2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER TURNING THE IGNITION SWITCH TO THE OFF POSITION, THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN. THE BATTERY CABLES AND THE FUSES WERE PULLED AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED RUNNING FOR ANOTHER 45 MINUTES. AS THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF THIRD GEAR AND THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 10/30/2006 - *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING COLUMN MADE A POPPING SOUND AND THERE WAS SLACK IN THE STEERING. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE STEERING SHAFT IN MARCH 2006, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED.

DT*: THE CONTACTS STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKES WERE LESS EFFECTIVE WHEN HOT. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE ROTORS WERE CORRODED AND THIS WAS A RESULT OF ROAD SALT. THE VEHICLE WAS IN A SALT BELT STATE. UPDATED 09/13/06.*JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH COMING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THE STEERING SYSTEM STARTED MAKING NOISES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO ORDERED THE PART TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THREE MONTHS LATER THE PART ARRIVED AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR TWO MONTHS THE NOISE REOCCURRED WORST BECAUSE IT OCCURRED AT ANY SPEED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN FOUR TIMES TO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS BUT NONE OF THEM HAS BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.

LOOSE STEERING COMPONENTS ON 3 GM VEHICLES I OWN. DEALER REPLACED ONCE AT 7000 MILES. PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN AT 14,000 MILES. SAME PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ON MY 2005 CADILLAC ESCALADE AND 2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. EVIDENCED BY LOUD CLUNK WHEN DRIVING. LOOSE STEERING COMPONENTS COULD LEAD TO FAILURE. WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT HE HAD ORDERED OVER 150 OF THE SAME COMPONENTS AT THE TIME OF FIRST REPLACEMENT. GM REFUSES TO REPLACE COMPONENTS, INSTEAD PACKING WITH GREASE AS A TEMPORARY FIX. PROBLEM WILL BE ON GOING UNTIL SUB-STANDARD PARTS ARE REPLACED. *NM

SPEEDOMETER FAILURE. TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE CHEVROLET REPAIR CENTER TO BE TOLD THAT THE WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER AND THE PRICE THEY ARE ASKING IS OUTRAGEOUS. THE DEFECT IS KNOWN TO THE REPAIR MAN THERE FOR I WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WERE HAVING IT VERY FREQUENTLY, THEREFORE IT IAS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT. *NM

IN JUNE 2006 THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO PINKERTON CHEVROLET BECAUSE OF A HOT WIRE SMELL. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE SMELL. AN OIL CHANGE WAS DONE AT THE SAME TIME. APPROXIMATELY 7 WEEKS LATER THE TRUCK SHUT OFF. MY HUSBAND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE TRUCK TO NO AVAIL. HE LEFT THE TRUCK IN THE OFF POSITION AND WENT FOR HELP. HE RETURNED 20 MINUTES LATER TO FIND THAT THE TRUCK CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE CAB. THE DOME LIGHT WAS ON BUT THE DOORS WERE SHUT. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THEY THINK RATS GOT INTO THE ENGINE BUT THERE WAS NO FIRE IN THE ENGINE ONLY IN THE CAB. THE TRUCK IS MOVED EVERYDAY. WE HAVE TWO OTHER TRUCKS AND A CAMPER THAT IS STATIONARY ALL THE TIME AND THEY HAVE NO RAT NESTS IN THEM. WE HAVE NO TALL GRASS AROUND OUR HOUSE OR IN OUR YARD. THE TRUCK SAT AT THE DEALERSHIP IN THE TALL GRASS FOR A WEEK BEFORE IT WAS EVEN LOOKED AT AFTER THE INCIDENT. MY HUSBAND REGULARLY DOES SAFETY CHECKS ON THE VEHICLES AND NEVER SAW ANY RAT NESTS, GNAWING, OR DROPPINGS IN THE MOTOR COMPARTMENT. THE DEALERSHIP IS REFUSING TO LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT THE SUPPOSED RATS REALLY CAUSED THE FIRE. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT MY INSURANCE NEEDS TO PAY FOR IT. THE TRUCK WAS AT THE SHOP A MONTH BEFORE AND YET THERE WAS NO THOROUGH CHECK UP ON THE TRUCK WHILE IT WAS THERE. THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE TRUCK TO JUST GO UP IN FLAMES. THE DEALERSHIP IS FIXING THE TRUCK ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT MY INSURANCE IS GOING TO COVER IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF DOING IT THEMSELVES. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE AT STOP SIGN, A VAN HIT THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. UPON IMPACT, THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY.

WHEN THE OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS APPROXIMATELY 75 DEGREES, ESPECIALLY OVER 85 DEGREES, THE VEHICLE'S HORN WILL NOT OPERATE. IT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS DELIVERED NEW. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR 3 TIMES. EACH TIME IT IS CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN FIXED. YET, ONCE THE OUTSIDE TEMP GOES UP THE HORN WILL NOT WORK. AFTER SOME TIME WHILE DRIVING IT MAY OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY. IT IS A SERIOUS HAZARD SINCE, DURING WARM WEATHER, IT IS LIKELY TO NOT WORK IN AN EMERGENCY. ON AT LEAST 5 OCCASIONS IT FAILED DURING AN EMERGENCY WHEN I TRIED TO USE THE HORN. I REGISTERED A COMPLAINT WITH GENERAL MOTORS (FILE NO 1-413956517) BUT THEY HAVE BEEN NON-RESPONSIVE. *NM

WHILE PARKED ON THE STREET, LOCKED AND NOT IN USE FOR 7 DAYS, A FIRE APPARENTLY STARTED IN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED AND SPREAD TO THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WELL AND LEFT FRONT BUMPER COWLING, BEFORE IT WAS PUT OUT WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THE GM INVESTIGATOR HAS INDICATED THAT IT IS THEIR DETERMINATION THAT THE PROBLEM STARTED EXTERNAL TO THE VEHICLE. *NM