Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1999 record →
AFTER TURNING VEHICLE OFF, ABS MOTOR CONTINUED TO RUN. CONTACTED DEALER WHO TOOK FUSE OUT. CONSUMER NOW DOES NOT HAVE ABS ON VEHICLE.*AK CONSUMER FEELS THE PART FAILED TOO SOON. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE ABS MOTOR WON'T SHUT OFF UNLESS THE FUSE IS PULLED OR THE BATTERY RUNS DOWN. THERE IS A CHANCE OF FIRE AND THE BRAKES ARE INOPERABLE WHEN FAILURE OCCURS. *JG
ABS MODULE HAS GONE OUT TWICE ON VEHICLE . CONTACTED DEALER. *AK. CONSUMER STATED THE MOTOR WOULDNOT SHUT OFF. *MJ
CONSUMER STATES WHEN STOPPING AT 3-7 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL DROP AND YOU CAN HEAR THE ABS MOTOR WORKING, CONSUMER FEELS THIS COULD CAUSE A SLOW SPEED ACCIDENT. *SLC
ABS PUMP CONTINUALLY RUNS, EVEN AFTER ENGINE IS SHUT OFF. DEALER DETERMINED PART NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK
WHENEVER I APPLY THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE HAPPENS TO DRIVE OVER ANY UNEVEN SURFACES ON THE ROAD ( IE, BUMPS, POT HOLE, CRACKS, ETC) ABS WOULD ENGAGE AND CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY.*AK
CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN THE COMPUTER THAT CONTROLS THE ABS GOES OUT, THE ABS PUMP CONTINUES RUNNING, TO DISABLE IT CONSUMER HAS TO EITHER DISCONNECT THE PUMP OR THE BATTERY, IF THIS IS NOT DONE CONSUMER STATED IT MAY RESULT IN A FIRE.*JB
WINDOW MOTOR REGULATOR HAS MALFUNCTIONED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, AND STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT SLOPPY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW FAILED, DEALER FOUND CABLE HAD COME OUT OF MOTOR/ REGULATOR ASSEMBLY AND CONSEQUENTLY WRAPPED AROUND THE MOTOR/REGULATOR. THERE WAS NO OFFER OF WARRANTY REPAIR SINCE TRUCK IS OVER THE MILEAGE COVERED. *YD
ABS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND "ABS PUMP" WOULD NOT SHUT OFF WITH IGINITION KEY REMOVED. $975 FOR. *AK
THE ABS PUMP STARTED RUNNING WHEN I STARTED THE TRUCK THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT TO STOP IS TO PULL THE FUSE. THE POWER WINDOW ON DRIVERSIDE WILL GO DOWN A LITTLE THEN STOP, YOU HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING ON THE BUTTON TO GET IT ALL THE WAY DOWN WHICH TAKES A LOT OF TIME, SAME WAY WHEN YOU GO TO PUT IT BACK UP. THE THROTTLE STICKS WHEN YOU GO TO ACCELERATE, DID IT A LITTLE NEW NOW DOES IT A LOT. I HAVE CONTACTED GM THEY SAID THAT THE TRUCK IS TO OLD KNOW FOR THEM TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I HAVE HEARD THAT OTHER OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS BUT THERES OCCURED WHILE UNDER WARRANTY
WHEN TAKING OFF FROM COMPLETE STOP THE LOUD KLUNK FROM SLIP YOKE DEALER GREASED TEMPORARILY FIXED (3 TIMES) .DEALER /GM SAYS IT IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE.WILL NOT FIX MORE THAN ONCE. GM HAS A FORMAL COMPLAINT.
BRAKES WERE WORKING, BUT BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON DASHBOARD DEALERSHIP'S MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT BRAKING MODULAR SYSTEM FAILED. *AK
ABS BRAKING SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. WHEN VEHICLE TRAVELS ABOUT 40MPH IT WILL SLIDE. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE AND HEARD NOISE OVER TOP, ENGINE WAS RUNNING. CONSUMER CUT ENGINE OFF, AND THIS OTHER MOTOR WAS STILL RUNNING. ABS LIGHT CAME ON, AND CONSUMER STARTED SMELLING AN ODOR. ABS MOTOR CONTINUED TO RUN WITHOUT ENGINE RUNNING, AND KEY IN IGNITION. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED ABS MOTOR WAS BURNED OUT.*AK
ABS BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED DUE TO A MECHANISM WITHIN ABS BRAKE MOTOR THAT CONTINUED TO RUN, CAUSING SYSTEM TO BECOME INOPERABLE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
AFTER LEAVING HOME FRI. MORNING, I TURNED ON MY REAR DEFROSTER SWITCH. SHORTLY AFTER, THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL FROM IN THE VEHICLE. A MINUTE LATER I HEARD A POP AND LOOKED IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROW TO SEE MY REAR GLASS TOTALLY SHATTERED. BOTH MY CHILDREN WERE IN THE REAR SEAT, A 7MONTH OLD FACING THE WINDOW AND A 3 YEAR OLD FACING FORWARD. I STOPPED IMMEDIATELY TO MAKE SURE NO GLASS WAS ON THEM. WHEN I CLOSED THE DOOR MY GLASS FELL OUT. BECAUSE OF THE SMELL AND THAT I HAD JUST TURNED ON THE DEFROSTER, I FELT LIKE THE REAR DEFROSTER HAD TO BE THE CAUSE. I HAD MY DEALERSHIP CALL GM AND THEY SAID THE DEFROSTER COULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT. I ALSO TOLD THE DEALERSHIP THAT I RECENTLY HAD A CELLULAR ANTENNA INSTALLED AND HE MENTIONED THAT TO THE GM REP WHO SAID THAT THAT WOULDN'T AFFECT IT. I SPECIFICALLY ASKED THE INSTALLER AT THE CELLULAR CO. IF THE ANTENNA WOULD AFFECT MY DEFROSTER AND HE SAID NO. UPON INSPECTION OF THE ANTENNA YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DEFROSTER HAD BURNED THE TWO SIDED TAPE ON THE ANTENNA. IT MUST HAVE GOT HOT ENOUGH TO BUST THE GLASS. IT HAD THE SAME BURNT SMELL AS WAS IN THE VEHICLE. A CALL TO GM CUSTOMER SERVICE ON 10/1/01 WAS MADE. GLASS COULD HAVE EASILY LANDED IN ONE OF MY CHILD'S EYES. WHY DID THIS HAPPEN AND HOW CAN IT BE PREVENTED. IF THE CELL COMPANIES ARE IMPROPERLY INSTALLING ANTENNAS OVER DEFROSTERS AND IT'S CREATING A HAZARD, SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF THIS. IF THIS IS SOMETHING GM COULD PREVENT, THEY NEED TO CHECK INTO IT. PLEASE RESPOND TO ME
THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE PLASTIC WHEEL LUG NUT COVERS (GM PART# 15712371) WOULD CONTINUOUSLY BECOME LOOSE UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, ON ONE OCCASION THIS PART CAME FLYING OFF THE VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH, NO ONE WAS INJURED AND THERE WAS NO PROPERTY DAMAGE. NLM
WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 70 MPH ABS LIGHT CAME ON, AND ABS MOTOR CONTINUED TO RUN, WON'T SHUT OFF. BATTERY TERMINAL BURNED OFF AS A RESULT OF ABS FAILURE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
GAS LEAKS FROM PUMP BECAISE HOLE IS NOT PERFECTLY ROUND. GAS FLOWS TO TOP OF TANK. DEALER HAS TO REPLACE TANK WITH A NEW TANK.*AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT AFTER HAVING BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEATBELTS REPLACED DUE TO A RECALL, THEY NOW PIN PASSENGER TO SIT. THE NEW SEATBELTS DOES NOT ALLOW EITHER THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER TO MOVE.
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT ADJUSTING MECHANISM IS BROKEN, CAUSING SEAT TO REMAIN IN RECLINING POSITION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.
WHEN PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL IT IS REALLY HARD AND WON'T GO DOWN, THEN, CONSUMER STATES UNEXPECTEDLY GAS PEDAL WILL GO TO FLOOR FROM ALL PRESSURE, AND VEHICLE GOES FLYING. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THROTTLE BODY NEEDED SERVICING.*AK
ALIGNMENT PROBLEM RUINED LEFT FRONT TIRE. THE SIDEWALLS WERE CRACKING ON ALL THE TIRES. DEALER SAID THE TIRES WERE NOT SUITABLE FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE VAN. THERE SHOULD BE A STANDARD FOR REPLACEMENT PART.
WHEN APPYLING ABS BRAKES PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ABS SYSTEM IS INOPERABLE DUE TO A MODULE FAILURE. *AK *JB
WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL GOES PARTIALLY TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK
WHILE SLOWING FOR STOP SIGH BRAKES SUDDENLY WENT TO THE FLOOR. NO BRAKE FAILURE LIGHT CAME ON, NOR WAS THERE ANY OTHER WARNING. LEFT REAR EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE HAD BEEN RUBBING ON HYDRALIC LINE AND WORE A HOLE IN HYDROLIC LINE CAUSING FLUID TO ESCAPE AND BRAKES TO FAIL. THERE WAS A RECALL ON FRONT BRAKE HOSE.
THE TRUCK HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER OFTEN AND THEY ADMITED THEY COULD NOT GUARNTEE THEY HAVE FIXED THE FRONT END THE SERVICE MGR CROSSED HIS FINGERS AND WITH A RESPONSE THAT HE HOPE SO WE DONT DRIVE THE TRUCK OFTEN FOR FEAR OF AN ACCIDENT EITHER THE WHEELS LOCKING UP OR THE BRAKES FAILING, HE SAID THEY TIGHTED A BOLT ON THE SUBFRAME AND THAT FIXED THE FRONT END BUT A GM ENGR TOLD ME THAT TRUCK DOES NOT HAVE A SUBFRAME ONLY VEHICLES WITH UNIBODIES USE SUBFRAMES, I HAVE DOCUMENTED ALL SERVICES AND RESPONSES IF NEEDED. *AK
PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT WILL LOCK UP, AND WILL NOT EXTEND FOR PROPER OPERATION. CONSUMER HAD DEALERSHIP REPAIR THIS DEFECT WHEN HE WENT IN FOR A RECALL NOTICE HE RECEIVED ON BRAKES. CONSUMER STATED THAT BELT THAT REPLACED THE PREVIOUS BELT STILL DID NOT OPERATE PROPERLY, AND WILL STICK IN ONE POSITION. ALSO, CONCERNED THAT SERIAL NUMBERS ON TWO PASSENGER NUMBERS DO NOT MATCH. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
HEADLIGHTS ARE TOO BRIGHT IN LOWEST SETTING. HEADLIGHTS ARE BLINDING TO OTHER CONSUMERS. REASON HE KNEW THIS WAS THAT HE WAS CONTINUALLY FLASHED BY OTHER VEHICLES TO TURN BRIGHT LIGHTS OFF WHEN THEY WERE IN LOWEST SETTING, FOLLOWED BY OTHER DRIVERS YELLING ABOUT HIS HEADLIGHTS, AND OTHER UNPLEASANTRIES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
WHILE LOCKING DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT SEAT BELT WILL NOT ALLOW CONSUMER TO TURN SIDE TO SIDE. SEAT BELT LOCKED CONSUMER IN PLACE, NO MOVEMENT. *AK
FUEL PUMP KEEPS GOING OUT ON CONSUMER ALREADY HAS HAD ONE PUMP INSTALLED IN VEHICLE. CURRENTLY, PUMP MALFUNCTIONED AGAIN. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THAT WARRANTY EXPIRED. *AK
STEERING GEAR BOX FAILED. *SLC
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 60MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. ABS BRAKING LIGHT CAME ON DASHBOARD. HE TURNED OFF VEHICLE, AND MOTOR LOCATED UNDER DRIVER SEAT OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE, CONTROLED ABS BRAKING SYSTEM. THERE WAS NO ABS SINCE BRAKING SYSTEM WAS DETACHED. *AK
WHENEVER DRIVING AND GAS PEDAL WAS APPLIED, IT WOULD STICK EVERY TIME. THEN, IT WOULD SUDDENLY CATCH AND JERK VEHICLE. WOULD BE NO WARNING. BEEN TO DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR PROBLEM. FIRST TIME INFORMED IT WOULD WORK ITSELF OUT. SECOND TIME WAS INFORMED A LOT COMPLAINTS ON GAS PEDAL STICKING. PROBLEM NOT READILY RESOLVED. *AK
CONSUMER WAS HIT FROM LEFT SIDE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. FOR CONSUMER TO AVOID CRASH SHE SWAYED AND RAN INTO A DITCH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 70 MPH. *AK BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND PROPERLY. *YH
THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT 265/75R16 TIRES ON THE VEHICLE, THE MANUFACTURER IS NOT RESPONDING. *MJS
GOODYEAR WRANGLER RT/S TIRE (P265 75 R16) EXPERIENCED SIDEWALL FAILURE, THE DEALER STATED THAT ALL TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED SINCE THE CONSUMER USED THEM OFF ROAD, THE CONSUMER FEELS SINCE THIS TRUCK IS 4-WHEEL DRIVE, 4-WHEEL DRIVE TIRES SHOULD HAVE CAME EQUIPPED WITH THE VEHICLE WHEN IT WAS BOUGHT. *SLC
ONE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING AND TWO OTHER TIRES ARE SCALLOPING, CONSUMER BELIEVES HE SHOULD RECEIVE A NEW SET OF TIRES (P265/75R16). NLM
WHILE DRIVING THE TIRE SEPARATED AND CHUCKS OF RUBBER WERE COMING OFF, THE REAR TWO SEPARATED AND THE FRONT TIRES WHERE STARTING TO CRACK AND SEPARATE (INTERCO SUPER SWAMPER TSL). NLM
THE SEAT BELTS ARE PREMATURELY LOCKING. *MJS
THIS VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS OR RUMBLE STRIPS OR POTHOLES.I HAVE SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS AND SOME KNOW OF THE PROBLEM BUT HAVE NOT RECIEVED A RECALL TO CORRECT THIS SITUATION. THIS IS VERY SERIOUS SINCE IT REQUIRES AN ADDITIONAL 30 TO 50 FEET OF STOPPING DISTANCE.I LEAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY DIDTANCE BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME FOR FEAR THAT I WILL HAVE TO MAKE AN ORDIARY STOP JUST WHEN THERE ROAD GETS BUMPY.
PE00020, ORIGNAL EQUIPMENT ON 1999, CHEVROLET C1500, TIRE SIZE P26575R16 DOT W273. ALL OF TIRES HAD A KNOT IN THE SIDEWALL WHICH SEEM THAT TREAD WAS SEPARATING, AND THERE WERE CRACKS THROUGHOUT THE TIRE TREAD. *AK ALL THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. YH
BATTERY IS LEAKING ACID. DAMGEROUS TO PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENT
BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARING WENT OUT AS WELL AS WINDOW REGULATOR'S WITH LESS THEN 3000 MILES ON THE PICK UP AND THE DEALER HAS HAD OTHER TRUCKS OF THE SAME TYPE WITH FRONT END SUSPENSION PROBLEMS WHICH DUPLICATES MINE.
AT ABOUT 25,000 MILES, I NOTICED UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR. IT LOOKS AS IF SOMEONE TOOK A CHISEL AND CHIPPED OFF PIECES OF TREAD. FRONT AND REAR TIRES. THE PIECES MISSING RANGE IN SIZE FROM 1/8" - 1/2" DIA. THE TIRES HAVE BEEN ROTATED PER MANUFACTURER SPECS. PROPERLY INFLATED AT 44 PSI COLD. DRIVEN ON PAVED SURFACES, AND AT MODERATE SPEEDS. I WENT TO THE FIRESTONE AT 5499 N. HIGH ST., WORTHINGTON OH 43085, AND THE EMPLOYEE, AFTER TREATING ME LIKE A MORON, INFORMED ME THAT THE RECALL ONLY WAS FOR CERTAIN 15" TIRES. HE THEN INSISTED THAT IT WAS NORMAL TIRE WEAR. I STRONGLY DISSAGREE, AND ASK THAT MY TIRES BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY TRUCK. HOW CAN I SEND YOU A PHOTO, OR MOLD TO SHOW YOU WHY I AM CONCERNED? PLEASE RESPOND.( DOT NUMBER: W273WMA TIRE SIZE: P265/75R16 )
WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF ELECTRIC MODULE FOR THE ABS DOES NOT SHUT OFF. *AK
DASHBOARD AREA NEAR THE LIGHT SWITCH WOULD GET HOT. DRIVER'S SEAT IS LOOSE. WOULD ROCK BACK AND FORTH WHEN BRAKING OR ACCELERATING. WOULD MAKE SCRAPPING NOISES WHEN THIS HAPPENS. HAVE BEEN TO DEALER. *AK *ML
ACCELERATOR PEDAL HANGED UP, AND CONSUMER HAD TO JUMP ON THE ACCELERATOR FOR VEHICLE TO MOVE. DID NOT KNOW IF IT WAS GOING TO TAKE OFF SUDDENLY OR TAKE OFF SLOWLY. CONSUMER FELT IT WAS A SAFETY HAZARD.*AK
AIR BAG FAILED. NLM
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL BECOMES SOFT, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. THIS HAPPENED MOSTLY AT SLOW SPEEDS. TRUCK HAS BEEN SEEN BY THE DEALERSHIP 8 TIMES. DEALER HAS NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
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