2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Complaints

FIRESTONE TIRES: UNEVEN, EXCESSIVE WEAR; SIDEWALL DEFORMATIONS & SPLITS; NOISY AND VEH PULLS TO THE RIGHT.

LOUD CLUNKING NOISE UNDER THE HOOD AND VIBRATION COMING UP THE STEERING COLOUM. TRAILER RUNNING LIGHTS KEEPS BLOWING FUSES. CLUNKING ON STOP OR OR WHEN ACCELERATING

WHILE DRIVING A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD. CONSUMER PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER, AND NOTICED THAT TAILGATE BROKE, AND DROPPED ONTO BUMPER. *AK

I BOUGHT A 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO IN OCT 2001. I HAVE BEEN THE ONLY OWNER AND DRIVER OF THIS VEHICLE. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT SINCE I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE I HAVE HAD THE LEFT REAR DIFFERENTAL AXLES SEALS AND BRAKE PADS REPLACED 4 TIMES AND THE RIGHT REAR SEAL AND BRAKE PADS ONCE. THE PROBLEM STARTED WHEN THE VEHICLE HAD 15,682 MILES , SECOND TIME AT 26,252, THIRD TIME AT 32,727 AND THE FOURTH TIME AT 65,624. WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK FOR THE THIRD TIME I WAS TOLD THAT THE SEALS WERE FINE AND THAT I PROBABLY NEEDED THE PVC VALUE, FUEL AND AIR FILTERS CHANGED. THEY CHANGED EVERYTHING AND CHARGED ME FOR THE WORK. WITHIN 3 WEEKS I WENT TO ANOTHER CHEVY DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE AXLES DID NEED REPLACING. THEY DID THE WORK THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE 3 WEEKS EARLIER. WHEN I WENT TO THE FIRST DEALER ABOUT BEING REIMBURSED FOR WORK THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DONE I GOT BLOWN OFF. I NOW HAVE PAID OVER $500 FOR A REOCCIRING PROBLEM WHICH SEEMS TO BE A DEFECT. I HAVE CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS AND EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE TALKED TO ME I FEEL THAT I AM GETTING NOWHERE. WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE? ME HAVING AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE MY BRAKES GET FLUID LEAKED ON THEM . I TRAILER MY HORSE WITH THIS TRUCK AND GOD FORBID ANYTHING HAPPEN WHEN I AM TRAILERING. THEN ARE THEY GOING TO LISTEN AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS?*AK

THE CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE IN THE STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY GREASED THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT, BUT THE REMEDY ONLY LASTED 5000 MILES. PLEASE DESCRIBE FURTHER. *JB THE THUMP NOISE WAS HEARD INSIDE THE CAB AND FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE DASH. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN REPAIR FOUR TIMES AND THE CHANGED THE STEERING BOX ON THE 3RD VISIT. THE NEW BOX STARTED EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. ON THE FOURTH REPAIR THE STEERING BOX WAS GREASED. WHEN THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM IT WORSENED QUICKLY AND FELT LIKE THE WHEEL WERE LOOSE. THE STEERING WOULD CRUNCH IN THE CONSUMER'S HAND AND FELT LOOSE. THE DEALER ONLY MADE TEMPORARY REPAIRS. *SC

ONE OF THE TWO SUPPORT CABLES WHICH HOLD THE TAILGATE IN PLACE WHEN IT IS OPEN HAS BROKEN IN THE MIDDLE AND APPEARS TO BE BADLY CORRODED. *JB

CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE EARLY IN THE MORNING AND HEARD A NOISE. THE NOISE SOUND LIKE A DIESEL ENGINE. AFTER VEHICLE IS WARMED UP, THERE WAS NO NOISE. DEALER STATED THAT THIS TYPE OF NOISE WAS COMMON TO ANY VEHICLE BEING STARTED EARLY IN THE MORNING.

MOISTURE DRIPPING FROM AN AIR CONDITIONER HOSE CORRODED THE DISTRIBUTOR CAP TO THE POINT THAT THE ENGINE WOULD RUN VERY ROUGHLY AND WITH NO POWER. DEALER REPLACED THE CAP, SPARK PLUG WIRES AND COVERED THE A/C HOSE AT 22800 MILES BUT THE SAME SYMPTOMS STARTED AGAIN AT 43880 MILES.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, THE TAILGATE, WHILE LATCHED, FELL OFF THE TRUCK.*AK

WHILE DRIVING TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLES BROKE, CAUSING THE TAILGATE TO DETACH FROM THE VEHICLE. DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE SOLVED BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS TIED TAILGATE TO THE VEHICLE WITH CORD. *AK