2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ENGINE OIL WAS BEING CONSUMED PREMATURELY. THE CONTACT HAD TO REPLACE THE OXYGEN SENSOR MORE THAN ONCE DUE TO THE PREMATURE OIL CONSUMPTION. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD EXCEEDED THE MILEAGE THAT PROVIDED THE NEWLY DESIGNED OIL PIN AND NEW VALVE COVERS THAT THEY WERE OFFERING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 145,000.

AIRBAGS SERVICE LIGHT IS ON. CONTACTED DEALER ABOUT RECALL. MY TRUCK WAS WITHIN VIN RANGE BUT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT SOLD UP NORTH THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING. ONE DOOR WILL NOT LOCK AND TWO DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK. THE COMPUTER HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. THE INJECTOR REPLACED. THE FUEL RAIL REPLACED. AC UNIT REPLACED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON AND CHECKED 17 TIMES FOR DEALERS TO NOT BE ABLE TO FIND ANY PROBLEM. STABILITRACK PROBLEM LIGHT BEEN ON ALONG WITH ABS LIGHT. THIS ALL STARTED WITH LESS THAN 2000 MILES. DEALERS WAS HELPFUL WHILE UNDER WARRANTY BUT COULD NOT CARE LESS NOW. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUSE BOX CAUGHT ON FIRE AND MELTED THE HARNESS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

WHILE DRIVING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, I SUDDENLY LOST BOTH POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. I WAS ABLE TO GET BACK INTO MY DRIVEWAY, BUT WITH CONSIDERABLE EFFORT. I CALLED MY MECHANIC AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP HAD FAILED, CAUSING THE POWER BRAKES TO FAIL, ALSO. THE POWER STEERING PUMP SHAFT BROKE. I USE THE TRUCK MOSTLY TO TOW A HORSE TRAILER. I SHUDDER TO THINK WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED HAD THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MY WAY TO A CAMP SITE ON A CURVING TWO LANE ROAD. I RESEARCHED THE FAILURE ON LINE AND DISCOVERED IT IS NOT A RARE OCCURRENCE, AND HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO SEVERAL MODEL YEAR CHEVROLET TRUCKS. THIS IS A LOW MILEAGE VEHICLE I PURCHASED NEW. IT HAS NEVER BEEN ABUSED OR MISUSED. *TR

NOTICED RATHER LARGE CRACK ON 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO LTZ DASH BOARD ON THE DRIVER SIDE HUMP OF THE DASH AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. DEALER ESTIMATED AT THE MINIMUM OF $400 REPAIR. COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE HARM IF EVER IN ACCIDENT. *TR

TRANSMISSION COOLANT LINES LEAKING AT CRIMPED ENDS WHERE RUBBER MEET METAL. *TR

ON MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES, DRIVING AT VARYING SPEEDS, WITHOUT TRACTION CONTROL DISENGAGED, THE PARKING BRAKE AND TRACTION CONTROLS WARNING LIGHTS AND SOUNDS ACTIVATED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE LCD DIC INDICATED STABILITRAK OFF AND SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM MESSAGES. TRIED ENGAGING AND DISENGAGING BOTH THE PARKING BRAKE AND TRACTION CONTROL WITH NO CHANGE. WHEN THE PARKING BRAKE WAS ENGAGED HOWEVER, THE SOUNDER BEGAN SOUNDING AGAIN AND WHEN DISENGAGED IT WOULD SHUT OFF. SERVICE BRAKES, ROTORS AND CALIPERS WERE REPLACED APPROXIMATELY 4000-4500 MILES AGO. FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS ABOUT 1000 MILES AGO. HAS OCCURRED 3 TIMES TOTAL. POSSIBLE BAD ABS SENSOR? *TR

THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAD STRONG SULFUR SMELL AFTER THE FIRST YEAR. I COMPLAINED TO CHEVY DEALER AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. BY YEAR THREE I COMPLAINED FOR THE THIRD TIME AGAIN WAS TOLD NO PROBLEM THE COMPUTER DIDN'T SHOW A CODE. I ASKED THE MECHANIC TO TAKE IT FOR A DRIVE HE RETURNED SAYING THE CAT WAS JUNK IT WAS REPLACED AND I WAS TOLD ONLY TO RUN TOP TIER GAS I DID THAT BUT AFTER ABOUT 8 MONTHS IT SMELLED AGAIN MY TRUCK IS JUST FIVE YEARS OLD AND I NEED ANOTHER CONVERTER, MY POWER LOCKS HAVE EACH BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES IN SECOND AND THIRD YEAR. NOW I NEED NEW AIRBAG SENSOR AND MY TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN HIT . *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE AND POWER TRAIN WARING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT A MESSAGE STATING THAT THE ENGINE POWER REDUCED HAD ALSO APPEARED BEFORE THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY POSITION SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE THROTTLE BODY WAS CLEANED AND THE COMPUTER WAS REPLACED BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT NOTICED A CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.