1997 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 complaints

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS.ALSO, SMOKE WAS COMING FROM EXHAUST, FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED. *AK

FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF PASSENGER AIR BAG WHEN VEHICLE WAS STARTED. NLM

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES PROBLEMS WITH STEERING CONTROL CONTINUALLY, LOSS OF STEERING ABILITY WHEN PASSING OR IN LARGE SWEEPING CURVE. *YC

FUEL INDICATOR FAILED CAUSING THE NEEDLE TO READ FULL WHEN IT IS EMPTY CAUSING THE DRIVERS VEHICLE TO STALL/RUN OUT OF GAS IN TRAFFIC. NLM

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS STEERING WHEEL WILL EITHER TURN TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

I AM HAVING THE SAME STEERING PROBLEM THAT I HAVE JUST HEARD ABOUT IN THE NEWS. MANY TIMES, WHEN I AM TRAVELLING ABOVE 35 MPH, ON A SMALL RIGHT STEERING MOVEMENT THE TRUCK SEEMS TO TAKE OFF TO THE RIGHT. SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF OVER 40 MPH THE TRUCK WILL SUDDENLY VEER TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT WITHOUT WARNING. BEARINGS AND ALIGNMENT HAVE BEEN CHECKED AND ARE OKAY. DEALER HAS NOT YET SEEN THE VEHICLE, BUT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED BY PHONE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

MY 1997 C-1500 PICKUP HAS THE PROBLEM OF VEERING AT HIGH SPEED. MY RESPONSE IS DUE TO A ARTICLE THAT I READ IN THE NEWSPAPER THAT THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION OF THIS PROBLEM. MY TRUCK DOES THIS MORE OFTEN IF THERE HAS BEEN A SUDDEN CHANGE IN THE WEATHER OR IF IT IS COLD WEATHER. THE PROBLEM IS MOST NOTICED WHEN NEGOTIATING CURVES AT HIGH SPEED. *AK

THE VARIABLE EFFORT POWER STEERING ASSIST CHANGES STEERING FORCES AT ALL SPEEDS. THIS CAUSES ERRATIC STEERING WHICH CAUSES UNEXPECTED SWERVING AND LANE CHANGES. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER 6 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, THE SAME PART , THE STEERING WHEEL POSITION SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES ,AND THE VALVE ON THE POWER STEERING PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE. I CONSIDER THIS A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION THAT CHEVROLET HAS APPARENTLY FAILED TO ADDRESS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, VEHICLE STALLS AND CUTS OFF. ALSO, SOMETIME'S IT IS HARD TO START THE VEHICLE AND TO KEEP VEHICLE RUNNING. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT VEHICLE WAS VERY HARD TO STOP. THERE WAS A HISSING SOUND FROM BRAKE PEDAL AREA. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, AND SOMETIMES THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DON'T WORK AT ALL. *AK

LUGS: NUTS ON ALL WHEELS HAVE BECOME LOOSE TO THE POINT WHERE THEY CANNOT BE TIGHTENED. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ENGINE FIRE. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) MJS.

DRIVETRAIN CLUNKING NOISES IN TWO OR FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. THERE IS A TSB ON CERTAIN VIN NUMBERS, BUT IT DOESN'T APPLY TO THIS VIN NUMBER. *AK

ENGINE COOLING HOSE BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF PRESSURE/STEERING, AND OIL TO LEAK ALL OVER ENGINE BLOCK. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

REPEAT CONCERNS OF VEHICLE WANDERING. FEELS LOOSE AND CONSTANTLY PULLS TO THE RIGHT. GM HAS A TSB (76-30-01), ADDRESSING THIS CONCERN. BOTH DEALER AND CHEVROLET DIVISION REFUSED COVERAGE UNDER WARRANTY, REGARDLESS OF REVISED ALIGNMENT SPECS DETAILED IN TSB (CHEVROLET CASE # 990279369). *AK

THE HOSE FROM THE ENGINE TO THE ENGINE OIL COOLER SPRUNG A LEAK OR BURST, SPRAYING OIL ALL OVER UNDER THE HOOD AND UNDER THE PICK-UP. THIS IS THE 4TH TIME THAT THESE HOSES HAVE LEAKED OR BURST. THIS TIME IT RESULTED IN A SEIZED ENGINE WHICH REQUIRED A GREAT DEAL OF EFFORT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AND REQUIRED A GREAT DEAL OF FORCE TO GET THE BRAKES TO WORK AT ALL. THESE HOSES WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN BOTH REPLACED 2 MONTHS AGO. THEY THEN LEAKED AND BEFORE I COULD GET THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER, ONE HOSE BROKE, SPRAYING OIL ALL OVER. THE HOSE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN REPLACED AGAIN, BUT BROKE AGAIN RESULTING IN A FIRE HAZARD WITH THE AMOUNT OF ENGINE OIL THAT SPRAYED ALL OVER UNDER THE HOOD. THE HOSE WAS REPLACED AGAIN. I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE ON MAY 13 AND THE HOSE BROKE AGAIN ON MAY 20, RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF BRAKING AND STEERING AND CAUSING THE MOTOR TO SEIZE. ANOTHER PERSON WITH THE SAME TYPE OF VEHICLE IN A NEIGHBORING TOWN REPORTED THAT HIS CHEVROLET PICK-UP HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE HOSE BREAKING THE FIRST TIME AND THEN BREAKING AGAIN WHICH CAUSED THE MOTOR TO SEIZE. THE TOW TRUCK OPERATOR TOLD ME MINE WAS THE SECOND PICK-UP LIKE MINE THAT HE HAD TO HAUL FROM MY TOWN TO GET REPAIRED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. HE SAID HE HAULED THAT PICK-UP TO THE SAME DEALER THAT I HAD MINE HAULED TO. WHEN MY PICK-UP WAS HAULED IN LAST WEEK, THE SHOP FOREMAN, TROY, POINTED OUT ANOTHER PICK-UP LIKE MINE AND SAID THAT ONE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

AIR CONDITIONER BLOWS HOT AIR, HAS SUFFICENT FREON, SUSPECTS COMPRESSOR DEFECTIVE DUE TO GRINDING NOISE IT MAKES WHEN ENGAGED

STEERING AND BRAKING FAILURE

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS WHEN THE STEERING AND BRAKES HAVE GONE OUT. WE TOW A 2000 POUND TRAILER AND WE ARE WORRIED THIS WILL HAPPEN WHILE WE ARE TOWING HELP WHAT CAN WE DO? *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS WITH STEERING JERKING/PULLING VEHICLE. THE STEERING MODULE AND THREE STEERING SENSORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TO RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL REMAINS UNSOLVED.

WHEN DRIVING AT 60 MPH TO 65 MPH, TRANMISSION SLIPS AND THERE IS A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE STEERING LACKS THE SELF STRAIGHTING FEATURE. WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY NOT HAVING ADAQUATE ALIGNEMET ADJUSTABILITY, IT MAKES THE TRUCK HARD TO CONTROL. *AK

THIS LOSS ORIGINATED BY WITNESS STATEMENTS FROM UNDER THE RISK IN THE AREA OF THE FUEL TANK. CONTACT JOHN AT SUPERIOR INVESTIGATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AT 727-848-3923

EVO SYSTEM FAILED AND HAD NO CONTROL OVER VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CROSS THE CENTER LANE OF HIGHWAY AND HIT A BLUFF, TOTALING OUT THE TRUCK.

I BOUGHT THUCK NEW AFTER TAKING PICTURE OF TRAVEL TRAILER AND OWNERS MANUEL IN TO SHOW. WENT TO ALASKA WITH TT BEHIND TRUCK WITH NO PROBLEMS, 3000 MILES LATER REAREND STARTS MAKING NOISE , RON CARTER PUT IN AXLE BEARING, 3000 MILES LATER . SAME NOISE ONLY LOUDER, RING & PINION OVERHAUL, WENT ON VACATION AND ANOTHER RING & PINION OVERHAUL IN EFFINGHAM, ILL AND 760 MILES LATER OIL AND GREASE AND REAR AXLE SMOKING SO BAD COULDN'T SEE TRAILER ON TRUCK , A COMPLETE AXLE ASSEMBLE PUT IN AT PERRY, OKLA, AND 711 MILES NEW REAREND HOWLING LOAD ENOUGH COULD NOT LISTEN TO RADIO, TOOK BACK TO RON CARTER, ANOTHER COMPLETE ASSEMBLE. (4) REARENDS AND NOTE ON LAST INVOICE SAYS NO MORE. I GUESS I AM SUPPOSED TO SET AND LOOK AT TRUCK AND TRAILER

WHEN IT'S RAINING AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE ON IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE AHEAD. THE WIPERS ARE NOT CLEARING THE WINDSHIELD GOOD ENOUGH TO SEE OUT. DEALERR HAS NOT SEEN. *AK

BRAKE ROTORS WARPED AND PADS FAILED CAUSING VIBRATION AND PULLING WHEN APPLYING BRAKES.

TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO NO REVERSE GEAR. *YC

TAILGATE LATCH FAILED. MJS

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING FRONTAL IMPACT COLLISION, INJURIES TO RIBS OF CONSUMER. MJS

FUEL INJECTORS FAILED. MJS

THE REAR CAB SEAT DESIGN DOES NOT FIT MOST CAR SEATS ADEQUATELY. YH

AXLE SEAL WORN OUT. YH

FRONT AXLE DRIVE SEAL EXPERIENCED FAILURE. *YC

BRAKES FAILED. YH

BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WORN OUT. YH

STEERING - AT TIMES WHEN STOPPED, THERE IS NO POWER ASSIST; AT TIMES WHILE MOVING AT ANY SPEED, THERE WILL BE WAY TOO MUCH POWER ASSIST CAUSING VEHICLES TO CHANGE LANES/RUN OFF ROAD RAPIDLY. (THIS IS DANGEROUS) --- HEATER BLOWER MOTOR MAKES INTERMITENT TICKING NOISE --- NEITHER PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED BY DEALER; DEALER SAYS ALL LIKE MODELS DO IT; DEALER SAYS THEY HAVE CONTACTED MANUFACTURER AND THERE IS NO FIX.

DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WILL PULL TO THE RIGHT. ALSO, WHEN DRIVING AT 55 MPH OR HIGHER VEHICLE VIBRATES,CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO SLOW DOWN. VEHICLE IS IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS, AND DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE. *AK

COMPUTER DEFECT CAUSING COMPONENTS TO MALFUNCTION CONTINUALLY.

FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT WILL FULLY LOCK UP WHEN RETRACTED FROM TIME TO TIME--RENDERING SEAT BELT INOPERATIVE. DEALER WILL NOT FIX UNLESS A SERVICE TECHNICIAN SEES THE PROBLEM (SALES PERSON HAS SEEN THE PROBLEM). GM WILL NOT AUTHORIZE REPAIR UNLESS PROBLEM IS CONSISTENT AND READILY DUPLICATABLE. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS CONCERN FOR ME--PASSENGERS ARE OFTEN NOT ABLE TO BUCKLE-UP WITHOUT 5-10 MINUTES OF FIDDLING WITH THE RESTRAINT SYSTEM BEFORE IT WILL RELEASE.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE STEERING BOX WENT OUT AND THERE WAS A LOSS OF CONTROL. DEALER HAS SEEN. *AK

CK1500 THE SEAT BELT STICKS, YOU CAN NOT GET IT TO RELEASE SOMETIMES WE HAVE TAKEN IT IN TWICE FOR THIS PROBLEM AND WILL HAVE TO DO SO AGAIN THIS COMING WEEK. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD.

THIS VEHICLE WITH A HEAVY DUTY TOWING PACKAGE CAME EQUIPPED WITH SPECIAL BRAKES FOR THE REAR BRAKES, BUT NOT FOR THE FRONT BRAKES WHICH CAUSES THE REAR BRAKES TO LOCK UP, AND ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

NO SUMMARY PROVIDED BY CONSUMER

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE STEERING SEEMS UNPREDICTABLE. THE DRIVER HAS VERY LITTLE STEERING CONTROL. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. A NUMBER OF PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. OWNER CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE STEERING PROBLEMS, STEERING IS VERY LOOSE. *AK

WIPER RESERVOIR PUNCTURED.

CONSUMER EXPPERIENCING FROZEN CALIPERS WHICH CAUSE BRAKE PADS TO WEAR OUT AND WARP ROTORS WITHIN 6000 MILES OF WEAR. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK