2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CONTACT SMELLED BURNING WIRE UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD. HE LOOKED UNDER THE DASHBOARD AND DISCOVERED A RED, GLOWING, BURNING WIRING HARNESS, WHICH HE THEN UNPLUGGED. THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR AND THE WIRING HARNESS FAILED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,357 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000.

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND I STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND HAPPENED TO LOOK DOWN AT MY SPEEDOMETER AND IT WAS SHOWING THAT I WAS GOING 10MPH WHILE I WAS SITTING STILL. THEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER JUMPED TO 85MPH. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE NOTICED THIS PROBLEM. *TR

THE ODOMETER READ 47,000 THEN A WEEK LATER READ 7,000 A WEEK AFTER READ ERROR AND IS ERROR NOW. *TR

THERMOSTAT DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED AT 5-6,000 MILES. WATERPUMP WENT AT 40,000 MILES. PARTS WERE REPLACED BY DEALER. WATER PUMP REPLACED BY MY MECHANIC AT MY COST. 40,000 MILES SEEMS LIKE A LOW AMOUNT FOR A WATERPUMP. *TR

SPEEDOMETER IS ERRATIC. STARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 65,000 MILES. SPEEDOMETER MAXES OUT, DOES NOT WORK OR READS IMPROPERLY. DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THE 03 AND 04 MODELS HAVE A RECALL ON THE STEPPER MOTOR BUT THE 05 MODEL DOES NOT HAVE A RECALL. THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY 90% OF THE TIME. DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY HOW FAST THE VEHICLE IS GOING. VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 72,000 MILES NOW AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. DEALER SAID THAT A REPLACEMENT WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $500 TO FIX. WHO CAN AFFORD THIS AFTER PAYING FOR A $35,000 VEHICLE. ESPECIALLY AFTER HAVING THE STEERING SHAFT REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES, NEW INTAKE GASKETS, CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, BLOWER MOTOR WIRES SMOKED AND MELTED. JUST A JUNKY TRUCK FOR THE HIGH PRICE. *TR

4/19/08 AT 4:30 A.M. EST. I WAS AWAKENED BY A LOUD EXPLOSION AND WENT OUTSIDE TO FIND MY 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. *TR

KNOCKING IN STEERING COLUMN. THE DEALER FIXED IT ONCE UNDER WARRANTY, BUT NOW IT'S BACK AND DEALER IS QUOTING $270 FOR 'TEMP' REPAIR, AND CLAIMS THERE IS NO PERMANENT REPAIR FOR IT?? *TR

DRI-VING VEHICLE (2005 SILVERADO) AND NOTICED THE SPEEDOMETER REREADING APPROX 120. NOW SPEEDOMETER WILL START ANYWHERE ON THE DIAL AND WILL READ A VARIATION OF SPEEDS. SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT IT MAY READ 120 MPH. *TR

TRUCK USED FOR TRAVEL TO AND FROM WORK. SPEEDOMETER WORKED FINE UNTIL ABOUT 54,000 MILES THEN WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. SPEEDOMETER GAVE OUT ABOUT 63,000 MILES AND IS STUCK AT 84 MILES PER HOUR, EVEN WHEN PARKED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY INDICATED IT WOULD COST APPROX. $400-$550 TO FIX. I HAVE OWNED 2 CHEVY TRUCKS PRIOR TO THIS ONE. I ONCE HAD TO REPLACE THE SPEEDOMETER CABLE ON MY 1979 CHEVY AFTER IT WENT OUT AFTER NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR OF 15 YEARS. I KNOW THAT THEY DON'T MAKE THEM LIKE THEY USED TOO, BUT THE SPEEDOMETER OUT AT 63,000 MILES, WITH ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. I AM SAD TO SAY I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE QUALITY OF MY CHEVY TRUCK. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM ORANGE COUNTY ON MARCH 15, 2008 WITH MY THREE CHILDREN AT AROUND 8PM. I WAS TRAVELING EAST ON THE 91 FWY WHEN WE BEGAN HEARING A SQUEAKING SOUND IN MY TIRES AND MY ABS LIGHT HAD COME ON, SHORTLY AFTER OUR JOURNEY HOME THE SQUEAKING SOUND WAS FOLLOWED BY A GRINDING SOUND AS WELL. I BEGAN GETTING OFF TO THE SHOULDER AND STARTED HEARING THE SOUND OF LITTLE THINGS DROPPING TO THE GROUND, FOLLOWED BY MORE THINGS HITTING THE GROUND AND MY STEERING WHEEL BEGAN PULLING TO THE RIGHT, SO I PULLED OVER JUST UNDER THE LINCOLN EXIT IN CORONA. AS I WAS COMING TO A STOP THE TRUCK SUDDENLY CAME TO A HARD STOP, BECAUSE MY ENTIRE WHEEL CAME OFF! *TR