CHEVROLET 14048271 Complaints

I USED A $5 PRODUCT PROMOTED BY GM TO SEAL A LEAK IN THE RADIATOR OF MY 1995 CHEVROLET ASTRO VAN. IT SEALED THE RADIATOR OFF FROM THE ENGINE CAUSING CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. MY VAN NOW EITHER NEEDS A NEW ENGINE OR TO BE REPLACED. GM (CHEVROLET AND PARTS & SERVICE TOLD ME THAT SINCE MY VAN IS 8 YRS OLD WITH HIGH MILEAGE IT IS MY PROBLEM AND THEY WILL NOT HELP ME RECTIFY THE PROBLEM.THER THAN A SMALL WATER LEAK THE VAN HAD NO MECHANIC ISSUES PRIOR TO USING GM VEHICLE CARE PRODUCT COOLING SYSTEM SEAL TABS 1#12378254 GR.8.800 IT IS NOW A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE ENGINE LURCHES UNEXPECTEDLY.

I AM WRITING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SECOND FAILURE OF THE "POWER ASSIST" FEATURE ON MY 2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURED DURING JANUARY OF 2002, AND THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED AT FOX CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP IN LAUREL, MD. IN THE 2002 EVENT, I EXPERIENCED A HIGH PITCH WHINING AND VIBRATIONS IN THE STEERING, AS WELL AS THE BRAKE PEDAL. IN EFFECTING THIS REPAIR, CHEVROLET REPLACED THE POWER STEERING PUMP. DURING THE LATTER PART OF NOVEMBER 2002, THE HIGH PITCH WHINING AND VIBRATION RETURNED. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BILL SEIDLE'S CHEVROLET IN CLERMONT, FL IN NOVEMBER OF 2002, AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE STEERING OR BRAKING SYSTEM. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WERE WRONG. ON TUESDAY EVENING, 2/4/2003, WHILE DRIVING WITH MY SEVEN YEAR OLD, THE SAME HIGH PITCH WHINING, AND PULSING IN THE BRAKE PEDAL RETURNED. THIS TIME IT RESULTED IN THE TOTAL LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WHILE EXITING A LOCAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM IN THE ORLANDO AREA. FORTUNATELY, I WAS DRIVING AS IT TOOK QUITE A BIT OF STRENGTH, TO STEER AND STOP THE VEHICLE AFTER THE LOSS OF THE POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. AT WHAT POINT DOES THE FAILURE OF SUCH A CRITICAL PART OF THIS VEHICLE GET LABELED AS A DEFECT IN THIS SYSTEM. THE FAILURE OF THIS SYSTEM, COULD HAVE CAUSED INJURY TO ME AND MY FAMILY (SON). HAD MY WIFE BEEN DRIVING THIS TRUCK, THE RESULT MAY HAVE BEEN GRAVELY DIFFERENT. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE REPUTATION FOR DURABILITY IN THE INDUSTRY, WITH THE EXPECTATION OF PURCHASING A QUALITY VEHICLE. I AM NOW FEARFUL OF PUTTING MY FAMILY IN THIS VEHICLE AFTER A SECOND FAILURE OF THIS CRITICAL SYSTEM. I AM REQUESTING THAT I BE CONTACTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BY SOMEONE THAT CAN ADDRESS MY CONCERNS. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT PLACING MY FAMILY IN A VEHICLE THAT HAS HAD THE POWER STEERING/BRAKING SYSTEM FAIL TWICE.

HAVE A 96 LUMINA WITH REAL BAD BRAKES I GAVE RICHARDSON CHEVY THE NHTSA ID NUMBER.A RECALL ON THE POWER BOSTER, AND HE SAYS HE DONT KNOW ANYTHING OF SUCH A NUMBER,BASICLY JUST GETTING THE RUN AROUND FROM THEM. PLUS BEFORE THEN I HAD ALREADY TAKEN THE CAR TO ANOTHER DEALER ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM .AND THEY PUT FRONT PADS ON IT AND SAID EVERYTHING ELSE WAS FINE (PURCH MOTORS)PLUS OTHER MISHAPS WITH THIS DEALER. WHAT CAN I DO NEXT TO GET SOME ANSWERS.. LUCKYLY I LIVE IN SMALL TOWN IF NOT WOULD OF BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT LONG TIME AGO.

TRANSMISSION LOCKS UP, 4 WD LIGHTS MOVE ON ITS OWN, THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES SINCE I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR, I REQUESTED THAT I DO NOT WANT THIS CAR BACK, BUT THEY INSIST THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM, NOW WITH MY CHILDREN 2 AND 16 YEARS IN THE CAR THE 4WD LIGHT WAS MALFUNCTIONING AND THE CAR LOCKED UP AND WE SKID DOWN THE STREET. I DONOT WANT THIS CAR BACK, I FEEL IT WILL KILL ONE OR ALL OF US WITH THIS LOCK UP OF TRANSMISSION AND THE CAR WON'T MOVE THANK GOD IT HAS NOT HAPPENED ON THE FREWAY I FEEL WE WOULD BE DEAD. THE CARS A LEMO0N AND I AM NOT WAITING FOR IT TO HARM MY FAMILLY.

WIRE PLUG INSIDE GAS TANK OVERHEATED AN MELTED THE WIRES AND THE PLUG. THE PUMP OF COURSE STOPPED WORKING SO TRUCK WOULD NOT START. ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY BY HUBLER CHEVROLET ON US31 IN GREENWOOD. I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS WAS THE SAME PROBLEM THEN. THE BILL SAYS THEY REPLACED THE PUMP AT THAT TIME. THIS TIME THE TRUCK WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY SO I WAS GOING TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP MYSELF. WHEN I PULLED THE PUMP FROM THE TANK I FOUND THE BURNT WIRES. I BENCH TESTED THE PUMP AND IT STILL WORKED. ALSO THE WIRES FOR FUEL GAUGE WERE MELTED. THE FUEL GAUGE HAD BEEN WORKING OFF AND ON FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS. I WAS WAITING FOR WARMER WEATHER TO PULL THE FUEL TANK AND FIX IT WHEN THIS HAPPENED. AS HOT AS IT HAD TO GET TO MELT THE WAY IT DID, MY FAMILY AND I ARE FORTUNATE THAT THE FUEL TANK DID NOT EXPLODE. *JB

THE SLAVE CYLINDER IN MY TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT EVERY 1.5 YEARS. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IT WENT OUT AND MY CLUTCH GOT SATURATED AND THUS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED TOO. THIS IS DEFINITELY A DEFECTIVE PART AND GM SHOULD ADMIT TO IT.