2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING LOW. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP TO BE ADJUSTED ONCE. SINCE THE ADJUSTMENT THE GAS MILEAGE HAS GOTTEN WORST. HE SAID THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING AT ABOUT 1000 RPM TO WARM UP.

THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT ON THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN IS LOOSE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, BUT THERE IS NO FIX FOR IT. THE FRONT END ON THE VEHICLE WILL FEEL LOOSE AND BOUNCE WHILE DRIVING OVER UNEVEN PAVEMENT AND BUMPS AND MORE SO WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAYS. THE VEHICLE FEELS UNSAFE. ALL THE DO IS PUT MORE LUBE IN THE SHAFT AND TELL ME I HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. I AM HAVING AN ARBITRATION HEARING. HOPEFULLY SOMETHING GOOD WILL COME OUT OF IT. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE REVERSING AT 2 MPH, THE REAR BUMPER STRUCK A TREE AND COLLAPSED WITHOUT WARNING. MODERATE VEHICLE DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED. THE POLICE WERE NOT ALERTED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.

REAR BRAKE CYLINDER FAILED, RESULTING IN TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. PER DEALERSHIP THIS WAS CAUSED BY WORN BRAKES. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 25K MILES. *JB

I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 IN MAY, 2006. I HAD NO TROUBLE WITH THE VEHICLE.. UNTIL OCTOBER 27. I HAD 3800 MILES ON THE TRUCK. I HAD FILLED MY GAS TANK JUST OUT OF SAN FRANCISCO AND DROVE APPROXIMATELY 60 MILES JUST OUT SIDE OF CALISTOGA, CALIFORNIA NORTHBOUND ON HWY 29. A WINDING, UPHILL MOUNTAINOUS ROAD, SINGLE LANE TRAFFIC EXCEPT FOR A FEW PASSING LANES AND TURN-OUTS. I WAS DRIVING UP AN INCLINE. I NOTICED SMOKE WISPING BEHIND THE CAB. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, THE TRUCK DIED... RED INDICATORS ON. FORTUNATELY, IT DIED RIGHT AT A WIDE PASSING LANE LOCATION, AND I VEERED TO THE RIGHT, BLOCKING ONE OF TWO NORTHBOUND LANES. I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND SAW SERIOUS SMOKE AND SOME FLAME COMING FROM UNDER THE BED OF THE TRUCK, UP BETWEEN THE CAB AND THE FRONT OF THE BED. A VEHICLE BEHIND ME, EVIDENTLY SAW IT ALREADY AND PULLED OVER TO ASSIST. ANOTHER VEHICLE, DRIVING SOUTHBOUND PULLED OVER, HAD AN EXTINGUISHER WHICH I SHOT UNDERNEATH THE BED, BUT IT DID NOT HELP. AT THAT POINT, I WAS CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD BLOW UP . THERE WAS AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER IN THE AREA AND THERE WAS A STRONG POSSIBILITY THAT THIS COULD ALSO TURN INTO A FOREST FIRE. THERE WAS NO STOPPING THE FIRE . THE TRUCK WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE CALISTOGA FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ENROUTE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND DOUSED THE TRUCK FIRE AND A BRUSH FIRE. CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL SHOWED UP. SECURED THE AREA FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO NEUTRALIZE ANY RESIDUAL FIRES AND THE ARRIVAL OF THE TOW TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS TOTALLY BURNED. A FULL BLOWN RAGING TRUCK FIRE, ON A SINGLE LANE HIGHWAY IN EXTREMELY DRY CONDITIONS, IN THE MIDDLE OF AN AREA WITH BLIND TURNS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY PLACED ITSELF INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE. THE SERVICE DEALER CHANGED A SWITCH AND ELECTRICAL WIRING BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT CORRECTED.*AK UPDATED 11/30/06. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN HAVING TO AVOID AN OBSTACLE ABOVE 40 MPH, STEERING AND BRAKING MUST OCCUR TO AVOID ROLLOVER. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE A PROBLEM.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, POOR TRACTION WAS OBSERVED WITH THE TIRES. UPON INSPECTION, TREAD PIECES WERE MISSING ON ALL FOUR TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED ALL TIRES WITH THE SAME BRAND NAME OF TIRES. THE DEALERSHIP MENTIONED THAT THE DEFECTIVE TIRES WOULD BE RESOLD. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERN BECAUSE THIS BRAND AND TIRE MAY NOT BE RELIABLE. UPDATED 11/21/06. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ON NORMAL ASPHALT ROADS, PIECES OF THE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM ALL FOUR TIRES. THIS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF 5 MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. UPDATED 11/21/2006 - *NM

THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION ON MY 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 HAS A PROBLEM. WHEN THE CLUTCH IS PRESSED YOU CAN NOT SHIFT, OR IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SHIFT GEARS. AND THE DEALERS SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAYS CHEVROLET DESIGNED ALL STANDARD TRANSMISSION VEHICLES TO WORK THIS WAY. THEY SAY THERE IS NOT ANYTHING TO FIX. I BELIEVE THAT SINCE THE TRANSMISSION IS HARD TO SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION COULD WEAR OUT TOO FAST, OR AND THIS IS MY BIG FEAR, THE TRANSMISSION COULD FAIL WHILE THE TRUCK IS BEING DRIVEN AND A ACCIDENT COULD HAPPEN, OR THE TRUCK COULD BREAK DOWN IN AN UNSAFE PLACE OR TIME. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALER MANY, MANY TIMES. THE SERVICE ADVISOR AGREES THAT THE TRUCK DOESN'T SHIFT LIKE ANY STANDARD TRANSMISSION HE HAS DRIVEN EITHER. YET, THE OFFICIAL WORD IS THAT THIS IS NORMAL, AND THERE IS NOTHING TO FIX. HE SAYS ALL THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION SILVERADO TRUCKS SHIFT THIS WAY. HOW DANGEROUS!!! IF SOMEONE IS DRIVING AND NEEDS TO SHIFT, YET THE ENGINE WILL NOT SHIFT, THERE COULD BE A WRECK, THE TRUCKS TRANSMISSION COULD FAIL, AND LEAVE A PERSON STRANDED IN A VERY DANGEROUS PART OF TOWN. I HAVE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, HOWEVER, WHAT COMFORT IS THAT, IF THE TRICK HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOR FAILURE. THIS PROBLEM SHORTENS THE LIFE OF THE TRUCK. *NM