2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

THE CONSUMER HAD TROUBLE WITH THE REAR CALIPER LOCKING UP. THERE IS ALSO PROBLEM WITH A STIFF PEDAL AT LOW SPEEDS. *TS THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE HUB, THE REAR BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS WERE WORN AND THERE WAS SENSOR CORROSION. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT THE VEHICLE BE REPAIRED AT THE FACTORY'S EXPENSE. RECALL#05068 *SC

PARKING BRAKE FAILURE ON 2001 CHEVROLET 1500 SERIES PICKUP. CONSUMER REPORTS MAGAZINE PUBLISHED A SAFETY ALERT FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM STATING THAT 1999-2005 MODELS ARE AT DANGER BECAUSE OF FRICTION THAT COULD MAKE THE PARKING BRAKE INEFFECTIVE. OUR UNDERSTANDING IS A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS, BUT NOT FOR THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE. WE TOOK ONE OF THE TRUCKS FROM OUR BUSINESS FLEET (COMPRISED OF 15-20 CHEVROLET 1500 SERIES PICKUP TRUCKS) TO BE INSPECTED TODAY AND IT FAILED BECAUSE OF THIS PARKING BRAKE FAILURE. THERE WAS ANOTHER GENTLEMAN AT THE INSPECTION PLACE WITH A CHEVROLET 1500 TRUCK WHILE WE WERE THERE, AND HIS TRUCK FAILED FOR THE PARKING BRAKE ALSO. WE CONTACTED MORITZ CHEVROLET, A LOCAL DEALERSHIP, AND THEY STATED THAT THEY SEE LARGE #S OF VEHICLES COME IN FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. THE AUTO INSPECTION ESTABLISHMENT SAID THEY SAME THING - THEY FAIL COUNTLESS NUMBERS OF 1999-2005 CHEVROLET 1500 PICKUP TRUCKS FOR PARKING BRAKE FAILURE. IT IS GOING TO COST US $200 TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED. CHEVROLET CLEARLY KNOWS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM, AND A RECALL NEEDS TO BE ISSUED AT ONCE. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. *JB

WHEN BRAKING ON DRY PAVEMENT, ABS KICKS IN MAKING IT HARD TO STOP. TOOK TO CHEVY GARAGE IN SUPERIOR, WI AND THEY SAID THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE BUT NOT IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN OR MINNESOTA. WHY? *NM

MY GAS GAUGE WILL TAKE A DIVE TO EMPTY AND THE LIGHT ALSO COMES ON. THIS IS AN ON AGAIN OFF AGAIN PROBLEM. THE DEALER SAYS IT WILL COST SIX TO SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS TO FIX. I WAS WONDERING IF THERE HAD BEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS NATURE. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET TRUCK AND WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. THE FIRST TIME THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WHERE HE TRIED TO STOP THE VEHICLE BUT COULD NOT STOP. AS A RESULT THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE SECOND TIME THE CONSUMER WAS TRYING TO STOP FOR A STOP SIGN BUT COULD NOT STOP. THE SERVICE DEALER TURNED THE ROTORS AT 4,000 MILES. THE FIRST TIME THE DEALER REPLACED THE BOTH FRONT BEARINGS AND ABS SENSORS. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR. THIS TIME THE SERVICE DEALER REPLACED RIGHT AND LEFT HUB AND THE ABS SENSOR.*AK THE ABS ACTIVATED AS THE VEHICLE WAS SLOWING DOWN. THE ROTORS HAD TO BE TURNED AT 4000 MILES. *NM

PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE VERY LOW SPEED, IT WAS RAINING. PRESSED ON BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP AND THE ABS STARTED PUMPING THE PEDAL REMAINED HARD BUT THE ABS KEPT PUMPING AS THE VEHICLE ROLLED UP OVER THE SIDEWALK AND INTO THE SIDE OF A BUSINESS. G.M. STATES THE VEHICLE IS PART OF A RECALL BUT IS CURRENTLY WAITING ON PARTS. *JB

UNWANTED ABS ACTIVATION. INCREASED UNEXPECTED STOPPING DISTANCES. NEAR COLLISION WITH GARAGE AND NEAR HITTING OF PEDESTRIAN. UPCOMING RECALL APPLICABLE ONLY TO "SALT BELT" STATES. DOES NOT INCLUDE WI. NOR MN.[SALT NOT USED ON STREETS IN THESE STATES?] SEE CAMPAIGN #05V379000. *NM

I OWN A 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO TRUCK THE ANTI- LOCK BRAKES WILL ENGAGE FOR NO REASON CAUSING INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES, FORTUNATLY THE ONLY THING THAT WAS HIT WAS A CURB.

WHEN COMING TO A STOP, THE BRAKES ON MY 2001 CHEY SILVERADO WILL SUDDENLY STOP BRAKING AT LOW SPEED. TWICE THIS WEEK WHILE PARKING, I NEARLY HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I FIND IT PATICULARLY BAD WHEN TURNING. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS, AND SEEM TO BE GETTING WORSE. I HAVE HAD THE BRAKES INSPECTED RECENTLY BY A MECHANIC AND NOTHING WRONG WAS FOUND WITH THE PADS OR ROTORS.

WHILE TRYING TO COME TO A STOP UPON ENTERING A PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF A COUNTY HEALTH BLDG. THE BRAKE PEDAL ON MY TRUCK DID NOT RESPOND. THE PEDAL WENT HARD AND THE TRUCK CONTINUED FORWARD, I APPLIED THE BRAKE AGAIN WITH THE SAME RESULTS CAUSING THE TRUCK TO STRIKE THE BUILDING AND DESTROY A SERVICE ENTERANCE DOOR. I ESTIMATE MY SPEED TO HAVE BEEN UNDER 5 MPH SINCE THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE RESULT OF A DEFFECTIVE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SENSOR. AS OF TODAY I HAVE NOT BEEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE FAILURE FIXED.