2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE REDUCED ENGINE POWER WARNING MESSAGE ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO 15 MPH. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOORBOARD BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH OUT THE YEARS AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE ELECTRICAL HARNESS, THE THROTTLE GROUNDING WIRE, THROTTLE BODY AND THE FUEL CAP, BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE DEALER COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THE TRUCK NEW THE PARKING BRAKE HAS NEVER WORKED CORRECTLY. WHILE THE BRAKE IS ENGAGED THE VEHICLE WILL STILL ROLL. AFTER NOTICING GM HAD ISSUED A RECALL ON THIS MODEL TRUCK FOR SIMILAR PROBLEMS I CONTACTED THEM. GENERAL MOTORS HAS INFORMED ME THAT MY TRUCK IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. ON THE ABOVE DATE WHILE LAUNCHING MY BOAT THE TRUCK LUNGED BACKWARD WHILE I WAS BEHIND (PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED) AS A LIFE LONG GM OWNER THIS WILL BE MY LAST. *TR

WIFE WAS DRIVING HER NIECE AND NEPHEW AND COMING UP ON A STOP SIGN TO CROSS A BUSY HIGHWAY. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I CHECKED THE BRAKE LINES AND THEY ARE EXTREMELY CORRODED/RUSTED AND HAVE A FAILURE IN AT LEAST ONE LOCATION. THIS DID NOT RESULT IN A CRASH OR INJURY BUT COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN FATAL. THERE IS NO WAY THAT A TRUCK ONLY 11 YEARS OLD SHOULD HAVE BRAKE LINES RUSTING LIKE THIS AND HAVING COMPLETE FAILURE. *TR

I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND A BRAKE LINE BLEW. LUCKY IT HAPPENED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND NOT COMING DOWN A HILL. I HAD TO HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY SAID ALL THE LINES NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO RUST. THE COST TO REPLACE THE LINES IS AROUND $950. *JS

I DROVE TO DENTAL OFFICE, PARKED MY TRUCK, ATTENDED APPOINTMENT. I RETURNED TO MY TRUCK, DROVE APPROX. 1-2 MILES BEFORE COMING TO AN INTERSECTION WHERE MY LANE WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT ON THIS TWO LANE ROAD. 3 VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME WERE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. I ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN WHEN MY BRAKES FAILED WITH NO WARNING. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND WAS BARELY SLOWING DOWN. I SWERVED LEFT AND HAD TO CROSS DOUBLE YELLOW LINES INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO AVOID CRASHING INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, WHICH WOULD HAVE COLLIDED WITH THE TWO OTHER CARS AT THE LIGHT. ONCE THAT ACCIDENT WAS AVOIDED, SOMEONE TURNED FROM A SIDE STREET HEADED DIRECTLY AT MY VEH. I MANAGED TO SLOW, CUT BACK INTO MY PROPER LANE AND NARROWLY AVOID HITTING THE STOPPED CARS AT THE LIGHT ONCE AGAIN. I REGAINED VERY LITTLE STOPPING ABILITY.ONCE STOPPED, MY BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. BRAKE LINE BROKE IN REAR LEFT DRIVERS SIDE. BRAKE LINES NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

WHEN I LEFT OUR GARAGE I NOTICED THAT THE RED BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT WAS ON. USUALLY MY HUSBAND DRIVES THIS TO WORK BUT WE SWITCHED VEHICLES BECAUSE I NEEDED TO HAUL A TRAILER TO HELP MOVE MY DAUGHTER. I HAVE ONLY DRIVE THIS VEHICLE ONE OTHER TIME SO I WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH HOW IT HANDLED. I NOTICED THAT I HAD TO PRESS HARD TO STOP BUT THOUGHT THAT WAS HOW IT HANDLED. I DROVE OVER 120 MILES WITH IT THIS WAY, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT, BY THE TIME I PULLED INTO OUR DRIVE, I COULD BARELY STOP THE VEHICLE. MY HUSBAND CAME OUT TO RELEASE THE TRAILER OUT BACK. HE GOT IN AND SAID, "WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE BRAKES?" I SAID, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" HE TOLD ME I HAD NO BRAKES AND I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. IT WAS A NEAR MISS INCIDENT BUT I HAVE FOUND (AS A FORMER SAFETY MANAGER) THAT THOSE NEAR MISS INCIDENTS OFTEN SHOW A ROOT CAUSE) THAT IN THE FUTURE MEANS SOMETHING. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE EVER IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT TO RECOUP THE MONEY WE WILL HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED. *TR

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FUEL TRANSFER PUMP RECALL NOTICE. *SMD

CHEVROLET SENT ME A NOTICE OF GUAGE FAILURE IN 2007 , AND SAID THEY WOULD REPLACE THEM IF THEY WERE NOT WORKING AS LONG AS THE MILAGE WAS UNDER 80000. THE PROBLEM WAS WHEN THEY SENT ME THE NOTICE MY GUAGES WERE WORKING, THEY CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL AFTER I HAD 82000 THEN THEY STOPPED WORKING. I CALLED THE DEALER AND TOLD THEM AND THEY SAID I WAS OVER THE MILES REQ. I UNDERSTAND THERE WERE A LOT OF TRUCKS THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

BRAKE LINE BROKE DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUSTING OF LINE. INTERNET RESEARCH SHOWS MANY MANY OWNERS HAVING SAME PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2004 CHEVROLET Z71 CREWCAB SILVERADO THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH NO WARNING SIGN SUCH AS SOFT PEDAL OR WARNING LIGHT. I AVOIDED REAR ENDING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE I WAS GOING SLOW ENOUGH IN TRAFFIC TO USE MY EMERGENCY BRAKE. UPON INSPECTION IF FOUND THE BRAKE RESERVOIR BELOW MINIMUM AND NO VISIBLE LEAKS IN MY GARAGE SO I FILLED WITH DOT3 FLUID PER OWNERS MANUAL. UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL SEEKING A FIRM PEDAL THE REAR HARD BRAKE LINE BURST. FURTHER EXAMINATION REVEALED ALL BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT, NOT JUST THE BURST LINE. MY TRUCK IS NOT A DAILY DRIVER AND SELDOM DRIVEN ON SALTED OR CHEMICAL TREATED ROADS. WHEN IT IS I ALWAYS TAKE IS TO MY LOCAL CAR WASH THAT HAS AN UNDERCARRIAGE WASH. I HAVE NOTICED MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ON BRAKE LINES FOR THIS VEHICLE WITH NO RECALL. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER HEARD OF BRAKE LINES RUSTING TO FAILURE ON A VEHICLE THAT IS UNDER 20 YEARS OLD. PLEASE INSIST CHEVROLET DO A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT AND THOSE OF US THAT OWN THIS VEHICLE CAN BE REIMBURSED, RETROACTIVELY IF NECESSARY. THANK YOU. *TR