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 →
THE ABS MOTOR KEEPS RUNNING AFTER THE TRUCK IS CUT OFF. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS TO PULL THE FUSE, SO I HAVE NO ABS. GM FINDS WAYS TO GET OUT OF THEIR WARRANTIES AND COULD CARELESS THAT THEY ARE CREATING SAFETY PROBLEMS. WHEN YOU PAY $26,000 FOR SOMETHING YOU EXPECT IT TO WORK AND EXTENDED WARRANTIES SHOULD BE JUST THAT INSTEAD OF WAYS TO SUCK OUT MORE MONEY FROM BUYERS. DT
ABS PUMP CONTINUED TO RUN WITH VEHICLE OFF. ABS/BRAKE LIGHT REMAIN ON SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. DT
VIBRATION/CLUNKING FELT IN STEERING COLUMN AND STEERING WHEEL AT LOW SPEEDS. DT
WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THE ABS LIGHT APPEAR ON THE DASHBOARD. A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. MR
CONSUMER NOTICED THE AT HOME DIDN'T HAVE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED YET. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION . MR
ABS MODULE FAILS, AND ANTILOCK BRAKE ARE INOPERATABLE. MODULE IS LOCATED UNDER THE TRUCK ON THE FRAME RAIL. THIS PROBABLY CAUSES WATER TO SHORT IT OUT. DT
ABS MODULE FAILURE ABS MODULE RUNS CONTINUOUSLY AND MUST BE SHUT OFF AT THE FUSE OR IT WILL RUN DOWN BATTERY. THE PART MUST BE REPLACED AS A DEALER PART (NO AFTERMARKET) AT A COST OF $1000 PLUS. DEALER INDICATED THAT FAILURE IS A SYSTEMATIC PROBLEM WITH THE 1999 MODEL. HAS BEEN CORRECTED FOR 2000 MODEL. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM! DT
THE MODULE THAT CONTROLS THE ABS IS FAILING TO TURN THE ABS MOTOR OFF WHEN THE TRUCK IS STOPPED. I HAVE CONTACTED CHEVY AND THEY HAVE SAID THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE BUT SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS. IT WAS NOT MENTIONED AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. I HAVE SEARCHED THE INTERNET CONCERNING THIS ISSUE AND IT IS FILLED WITH MESSAGE BOARDS COMPLAINING OF THIS SAME ISSUE. HOW MUCH MORE HAS TO BE DONE TO START A RECALL CAMPAIGN FOR THIS? DT
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING ABS ENGAGED W/O WARNING WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. CONSUMER HAD TO PULL ABS FUSE IN ORDER TO GET FUNCTION TO DISENGAGE. TS
THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT SLIDE FORWARD WHILE STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN. I STOPPED AND COULD NOT GET IT TO LATCH BACK IN PLACE WHICH IS DIFFICULT SINCE I AM SOME WHAT TALL AND HAD TO USE MY LEFT LEG TO BRACE MY SELF SO I WOULD NOT SLIDE FORWRAD THE REST OF THE WAY. THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING HOME UPON ARRIVING HOME I GOT OUT AND HEARD A NOISE WHICH SEEMED TO BE COMING FROM UNDER THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. I LET IT GO FOR A WHILE ABOUT TWO DAYS AND IT RAN THE BATTERY DOWN CAUSING ME TO HAVE IT JUMP STARTED SINCE THEN I HAVE PULLED THE FUSE TO THE ABS IN THE FUSE BOX TO TURN WHATEVER WAS RUNNING OFF. DT
NO SUMMARY. DT
CONSUMER STATES ABS MODULE MADE A LOUD NOISE, WHILE PULLING AWAY FROM A CURVE. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY DISCONNECTED THE MODULE. CONSUMER FEELS UNSAFE DRIVING WITH NO ABS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR
CONSUMER STATES OF HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE MIDDLE SEAT BELT BUCKLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. TS
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE MODULE THAT CONTROLS THE ABS FAILED, RESULTING IN NO ABS BRAKES, WHEN NEEDED. DEALER CONTACTED, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. TS *JB
DRIVING TO WORK, ABS LIGHT CAME ON, RAN CODE CHECK, C0265, C0267, C0281, AND THEN TOLD PARTS WOULD BE $850. DECIDED TO EXPENSIVE TO FIX AND NOT WORTH IT WITH THE NUMBER OF PROBLEMS THE STATE INSPECTOR HAD SEEN. DT5
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WILL LOOSE POWER IN THE BATTERY, THAT WHEN AT A COMPLETE STOP AND TRYING TO DRIVE AGAIN THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THE CONSUMER HAD TO GET JUMP WIRES. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM. TS
THE EMERGENCY BRAKE PEDAL WILL NOT STOP THE VEHICLE WHEN THE PEDAL IS ENGAGED. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE. A SERVICE DEALER REPLACED BOTH THE REAR ROTORS WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE PARTS. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN CORRECTED. *JG
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE THROTTLE WILL STICK AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO GET CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE TO DECELERATE. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR
CONSUMER STATES OF HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS SYSTEM. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. MR
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING THE THROTTLE WILL STICK AND THE VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO GET CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE TO DECELERATE. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR
CONSUMER STATES WHEN APPLING BRAKES, AFTER VEHICLE HAS STOP, BRAKE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATES WITH FEET STILL ON THE BRAKE, HAVE TO SLAM ON BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE. MAUFACTURER WAS OF NO HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM. NLM
CONSUMER STATES THAT ABS MOTOR WILL CONTINUOUSLY RUN WHILE THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING OR WHEN IT IS SHUT OFF. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER IS TAKING A LOOK AT IT. NLM
PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE SYSTEM. MR
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ABS LIGHT HAS ILLUMINATED. WHEN TURNING OFF THE ENGINE THE ABS PUMP CONTINUES TO RUN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.
NO DESCRIPTION GIVEN. NLM
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ABS SYSTEM ON THE VEHICLE IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY WHEN APPLIYING THE BRAKES. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND ALSO PUT A WRONG PART. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. NLM
THESE THREE DEFECTS THAT ARE MENTIONED HERE NEARLY COST ME MY LIFE!. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS.*AK
ABS SYSTEM NOT WORKING.CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER HAS DISCONECTED ABS BRAKES.*AK
WHEN TAKING KEY OUT OF IGNITION MOTOR CONTINUES TO RUN.*AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
ABS PUMP RUNS CONSTANTLY, AND ONLY WAY TO SHUT IT OFF IS TO PULL FUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
ABS MODULE FAILED AT JUST OVER 43,000 MILES. DEALER SAID THIS WAS COMMON PROBLEM WITH '1999 SILVERADO. CONTACTED CHEVROLET TO QUESTION WHY RECALL HAS NOT BEEN PLACED OR IF THEY ARE PROVIDING ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIR COST DUE TO THE FAILURE ON A NEWER, LOW MILEAGE VEHICLE. TOLD BY CHEVROLET THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. RESEARCHED PROBLEM ON INTERNET AND DISCOVERED THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM FOR THIS TRUCK. I FEEL AS IF CHEVROLET SHOULD LIVE UP TO THE HIGH STANDARDS THEY CLAIM AND TAKE CARE OF A PROBLEM OF THIS NATURE.*AK
ABS MOTOR WOULD CONTINUE TO RUN AFTER TURNING OFF IGNITION SWITCH. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF ELECTRIC MODULE FOR THE ABS DOES NOT SHUT OFF. DASHBOARD LIGHT CONTINUALLY ON. CHEVROLET WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBLITY.*AK
WHEN TRYING TO APPLY ANTI LOCK BRAKES THEY WILL LOCK UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
ABS PUMP CONTINOUSLY RUNS. PULLED ABS FUSE SO BATTERY WOULD NOT RUN DOWN. TOOK TRUCK TO LOCAL SHOP WHERE THEY RAN DIAGNOSTICS. INFORMED ME THAT BOTH THE ABS MODULE AND PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR FOR A VEHICLE THAT HAS LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON IT.*AK
WHILE DRIVING 45MPH BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SKID.*AK *JB
WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH VEHICLE COLLIDED HEAD ON INTO A JEEP CHEROKEE. AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. THORNTON CHEVROLET IN LITHIA SPRINGS SEEMED TO THINK THAT AIR BAGS DIDN'T GO OFF DUE TO THE ANGLE OF IMPACT. ESTIMATED EXTENT OF DAMAGE WAS $9,000. CONSUMER WAS AWARE OF CHEVROLET 2000'S THAT WERE BEING RECALLED FOR PREVENTIVE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
BRAKE PADS WEAR DOWN ABNORMALLY, BRAKE PEDAL IS SPONGY(HARD).*AK
ACCELERATOR PEDAL STIICKS, MAKIN GIT HARD TO STOP .*AK
ANTI LOCK BRAKES HAS A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM (MOTOR) FAILED RUNNING WHILE TRUCK IS SHUT OFF. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*JB
THESE ABS BRAKES JUST DON'T WORK PROPERLY. I AM ACTUALLY SCARED TO DRIVE MY TRUCK. I PAID OVER 52000 CANADIAN DOLLARS FOR THIS PEICE OF JUNK. HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO DIE BEFORE CHEVY BOTHERS WITH US?? I AM ASSUMING THE DEAD ONES HAVEN'T COMPLAINED ON HERE. WILL SOMEONE PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN THIS IS GOING TO BE FIXED??*AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
MY ABS LIGHT CAME ON WHEN I STARTED MY CAR AND I HEARD A WINDING OUT NOISE COMING FROM BENEATH THE AREA WHERE THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT IS. I IMMEDIATLY CALLED MY MECHANIC AND I BROUGHT MY TRUCK IN TO HIM. I HAVE YET TO HAVE THE PROBLEM DIAGANOSED AS OF YET BECAUSE OF MY TIME SCHEDULE. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE MY FATHER-IN-LAWS TRUCK (SAME MAKE AND MODEL) HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, THE SAME WEEK AS OURS.*AK
WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN,VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT A HIGH SPEED,CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.*AK
WHILE PULLING OUT AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE VEHICLE ACCLERATED AT A HIGH SPEED, HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE, NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ON IMPACT. *AK *SCC
ABS MODULE RUNS ALL THE TIME, RESULTING IN ABS NOT WORKING PROPERLY.*AK
ABS SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, AND THAT ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON AND AFTER TURNING OFF VEHICLE. CONSUMER COULD STILL HEAR THE MOTOR OF ABS RUNNING. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
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