2001 CHEVROLET EXPRESS Complaints

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE STALLED WHEN SLOWING DOWN OR WHEN STOPPING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE FUEL INJECTOR PUMP WAS REPLACED. THIS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE.*AK UPDATED 12/07/05. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. ALSO, IT STALLED WHEN SLOWING DOWN OR WHEN STOPPING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE FUEL INJECTOR PUMP WAS REPLACED. THIS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE.*AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE LEFT REAR TIRE. THIS HAPPENED ON A RENTAL CAR THAT THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND WAS DRIVING. THE TIRE DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. *AK UPDATED- THE CONSUMER STRUGGLED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER HE DID MANAGED TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A SAFE STOP. *JB

SIDEWALLS OF TIRES SPLIT AFTER ONLY 38,000 MILES ON TIRES AND ARE ORIGINAL TIRES FOR MY 2001 CHEVY EXPRESS VAN . TIRE STYLE IS A STEELTEX RADIAL R45 ( LT 245/75R16)*JB

DT: CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET EXPRESS VAN. THE CONTACT STATED THE POWER PEDESTAL BRACKET FOR THE DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE. THE GENERAL MOTORS SERVICE DEALER STATED THAT THE THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THE BRACKET TO BREAK. THE GENERAL MOTORS MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FAILURE OF THE AFTER MARKET PRODUCT INSTALLED BY MAJESTIC BECAUSE IT WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT OF THE VEHICLE. MAJESTIC STATED THAT THE BRACKET THAT BROKE WAS A GENERAL MOTORS PRODUCT, AND II WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GENERAL MOTORS TO REPAIR IT. *AK

DT:CONSUMER BOUGHT VEHICLE NEW. AFTERWARDS, CONSUMER STARTED HAVING PROBLEM WITH THE DOOR HANDLES WHICH BROKE OFF. CONSUMER BOUGHT ANOTHER VAN, LATER AND THE HANDLES WERE THE SAME. THE VAN JUST PURCHASED HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. EACH TIME CONSUMER HAD HANDLES REPLACED. CONSUMER PAYS ABOUT $160 PER DOOR. CONSUMER CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS A FEW TIMES, BUT GENERAL MOTORS REFUSED TO ANSWER TO CONSUMER'S SATISFACTION.*AK

WHILE PARKED A FIRE ERUPTED AND FLAMES CAME FROM BETWEEN THE DASHDOARD AND WINDSHIELD. *NM THE COMPLAINANT HAS A FLEET OF 50 DELIVERY VANS, INCLUDING THIRTY-NINE CHEVROLET VANS, SEVEN OF WHICH ARE THE SAME MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR AS THE ONE THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE.

THE CONSUMER HAD COME TO A STOP SIGN AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN LEFT AND DID SO WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT EACH TURN HAD BECOME MORE DIFFICULT AND WAS ACCOMPANIED BY GRINDING NOISES. *SC THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE STEERING GEAR BOX HAD SEIZED INTERNALLY. *JB

INTERMITTENTLY ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD BE STIFF/HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO DEPRESS. *AK WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STANDING POSITION OR A VERY SLOW SPEED THE PEDAL WOULD NOT GO DOWN GRADUALLY WHEN PUSHED HARDER, THE VEHICLE WOULD LURCH FORWARD. THE CABLE WAS FOUND FRAYED INSIDE THE CABLE SHREATH AND WAS REPLACED. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING REAR DRIVER'S TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. CONSUMER PULLED AND CHANGED THE TIRE. DEALERSHIP WILL BE NOTIFIED. FIRESTONE, LT24575R16. *AK