1999 Chevrolet Silverado complaints

EMERGENCY BRAKE SHOES ARE WEARING OUT FASTER THAN THEY SHOULD, TO THE POINT WHERE CONSUMER CAN'T USE EMERGENCY BRAKE . *AK THE INSIDE DRUM AREA OF THE ROTORS WAS RUSTING CAUSING PREMATURE BRAKE SHOE FAILURE. *YH

WHEN PRESSING ON GAS PEDAL VEHICLE WON'T MOVE; THEN 1 SECOND, GAS PEDAL WILL KICK IN. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNSAFE BECAUSE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY JUMPS FORWARD.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH UNDER WET RAINY CONDITIONS WHEN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WAS LOST. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND VEHICLE SLID INTO A JERSEY WALL HEAD-ON. DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT LOOKED AT VEHICLE TO DETERMINE REASON THAT AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY WAS CURRENTLY IN POSSESSION OF VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

GOODYEAR P235/75R16 ST TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES WITHIN ONLY 19000 MILES, CONSUMER STATES HE FOUND HIMSELF AT TIMES WITH NO TRACTION AND TIRES WOULD MAKE BANG NOISES. *SLC

CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP IN REGARD TO RECALL 00V345000 CONCERNING ABS BRAKE SYSTEM. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT REPLACEMENT PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO REPAIR RECALLED PART. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WAS SOME SIGNS OF WEAR ON OTHER VEHICLES THAT HAD BEEN INSPECTED, BUT WAS ADVISED THEY WOULD CALL CONSUMER ONCE PART CAME IN. *JB

ANTITLOCK BRAKES FAILURE, MODULE WENT OUT ON THREE DIFFERENT VEHICLES AT 40,000 MILES. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 30MPH ON HIIGHWAY WITH REAR DISC BRAKES THAT WERE METAL CHUNKS FLYING OFF OF BRAKES WHILE TRAVELING. HE WAS ABLE TO TAKE VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP SAFELY. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

POWER WINDOW MOTOR FAILS, DROPS GLASS DOWN INSIDE PANEL, REPLACED 4 MONTH OLD MOTOR GOING OUT. WINDOW WILL NOT RESPOND. POWER LOCKS; REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY WOULD NOT OPEN DOORS, LOCKED OUT OF VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES. INSIDE MANUAL LOCKS HAVE QUIT WORKING WON'T UNLOCK, PERSONS HAVE BEEN LOCKED IN VEHICLE! INCLUDING CHILDREN WITH ADULT. ABS MOTOR WON'T SHUT OFF, PULLED FUSE, DEALER SAYS THE MOTOR WIRING IS SHORTING OUT, DON'T KNOW WHY, DRIVING THROUGH RAIN OR CAR WASH MAY BE CAUSE. ??

CONSUMER CAN FLL GAS TANK COMPETLEY UP, AND BEFORE LEAVING PUMP, GAS GAUGE FAILS TO GIVE PROPER INDICATION OF GAS IN TANK. ENGINE GOES BACK TO EMPTY. CONSUMER HAS GOTTEN A FEW REASON AS TO WHAT COULD CAUSE GAS GAUGE NOT TO GIVE CORRECT INDICATION. DEALER BELIEVES IT MAY CBE RELATED TO A COMPUTER GLITCH THAT CAUSES MALFUNCTION.*AK

GAS PEDAL STUCK DOWN, COULD NOT CONTROL VEHICLE DUE TO SLIPPERY ROAD COULD NOT BRAKE DUE TO ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM. *AK

ABS PUMP WAS CONSTANTLY RUNNING, NO ABS BRAKING ACTION DURING THAT TIME. ALSO, THIS WOULD HAVE CAUSED BATTERY TO DRAIN. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO REPLACED ABS PUMP.*AK

WHILE PASSENGE'S SEAT BELT IS BEING USED IT LOCKS UP AND WILL NOT EXTEND FROM RETRACTING MECHANISM, BECOMING VERY TIGHT ON PASSENGER. *AK THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES. THE DEALER STATES THAT THERE WAS NO USE INSTALLING ANOTHER PASSENGER SEAT BELT SINCE IT WOULD LOCK UP ALSO. *YH

TIRE FAILED WHEN THE TRUCK WAS PARKED. THE BRAKES DO NOT ALWAYS APPLY FULL BRAKING WHEN THE PEDDLE IS PUSHED TO THE FLOOR. THIS IS NOT THE ABS ACTIVATING. THE BRAKING DISTANCE MAY BE 3 TO 4 TIMES WHAT IT SHOULD BE. THE DEALER TESTED THE THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND TEST DROVE IT AND SAID THAT EVERYTHING IS NORMAL. THE PEDDLE TRAVEL DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR VARIATIONS IN THE SYSTEM. I BELIEVE THIS IS A DESIGN DEFECT. *AK (TIRESIZE: P265/75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/75R16 )

WHEN DRIVING AT 55 MPH AND UPON ACCELERATION THERE WAS VIBRATION IN ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHICH CAUSED DRIVER'S DISTRACTION. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK DRIVING AT 1100 RPM ACCELERATING OR DEACCELERATING CAUSES VIBRATION FROM THE ENGINE AREA. *YH

WHILE TRAVELING ABS INDICATOR LIGHT WAS ON. TECHNICIAN STATED ABS SYSTEM WAS BAD, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE HAS A VIBRATION IN FLOORBOARD. PROBLEM HAS BEEN CONSISTENT. THE TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REPROGRAMMED TO AT LEAST CUT DOWN SOME OF VIBRATION.DEALER HAS NOT YET FOUND A REMEDY. *AK

NO SUMMERY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: 255 70 R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 255 70 R16 )

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ABOUT 10-15 MPH APPLIED BRAKES AND ABS JUST PULSATED, AND THERE WAS NO BRAKING ACTION. UPON INSPECTION OF VEHICLE CONSUMER FOUND OUT WHEEL BEARING HUB AND ABS WERE CONNECTED. WHEN WHEEL BEARINGS WERE WORN OUT ABS WOULD FAIL. DEALER STATED CHEVROLET WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER HIT A BARRIER POST DUE TO THE FAULTY ABS BRAKES DAMAGING THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE, EVEN THOUGH GM IS AWARE OF PROBLEM THEY WILL NOT PAY DAMAGES, WHEN THE HUB WEARS THE ANTILOCK SENSOR READS FALSELY LEADING TO NO BRAKES. *SLC

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE 00V345000/ BRAKE LINE CHAFING, AND DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO PERFORM REPAIR WORK. REASON FOR REFUSAL WAS THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT PURCHASED FROM THAT DEALERSHIP. CONSUMER HAS RECEIVED A SECOND RECALL NOTICE AND WANTED TO HAVE REPAIR WORK PERFORMED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

STEERING WHEEL FAILS TO TURN, RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AT TYPICALLY LOWER SPEEDS. DEALERSHIP DOES NOT KNOW REASON FOR DEFECT. *AK

ABS SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. ABS SYSTEM WOULD NOT SHUT OFF WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER, AND SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.*AK

THE BRAKES FADE WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED. NLM

ABS LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON IN VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO.*AK

WHEN VEHICLE IS DRIVEN ON A WET SURFACE IT BEGINS TO SLIDE. TIRES WERE REPLACED DUE TO PREMATURE WEAR. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK *SLC

WHEN STEPPING ON BRAKE PEDAL IT WILL GO ALWAYS TO THE FLOOR, AND WILL NOT OPERATE. TWO RECALLS HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM MANUFACTURER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.*AK

SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WILL NOT OPERATE JUST AS WAS STATED ON TWO RECALLS THAT CONSUMER HAD RECEIVED ON SEAT BELT RETRACTOR. *AK

SPRINGS ON HOOD ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD HOOD. ANYBODY COULD BE WORKING UNDER HOOD AND BE TRAPPED OR HURT WITHOUT NOTICING.*AK

VEHICLE'S REAR END LOCKS UP WHEN MAKING TURNS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER 6 TIMES, REPLACED ENTIRE REAR END. VEHICLE WAS FINE FOR 5 WEEKS, THEN VEHICLE LOCKED UP AGAIN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A LOUD POPPING SOUND AFTER STARTING OFF, DEALER REPLACED DIFFERENTIAL CASE, BEARINGS, AND AXLE SEALS, PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *SLC

WHILE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF, THE ELECTRICAL BRAKE PUMP WOULD STILL RUN. *AK FIRESTONE AT TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, FIRESTONE WOULD NOT REPLACE, BUT DID GIVE A DISCOUNT, TIRE SIZE P285/75R16. *SLC

ABS LIGHT CAME ON, CAUSING ABS MOTOR TO TURN ON PRESSING AGAINST BRAKES. DEALER HAS ADVISED THAT ENTIRE ABS SYSTEM MUST BE REPLACED WITH CONSUMER'S EXPENSE.*AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING ABS LIGHT CAME ON. THEN, CONSUMER DROVE OFF ROAD AND TURNED OFF ENGINE, ABS MOTOR KEPT WORKING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, WHERE THEY DID NOT EXPLAIN WHAT COULD HAD HAPPENED. .*AK THE CONSUMER BELIEVES, THE ABS WAS DEFECTIVE.

BREAK FAILURE WITH MINOR ROAD BUMP. *AK

THE ABS PUMP CONTINUES TO RUN EVEN AFTER IGNITION IS TURNED OFF, THUS DRAINING BATTERY. INORDER TO STOP PUMP THE ABS MUST BE DISABLED RESULTING IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION, DRIVING THE VEHICLE WIH COMPROMISED STOPPING ABILITY WHICH CAN RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT CAUSING BODILY HARM OR EVEN DEATH. *AK

ABS MODULE CONTINUES TO RUN, ABS & BRAKE LIGHT ON IN DASH. MANY OTHERS LIKE THIS. CHEVY HAS STARTED INSTALLING A DIFFERENT UNIT, BUT HAS NOT RECALLED THE OLDER UNITS THAT HAVE FAILED.*AK

BRAKES WERE APPLIED UNDER NORMAL STOPPING DISTANCES, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND CAUSING A COLLISION. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT PROBLEM. CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE AFTER COLLISION.*AK

REAR DISC BRAKES AND ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 20,000 MILES DUE TO POOR DESIGN.*AK

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP WHEN HE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE 00X001000 FROM MANUFACTURER CONCERNING FRONT BRAKE HOSE. DEALER DID NOT HAVE PARTS AVAILABLE, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THEY WOULD CONTACT HIM WHEN PARTS WERE IN. CONSUMER HAS YET TO HEAR FROM DEALERSHIP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

ORIGINAL MANFACTURING EQUIPMENT PURCHASED ON A 1999, CHEVROLET, SILVERADO, TIRE SIZE P24575R16. CORDS ARE COMING FROM TREAD ON ALL FOUR TIRES. *AK WHILE DRIVING, ONE OF THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT ONLY HAVING 4000 MILES ON THE TIRE. *SLC

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL GOES PARTIALLY TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM.*AK

BRAKE PADS ON EMERGENCY BRAKES HAVE BURNED UP PREMATURELY. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALER TOLD HIM THAT HE MUST HAVE RIDDEN WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON, HOWEVER THERE ARE TWO WARNING DEVICES TO WARN CONSUMER'S THAT THE BRAKE IS ON; A LIGHT AND A BELL. *SLC

PERIODICALLY BRAKES WOULD STOP WORKING. CONSUMER WOULD ATTEMPT TO STOP, BUT BRAKE PEDAL WOULD HIT FLOOR, AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL BRAKE PEDAL WAS PUMPED A COUPLE OF TIMES.*AK WHENEVER THE VEHICLE HITS BUMP, THE BRAKES GO DOWN. *YH

INTERMITTENTLY BRAKE PEDAL DOES NOT DEPRESS, AND VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP, USUALLY IN WINTER CONDITIONS OR WHEN WET (SNOW AND RAIN).*AK

WHEN STARTING VEHICLE OR WHEN DRIVING ENGINE WAS KNOCKING. ENGINE KNOCKING WAS VERY LOUD UPON FIRST START. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS WHILE CONSUMER IS OPERATING VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM WAS WITH FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. *AK

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS, AND IT TAKES EXCESSIVE FORCE TO MOVE IT. HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND BEEN TOLD THAT PROBLEM WAS IN FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. *AK

WHEN ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ACTIVATES ON ROUGH SURFACE BRAKES GO TO FLOOR. ABS MODULE FAILED AND RAN ALL TIME. CONSUMER PULLED FUSE OUT AND CORRECTED PROBLEM WITH ANTILOCK SYSTEM. DEALER WAS AWARE OF SOME MAJOR PROLEMS. SECOND PROBLEM WAS DRIVESHAFT. REAR UNIVERSAL JOINTS CAME APART WHILE DRIVING AT 65MPH. IT WAS TAKEN TO A DRIVESHAFT SHOP, AND THEY FOUND NO SIGNS OF GREASE IN JOINTS. *AK

BRAKE PROBLEMS, VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE BRAKING DISTANCE IT SHOULD HAVE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER 3 TIMES. DEALER REPLACED FRONT ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS. CURRENTLY, DEALER SAID BRAKES WERE NORMAL FOR VEHICLE. *AK

THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS AT REST AND THE VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD. THE DEALER REPLACED THROTTLE BODY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. A TECHNICAL BULLETRIN HAD BEEN ISSUED BY THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THIS PROBLEM AND THE CONSUMER FEELS THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL RATHER THAN A BULLETIN. *YH

SEAT BELT WAS NEVER CORRECTED BY DEALER. CONSUMER HAS RECEIVED ANOTHER RECALL FOR A DIFFERENT PROBLEM. *AK

MY AIR BAG DID NOT ACTIVATE AND IN A DIRECT FRONT END COLLISION. THE SUN SETTING BLINDED ME AND I HIT DIRECTLY THE REAR OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND IT'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND THE CHAIN REACTION OF THE TWO CARS IN FRONT OF THE CAR I HIT AIRBAGS DEPLOWED. GM SAID MY AIRBAG WAS NOT DEFECTIVE AND I ASKED TO HAVE IT CHECKED TWO TIMES. IT SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED AND IT DID NOT. I WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT AND I SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES. I SOLD TRUCK BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO DIE NEXT FAILURE.