1999 Chevrolet Silverado complaints

ABS PUMP BEGAN TO RUN AND CONTINUED EVEN AFTER THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF. IT CONTINUED UNTIL I PULLED THE FUSE, NOW THE ABS LIGHT AND THE BRAKE LIGHT ARE LIT ALL THE TIME. REPAIR WAS QUOTED AROUND $1000 RANGE. SEEMS LIKE A FAULTY FET TRANSISTOR SHOULD BE A WARRANTY REPAIR, OR AT LEAST AFFORDABLE. IN THE MEAN TIME I HAVE A SAFETY ISSUE WITH A BRAKE LIGHT THAT IS ALWAYS ON AND NOT A RELIABLE INDICATOR OF THE WORTHINESS OF MY STANDARD BRAKE SYSTEM.*JB

WENT TO LEAVE FOR WORK THIS MORNING ONLY TO FIND THAT MY ABS LIGHT HAD COME ON AND THAT MY ABS PUMP WAS RUNNING CONTINUOUSLY, UPON HEARING THIS ALL I KNEW TO DO IS TO PULL THE FUSE UNDER THE HOOD TO STOP IT. ONCE AT WORK I FIND THAT THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH A LOT OF CHEVY TRUCKS AND THAT GM WAS NOT PLANNING ON DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT? THIS IS AN OUTRAGE, WHY WOULDN'T THEY OWN UP TO THE MISTAKE OF THE ABS MODULE FAILING? THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN MY EYE A SERIOUS MATTER. WHAT IF THIS HAD HAPPENED TO ME DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES TO AVOID A CRASH OR WORSE A CHILD CROSSING THE ROAD? ABS WOULD HAVE FAILED!!! GM REALLY NEEDS TO OWN UP TO THIS, FROM ALL THE POSTS I HAVE SEEN ON THE NET FROM THOUSANDS OF TRUCK OWNERS ARE THEY EVEN LISTENING? *JB

ONE AND 1/2 YEARS AGO ON FEBRUARY 13, 2004, THE ABS SYSTEM SOUNDED AN ALARM, AND I REMOVED THE 60 AMP FUSE THAT CONTROLS THE ABS SYSTEM. WHEN I RETURNED HOME, I MADE CONTACT WITH RESSLER'S CHEVROLET OF MANDAN, ND, AND THEY INDICATED TO ME IT WAS THE CONTROL MODULE, AND IT WOULD COST OVER $800 TO REPAIR. I STILL HAD BRAKES, AND THEY CONTINUE TO WORK TO THIS DAY. THE ABS SYSTEM REMAINS OFF ALTHOUGH MY BRAKE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT ARE BOTH ON. AT THIS COST I WAS NOT ABOUT TO REPAIR SUCH A COSTLY ITEM ON MY OWN. I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS ITEM, BECAUSE IT IS A MANDATED SAFETY PRODUCT. AT THIS TIME I HAVE OVER 124K MILES ON MY 99 SILVERADO. I AM AWARE OF A RECALL ON A WHEEL SENSOR CORROSION PROBLEM ON THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE, BUT THAT IT WOULD NOT APPLY TO A VEHICLE IN NORTH DAKOTA. TO ME THIS MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE, BECAUSE I DO TRAVEL OUT OF THE STATE, AND THERE IS A LOT OF SALT USED THE STREETS OF BISMARCK ND. *NM

NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 05V379000 ACCORDING TO THIS RECALL, THE ABS SENSOR CAN GIVE FALSE READINGS DUE TO DIRT AND GRIM BUILD UP. GM'S RESPONSE FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION IS TO CLEAN THE SENSOR. WHAT HAPPENS ONCE THE SENSOR IS DIRTY AGAIN?I DON'T SEE HOW THIS COULD BE A CORRECTIVE ACTION, BECAUSE THE CHANCE OF IT HAPPENING AGAIN IS GREAT. MY FATHER OWNED THIS TRUCK BEFORE ME AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM I AM NOW HAVING THE ABS ENGAGING AT LOW SPEEDS, (I ALMOST CRASHED TWICE, BECAUSE OF THIS). MY FATHER HAD THE DEALER REPAIR THE TRUCK AND AT THAT TIME THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD MY DAD THE ONLY WAY TO FIX IT WAS REPLACE THE HUBS. THE TRUCK WAS UNDER WARRANTY SO THE SERVICE MANAGER PUT DOWN THAT THE HUBS WERE BAD SO MY DAD WOULD NOT HAVE TO INCUR THE COST. (SENSOR IS WARRANTY ITEM, HUBS ARE NOT). (COUNTRY CLUB CHEVROLET ONEONTA, NY) ONCE AGAIN MY FATHER WAS TOLD THE SENSOR CAN NOT BE REPLACED WITH OUT CHANGING THE HUBS. I HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD THIS BY TWO OTHER DEALERS. (NORRIS CHEVROLET WESTFIELD , NJ- SULLIVAN CHEVROLET ROSEPARK, NJ). THE HUBS WERE REPLACED AT 60,000 MILES, AT 72,000 THE PROBLEM ONCE AGAIN RETURNED. SO THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 7 MONTHS, I KNOW WHEN DRIVING THE TRUCK TO GIVE MYSELF EXTRA STOPPING DISTANCE, IT DOES NOT ALWAYS DO IT MOSTLY AFTER SHARP TURNS (PULLING IN DRIVE WAY OR PARKING LOT). SO IF THE HUBS HAVE TO BE REPLACED AS PER THREE DEALERS, SO WHY DOES THE RECALL CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKE ABOUT REMOVING SENSOR AND CLEANING (SEE FOLLOWING) DEALERS ARE TO RE

ANTI- LOCK BRAKES FAILED DURING A SUDDEN STOP AND THE BRAKES LOCKED UP CAUSING A SKID. AFTER THE FAILURE SOMETHING (A PUMP) KEPT RUNNING AND WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL THE CONTROL MODULE WAS UNPLUGGED. *JB

UNWANTED ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ACTIVATION DURING LOW-SPEED BRAKE APPLICATION THAT STARTED IN APRIL OF 2005. *JB

ABS MOTOR CONTINUED TO RUN AND WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. HAD TO DISCONNECT THE 60 AMP FUSE TO PREVENT BATTERY FROM RUNNING DOWN. AM TOLD THAT THE ABS MODULE IS DEFECTIVE AND WILL COST WELL OVER $1000 OF MY MONEY TO REPAIR - THIS HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. THIS FROM A CHEVY WITH 80,000 MILES?? I'VE DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, THAT THIS IS A COMMON DEFECT WITH THIS VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THIS FAILURE OCCURS SO OFTEN THAT THEY KEEP 4 TO 5 UNITS IN STOCK. WHY ISN'T THIS BEING RECALLED? WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? *AK

I HAVE A 1999 SILVERADO EXTENDED CAB TRUCK. STARTING ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO I NOTICED THAT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WOULD ENGAGE WHEN DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS AND GOING OVER A BUMP...WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. WHEN THIS OCCURS, IT SEEMS AS IF I HAVE NO STOPPING POWER AT ALL. I HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT, BUT I HAVE CERTAINLY COME CLOSE. BECAUSE OF THIS, I AM VERY CAREFUL WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN A BUMPY AREA. AS YOU CAN SEE, I LIVE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. HOWEVER I AM FROM WISCONSIN AND HAVE MADE MONTHLY TRIPS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, LASTING 7-14 DAYS, DUE TO THE ILLNESS OF MY MOTHER. MY TRUCK HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO SALT COVERED ROADS ON MANY OCCASIONS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE RECALL GM HAS AGREED TO ONLY AFFECTS NORTHERN STATES. IT IS MY HOPE THAT YOU WILL RE-THINK THIS RECALL AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT PEOPLE DO TRAVEL WITH THEIR VEHICLES. BY THE WAY, WE DO USE SALT IN SOUTH CAROLINA AS WELL. *NM

I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT AT A LOCAL STORE IN CRANDON, WISCONSIN. THE ABS SYSTEM ON THE TRUCK STARTED PULSATING AND NEVER STOPPED UNTIL I HIT THE CAR IN THE PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF ME, WHICH RESULTED IN A CRASH. THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR THE NEXT DAY IN RHINELANDER. THEY SAID THE ABS SENSORS WHERE CORRODED AND NEED EITHER REPLACEMENT OR CLEANING, WHICH IS WHAT THE DEALER DID.*JB

ABS MODULE FAILURE. *NM

DT: 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO PICKUP - THE BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING AT SLOW SPEEDS. CONSUMER CALLED GENERAL MOTORS AND THE DEALERSHIP, AND THERE WAS RECALL, # 05068. THE DEALER SAID THAT THIS WAS NOT A SAFETY PROBLEM, AND THE MANUFACTURER CLAIMED THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE DUE TO VIN. WHILE COMING TO A STOP BETWEEN THREE AND ZERO MPH THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS HARD TO PRESS DOWN AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES. VEHICLE HIT THE RETAINING WALL AT CONSUMER'S RESIDENCE, AND DID DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLE AND TO THE WALL. THIS DID NOT HAPPEN EVERY TIME THAT CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM STARTED IN THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST 2005. *AK

CONTACT STATES HE BECAME AWARE OF A REPORT ABOUT GM VEHICLES, ABS SYSTEM. APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS AGO IN THE SUMMER WHILE COMING TO A STOP SIGN HE PUSHED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, HE HEARD AND FELT THE ABS KICK IN, HE COULD NOT STOP. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED HE DISCONNECTED THE ABS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T OPERATE PROPERLY. *JB

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILURE ON A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. *JB

MY ABS BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY ON MY 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500. WHEN I TRY TO STOP THE ABS CAUSES THE BRAKE PEDAL TO "PUSH" BACK AT ME AND DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO FULLY STOP IN A SAFE DISTANCE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS AND THE ENTIRE WHEEL ASSEMBLE WAS CLEANED TO REMOVE RUST FROM THE HUB. THEY SAY THAT IS CAUSING THE ABS SENSOR TO SEND FALSE READINGS. YET THEY SAY IT IS NOT GOING TO BE A RECALL ISSUE BECAUSE IT ONLY HAS BEEN REPORTED BY A FEW PEOPLE. WELL I AM NOW REPORTING THIS IN HOPES OF A MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION SUCH AS A RECALL. I READ THAT THEY RECALLED THE TRUCKS IN CANADA BUT NOT HERE. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME GOING AS SLOW AS 5 MPH AND AS FAST AS 40 MPH. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS REALLY HURT. I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN MY TRUCKS ABILITY TO STOP NOW. *JB

1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO BRAKE PEDAL GETS HARD WHEN STOPPING WHILE DRIVING AT 5 TO 10 MPH. *MR *NM

THROTTLE BODY STICKING ON 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO... I PREVIOUSLY REPORTED A STICKING THROTTLE BODY ON MY TRUCK WHEN IT WAS NEW. IT STUCK AT THE IDLE POSITION AND TOOK CONSIDERABLE EFFORT TO GET IT TO "UNSTICK". THE DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY CLAIMING THE ORIGINAL HAD A BUR, THAT CAUSED IT TO STICK. NOW, SEVERAL THOUSAND MILES LATER, THE NEW THROTTLE BODY IS EXHIBITING THE SAME BEHAVIOR. IT SEEMS OBVIOUS THAT I DIDN'T HAVE ONE DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY, BUT ALL THROTTLE BODYS AT THE TIME HAD A DEFECT. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. I DO NOT WANT TO PAY TO REPLACE WHAT GM KNOWS IS DEFECTIVE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER FURTHER....*NM

MY TRUCKS PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM HAS BEEN INOPERATIVE SINCE 15,000 MILES. I HAVE NEVER DRIVEN WITH THE BRAKE ON AND NEVER USED THE BRAKE IN AN INAPPROPRIATE WAY. I SEE THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR TRUCKS LIKE MINE WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS. I FEEL THIS IS UNFAIR TO OWNER OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION VEHICLE. THE TRANSMISSION TYPE SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PARKING BRAKE. I HAVE READ SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS OF OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AS MINE.... NO HOLDING POWER WHEN PARKING BRAKE IS APPLIED. THE REPAIR COST IS VERY HIGH, AND I HATE TO SPEND THE MONEY IF IT WILL ONLY LAST ANOTHER 15,000 MILES! *NM

THE ABS MODULE IN MY TRUCK FAILED AT ~85,000 MILES. THE MOTOR WOULDN'T STOP RUNNING. FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN IN MY RESEARCH THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT. THE WORST PART IS THAT THE REPAIR COST $1,000! I FEEL THIS IS A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURING, OR A POOR PLACEMENT OF THE UNIT, AS IT IS TOTALLY EXPOSED ON THE FRAME-RAIL. *NM

WHEN STOPPING AT LOW SPEED ON DRY PAVEMENT, ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ENGAGE CAUSING GREATER STOPPING DISTANCE THAN ANTICIPATED. NEARLY HIT A PARKED CAR. *NM

DT: THE CALLER HAD GALVANIZED SUPPORT CABLE FOR THE TAILGATE BRAKE. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE YEAR AFTER AND SHE FELT IT SHOULD INCLUDE HER VEHICLE. . DEALER SAID IT WAS THE SAME PART AS IN THE RECALL. MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO HELP.*AK

THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM ARE MESSING UP AT LOW SPEEDS CAUSING THE ABS SYTEM TO ENGAGE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. *JB

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES TURNING ON AND OFF BY THEMSELVES, ANTI-LOCK MOTOR CONTINUED TO RUN AFTER TAKING KEY OUT OF VEHICLE, WENT TO G.M. GARAGE THEY SAID, 1500 TO 3000 DOLLARS TO FIX( I SAID YEAH RIGHT!) I THEN PULLED THE RELAY SWITCH UNDER THE HOOD ELIMINATING THE ANTI-SYSTEM ALL TOGETHER. NOW DASH LIGHTS STAY ON BUT I DON'T HAVE BRAKING PROBLEMS. THIS ALL HAPPENED AT 40,000 MILES I NOW HAVE 65000 ON TRUCK. WAY TO STAND BEHIND PRODUCT GM THANKS A LOT! FOR NOTHING! *NM

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKES FAILED AT LOW SPEED, LESS THAN 20 MPH. THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE FIRST TIME THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO RUST ON THE ROTORS. THEY REPLACED THE ROTORS, BUT THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE BEARING HUB ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED, THE PROBLEM CEASED FOR ABOUT A YEAR. THE BEARING HUB ASSEMBLY HWAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. *AK

I OWN A 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO. THE ABS SENSOR WENT BAD AND I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE $1000 TO FIX THIS. OUTRAGEOUS! I DID MORE RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS PROBLEM IS COMMON AND GM IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. I READ THAT THEY RECALLED ALL TRUCKS WITH SAME PROBLEM IN CANADA, BUT NOT HERE. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE MY ABS DOES NOT WORK, AND THE ABS MOTOR RUNS, WHICH IS A FIRE CONCERN. NEXT, WITH WINTER DRIVING COMING SOON, THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN TO NOT HAVE ABS. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE RECALLED AND FIXED AT GM'S EXPENSE. *JB

PLACING A 150 POUND LOAD ON THE TAILGATE CAUSED THE CABLES TO BREAK. THESE EXACT SAME FAULTY CABLES ARE INCLUDED IN A RECALL FOR 2000 THROUGH 2004 TRUCKS, BUT FOR SOME REASON, NOT THE SAME MODEL OF 1999 TRUCK. *JB

CABLES USED TO SUPPORT TAILGATE SUDDENLY SNAPPED WHILE 2 AVERAGE ADULT MALES WERE SITTING ON THE GATE. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS NOTED THAT THE CABLES APPEARED TO BE RUSTED AND CORRODED INSIDE THE PROTECTIVE COATING. *NM

ANTI LOCK BRAKE FAILURE AT LOW SPEED. NEAR COLISION WITH TWO GARAGE DOORS AND ONE RESTURANT. WHAT WILL IT BE NEXT TIME? *JB

AT 49000 MILES ABS CONTROL MODULE WOULD NOT SHUT OFF REQUIRING REPLACEMENT.

CONSUMOR STATES: BRAKES DO OPERATE PROPERLY AT LOW SPEEDS. VEHICLE CONTINUES TO ROLL, AND DOESN'T COME TO COMPLETE STOP. PRESSING VERY FIRM, AND NOT STOPPING. NO FOR WARNING BEFORE HAND, CHECKED BRAKE FLUID. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND HAD IT CHECKED OUT. *AK *TT

DT: ABOUT A YEAR IN HALF AGO THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES STARTING ACTING UP, WHEN IT WAS WET AND PREPARING TO STOP THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES WOULD ENGAGE AND THE TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP. CODE WAS LEFT FRONT SENSOR. THIS WAS REPLACED. DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. HAD THE RIGHT FRONT SENSOR REPLACED, DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE FUSE WAS THEN UNPLUGGED JUST SO I WOULD HAVE BRAKES. CURRENTLY, IN VERMONT TRUCK WAS DUE FOR INSPECTION IN JUNE, AND IT WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION, WITH OR WITHOUT THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES. SPOKE WITH ELMORE AT GM IN PORTLAND OFFICE, AND HE ADVISED TO TAKE VEHICLE TO GM DEALER AND HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST DONE.*AK DEALER CLEANED BOTH FRONT SPEED SENSORS BUT DID NOT GUARANTEE IT WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *TT

DT: THE VEHICLE IS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. EVERY TIME THE CONSUMER COMES TO A SLOW STOP THE ABS BRAKES COME ON WHEN THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSE TO. DO SO. CONSUMER STATES ABS WILL COME ON WHEN DRIVING 5 MPH. CONSUMER FEELS ABS BRAKES SHOULD NOT BE COMING ON IN THESE CONDITIONS, LIKE WHEN THE ROADS ARE DRY. THE CONSUMER IS ALMOST UNABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP QUICKLY ENOUGH TO KEEP FROM HITTING ANYTHING ELSE. CONSUMER HAS DISABLED THE ABS BY PULLING THE FUSE. HE STATES THAT IT HAS NOT MISSED WITH ANY OTHER PART OF THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKES WORK FINE NOW, AND THE OTHER COMPONENTS WITH IT. IN 2002, THE ABS PART HAD BEEN REPLACED. HE BELIEVES IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE CONTROL UNIT. THE PROBLEM AT THAT TIME WAS THAT THE ABS WOULD NOT TURN OFF. THIS IS THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. HE HAS NOT TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER OR THE MANUFACTURER. CONSUME R STATES THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL IN CANADA CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP HE PURCHASED IT FROM IS OUT OF BUSINESS. *AK

DT: CONSUME RCOMPLAINED ABOUT A BRAKE PROBLEM.. WHEN COMING TO A STOP THE BRAKE WILL GO JUST ABOUT TO THE FLOOR, AND WOULD STOP HALF WAY THROUGH A STOP. IT HAS 34,000 MILES, AND YESTERDAY IT WAS LIKE IT HAD NO BRAKES AT ALL. PUSHED HARD AS I COULD AND I WENT THROUGH THE GARAGE DOOR. THIS HAPPENED YESTERDAY JULY 18, 2005. JUST ABOUT ANYTIME HADTO PUSH THE BRAKES TO THE FLOOR. ITS HAPPENED TWICE WERE Y MASHING THE BRAKE AS HARD ITWAS LIKE HAVEINGNO BRAKES. WHEN FIRST GOT THE VEHICLE ICONSUME RCOMPLAINED TO THE DEALER, AND THE DEALER AND SAID THIS WAS NORMAL FOR ANTI LOCK BRAKES. *AK

1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO DEVELOPED BRAKING PROBLEMS.*MR THE CONSUMER HAD DIFFICULTY STOPPING THE VEHICLE WITHOUT EXCESSIVE PEDAL PRESSURE, SHAKING, CHATTERING, GROWLING AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS STRANGE NOISES. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE REAR ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF CORROSION AND DELAMINATION. *JB

DT: THE BACK BRAKES AND BACK BRAKING PLATE HAS ROTTED OUT. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE PROBLEM WHEN CHANGING THE REAR BRAKES AND ROTORS. THE PLATE THAT EVERYTHING BOLTS TO IS ROTTED AND HAS HOLES IN IT. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT GIVE ANY INFORMATION ON WHY THIS HAPPENED. ON MAY 20, 2005 THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP THE CONSUMER STATED HE NOTICED THE PROBLEM APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK PRIOR. *JB

DT: CONSUMER SAYS THIS PROBLEM IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY NHTSA. CONSUMER HAS 1999 A CHEVROLET SILVERADO AND IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS AT LOW SPEED WITH THE ABS. THE INVESTIGATION IS NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE05020. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE CONSUMER SAYS THAT HE HAS BEEN LUCKY TO AVOID ACCIDENTS WHEN TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO INCREASE THE STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER HAS NOW DISABLED THE ABS DUE TO THE FEAR OF THE MALFUNCTION OF THE ABS. THE CONSUMER SAYS THAT ROAD CONDITIONS DOESN'TT SEEM TO MATTER, WET, DRY, COLD, OR HOT THE ABS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO TAKE AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF DISTANCE TO STOP. CONSUMER RECEIVED AN ESTIMATE ON REPAIRING THE PROBLEM. IT WAS 800 DOLLARS FOR PARTS ALONE. *JB

MY FATHER FATHER-IN-LAW IS A CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND WAS DOING SOME WORK ON MY 1999 SILVERADO AND NOTICED THAT THE ABS MOTOR WAS CONTINUALLY RUNNING. TO STOP THIS HE HAD TO PULL THE FUSE. I RECENTLY DROVE MY TRUCK FROM MINNESOTA TO CALIFORNIA AND ON NUMBEROUS OCASSIONS I HAD TROUBLE STOPPING. I HAD TO PUSH THE BRAKES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE TRUCK STILL WAS SLOW TO REACT. MOST OF THE TIME THERE WAS NO ONE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THERE WERE A COUPLE TIMES WHEN I ALMOST REAR ENDED SOMEONE. I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE I LIVE IN OVERSEAS. THE TRUCK IS LEFT IN MINNESOTA AND I DRIVE IT WHENEVER I AM HOME FOR VACATION. ONCE I MOVE HOME NEXT YEAR I WILL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM IF CHEVY HASN'T SENT OUT A RECALL. HOW MANY STORIES LIKE THIS DOES IT TAKE FOR CHEVROLET TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT? HOW MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED ABOUT AN ABS MOTOR THAT WON'T STOP RUNNING UNLESS THE FUSE IS PULLED? I SURE HOPE CHEVY DOES SOMETHING SOON.

DT: ON JULY 3 2005 WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING AND DRIVER HAD A HARD TIME STEERING. HAD TO USE TWO HANDS TO STEER. THERE WAS NO WARNING FROM THE VEHICLE THAT A PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND OWNER WAS INFORMED THAT IT WOULD COST $700 TO REPLACE STEERING PUMP.*AK

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT LOW SPEED THE ABS PULSATES,AND BRAKES MUST BE APPLIED IN FULL BRAKE LOCK TO STOP VEHICLE.

WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND CONSEQUENTLY HE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. *JB CONSUMER HAD ABS BRAKE MODULE REPLACED BECAUSE ENGINE STILL RAN WHEN KEY WASN'T IN THE IGNITION.*SB *NM

DT: ABS MOTOR WAS RUNNING ALL THE TIME. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL MECHANIC, AND WAS TOLD ABS VALVE ALONG WITH THE CONTROL VALVE WERE BAD. THE PARTS WERE REPLACED, AND HAD NO PROBLEMS SINCE. *AK MECHANIC CONTACTED GM AND WAS TOLD THE 1999 MODELS WERE TOO OLD TO QUALIFY FOR REPAIR ASSISTANCE DESPITE LOW MILEAGE. CONSUMER THEREFORE HAD REPAIR DONE LOCALLY, REPLACING ABS PUMP AND VALVE CONTROL AT COST OF $995, OF WHICH $825 WERE PARTS.*SB *NM

I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK IN OHIO FOR MY WIFE [XXX], SHE REPORTED THAT THE ABS BRAKE WOULD SIMPLY NOT WORK ON ACCASION AND THE PEDAL WOULD GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR .WE TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALER BUT HE COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM . AT LOWS SPEEDS I WAS ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. DEALERS DOWN HERE SAY THE SENSOR IS BAD. WE PULLED THE FUSE TO DISABLE THE BRAKES WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NEW BECAUSE A DELPHI ENGINEER TOLD ME THAT WOULD AT LEAST KEEP THE BRAKES WORKING . I HAVE 58000 MILES ON MY TRUCK AND WE HAVE REPLACED THE CALIPERS THE ROTORS AND EVEN SOME OF THE BRAKE LINES HAVE RUSTED RUPTURING AND CAUSING A LOSS OF BRAKES. THE POWER STEERING HOSE LINE RUSTED AT THE COOLER RADIATOR. . YESTERDAY THE CHEVY DEALER IN GAINSEVILLE CALLED ME TO THE SHOP TO SEE HOW THE FRAME IS BEING EATEN AWAY , I BELIEVE THE VEHICLE EITHER WASN'T PROBERLY PREPARED WHEN BUILT OR THE PROTECTIVE PAINTS AND COATING WERE DEFFECTIVE. THE RECORDS AT JIM DOUGLAS CHEVOLET EVIDENCE THE EXPENSES WE HAVE INCUURED TO KEEP THE TRUCK OPERATIONAL. THE ABS MODULE AND THE LOSS OF BREAK LINES SEEM TO RELFLECT EXTEMELY POOR METAL COOROSION RESISTANCE , EVEN BOTH MY TAILGATE CABLE RUSTED AND BROKE .EACH TIME I HAVE TAKEN IN TO THE CHEVY DEALER FOR REPAIR THEY ARE AMAZED AT THE CORROSION PROBLEMS. EVEN THE TIRE JACK IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WAS RUSTED AND IT WAS NEVER USED. THE SCREWS INSIDE THE CENTER CONSOLE WERE RUSTED. I SPENT BETWEEN 2500.00 AND 3000.00 IN JUST THE BRAKE PROBLEM AND THAT IS WITHOUT TRYING TO F

EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILED THREE TIMES. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. *NM WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER TRIED TO DOWN SHIFT AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. THE BRAKES LOCKED UP AND THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM DID NOT WORK. THE EMERGENCY BRAKES ALSO FAILED TO WORK CAUSING THE DRIVER TO HIT A TREE. THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DID DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER'S SEAT EJECTED OFF OF THE FLOOR WITH THE DRIVER STRAPPED INTO THE SEAT. THE VEHICLE HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE UPON THE SIDE IMPACT. CONSUMER HAS HAD TROUBLE SHIFTING THREES TIMES PREVIOUSLY AND THE TRANSMISSION ALONG WITH THE CLUTCH HAD BEEN REPLACED ONCE BEFORE. *TT *SB

WE HAVE TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF OUR VEHICLES, BECAUSE WE TRY TO MAXIMIZE THEIR LIVES. ONE DAY, THE "BRAKES" LIGHT CAME ON. I CONTACTED MY CHEVROLET DEALER, WHO CHECKED IT OUT, THEN TOLD ME "YOU ARE BETTER OFF JUST DRIVING WITH IT THE WAY IT IS." WHEN I ASKED WHY, I WAS TOLD THAT GM HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ABS SYSTEMS GOING WHACKY, BUT WILL NOT DO ANYTHING. I MADE SEVERAL CALLS TO GM, TRYING TO PLEAD MY CASE AND LISTING THE SEVERAL OTHERS AND WEB SITES CREATED BY SOME OF THEM, THAT HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM. I WAS COLDLY TOLD THAT THERE HAD TO BE LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE HAVING THIS PROBLEM, LIKE MILLIONS. THIS IS A SAFETY DEVICE THAT BUYERS HAVE NO CHOICE WHETHER TO HAVE OR NOT, BUT IT IS NOT BACKED BY THE MANUFACTURER! IT IS RIDICULOUS!!!

DT:CONSUMER HAS 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP AT SLOW SPEED, WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE MAKES A TERRIBLE CLANKING OR GRINDING NOISE. CONSUMER NOTICED THIS IN FEBRUARY. CONSUMER SAID THAT SHE HEARD OF RECALL BY GM IN MARCH, AND CHECKED HER VEHICLE TO FIND NO RECALLS. CONSUMER CONTACTED GM, AND WAS TOLD THAT PROBLEM WAS HER RESPONSIBILITY. *AK

ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT TURN ON. NO CRASHES OR INJURIES YET. GM KNOWS OF MODULE PROBLEM BUT SAYS ITEM IS NOT ON RECALL.

I HAVE A 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO THAT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH PISTON SLAP. THIS ALL STARTED SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 1999. HOWEVER, THE DEALER REFUSED TO FIX IT, STATING THAT IT IS NORMAL NOISE. (NORMAL? THEN WHY DIDN'T THE ENGINE MAKE THIS NOISE WHEN I FIRST DROVE IT OFF THE LOT)? I CONTINUED ASKING THE DEALER ABOUT THE NOISE BUT THEY CONTINUED TO SAY THAT IT WAS NORMAL NOISE. FINALLY, I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER GM DEALER ON APRIL, 2004. THE VEHICLE HAD 48,799 MILES. I ASKED THE MECHANIC AND SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE TO LISTEN TO THE ENGINE, BOTH DETERMINED THE NOISE WAS NOT NORMAL, AND NEEDED REPAIRED. THEY PERFORMED NUMEROUS ENGINE REPAIRS THAT SEEMED, AT THAT TIME, TO MAKE THE NOISE GO AWAY. IN JUNE, 2004, THE VEHICLE NOW HAD 49,023 MILES, THE NOISE HAD RETURNED, AND THE GM DEALER AGAIN STATED THE NOISE WAS NOT NORMAL. THEY THEN REPLACED THE LONG BLOCK OF THE ENGINE, THAT SEEMED TO HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THE PROBLEM. AS OF THIS DATE, THE VEHICLE IS BACK AT THE GM DEALERSHIP WITH THE SAME ENGINE NOISE, WHICH IS A LOUD TICKING/KNOCKING NOISE. I AM, AGAIN, BEING TOLD IS "NORMAL" FOR THIS ENGINE. (THIS IS STATEMENT IS BEING QUOTED BY GENERAL MOTORS, AS BEING "NORMAL". INITIALLY, WHEN I RECENTLY TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE GM DEALERSHIP, THE SERVICE TECHNICIANS INDICATED THE NOISE WAS NOT NORMAL...UNTIL THE ENGINEERS AT GENERAL MOTORS CONVEYED THE NOISE AS BEING "NORMAL".)

DT: CONSUMER STATES THAT THE OVERDRIVE AND REVERSE GEARS COMPLETELY WENT OUT. HAD VEHICLE TOWED. THEY REPAIRED THE TRANSMISSION AT THAT TIME. THE SAME THING OCCURRED AGAIN, BUT IT CAUSED MORE DAMAGE. CONSUMER WAS GOING TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED.*AK *SB

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ENGAGE AT LOW SPEED BRAKING. THE SENSORS HAVE BEEN CLEANED TWICE, AND THE ABS MODULE HAS BEEN REPLACED. TOTAL COST FOR THESE IS $1,100.00.

DT: TRUCK DOES NOT BRAKE PROPERLY, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES. HAD 2 ACCIDENTS AS A RESULT. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, BUT THEY DO NOT STOP VEHICLE. THIS COULD OCCUR WHEN STANDING ON THE BRAKES. HAD BRAKES REPLACED ,AND MENTIONED THIS TO DEALER, WHO IGNORED THIS PROBLEM. *AK

TAILGATE CABLE ON MY 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO SNAPPED. APPEARS TO BE CORREDED. THERE IS A ACTIVE RECALL FOR THIS SAME ISSUE FOR 2000-2004 SILVERADO'S BUT NOT FOR THE 1999 MODEL. NO DAMAGE TO VEHICLE OR INJURIES.