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2007 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 complaints

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 2007 record →

Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal
Filed Jun 6, 20071,800 milesPA

ON JUNE 4, 2007 APPROX: 12:30 PM. UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION. CAME UP TO A STOP SIGN AND RPMS REVVED VERY LOUDLY AND TRUCK TOOK OFF ON ITS OWN INTO THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION AND JUMPED OUT IN FRONT OF MAC TRUCKS. BRAKE PRESSURE REMAINED ON TO NO AVAIL, AND HAD TO PUSH THE TRUCK INTO NEUTRAL TO REGAIN CONTROL. CALLED DEALER TO NOTIFY, AND THEY SAID TO BRING IT DOWN. ON JUNE 4, 2007 AT2:30 PM. ON THE WAY DOWN TO THE DEALER TRUCK AGAIN HAD UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION. WAS AT A RED LIGHT AND AGAIN HAD PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE. AS THE CARS BEGAN TO MOVE IN FRONT OF ME I LIGHTLY TOOK FOOT OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT PUTTING THE, FOOT ON THE GAS AND THE TRUCK REVVED AND TOOK OFF ONCE AGAIN THIS TIME LANDING VEHICLE ON TOP OF A MEDIUM STRIP PLATFORM. NO DAMAGE, BUT I NOW HAD SEVERE CONCERN ABOUT DRIVING THIS TRUCK. ON JUNE 6, 2007 I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE DEALER SAYING THE COMPUTER CHECKED OUT FINE, AND DROVE THE TRUCK EXTENSIVELY. I LOOKED ON IT AND IT WAS EIGHT MILES, BUT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I TOOK THE TRUCK HOME UNWILLINGLY, AND 57 MILES INTO THE RIDE HOME ONCE AGAIN I STOPPED FOR TRAFFIC AND LIGHTLY TOOK FOOT FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND THE TRUCK ACCELERATES AND NEARLY HIT THE BLACK FORD IN FRONT. CALLED MY HUSBAND TO MAKE HIM AWARE OF THE SITUATION .AND HE PROMPTLY LEFT A MESSAGE ON THE DEALER'S VOICE MAIL. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System
Filed Apr 15, 2007400 milesCT

I HAVE HAD DIESEL EXHAUST FUMES IN THE 2007 SILVERADO SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW AT THE DEALER. I PUT A CARBON MONIXIDE DETECTOR IN THE TRUCK . WENT UP TO 495 LBS. HAD IT BACK TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES ALLREADY WITH NO PROBLEM FOUND.I SELL DIESEL TRUCKS FOR A LIVING AND FOUND AT LEAST 80 OTHER PEOPLE ON LINE AND OTHER PLACES THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE MYSELF LET ALONE PUT MY FAMILY IN IT.I HAVE ASKES CHEVROLET TO BUY THE VEHICLE BACK, BUT I ALSO WANT THIS NHTSA TO LOOK INTO THIS, NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF BUT ALL THE REST OF THE PEOPLE OUT THERE. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Jan 5, 200718,000 milesOR

BRAKE AND POWER STEERING FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. NO INDICATOR LIGHTS, NO WARNINGS. UNABLE TO STOP OR STEER VEHICLE WEIGHING OVER 6000 LBS. *NM

Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel
Filed Oct 2, 2006150 milesMT

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STARTING THE BRAND NEW VEHICLE, THE WARNING LIGHT FOR THE IGNITION WENT OFF AND DID NOT ILLUMINATE AGAIN, AS WELL AS ALL OTHER WARNING LIGHTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO DETERMINED THE WHOLE CLUSTER HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE CLUSTER WAS REPLACED WITH A USED PART. THE DEALERSHIP AFFIRMED THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT ALLOW THEM TO USE NEW CLUSTERS FOR THIS REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND DENIED THE EXISTENCE OF A SERVICE BULLETIN IN REGARDS TO THE CLUSTER DEFECT.

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