2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY JERKED AS THE STABILITY LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE AND SHUT OFF AND ON AND THE ENGINE STARTED TO IDLE AT A HIGH SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO RAN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT SHOWED THAT THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,475. UPDATED 05/08/13*LJ UPDATED 05/23/2013 *JS

SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE STABILITRAK, TRACTION CONTROL OFF, STABILITRAK OFF, LOSS OF CONTROL. *TR

1.) I HAVE NOTICED THAT I HAVE TWO CRACKS ON MY DASH BOARD 2FT 8"INCHES APART . 2.) MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE CRACK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PASSENGER AIR BAG 1"INCH LONG INTO THE AIR BAG COMPARTMENT GROVE. 3.) I HAVE ONLY 2,189 MILES ON MY TRUCK. *TR

WHILE PULLING ONTO I83 I PUSHED DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL TO QUICKLY ACCELERATE TO MERGE. THE PEDAL BECAME STUCK ON THE FLOOR MAT STICKING IT IN THE DOWN POSITION CAUSING THE TRUCK TO RAPIDLY ACCELERATE AFTER I LEFT MY FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL. I HAD TO USE MY FEET TO PULL THE FLOOR MAT BACK TOWARDS THE SEAT TO RELEASE THE GAS PEDAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, MOST RECENTLY NOVEMBER 20, 2012. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS DID NOT ALWAYS ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHERE THE BRAKE BOOSTER AND THE BRAKE SWITCH WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5. THE CONSUMER STATED HE PUSHED THE BRAKE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR TO ACTIVATE THE BRAKE LIGHTS. HE OBSERVED THE BRAKE LIGHTS USING THE GLASS WINDOWS. HE QUICKLY LET OFF THE PEDAL ABOUT 1/2 TO ONE INCH AND HE NOTICED THE LIGHTS WENT OUT BEFORE THE PEDAL WAS FULLY RELEASED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE BRAKE SWITCH WAS DEFECTIVE.

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW FROM CLASSIC CHEVROLET IN GRAPEVINE, TX IN JANUARY 2010. THE FIRST FEW MONTHS I HAD THE VEHICLE, I HAD NO PROBLEMS. STARTING IN MARCH 2010 I NOTICED THAT MY RADIO(NAVIGATION SYSTEM) WOULD SOUND LIKE IT WOULD SHORT OUT INTERMITTENTLY. I DIDN'T REALLY THINK ANYTHING OF IT. I THOUGHT THAT IT HAD TO BE THE RADIO STATION OR INTERFERENCE WITH OTHER WIRELESS SIGNALS. I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT IT WOULD BECOME A PROBLEM UNTIL RECENTLY. ON 5/5/2012, I WAS TRAVELING 70MPH AT NIGHT DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, MY ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SEEMED LIKE IT WAS "RESETTING" ITSELF MULTIPLE TIMES. FROM DOOR LOCKS TO INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, TO NAVIGATION SYSTEM, TO EVEN HEADLIGHTS, EVERYTHING CYCLED MORE THAN 3 OR 4 TIMES IN RAPID SUCCESSION. I WAS MERELY DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, I HADN'T JUST TOUCHED ANYTHING, I WAS JUST CRUISING ALONG. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, IT IS APPARENT THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE AMONG THIS DESIGN OF THE SILVERADO. FORUM AFTER FORUM HAS OWNERS DESCRIBING THIS SAME ISSUE AND MORE PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN THAT COULD END UP KILLING SOMEONE. HEADLIGHTS AND RUNNING LIGHTS THAT TURN OFF WITHOUT CAUSE? WHAT IF THE AIRBAG SYSTEM IS AFFECTED AND IT CAUSES A PREMATURE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT WHILE SOMEONE IS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED? THIS IS NOT AND ISOLATED ISSUE AND THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO STEP IN TO FORCE GENERAL MOTORS TO RECALL THIS VEHICLE ALONG WITH ANY OTHER VEHICLES WITH THE SAME ISSUE. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT GENERAL MOTORS MAY BE AWARE OF THE ISSUE BECAUSE THE 2011 AND 2012 SILVERADOS HAVE HAD DESIGN CHANGES MADE TO THEIR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS.(I READ THIS IN FORUMS AS WELL.) *TR

WARPED FRONT ROTORS BOTH WHEELS. WHILE DRIVING GOING DOWN A HILL, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD START SHAKING. I AM A RETIRED MASTER MECHANIC WITH OVER 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE SPECIALIZING IN BRAKES. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES WITH THIS COMPLAINT. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE COMPLAINT BECAUSE OF NOT TEST DRIVING DOWN A HILL. TEST DRIVE WAS ON A FLAT SURFACE. PROBLEM ONLY OCCURS WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HILL. I WAS WORRIED ABOUT SAFETY AFTER SO MANY SERVICE VISITS, I FINALLY CALLED GENERAL MOTORS IN DETROIT TO FILE A COMPLAINT. GENERAL MOTORS REPLACED THE ROTORS AS A GOODWILL GESTURE. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT RE-OCCURRED AFTER ROTOR REPLACEMENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO APPLY EXCESSIVE PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, THE RPMS WOULD RACE EXCESSIVELY AND THEN THE VEHICLE WOULD BEGIN TO PERFORM NORMALLY. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A MAINTENANCE ISSUE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 18,050.

I WAS AT 60 TO 65 MPH ON AN INTERSTATE AND THE TRUCK POWERED THE MOTOR DOWN. THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL MODULE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT. I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF AT THE LAST SAFE EXIT FOR QUITE A WAY. ONSTAR RECOMMENDED NOT DRIVING IT TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER DID THE DIAGNOSTIC AND AT 28000 MILES TOLD ME IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. IT TOOK 5 DAYS TO GET A "NEW" ONE.( APROX 1/26/11) ON APROX 12/15/11 AN ALMOST IDENTICAL THING HAPPENED, MILEAGE 50,000. OUT OF WARRANTY I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL SHOP. THEIR COMPUTER TEST CONCLUDED A THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY MALFUNCTION. $450.00 TO REPAIR. CALL THE DEALER " NO THAT IS UNDER WARRANTY" DEALER CONCLUDED THAT IT "JUST NEEDED CLEANED". PRIOR TO SERVICE (I RELY ON THIS TRUCK FOR WORK, I CAN NOT GET A RIDE, I CAN NOT RIDE A BUS) I WAS ABLE TO "RESET " THE STABILITRACK ( THE BUTTON WOULD NOT TURN IT OFF) BY PULLING 4 FUSES UNDER THE HOOD FUSE BLOCK. BUT BOY WHEN IT HAD ENOUGH THE TRUCK WOULD POWER THE MOTOR DOWN AND WITHIN 15 SECONDS THE TRUCK WOULD DIE RIGHT WHERE IT WAS. 5 MPH, OR 15 MPH NO POWER NOTHING, BRAKES ,STEERING GONE. *TR

2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE BURNS OIL AT A RAPID RATE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO STOP THE ENGINE FROM BURNING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF OIL WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE RINGS OR PISTON WALLS WERE DEFECTIVE AND BELIEVED THE ENGINE SHOULD BE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. *JB