1999 Chevrolet Pickup

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 3500 CHEVROLET PICK UP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEY FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE CONTACT NOTICE BY LOOKING UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE THE BRAKE LINE HAS CORROSION ON IT AND THAT'S WHAT CAUSED THE BRAKES TO FAIL. THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER NOR CALLED THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT STATED A SERIOUS CRASH COULD HAVE OCCURRED DUE TO THE FAULTY BRAKES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 211,000.

CONSUMER HAD BRAKE ROTORS AND BRAKE SHOES REPLACED ON 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO DUE TO RUSTED ROTORS. *TS (11/17/05) THE FRONT SENSOR WAS REPLACED WHICH LASTED FOR A FEW WEEKS. THE HUB ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED DUE TO THE BEARINGS. THE ROUTERS WERE RUSTY AND WERE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE BRAKE SHOES DUE TO THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES DISENGAGING THE BRAKES WHICH WERE NOT ALLOWING THE BRAKES TO CLEAN UP THE ROUTERS. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES STILL DID NOT WORK AS THE NEW ROUTERS STARTED TO RUST. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WERE DISCONNECTED AND THE VEHICLE BEGUN TO STOP PROPERLY. THE DOORS WERE ALSO RUSTY. THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD JUMP AS IF IT WERE GOING INTO AN ANTI-LOCK STOP. *SC

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE FROM 50 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD FEEL SOFT. CONSUMER REFILLED THE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER. WITHIN A DAY OR TWO THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THE CONSUMER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM A LOOSE LINE.*JB BRAKE LINE RUSTED OUT. VEHICLE IS LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD. *TC

THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE TRACTION CONTROL MODULE FAILED. *PH THE PART WOULD ALSO RUN FREQUENTLY. THE FUSE HAD TO BE PULLED IN ORDER TO KEEP THE MODULE FROM RUNNING WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED OFF. THE DEALER SUGGESTED THAT THE MODULE WAS FAULTY. *SC THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST 795.00 TO REPLACE THE ABS MODULE. *JB

WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE ENGINE MAKES A RATTLING NOISE, CALLED COLD ENGINE KNOCKING. MANUFACTURER STATED NO DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE HAD BEEN FOUND DUE TO THIS KNOCKING. *AK AS STATED IN THE SERVICE BULLETIN, THIS MAY OCCUR WHEN IT'S 50 DEGREES OUTSIDE OR IF THE VEHICLE HAVEN'T BEEN STARTED IN SEVERAL DAYS. THE NOISE MAY BE CAUSED BY INTERACTION OF THE PISTON AND CYLINDER WALL. GM POWERTRAIN ENGINEERS CONFIRMED THE NOISE ISN'T DETRIMENTAL TO PERFORMANCE, RELIABILITY, OR DURABILITY OF THE ENGINE. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT REPLACING THE ENGINE WOULDN'T ELIMINATE THE NOISE. *PH

GAS TANK WAS LEAKING LAST WINTER. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. A USED GAS TANK WAS INSTALLED, AND IT HAS BEEN LEAKING. SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS WERE CONTACTED AND NONE HADTHE PARTS AVAILABLE. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE THROTTLE WILL STICK AND THE VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO GET CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE TO DECELERATE. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

ABS ELECTRONIC MODULE FAILS. WELL DOCUMENTED PART FAILURE. VERY EXPENSIVE, SO MOST GO UNREPAIRED, I.E. UNPLUG ABS SYSTEM.*AK

THE EBCM MODULE FOR THE ANTI LOCKING BRAKES HAS A CIRCUIT THAT IS STUCK OPEN, THUS RENDERING MY ABS INOPERABLE ON MY TRUCK. THE SERVICE DIRECTOR AT SIR WALTER CHEV. IN RALEIGH, NC TOLD ME HE HAS SEEN THIS PROBLEM MANY TIMES AND THAT THE REPAIR WILL BE ABOUT $1000.00. THE SERVICE DIRECTOR AT CHRIS LEITH CHEV IN WAKE FOREST NC TOLD ME HE WOULD NOT WORK WITH ME BECAUSE OF HIGH MILEAGE EVEN THOUGH TIME HAS NOT EXPIRED ON MY WARRANTY. I UNDERSTAND THAT MY WARRANTY IS OUT. HE SAID HE HEARD RUMORS ABOUT A CAMPAIGN TO FIX SAME BUT DOES NOT KNOW IF IT WILL OCCUR. ( AT THE DEALERSHIP AFTER BEING TOLD THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR SAME I LEFT. I TURNED AROUND AND WALKED BACK IN TO ASK IF THERE WAS ANY WAY TO DEFEAT THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH AND CAUGHT THEM OFF GUARD. IT APPEARED THEY WERE LAUGHING KNOWING I WAS GOING TO BE SCREWED OUT OF $1000 DOLLARS)I WENT ON LINE AND FOUND MESSAGE BOARDS GALORE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND ALL WERE PISSED OFF THAT CHEV. WILL NOT FIX SAME. THIS IS A REOCCURING PROBLEM AND I NEED YOUR HELP. THE ONLY OTHER PROBLEM IS A VERY STICKY THROTTLE BODY THAT IS DANGEROUS.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

ENGINE FAILS TO DECELERATE UPON RELEASE OF ACCELERATOR - STAYS AT LAST RPM 5-10 SECONDS (VARIES). THIS REQUIRES ADDITIONAL BRAKING. PROBLEM IS CONSTANT. VEHICLE MUST BE IN MOTION FOR FAILURE TO OCCUR. *AK

HELLO,I'VE RECENTLY PURCHACED THIS VEHICLE USED,AND I'VE DISCOVERED IT HAS "ENGINE BEARING KNOCK NOICE".I HAD IT CHECKED OUT AT A DEALERSHIP.FROM WHAT I'VE READ ON THIS PROBLEM THE ENGINES WERE PUT TOGETHER WITH THE WRONG SIZE BEARINGS.I FEEL THIS IS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT AND THE CONSUMER SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING TO HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED.THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND ANY RESPONCES. STEVE CATHCART. *AK

ABS MODULE FAILED- MOTOR IN UNIT KEPT RUNNING KILLING BATTERY-DEALER COULD NOT REPAIR UNIT SAYING IT NEEDED REPLACEMENT.*AK

TIRE CAME APART WHILE DRIVING. NO ROAD HAZARDS OR ANYTHING ON THE ROAD. TIRE MADE A NOISE, PIECES OF RUBBER WERE FALLING ON THE ROAD, TIRE COMPLETELY FAILED AS I PULLED OVER. TREAD WAS PARTIALLY OFF AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK. I HAVE ELECTRONIC PICTURES. *TS ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS***761431

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING HEADLIGHTS GO OUT, CAUSING POOR DRIVING VISIBILITY. CONSUMER HAS TO USE HIGH BEAMS IN ORDER TO SEE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER HAS DETERMINED THAT SWITCH ASSEMBLY INSIDE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS I HAVE ENCOUNTERED NUMEROUS VEHICLES WHOSE OPERATORS OBVIOUSLY DO NOT KNOW THAT THEIR TAIL LIGHTS DO NOT COME ON WHEN THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS ARE ACTIVATED ON THEIR VEHICLE. AS AN OVER THE ROAD TRUCK DRIVER I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS OCCASIONS TO COME UPON CARS AND TRUCKS ALIKE THAT WHEN BRIGHT/LIGHT BUT RAINING, SNOWING, OR FOGGY HAVE NO TAIL LIGHTS ON. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS I HAVE PROCEDED TO FLASH MY LIGHTS AT THEM IN THE HOPES THAT THEY WOULD TURN THEIR LIGHTS ON FOR THEIR SAFETY AS WELL AS MINE AND ALL OTHER USERS OF THE ROAD BUT TO NO AVAIL. IHAVE HOWEVER FOUND UPON PASSING THESE VEHICLES THAT THEY HAVE . THEIR HEADLIGHTS ON . MY VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP ON A DIME BY ANY MEANS AND I FEEL THAT UNLESS SOMETHING IS DONE TO MAKE ALL LIGHTS COME ON AUTOMATICALLY OR LET THE DRIVER MAKE THE WHOLE DECISION AS TO WETHER LIGHTS ARE WARRENTED. FURTHER TO ADD TO MY POINT I OWN A 2000 CHEVY S10 PU THAT, UNTIL OWNING IT FOR ALMOST A YEAR. MY HUSBAND DID NOT KNOW THAT HE HAD NO TAIL LIGHTS UNTIL THE DASH LIGHTS ARE ON. THERE IS NO WAY TO FIND THIS OUT UNLESS SOMEONE TELLS YOU BECAUSE THE RUNNING LIGHTS ARE NOT ACTIVATED UNTIL YOU RELEASE THE BRAKE. THEREFORE MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO GET OUT AND SEE THAT ONLY THE FRONT LIGHTS ARE ON. IF THIS DOES NOT MAKE SENSE PLEASE EMAIL ME AND I WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN BETTER ( ITS REAL HARD TO TELL WHAT YOUV WRITTEN WHEN YOU CAN ONLY SEE THE LAST FEW WORDS AS YOU TYPE) MERRY CHRISTMAS. *AK

ABS MODULE FAILURE, ABS SYSTEM INOPERABLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE HEADLIGHTS WENT COMPLETLY OUT CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. CONSUMER HAS TO USE HIGH BEAMS IN ORDER TO SEE. *AK THE DEALER STATED THAT THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH IN THE STEERING COLUMN, AFTER THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED IT HAD A BAD CONNECTION AT A PLUG DOWN THE STEERING COLUMN. *NLM

ABS SYSTEM HAS NOT BEEN WORKING PROPERLY SINCE THE TIME OF PURCHASE. ABS SYSTEM IS COMPLETLY OUT. DEALER HAS NOT PROVIDED REMEDY.*AK

DASH LIGHTS STAY ON. *AK CONSUMER STATES PUMP RUNS AT ALL TIMES WITH KEY ON OR OFF, ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM IS WAY TO HIGH.*JB

ABS SYSTEM WOULD NOT STOP RUNNING AFTER TRUCK WAS CUT OFF AND KEY WAS REMOVED.THE FUSE WAS REMOVED. DEALER SAID SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $1600.00 GM WAS CALLED BUT WAS NO HELP. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

SPARE TIRE FELL OFF VEHICLE WHILE PULLING A TRAILER. ALSO, TIRE DAMAGED THE BOTTOM OF TRAILER AXLE AND TIRE RIM. CONSUMER HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

HYDROBOOST UNIT LEAKING ,CAUSING BRAKES TO HANG UP &PEDAL NOT TO RETURN UP. *AK

THOTTLE HAS STUCK 15-20 TIMES - VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN ABOUT 500 TIMES. TWICE IT STUCK AS WE APPROACHED HIGHWAY CROSSSTREET AND ONCE IN ANCHORAGE AT AN INTERSECTION. OTHER TIMES THERE WAS NO TRAFFICE AROUND. DEC 23,'99, JOHN WAS BACKING UPHILL WITH A PIANO IN THE PICKUP - 5 PEOPLE WERE WITNESSES-HE CREPT BACK UP AN INCLINE TOWARD THE DECK AND PUT ON THE BRAKES - THE TRUCK CONTINUED UPHILL WHILE HE PUSHED ON THE BRAKES. ALL FIVE PEOPLE YELLED, "STOP" BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP AND HE RAN INTO THE DECK AND STEPS, WHICH BROKE THE RAILING. THREE TIMES I HAVE HAD IT INTO CHEVY DEALERS, BUT THEY WOULD NOT FIX IT AS THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.

DURALON TIRE (P265 75 R16) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. *SLC

ABS WENT OUT GOT WARNING ON DASH AND AFTER SHUTTING MOTOR OF ABS SYSTEM CONTINUED TO RUN AND HAD TO PULL FUSE TO SHUT OFF SYSTEM. *AK

WHEN BRAKING, THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO ACCELERATE SOMETIMES (HAS HAPPENED 15-20 TIMES SINCE PURCHASING THE CAR MAY, 1999.) THIS HAS HAPPENED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS - NO ACCIDENTS YET, BUT THE CHEVROLET DEALER HAS NOT RESPONDED BECAUSE THEY CANNOT POSITIVELY DETERMINE A FAILURE AND THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SIMILAR COMPLAINTS TO WARRANT A "GUNSHOT" REPAIR. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE.

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 65-70 MPH THERE IS ALOT OF VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL, CAUSING POOR CONTROL. ALSO, VEHICLE BOUNCES ALL OVER THE ROAD. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WE OWN A SERVICE COMPANY IN LAS VEGAS. WE HAVE 6 NEW CHEVROLET TRUCKS ALL WITH GENERAL TIRES. 3 ARE 1999 AND 3 ARE 2000. WE HAVE HAD 5 GENERAL TIRE BLOW OUTS IN THE SAME MANNER AS FIRESTONE. NEITHER CHEVROLET, NOR GENERAL WILL RETURN ANY PHONE CALLS OR HELP OUT IN ANY MANNER. THEY ARE MAKING US PAY $100.00 TO REPLACE THE BLOWN TIRE. AND THEY WILL ONLY REPLACE THE TIRE WITH THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL THAT WAS BLOWN. THIS PROBLEM COULD BE LIFE THREATENING, AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. TIRES NEED TO BE RECALLED AND REPLACED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THUS FAR WE HAVE HAD ONLY DAMAGE TO OUR VEHICLES AS A RESULT TO THE BLOWN TIRES. I DO NOT WISH TO SEE BODILY INJURIES, OR DEATH COME OF THIS SITUATION. I WISH FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION. THANK YOU!*AK( DOT NUMBER: )

WE HAVE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P265/75R16 114S M/S TIRES ON OUR 1999 CHEV 1/2 TON PICKUP TRUCK. 2 OF THE TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED AT OUR COST AS TIRES RECEIVED ON NEW VEHICLES ARE NOT COVERED BY ROAD HAZARD WARRANTY. WE HAVE ALSO HAD 3 FLAT TIRES. ALL OF THE PROBLEMS APPEAR TO BE DUE TO ROCKS PUNCTURING THE TIRES. WE DO SOME DRIVING ON GRAVEL ROADS IN OUR AREA AND THESE TIRES APPARENTLY CAN'T BE DRIVEN ON GRAVEL ROADS SAFELY. I WOULD GUESS THAT WE ARE LUCKY TO BR ALIVE WITH SUCH POOR QUALITY TIRES ON THE TRUCK. I WROTE TO FIRESTONE ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH THESE TIRES ON JANUARY 22, 1999 (FIRESTONE TECHNICAL SERVICES, 2100 INTERNATIONAL PARKWAY, WOODBRIDGE, IL 60517) COMPLAINING ABOUT THE 2 REPLACEMENTS (THE REPLACED TIRES WERE ALMOST NEW THEN) THAT WERE NECESSARY, BUT NEVER HEARD FROM THEM. IN MY OPINION, THESE TIRES SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE RECALL. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION FOR THE ABOVE IF YOU REQUEST IT. THANK YOU. BOB JOHNSTON, 83 VOYAGEURS POINT, GRAND MARAIS, MN 55604, 218-388-4425, [email protected]. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/75R16 )

I AM NOT CERTAIN IF THESE TIRES HAVE "FAILED". HOWEVER, AFTER INSPECTION, I NOTICED SOME UNEVEN TREAD WEAR AND SUBSTANTIAL CRACKING THROUGHOUT THE TREAD ON EACH TIRE. FOLLOWING A REPORT ON NPR ADVISING CONSUMERS TO REPLACE THE 16" FIRESTONES IN QUESTION, I DID SO. I RETAINED THE RECEIPT AND THE FOUR TIRES REPLACED. I DID NOT REPLACE THE SPARE SINCE IT HAS NEVER BEEN USED. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF FIRESTONE MAY CONSIDER REIMBURSING CONSUMERS OR RECALLING THIS PARTICULAR TIRE TYPE. THANK YOU. *AK( DOT NUMBER: W263/WTS TIRE SIZE: P265/75R16 )

BRAKES ABNORMALLY WEAR OUT QUICKLY. ALSO, REAR DRUMS DON'T ADJUST. DEALER SAYS THAT NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE BRAKES. *AK

VEHICLE E EXPERIENCES DIFFICULTY STOPPING WHEN APPLYING BRAKES ON ANY TYPE OF SURFACE , AND MAKING A SUDDEN OR NORMAL STOP. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN, DEALER CLAIMS THIS IS NORMAL. *AK

I HAVE TAKEN THIS PICKUP BACK TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THE TILL ME IT FIX AND IT THE SOME OLD THING YOU GIT IN THR VEHICLE AND TRY TO PUT THE SEAT BELT ON AND IT LOCKUP AND WONT PULL OUT THIS IS A NEW VEHICLE THAT THE DEALER DONT KNOW HOW TO FIX ALL HE HAS TO DO IS REPLACE THE SEAT BELT AND BRACKET TO FIX IT. *AK

THE BOLTS TO THE A FRAME BROKE, THIS IS THE BOLT THAT HOLDS THE STEERING IN PLACE. WHEN THE BOLTS BROKE AND THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, CONSUMER TEMPORARILY LOST CONTROL BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *ML

FRONT DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT PROPERLY, THEY HANG DOWN WHEN THEY ARE NOT IN USE. LEANING SLIGHTLY (I.E., TO LOOK IN SIDE MIRRORS) CAUSES BELT TO LOCK.DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. ON ONE INCIDENT THE VEHICLE ROLLED ABOUT 3 FEET KNOCKING THE OWNER DOWN, CAUSING NO INJURIES. *YC