2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO FREEZES UP, AND DOES NOT INDICATE THE TRUE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE. I RECEIVED A LETTER OF RECALL/REPAIR FROM GM ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM, BUT THE LETTER STATES THAT THEY WILL ONLY REPAIR THE PROBLEM IF THE VEHICLE IS LESS THAN 7 YEARS OLD OR HAS LESS THAN 70,000 MILES. HERE IS WHERE I HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM WITH THIS. WHEN I GOT THE LETTER FROM GM, MY TRUCK HAD 66,000 MILES ON IT. AT THIS TIME, THE SPEEDOMETER WAS WORKING FINE. THE LETTER STATES IN BOLD LETTERING " DO NOT TAKE YOUR VEHICLE TO THE DEALER UNLESS IT IS SHOWING SIGNS OF FAILURE". MY TRUCK DID NOT DEVELOP THIS ISSUE UNTIL IT REACHED 77,000 MILES. GM NOW REFUSES TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE SPEEDOMETER UNDER THE RECALL, BUT WANTS $600.00 TO REPLACE THE SPEEDOMETER. THERE IS NO WAY TO DETERMINE THE TRUE SPEED OF THE TRUCK, AND TO ME IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE FOR MY FAMILY. *TR

UPON NORMAL BRAKING. A BRAKE LINE RUPTURED, ALL BRAKE FLUID WAS LOST, AND THE BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED. *TR

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STAY ON AND WON'T TURN OFF, YOU CAN TURN THEM ON HIGH, BUT NOT OFF OR INTERMITTENT. FUSE HAD TO BE PULLED TO GET THEM TO CUT OFF, BUT WHEN FUSE WAS REPLACED, WIPERS STAYED ON STILL. THIS IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO THE FACT THAT DRIVING WITH FUSE PULLED ANY RAINFALL COULD HINDER DRIVING. UNTIL VEHICLE IS STOPPED AND FUSE IS REPLACED. *TR

SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT ON CODE B0103 MULTIPLE REPORTS OF SAME PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET. *TR

HAD TO REPLACE REAR BRAKE PADS WITH ONLY 35000 MILES ON TRUCK AFTER TALKING TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH O3 SILVERADO TRUCKS THEY HAD TO REPLACE REAR PADS AT 26000 MILES AND ANOTHER AT 32000 MILES THE DEALER SHIP SAID CALIPER WAS STICKING THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVER UNDER WARRANT BUT WAS NOT IT MUST A PROBLEM SINCE OTHER PEOPLE HAD TO CHANGE REAR PADS WITH LESS THAN 36,000 MILES ON THEM THANKS. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER WORK SOMETIME,OIL CLUSTER NEEDLE NOT WORKING. IT WAS A RECALL BUT YOU HAD TO BE UNDER LIKE 70 THOUSAND MILE TO GET THE SERVICE FREE AND I WAS OVER THE MILEAGE. THIS IS A DEFECT AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY BECAUSE MY TRUCK WAS OVER 70 THOUSAND MILES. *TR

THE ABS SENSORS WERE REPLACED ON MY 2003 SILVERADO, UNDER THE RECALL. HOWEVER THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM, THE TRUCK CONTINUES TO NOT STOP WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *TR

SPEEDOMETER WILL OCCASIONALLY READ FROM 5 TO 30 MPH FROM TRUE SPEED. WHEN THIS MALFUNCTION OCCURS, STOPPING THE TRUCK WILL NOT CAUSE THE SPEEDOMETER TO GO TO 0 MPH AS EXPECTED BUT WILL READ, FOR INSTANCE, 25 MPH. TURNING THE IGNITION OFF AND RESTARTING THE ENGINE WHILE PARKED WILL MAKE THE SPEEDOMETER READ APPROXIMATELY 4 MPH CLOSER TO ZERO EACH TIME. THIS MALFUNCTION HAS CAUSED ME TO DRIVE AT INAPPROPRIATE SPEED MANY TIMES. *TR

I HAVE A 1500 CHEVY, SILVERADO. I WAS NOTIFIED BY ?? BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM HAS CLOSED. THE RECALL STATED A PROBLEM WITH THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER. BUT, BECAUSE WE HAD MORE THAN 70,000 MILES IT WAS NOT COVERED. WE HAD TO PAY OVER $300.00. WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED IN A TIMELY MANNER AND SHOULD BE REIMBURSED. IN 2006 WHEN THE ODOMETER AND THE TEMP GAUGES WAS STICKING WE DID NOT HAVE 70,000 MILES. THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS STILL STUCK SINCE 2006. *TR

REALIZED MY SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT ACCURATE DURING A TRIP ON THE INTERSTATE, BECAME WORSE AND EVENTUALLY STOPPED WORKING. *TR