1999 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 complaints

THE AIR DID NOT STAY IN THE TIRE. THE AREA WHERE THE VALVE STEM GOES HAS COMPLETE CORROSION. *AK *JB

WHEN SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL TO TEST THE EMERGENCY THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD. THE BRAKES FAILED TO HOLD THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL. *AK *SC *JB

PROBLEMS WITH ABS SYSTEM ON 1999 CHEVROLET K1500.*MR BEFORE THE CONSUMER TURNED OFF THE ENGINE THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. WHEN THE IGNITION WAS OFF THE CONSUMER HEARD A GRINDING NOISE WHICH ORIGINATED UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER CRAWLED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND UNPLUGGED THE ABS AND THE NOISE STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE EBCM SHORTED OUT. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL CHEVROLET. *NM

PARKED MY 1999 CHEVROLET K PICKUP AT A STORE AND JUST BEFORE I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF, THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN THE IGNITION WAS OFF, THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. APPARENTLY THE ABS MODULE WAS STILL RUNNING. I CRAWLED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND UNPLUGGED IT. WHEN I TOOK IT TO MY GM MECHANIC, HE TOLD ME THAT THE EBCM SHORTED OUT AND APPARENTLY HAPPENS FREQUENTLY TO THIS MODEL. IT COST ME $781 FOR THE PART PLUS LABOR OF $202.50. I WAS UNIMPRESSED, ESPECIALLY TO FIND OUT THAT THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH PROBLEM WITH THIS AND THAT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR IT. CAN YOU HELP? ISN'T THIS A SAFETY ISSUE? MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 50496 MILES ON IT.*AK

I PURCHASED MY 1999 GM TRUCK AND I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION SINCE I PURCHASED IT. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION SERVICED TWICE AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS FINE. NOW MY TRANSMISSION IS SKIPPING FIRST GEAR AND GOING STRAIGHT INTO SECOND GEAR. THE VEHICLE WARRANTY, OF COURSE, HAS NOW EXPIRED. MY SISTER-IN-LAW ALSO HAS A 1999 GM VAN, AND HER TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REPLACED. SHE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME CONDITIONS I HAVE AND SHE HAD HER VEHICLE INTO SERVICE FOR THE SAME ISSUES I HAVE. MY SON'S GIRLFRIEND'S MOTHER HAS A 1999 GM SUBURBAN AND SHE HAS JUST HAD HER TRANSMISSION REPLACED. SHE HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEMS MY SISTER-IN-LAW AND MYSELF HAVE EXPERIENCED AND SHE TOO HAS HAD HER VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE FOR THE SAME ISSUES. I CANNOT BELIEVE GM HAS NOT HAD A RECALL ON THEIR TRANSMISSIONS THAT WERE PLACED IN 1999 GM TRUCK-TYPE VEHICLES. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. I AM RESEARCHING TO SEE HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT 1999 GM TRUCK-TYPE VEHICLES HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. CONSUMER INDICATED THERE WAS NO OBJECT ON THE ROAD. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS LE, TIRE SIZE P265/75R16. *AK *SC *JB

THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS AND CANNOT BE PUSHED DOWN TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHICH CLEANED AND ADJUSTED THE THROTTLE BODY. THE DEALER RECOMMENDS THAT THE THROTTLE BODY RECEIVE REGULAR MAINTENANCE EVERY 30,000 MILES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *NM *LA

ABS PUMP WENT OUT, LUCKLY I HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND ONLY HAD TO PAY $100.00 INSTEAD OF $800.00. ALSO MANY OTHER TRUCKS IN THE AREA WITH SAME PROBLEM. HAD KLUNKING NOISE IN REAR END CARRIED TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALER SHIPS AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. SOUNDED LIKE TRANSMISSION WAS PLAYING CATCH UP WITH REAREND. THREE MONTHS AFTER WARRANTY GOES OUT IT DOES THE SAME THING AND BUST THE GEARS IN TRANSMISSION. MOTOR SOUNDS LIKE IT IS KNOCKING WHEN YOU FIRST CRANK IT UP. THE DEALERSHIPS AROUND ARE QUICK TO SELL YOU A CAR BUT WILL NOT STAND BEHIND YOU WHEN THERE ARE PROBLEMS. THIS WILL PROBALLY BE MY LAST CHEVY!!! *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK

THE THROTTLE ON MY 1999 CHEVROLET LS 1500 IS STICKING EVERYTIME I TAKE OFF FROM A START, THIS IS MAKING IT DANGEROUS TO THE POINT THAT I AM PUSSING ON THE GAS WITH EXTREME PRESSURE.*AK

AFTER TURNING OFF MY TRUCK I HEARD THE ABS PUMP RUNNING AFTER REMOVING THE KEY. I CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE ABS MODULE. *JB

MY 1999 CHEVROLET 1500 Z71 HAS HAD NUMEROUS ABS FAILURES. A FEW VERY CLOSE CALLS. THE DEALER OR MECHANIC HAVEN'T HEARD OF A RECALL. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE ABS MODULE IS TELLING THE SYSTEM THAT ONE WHEEL IS SLOWING DOWN AS IF A SKID ERRONEOUSLY WHICH ACTIVATES THE ABS TAKING THE DRIVER OUT OF THE EQUATION. SOMBODYS GOING TO DIE. PLEASE FORWARD ANY INFO TO THE E-MAIL ADDRESS I LISTED . THANK YOU. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD RATTLING NOISE AND PULLED OVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE REAR END SUSPENSION. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *NLM *SCC THE DEALER REBUILT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. *JB

WHILE HAVING NEW TIRES PUT ON MECHANIC NOTICED THAT DRIVER'S SIDE BALL JOINTS FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS. THE MECHANIC COULD NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

ABS MOTOR CONTROL UNIT FAILURE, AFTER SEEING MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB I AM REPORTING IT HERE. ABS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND PUMP MOTOR STARTED RUNNING. EVEN WHEN TURNING OFF THE MOTOR, THE UNIT STILL RUNS. ABS FAILURE. HAD TO PULL FUSE TO STOP, NOW DRIVING WITHOUT ABS AND ABS AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS ARE ON. $1000 - $1500 TO REPAIR PROBLEM, WILL MOST LIKELY DRIVE WITHOUT ABS FOR A LONG TIME. *LA

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING DRIVER HIT A POTHOLE ON THE HIGHWAY CAUSING VEHICLE TO HYDROPLANE AND HIT A BRIDGE. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER HIT HIS HEAD AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE, THERE WAS NO FATALITY.*AK

THE ABS MODUAL ON MY 1999 K1500 CHEVYROLET TRUCK HAS GONE BAD. THE PUMP STAYS ON AT ALL TIMES, UNLESS YOU PULL OUT THE FUSE FOR THE ABS. BY DISCONNECTING THE FUSE, THE ABS BRAKES ARE DISABLED FOR THE TRUCK. THIS ALSO LEAVES THE ABS LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT IN THE DASH ON. THE REPLACEMENT FOR THIS PART IS AROUND $1000. THIS APPEARS TO BE A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS MODEL TRUCK.MY FATHER IS HAVEING THE SAME LUCK WITH HIS 1999 K2500. NOTE THAT THE DEALER RECOMMENDED FIX, SHORT OF REPLACING THE UNIT, IS PULLING OUT THE FUSE. *AK

ABS BRAKE MODULE / MOTOR PUMP FAILURE ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON AND MOTOR UNDERNEATH TRUCK RUNS ALL THE TIME. HAD TO DISCONNECT THE 60 AMP FUSE TO STOP THE MOTOR /PUMP

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY IN INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED, AND THEN HIT A BRIDGE. UPON IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK THE CRASH WAS HEAD ON AND THE VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER. IT WAS HIT A SECOND TIME AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE AND LANDED UPSIDE DOWN. CONSUMER WAS HANGING UPSIDE DOWN UNTIL RESCUE OFFICIALS ARRIVED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *PH *JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT IT WOULD BE HARD TO OPEN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

ABS SYSTEM WENT OUT ON MY 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO AT 60,000 MILES. DEALERSHIP SAYS THEY ARE SEEING HUNDREDS OF THESE. *NLM

ABS LIGHT COME ON. ABS MOTOR BEGAN TO BUZZ AND WOULD NOT STOP WHEN THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF. I HAD TO TAKE THE FUSE OUT THAT WAS FOR THE ABS BRAKES. THE BRAKE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT STAY ON THE DASH. I RECENTLY HAD VALID BREAK ISSUES AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO TELL DUE TO THE STAYING ON CONTINUALLY. *NLM

ABS COMPUTER FAILED IN MY 1999 CHEVROLET K1500 SILVERADO PICKUP. THE MODULE MAKES A CONTINUOUS NOISE LIKE A SMALL ENGINE RUNNING EVEN WITH THE KEY REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE NOISE IS TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY OR REMOVE THE ABS 60 AMP FUSE. DEALER INFORMS ME THE PART COSTS $875.00 IN CHECKING WITH USED PARTS SHOPS I FOUND THIS PART IS IN VERY HIGH DEMAND -- MUCH GREATER THAN THEY CAN SUPPLY. ONE USED PARTS DEALER TOLD ME THEY HAD 18 REQUESTS THIS YEAR ALONE. THE CHEVROLET DEALER HESITATINGLY ADMITTED THEY REPLACE LOTS OF THESE. WITH THE FUSE REMOVED THE VEHICLE IS DRIVABLE BUT WITHOUT THE ABS FUNCTION. THE DASH BOARD DOES HAVE INDICATORS CONSTANTLY LIT FOR BRAKES AND ABS. *JB

THE DRIVER'S SEAT FRAME BROKE WITH OUT WARNING. *JB

MAJOR GUARD WARRANTY.9/16/02 NEW BATTERY & BULB REPLACED. 10/5/02 REPLACED THE BATTERY. 10/16/02 BATTERY WENT DEAD. LOOSE GROUND CABLE ON ENGINE BLOCK. BATTERY REPLACED. 11/4/02 BATTERY DEAD. VOLT GAUGE FLUXUATING AND BURN SMELL. ALTERNATOR AND ALTERNATOR CONNECTER REPLACED. 11/11/02, BURNT SMELL AND BATTERY IS DEAD. REPLACE BCM & REPROGRAM BCM AND BATTERY. 12/19/02 PCM NOT COMMANDING ALTERNATOR TO CHARGE BATTERY. AT. IDLE ONE MINUTE THE ALTERNATOR IS PUTTING OUT 13 AMPS AND THE NEXT 10 AMPS. REPLACED PCM & REPROGRAM AND REPLACED BATTERY. REPLACED PASSLOCK SENSOR CASE. PASSLOCK SENSOR READS INVALID WHEN KEY UP MOST OF THE TIME AND VOLTAGE DOESN'T DROP OFF OF 5 VOLT. IGNITION SWITCH NOT READING PASSLOCK RESISTANCE CORRECTLY. REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH. 1/24/03 ALTERNATOR ONLY PUTTING OUT 58.6 AMPS. REPLACED ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY AND BATTERY INSULATOR. REPLACED LEFT TAILIGHT BULB.BCM NOT POWERING DOWN AT TIMES PER GM REGIONAL TECH.BILL YODE,MINNESOTA DIAGNOSIS. BCM REPLACED & REPROGRAMED. THE GENERATOR VOLTAGE WAS FLUXUATING. 12 HZ ELECTRICAL FEEDBACK FROM THE CHARGING CIRCUIT AFFECTING THE GAUGES. REWIRED CONNECTOR PER BULLETIN # 02-07-30-030. MAKES THE ALTERNATOR EXTERNALLY REGULATED BY PCM INSTEAD OF INTERNALLY REGULATED BY THE REGULATOR. LO# N8505. BILL YODER WAS WORKING ON THE VEHICLE FOR TWO DAYS. 2/3/03. TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY, HEADLIGHTS DIM. SINCE 9/02, CONTACTED JAMES CLARK CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGER WITH CHEVROLET DIVISION SEVERAL TIMES, BUT WILL NOT AN

THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD BECOME STUCK WHEN SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE OR REVERSE. *JB ONE HAS TO PUSH HARD ON THE PEDAL TO GET THE VEHICLE TO MOVE, WHICH CAUSED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. SCC

THE ABS MODULE FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.*JB

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE, THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM APPEAR ON THE PANEL. WITHOUT BRAKES, THE ABS MOTOR CONTINUE TO RUN UNTIL THE CONSUMER DISCONNECTED THE SYSTEM. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PH

WHEN THE ABS ENGAGES, IT CAUSES THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE STOPPING DISTANCE WITHOUT ANY WARNING. CONSUMER HAS TO DISCONNECT THE FUSES. *JG *JB

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THE ABS BRAKING LIGHT APPEAR ON THE DASHBOARD. THERE IS NO ANTILOCK BRAKE .PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PH *TR

CONSUMER STATED THAT REAR END AXLE IS LEAKING OIL. BEEN REPAIRED THREE TIMES. TS REAR AXLE GEAR BROKEN AND OIL LEAKED FROM REAR DIFFERENTIAL. A SLIGHT REAR END WHINING IS PRESENT SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS FAILURES. *TT

1999 CHEVY SILVERADO PICKUP ABS BRAKE PROBLEM EBCM MODULE WENT OUT ON TRUCK AT 33,600 MILES. THIS MODULE CONTINUES TO RUN AFTER SHUTTING OFF YOUR TRUCK. DRAINS BATTERY. SKIDS FROM DRY TO WET PAVMENT. HAD TO REPLACE ON SATURDAY EMERGENCY PULL OVER. COST 914.85 I HAVE THE MODULE THAT WAS TAKEN OFF TRUCK FOR VERIFICATION.

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS, DUE TO RUSTED PART. BRAKE LIGHT AND TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

BOTH FRONT SEAT AND SHOULDER BELTS WILL LOCK NOT ALLOWING THE PERSON TO MOVE FORWARD. THIS HAPPENS WITHOUT THE OWNER DEPRESSING THE BRAKES. THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHICH STATED THAT THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM, BUT NO CHANGE IN CONDITION. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TS

WHILE DRIVING, THE OWNER HEARD A "BUZZING SOUND" AND THEN THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE ENGINE OF THE ABS BRAKES CONTINUED RUNNING EVEN AFTER THE OWNER PULLED OVER. THE MANUFACTURE HAS ISSUED A RECALL FOR THE 2000 MODELS FOR ABS BRAKES. THE OWNER FEELS THAT THE RECALL SHOULD ALSO INVOLVE THE 1999 TRUCKS DUE TO THE SIMILARITY IN FAILURE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TS

THE ACCELERATOR WOULD STICK ON OCCASIONS, WHICH WOULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO LURCH FOWARD, THE DEALER INFOMRED CONSUMER, THAT THE ENTIRE THROTTLE BODY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. TS *JB

THE WINDSHIELD DELAMINATED AROUND THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE EDGES. TS *JB

CONSUMER STATED HAD RECALL 96E010000 REMEDIED FOR VEHICLE IN 07/00. DEALER DID PERFORMED STATED CORRECTIVE ACTION, BUT ONLY INSTALLED TEMPORARY HOLDING BOLTS FOR SEAT FRAME. THESE BOLTS BROKE WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, CAUSING DRIVER'S SEAT TO RECLINE BACK W/O WARNING. MANFACTURER ADVISED CONSUMER WILL NOT PERFORM RECALL REMEDY AGAIN. TS

NO SUMMARY. DT

WHILE ON A TRIP TO TAMPA THE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT COME OUT AND AFTER MUCH HAGGLING WITH IT TO GET IT OUT, THE SEAT BELT WOULDN'T RETRACT. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF CONSUNER ALSO STATES THAT IT IS HARD TO RESTART THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS OCCURS. DEALER NOTIFIED. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN HIT AT 40MPH IN THE FRONT CENTER OF THE VEHICLE THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURED. WHICH CAUSED $11,000.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE FRONT BUMPER WAS MANGLED AND TORN, THE GRILL WAS PUSHED BACK INTO THE RADIATOR RESULTING IN THE ENGINE BEING TILTED UPWARDS. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER STATES THAT THIS LETTER IS IN SUPPORT OF THE AIR BAG RECALL, AS HE BELIEVES THAT THE QUALITY STANDARDS OF THIS VEHICLE HAD CREATED A SAFETY HAZARD FOR THE OCCUPANTS. *SCC

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE MODULE FAILED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF ANTI-SKID BRAKE CONTROL.*AK

THE ABS SENSOR FAILURE CAUSED THE FRONT CALIPER AND THE ROTOR TO FAIL WHICH WAS REPLACED. *YH

WHILE DRIVING 30MPH BRAKES OPERATED POORLY, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, ALSO BRAKE PADS WORE OUT AT 4000 MILES.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THE TIRES INNER LINING IS CRACKED/SPLIT FROM SIDE TO SIDE/BEAD TO BEAD AND CAN BE PEELED BACK OVER 1/2 OF AN INCH, BF GOODRICH STATES THIS IS NORMAL, BF GOODRICH RADIAL LONG TRAIL, LT245/75R16, DOT NUMBER AP70HL11228. *YH

WHEN TURNING IN ANY DIRECTION TIRES RUB AGAINST IDLE ARMS AND A FRAME. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABS WENT OUT, AND CONSUMER COULD ONLY USE THE REGULAR BRAKES.*AKA CONCERN AROSE WHEN CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS WITH THESE VEHICLES. CONSUMER FEELS A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. *JG