1999 Chevrolet Silverado complaints

TRUCK SHAKES @ 64MPH. DEALER CANT REPAIR PROBLEM AND MANUFACTURER WONT RETURN MY CALLS OR LETTERS. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN THROWN OFF SIDE OF ROAD, BEACUSE IT MAKES YOU LOSE CONTROL. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THIS TRUCK THIS WAY FOR 14 MONTHS, WITH NO CONCERN FROM DEALER OR MANUFACTURER.*AK

WILDERNESS ATX ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999 SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING 70MPH REAR LEFT TIRE BLEWOUT. TIRE SIZE: P265/75R16, AND DOT: URBH164303. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

TRUCK WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. NOTICED A BULGE IN TIRE. WENT IN HOUSE TO INFORM ROOM-MATE. TIRE BLEW OUT SIDE WHERE BULGE WAS, WHILE JUST SITTING IN DRIVEWAY. BLEW GRAVEL INTO NEIGHBORS GARAGE AND VEHICLE (JEEP). TIRE HAD A HOLE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A QUARTER BETWEEN THE SIDEWALL AND THE TREAD. FIRESTONE DEALER CHARGED US TO REPLACE THE TIRE - SAID IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY - AND IT MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING WE DID? HOW CAN A TIRE JUST BLOW OUT SITTING IN A DRIVEWAY? *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 26575R16 )

AFTER BEING DRIVEN COULD SEE TIRE TREAD WAS WRINKLING FROM REAR LEFT TIRE.*AK CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE AND FELT THE VEHICLE BECOMING UNSTABLE, IMMEDIATELY PULED OVER AND CHANGED THE TIRE. *YH

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 30MPH ON HIGHWAY AND APPLIED THE BRAKES, BRAKES LOCKED UP, AND VEHICLE SLID OFF THE ROAD INTO A ENBANKMENT AND INTO A TREE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65 ON THE INTERSTATE AND FELL A SLEEP. HE HIT AN ENBANKMENT, AND AIRBAGS DIDN'T GO OFF, THERE WERE 2 INJURIES. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: AT )

I OWN A 1999 SILVERADO 1500 PICKUP EXTENDED CAB 4X4 AND I HAVE A MAJOR ISSUE. MY TRUCK HAS HAD VIBRATION IN FRONT END SINCE DAY ONE. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO DEALER SHIP ON MANY OCCASIONS. BEFORE THE TRUCK WAS A YEAR OLD IT HAS HAD A TOTAL OF 33 SERVICE DAYS. ITS BEEN IN SHOP ABOUT SIX TIMES SINCE THEN. IT HAS HAD 16 TIRES PUT ON THE TRUCK NOT TO MENTION HUBS REPLACED DUE TO WRONG HUBS FOR VEH WEIGHT, SHACKLES REPLACED DUE TO WRONG SHACKLES FOR WEIGHT, STEERING SHAFT REPLACED, STUDS AND NUTS REPLACED DUE TO LUG NUT SEIZED, WHEELS REPLACED DUE TO OUT OF ROUND AND WARPED,COUNTLESS BREAK DOWN OF TIRE AND RESEALED DUE TO AIR LEAKS, DASH PANEL REPLACED DUE TO PEELING, BEZEL LENS REPLACED DUE TO VIBRATION CAUSING IT TO CRACK, MANUAL WINDOW REGULATORS REPLACED DUE TO COMING APART INTERNALLY, DOORS WEATHER STRIP REPLACED DUE TO EXCESSIVE NOISE IN CAB,BACK GLASS LATCHES REPLACED DUE TO WEAK LATCH AND WIND NOISE. WE HAVE MADE COUNTLESS ATTEMPTS TO HAVE VIBRATION PROBLEM FIXED AND THEY KEEP SAYING IT IS TIRES. WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH TIRES NOW AND IT NEVER FIXES THE PROBLEM. FOUND OUT THAT GM HAS PUT SOME EXTRA BRACES UNDER SOME 99, 00, AND 01 TRUCKS. IS THIS AN ATTEMPT TO CURE THEIR VIBRATION PROBLEMS? I CANT IMAGIN IT BEING THE TIRES. I THINK GM KNOWS THERE IS SOMETHING NOT RIGHT. JUST NOT OWNING UP TO IT. PLEASE HELP. I HAVE A FIVE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND I FEAR FOR HER SAFTEY AS WELL AS MINE DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE VIBRATION THIS TRUCK HAS. *AK

VEHICLE KEEPS JUMPING OUT OF GEAR. DEALER CLAIMS IT IS DUE TO A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION WHICH HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. DEFECT KEEPS REOCCURRING. DEALER ALSO CLAIMS THERE IS NO SOLUTION. TRANSMISSION WILL EVENTUALLY FAIL.*AK *ML

CONSUMER HEARD A TAPPING NOISE COMING FROM MOTOR AREA. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC REPLACED ENGINE LIFTERS. BUT, PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY WHEN TOWING ON A STEEP GRADE, ENGINE OSCILLATES RAPIDLY. *MJS

BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE WHEN TRAVELING OVER BUMPY ROADS COMING TO A STOP DEALER CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM ON THREE TRIPS FOR SERVICE, I CAN DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM ALMOST AT WILL, WHY CAN'T THE DEALER.*AK

REPLACED MUFFLER AND PIPE ASSEMBLY DUE TO EXHAUST SYSTEM NOISE. *MJS

WHILE DRIVING ON LOCAL ROAD WAS CLOSE TO A TREE, LOOKED BACK TO THE RIGHT AND DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BECAME CAUGHT, AND MADE VEHICLE ACCELERATE. IT SPUN THE TIRES, AND HIT THE TREE. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

WHEN PRESSING BRAKE PEDAL ON UNEVEN OR BUMPY ROADS, BRAKES FAIL, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES AT 58-70. DEALER CHANGED TIRES 4 TIMES, RIMS TWICE. THREE SETS GOODYEAR AND ONE OF GENERAL TIRE. TOOK TO DEALER 7 TIMES. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER SAY THIS IS NORMAL OPERATION.*AK

WHILE IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE FRONT END BINDS AND COMES TO A STOP WHEN WHEELS ARE TURNED. *AK

WHEN THE ABS IS ACTIVATED DUE TO A SINGLE WHEEL EVENT (E.G. BRAKING OVER A BUMP IN ROAD), THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES ALMOST TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE SLOWLY COME TO A STOP. I HAVE ENDED UP IN AN INTERSECTION ONCE, AND ALMOST HIT THE VEHICLE IN FROM OF ME THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. IT APPEARS THAT THE ABS PROGRAMMING IS TOO SENSITIVE TO THIS TYPE OF CONDITION. IF UNCORRECTED, IT WILL MOST LIKELY LEAD TO SERIOUS INJURIES OR A DEATH. I WAS LUCKY WHEN I ENDED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION THAT NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC EXISTED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS VEHICLE CUT OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, CAUSING LOSS OF ALL POWER. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS YET TO REPLACE PARTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WIND NOISE FROM FLIP SIDE WINDOWS, CLATTER UNDERNEATH CHASSIS WHEN BUMPS ENCOUNTERED. *AK

STEERING SHAFT CONNECTED TO STEERING COLUMN WAS LOOSE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED IT. ALSO, WHEN CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH SPEED ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WERE NOT OPERABLE, AND WHEN HE APPLIED BRAKES VEHICLE VIBRATED. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. AND DOESN'T GRAB AT ALL. THEN, A FEW SECOND LATER, BRAKE PEDAL GRABS, AND VEHICLE WILL STOP.*AK

VIBRATION THROUGHTOUT VEHICLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: W273WMA029 TIRE SIZE: P265/75R16 )

PLASTIC NUTS LOOSENED WHEN WHEELS BECAME HOT, CAUSING LUG: NUT CAP TO LOOSEN. DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES. A TSB HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE VEHICLE, BUT THE TSB DIDN'T CORRECT THE PROBLEM. DEALER HAS BEEN USING NUTS FROM 90-91 TRUCK WHELLS TO MINIMIZE THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML

DRIVERS SEAT WILL NOT LOCK IN PLACE AT AFTER LOCKING PIECE BROKE DURING REGULAR USE. SEAT MOVES FORWARD AND BACK AS YOU BRAKE AND ACCELERATE. *AK

TWO PLASTIC PIECES CRACKED WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO MOVE FORWARD AND BACKWARD. THIS COULD CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND RESULT IN A CRASH. .*AK

TRUCK HAS BEEN AT DEALER FOR REPAIR TOTAL OF 35 DAYS BEFORE 1ST ANNIV. OF OWNERSHIP WITH OVER 20 SEPARATE PROBLEMS, 5 OF WHICH ARE UNRESOLVED TO THIS DATE. VEHICLE IS AT DEALER NOW FOR FINAL REPAIR BEFORE TN LEMON LAW CAN BE IMPLEMENTED. WORST AND CURRENT PROBLEMS ARE FRONT END ALIGNMENT (PULLS TO RIGHT), FRONT BRAKE SQUEALING (PADS REPLACED TWICE, ROTORS TURNED ONCE), REAR END VIBRATION AT ANY SPEED AND CLANKING SOUND OVER BUMPS(ALL 4 TIRES, BOTH REAR LEAF SPRING STACKS, ALL 4 SHOCKS REPLACED. ONE SHOCK HAD BROKEN SHAFT) , ENGINE BACKFIRES & KNOCKS AT STARTUP (DEALER REPROGRAMMED COMP. W/NO RESULTS EXCEPT TO IMPROVE POWER, BUT ACCEL. PEDAL STICKS NOW!), TRANS. SLIPS FROM DEAD STOP FOR FEW SECONDS ABOUT ONCE PER WEEK, 4WD TRANSFER CASE SLIPPED IN LOW IN DEEP SNOW (REPLACED FLUID AND DID REPROGRAM. RESULTS??), EXT. CAB POP OUT WINDOWS REPLACED DUE TO POOR FIT (ONE EXPLODED UPON REMOVAL & DEALER HAD TO REPAINT SIDE OF TRUCK. NEW ONES ARE NO BETTER THAN ORIGINALS!), REAR SEAT MISSING RUBBER MOUNTS(DEALER REPLACED, BUT NOW SEAT MAKES POPPING NOISE DUE TO REAR CAB WALL FLEXING!), DRIVE SHAFT MAKES LOUD CLANKING SOUND WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK(DEALER SAYS THIS NORMAL!). PROBLEMS REPAIRED: REAR BRAKE LINE LOOSE & IN HARMS WAY(MISSING MOUNT REPLACED), STEERING BOX LOOSE AND STEERING COLUMN RATTLED AND LOOSE AROUND ANY TURNS(BOX TIGHTENED AND COLUMN SHAFT REPLACED), DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW SWITCH STICKING IN DOWN POSIT.(SWITCH REPLACED), ALL DOOR WEATHERSTRIPS AND DRIP RAIL MOLDING LOOSE (R

VEHICLE CAME EQUIPPED WITH A GOVERNOR, RESTRICTING VEHICLE NOT TO GO OVER 97 MPH ,TOP SPEED. IF IT DID VEHICLE WOULD SHUT DOWN/QUIT, CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN TRYING TO BYPASS A VEHICLE. OWNER WANTS GOVERNOR TO BE DISCONNECTED BY GM. *AK *ML

VEHICLE DRIFTS TO THE RIGHT WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. DEALER HAS REPLACED INTERMEDIATE SHAFT, AND DONE 2 ALIGNMENT JOBS AT 9,000 MILES AND 16,000 MILES. HOWEVER DEFECT STILL OCCURS. *AK *ML

ABS BRAKES FAILED WHEN APPLIED HARD ON UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED TWICE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD APPLIED BRAKES , AND PEDAL WILL GO RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. HAD TO PUMP BRAKES FOR VEHICLE TO STOP. CONTACTED DEALER, HE CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND APPYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ON THE 12TH OF APRIL, 2000. THEY REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER/BOOSTER, AND AND ABS BRAKES. BUT, PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK

SRARTUP, ROUGH RUN, WON'T GO OVER 20MPH, WON'T ACCELERATE ABOVE THAT UNTIL WARM ENGINE. *AK

BRAKES CONSTANTLY WENT OUT. WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER WOULD PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOWDOWN, BUT AUTOMOBILE WOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE AS IF BRAKES WERE NOT PRESSED AT ALL. AFTER BRAKES WERE PRESSED A COUPLE OF TIMES, THEN AUTOMOBILE WOULD STOP. AUTOMOBILE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND HELD FOR 3 WEEKS. ONE DAY AFTER THE CONSUMER PICKED UP THE AUTOMOBILE, BRAKES WENT OUT AGAIN. THIS COULD CAUSE CONSUMER TO HAVE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH CONSUMER STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE, BUT ABS DID NOT RESPOND, LOSS OF BRAKING SYSTEM. *AK

THE BRAKES FAILED AT 30MPH AND I ALMOST HIT SOMEONE THE ABS WENT OUT ON ME, AND I HAD NO BRAKES FOR ABOUT 1 MINUTE. THE PEDAL WAS HARD AND THE TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP. DEALER HAS IT NOW REPLACING A ABS PART. *AK

BEARING IN STEERING COLUMN KEPT BREAKING. DEALER FOUND PROBLEM BECAUSE MECHANIC EXPERIENCED THE SAME. IN A MATTER OF MONTHS, IT CAME LOOSE AGAIN & DEALER ORDERED NEW BEARING. DEALER REALLY COULD NOT SEEM TO REMEDY PROBLEM. CONSUMER CALLED MANUFACTURER. SERVICE MANAGER STATED VEHICLE WAS FIXED & PAPER WORK SHOWED NO PROOF. *AK

ON JAN. 17,2000 WE WERE DRIVING THROUGH NORMAN,IT WAS FOGGY, AND WE HIT A SLICK SPOT. I OVER CORRECTED AND THE TRUCK SPUN. WE HIT THE CRUB WITH THE LEFT REAR TIRE AND JUMPED THE CRUB. IT LOOKED TO BE FLAT BUT WHEN WE TRIED TO PULL THE TRUCK OFF THE CRUB AND STRAIGHTEN OUT TO PUT THE SPARE WHEEL ON IT WOULD NOT MOVE OR TURN. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHO LOOKED AT THE DAMAGE AND FIXED IT. WE FILED WITH THE INSURANCE BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. WE WERE TOLD LATER THAT THE AXLE SHOULD NOT HAVE BENT LIKE IT DID TO BEGIN WITH. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R16 )

ENGINE TAPPING NOISE WHEN VEHICLE FIRST STARTED IN THE MORNING, DEALER AND GMC CONTACTED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, VEHICLE STILL TAPPING, I WILL MAKE MY FOURTH TRIP TO THE DEALER SOON. *AK

BRAKES GET HARD, THEN SUDDENLY GIVE AND LOCK UP. SEVERAL NEAR MISSES DUE TO INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE. CLUNKING NOISE IN FRONT END THAT CAN BE FELT IN STEERING WHEEL. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE AND COMING TO A STOP HIT A BUMP, AND BRAKES DROPPED DOWN CLOSE TO THE FLOOR, REDUCING BRAKING POWER AS IT DROPPED. CONSUMER FEELS IT IS UNSAFE IF VEHICLE WON'T STOP AT THE DISTANCE WHERE CONSUMER IS TRYING TO STOP. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID IT WAS NORMAL WITH THOSE TYPE OF BRAKES. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AND UPON DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE PEDAL GOT STUCK, DID NOT RETURN, CAUSING UNWANTED AND UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION. THE DEALER CLEANED THE FUEL INJECTOR TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

FRONT LEFT TIRE BELTS SEPARATED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE LEFT VERY HARD. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

FUEL PUMP, BODY CONTROL MODULE AND MAIN COMPUTER HAVE BEEN REPLACED BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO STALL WHILE DRIVING OR NOT START AT ALL. NLM

ENGINE HAS A NOTICABLE MISS AT IDLE. *AK

THERE IS A VERY STRANGE ODOR IN THE PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT ODOR COME IN THE VENT SYSTEM AT OPENINGS BOTH ENDS OF HOOD SEAL. *YH

THE BRAKES GET HARD AND WON'T WORK, THEN THEY SUDDENLY LOCK UP. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO US SEVERAL TIMES, AND TO THE SERVICE GUY ONCE. THE FIRST TWO TIMES IT WAS IN FOR SERVICE, THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. AFTER THEY WENT OUT ON THE SERVICE GUY, THEY REPLACED THE BRAKE BOOSTER. THEY WENT OUT AGAIN, AND THEY REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER. THEY JUST WENT OUT AGAIN, AT AN INTERSECTION, AND WE ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT. IT IS BACK AT THE CHEVY DEALER, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW, AND CHEVY DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IS ANYONE ELSE REPORTING PROBLEMS WITH THESE TRUCKS?