2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE BRAKES FAILED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND PULLED OVER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

AFTER THE VEHICLE IS WARM, ONE OF THE INJECTOR SLEEVES BEGINS TO LEAK DIESEL AND OIL INTO THE CRANKCASE, CAUSING PLUMES OF WHITE AND BLACK SMOKE TO COME OUT OF THE TAIL PIPE AND CAUSES THE TRUCK TO SPUTTER. A LOUD SOUND OF A VALVE FLAPPING VIOLENTLY ALSO IS HEARD. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES. EACH TIME, THEY SAY THAT NOTHING IS WRONG. ONE DEALER IN MONTEREY SAID THAT THE INJECTORS ARE FROM A 2003 MODEL TRUCK AND ARE SMALLER THAN THE 2004 SLEEVES, THEREFORE ALLOWING DIESEL AND OIL TO LEAK INTO THE CRANKCASE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNWILLING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM IN SACRAMENTO.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT EVERY TIME HE ENTERED THE VEHICLE HE WOULD HAVE AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO THE VEHICLE. HE DID NOT KNOW IF IT WAS THE LEATHER INTERIOR. HE GOT HIVES ALL OVER HIS BODY. *AK

I OWN A 2500HD W/DURAMAX DIESEL.IT HAS FRAME BEAMING DEFECTS.DEFECT WAS PRESENT FROM THE START BUT WAS NOT IDENTIFIED TILL ABOUT 20,000 MI.TRUCK TEARING UP TIRES,VIBRATING,DIFFICULT TO STEER AND GETTING WORSE ALONG WITH DEVELOPING OTHER PROBLEMS.GM HAS LIED AND TRIED TO HIDE THAT THERE REALLY IS A DEFECT.THEY WOULD NOT PRESENT ANY TSB'S OR ANY OTHER INFO REGUARDING WHEN ASKED.THE TRUCK WAS VIBRATING SO BAD THE OTHER NIGHT I JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN BLEW THE R&R TIRE AND ALMOST HIT A ROCK EMBANKMENT.TIRES HAD LESS THAN 18000 MILES ON THEM .I BOUGHT 2 MORE JUST TO TRY TO BE SAFE AND GET THERE.PLEASE HELP WITH ANY INFO OR ADVICE, ANYTHING!*AK

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE PROBLEM I HAVE BEEN HAVING WITH THIS TRUCK STARTED FROM DAY ONE. WHEN I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK IT WAS RIGHT OFF THE SHOWROOM FLOOR IT WAS SOLD TO ME WITH BRAND NEW GM CERTIFIED 20" RIMS AND TIRES WHICH REALLY MAKE THE TRUCK LOOK GREAT BUT ONE THING THEY FAILED TO TELL ME WAS THAT THE STEERING ON THE TRUCK WOULD BE EFFECTED. I HAVE BROUGHT THE TRUCK BACK SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM.WHEN THE VEHICLE IS NOT IN MOTION THE STEERING ON THE TRUCK IS VERY VERY HARD TO TURN AS IF IT DOES'NT HAVE POWER STEERING. THIS MAKES TURNING THE TRUCK AROUND OR BACKING INTO AN AREA WERE YOU MUST FIRST TURN THE WHEEL VERY HARD. AFTER THE SECOND TIME I TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO RICART CHEVY ON HAMILTOIN RD THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM AND IT WOULD BE SOMTHING I WOULD HAVE TO LIVE WITH. WHEN I HEARD THIS I WENT TO THE RICART COORPRATE LEVEL AND THEY GOT A GM REP. INVOLVED .WHEN I TALKED TO THE REP FOR THIS AREA HE TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD NOT FIX IT AND THAT ALL THE TRUCKS IN THE RICART TRUCK LOT WITH THESE 20" WHEELS ALL DID THE SAME THING. I QUESTIONED HIM ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM BUT THE ARE STILL PUTTING THEM ON THE TRUCKS? HIS REPLY WAS THEY ARE NOW HAVING A WAIVER SIGNED FOR PEOPLE PURCHASING THE TRUCK WITH THESE WHEELS ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF TROUBLE.NOW I AM NO WIZARD ENGINEER BUT COMMON SENSE SHOULD SAY FIX THE TRUCK CORRECTLY. I DONT KNOW IF THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR INJURY BUT IT SURE WOULD BE HARD TO GET OUT OF THE WAY IF YOUR VEHICLE WOULD NOT TURN FROM A STANDING POSITION.AT THIS TIME I AM TRYING TO GET THIS RESOLVED BUT I DONT SEEM TO BE GAINING ANY GROUND AND COULD SURE USE YOUR HELP. I HAVE ASKED THEM TO FIX THE TRUCK OR REFUND MY MONEY IN FULL BUT BOTH REQUESTS HAVE BEEN DENIED.*AK

THE CONSUMER STATED HIS PANT LEG CONTINUED TO GET STUCK ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT WILL PROHIBIT HIM FROM BRAKING IN AN EMERGENCY. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB THE CONSUMER TALKED TO OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS OF PANT CUFFS SLIPPING OVER THE EMERGENCY BRAKE PEDAL WHEN ENTERING THE VEHICLE. PROBLEM DISTRACTS CONSUMER WHILE DRIVING BECAUSE HE HAS TO REACH DOWN AND REMOVE HIS PANT LEG FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL. *TC

WHILE DRIVING, THE SERVICE BRAKE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT COMPUTER HAS TO BE RESET BY THE MANUFACTURER. AT THIS TIME THE SOFTWARE HAD NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE EPA. THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS UNSURE IF THE SYSTEM WAS WORKING PROPERLY. *SC

INTERMITTENT BRAKE MALFUNCTION. *BF WHEN THE PEDAL WAS APPLIED IT SLOW WENT TO THE FLOOR WHICH RESULT IN LITTLE TO NO BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL BUT HTEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *NM

CLUNKING NOISE SOUNDING LIKE A U-JOINT IN BOTH REVERSE AND DRIVE FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEARS. HAPPENS AT ANY SPEEDS. TWO REPAIR CENTER/CHEVROLET DEALERS STATED THIS IS A COMMON NOISE AND FEELING. THERE WAS A BULLETIN FROM CHEVROLET ABOUT IT AND THERE IS NOT REPAIR. TOLD THAT YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE NOISE. *NM

DRIVER'S WINDOW RATTLES WHEN WINDOW IS NOT ALL THE WAY UP OR DOWN. DEALER STATES THIS IS NORMAL FOR THIS TRUCK AND THAT THERE ARE NO FIXS. *NM