1998 Chevrolet Silverado complaints

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A PASTURE PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED WHILE CHILD WAS IN A SAFTEY SEAT, AND AIR BAG SWITCH WAS TURNED OFF. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING GAS TANK IS LEAKING FLUID. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE BROKE DOWN DUE TO ELECTRONIC TRANSFER MODULE MALFUNCTION, IT WOULD NOT ALLOW THE REAR FUEL TANK TO KICK IN, DEALER HAS REPLACED THE FUEL SENDER, BALANCE PUMP CONTROL AND TRANSFER PUMP, CONSUMER LATER RECEIVED SERVICE BULLETIN REGARDING THE INOPERATIVE FUEL TRANSFER PUMP. *SLC

POSITIVE BATTERY TERMINAL LEAKED ACID ONTO POSITIVE CABLES CAUSING MAIN ECM TO SHORT AND TURN OFF TRUCK WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, FOUND ACID HAD EATEN THROUGH THE ALTERNATOR CHARGING WIRE AND INSULATION CAUSING A POSSIBLE FIRE POTENTIAL IF NOT FOUND

THREE BRAKE LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO RUST AND CORROSION. VEHICLE BEING REPAIRED AT DEALER. *AK CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE ORIGINAL DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE SERVICE MANAGER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE BRAKE FAILURE WAS NOT UNCOMMON DUE TO THE ENVIRONMENT IN VEHICLES AS YOUNG AS TWO YEARS OLD AND THAT THE LINES COULD HAVE FAILED DUE TO ELECTROLYSIS BUT THE REST OF THE DAMAGE DUE TO THE RUST WAS COMMON. CHEVEROLET WOULD NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. *JG

PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, BELT DOES NOT EVEN PULL OUT. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S SEAT SLIDES BACKWARDS; DRIVER, WHO IS 5 FEET AND 2 INCHES, IS UNABLE TO REACH BRAKES OR ACCELERATOR PEDAL. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT IS VERY DIFFCULT TO PULL OUT TO LOCK .*AK

TURN SIGNAL WOULD STOP OPERATING BECAUSE SOCKET OVERHEATED AND CAUSED BULBS TO BLOWOUT. SOCKET WAS REPLACED ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM REOCCURRED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 TO 50 MPH, THE THROTTLE WAS STUCK WIDE OPEN, DIDN'T DISENGAGE WHEN CONSUMER APLLIED BRAKES REALLY HARD. CONSUMER STATES ENGINE REVED UP AND CONSUMER PUT EMERGENCY BRAKE ON. VEHICLE STILL WOULD NOT STOP. CONSUMER HAD TO SHUT ENGINE OFF. NLM CONSUMER STATES EVEN AFTER SHUTTING OFF ENGINE AND RESTARTING, THE ACCELERATION CONTINUED. *YH

CONSUMER STATESTHAT THE VEHICLE WAS CURVING TO THE LEFT, THE STEERING WOULD BECOME LOSE AND ERRATIC. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS BUT THE PROBLEM REOCCURS. NLM

AROUND 45 MPH THERE IS INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURE. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE STARTS TO SLOW DOWN. THEN, BRAKING ACTION STOPS, PEDAL FEELS SPONGY. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER 3-4 TIMES, MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED, DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK

SEVERE TREAD SEPARATION OVER TEN INCHES OF INSIDE RIGHT FRONT TIRE NEARLY CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL IN I70 CANYON. DEALER WILL DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING . REPLACED AT MY FULL COST WITH A GOODYEAR TIRE (WHICH OWNS KELLY?). ANY HELP HERE?*AK (DOT NUMBER: 91532697 TIRESIZE: LT21585R16)

STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED, PROBLEM EXISTED FOR A TIME. EVO SENSOR NEEDED REPLACEMENT AGAIN AS PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED.*AK

THE DASHBOARD IN THE TRUCK CAUGHT ON FIRE. WE WERE ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE BEFORE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WAS DONE. THE GM DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS THE WIRING HARNESS UNDER THE HOOD. WE REPORTED THIS TO GM, AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD NO OTHER REPORTS AND WERE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE. I LOOKED ON THE NHTSA SITE AND FOUND 52 PAGES OF OTHER CHEVROLET TRUCKS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS FROM 1996 TO 2002. I BELIEVE SOMEONE COULD GET SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING. WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. GM WILL NOT EVEN INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM, OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY ISN'T WORTH THE PAPER IT IS WRITTEN ON AND OUR INSURANCE COMPANY WILL ONLY PAY FOR ENSUING DAMAGE. I THINK SOMEONE WITH SOME AUTHORIY SHOULD CONTACT GM SINCE THIS IS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT IN DESIGN. MICHAEL BUTORI. *AK

A BRAKE LINE FAILURE, BRAKE LINE AVAILABLE FOR ANALYSIS. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN SHIFTING VEHICLE INTO REVERSE VEHICLE WOULD NOT TRAVEL BACKWARD OR WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE VEHICLE WOULD NOT TRAVEL FORWARD. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, TECHNICIAN REPLACED TRANSMISSION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS STEERING WHEEL BECAME LOOSE, CAUSING POOR VEHICLE CONTROL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, STATED POWER STEERING ASSIST ACCELERATED TO FULL POWER, CAUSING DRIVER TO OVERSTEER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

VEHICLE EXPEREINCING PROBLEM WITH BLOWN ECM FUSES WHICH CAUSE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER SHOP ON ONE OCCASION, AND AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. BOTH WERE UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER IS HAVING A PROBLEM LOCATING THE SHORT, THE FUSE HAS BLOWN ON 4 OCASSIONS.*SLC

I PUSHED THE LEVER ON THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SEAT TO ALLOW PASSENGER ENTRY. THE SEAT CAME FORWARD AS IT IS DESIGNED TO DO. THE SEAT IS NOW IN THE FORWARD POSITION AND WILL NOT LOCK IN THE DRIVING POSITION. YOUR FORM IS SHOWING FIRE AND NOT SEATS PROBLEMS, WHICH IS THE NATURE OF MY COMPLAINT, AND I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO CORRECT THIS!! *AK

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH VEHICLE STALLED.ALSO, DEALER REPLACED POSITIVE POST CONNECTOR OF BATTERY. *AK

DEALER SAID WHEEL BEARING WAS OUT OF TOLERANCE CAUSING SENSOR TO ENGAGE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING WHICH RESULTED IN LONGER STOPPING DISTANCE. CANNOT REPLACE JUST BEARING WHOLE HUB UNIT $300.DEALER SAYS RIGHT SIDE IS GOING AS WELL. *AK

SINCE PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE IT HAS HAD THE RIGHT REAR AXLE SEAL REPLACED TWICE. IT HAS JUST BLOWN OUT AGAIN MAKING THIS THE THIRD TIME. THE LAST TIME IT WAS REPLACED I WAS TOLD THAT THIS PART HAD A DEFECTIVE DESIGN AND THAT THEY WERE USING A "NEWLY DESIGNED" PART (SEAL). MY COCERN IS THAT THIS VEHICLE IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY, THE REAR BRAKES WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED AS WELL AS THE SEAL. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS DUE TO PREMATURE WEAR AFTER THEY WERE REQUIRED TO COMPENSATE FOR THE REAR BRAKES NOT FUNCTIONING DUE TO FLUID CONTAMINATION.*AK

CONSUMER WAS AT STOP SIGN AND WHEN LIGHT TURNED GREEN HE PROCEEDED TO CROSS THE INTERSECTION. VEHICLE SHIFTED TO FIRST GEAR AND INTO REVERSE, AND STRIPPED REVERSE GEAR OUT DUE ELECTRICAL PART INSIDE OF TRANSMISSION. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHEN MAKING A TURN STEERING WHEEL WILL JERK EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED BY DEALER FOR THE PROBLEM ONCE. HOWEVER, PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. *AK DEALER REPLACED THE POWER STEERING GEAR BOX, ALSO CONSUMER FOUND OIL ON TOP OF THE STEERING BOX. *SLC

WAS DRIVING 55MPH, PULLING A TRAILER WHEN VEHICLE STARTED PULLING RIGHT. HEARD A NOISE. MAINTAINED CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO STOP. CHECKED TIRES AND NOTICED RIGHT FRONT SIDEWALL HAD SEPARATED ALL AROUND FROM CASING. TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED. FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX AT, LT245/75R16. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON VEHICLE.*AK

THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO THE GMC DEALER IN MCMINNVILLE OR. - A DISTANCE OF 2 MILES. WE WERE ON VACATION AND THE ONLY PARTS AVAILABLE WAS IN PORTLAND AND ALBANY. TIED WITH A ROPE, I WENT TO NEWPORT ORE WHERE WE WERE STAYING. BLOCKED SEATBACK WITH A LAUNDRY BASKET TO COME HOME TO BOISE. FEEL THIS IS AN EQUIPMENT SAFETY PROBLEM. *AK

EVO OR STEERING WHEEL SENSOR FAILS AND CAUSES LOSS OF PRESSURE ON THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS RESULTS IN UNINTENTIONAL MOVEMENT OF THE STEERIG WHEEL. CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS IS COMMON PROBLEM OF GM VEHICLES AND THAT THERE SHOULD BE AN IMMEDIATE CAMPAIGN TO RECALL FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC. *ET

ABS HAS FAILED DAILY NO ABS LIGHT COMES ON INDICATING FAILURE. *AK

ON DRIVER'S SIDE FROM DOOR PANEL TO DASHBORD EVERYTHING WAS MELTING DOWN. EXTENDED WARRANTY WILL COVER THE DAMAGE AND NO OTHER DAMAGE.*AK

TRANSMISSION HAS LOST REVERSE SECOND AND FOURTH GEARS WITH NO PRIOR PROBLEMS OF NOISE OR MOTION. FAIL TO UNDERSTAND HOW ALL THIS CAN BREAK DOWN SO FAST AND EASY. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 45MPH ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR NOISE VEHICLE WOULD LOCK UP. ALSO, THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE WAS LOSING FUEL MILEAGE AND FUEL GAUGE WENT TO EMPTY/ BACK FULL, THEN TO NORMAL, AND READING 3/4 FULL. AFTER CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND TURNED VEHICLE OFF, VEHICLE WOULDN'T RESTART. INDEPENDENT GARAGE GAVE BACK OLD FUEL PUMP SO CONSUMER COULD SEE THE PROBLEM. WIRING ON PUMP AND FUEL GAUGE HAD MELTED AND FUSED TOGETHER ,SHORTING OUT FUEL PUMP AND GAUGE. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT IT COULD REPEAT AND CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. ALSO, COULD OCCUR WITH NEW PUMP.*AK *SLC

CONSUMER WAS TRYING TO LAY BACK OF SEAT BACKWARD BY USING HANDLE, AND HANDLE CAME OFF INTO CONSUMER'S HAND. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

FROM EARLY AFTER WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, WE HAVE HAD TROUBLE. WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR, IT WILL OFTENTIMES NOT SLOW DOWN AND SOMETIMES EVEN SPEED UP. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO BALE CHEVROLET ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND TOLD THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. WE WROTE TO CHEVROLET WHO CONTACTED PAUL WILKERSON AT BALE CHEVROLET WHO TOLD THEM THE VEHICLE IS "OPERATING AS DESIGNED" EVEN THOUGH HE WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HIS MECHANICS HAD DRIVEN THE VEHICLE AROUND THEIR PARKING LOT AT 40 MPH WITHOUT USING THE ACCELERATOR. WE RECENTLY TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP AND THEY INFORMED US THAT GM/CHEVROLET WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT NO FIX HAD BEEN FOUND FOR IT. THIS PROBLEM IS, IN MY OPINION, A SAFETY HAZARD NOT ONLY TO US AS THE OWNERS, BUT TO OTHERS ON THE ROAD AS WELL. IT SEEMS THAT IF GM/CHEVROLET WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, THEY WOULD HAVE AT LEAST NOTIFIED ALL THE DEALERSHIPS AND OWNERS AND GIVEN US SOME OPTIONS FOR REMEDY.*AK

AT CERTAIN POSITIONS STEERING WHEELS HAS CATCHES FROM HARD TO SOFT, CAUSING OVERSTEERING. MANUFACTURER FILED A COMPLAINT FOR CONSUMER.*AK

THERE ARE IRREGULARITIES IN SPEEDOMETER. *AK SPEEDOMETER READS FASTER THAN ACTUAL TIMED SPEED, THIS CAUSES FUEL MILEAGE TO BE FALSE AND CONSUMER STATES IT GETS THE MANUFACTURER OUT OF WARRANTY FASTER. WHEN ABS ARE APPLIED, IF THE REAR WHEELS ENCOUNTER A BUMP, THE REAR BRAKES STAY OUT OF ACTION PUTTING ALL BRAKING ON FRONT WHEELS. *SLC

PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILS TO RETRACT OUTWARD FOR USAGE OR RETRACT BACK AFTER BEING USED.*AK

MY TRUCK JUST STARTED STARTING BAD, IT USED TO TURN OVER EASY, NOW I HAVE TO TURN THE KEY WITH MORE PRESSURE THAN BEFORE. IT STARTS BUT, WITH THE A/C AND RADIO ON THE TRUCK WIL STALL WHILE DRIVING. NOTHING HAS HAPPENED LEADING UP TO THIS, JUST OUT OF THE BLUE. *AK

TRUCK VIBRATION PROBLEM-TIRE BARN AGREED TO REPLACE ONE OUT OF 4 BAD TIRES - THEY SAID DRY ROTTEN. *AK (DOT NUMBER: 32009 UU TIRESIZE: 265/75R16L)

TURNING LEFT IN TOWN SPEED STEERING WOULD "SKIP" AND CATCH. *AK

THE SPARE TIRE WINCH CABLE BROKE CAUSING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT BEHIND THE VEHICLE. I BELIEVE THIS IS A COMMON OCCURECE WITH MANY MAKES AND MODELS OF VEHICLES. THOUGH THIS PROBLEM MAY NOT BE REPORTED OFTEN, I THINK IT IS A VERY COMMON INCIDENT THAT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED.*AK

CONSUMER'S BRAKES LOCK UP & SOMETIMES THERE'S A JERKING MOTION. ALSO, HORN WHEN IT'S COLD COMES ON BY ITSELF. DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEMS. MORE INFORMATION WILL BE ADDED BY CONSUMER.*AK

IN WET CONDITIONS FUEL SHUT OFF SWITCH WILL ACTIVATE, CAUSING FUEL TO STOP GETTING INTO ENGINE, RESULTING IN VEHICLE QUITTING TO RUN( STALLED). THERE IS NO OVERRIDE BUTTON ,IT MUST BE RESET BY COMPUTER.*AK

DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELTS WILL LOCK UP WHILE PASSENGERS ARE WEARING THEM AND WILL NOT UNLOCK. DEALER HAS REPLACED BELTS ON BOTH SIDES A TOTAL OF 7 TIMES, INCLUDING RECALL CAMPAIGN#0045SS; 3 TIMES ON DRIVER'S SIDE ,TWICE ON PASSENGER'S SIDE, AND BOTH CAMPAIGNS. ALSO, SEAT TRACK LOCKS TOO CLOSE TO AIRBAG, AND WILL INTERMITTENTLY UNLOCK. TRACK HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. *AK

AIR BAB DID NOT DEPLOY WANT TO KNOW IF THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS MATTER. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PULLING TO EITHER SIDE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON FIVE OCCASIONS FOR ,AND PROBLEM STILL REOCURRING . > FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

IN JULY OF 2000 I PURCHASED A 1998 CHEVROLET SILVERADO, USED, FROM A FORD DEALERSHIP. THERE WAS ONLY A 30 DAY WARRANTY. IN THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER THE BRAKES WENT ON THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED. ON DECEMBER 24, 2000, WITHOUT ANY NOTICE WHATSOEVER, WHILE SHIFTING THE TRUCK INTO REVERSE I NOTICED IT WOULD NOT MOVE. I PUT IT INTO DRIVE AND IT MOVED. AFTER HAVING THE TRUCK LOOKED AT, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $2,000.00 TO RE-BUILD THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER ONLY HAVING THE TRUCK FOR SIX MONTHS, DRIVING IT 30 MILES ROUND TRIP TO WORK, NEVER USING THE VEHICLE AS A PLOW TRUCK AND NEVER MISUSING THE VEHICLE I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW A VEHICLE OF THIS YEAR COULD LOSE SUCH A MAJOR UNIT AND HAVE NO RECOURSE ON THE PART OF THE DEALERSHIP OR MANUFACTURER, THAT IT BECOME THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OWNER TO CORRECT SUCH AN EXPENSIVE ERROR. *AK

THERE IS A DELAY WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL,NOTHING HAPPENS. BUT, EVENTUALLY IT WILL KICK IN. DEALER REPLACED ILDER ARM AND PITMAN ARM, BUT DEFECT IS STILL OCCURRING. *AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS BECAME WARPED AT APPROXIMATELY 15000 MILES. THEY HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND MACHINED FOUR TIMES AND WERE REPLACED THE LAST TIME. THE ROTORS ARE NOW WARPED AGAIN AFTER ABOUT 5000 MILES. I KNOW OF TWO OTHER PEOPLE WITH THIS MODEL OF TRUCK THAT ARE EXPERIENCING SIMALAR PROBLEMS.