2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Complaints

2004 CHEVY SILVERADO LS EXT. CAB 1500 4X4. BRAKE PEDAL GOING TO FLOOR BOARD WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. MUST PUMP BRAKE PEDAL TO BE ABLE TO STOP. HAS HAPPENED 12 TO 15 TIMES SINCE I TOOK DELIVERY 12/20/03. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER 2 TIMES AND OF COURSE DID NOT SHOW UP WHEN THEY TEST DROVE IT. SERVICE MANAGER SAID NOT TO PUMP THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAUSE OF THE ANTILOCK BRAKES, THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO ACT AND STOP THE TRUCK. TOLD SERVICE MANAGER TRUCK IS STILL ROLLING WITH PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND IF YOU DON'T PUMP THEM YOU WILL NOT STOP AND PROBABLY BE INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT. I DID NOT FEEL ANY ANTILOCK ACTION, PULSATIONS. ALSO HAVE SEEN SAME PROBLEMS AND COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET WITH CHEVY AND GMC PICKUPS. SEEMS TO ACTUP MORE ON COLD AND DAMP DAYS. CONTACTED BRIAN LANDIN AT CUSTOMER RELATIONS IN DETROIT. HE SAID DON'T BELEAVE ANYTHING YOU SEE ON THE INTERNET. WE HAD 3WAY CONVERSATION WITH SERVICE MANAGER AT DEALERSHIP AND BRIAN PRETTY MUCH AGREED WITH HIS SERVICE MANAGER. [IF IT AIN'T BROKE , DON'T FIX IT] I TOW A 21FT. BOAT WITH SURGE BRAKES AND MUST HAVE GOOD BRAKES ON THE TOW VEHICLE OR YOU DON'T STOP. HE TOLD ME TO STOP BEING SO PARANOID AND TO CONTACT MY SERVICE MANAGER IF I HAVE FURTHER PROBLEMS. I TOLD HIM THAT IF I HAVE AN ACCIDENT, MY LAWYER WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH HIM. IT WAS LEFT AT THAT POINT. I SEE THAT CHEVY AND GMC ARE CALLING BACK 1999 TO 2002 PICKUPS AND SUV'S FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS. COULD THIS BE INHERITED PROBLEM WITH ALL THERE TRUCKS , SEEING THAT THEY COMPLETELY REVAMPED THEIR BRAKE SYSTEM FOR THE 2005 YEAR. IF YOU HAVE ANY ANSWERS TO THIS PROBLEM OR FIXES, PLEASE CONTACT ME. SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE IS SOME PROBLEM WITH THE MASTER CYLINDER? THANKYOU, ROLAND TOROK PS: MILAGE IS 17,400

CONTACT STATES: SAFETY BULLETIN #PIP3328A DATED MARCH 14,2005 REGARDING SURGE IN A 2004-2005 CHEVROLET 6.6 ENGINE. STARTED OUT AS A ROUGH IDLE, AND IT PROGRESSIVLEY LEAD TO THE ENGINE SURGING.

CONTACT STATES: WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH VEHICLE IN FRONT SLAMMED ON BRAKES WHEN DRIVER TRIED TO STOP AND MISSED THAT VEHICLE, BUT BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. AFTERWARDS BRAKES WORKED, BUT SUSTAINED $ 2,700 WORTH OF DAMAGE. REPAIR WORK WAS BEING DONE TODAY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE TORSION BAR ON THE FRONT BROKE. THIS CAUSED THE RIGHT FRONT TO DROP AND LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. VEHICLE WAS TOW TO A REPAIR SHOP. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.*AK TORSION BAR ADJUSTER BROKE ON THE LEFT FRONT AND THEN LOST CONTROL AND WENT OFF DRIVEWAY INTO TREES CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO SUSPENSION AND FRAME. *BF

DEATH WAS THE RESULT OF A CRASH INVOLVING A 2004 SILVERADO TRUCK, DUALLY. MY SON, GENE, DECEASED OWNER, WAS RETURNING HOME WHEN TRUCK SKIDDED AND ROLLED OVER AT LEAST TWICE, KILLING HIM. I THINK THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES OR POWER STEERING, BUT AM NOT SURE HOW TO PROCEED WITH THIS. I HOPE YOU CAN HELP IN SOME WAY. GENE'S WORK WAS ON THE ROAD, AND HE LIVED ON THE ROAD. ALTHOUGH ALCOHOL WAS A FACTOR IN THE CRASH , HIS MOTHER SPOKE TO HIM WITHIN THE HOUR OF HIS DEATH AND HE DID NOT SEEM VERY INTOXICATED. *AK

THE CONNECTOR TO THE FAN BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR BURNED UP AND MELTED ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE TECHNICIAN THAT WORKED ON THIS VEHICLE SAID THAT THE CONNECTOR SHORTED OUT, CAUSING THE RESISTOR PLUG TO BURN UP. HE ALSO STATED THAT THIS WAS COMMON IN CERTAIN GM VEHICLES. CHEVROLET SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH AN OAK TREE AT 5 MPH. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER FRONTAL AIR BAG DEPLOYED. ALTHOUGH CONSUMER WAS PROPERLY RESTRAINED THE CRASH PUSHED THE ENGINE THROUGH THE FIREWALL AGAINST THE PASSENGER'S SEAT. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES, AND AN AMBULANCE TRANSPORTED THE DRIVER TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. *AK

SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER FAILURE. SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE SWINGS CLOCKWISE AND GOES PAST 120 MPH - EVEN WHEN VEHICLE IS STATIONARY. UNABLE TO DETERMINE VEHICLE'S SPEED. VERY UNSAFE SITUATION. TACHOMETER IS INACCURATE. CANNOT DETERMINE IF OR WHEN ENGINE IS BEING OVER-REVVED. THIS COULD LEAD TO ENGINE DISINTEGRATION. BOTH OF THE ABOVE HAS OCCURED IN A VEHICLE THAT IS LESS THAN ONE YEAR OLD. SEVERAL DELAERSHIPS ADVISING THIS IS GETTING TO BE A COMMON OCCURANCE.

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND FELT MY BRAKES SHUTTER THAN HEARD A WHIRRING NOISE AND LIGHTS STARTED COMING ON SAYING MY ANTILOCK BRACKS NEEDED SERVICE. WAS TOLD THAT MY TRUCK NEEDED A NEW ANTILOCK PUMPAND THAT IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY BY 3000 MILES NOTHING WAS DONE UP TO THIS POINT

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN TWO COLLISIONS CAUSED BY BRAKE FAILURE. THE FIRST COLLISION INVOLVED A VEHICLE MAKING A U TURN AND CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TRAVELING 40 MPH WAS UNABLE TO STOP AND STROKE THE OTHER VEHICLE. DURING THE SECOND COLLISION CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 35 MPH, WAS UNABLE TO STOP, AND COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER INVOLVING AN UPCOMING RECALL, AND WAS TOLD THAT NOTIFICATION WILL TAKE PLACE IN TWO-THREE WEEKS.*AK