2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

WE HAVE HAD TO DO EXTENSIVE WORK TO MAINTAIN THE BRAKES IN OUR CHEVY SILVERADO IN SAFE WORKING CONDITION. THEY FAILED SUDDENLY, TWICE, MAKING THE BRAKE PEDAL GO ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND. COSTS FOR REPAIRS WERE SIGNIFICANT, BUT THANKFULLY NO INJURIES. *TR

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER SUDDENLY WENT ON OUR 2003 CHEVY SILVERADO. GMC SUPPOSEDLY OFFERED A VOLUNTARY WARRANTY EXTENSION, BUT TOLD CUSTOMERS NOT TO TAKE TRUCK TO DEALERS UNLESS THE ISSUE WAS PRESENT. WE HAVE 86,800 MILES ON THE TRUCK. THE ODOMETER AND BATTERY GAUGE ARE BROKEN. IT NOW SAYS WE ARE GOING 20MPH WHEN WE ARE PARKED! GMC MADE US PAY $45 FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND REPAIR WILL COST $415. GMC DENIES COVERAGE FOR THIS ISSUE, BASED ON THEIR POLICY REGARDING MILES. WE DO NOT THINK TRUCK WILL PASS INSPECTION UNLESS WE GET REPAIRS DONE , AND WE ALSO THINK NOT KNOWING SPEED YOU ARE DRIVING OR THE STATUS OF YOUR BATTERY COULD POSE POTENTIAL SAFETY RISKS. WE ALSO WANT TO ADVISE OTHERS TO GET IT DONE BEFORE PROBLEM OCCURS. *TR

1. RAIN 2. WIPER MOTOR, WHENEVER I USE THE WIPERS, WIPER ARM STICKS AND WONT RETURN TO NORMAL POSITION, AND SOMETIMES GOES ALL THE TO THE LEFT AND HANGS UP ON SIDE OF TRUCK, CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO PUSH THE ARM BACK ONTO WINDSHIELD AND THEN PUSH IT DOWN TO ITS HOME POSITION. 3. I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE WIPER MOTOR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED HE COULD SMELL SMOKE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC MADE UNKNOWN REPAIRS TO THE BRAKES AND ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEMS. THE FAILURE RECURRED WITHIN 20,000 MILES. THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKES HAD BEEN REPAIRED THREE TIMES BY HIS MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE MECHANIC WHERE HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF ROAD SALTS AND MUDDY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000. UPDATED 06/29/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE NEEDS NEW BRAKES AGAIN. THE POWER BOOSTER AND PROPORTIONING VALVE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE WHEEL HUB FAILED ALONG WITH THE ABS SENSOR. UPDATED 09/13/10

BRAKE LINES HAVE ROTTEN OUT IN 6 YRS WITH OUT WARNING ,AND COULD HAVE CAUSED ACCIDENT, IF I WAS IN TRAFFIC LOW POWER IN BOOSTER. *TR

BRAKE LINE FAILURE IN A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO WITH APPROXIMATELY 24,000 MILES. REAR BRAKE LINE CORROSION LED TO LEAK AND FAILURE OF REAR BRAKES. HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO THE SHOP, WHERE HEAVY CORROSION WAS FOUND ON ALL THREE OTHER BRAKE LINES. ALL HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH SPECIALLY MANUFACTURED STAINLESS STEEL LINES BECAUSE GM DOESN'T MANUFACTURE THEM. PREVIOUSLY HAD TROUBLE WITH THE ABS SYSTEM. BOTH SPEED SENSORS WERE FAULTY; HAD TO BE DISASSEMBLED AND REPLACED. *TR

TL*-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE AIR BAG MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 103,340. UPDATED 11/16/10. *LJ

TRUCK LOST ABILITY TO STOP EFFECTIVELY. TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL REPAIR SHOP, WHERE MECHANIC FOUND BRAKE LINES HAD RUPTURED FROM CORROSION. BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED. *TR

2003 CHEVY SILVERADO BRAKE LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED. 4 LINES BROKE DUE TO CORROSION. I TOTAL LOST ALL BRAKES LUCKY NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES HAPPEN. HAD OVER $1200 IN REPAIR BILLS IN ORDER TO DRIVE THE TRUCK AGAIN. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK DOWN THE STREET, I ATTEMPTED TO STOP FOR A RED LIGHT, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALMOST TO THE FLOOR. IN ORDER TO CORRECT THE FAILURE, I HAD TO REPLACE ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES, FRONT AND REAR, BECAUSE THEY WERE CORRODED AND POSED A SAFETY THREAT. THE TOTAL FOR THE REPAIRS WAS $1810.50. *TR