMER THAT THE DESIGN OF THE DEFROST SYSTEM WAS TO PREVENT THE WINSHIEL...

Mileage: 650

PURCHASED A NEW 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Z71. THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SELECT PANEL FAILED. RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO SANDY SANSING CHEVROLET PENSACOLA, FLORIDA DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE SERVICE MANAGER STATED CHEVROLET COULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM FOR TWO TO FIVE MONTHS BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS A COMPUTER SOFTWA...

Mileage: 1,368

FRONT AXLE ASSEMBLY FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VERE LEFT INTO A TELEPHONE POLE IN MY DRIVEWAY. I WAS TRAVELING ACCORDING TO THE COMPUTER 20 MPH.*AK

Mileage: 4,200