2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE ROAD THIS PAST WINTER AND A CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME...I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO BRAKES AND THANKFULLLY WAS ABLE TO GET AROUND THE CAR INTO THE OTHER LANE WITHOUT INJURY. THE BRAKE LINES WERE ALL CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT HAD THERE BEEN VEHICLES IN THE OTHER LANE. IN ADDITION TO THIS THE SPEEDOMETER OFTEN STOPS WORKING AND IS REGISTERING AT THE WRONG SPEED. *TR

THE STEEL BRAKE LINES ARE BADLY RUSTED, THEY ARE NOT LEAKING YET BUT I AM CONCERNED. *TR

I STARTED MY 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND PUT IT INTO GEAR THEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. LUCKILY MY E-BRAKE WORKED. THE TRUCK ONLY HAD 57000 MILES ON IT. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER THAT I PURCHASED IT FROM AND THEY REPLACED ALL THE FRONT BRAKE LINES. I AM GLAD NO ONE WAS HURT. WHY DID THE RUST OUT WITH LOW MILES? I AM READING I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN ACCIDENTS. THE REPAIR COST ME $617.00. *TR

THE BRAKES (ROTORS AND PADS) NEED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF DELAMINATED AND CORRODED. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW AND ONLY HAVE 22,352 MILES ON IT, AND THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH TIME THIS TRUCK NEEDS BRAKES. I DID NOT KEEP OLD PARTS, BECAUSE THE WORK WAS PERFORMED BY A CHEVROLET DEALER. *TR

I OWN A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 4X4 PICKUP AND HAVE HAD TO SPEND $750 TO REPLACE BRAKE LINES THAT FAILED DUE TO CORROSION. I READ THAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING A RECALL AND AM HOPEFUL THAT YOU DO TO RECTIFY THIS SITUATION. *TR

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER QUIT WORKING. EVERYTHING WAS WORKING FINE GOING TO WORK THEN HOME. STARTED THE TRUCK TO GO TO CHURCH AND NOTHING WORKED ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WITH EXCEPTION OF THE LIGHTS. *TR

LEFT TURN SIGNAL CAUSES THE TURN SIGNALS TO ACT AS HAZARD SIGNALS PREVENTING OTHER DRIVERS FROM KNOWING THE TRUCK IS TURNING LEFT. IT IS SPORADIC, BUT OFTEN HEAR A BUZZ UNDER STEERING COLUMN WHEN IT OCCURS. SEE IT IS AN OFTEN REPORTED PROBLEM WITH A FAILED HAZARD LAMP FLASHER MODULE WHOSE CONTACTS FAIL DUE TO MOISTURE. MUST BE REPLACED WITH A SEALED MODULE. CHEVY CLAIMS THERE IS NO RECALL ON FAULTY PART (CALLED 4/8/10). *TR

WE HAD COMPLETE LOSS OF HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM. LUCKILY MY WIFE WAS IN A PARKING LOT WHEN THE BRAKE LINE LET GO. HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS RUNNING OUT FROM UNDER THE TRUCK. THE PETAL EASILY WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR, NO RESISTANCE AT ALL. THE DEALER ASKED IF WE COULD DRIVE THE TRUCK ABOUT 10 MILES TO THE SHOP. WE HAD IT FLAT BEDDED IN. ALL BRAKE LINES WERE VERY RUSTY AND ALL HAD TO BE REPLACED. WE DO NOT HAVE OLD BRAKE LINES. *TR

MY 2003 CHEVROLET C/K 1500 SILVERADO IS HAVING A MESSAGE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SHOWING REDUCED ENGINE POWER. THEN, THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY DROPPED POWER. THE SPEED WILL DRAMATICALLY SLOW TO AROUND 15 MPH. THIS HAPPENED 3 PREVIOUS TIMES. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL NEAR MISSES AS A RESULT OF THE POWER REDUCTION. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE DEALERSHIP ON FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS DUE TO THE ENGINE POWER FAILURE - AT TIMES THE ENGINE WILL NOT RESTART. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR, THROTTLE BODY, POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE, THROTTLE ACTUATOR, CONTROL MODULE, ALSO, THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND THE ENGINE WAS STILL LOSING POWER. THE DEALERSHIP AND THE CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED AND I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GET ANY HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH IN A PARKING LOT, WITH HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ACTIVATED, INCREASING THE STOPPING DISTANCE. THE FAILURE OCCURS EVERY TIME THE BRAKES ARE ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, NO REPAIRS HAD BEEN MADE AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52154.