2010 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

THE INTERIOR DASH PANEL ON MY SILVERADO 1500, 4X4, CREW CAB HAS CRACKED BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER CAUSING A LOUD RATTLE WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. THE DASH PANEL HAS ALSO STARTED TO CRACK AT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LOCATION AND I FEEL THIS COULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION IF THE AIRBAG WERE TO DEPLOY, CAUSING PLASTIC DASH PARTS TO DISLODGE AND HIT OCCUPANTS.

HEARD A TICKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD OF VEHICLE WHILE PULLING AWAY FROM FAST FOOD ESTABLISHMENT. PULLED OVER TO FIND THAT TRANSMISSION DIPSTICK TUBE HAD FRACTURED. WENT HOME AND FOUND THAT GM HAD ISSUED A "CUSTOMER CARE BULLETIN" BACK IN 2012 ABOUT THIS ISSUE. HOWEVER, I RECEIVED NO LETTER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I CONTACTED GM THIS MORNING AND THEY REFUSE TO FIX THE PROBLEM UNDER THIS "BULLITEN". THIS SHOULD NOT BE A "BULLETIN", BUT SHOULD BE A RECALL SINCE IT INVOLVES POTENTIAL PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. A DIPSTICK TUBE FRACTURE CAN LEAD TO WATER, DIRT, AND OTHER CONTAMINANTS GETTING INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING FAILURE THAT COULD RESULT IN ACCIDENTS CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES OR DEATH.

WHILE ON MY WAY TO THE CANCER CENTERS OF AMERICA LOCATED IN ATLANTA, I NOTICED THE OIL GAUGE NEEDLE KEPT MOVING BELOW THE MIDDLE, WHEN I RETURNED HOME TOOK TO CHEVY DEALERSHIP THAT CHANGED SENSOR AND GASKET KIT. STILL HAVING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE. CHEVY DEALER STATED THAT, THAT'S WHAT THE NEEDLE DOES...I'VE HAD THE OIL CHANGED AND STILL SAME PROBLEM.....I ALSO NOTICED THAT WHEN YOU TURN ON THE 4X4 BUTTON IT DOESN'T SHOW THE 4X4 EMBLEM ON THE DASH BOARD.....ALSO ADDRESSED WITH DEALER THEY SAID IT DOESN'T SHOW ON DASH BOARD...ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT JUST HAPPENED IS THAT IT'S STATING TO SERVICE AIR BAG...I OWN A CHEVY TRAIL BLAZER 2004 AND HAVE NEVER HAD THESE PROBLEMS NOT WITH OIL GAUGES, SEAT BELT SENSORS NOR 4X4 EMBLEMS ON THE DASH.....MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE ON NOV 2014 WITH 96,000 MILES ON IT THE CHEVY DEALER HERE SAYS THAT THESE ARE NORMAL....I FEEL THAT THESE ARE NOT NORMAL, BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE OIL IN THE TRUCK, THE AIR BAG IS FAULTY AND CAN'T TELL IF YOUR DRIVING ON 4X4....PLEASE CHECK INTO THESE THINGS....I APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION.

ABOUT TWO YEARS INTO OWNING THIS TRUCK, (PURCHASED BRAND NEW FROM DEALER), THE DASHBOARD CRACKED AT THE CORNER OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. THERE WAS NO INCIDENT WHICH CAUSED THE DASHBOARD TO CRACK. NOTHING HIT IT, NO ACCIDENT, ETC. THIS IS A POTENTIAL HAZARD AND IT SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEM FOR MANY CHEVROLET OWNERS. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WASN'T COVERED BY ANY WARRANTY. HOW IS IT OKAY FOR GM TO KNOW ABOUT A DEFECT WITH MANY OF THEIR VEHICLES AND NOT HAVE TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR FIXING IT??

ENTIRE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AS IF THE KEY WERE TURNED OFF , THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES- I LOSE POWER STEERING, ALL ELECTRICAL, STEERING ETC. VERY FRUSTRATING BC CHEVY STATES THAT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR 2010 MODEL SILVERADO SO I'M EXPECTED TO PAY OUT OF POCKET??? THIS ISN'T RIGHT- I'VE ALWAYS BEEN PLEASED WITH MY CHEVYS BUT NOT WITH THIS ONE. *TR

DRIVING 65 ON CRUISE CONTROL WHEN CHECK ENGINE, STABILITY CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON. MESSAGE CENTER SAID REDUCED POWER I GOT TO A SMALL SERVICE GARAGE AND HE TOLD ME I SHOULD SHUT IT OFF WAIT 15 MINUTES AND IT WILL RESET AND IT DID. I DROVE ANOTHER 80 MILES AGAIN THE SAME THING HAPPENED. THE FIRST GARAGE GUY TOLD ME IT WAS A GM ISSUE AND I SHOULD GO SEE THEM THEY SHOULD REPAIR IT. HE SAID IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY AND IN THE COLD IT GET SLUGGISH AND GM SHOULD FIX IT BECAUSE THEY HAD PROBLEMS WITH SOME OF THEM. IT HAPPENED AGAIN 20 MILES LATER. I GOT BACK TO THE GM DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED IT HE CONFIRMED IT WAS THEY THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY BUT DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO REPLACE IT. HE OFFERED TO CLEAN IT (FREE OF CHARGE) AND SENT ME ON MY WAY TELLING ME IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN I SHOULD MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO REPLACE (APPROX. 400-600 DOLLARS). I DONE SOME INVESTIGATING ON THIS MATTER AND FOUND THIS WAS A COMMON ISSUE. I STOPPED AT ANOTHER GM DEALER AND EXPLAINED MY PROBLEM HE CONFIRMED THE ORIGINAL THEORY CHECKED THE VIN # AND TOLD ME GM IS FIXING THIS PROBLEM FOR 10 YEARS FROM THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE DATE. I GUESS I NEED TO STOP BUYING FROM MY ORIGINAL GM DEALER WHERE I HAD PURCHASED MY LAST TWO VEHICLES. I HAVE NOT HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT AGAIN BUT I HAVE ONLY DRIVEN 600 MILES SINCE THEN. *TR

I WAS RIDING AT ABOUT 25 MPH ENGINE REDUCE POWER LIGHT CAME ON, ENGINE HAD NO POWER TO PULL. ENGINE STABILIZER CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. THIS IS ABOUT THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS HAPPEN. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPEN THE VEHICLE HAD LESS THAN A 115,000 MILES ON IT. THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPEN I CALL THE DEALER THEY REPLACED A SENSOR ON THE THROTTLE BODY. THEY TOLD ME IF IT DIDN'T WORK THAT I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. NOW IT IS DOING IT AGAIN. I THINK IT SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE THROTTLE BODY SYSTEM FROM THE MANUFACTURER. IF THIS HAPPENS ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY IT COULD CAUSE INJURY OR A FATALITY. *TR

THE DRIVER'S DOOR FAILED TO OPEN FROM THE INSIDE WHEN ARRIVING AT MY DESTINATION. THE LOCKS APPEARED TO WORK BOTH MANUALLY AND ELECTRICALLY BUT THE INSIDE DOOR LATCH HANDLE WOULD NOT OPEN THE DOOR. I THINK THIS IS A BIT OF A SAFETY ISSUE. VERY DIFFICULT TO CLIMB ACROSS THE CONSOLE TO GET TO THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. IT FINALLY CLEARED ITSELF AFTER A BIT OF TIME, BUT YOU WANT THAT DOOR TO OPEN WHEN YOU NEED IT TO OPEN. A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER I WAS PLAYING WITH IT AGAIN, IT OPENED BUT WOULD NOT LATCH TO CLOSE. I WOULD SUSPECT THE ISSUES ARE RELATED BUT HAVE NOT HAD IT BACK TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. *TR

NOTICED SMELL OF GASOLINE- PROGRESSIVELY BECAME STRONGER. NOTED GASOLINE LEAKING FROM VEHICLE- TAKEN TO SERVICE- FUEL LINE FROM THE FUEL PUMP TO THE GAS TANK WAS HEAVILY CORRODED/LEAKING. POTENTIAL EXISTED FOR FIRE/EXPLOSION D/T LEAKING GASOLINE. ALSO SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE OF VEHICLE AS NEW, HAD TO HAVE REAR BUMPER REPLACED D/T RUSTING OF PART. *TR

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION CAUSED SPARK PLUGS TO PREMATURELY FAIL CAUSING THE ENGINE TO MISFIRE AND RUN ROUGH. SPARK PLUGS FROM CYLINDERS #1 AND #7 WERE FOUND OIL FOULED AND/OR CRACKED. PER SERVICE BULLETINS ISSUED BY GENERAL MOTORS, THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS AND MADE VARIOUS OTHER REPAIRS RELATED TO THE OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THE ACTIVE FUEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. INITIAL REPAIRS DID NOT CORRECT THE OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM (1/2 QUART BURNED IN APPROXIMATELY 1,000 - 2,000 MILES) AND OIL WAS VISIBLE ON THE NEW SPARK PLUGS WITHIN 1,000 MILES OF AFM REPAIR WORK. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS "NORMAL" ACCORDING TO GENERAL MOTOR'S STANDARDS. THE DEALERSHIP/GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AGREED TO MAKE ADDITIONAL REPAIRS TO REPLACE THE TRUCKS PISTONS AND RINGS TO SEE IF THAT WOULD CORRECT THE OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM BUT NO DEFINITE OR LONG-TERM SOLUTION HAS BEEN INDICATED TO CORRECT THE SOURCE OF THE AFM/OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE. THE SUCCESS OF THE MOST RECENT REPAIRS IS PENDING. *TR