2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

TOOK 05 SILVERADO 1500 TO DEALER FOR A NOISE IN STEERING (CLUNKING SOUND) WHEN IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER RE-PACKED THE STEERING SHAFT. A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER AND AFTER WARRANTY THE CLUNKING SOUND CAME BACK. WISH I HAD KNOW TO SETTLE FOR A NEW INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT FROM THE GET GO AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH . *TR

TO WHOM IT CONCERN: I HAVE A CONCERN REGARDIN MY 2005 SILVERADO.THERE IS A SPOT OF GREASE OR OIL ON THE INSIDE OF THE HUB WEEL ASSEAMBLY (BOTH FRONT SIDE) I HAVE TAKEN IN TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALER'S AND THEY BOTH TOLD ME THE SAME THING THAT IS NORMAL.I TOOK A FEW PICTURES AND SHOWED THEM TO BOTH THE DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY SAID IT IS NORMAL.BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IT IS.I WHIS THAT YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THIS MATTER BECOUSE THE WARRANTY PERIOD ON MY TRUCK IS SOON TO EXPIRE AND I WOULD WANT TO FIX IT BEFORE IT EXPIRES . THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU VERY SOON . I COULD SEND YOU PICTURES OF THIS CONSERN THIS WAY YOU CAN SEE THE PROBLEM .

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS SPEEDOMETER FAILED. THE DEALER STATED THAT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE EXCEEDED 70,000 MILES THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE SPEEDOMETER FOR FREE. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY $750 FOR A NEW INSTRUMENT PANEL, PLUS INSTALLATION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 114,611. UPDATED 04/14/08. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED KNOWS OF SEVERAL OTHER CONSUMERS WITH THE SAME DEFECT. UPDATED 04/11/08 *TR

MY WIFE (ANN GARLATTA - WITH OUR THREE CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE AS WELL) WAS DRIVING HOME AND THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON, SHE HEARD NOISE IN WHEEL WHILE DRIVING - LIKE A SQUEAKING & GRINDING, THEN THE STEERING STARTED TO PULL, AND SHE STARTED HEARING THE SOUND OF PIECES POPPING OFF, SO MY WIFE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE 91 FWY, UPON SLOWING DOWN TO THE SHOULDER THE CAR ABRUPTLY STOPPED AS THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL FELL OFF. *TR

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 65 MILES PER HOUR, SPEEDOMETER SUDDENLY STARTED FLUCTUATING WILDLY AND NOW WILL NOT WORK. THE NEEDLE SITS ANYWHERE FROM 0 MPH TO 120 MPH BUT IS NEVER ACCURATE. I COULD BE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH AND THE SPEEDOMETER READS 120 MPH, OR COMPLETELY STOPPED AND THE SPEEDOMETER READS 90 MPH. *TR

PROBLEM BEGAN WITH "CLUNKING"NOISE AND RATTLE IN STEERING COLUMN WHICH BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT WITH THE NOTE ON THE REPAIR ORDER"LACK OF LUBE IN SPLINES". COST $204.01. THIS IS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO PICK-UP TRUCK WITH 57,000 MILES; IS THAT THE BEST THEY CAN BUILD THEM? *TR

AT ABOUT 60,000 MILES MY 2005 GM CHEVY S1500 SILVERADO TRUCK'S SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO ACT ERRATICALLY IN POSTING THE SPEED OF THE TRUCK. AT ABOUT 70,000 MILES THIS PROBLEM BECAME PERMENANT AND THE ONLY SOLUTION WAS TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $450. THE PROBLEM WAS WHETHER THE CAR WAS STOPPED, EVEN WITH THE ENGINE OFF, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD REGISTER DIFFERENT SPEEDS AT ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 90 MPH. ON THE HIGHWAY IT WOULD EVEN GO PAST THE MAX SPEED OF 120 MPH. THE OBVIOUS DANGER HERE IS THAT THE DRIVER HAS NO IDEA EXACTLY HOW FAST THE TRUCK IS TRAVELING. WHILE GETTING COST ESTIMATES TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC PHONED TO GET THE PART OR PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE PERSON SUPPLYING THE PART KNEW IMMEDIATELY WHAT THE PART COST AND OTHER DETAILS RELATED TO REPAIRING IT. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THESE GM CHEVY SILVERADO TRUCKS AND SHOULD BE CORRECTED BY THE MANUFACTURER AS THE TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 100,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

VEHICLE BURNS OIL. GOES THROUGH ABOUT A QUART EVERY 2,000 MILES. ALSO SOMETIMES WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED IT BLOWS A LOT OF BLUE SMOKE OUT OF THE EXHAUST PIPES. *TR

PURCHASED A 2005 SILVERADO. NOTICED FROM THE BEGINNING THAT IT DROVE ODD AT TIMES. . SPOKE WITH A MECHANIC AND HE TOLD US THAT WHEN IT BROKE IN IT WOULD DRIVE SMOOTHER. IT WAS JUST SHIFTING HARD. IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS IN 4WD AT TIMES. THIS WENT ON FOR SOME TIME. WE LIVE OUT A WAYS AND PUT ALOT OF MILES ON A VEHICLE. PROBLEM CONTINUED TO GET WORSE. TOOK IT IN TO THE GARAGE AT 17K MECHANIC SAID HE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. KEPT IGNORING THE PROBLEM. TWICE CHARGING US FOR THINGS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY LIKE ALIGNMENT AND ROTATION. WE TOOK THE TRUCK IN 5 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. CLOSE TO THE END OF WARRANTY THE MECHANIC TOLD US IF WE HAD ANY MORE PROBLEMS THEY WOULD NOTE THEM SO THE WARRANTY WOULD COVER THEM. NOT THE CASE. DURING THIS TIME I WAS TAKING MY DAUGHTERS FRIEND HOME AND WAS IN A REALLY TOUGH SPOT AGAINST THE SIDE OF A VERY BIG HILL AND REALIZED I HAD NO 4WD. WE CAME SLIDING DOWN. FORTUNATELY NO INJURY. ON AND OFF AGAIN 4WD UNTIL ABOUT 1MO LATER NO 4WD AT ALL. THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE GARAGE WHEN THE SERVICE 4WD LIGHT WAS ON AND THE MECHANIC TURNED IT OFF AND TOLD US IT WAS UNRELATED TO THE PROBLEM WE WERE HAVING. THIS WAS JUST WEEKS BEFORE THE 4WD WENT ALTOGETHER. DURING THIS TIME WE CONTACTED THE GARAGE AND GM. NO HELP FOR THE PROBLEM. ONE LEFT IT UP TO THE OTHER TO FIX THE PROBLEM. IN THE MEANTIME WE ARE CATCHING RIDES BECAUSE A TRUCK WITHOUT 4WD IS USELESS TO US HERE IN THE WINTERTIME. WE DISCOVERED FROM ASKING OTHERS THAT THIS MAY BE A COMMON PROBLEM IN THESE TRUCKS. SEEMS LIKE THE SAME. 4WD ENGAGES ITSELF FOR AWHILE AND THEN STOPS WORKING ALTOGETHER. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN LOSING 4WD UNEXPECTEDLY,WHERE WE LIVE, PUT YOU IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. *TR

SPEEDOMETER FAILURE. AT AROUND 55K, MY SPEEDOMETER FAILED. BEFORE IT COMPLETELY FAILED, THE NEEDLE LOOKED LIKE IT WAS STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH SPEED, THEN IT COMPLETELY FAILED. WHEN I NOTICED THE FAILURE, I LOOKED DOWN AND IT SAID I WAS GOING 120MPH, WHICH I WAS NOT. I'VE CALLED THE ORIGINAL DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, THEY SAID THE 03'S AND 04'S WERE RECALLED, BUT THE 05'S WEREN'T. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE 05 SUBURBAN WAS UNDER RECALL? AND THAT MINE SHOULD BE TOO BECAUSE OF THE SAME CLUSTER PANEL. I'VE HEARD NOTHING YET ON A RECALL, AND I DON'T WANT TO BE TICKETED BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING. *TR