2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

JUST BOUGHT A 2003 CHEVY SILVERADO 4X4 WITH A 5.3LT ENGINE . PROBLEMS WITH THE FUEL GAUGE, IT WORKED WHEN TEST DROVE AT DEALER AND AFTER BUYING THE TRUCK IT STOPPED ON THE WAY HOME!!!! BEEN TOLD IT WILL COST HUNDREDS TO FIX !!!! AFTER RESEARCHING ON THE NET I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH GM TRUCKS,AND NOT ONLY WITH 2003 TRUCKS BUT MANY OF OTHER YEARS!!!!!!!! AND ALSO SOME CAR MODELS NOW WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS CANNOT BE A COINCIDENCE!! IF YOU WANT PROOF JUST READ THE GM FORUMS IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING GAS GAUGE PROBLEMS !!!!!!!!! I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS NOT A RECALL ON THIS, AS WELL AS ALL THE PEOPLE ON A NUMBER OF GM CHAT FORUMS, EVERYONE IS WONDERING WHY GM (GOVERNMENT MOTORS)HAVE NOT SENT OUT A RECALL EITHER !!!!!!!! I DID NOT BUY A TRUCK FOR THOUSANDS SO I COULD TURN AROUND AND SPEND HUNDREDS TO GET IT FIXED, WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY A DESIGN PROBLEM !!!!!!!! THEY DO A RECALL FOR THE GM TAILGATES BUT NOT FOR SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS A FUEL GAUGE ?!?!?!?!?! DO SOME RESEARCH AND YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT !!! THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND I HOPE SOMETHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS EXPENSIVE PROBLEM SOON. *TW

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN DECEMBER 2009. SINCE THE ACCIDENT, THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. THE NEEDLE ON THE SPEEDOMETER NO LONGER MOVED. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE SO AT HER EXPENSE. SHE HAD NOT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER TO-DATE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 89,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 88,000.

2003 CHEVY SILVERADO LT 1500 4WD EXT.CAB. BRAKES CHANGED X2 WITH 35,000 MILES ON NOW. LINES RUSTED CAUSING COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. ABS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TOTAL FAILURE TO STOP. THIS ALL HAPPENED IN APPROX. ONE MONTH. I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE THAT I DID NOT KILL MYSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE. COST APPROX. $600. 35,000 MILES. THIS IS A TRAVESTY. WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT???? *TR

THE CABLE MECHANISM THAT IS FASTENED TO THE FRAME OF THE UNDERSIDE OF MY PICK-UP TRUCK ALONG WITH THE SPARE TIRE FELL FROM MY TRUCK ONTO THE HIGHWAY. THIS MECHANISM IS WHAT HOLDS SPARE TIRE UNDER MY TRUCK BED AND HAS A WINCH WITH CABLE THAT RAISES AND LOWERS THE TIRE. THE MECHANISM SLIDES UNDER STEEL SUPPORT ON SIDE AND IS SECURED WITH A BOLT ON OTHER SIDE. THE STEEL BASE AROUND THE BOLT CRACKED AND BROKE LOOSE. FORTUNATELY I LOST MY SPARE TIRE DURING DAYTIME CONDITIONS AND ON LIGHTLY TRAVELED ROAD OR A VEHICLE BEHIND ME COULD SUSTAINED DAMAGED AND PASSENGERS COULD BE HURT. MY TRUCK IS A CHEVROLET 2003 SILVERADO 1500 2WD WORK TRUCK MODEL. I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK NEW AND HAVE HAD FEW PROBLEMS WITH IT. I HAVE JUST OVER 80,000 ACTUAL MILE ON THE ODOMETER OF MY TRUCK.*CW

2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO SPEEDOMETER IS SHOWING I'M TRAVELING AT 70 MPH WHEN ACTUALLY DOING ABOUT 10 MPH, AND AT OTHER TIMES SHOWS I'M TRAVELING 30 MPH WHEN ACTUALLY GOING SIGNIFICANTLY FASTER. THIS IS CAUSING A SAFETY ISSUE, AND IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A SYSTEMIC ISSUE WITH CHEVROLET. *TR

RECENTLY I WENT TO START UP MY 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. THINKING IT WAS AIR IN THE BREAK LINE I PUMPED THE BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL CONTINUED TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I REALIZED THAT AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE BREAK FLUID WAS LEAKING NEAR THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL. ULTIMATELY, I HAD TO HAVE MY TRUCK TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS BRAKE LINE RUST/CORROSION, AND ANOTHER BRAKE LINE WAS ALSO ON THE VERGE OF FAILURE. I ENDED UP HAVING TWO BRAKE LINES REPLACED WHICH ADDED UP TO ABOUT $1200, BUT FORTUNATELY I'M A LOYAL CUSTOMER AT THAT DEALERSHIP, SO THE PRICE WAS REDUCED TO ABOUT $850. CURRENTLY I ONLY HAVE 44,000 MI ON MY TRUCK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS FAILED AND HE IS UNABLE TO READ ANY GAUGES ON THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT SINCE HIS WARRANTY IS NOT VALID HE HAS TO PAY $400 TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND A CLAIM WAS FILED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 174,000.

APPLIED BRAKES HARD TO MISS A STRAY DOG THAT RAN OUT IN THE ROAD AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. NOTICED FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM UNDER THE TRUCK AND FOUND THAT METAL BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED THROUGH AND LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING ALL 4 OF THE LINES MYSELF AND THIS IS PROVING TO BE A MAJOR UNDERTAKING. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 34,00 MILES. I DO THE GENERAL MAINTENANCE MYSELF. I WENT TO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP TO PURCHASE THE FORMED LINES AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY DID NOT SELL THE INDVIDUAL LINES AND I WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THEM FROM A 16 FT. ROLL OF METAL LINES. THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF A PROBLEM OR RECALL. *TR

THE LEFT DAYLIGHT RUNNING LIGHT BURNED OUT. UPON REMOVING THE BULB THE SOCKET WAS BROWN AND THE ELECTRICAL CONTACTS LOOKED CHARRED. THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL BULB INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY. CLEANED CONTACTS WITH SANDPAPER AND INSTALLED NEW 4114 BULB AS WAS REMOVED. I STILL HAVE THE BURNED OUT BULB. *TR

CHEVY 2003 SILVERADO ODOMETER ERROR AFTER 70,000 MILES IT READS ODOMETER ERROR EVERY TIME YOU CRANK IT AND SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK. *TR