2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT FROM THIRD TO FOURTH THE ENGINE APPEARED TO HAVE A STUCK THROTTLE CABLE. PULLED THE TRUCK SAFELY OFF THE ROAD AND CHECK THE THROTTLE CABLE MAKING SURE IT WAS NOT BROKEN OR KINKED. I RESTARTED THE TRUCK AND THE RPMS AT IDOL WERE AT 2000 AND THEN I PLACED THE TRUCK INTO FIRST GEAR AND BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS MY HOME. AS I SHIFTED FROM 1 TO SECOND THE RPMS BEGAN TO RISE. AS I PLACED THE TRUCK INTO NEUTRAL THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN RPMS TO 3000 AND THEN ONTO 4000. I PLACED THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL AND ALLOW THE MOTION OF THE ENGINE TO PUSH THE TRUCK FORWARD AND USING THE BRAKES I WAS ABLE TO KEEP SPEEDS BELOW 45 AND WHEN THE TRUCK CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP THE ENGINE RPMS CONTINUED TO RISE ABOVE 4000. AFTER GETTING THE TRUCK HOME AND INSPECTION OF THE THROTTLE BODY, A HALF CUP MOVABLE PLATE WAS FOUND ATTACHED TO THE BUTTERFLY..THIS HAD PREVENTED THE BUTTERFLY TO CLOSE AND HAD TORN FROM THE BUTTERFLY PLATE. I HAVE NOT FOUND ANY DOCUMENTATION ON THIS PLATE OR CUP ON ANY SITES NOR IS IT MENTIONED IN ANY OWNER MANUALS. I WAS LUCKY, BUT OTHERS WHO ARE NOT MECHANICALLY INCLINED MAY NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO OR EVEN AN INCREASE CHANCE OF AN ACCIDENT WHICH COULD RESULT IN A DEATH OR INJURY. *TR

WITHOUT WARNING AS I ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A TURN AT LOW SPEED JUST AFTER START UP OF THE ENGINE THE POWER STEERING FAILED. VEHICLE THEN REQUIRED BRUTE STRENGTH TURN TURN.WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME AND GET REPAIRED BUT IF THIS HAD HAPPENED TO DAUGHTER OR WIFE THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STEER VEHICLE BECAUSE OF STRENGTH REQUIRED. MY MECHANIC THAT REPAIRED VEHICLE STATED THAT HE HAS SEEN THIS OCCUR IN GM VANS BEFORE WITHOUT WARNING. SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE IMMEDIATE FAILURE OF POWER STEERING BOX. $362.00 REPAIR WITH LABOR. *TR

THE BRAKE PEDAL HAS BEEN SOFT FOR QUITE A WHILE. DURING A PA. STATE SAFETY INSP. IT WAS DISCOVERED BY INSPECTION MECHANIC THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE LEAKING IN MULTIPLE PLACES. HE WAS GOING TO REPLACE ONLY THE AFFECTED AREA AT FIRST BUT THEN DISCOVERED THE LINES WERE LEAKING IN MULTIPLE PLACES. THEREFORE ALL THE LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

I WAS CHANGING THE OIL ON MY 2001 SILVERADO 1500 LS WHICH HAS ABOUT 115,000 MILES IN MY DRIVEWAY. WHILE I WAS UNDER THE CAR, I NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINES (AROUND THE ABS UNIT) ALONG SIDE THE FRAME RAILS ON THE DRIVER SIDE IS BADLY CORRODED. I MAY WELL HAVE TO CHANGE THE LINES ASAP AS IT IS HAZARD TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE ON THE ROAD. IT MAY WELL BE FATAL FOR ME OR FOR ANYONE ELSE ON THE ROAD IN CASE THE BRAKE LINES BURST WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKE. DID NOT EXPECT THIS FROM GM. I HAVE TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF THE TRUCK SO FAR AND THIS IS WHAT I GET BACK - GLARING ISSUES WHICH CAN GET ANYONE INJURED SERIOUSLY/KILLED. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS AND GET GM TO FIX THIS FOR ALL AFFECTED CONSUMERS BEFORE A WAKE UP CALL IN THE FORM OF A FATAL ACCIDENT. *JS

SUBURBAN WAS TRAVELING @ APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES PER/HOUR WHEN A TOYOTA FORERUNNER ILLEGALLY PULLED IN FRONT @ A SPEED OF APPROX 5-10 PER HOURS AND CAUSED A HEAD-COLLISION. FORERUNNERS AIRBAGS DEPLOYED BUT THE SUBURBAN DID NOT CAUSING INJURY TO OCCUPANT OF THE SUBURBAN. THE SUBURBAN'S DAMAGE WAS BOTH RADIATORS WERE SPLIT INTO 2 ALSO CAR NEEDED OVER 10,000.00 WORTH OF MAJOR REPAIRS TO FRONT END. AFTER CRASH CAR WOULD NOT START. POSSIBLE IGNITION PROBLEM. *JS

I LEFT MY PARKING AND THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON IN THE DASH. I NOTICED A VERY SPONGY FEEL SO PULLED OVER AND FOUND THAT HALF OF MY FLUID WAS MISSING. I INSPECTED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT ALL THE BRAKE LINES WERE EXTREMELY CORRODED, EVEN IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. BASED ON THIS INSPECTION, DESPITE NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND A "SMOKING GUN" LEAK, IT IS VERY APPARENT THAT THE CORRODED BRAKE LINES ARE THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER WITH BRAKE FLUID STILL LEFT IN THE SYSTEM. IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT SUCH A CRITICAL SAFETY ITEM (BRAKES) SHOULD HAVE A CORROSION PROBLEM TO THE DEGREE THAT THIS DOES. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR AND THE ABS SENSOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD AS THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,100.

THE VEHICLE WOULD EITHER STALL WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS OR FAIL TO START. I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED EMPTY WHICH WAS INACCURATE; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED, COASTED TO THE SHOULDER. CAR WOULD NOT CRANK AT FIRST BUT THEN STARTED, THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, THE VEHICLE WOULD SPORADICALLY BECOME HESITANT TO START. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO STALL PERIODICALLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE OTHER COMPONENTS, SUCH AS THE RADIO, WERE STILL OPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WOULD SPORADICALLY BECOME HESITANT TO START. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO STALL PERIODICALLY WITHOUT WARNING. AUTORIDE SUSPENSION, NOT WORKING. HARSH RIDE WITHOUT SHOCK DAMPERING. FRONT PASSENGER SEATBELT FREQUENTLY LOCKS UP AND WILL NOT EXTEND ENOUGH TO SECURE A PERSON. SEAT BELT OFTEN LOCKS UP WHEN PASSENGER IS BELTED IN AND PASSENGER CANNOT MOVE. *TR

I HAD AN ACCIDENT AT LOW SPEED BECAUSE OF UNWANTED (ABS) BRAKES ACTIVATION. I CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS AS I STOP AT LOW SPEED MY TRUCK MOVES FORWARD AGAIN AFTER THE STOP CAUSING A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT. I BOUGHT MY TRUCK IN FLORIDA. FOR THIS REASON MY VIN NUMBER IS NOT ON A RECALL LIST DUE TO THE FACT I PURCHASED IN A NON CORROSIVE STATE. I HAD TO COME TO OHIO QUITE OFTEN TO CARE FOR MY ILL MOTHER STARTING IN 2009. I ALSO HAVE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE SENSORS RECALLED, THE TAILGATE RECALLED(ACTUALLY FELL OFF THE TRUCK 3 TIMES WHILE I WAS ENROUTE), THE FUEL TANK PRESSURE SENSOR RECALL( NOT LETTING ME KNOW WHETHER I HAD GAS OR NOT), THE SEATS RECALL. ALL OF THIS DUE TO FAULTY PARTS CORRODING, AFTER I CAME TO OHIO, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I NEED MY VIN NUMBER ADDED TO THE RECALL SO I CAN HAVE THESE THINGS REPLACED BY A DEALER. I CANNOT DRIVE MY TRUCK NOW BECAUSE IT ISN'T SAFE. I HAVE TO TRANSPORT MY LITTLE GRAND CHILDREN AND ITS THE ONLY TRANSPORTATION I HAVE. *TR

EVEN AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED FOR THE LOW SPEED ABS ACTIVATION THE ABS IS ACTIVATING AGAIN. THIS TIME CAUSING ME TO RUN INTO A CONCRETE WALL. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THE RECALL WAS DONE BACK IN 2009. OBVIOUSLY THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEMS. *TR