2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Complaints

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE TREAD. HE FELT A VIBRATION IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. SEVERAL MOMENTS LATER, THE TIRE BLEW. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED , AND THEY OFFERED NO FREE REMEDY. THE TIRE LINE WAS 245/70R17. *AK UPDATED 12/7/2005 - GENERAL TIRE. *NM

THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE VEHICLE BOUNCED AS IT WENT DOWN THE ROAD AT 50-65 MPH. IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS SINCE THE CONTACT BOUGHT IT NEW. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WILL DO ANYTHING. THE CONTACT TOOK VEHICLE TO 2 DEALERS, AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THEY COULD FEEL THE BOUNCE BUT "IT WASN'T THAT BAD". OVERALL TRUCK DRIVES LIKE A DUMP TRUCK. FRONT TIRES WORE IN LESS THAN 2500 MILES. DEALER ROTATED THE TIRES AND A FRONT END ALIGNMENT AND SAID "TRY THAT". OWNED A 2002 EXACT SAME TRUCK AND WAS A MUCH BETTER RIDE. DEALER TOLD ME " THEY MADE THE SEATS MORE UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE FALLING ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL" CAN U BELIEVE THAT. *NM

AT 38,000 MILES ON 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO Z71 THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULD NOT GO OFF. THE REAR VIEW MIRROR WHICH TELLS IF SOMEONE IS RIDING ON THE PASSENGER FRONT IS OFF. THERE IS NO WAY TO TELL IF THEY WILL WORK WHEN NEEDED OR NOT. *NM

RT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT ON MY 2005 SILVERADO WHILE DRIVING. TIRE ONLY HAD 2500 MILES ON IT. IT WAS A BRIDGESTONE DUELLER A/T TIRE. I AM GOING TO CONTACT THE DEALER ON OCT 31 TO FIND OUT IF MY TIRE WILL BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE RIM. CAUSED LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND COULD HAVE CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE OR DEATH IF FAILURE HAPPENED AT SPEED OR ON CROWDED ROAD. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS AT 1,000 MILES WITH THE TIRES. THE TIRES STARTED FEATHERING ON THE OUTSIDE EDGES. AT 2,700 MILES THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT TIRES ON 10-6-05. THE REAR TIRES ALSO STARTED TO FEATHER. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO REPLACE THE REAR TIRES UNDER WARRANTY. THE FRONT END ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED AT THAT TIME. IN REGARD TO THE ALIGNMENT, THE CAMBER, CASTER, TOE IN, AND TOE OUT WERE ALL DETERMINED OUT OF ADJUSTMENT ON ALL FOUR SIDES FROM THE FACTORY. THIS WAS DETERMINED BY THE DEALERSHIP. AFTER THE NEW TIRES AND THE FRONT END ALIGNMENT WAS DONE THE VEHICLE STILL PULLED TO THE LEFT EXTREMELY HARD. *AK

VEHICLE VIBRATES NON-STOP THROUGH STEERING WHEEL, ACCELERATOR, FLOORBOARD & BRAKE PEDAL. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING ON A STEEP CURVE HE HAD TO PANIC BRAKE TO AVOID GOING OVER AN EMBANKMENT. THE BRAKES LOCKED AND WOULD NOT ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP. THE VEHICLE HIT THE GROUND AND PROCEEDED TO FLIP OVER. THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS. UPON IMPACT THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED TO DETERMINE WHY THE BRAKES LOCKED UP OR WHY THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. HE HAS NOT CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER OR THE SERVICE DEALER. *AK

1. DRIVEN VEHICLE FOR 5,600 MILES, NO SPECIAL EVENTS 2. WHILE IN REVERSE, VEHICLE ACCELERATES AND DECELERATES WITHOUT PUSHING ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. 3. COMPUTER REPLACED AFTER WE REFUSED TO DRIVE, GM SAID VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. *NM

9/2/2005; THE FUEL GAUGE FAILED ON THE VEHICLE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE/REPAIR AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CHEVY ENGINEERS WERE LOOKING INTO FIND THE PROBLEM. 9/27/2005; I RAN OUT OF FUEL ON THE FRONT TANK. THE REAR TANK OF THE TRUCK WAS FULL. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE/REPAIR AND WAS TOLD THAT THE FUEL GAUGE PROBLEM AND THE TRANSFERRING OF FUEL BETWEEN THE TANKS. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN FIXED AS OF YET. I AM STILL AWAITING AN ANSWER FROM CHEVROLET. *NM

TRUCK HAS 14000 MILES, IT HAS CONSTANT OVER HEATING PROBLEMS WHILE TOWING MY 8K TRAVEL TRAILER. I HAVE TALKED WITH THE CHEVROLET DEALER ABOUT IT, THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT AT THIS TIME HAVE NO FIX. I CALL STUPID BECAUSE I HEARD ONLINE THAT THE 06 MODELS HAVE REVISED COOLING SYSTEMS AND A LARGER TURBO CHARGER. MY BELIEF IS THE FIX IS TO MUCH $$ AND THEY WILL ONLY TAKE CARE OF THE FEW PEOPLE THAT TOW AND HAVE ISSUES. I HAVE NOTICE A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THE NET ABOUT 04.5 AND 05 LLY DURAMAX TRUCK THAT TOW OVER 10000 HAVE THIS ISSUE BUT MY TRAVEL TRAILER FULLY LOADED ONLY WEIGHS UNDER 9K. THE MAJOR DOWN SIDE IS THE TRUCKS INABILITY TO MAINTAIN THE SPEED LIMIT DUE TO THE OVERHEATING WATER TEMPERATURE AND THE POWER LOSS FORMED A COOLING FAN THAT RUNS HYPERSPEEDS NO STOP WHEN TOWING. MY TOWING HAS BEEN DONE AT LOW OUTSIDE TEMPERATURES RANGING FOR 75 TO 85 DEGREES OUTSIDE. THIS TRUCK IS NOT PERFORMING AS ADVERTISED OR SUPPOSED TO BE DESIGNED FOR. *NM