2000 Chevrolet Silverado complaints

CONSUMER IS NOT SATISFIED WITH RECALL (C00093-S) CONSUMER DOES NOT THINK THAT ANY REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED ON VEHICLE, CONSUMER STATES DEALER REFUSED TO SHOW HIM WHAT WAS DONE, DEALER SHOWED CONSUMER A SCHEMATIC DRAWING OF THE BRACKET USED AND ITS LOCATION, EXCEPT WHAT HE SHOWED CONSUMER HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS VEHICLE, CONSUMER STATES HIS VEHICLE HAS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SET UP FROM WHAT HE WAS SHOWN, CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER AND WAS ADVISED THEY DID NOT HAVE A SCHEMATIC DRAWING OF THE BRACKET AND ITS LOCATION. *JB

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN A TRAFFIC JAM AHEAD OF HIM OCCURRED. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN. BRAKES FAILED TO SLOW VEHICLE DOWN, AND REAR ENDED A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM ON FRONT DRIVERS SIDE OF VEHICLE. BOTH FRONTAL AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN TRAFFIC SLOWED AHEAD OF HIM. CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO APPLY BRAKES TO SLOW VEHICLE DOWN. THERE WAS RESISTANCE BEHIND BRAKE PEDAL, BUT BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED TO ENGAGE, CAUSING HIM TO REAR END A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM. *AK

TIRES ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF FAILURE (SPLITTING OF RUBBER IN THE BEAD AND ON THE SIDE WALLS. *AK (TIRESIZE: 245/75R1)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245/75R1 )

THE ROTORS WHICH ARE PART OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM HAD BEGUN OPERATING IMPROPERLY, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE WHILE DRIVING AND TO HAVE INCREASED VIBRATION WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, ESPECIALLY AT HIGH SPEEDS. THE PROBLEM WHICH CAUSED THE ROTORS TO STOP PERFORMING PROPERLY MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY INCORRECT TIGHTENING/TORQUEING WHEN THE TIRES HAD BEEN ROTATED SHORTLY PRIOR TO THE ROTOR PROBLEM HAPPENING. THE DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE THE ROTORE, EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER FULL WARRANTY. THE INFORMED ME THAT THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ALLOW REPLACEMENT. THIS MEANS THAT I NOW HAVE ROTORS ON THE VEHICLE THAT HAVE ONLY A HALF-LIFE REMAINING ON THEM AND THE VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THUS, IF, AFTER THE WARRANTY PERIOD, THE ROTORS AGAIN STOP PERFORMING, I WILL HAVE TO BEAR THE COST OF REPLACEMENT. I CONTEND THAT THE PROBLEM WAS EITHER CAUSED BY IMPROPER DEALER MAINTENANCE, OR THAT THE ROTORS WERE DEFECTIVE. THIS SCENARIO CAN BE LOGICAL, AS THIS VEHICLE REQUIRED SEVERAL MAJOR REPLACEMENTS OF ESSENTIAL PARTS AFTER ONLY BEING SOLD TO ME FOR THE PERIOD OF ONE WEEK. IT IS NOT UNREASONABLE TO ME THAT THE ROTOR COULD ALSO HAVE BEEN DEFECTIVE, AND I MAINTAIN THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD HAVE ALLOWED THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE ROTORS, RATHER THAN TURNING THEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED, WHEN THE BRAKES ARE FIRMLY APPLIED, THE VEHICLE KEEPS MOVING ALTHOUGH IT FEELS AS IS THE PEDAL HAS PRESSURE AT FIRST. AFTER ABOUT A SECOND, THE PEDAL STARTS TO PULSATE AS IF THE ABS IS WORKING, YET THE VEHICLE DOES NOT SLOW EFFECTIVELY AND IT SOUNDS AS IF THERE IS A GRINDING COMING FROM THE WHEELS. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE DEALER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT CLAIMED THAT THEY CHECKED THE SYSTEM OUT AND NOTHING WAS WRONG. AFTER 17000 MILES I STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM OCCASIONALLY WHEN BRAKING FIRMLY.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN ACCELERATING OR DECELERATING VEHICLE WILL JERK VIOLENTLY. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE AND COULD NOT CORRECT PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM IS NOW CONTINOUS WITH A LOUD SLAPPING NOISE. *SLC

THE POWER STEERING PUMP BROKE WHILE THE CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. *PH WHEN THE PART WAS REMOVED, THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE INPUT SHAFT HAD BROKEN. THE BREAK HAPPENED AT THE WELD. THE WELD WAS DEFECTIVE AND THE SHAFT SHOWED SIGNS OF METAL CRYSTALLIZATION. *SC *JB

ON FOUR OCCASIONS WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL WOULD GO TO FLOOR AND JUMP BACK UP, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKING. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER'S SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. *AK

THE REAR ABS SYSTEM WHEN IT HITS A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD THE ABS SYSTEM REMOVES ALMOST ALL BRAKE PRESSURE ALLOWING THE PEDAL TO FALL DOWN AND DRAMATICALLY INCREASING STOPPING DISTANCE-THIS COULD HAVE EASILY CAUSED A WRECK AND HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. MY DEALER SAID IT WAS NORMAL AND REFUSES TO LOOK AT IT-BUT NO OTHER GM VEHICLE WITH ABS THAT I HAVE HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM.*AK

THROTTLE STICKS INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL PUMPS, AND VEHICLE DOESN'T SEEM TO STOP. *AK

NHTSA RECALL 00V345000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL C00093/ABS BRAKES. MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO SEND RECALL NOTICE TO CONSUMER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WAS PUSHING ON ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND VEHICLE FAIL TO ACCELERATE FORWARD. PEDAL WAS STUCK AND THEN SUDDENLY WOULD TAKE OFF. PEDAL THROTTLE CABLE HAD RELEASED. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC REPAIRED THROTTLE BODY.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 00V345000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00093 FOR BRAKE LINE CHAFING. CONSUMER HAS TRAVELED BACK AND FORTH 400 MILES TRYING TO GET THIS FIX. PARTS WERN/'T AVAILABLE, AND NO AVAILABILTY DATE WAS GIVEN.*AK

THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ONLY HAD LIMITED REPAIR TIMES AND THEY WOULD NOT OFFER A LOANER UNTIL THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN THERE FOR EIGHT HOURS FOR RECALL REPAIR SERVICE. NLM

HORN IS EXTREMELY HARD TO PUSH. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID IT WAS NORMAL. CONSUMER TOOK A SCALE TO MEASURE HOW MUCH PRESSURE IT TOOK TO BLOW THIS HORN, AND ANSWER WAS 22 POUNDS.*AK *SLC

VEHICLE HAD BEEN LEAKING OIL SINCE HE HAD BOUGHT VEHICLE. DEALER COULD NOT FIX OR FIND OUT WHERE OIL WAS COMING FROM.*AK

TIRES HAD MADE A LOT OF NOISE FROM BEGINING AFTER BUYING VEHICLE. CURRENTLY, TIRES WERE WEARING FROM INSIDE OUT WHERE ALIGMENT COULD NOT FIX PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER DID NOT GIVE ANY INORMATION REGARDING TIRE TYPE OR SIZE. OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DEALER PUT IN A NEW VALVE, OIL PROBLEM STILL CONTINUED, OIL WAS FOUND COVERING AND UNDERNEATH THE CHASSIS. CONSUMER STATES WINDOWS RATTLE. *SLC

THERE'S A LOUD KNOCKING AND ROARING NOISE COMING FROM MOTOR. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID THERE A MIS BETWEEN MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION.*AK

CANNOT ALIGN CASTER WITHIN +/- TOLARENCE. VEHICLE WIL PULL TO RIGHT IF CASTER IS PUT IN +/- TOLARENCE. *AK

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR RECALL NOTICE 00V345000. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE, AND TO DRIVE VEHICLE AS IT WAS. PLEASE PROVDIE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

BRAKE SLACK ADJUSTER WAS DESIGNED TO WORK WRONG WAY, INSTEAD OF TIGHTENING, IS LOOSENS BRAKE LINE. TTOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO COULD NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. *AK

DRIVING TRUCK AND TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP, THEN TRANS HEATED UP TO 300 DEGREES. SMOKE CAME FROM TRANS AND BURNT SMELL. TRUCK ONLY HAD 6500 MILEAGE ON IT. TRUCK WAS A 2500 HD WITH HD AUTO TRANS AND SNOWPLOW PREP PACKAGE. DEALER REPLACED TRANS WITH NEW TRANS, BUT MADE IT SOUND LIKE IT WAS MY FAULT. UNHAPPY WITH DEALER RESPONSE TO PROBLEM ON THIS NEW TRUCK.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE TIRES DEVELOPED BULGES AND SEPERATIONS OF THE PLYS FROM LOSS OF TIRE PRESSURE FROM SLOW LEAK CAUSING THE TIRE TO GO FLAT WHILE PARKED (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P26575R16). NLM

WHILE DRIVING, TRANSMISSION WOULD DOWNSHIFT FOR NO REASON, FROM 2ND TO 1ST GEAR OR 3RD TO 2ND GEAR. TOOK TO DEALER, CAN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK *SLC

WATER WOULD GET INSIDE OF VEHICLE WHEN ITS RAINING OR BEING WASHED. SEAM IN TRUCK WOULD ALLOW WATER TO LEAK IN AND GET UNDER CARPETING. ELECTRICAL WIRES WOULD ALSO GET WET AND AFFECT LIGHTING SYSTEM.*AK

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. CAME UP TO INTERSECTION WITH STOP LIGHT. LIGHT CHANGED TO RED AND TRIED TO APPLY BRAKES.BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. VEHICLE RAN THRU RED LIGHT AND INTERSECTION NARROWLY MISSING COLLISION WITH OTHER VEHICLE.ROAD SURFACE DRY AND CLEAR. TEMP APPROX 35. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID NO PROBLEM. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURENCE OF THIS TYPE SINCE I'VE OWNED THE VEHICLE. CANNOT CONTINUE TO DRIVE WITH NO CONFIDENCE IN BRAKES. FORTUNATELY NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES HAVE OCCURED HOWEVER THIS CONDITION IS A TIME BOMB WAITING TO GO OFF.*AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A NORMAL STOP, BRAKES SLIGHTLY CATCH. BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOORBOARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. BRAKES KICK IN, CAUSING VEHICLE TO COME TO A SKIDED STOP. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

THERE IS A SOUND COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. IT SOUNDS AS IF SOMETHING IS LOOSE IN COLUMN. THIS OCCURS RANDOMLY, AND MORE FREQUENTLY DURING COLDER WEATHER. *AK

FROM 10MPH AND HIGHER STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES UNCONTROLLABLY. DEALER HAS REPLACED THREE DEFECTIVE WHEELS AND TWO TIRES. *AK

WHEN APPLYING GAS CONSUMER HAS TO ALMOST STAND ON PEDAL TO GET PEDAL TO GO DOWN. DEALER ADMITTED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH GAS PEDAL STICKING.*AK *SLC

CONSUMER HAD FOUND DIFFERENT CRACKS ON BODY OF VEHICLE WHERE PARTS WERE MADE OF PLASTIC, AND ANYBODY COULD LEAN ON VEHICLE AND IT WILL CRACK.*AK

WHEN TRYING TO CHANGE THE SPARE YOU MUST INSERT A ROD AND TURN TO BRING THE SPARE DOWN. THE ROD FAILS TO CONNECT PROPERLY AS A RESULT YOU ARE UNABLE TO LOWER THE SPARE. WHEN ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WAS CONTACTED THEY SAID THERE WERE MANY INSTANCES JUST LIKE OURS. THE DEALERSHIP EXPLAINED THAT THE SPARE WAS TIGHTENED TOO MUCH CAUSING THE SHAFT(WHICH PASSES DIRECTLY OVER THE TIRE) TO BEND. MY HUSBAND, DANIEL R. NORIZ, HAS A 2000CHEVY SILVERADO Z71. HIS VIN # IS 2GCEK19T6Y329756. HIS TRUCK HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. WE HAVE STOPPED TO HELP A 2000GMC SIERRA OWNER BRING HIS SPARE DOWN AS WELL. HE WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND WAS HAVING TROUBLE BRINGING HIS SPARE DOWN. MY SISTER-IN-LAW HAS A 2000 GMC SIERRA WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK

BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP TRUCK ON WET, ROUGH, BLACKTOP, 20% SLOPE HILL. BRAKES FAILED. *AK

WAS BACKING VEHICLE OUT OF GARAGE WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENED TO POWER ASSIST ON STEERING. ALSO, HAD NO POWER BRAKES. EVERYTHING HAD LOCKED UP. NOTICED STEERING FLUID ON GARAGE FLOOR. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED BY SERVICE MANAGER VEHICLE WILL BE TOWED.*AK DEALER STATED THAT CONSUMER MAY HAVE HAD FOOT ON BRAKE AND WENT THROUGH SAFETY ZONE ON HYDRO BOOSTER CAUING FLUID TO FOAM UP AND CAUSE THIS PROBLEM. *SLC

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER TO INSPECT BRAKE LINE, CONSUMER WAS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT DEALER WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.*AK CONSUMER IS UNHAPPY BECAUSE IN ORDER TO DO REPAIR, GM HAD TO SLICE BRAKE LINE. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS IN 4- WHEEL LOW AND CONSUMER WAS IN BACK OF IT, VEHICLE MOVED ON ITS OWN, WENT DOWN HILL, AND HIT A TREE. DEALER FOUND VEHICLE HAD JUMPED FROM 4- WHEEL LOW INTO NEUTRAL DUE TO THE LINKAGE NOT ADJUSTED RIGHTLY. DAMAGE TO BVEHICLE WAS $ 6000. *AK CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC

THERE IS A BACKLASH IN THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL.

REAR END OF VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSPECTED,UNABLE TO LOCATED PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN MAKING SUDDEN STOPS BRAKES WILL CHIRP AND FRONT END WILL DIVE DOWN. DEALER CANNOT FIX PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING, TO KEEP VEHICLE FROM PULLING TO RIGHT, CONSUMER HAS TO APPLY PRESSURE TO STEERING WHEEL AND PULL TO LEFT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALER REPLACED THE GEAR BOX, HOWEVER THE STEERING WAS WORSE THAN EVER, DEALER THEN ROTATED FRONT TIRES LEFT TO RIGHT, CONSUMER HAS NOTICED IMPROVEMENT HOWEVER THERE IS STILL A LIGHT PULL TO THE RIGHT. *SLC

MANUFACTURER STATED A TOOL BOX MOUNTED IN THE TRUCK BED CAUSED THE SEPARATION. TOOL BOX WAS INSTALLED PER RECOMMENDATIONS OF SCHMITT MOTORS' BODY DEPT. BRACKETS WERE INSTALLED UNDER THE TOOLBOX TO KEEP WEIGHT OFF SIDERAILS. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO 3 TRUCKS WE'VE OWNED IN THE PAST 3 YEARS. TOOL BOX HAS BEEN INSTALLED 3 DIFFERENT WAYS, ALL WITH THE SAME RESULTS. WE HAVE SINCE TRADED THIS TRUCK FOR A DODGE RAM TRUCK, BUT STILL FEEL THE PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE REPORTED. THANK YOU.*AK

WHEN ACCELERATING ABOUT 1700 RPM ENGINE WILL SOUND LIKE A DIESEL ENGINE WHEN IT IS A GASOLINE ENGINE. DEALER STATED THAT NOISE WAS COMING FROM BALANCE SHAFT.*AK

A RATTLE SOUND IN TRANSMISSION WHEN DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH. DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE AND FIX PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN DARK DASHBOARD LIGHT WILL NOT WORK, AND HEAD LIGHT SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACED SEVEN TIMES DUE TO BURNING UP. ALSO, STARTER HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK ALTERNATOR WAS ALSO REPLACED, POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *SLC

WHILE SLOWING FOR A STOP SIGN, CONSUMER HEARD A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, DEALER FOUND THE REAR, RIGHT SIDE INNER BRAKE SHOE WAS MISSING, BACKING PLATE HAD SKORED THE ROTOR, OUTER BRAKE PAD AND LEFT REAR BRAKE PAD HAD 3/8" OF PAD LEFT, DEALER REPLACED REAR PADS AND BOTH ROTORS, FREE OF CHARGE. *SLC

POWER STEERING WENT OUT/TRANSMISSION REBUILT/ TIRES WERE WEARING UNEVENLY/REAR SPRINGS HAD TO BE REINSTALLED *AK THE POWER STEERING PUMP FAILURE RESULTED IN A LOSS OF POWER ASSIST TO BRAKES CAUSING ACCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES BUT THE PASSENGER DOOR CAVED IN. *YH

I FEEL THIS VEHICLE SUFFERS GREATLY IN BUILD QUALITY. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK