1999 Chevrolet Silverado complaints

THE ABS MODULE WAS MAKING NOISE. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER INDICATED THE ELECTRICAL BRAKE CONTROL MODULE WAS FAULTY.*JB

ABS BRAKES OPERATE POORLY MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *AK ABS MODULE FAILED CAUSING THE ABS PUMP CONTINUOUSLY OPERATE, COMPONENT WAS DISCONNECTED CAUSING THE ABS TO BE INOPERATIVE. *MJ

TRANSMISSION CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. *AK THE FIRST SHIFT SOLENOID BROKE AND THE SENCOND ONE CRACKED, THE ABS MODULE FAILED AT 73554 MILES CAUSING THE ABS PUMP TO REMAIN ON, CONSUMER HAD ABS PUMP DISCONNECTED. *MJ

ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON WHILE DRIVING 20-30 MPH. ABS MOTOR REMAINED RUNNING AFTER VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. VEHICLE AT THE DEALER. *AK CONSUMER STATES ABS MAKES NOISE. *YH

THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ABS PUMP RUNS CONTINUOUSLY EVEN AFTER THE IGNITION IS TURNED OFF. THE ONLY WAY TO SHUT OFF THE PUMP IS TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY OR THE PUMPS POWER SUPPLY. CHEVY SAYS SO FAR THAT THEY ARE UNAWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY ARE LOOKING INTO IT. *AK

GAS PEDAL STICKS EVERY TIME YOU START THE TRUCK, WHICH MAKES YOU LUNGE FORWARD OR BACKWARDS EVERY TIME YOU DRIVE. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITUATION & I THINK IT SHOULD BE RECALLED. THE ABS SYSTEM WENT OUT AND WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP THEY SAID IT WAS VERY COMMON FOR THE CHEVROLET, SILVERADO TO DO THAT, I THINK IT SHOULD BE CHECKED ON TOO.*AK

STEERING COLUMN MAKES A LOUD NOISE AND VIBRATES. STEERING COLUMN FEELS AS THOUGH IT IS FALLING OFF. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK *YH

ELECTRONIC BRAKING CONTROL MODULE, WHICH IS PART OF THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM, MALFUNCTIONED, RESULTING IN LACK OF ABS BRAKES. ALSO CAUSED BATTERY TO DRAIN WITHIN 12 HOURS WITH VEHICLE TURNED OFF.*AK CONSUMER DISCONNECTED FUSE FOR ABS BRAKES TO PREVENT BATTERY DRAIN, THE MOTOR CONTINUES TO RUN AFTER THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. *SLC

ABS BRAKE BOXES FAILING. CAUSES BOX TO RUN WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH TURNED OFF. FUSE MUST BE REMOVED TO CUT POWER TO BOX. WHEN POWER IS CUT ABS SYSTEM NO LONGER IS IN SERVICE. BOXES ARE NOT REPLACED AT MANUFACTURES EXPENSE IF VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. COST IS EXTREMELY HIGH FOR CONSUMER, $1000.00 TO $1400.00. THIS PROBLEM IS OCCURRING WITH CHEVROLET AND GMC TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH ABS BRAKES. THIS SITUATION CREATES A FIRE HAZARD, A BRAKING HAZARD AND ECONOMIC HARDSHIP ON THE CONSUMER.*AK

ABS LIGHT CAME ON AT 40 MPH. WHEN SHUTTING OFF ENGINE ABS PUMP KEPT RUNNING. DEALER DETERMINED ABS PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK CONSUMER FEELS CHEVROLET SHOULD PAY FOR THE SERVICE OF THEIR FAILED COMPONENT. ALSO THE STEERING CLUNKS WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. *JG

DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED ALL ACROSS FROM HEAT UNDERNEATH IT, CAUSING IT TO BE HOT TO THE TOUCH, THE DEALER IS UNABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. NLM *NLM

I HAD JUST ENTERED ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND HAD GONE ABOUT 5 MILES WHEN MY FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEW SENDING ME TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I HAVE ALWAYS ROTATED THESE TIRES EVERY 6000 MILES AND KEPT 32-34 POUNDS OF AIR PRESSURE IN THEM. WHEN THE TIRE BLEW THE WHOLE TREAD FROM AROUND THE TIRE SEPARATED LEAVING ONLY THE TWO SIDEWALLS ATTACHED TO A SEVERELY DAMAGED MAG-ALLOY WHEEL. I WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE VEHICLE AND SUFFERED NO APPARENT INJURIES. HOWEVER IT IS A LITTLE UNERVING TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN AT 65 MILES PER HOUR. I WENT TO THE FIRESTONE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS PATICULAR TIRE WAS UNDER NO RECALL AND THERE ARE NO COMPLAINTS. I AM SURE I WILL HAVE NO LUCK GETTING REIMBURSED FOR THE TIRE/TIRES AND RIM BUT FEEL IT NECESSARY TO AT LEAST MAKE A COMPLAINT REGARDING THIS TIRE. LIKE I SAID PROPER MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON THESE TIRES AND THE DEALER COMMENTED THE REMAINING THREE LOOKED SIMILAR IN WEAR WITH NO ABNORMALITIES. ALL THREE REMAINING TIRES HAD EXACTLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF WEAR. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPORT THIS INCIDENT AND WILL APPRECIATE ANY HELP I CAN GET.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND ENGINE STARTS MAKING A NOISE. WHEN VEHICLE IS SHUT OFFTHE ABS MOTOR CONTINUES TO RUN. NLM

THE ABS MOTOR WON'T SHUT OFF. I HAD TO REMOVE THE FUSE. *AK

CONSUMER STATES AFTER INSTALLING TRAILMASTER SUSPENSION LIFT KIT, THE VEHICLE WANDERS WHEN HITTING BUMPS, THE STEERING IS HARD TO CONTROL, THERE IS EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR AND THE STEERING STABILIZERS HAVE WORN OUT. AN ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED AND TIRES WERE BALANCE, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXIST. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *TT

ABS MODULE HAS FAILED I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY SOME TECHS THAT WORK IN DEALERSHIPS THAT THIS HAS OCCURED IN OTHER MAKES AND MODELS LIKE MINE. THEY ARE TELLING ME IT WILL COST ME 900.00 TO FIX IT ,MEANTIME I HAVE NO ABS BRAKES. *AK

CONSUMER STATES WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE, AND HE ACCELERATES QUICKLY, AND THEN LETS UP ON THE BRAKES, THE ABS GOES INTO EFFECT WITHOUT CONSUMER TOUCHING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THIS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THERE IS SNOW/ICE ON THE ROADS, CONSUMER HAS NO CONTROL OF THE BRAKING, CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAD NO PLANS OF CORRECTING IT.*JB

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THERE IS A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM STEERING WHILE THE CONSUMER IS DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER ,AND DEALER REPLACED A PART, BUT THAT DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK

UPON PLACING VEHICLE IN PARK ABS BRAKE SYSTEM WAS RUNNING AFTER VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND MECHANIC ADVISED CONSUMER TO UNPLUG ABS SYSTEM OR HAVE IT REPLACED. *AK

WHILE IN MOTION, CONSUMER SLOWED VEHICLE TO TURN IN TO THE DRIVE WAY. SLIGHTLY ACCELERATING TO COMPLETE THE TURN, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SURGED VIOLENTLY TO HIGH RPM. THE VEHICLE ONCE AGAIN SURGED UP TO HIGH RPMS AND CRASHED INTO A WOODEN FENCE POST. THERE IS A SERIOUS MALFUNCTION WITH THIS VEHICLE. CONSUMER LOOKS FORWARD TO A RESPONSE. *JG

E- MAILED DETAILS. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK (DOT NUMBER: ??? TIRESIZE: 245/75R16)

PURCHASED CAR, 10/06/2000. UPON BRAKING OVER BUMPY ROAD, BRAKES SEEMED TO SLIP, AND MADE A THUMPING SOUND. DEALER SAID FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE OUT OF ROUND. THE ROTORS HAD JUST BEEN REPLACED, AND THEY REFACED BOTH FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. ON, 11/01/2001, AFTER A CAR WASH, THE ABS MOTOR RAN NON-STOP AFTER THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF. DEALER "TESTED" ABS SYSTEM, ADVISED PUMP MOTOR HAD "FAILED" AND REPLACED IT, AT A COST OF $979.04. ON MARCH 20,2001, THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON WHEN I WAS LEAVING WORK. DEALER ADVISED THAT THE PART THEY HAD REPLACED IN NOV,2001, HAD "FAILED" AND THEY WOULD REPLACE FREE OF CHARGE. THEY CALLED TO SAY WHEN THEY DID REPLACE IT, IT SHORTED OUT, AND NOW WE NEEDED A "MODULATOR" AT A COST OF $600.00 PLUS LABOR. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A SERIOS SAFETY ISSUE WITH THESE TRUCKS AND I KNOW THAT MANY OF THEM HAVE HAD THE ENTIRE ABS SYSTEMS REPLACED. IF CHEVY KNOWS THE LOCATION OF THE ABS IS A PROBLEM, WHY HASN'T IT BEEN CORRECTED? AND REPAIRS RELATING TO A DESIGN FLAW SHOULD DEFINITELY NOT BE THE CONSUMERS BURDEN.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING AND WILL NOT RESTART, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, PER GENERAL MOTORS SECURITY SENSOR DATA IS INCORRECT BUT VALID. NLM

AT 60 MPH THERE WAS VIBRATION AND SHAKING IN VEHICLE WHEN BRAKING, DEALER DETERMINED THE ABS PUMP NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THE ABS MOTOR REMAINED ON AFTER TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE, DEALER NOTIFIED. NLM *YH

TRUCK WAS IN SHOP 6 TIMES FOR KNOCK IN THE ENGINE, THE ENGINE IS STILL KNOCKING. NLM

PARKING BRAKE WILL NOT HOLD VEHICLE ON MODEST INCLINE.*AK

A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM ON 2000 MODELS, HOWEVER, MY TRUCK IS A 1999. I DOUBT THIS WAS A COINCIDENCE SINCE I HAD THE EXACT SAME FAILURE. THIS PART IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO ABUSE UNDER ANY DRIVING CONDITION. I FEEL THIS PART IS INHERENTLY DEFECTIVE AND GM SHOULD SHOULDER THE $1,000 REPAIR BILL. *AK

ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING; UPON PARKING VEHICLE WITH IGNITION OFF, ABS MOTOR CONTINUOUSLY RUNNING, REQUIRING FUSE TO BE PULLED TO DEACTIVATE PUMP; SERVICE TECHNICIAN IDENTIFIED BAD CONTROL MODULE AND ABS PUMP/MOTOR; CURRENT TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN #220101; CHEVY FIRST AGREED TO REIMBURSE 25% OF REPAIR (PARTS ONLY) BUT WOULD NOT HONOR AFTER THEY LEARNED OF INDEPENDENT GARAGE REPAIR.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY ABS BRAKING LIGHT AND PARKING BRAKE WARNING LIGHT APPEARED ON DASHBOARD. APPLIED BRAKES, PEDAL VIBRATED AND WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER HAS TO GO UNDER VEHICLE TO DISENGAGE ENGINE FROM RUNNING UPON TURNING VEHICLE OFF. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM COLLAPSED WHILE DRIVING. HEAVY DRAIN ON ENGINE AND BATTERY. THE REGULAR BRAKES REMAINED FUNCTIONAL. *JG

AFTER TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE ABS MOTOR CONTINUED TO RUN. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *YD

ABS BRAKING LIGHT CAME ON T DASHBOARD,AND WHEN HE APPLYING BRAKES THERE WAS A HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE WHEELS.*AK

ON 2/28/02, I REPORTED TO GM THAT MY 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO WAS JERKING & BINDING WHEN THE VEHICLE ROUNDED CORNERS OR IN A 180-DEGREE TURN. A SERVICE MANAGER TOOK THIS VEHICLE FOR A TEST DRIVE BY HIMSELF IN THE PARKING LOT AND DID A COUPLE OF TURNS AND A 180-DEGREE TURN. HE ALSO FOUND THAT IT DID HAVE A JERKY OR JUMPING MOVEMENT AS IT WENT INTO THE TURN. THIS FRONT WHEEL BINDING MAY BE SOME TYPE OF DESIGN IRREGULARITY OR FLAW, WHICH OCCURS WHILE IN THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE MODE. SINCE THE SERVICE MANAGER CONSIDERS IT A NORMAL CONDITION, AND NOTHING CAN BE DONE AT HIS LEVEL TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE, I BELIEVE THAT THIS IRREGULARITY SHOULD BE FURTHER INVESTIGATED. WHY, BECAUSE THESE ERRATIC MOVEMENTS COULD JERK, BIND, OR STOP THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED IF THE STEERING WHEEL IS BEING TURNED AND THE VEHICLE IN MOTION. NOWHERE IN MY OPERATOR'S MANUAL, OR ON THE DASH IS THERE ANY STICKER WHICH IDENTIFIES THAT THIS VEHICLE WHILE IN A 4-WHEEL DRIVE MODE WILL JERK OR BIND WHILE TURNING CORNERS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED ANTI LOCK BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DRIVER SHUT OFF TRUCK AND REMOVED KEY. DRIVER COULD HEAR A LOUD BUZZING NOISE THAT WOULD NOT STOP. DRIVER LOCATED BOX WERE NOISE WAS COMING,M AND COULD FEEL HEAT, AND IT WAS GETTING HOTTER. CONSUMER HAD TO UNHOOK BATTERY CABLE. CONSUMER FELT VEHICLE COULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE. CHEVROLET HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

REAR EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE IS RUBBING AGAINST FRAME OFF TRUCK. CABLE WAS WEARING OUT, AND WILL EVENTUALLY BREAK. DRIVER FELT BRAKES MIGHT NOT WORK IN AN ACCIDENT IF CABLE BREAKS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE TRUCK WAS STARTED AND THE ABS MOTOR STARTED A WHIRRING SOUND AND WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. THE MANUFACTURER, CHEVROLET, INFORMED ME THAT BECAUSE I'M OUT OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO AND THAT THERE IS NO HISTORY OF THIS DEFECT.*AK

ABS UNIT WENT OUT LAST MONTH; CONTINUED TO RUN AFTER MOTOR WAS SHUT OFF; AFTER CHECKING AROUND, UNABLE TO LOCATE PART BECAUSE ALL ON USED VEHICLES ARE ALREADY GONE ON THIS YEAR MODEL. HAVE ALSO FOUND OUT THAT SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE THAT I KNOW HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME YEAR MODEL ABS UNIT. ONLY UNIT THAT CAN BE FOUND IS A NEW UNIT THROUGH GM AT THE DEALER NOT AT AN AUTO PARTS STORE AT ALL. THEY CANNOT KEEP THEM IN STOCK. SUGGEST THAT THERE IS A DEFECT IN THIS UNIT. HAVE MINE STILL DISCONNECTED TILL I CAN FIND ONE THAT IS NOT $700.00+ DOLLARS, BUT HAVE CHECKED THE WEB AROUND THE US AND AM STILL UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY FOR A 1999 CHEV. PU. SUGGEST THERE IS A PROBLEM. *AK

ABS BRAKING LIGHT APPEAR ON DASHBOARD PERMANENTLY. THERE IS A LOSS OF BRAKING POWER. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

FRONT PADS HAVE NEVER REQUIRED REPLACEMENT AS OF 102000 MILES. THERE APPEARS TO BE A VERY SERIOUS DESIGN FLAW WITH THE REAR CALIPER BRAKING SYSTEM. CAUSE POSSIBLE LOSS OF BRAKING AND SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR FATALITIES.*AK

I HAVE COMPLAINED OF A VERY SOFT BRAKE PEDAL ,WILL GO ALMOST TO THE FLOOR, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS, I FEEL VERY UNSAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. THE DEALER SAID THIS IS A NORMAL FEEL.*AK

ABS MOTOR CONTINUES TO RUN AFTER ENGINE IS TURNED OFF. ABS MOTOR IS LOCATED IN TERRIBLE POSITION UNDER DRIVER SIDE DOOR. BOLTS TO SYSTEM HAVE RUSTED DUE TO PLACEMENT OF MOTOR. ABS LIGHT STAYS ON AND MOTOR RUNS CONTINUOUSLY. DEALER SAYS PROBLEM IS ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE. VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE AND WILL PROBLABLY JUST HAPPEN AGAIN IN ANOTHER 45,000 MILES. SOME DEALERS SAY JUST TO DISCONNNECT FUSE TO ABS MOTOR, WHICH COULD LEAD TO A MAJOR PROBLEM. CHEVROLET SHOULD MAKE THIS A RECALL.*AK

KNOCK AT START UP IN SHOP 6 TIMES NOT FIXED !!!!. *AK

ABS PUMP IS CONTINOUSLY RUNNING. ALSO, ABS LIGHT STAYS ON, BUT THE SYSTEM WILL NOT WORK. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK *TT

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL WAS VERY STIFF. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND DEALER WAS REPLACING ABS MODULE. *AK

WHILE DRIVNG, CONSUMER ALL OF A SUDDEN LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH SPUN AROUND IN THE OUTSIDE LANE AND OFF THE SHOULDER, THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY STOPPED SPINNING AND WAS SLIDING BROADSIDE DOWN A STEEP SLOPE, AFTER HITTING SEVERAL SMALL CEDAR TREES IT FINALLY CAME TO A STOP BROADSIDE AGAINST A LARGE CEDAR TREE ON THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR, CONSUMER STATED THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN THE PASSENGER PROPERLY CAUSING HER TO HIT THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR, AND WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A VIOLENT STOP THE PASSENGER FLEW ACROSS THE CENTER CONSOLE AND UP AGAINST THE CONSUMER, THE SUDDEN STOP AND THE PASSENGER SLAMMING AGAINST THE CONSUMER CAUSED CONSUMER TO HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR POST, CONSUMER STATED WHEN THEY CLIMBED OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR THEY NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGERS SEAT BELT WAS STILL LATCHED, BUT IT HAD UNSPOOLED IN THE RATCHED ASSEMBLY, PRIOR TO THIS ACCIDENT CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE (C00045-S) ON MARCH 16,2001 REGARDING THE SEATBELTS, HOWEVER WHEN CONSUMER WOULD TRY TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE AN EXCUSE, FINALLY ON JUNE 6, 2001 CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE SEATBELTS, CONSUMER DOUBTS IF THE PROCEDURE WAS DONE, OR IF SO, IT WAS NOT DONE EFFECTIVLY.*JB

WHEN VEHICLE IS AT A STOP THROTTLE GETS STUCK, THEN VEHICLE WILL TAKE OFF. DRIVER FEELS THIS DELAYED REACTION COULD INJURE SOMEONE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 30 MPH, ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DRIVER PARKED/TURNED OFF IGNITION, AND HEARD A HUMMING NOISE UNDER VEHICLE. DRIVER HAD TO UNPLUG A WIRE SO BATTERY WOULD NOT GO DEAD. DRIVER FELT THIS WAS UNSAFE, BRAKES MIGHT NOT WORK.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ABS MODULE IS UNDER OR BEHIND THE DRIVERS SIDE TIRE, EVERYTIME IT RAINS, IT GETS WET AND CAUSES IT TO RUST, CONSUMER STATES THAT OVER TIME THIS CAUSES THE SYSTEM TO SHORT OUT. *SLC