2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

"TAKATA RECALL" NHTSA RECALL NUMBER-16V381 I'M MERELY CONCERNED THAT'S ITS BEEN 3 YEARS SINCE I RECEIVED THE TAKATA RECALL LETTER, AND THAT GM'S RESPONSE HAS BEEN, "RECALL INCOMPLETE. REMEDY NOT YET AVAILABLE." FROM WHAT I'VE GATHERED FROM THE RECALL, VEHICLES IN HOT, HUMID CLIMATES ARE MORE AT RISK. THIS ALSO CONCERNS ME, BECUASE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK IN 2011 WHILE LIVING IN HAWAII. I LIVED THERE FOR TWO YEARS, MOVED BACK TO TEXAS FOR A YEAR, THEN MOVED BACK TO HAWAII FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS, AND THEN BACK TO TEXAS, SHIPPING MY TRUCK BACK AND FORTH THROUGH THOSE MOVES. HAWAII IS EXTREMELY HUMID, AND MORE OVEN THAN NOT, HOT. AND TEXAS IS EXTREMELY HOT AND CAN GET HUMID. I'M WORRIED THAT MY TRUCK MIGHT BE MORE AT RISK.

TAKATA RECALL - I CONTACTED THE LOCAL DEALER ABOUT THIS RECALL IN JULY 2016 WHEN I RECEIVED THE LETTER AND IT HAS NOT YET BEEN FIXED. I RECENTLY HAD MY TRUCK AT THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHY IT HADN'T BEEN FIXED EITHER. PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW TO HAVE MY RECALLED AIRBAGS REPLACED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS STRUCTURALLY INFERIOR DUE TO CRACKS FROM THE MIDDLE TO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE DASHBOARD COULD AFFECT OTHER COMPONENTS, SUCH AS THE AIR BAGS. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS). NILES CHEVROLET (3500 N ROOSEVELT BLVD, KEY WEST, FL 33040, (305) 390-0320) STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE DASH IS CRACKING AROUND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AND THE ABOVE THE DRIVERS SIDE SPEEDOMETER. THIS POSES A DANGER TO ALL OCCUPANTS IF A CRASH WERE TO HAPPEN AND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WERE TO GO OFF. THIS WOULD SEND SHARDS OF BROKEN PLASTIC DASHBOARD EVERYWHERE. UNSAFE TO SAY THE LEAST.

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START VEHICLE I STOP LEAVE IT IN START POSITION AND IT WILL START BY ITSELF WHEN NOT ATTEMPTING TO START. AFTER THIS WHEN PUT INTO GEAR IT WILL SHUT OFF WHEN THIS HAPPENS.

RECALL ON AIRBAGS. NO REMEDY FROM GM. DISCOVERED ON MY OWN THAT GOOD 2012 AIRBAGS HAVE SAME PART NUMBER AS MY RECALLED 2011 AIRBAGS. DEALER WILL NOT INSTALL GOOD 2012 AIRBAGS IN MY TRUCK. I WANT YOU TO DEMAND THAT GM BE ORDERED TO REPLACE MY RECALLED AIRBAGS WITH GOOD 2012 AIRBAGS.

TAKATA RECALL: THE TRADE IN VALUE ON MY METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO WAS DRASTICALLY REDUCED. IT COST ME NEARLY $5000 IN ACTUAL VALUE, AS A DEALER CANNOT RESELL A TRADED IN VEHICLE WITH AN ACTIVE RECALL AND MUST SEND IT TO BE AUCTIONED. SO I HAVE SUFFERED BOTH SEVERE EMOTIONAL DISTRESS FROM CONSTANTLY BEING IN FEAR THE AIRBAG IS GOING TO RANDOMLY BLOW MY NUTS OFF, AND CRIPPLING UNDUE MONETARY HARDSHIP BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE OF TAKATA OR GM TO RESOLVE THIS RECALL. WHICHT HAS BEEN ACTIVE FOR 5 [XXX] YEARS I MIGHT ADD. MY VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY BECAUSE OF MY ANXIETY TO RISK DEATH BY AIRBAG DECAPITATION!! PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

ACCORDING TO NHTSA MY VEHICLE HAS AN OUTSTANDING RECALL . WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN TAKEN CARE OF YET ? I'VE ASKED MY LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER AND WAS TOLD THERE'S NO RECALL ON MY VEHICLE.

BATTERY DIED DUE TO HEADLIGHTS COMING ON WHILE CAR WAS PARKED. LIGHTS CAN NOT BE SHUT OFF FROM SWITCH, OPENING THE HOOD I DETECTED ELECTRICAL SMELL. I REMOVED THE FUSE BOX COVER AND NOTICED WATER COLLECTING AND STAINS. I PULLED SEVERAL FUSES AND FOUND THREE THAT MELTED. ALL THIS HAPPENED AFTER A ICE STORM FOLLOWED BY A WARMING UP AND MELTING TREND THE WATER COLLECTED ON THE FENDER BRACE AND LEAKED INTO UNDER HOOD FUSE BLOCK. I REPLACED THE FUSE BLOCK AND ALL IS OK. THOUGH FUSES WERE MELTED APART THEY STILL MADE CONTACT AND EASILY COULD HAVE STARTED A FIRE. I DRILLED HOLES INTO FENDER BRACES AND REDIRECTED THE WATER.

MY FRONT DRIVER SIDE TOP CONTROL ARM BROKE WHEN I HIT A POLE ON THE REAR OF MY TRUCK. IT SNAPPED OFF AT THE BALL. I WAS IN A PARKING LOT AND SIDE SWIPED A POLE AT ABOUT 5 MPH. SHOULD NOT HAVE SNAPPED A PART IN THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK! THERE IS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF CORROSION UNDER MY TRUCK. EVEN BEHIND THE REAR TAIL LIGHT WHICH SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN EXPOSED, THERE'S RUST. THIS TRUCK HAS MORE RUST THAT TRUCKS THAT ARE 30 YEARS OLD.