1997 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 complaints

WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL, WHEEL SLIPS. DEALER REPLACED EVO SENSOR.*AK

TRUCK HAS HAD CONTINUAL PROBLEMS WITH MAJOR COMPONENTS OTHER THAN WEAR AND TEAR. IT IS NOT USED FOR NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS.NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

STEERING CONSISTENCY VARIES WHEN CORNERING ESP. TO THE RIGHT.*AK

EXCESSIVE FUEL PUMP NOISE, AUDIBLE FROM CLOSED CAB LOCATION

THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE VEHICLE HAS A FAULTY BRAKE SYSTEM, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING IN DAMP, FOGGY, SNOWY AND RAINY WEATHER, THE BRAKES GRAB AND FEEL SPONGY, THE DEALER HAS REPALCED THE ROTORS, PADS AND BRAKE BOOSTER. NLM

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THERE WAS A LOUD SCREECHING NOISE, LOST TRANSMISSION. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO AAMCO. FOUND A PART INSIDE TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY, SUNGEAR REACTION SHELL. CONSUMER FOUND OUT THROUGH ATRA ORGANIZATION. *AK

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON CONSUMER WHILE THEY WERE DRIVING.*AK BEARING SPLINTERED, CAUSING METAL PIECES INTO TRANSMISSION OIL, THE REACTION CARRIER, OVERRUNNING CLUTCH, CLUTCH SUPPORT, OVER CLUTCH RACE, AND TORQUE CONVERTER ALL FAILED. LEFT REAR DOOR PANEL BAD, RATTLE IN SIDE DOOR, REAR SIDE DOOR REPAIRED, RIGHT SIDE DOORS TRIM PANELS BECOME LOOSE, DOOR PANLES REPLACED, SIDE DOOR PANEL RATTLES. VEHICLE HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, REAR TAIL LIGHTS NOT AT SAME HEIGHT, LEFT WINDOW SWITCH REPLACED, DOORS LOCKED WITH KEYS IN VEHICLE, INTERIOR LIGHTS COME ON WHILE DRIVING, BATTERY FAILED FIVE TIMES, ANTITHEFT LIGHT ON RADIO CAUSING IT NOT TO WORK. AIR CONDITIONER WAS BLOWING HOT AIR AND VENT WOULD NOT ADJUST FROM SIDE TO SIDE. WINDOWS KEPT GETTING STUCK. AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. POWER STEERING WAS NOISY, DEALER REPAIRED POWER STEERING, POWER STEERING BECAME NOISY AGAIN. REAR SHOES WERE REPLACED. SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *SLC

SPEED SENSOR CAUSING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF VEHICLE TO OPERATE ERRATICALLY AT ANY GIVEN SPEED. *AK *SLC

SPEED SENSOR IN STEERING COLUMN IS CAUSING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF VEHICLE TO OPERATE ERRATICALLY AT ANY GIVEN SPEED. *AK

POWER STEERING GRABS , WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNING STEERING WHEEL WILL JUMP. MECHANIC NOTICED PARTS WITHIN STEERING SYSTEM WERE NOT MACHINED SMOOTHLY, SOME PARTS HAVE DEEP GROOVES. *AK

CONSUMER WOULD STOP VEHICLE AND START AGAIN AND TRANSMSISSION WOULD SHIFT HARD TO SECOND GEAR, CONSUMER STATES IT KICKED, DEALER STATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE SHIFT ACTUATOR IN THE VALVE BODY ASSEMBLY THAT'S MADE OF AN ALLOY THAT DOES NOT EXPAND/CONTRACT CORRECTLY WITHIN THE ASSEMBLY WHEN HOT. *SLC

VEHCILE KEPT STALLING ON HIGHWAY. ELECTRICAL WIRING IN FUEL PUMP CAUSED PUMP TO GO BAD. IF IGNITED, IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED. *AK

EGR VALVE WAS REPLACED. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE, AND THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. TRANSMISIION BLEW. *AK

STEERING BOX GEAR STRIPPED OUT. NLM

FUEL PUMP FAILED REPLACED AT MY COST BY DEALER.COOLANT HOSE FROM INTAKE TO HEATER FAILED COMMON PROBLEM ALTERNATOR REPLACED AT MY COSTED AT MY COST,COMMON PROBLEM. INTATE LEAK(COOLANT) NOT YET REPAIRED. MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR REPLACED AT MY COST,PART ONLY AVAILABLE FROM GM.

INTERMITTENT STEERING PROBLEMS VEHICLE SUDDENLY OVERSTEERS WHILE TURNING AT ROAD SPEEDS

VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT WHILE IN OR WHILE ENTERING A CURVE, CONSUMER STATES IT FEELS AS IF SOMEONE IS GRABBING STEERING WHEEL, DEALER SUGGESTED THE PROBLEM WAS THE EVO SENSOR, HOWEVER AT THE TIME THEY COULD NOT GET VEHICLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM, THEREFORE NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. *SLC

VARIABLERATION POWER STEERING IS GIVING CONSUMER SOME PROBLEMS, AND HE ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT. CONSUMER WAS TRAVLING AT 40-50 MPH AND WHEN CHANGING LANES STEERING WENT OUT. PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING IS THAT WHEEL GETS TOO LOOSE WHEN SLOWING DOWN, AND WHEEL TURNS MORE THE IT SHOULD.*AK

TIRE BLEW OUT AT NORMAL OPERATING SPEED WITH NO LOAD IN VEHICLE. TIRE FAILURE INVOLVED COMPLETE SEPARATION OF TREAD AND SIDEWALL. VEHICLE HAS BEEN USED AS A PASSENGER VEHICLE AND NEVER HAS BEEN LOADED AS A WORK TRUCK. IN VIEW OF RECENT FIRESTONE PROBLEMS, I THOUGHT THIS INFO MIGHT BE USEFUL. *AK (DOT NUMBER: NA TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)

AFTER COMING TO A STOP AFTER DRIVING ON FREEWAY WITH TRANSMISSION HOT VEHICLE WILL SLAM HARD INTO 2ND GEAR UPON ACCELERATION FROM INITIAL STOP. DEALERS ARE RECOMMENDING TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENTS AND OR EXPENSIVE REPAIRS. NUMEROUS WEB SITES SHOW OWNERS COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS AS EARLY AS 40K MILES. I HAVE CONTACTED GM BUT FAIL TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANY PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE A SERVICE BULLETIN OUT THAT STATES QUOTE: "THE CONDITION MAY BE CAUSED BY A SLIP-STICK CONDITION BETWEEN THE PROPELLER SHAFT SLIP YOKE AND TRANSFER CASE OUTPUT SHAFT" CORPORATE BULLETIN # 99-04-21-001 AND I BELIEVE THIS TO BE THE CASE WITH MY AND MANY OTHERS VEHICLES.

DEALERSHIP VERY HELPFUL WITH THIS AND SEVERAL OTHER PROBLEMS. SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS TRANSMISSION. LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE HTTP://WWW.THECOMPLAINTSTATION.COM/G/GM_TOC.HTM. *AK

WIRES INSIDE FUEL TANK OVERHEATED AND MELTED, INCLUDING SOME OF PLASTIC PARTS. 0DI 717119, EXPLAINED EXACT PROBLEM. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

PLASTIC INTAKE GASKET WEARS OUT BETWEEN 20,000 AND 70,000 MILES REQUIRING MAJOR COSTLY REPAIRS TO ENGINE. SERVICE DEALERS ARE WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT MUST REPLACE THE PLASTIC GASKET WITH A NEW PLASTIC GASKET DESIGNED THE SAME WAY AS ORIGINAL. THE NEW GASKET IS WARRANTIED TO LAST 12,000 MILES ONLY AND WILL WEAR OUT AGAIN AT THE SAME MILEAGE INTERVAL. THIS SERVICE WILL BE REQUIRED AT EACH MILEAGE INTERVAL.

THE VEHICLE LOST CONTROL FOR UNKNOWN REASON RESULTING IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT, POSSIBLY DRIVER ERROR, NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAGS DURING VEHICLE COLLISION RESULTING IN INJURIES. (STATE OF NEVADA TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORT PROVIDED) *MJS

CONSUMERS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE, MANUFACTURER REFUSED REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, VEHICLE HAS LOW MILEAGE. NLM

ENGINE COMPONENT'S PLASTIC CASING THAT SURROUNDED COMPUTER WAS FILLED WITH FUEL. VEHICLE HAD SHUT OFF AT LEAST ONCE. BEEN TO DEALER & MECHANIC RAN DIAGNOSTIC TEST. ALSO WIRES WERE CHECKED. INFORMED CONSUMER THAT SOME OF THE COMPONENTS WEERE BAD. VEHICLE WAS REDIAGNOSED & NOTHING WORKED. MECHANIC FINALLY DECIDED TO CHECK COMPUTER. IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

DUE TO SLOW SPEED SENSOR WHICH MALFUNCTIONED WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL VEER TO RIGHT, WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

STEERING WANTS TO JERK DOWN WHILE TURNING OR IN SLIGHT CURVES

STEERING WHEEL POSITION SENSOR FAILED WHEN MAKING SHORT OR LONG RIGHT HAND TURNS, THE WHEEL SKIPS OR MOVES ON ITS OWN, WHEN THIS HAPPPENS THE CONSUMERS FIRST RESPONSE IS TO OVERCORRECT THE WHEEL. NLM

STEERING BECOMES ERRATIC AT SPEEDS OVER 35 MPH, VEHICLE WILL TURN SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING. STEERING POSITION SENSOR WAS REPLACED AT ABOUT 30,000 MILES, PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS.*AK

MY TRUCK HAS A 6 WAY POWER SEAT. WHEN I RECLINED IT WHILE PARKED, IT DIDN'T LOCK IN POSITION WHEN PUT BACK IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. MY WIFE SAYS IT DID THE SAME THING ABOUT A YEAR AGO, BUT SHE FINALLY GOT IT TO LOCK; I COULD NOT. THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALERSHIP SAID HE HAD NEVER SEEN A FAILURE LIKE THIS UNTIL MY TRUCK, BUT THAT SAME DAY A 1997 GMC TWO WHEEL DRIVE EXTENDED CAB, MADE IN ARLINGTON TX AS WAS MY TRUCK, CAME IN WITH THE SAME FAILURE. I HAD TO PUT A WASH BASKET BETWEEN THE DRIVER'S SEAT BACK AND THE REAR SEAT OR THE SEAT BACK WOULD DROP ALL THE WAY BACK AGAINST THE REAR SEAT. NEEDLESS TO SAY, YOU CAN'T DRIVE A VEHICLE LIKE THAT. CHEVROLET REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM, BUT THE DEAL DID HELP BY PAYING HALF THE COST. THE REPAIR COST ME $59.25 WHICH IS NOT THE ISSUE; A SEAT BACK FAILURE SHOULD NEVER OCCUR DURING THE LIFETIME OF THE VEHICLE, AND ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, IS A SAFETY ISSUE.*AK

PE00040, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENTON 1997 CHEVROLET, 1500, TIRE SIZE LT24575R16. PASSENGER'S REAR TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT WITH ONLY 5,000 MILES ON IT. SEEMED THAT THE TIRE EXPLODED INTO PIECES. ALSO, ON OCTOBER 9, 2000 FRONT PASSENGER'S TIRE HAD A BULGE IN THE TIRE WHICH MAY INDICATE A PROBLEM WITHIN THE TIRE. *AK THE TIRES WERE MADE IN CANADA. THE BLOW OUT OCCURED ON HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH. *YH

STEERING GEAR BOX LOCKED . MANUFCTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED .*AK

NO SUMMARY

TIRES WERE REPLACED DO TO CRACKING AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE. THEY WERE PRORATED AT 60%. THIS SOUNDS LIKE THE SAME PROBLEM FIRESTONE IS HAVING WITH OTHER TIRES.*AK (TIRESIZE: 245R7516)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245R7516 )

EA 99011; CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 75 MPH WHEN A DEER JUMPED OUT OF THE MEDIAN, CONSUMER SWERVED TO MISS DEER, BUT STEERING WHEEL OVERSTEERED, AND VEHICLE SLID INTO A DITCH AND ROLLED OVER.*AK

FUEL PUMP FAILED AFTER RULING OUT THAT THE RELAY WAS O.K. THE VEHICAL WAS TOWED TO HALLOWELL CHEVROLET AT ROADSIDES ASSISTANCE AND INFORMED ME THAT ALL COSTS WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF BUT DUE TO THE WARRANTEE HAD ALREADY EXPIRED,PER THE DEALER, I WAS STUCK WITH THE COST REGARDLESS OF THE MILEAGE.

GAS GAUGE MALFUNCTIONED AND WENT OUT WHICH DID NOT INDICATE THE ACTUAL FUEL READING. ALSO, WHEN BACKING UP VEHICLE WAS MAKING A NOISE, CONTACTED MECHANIC. MECHANIC SAID PROBABLY THERE WASN'T ANY GREASE PUT IN AT FACTORY RESULTING IN THE UNIVERSAL JOINTS WERE DRY AND RUSTED. UNIVERSAL JOINTS WERE REPLACED. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED @ 63K MILES - VERY LITTLE TOWING - MOSTLY CITY AND HIGHWAY DRIVING. REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS AND RESULTED IN A 3RD TRANSMISSION BEING INSTALLED. CONCERN IS THAT 63K MILES IS NOT MUCH FOR A TRANSMISSION. REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION FAILED AND ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE DEALERSHIPS, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. IN ADDITION TO THE FAILED TRANSMISSIONS, WHEN THE 1ST REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED, 2 BOLTS THAT SECURE THE CRANKSHAFT WERE NOT SECURED. THEY CAME LOOSE WHILE DRIVING, AND PART OF THE CRANKSHAFT GOT BENT AND A ZERK BROKE OFF. I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND WHAT RECOURSE I HAVE IF IT IS. SEEMS TO ME THAT IF IT'S A REAL PROBLEM WITH GM TRUCKS, THEN I MAY BE INLINE FOR SOME COMPENSATION.*AK

WHILE MAKING A TURN STEERING WHEEL FEELS LOOSE, AND PULLS TO THE RIGHT. TECHNICIAN SAID THAT PROBLEM WAS WITH AVA CENTER.*AK

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REPORTING SEAL AROUND FUEL PUMP FAIL AND CAUSING A FUEL LEAKAGES; DEALER / MFR'S NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THAT PART WAS NOT COVER UNDER A RECALLS AND ANY REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER COST. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS:

CONNECTION IN WIRING HARNESS CAME LOOSE AND STARTED TO MELT. CONSUMER SAID THAT THIS WIRE IS WITHIN THE GAS TANK, AND COULD POSSIBLY EXPLODE. *AK

WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN STEERING WHEEL WILL ACTUALLY TURN MORE, WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. STEERING SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES IN APRIL 1998/ AUG 1998, AND APRIL1999. SENSOR WAS STARTING TO GO AGAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN THE TRUCK WAS BOUGHT WE TOLD THE SELLER OF THE PROBLEMS HE SAID THEY WOULD BE FIXED. THEY DIDN'T GET IT, A WEEK LATER IT STARTED TO LOSE CHARGE OF BATTERY I NOTICED THERE WAS AICD ON THE BOTTOM SO I REPLACED IT THATS WHEN IT ALL STARTED, I 'VE HAD IT IN THE SHOP 5X'S. IT HAS HAD 2 ALTERNATORS, 2 BATTERIES, IN THE LAST 3 1/2 MONTHS

BATTERY LEAKING ACID ON TOP OF THE BRAKE HOSE, CAUSING A LOSS OF BRAKES. *AK