1998 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 complaints

APPEARS BRAKING SYSTEM ISN'T FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED. *AK

98 V 150 001/WINDSHIELD WIPER WIRING: WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THIS RESULTS IN INOPERATIVE WIPERS WHICH REDUCE DRIVER'S VISIBILITY AND INCREASE RISK OF VEHICLE CRASH. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED, AND BOTH INFORMED CONSUMER THATTHIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

BRAKES WILL NOT STOP AT VERY MED. RATE OF SPEED. REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER AND ALL BRAKE LINING ON ALL 4 WHEELS. PROBLEM STILL EXIST.

STEERING DEFECT WILL END UP CAUSING ACCIDENTS AND DEATH IF CAUGHT BY SURPRISE, IT MAKES YOU JERK THE STEERING WHEEL AT SPEED WHILE MAKING A A TURN. TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IS WIDE SPRED, EVERY SHOP I CONTACTED COULD TELL ME THE ERROR CODE(1870) AND THE SOLUTION, AND THAT THIS PART ALWAYS FAILS JUST OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY. GM KOWS THIS, AND YET DOES NOT HELP. THIS DEFECT IS CAUSING CONSUMERS FROM 400-2800 IN REPAIRS FOR A PART WITH A KNOWN FAILURE RATE.*AK

CONSUMER STATES FRONT BRAKES FAILED.*YD

RECALL 98 V 150 001/WINDSHIELD WIPER WIRING: WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, THIS CAN RESULT IN INOPERATIVE WIPERS, REDUCING A DRIVER'S VISIBILITY, AND INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

TRANSMISSION CODE 1870 SLIPPAGE FAILURE, SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. TRANSMISSION BANGS INTO 2ND GEAR. AFTER READING WEB SITES, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A PROLIFIC PROBLEM WITH ANY GM TRANSMISSION IN A LIGHT DUTY TRUCK. I'VE TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE AREA, THEY ALSO EXPERIENCE SAME PROBLEM. INDICATIONS FROM WEB RESPONSES INDICATE COULD BE ELECTRICAL ORIENTED BY NOT CONFIRMED. REBUILDING MAY NOT PROVIDE CURE. GM NEEDS TO OWN UP AND RECALL.*AK

WEB COMPLAINT SITES ALSO INDICATING SAME FAILURE. WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR WILL NOT RUN IF THE WEATHER IS RAINY OR DAMP. AS SOON AS MOISTURE IS IN THE AIR, THE WIPER MOTOR WILL NOT ACTIVATE. IF YOU LEAVE THE WIPER SWITCH IN THE ON POSITION, IT WILL EVENTUALLY START. MEANTIME, YOU ARE TRAVELING IN RAIN, AND YOU HAVE NO WIPER ACTION TO CLEAR THE WINDOW. WEB SITES INDICATE MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE. RESPONSE INDICATES THAT MOISTURE GETS INTO CIRCUIT BOARDS CONTROLLING WIPER MOTOR AND SHORTS OUT THE CIRCUIT. ANOTHER SITUATION FOR A GMC RECALL. *AK

BRAKES ARE PULSATING WHEN APPLIED. CONSUMER NOTICED FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE ROTOR LOOKED PITTED AND WORN OUT. *AK

IDLE WILL NOT GO DOWN TO NORMAL AFTER SHIFTING GEARS. RPM'S WILL STAY AT 2000 FOR 8-10 SECONDS. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THERE IS A CLICKING SOUND, PEDAL GOES ALMOST TO FLOOR, THERE IS BRAKING ACTION, AND INCREASED BRAKING DISTANCE. DEALER CANNOT REMEDY PROBLEM. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

SPONGY BRAKE PEDAL, DEALER INSTALLED MASTER CYLINDER POWER BOOSTER, NO CHANGE. *JB ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****742563

WHILE SHIFTING GEAR TO REVERSE CONSUMER NOTICE GEAR ENGAGING .*AK

WHILE TRYING TO MAKE A TURN WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATS COLLAPSED BACKWARD, AND STAYED BROKEN.VEHICLE WAS TOTALED DUE TO ACCIDENT. *AK

WHENEVER TURNING STEERING STEERING GEAR BOX WOULD LOCK UP. WOULD GET TIGHT, AND THEN SUDDENLY WOULD LOOSEN UP AFTER TURNING. *AK

AUTO TRANSMISSION FAIL TO GO INTO REVERSE OR 2ND OR 4TH GEAR MAKING VEHICLE UNMOVABLE. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 25 MPH AND DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL VEHICLE WENT INTO EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE BELT TENSIONER CAME APART, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND NO AIR CONDITIONING. *MJS (ORIGINAL REPORT 557308)

THE BELT TENSIONER CAME APART, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND NO AIR CONDITIONING. *MJS (ORIGINAL REPORT 557308)

THE BELT TENSIONER CAME APART, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND NO AIR CONDITIONING. *MJS (ORIGINAL REPORT 557308)

THE SENSOR THAT CONTROLS POWER STEERING EFFORT HAS FAILED TWICE ON THIS VEHICLE. IT IS AN INTERMITTENT CONDITION WHERE THE EFFORT REQUIRED TO STEER THE VEHICLE VARIES GREATLY FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE MOST DANGEROUS CONDITION WOULD OCCUR WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED. THE STEERING EFFORT WOULD SUDDENLY CHANGE FROM NORMAL TO VERY LIGHT. WHEN THIS OCCURED WHILE NEGOTIATING A CURVE AT HIGH SPEED, IT WOULD JERK YOU OFF THE ROAD.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, THE AIR BAGS EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. *SLC

VEHICLE VIBRATES INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING, VIBRATION IS MORE SEVERE UNDER BRAKING CONDITIONS BUT NOTICEABLE WHEN JUST CRUISING, THIS VIBRATION CAUSES THE REAR END TO BOUNCE THUS RESULTING IN THE ABS TO ACTIVATE AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *ET

TIRE BLOW OUT CAUSED ACCIDENT ON 09/26/2000 - CAUSED LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND SERIOUS SPINE INJURY. LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AND THAT MY 2 LITTLE GIRLS WERE NOT WITH ME AT THE TIME. (TIRESIZE: LT225/75R1)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT225/75R1 )

FIRESTONE, STEELTEX AT, TIRE SIZE 245/75R16 , 35,000 ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH CHEVROLET, 1500, 1998. FRONT TIRES INNER TREAD IS SINKING POSSIBLY DUE INNER CORDS THAT CONTRACTED, AND PULLED IN.*AK ALL OF THE FOUR TIRES HAVE THE SAME DEFECT. THE INNER TREADS WERE SINKING. *YH

BATTERY WAS LEAKING BATTERY ACID. POST THAT WAS HOOKED UP TO CABLE FELL OFF, AND THAT WAS WHY VEHICLE WOULDN'T START. ELECTRICAL SOCKET AND BRAKE LINE HAD SOME PAINT DAMAGE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT WARRANTY. *AK

STEERING WHEEL FEELS SLIPPERY & WOULD JERK OR PULL TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT ON ITS OWN. TOOK TO DEALER & HAD REPLACED THE OLD SENSOR WITH A NEW EVO SENSOR IN THE STEERING COLUMN. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT & COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

STEERING WHEEL WOULD ON ANY UNEXPECTED TIME, SUDDENLY AND ABRUPTLY, PULL TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT WHEN GOING INTO A CURVE IN THE ROAD. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT THEY REPLACED THE POWER STEERING PRESSURE SENSOR, AND HE NEEDS TO HAVE IT DONE AGAIN. *AK

PICKUP TRUCK FROM DAY ONE HAD A WHINING SOUND AT FUEL PUMP. FUEL PUMP FAILED MUCH EARLIER THAN EXPECTED. PUMP FAILED ON ME IN ON AN EXTREMELY HOT DAY (OVER 100 F DEGREES). I HAVE A MEDICAL CONDITION (PARALYZED FROM THE CHEST DOWN). I DRIVE THIS VEHICLE WITH THE AID OF HAND CONTROLS. I WAS STRANDED FOR 2 1/2 HOURS WITH NO A/C IN THE CAB OF MY TRUCK. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE SHORT LIFETIME OF THIS FUEL PUMP, AND AM WONDERING IF OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. MY VEHICLE IS THE Z-71 VERSION OF THE CHEVROLET 1500 PICKUP TRUCK. *AK

WHILE DRIVING WOUD STEP ON BRAKE PEDAL AND COULD HEARD AIR COMING FROM THE BRAKES. PROBLEM HAD BEEN WITH THE MASTER CYLINDER .*AK

THE DRIVER SIDE WINDSHIELD CRACKED DUE TO MANUFACTURER DEFECT. YH

LF INBOARD BRAKE DISC PAD DESTROYED. ALL OTHER PADS SHOW NORMAL WEAR. *AK

WHEN PUTTING ON BRAKES VEHICLE WILL PULL TO THE LEFT. *AK

THERE IS NO DIRECT CABLE TO THE CARBURETOR SYSTEM. ALSO, WITHOUT THE COMPUTER INPUT PEDAL DOESN'T RELEASE UINTIL CONSUMER TURNS VEHICLE OFF. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

WARRANT IS 3/36 BUT CHEVY NOW SAYS 12000 MILES. I THINK THATS B/S A WINDSHIELD SHOULD NOT START GOING BAD IN TWO YEARS. D. *AK

VEHICLE'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE DRIVER WAS INJURED IN THE FACIAL AREA. YH

BRAKING POWER IS INSUFFICIENT, RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE ROTOR WEAR, AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO; WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED REAR WHEELS LOCK UP, CAUSING THE ABS SYSTEM TO ACTIVATE PREMATURELY. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

BATTERY IS LEAKING ONTO RIGHT SIDE STEERING MECHANISM. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

BRAKES FAILED. YH

BRAKES REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES AND CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS. MJS

ENGINE KNOCKS WHEN LEFT RUNNING IN MORNING, TO WARM UP ENGINE.

I HAVE READ THROUGH YOUR CHEVROLET TRUCK SECTION AND NOTICED SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT VIBRATION PROBLEMS. IS THE NHTSA INVESTIGASTIONG THIS PROBLEM?

STEERING LOCKS UP MOMENTARLY THEN RELEASES DURING SLOW LEFT TURNS

ON DRY/GRAVEL PAVEMENT ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND AND RESULTING IN A CRASH. THE ABS LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES, SOMETIMES WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN REVERSE. WHEN COMING TO A STOP LIGHT, CONSUMER DECELERATED WHEN THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION FROM 20 MPH TO 40 MPH, CAUSING CONSUMER TO PUT ON BRAKES. DEALER SAID THAT FLOOR MATS MAY HAVE BEEN THE PROBLEM. BUT CONSUMER DOES NOT FEEL THIS IS TRUE. CONSUMER SAYS THERE WAS NO MAT ON FLOOR. VIN # ([XXX]). *AK *YC INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY AND NOTICED MARKINGS ON THE LOWER A FRAME. ALSO, NOTICED RUBBED MARKS ON THE INNER TIRE. CONTACTED THE DEALER TO HAVE IT SERVICED. IF TURNING RIGHT, LEFT TIRE WOULD BE COMING INWARDS. BUT INSTEAD OF STOPPING AT A CERTAIN POINT IT KEEPS RUBBING THE FRAME. *AK

BRAKES HAD FELT SPONGY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. HAD THE PROBLEM CHECKED OUT THREE MONTHS AGO, NOTHING FOUND - BRAKES FAILED COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR , AND VEHICLE SLOWED EVENTUALLY. SO THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. DEALER REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER AT NO COST (STILL UNDER WARRANTY). *AK