2004 CHEVROLET EXPRESS Complaints

FAULTY HINGE PINS ON SIDE DOORS OF 2004 CHEVY 3500 EXPRESS VAN CAUSE SEVERE BINDING OF HINGES. THIS COULD CAUSE EXIT DIFFICULTY FOR CHILD OR ELDERLY TRYING TO EXIT IN CASE OF ACCIDENT OR EMERGENCY. IT IS A PROBLEM WITH MULTIPLE YEARS AND PINS HAVE BEEN REDESIGNED. CHEVY WILL ONLY REPAIR AT CUSTOMERS EXPENSE. THIS IS NOT FROM DAMAGE OR NEGLECT. I HAVE TRIED TO LUBRICATE WITH NO SUCCESS. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET EXPRESS 3500. WHILE DRIVING 5-10 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE AND THE STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE STEERING IDLER ARM WAS CRACKED. THE MANUFACTURER DENIED THE REPAIR AS PART OF RECALL NUMBER 07103 BECAUSE THE CRACK ON THE IDLER ARM WAS NOT LOCATED IN THE CORRECT SPOT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 46,000. UPDATED 10/09/07. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE DID NOT RELEASE THE SEAT BELT PROPERLY. INTERMITTENTLY, THE SEAT BELT BECAME STUCK IN THE BUCKLE. THE NOTICE FOR NHTSA RECALL #05V558000, PERTAINING TO THE SEAT BELTS, WAS RECEIVED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHERE THE DEALER DENIED A FREE REMEDY DUE TO THE PROBLEM ONLY BEING INTERMITTENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, WHO STATED THE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY WOULD ONLY BE REPLACED IF THE PROBLEM COULD BE REPLICATED AT THE DEALERSHIP.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT VARIOUS SPEEDS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME WITH BRAKES DEPRESSED, THE STEERING WHEEL VIOLENTLY SHOOK. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO TURNED THE BRAKE ROTORS. AFTERWARDS, THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO AS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED.

2004 CHEVROLET EXPRESS G-VAN ENGINE OVERHEATED CAUSING SMOKE TO COME FROM DRIVER CABINET AND ENGINE SHUT OFF. *KB THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED. *JB

CONSUMER COMPLAINT CONCERNING THE POOR QUALITY OF GM AND GMAC PRODUCTS. *TS THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE FRONT BUCKLE ASSEMBLY ON HIS SEAT BELT. THE CONSUMER HAD ALREADY BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THE RECALL. *JB

WINDSHIELD IS FULL OF WHAT LOOKS LIKE SCRATCHES, BUT IT MUST BE IN LAMINATION (?), BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FEEL THEM ON EITHER THE INTERIOR OR EXTERIOR OF THE GLASS. GRADUALLY GETTING WORSE, CAUSING ANNOYING VISION THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. NO REAL INCIDENT DATE, JUST GRADUALLY GETTING WORSE, SPREADING. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ELECTRICAL MODULE THAT CONTROLS THE AUDIO WARNING SYSTEM IS LOCATED IN THE ORIGINAL RADIO. THE CONTACT SWITCHED THE RADIO AND LOST ALL OF THE AUDIO WARNING SYSTEMS. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED AND DETERMINED THE MODULE WAS IN THE ORIGINAL RADIO AND IT SHOULD BE PUT BACK IN THE VEHICLE.

DURING A SUDDEN STOP CHEVY 2500 EXPRESS ABS BRAKES PULLED TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT. *TS THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM USUALLY OCCURRED DURING A PANIC STOP. THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAD THREE SEPARATE ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THE DEFECTIVE BRAKES. *JB

OUR 2004 CHEVY EXPRESS VAN STALLED SERVERAL(12) TIMES WITHIN A 14 MILE DISTANCE ON THE INTERSTATE IN DENVER, CO. THE WIFE WAS ABLE TO GET IT HOME, AND WE CONTACTED THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALER (STEVENSON CHEVY, GOLDEN CO.) THE SERVICE ADVISOR ADVISED US THAT CHEVY IS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH FUEL PUMPS OVERHEATING AND IS WORKING THE PROBLEM. NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FUEL PUMP PROBLEM FROM CHEVY. YES, THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACE AT SEVENSON CHEVY IN GOLDEN, CO ON 21 JULY. THIS IS OUR SECOND OCCURANCE OF A FUEL PUMP FAILURE IN A NEW CHEVY VEHICLE. OUR FIRST OCCURANCE WAS IN OUR NEW 2001 TAHOE, WHERE IT STRANDED US IN THE MIDDLE OF KANSAS, WHEN THE FUEL PUMP FAILED.