2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

I OWN A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 4X4 AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE STEERING ROD ONCE ALREADY AT ABOUT 65,000 MILES DUE TO A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE AND LOOSENESS IN THE STEERING. THIS SET ME BACK ABOUT $300.00 PARTS AND LABOR. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THEY HAVE A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH THIS PART. I AM STILL HAVING TROUBLE WITH THIS AS IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE "WANDERING" WHEN TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD. I NOW HAVE 108,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK AND PLAN ON KEEPING IT FOR WHILE LONGER BUT THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN OF MINE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVARADO 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER WHO REPLACED THE TRANSFER CASE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000.

CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 2003 76,000 MILES. BRAKES FAILED WHILE PULLING A 6000LB TRAILER ON AN INTERSTATE. RUSTY BRAKE LINES BURST WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED WHILE ENTERING A CONSTRUCTION ZONE. HAD NO BRAKES. IF CAR IN FRONT HADN'T SEEN ME COMING AND PULLED OVER, THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A FATALITY REPORT. *TR

APPLIED BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL ALMOST WENT TO THE FLOOR,I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL TO THE CURB WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE EMERGENCY BRAKE.UPON INSPECTION OF THE PROBLEM I FOUND THAT ALL THE STEEL BRAKE LINES UNDER THE VEHICLE WERE RUSTED. ONE BRAKE LINE HAD BURST DUE TO THE CORROSION. THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON THAT THESE BRAKE LINES SHOULD RUST AND FAIL EVER, NEVERMIND AT 36000 MILES. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN ALOT WORSE, SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED.

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SLOW MY 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 TO ENTER AN OFF RAMP, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKES NO LONGER WORKED. I BARELY MISSED HITTING SOMEONE AND WAS ABLE TO USE THE PARKING BRAKE TO SLOW AND STOP THE TRUCK. LUCKILY, I WAS GOING UP AN INCLINE AND HAD ROOM TO PULL OFF THE MAIN ROAD. I HAD TO TOW THE TRUCK TO MY MECHANIC. UPON INITIAL INSPECTION, IT WAS DEEMED THAT THE BRAKE LINES CORRODED TO THE POINT THAT THEY BLEW OUT. IT WAS ALSO DETERMINED THAT ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. INCLUDING THE TOW, THE COST OF REPAIRS WAS OVER $1100. THE TRUCK BARELY HAD OVER 20,000 MILES AT THE TIME. I LIVE IN MARYLAND AND HAVE OWNED OTHER VEHICLES FOR MUCH LONGER AND WITH A LOT MORE MILES. THIS TYPE OF FAILURE COULD HAVE CERTAINLY RESULTED IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT WITH MULTIPLE INJURIES OR EVEN DEATHS. I HOPE THIS COMPLAINT AIDS IN THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION I READ ABOUT HERE: HTTP://WWW.INSIDELINE.COM/CHEVROLET/SILVERADO-2500HD/FEDS-INVESTIGATING-6-2-MILLION-GM-VEHICLES-FOR-POSSIBLE-BRAKE-PROBLEM.HTML THANK YOU. *TR

EVERY TIME WHEN COMING TO A STOP THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES SOFT HAVE TO PRESS REAL HARD TO GET TRUCK TO STOP.THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FROM WHEN BRAND NEW, I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE WAY GM BRAKES FELT. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER,TRUCK HAS 27,000 MILES,AND BRAKES WERE REPLACED AT12,000 MILES. I AM AN ASE MECHANIC AND ITS NOT THE BRAKE PADS OR ROTORS. I HAVE DRIVEN A 03 3500 TRUCK WITH SAME PROBLEM. *TR

2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO SPEEDOMETER SOMETIMES DOES NOT WORK AND PRESSURE GAGE SOMETIMES WORKS INTERMITTENTLY ALONG WITH THE SPEEDOMETER. *TR

DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, I HIT THE BRAKES TO STOP FOR TRAFFIC LIGHT. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE "RUSTED" BRAKE LINE HAD CRACKED OPEN AND ALLOWED FLUID TO ESCAPE. NO BRAKES. HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED TO MY HOUSE. THIS HAPPENED TODAY,10/16/2010. IT IS A 2003 CHEVY SILVERADO P/U ALL OF THE STEEL LINES ARE RUSTED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. IN AUGUST 2005, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND WOULD NOT TURN OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE WIRING AT THE BRAKE HINGE WAS REPAIRED. IN 2010, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,283 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,292.

I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY SILVERADO 4X4 EXT. CAB 4.8L ENG. WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING UNDERNEATH THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND CORRODED ON THE OUTSIDE. I WILL BE REPLACING THEM. I HAVE ONLY 70,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE OWNED NUMEROUS VEHICLES AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EXPERIENCED RUSTED BRAKE LINES. ABOUT 5 MONTHS AGO I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM BUT ON A DIFFERENT BRAKE LINE ON THE REAR, THANK HEAVEN FOR SECONDARY BACKUP LINES. *TR