2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 10 MPH APPLYING THE BRAKES, THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES. THERE WAS ALSO AN INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE. THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY AND THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS OF THE FAILURE. THE DEALER SERVICED THE BRAKES AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NO LUBRICANT APPLIED TO THE BRAKES TO PREVENT POTENTIAL CORROSION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 24,600.

TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM ACTIVATES FOR NO APPARENT REASON ON DRY PAVEMENT. ACTIVATION TYPICALLY OCCURS AFTER COMPLETE VEHICLE STOP. ACCELERATION DURING SLOW SPEEDS OR AFTER A STOP IS IMPACTED. *TR

LOW SPEED ACTIVATION OF ABS BRAKING SYSTEM CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES AND/OR NO STOPPING AT ALL. NO ABS SYSTEM CODES SET. NO ABS LIGHT COMES ON. DEALER CHECKED IT OUT AND SAID THE FRONT ABS SENSORS WERE BAD. I REPLACED BOTH SENSORS, WITH THE SAME PROBLEM EXISTING, IF NOT WORSE. THE LEFT SENSOR IS AVAILABLE, BUT THE RIGHT ONE WAS BROKEN DURING REMOVAL AND THROWN AWAY. I DID NOT KNOW I WOULD NEED IT. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN AND THE BRAKES APPLIED AT LOW SPEED TO COME TO A STOP. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR EARLIER MODELS OF MY VEHICLE AND I BELIEVE MY MODEL YEAR SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS WELL AS OTHERS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. I THINK IT SHOULD BE REPAIRED, RECALLED OR RESOLVED TO THE COMPLETE SATISFACTION OF ALL INVOLVED! *TR

MY 2006 SILVERADO [ AFTER DEALER CHANGED FRONT BRAKE PADS] STARTED LOW SPEED ABS ACTIVATION. I ALMOST WENT THROUGH A STOP SIGN. DEALER SAYS OVER 36,000 NO WARRANTY WORK. I HAD TO REMOVE ABS FUSE TO DRIVE TRUCK. I HAD 36,300 MILES AT TIME IF OCCURRENCE. *TR

AT SLOWER SPEEDS, WHEN BRAKING MY ABS ACTIVATES ON DRY, CLEAN PAVEMENT, ALMOST 80% OF THE TIME. THIS CAUSES MY TRUCK NOT TO BE ABLE TO STOP PROPERLY AND I'M AFRAID THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. FROM READING OVER THE INTERNET I HAVE READ THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS BY NUMEROUS CHEVROLET VEHICLE OWNERS OF THE SAME COMPLAINT. MY TRUCK HAS 34,000 MILES AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WHEEL BEARINGS SHOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED DUE TO AN ISSUE CHEVROLET HAS HAD ON THE MAJORITY OF IT'S VEHICLES FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS. *TR

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ACTIVATE FOR NO REASON AT LOW SPEED ON 2006 CHEVY SILVERADO. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON OTHER MODEL YEARS IN CERTAIN STATES AND THERE ARE RECALLS, BUT NOT ON THIS YEAR TRUCK. *TR

BOUGHT MY 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO GM CERTIFIED WITH ONLY 40,300 AND OUR FAMILY TOOK A VACATION SOUTH AND DID A GREAT JOB BUT COMING BACK WAS A DIFFERENT STORY HIGHWAY WAS GREAT BUT WHEN I GOT INTO TOWN I WAS HEARING A GRINDING NOISE AND WE TURNED LEFT AND THAT IS WHEN WE HEARD A CRACK AND AFTER THAT I WAS THINKING I HAD A FLAT TIRE SO I PULLED OVER AND SAW IS WAS NOT THE CASE SO I LEFT I WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS IT SOUNDED LIKE SOME WAS DRAGGING AND I MADE IT HOME CHECKED ALL LEVELS ON THE FLUIDS AND WHERE NORMAL,THEN I CALLED CHEVY ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND WAS TOLD THAT MUST TOW THE TRUCK TO MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALERSHIP.I FOLLOWED UP WITH THEM AND WAS TOLD THAT THE RIGHT SIDE WHEEL BEARING FAILED AND LUCKILY IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY OR IT WOULD OF COST ME $366.94 AND I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE NOT GREASABLE AND I HAVE A OLDER 80S CHEVY AND ITS NEVER HAPPENED AND I DROVE IT FOR ALMOST 50,000 AND I STILL HAVE IT TODAY. NOT BUILT GOOD LIKE THEY WERE. *TR

THE HEATER FAN BLOWER WENT BAD, MELTED BOTH ENDS OF THE PLUG-IN ON THE RESISTOR BLOCK. I CALLED THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS PART AND THAT IT WOULD BE $500. TO FIX IT. I PURCHASED THE PARTS TO FIX IT, AND DID IT MYSELF. I SENT A LETTER TO CHEVROLET AND ASK WHY THE PARTS WEREN'T RECALLED, THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE, CAUSING A WRECK OR DEATH. THEY CALLED BACK LATER AND SAID THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD A PROBLEM WITH THIS PART. IF THEY HAVE A SPECIAL WIRING KIT MADE JUST TO FIX THIS PROBLEM HOW CAN SAY THEY DON'T KNOW IT EXISTS. THE LOCAL DEALER TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD FIXED OVER 50 OF THESE, AND THIS IS A VERY SMALL DEALER, SO HOW MANY HAVE BEEN FIXED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND $500. A HIT. THE CONSUMER SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT CHEVROLET KNOWS THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH. *TR

2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR SHORTS OUT AND MELTS WIRES, HAVE REPLACED TWICE - ONCE A BURNING SMELL WAS NOTICED. THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED WITH AN 04 AND AN 05 SILVERADO AT MY JOB. DESPITE FIRE HAZARD, INABILITY TO USE DEFROST CAUSES VISIBILITY PROBLEMS. *TR

2006 SILVERADO 1500. UNINTENDED LOW SPEED ABS ACTIVATION. THE ABS ACTIVATES WHEN COMING TO A STOP INCREASING STOPPING DISTANCE BY 15-20 FEET MAKING A REAR END COLLISION INEVITBLE. WHEN GM WAS NOTIFIED, THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE PROBLEM I DESCRIBED, BUT MY VEHICLE DID NOT FALL WITHIN THE MODEL YEAR, WHEN ASKED IF GM WAS GOING TO EXPAND THE RECAL, I WAS TOLD "NO". EVERYBODY IS JUMPING ON TOYOTA PRIUS FOR THIER BRAKE ISSUE, YET GM GOES UNSCATHED WITH THIERS. THE ABS ACTIVATES BELOW 10 MPH ON DRY/ CLEAN PAVEMENT AND IS INCREASING IN FREQUENCY.