2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PARKING AND EXITING THE VEHICLE, SHE HEARD AN ABNORMAL CLICKING NOISE AS THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL AWAY IN REVERSE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER'S DOOR OPENED AND SLAMMED HER TO THE GROUND, TRAVELING OVER BOTH OF HER LEGS. THE VEHICLE THEN CRASHED INTO A FENCE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE NERVES AND ARTERIES OF HER LEGS. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 154,000.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN RTE 3 NEAR MY HOUSE GOING APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES PER HOUR IN MID AFTERNOON. WHEN I TRIED TO APPLY MY BRAKES THE PEDDLE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND I WAS UNABLE TO STOP. I IMMEDIATELY DEPRESSED MY EMERGENCY BRAKE AND WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A SAFE STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL MIDAS SHOP AND WAS INFORMED THAT MY BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED THROUGH AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF NEARLY $1,400. I FEEL EXTREMELY LUCKY THAT I WAS NOT AT EXCESSIVE SPEED OR THAT ANYBODY WAS IN FRONT OF ME AS THIS SITUATION COULD HAVE RESULTED IN SERIOUS INJURY OR A FATALITY. *TR

RUSTED BRAKE LINE RUPTURED CAUSING LOSS OF FLUID RESULTING IN BRAKING FAILURE. *TR

NO BRAKES, ALL MOST WENT INTO OHIO RIVER. MAIN BRAKE LINE RUSTED OUT UNDER DRIVER SEAT. AND EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE RUSTED OUT UNDER DRIVER SEAT. AFTER CHECKING ALL LINE AND CABLE NEEDS REPLACED $ 2000. DEALER SAID NOTING THEY CAN REPLACE FOR FREE. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE GM PRODUCTS AGAIN . *TR *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME ABNORMALLY STUCK TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE BRAKE LINES, WHICH WERE CORRODED AND CAUSED THE BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK. THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 51,000. UPDATED 10/17/12*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Z71. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IN REVERSE, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR UPON ENGAGING. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE GEAR WAS IMMEDIATELY SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ENGAGED IN ORDER TO STOP. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE WITH THE USE OF THE EMERGENCY BRAKE FOR STOPPING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THE BRAKE LINES WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,800. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

UPON LEAVING A PARKING AREA WITH A FULL LOAD OF WOODCHIPS ON MY TRUCK MY BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT ANY DASHBOARD WARNING, WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. COASTING TO A STOP AND APPLYING THE PARKING BRAKE I STOPPED THE TRUCK WITHOUT HITTING ANYTHING. LOOKING UNDER THE TRUCK I FOUND THE REAR BRAKE LINE HAD BURST. I HAD THE TRUCK TAKEN TO MY MECHANIC WHO STATED THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE SYSTEM HAD CORRODED AND WAS FALLING APART. I WAS ADVISED TO TAKE IT TO THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALER TO REPAIR DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE LENGTH OF TIME TO NEEDED TO MAKE THE REPAIR. THE ENTIRE BRAKELINE SYSTEM, ABS PUMP MOTOR AND VALVE WAS EXCESSIVELY RUSTED, CORRODED THROUGH AND NON REPAIRABLE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. REPAIR COST $2,026.47. I AM APPALLED THAT GM IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE LINE SYSTEM AND I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED NOR WAS A RECALL ISSUED TO HAVE THIS TRUCKS BRAKE LINES REPLACED BEFORE THEY BURST AND CAUSED THE BRAKES TO FAIL COMPLETELY, WITHOUT WARNING. *TR

I WENT OUT TO LEAVE FOR A MEETING AND STARTED MY TRUCK. I HEARD A TICKING NOISE THAT I HAD NOT HEARD PRIOR TO THIS MORNING. I OPENED THE HOOD TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF THE TICKING AND DISCOVERED ON THE LEFT BANK ONE OF THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS WAS MISSING THE HEAD. I THEN WENT AROUND TO THE RIGHT BANK AND NOTICED THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS BROKEN COMPLETELY ABOUT MID WAY OF THE MANIFOLD. I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE SINCE IT WAS NEW OFF THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE HAD VERY LITTLE ISSUE WITH IT UNTIL THIS ISSUE POPPED UP. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AFFECTING CHEVROLET AND GM VEHICLES WITH 8 CYLINDER ENGINES. THIS VEHICLE IS USED AS A DAILY DRIVER AND IS NOT USED FOR COMMERCIAL TOWING, NOR IS IT USED FOR TOWING ON A REGULAR BASIS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A KNOCKING COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE NOISE WOULD BECOME LOUDER WHEN ATTEMPTING A TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE SECTOR SHAFT WAS FAILING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 125,000. UPDATED 8/31/12 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. UPDATED 09/11/2012 *JS

I HAVE A DIESEL TRUCK. I NOTICED THAT I COULD SMELL FUEL WHEN THE TRUCK WAS IDLING. I CHECKED UNDERNEATH AND NOTICE A POOL OF FUEL ON THE GROUND ABOUT MIDWAY BACK UNDER THE TRUCK. I CHECKED UNDERNEATH AND NOTICED THE FUEL LINE WAS LEAKING JUST BEFORE IT ENTERED THE FUEL COOLER. THE LINE HAD BURST DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUST. *TR