2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. UPON ENTERING THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON 28 OCCASIONS IN WHICH THEY DID NOT DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE BUT RECOMMENDED THAT HE REPLACE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 21,847.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER SENT AN INVESTIGATOR TO INSPECT THE DEPLOYMENT AND DETERMINED THAT THE STM MODULE WAS CORRODED AND PROVIDED AN INCORRECT SIGNAL TO THE AIR BAGS WHICH CAUSED THE DEPLOYMENT. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER A RECALL RELATED TO THE AIR BAGS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 39,000. UPDATED 5/9/11 *CN UPDATED 05/19/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE ONE OF THE TIRES, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE JACK DID NOT FIT WHERE THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL INDICATED IT WAS TO FIT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PIECE OF METAL ON THE JACK AS SUGGESTED BY THE OWNERS MANUAL, WAS TOO LARGE FOR THE PLACEMENT LOCATION ON THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 13,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH DOWNHILL AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE AND THAT HIS BRAKES COULD POSSIBLE HAVE BEEN HEATING UP AND CAUSING THE VIBRATION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 29,400.

I OWN A 2008 SILVERADO THAT I BOUGHT NEW BEFORE THE BAILOUT AND EVERYTHING AT CHEVY WAS BEING GIVEN AWAY. MY PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND SEEMS TO FIX ITSELF, I HAVE HAD THE A/C NOT WORK ABS LIGHTS FLASH,POWER DOOR LOCKS FLUCTUATE AND ALL THAT WHILE DRIVING. WHEN IT IS PARKED I WILL UNLOCK IT USING THE KEY FOB EVERYTHING WILL LIGHT UP TRUCK WILL UNLOCK GET PUT KEY IN THE IGNITION TO START AND EVERYTHING WILL SHUT OFF. IT IS AS IF SOMEONE TOOK OUT THE BATTERY, I HAVE NO HORN NO 4WAYS NO POWER OF ANY KIND. NOW IT DOES NOT DO THIS ALL THE TIME BUT IS HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY. LAST TIME I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THE TECH TOLD ME IT FIXED ITSELF HE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE DID,BUT TOLD ME TO GET RID OF IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THAT WAS WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY NOW IT WILL COST ME A SMALL FORTUNE FOR THEM TO TELL TO GET RID OF IT. *TR

THE AUTO DOOR LOCK STOPPED WORKING FOR A SECOND TIME. WHEN YOU PRESS THE LOCK BUTTON, THE DOOR LOCK DO NOT RESPOND. THIS COULD CAUSE PEOPLE TO BECOME TRAPPED IN THE TRUCK, OR A CRIMINAL COULD EASILY OPEN THE DOOR TO CARJACK THE DRIVER. *TR

DRIVERS DOOR LOCK STOPPED WORKING UNEXPECTEDLY. THE REMOTE LOCK/UNLOCK AND POWER LOCK/UNLOCK NO LONGER WORK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THE DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR MOTOR FAILED FOR THE POWER LOCKS AND ALL DOORS HAD TO BE UNLOCKED MANUALLY. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND DIRECTED HIM TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED HIM THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

I HAVE A 2008 CHEVY SILVERADO AND AROUND 34,000 MILES THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LOCK STOPPED WORKING I THINK THE MOTOR WENT OUT YOU HAVE TO LOCK IT MANUALLY THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY HAVE FIXED SEVERAL OF THEM BUT THERE IS NO RECALL A FRIEND OF MINE HAS A 2008 GMC AND HERS DONE THE SAME EXACT THING. *TR

I DRIVE A 2008 CHEVY SILVERADO CREW CAB AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE BRAKES WORE COMPLETELY TO THE METAL DUE TO THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE DEALERSHIP. I SPOKE WITH THE OWNER AND THEY ARE INCURRING SOME OF THE COST, BUT AFTER THEY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE THE BACK BRAKES ARE ALSO WORN. THE TRUCK HAS 39,700 MILES AND ALL THE BRAKES ARE BEING REPLACED, FRONT AND BACK. I HAVE ALWAYS COMPLAINED TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT MY BRAKES NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND THEY ALWAYS CAME UP WITH SOME SORT OF EXPLANATION TO JUSTIFY THE NOISE. THIS IS MY 4TH CHEVY TRUCK AND THE FIRST ONE WHERE ALL THE BRAKES ARE BEING REPLACED AT THE SAME TIME BEFORE IT HAS HIT 40,000. *TR