2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER HE HAD MADE A COMPLETE STOP, THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED UPON DEPRESSION OF THE ACCELERATOR WITHOUT INCIDENT. HE STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT WARNING LIGHT HAD REMAINED ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PUSH THE AIR BAG BACK INTO THE AIR BAG SLOT AND CONTINUED NORMAL DRIVING. THE CONTACT SUFFERED A SCRATCH TO HIS RIGHT CHEEK BUT DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE CONTACT DID NOTIFY THE LOCAL POLICE ABOUT THE FAILURE BUT A REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THREE WEEKS LATER, THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER:21V050000(AIR BAG). THE CONTACT CALLED LESTER GLENN CHEVROLET (398 NJ-37, TOMS RIVER, NJ 08753) WHERE HE NOTIFIED THEM OF A FAILURE AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO SERVICE THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER HAD YET TO BE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD YET TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 158,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWN 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ENTERING THE VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTING TO LATCH THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT IN THE BUCKLE, THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO LATCH IN SECURELY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT AND REMAINED LOOSENED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT LATCH AND THE PASSENGER'S SIDE RETRACTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,300.

CRACKED DASHBOARD IN SEVERAL PLACES. POSSIBLE OBSTRUCTION OF PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG IN THE EVENT OF DEPLOYMENT. PIECES OF DASHBOARD MIGHT BECOME SHARP PIECES FLYING AROUND THE CAB IN CASE OF A COLLISION.

WHEN I TRIED TO GET THE EMISSIONS DOWN ON MY VEHICLE. I WAS NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL. THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON AND HAS BEEN ON FOR ABOUT 5 YEARS. NO OTHER ISSUES WITH VEHICLE.

DRIVING FREEWAY SPEED LOST THROTTLE/ACCELERATION CONTROL AND POWER, GAGES WENT OUT OF CONTROL DROPPING TO ZERO COMING BACK UP AND THEN DROPPING AGAIN, RADIO SHUT OFF AND CLOCK RESET. LOCKS WERE LOCKING AND UNLOCKING ON THEIR OWN THEN TRUCK SHUT OFF. HAD TO COAST TO SIDE OF FREEWAY. NO HAZARDS LIGHTS WOULD WORK NO BLINKER. ONCE PARKED ON SIDE OF FREEWAY TURNED OFF IGNITION AND TRUCK WOULD NOT START NO POWER NO NOTHING. HAD TO DISCONNECT BATTERY THEN CONNECT AGAIN BEFORE IT WOULD START BACK UP. WAS TOLD ENGINE WAS REBUILT BY CAR DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT FROM CARFAX DOESNT SHOW THAT BUT DOES SHOW A POSSIBLE ODOMETER ROLL BACK AND A NEW AIRBAG RECALL WAS ISSUED. I JUST GOT CARFAX REPORT TODAY HAVNT HAD THE TRUCK FOR EVEN A YEAR.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INDICATING THAT THE AIR BAGS NEEDED TO BE SERVICED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION ON NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 21V050000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. CIOCCA CHEVROLET OF PRINCETON (200 RENAISSANCE BLVD, LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, NJ 08648) WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THERE WAS NO FIX AVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NO FIX FOR THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 198,500. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.*DT*JB

HAVE BEEN TOLD BY DEALERSHIP THAT THEY KNOW THE PROBLEM BUT HAVE NO PARTS THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2017

THE DASH ON MY SILVERADO HAS SIGNIFICANT CRACK. SO MANY CRACKS PORTIONS OF THE DASH CAN ALMOST BE REMOVED. THE NOISE IS DISTRACTING, THE POTENTIAL FLYING OBJECTS THAT COULD BECOME AIRBORN IN AN ACCIDENT ARE VERY CONCERNING.

PLASTIC DASHBOARD CRACKING AROUND PASSENGER AIRBAG AND DRIVERS SIDE INSTRUMENT PANEL.

HI THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE WORST TRUCK I EVER OWNED I HAVE SUNK OVER 5K INTO IT IN REPAIRS THE AIR BAG SERVICE LIGHT WENT ON OVER A YEAR AGO WEN I FIRST GOT THE TRUCK MY GARAGE TOLD ME THERE WERE RECALLS ON IT I TOOK IT TO A DEALER THEY FIXED 1 BUT REFUSED TO FIX THE AIR BAG RECALL LIGHT MY GARAGE TOLD ME ITS UNSAFE AND DEALER SHOULD REPAIR MY GARAGE SED METAL COULD KILL ME AND BAG COULD GO OFF AT ANY TIME I TOOK THE TRUCK TO SPURR CHEVY IN BROCKPORT AND HARTWAY CHEVEY IN MEDINA AS WELL AS CHEVY DEALER IN ROCHESTER AND BATAVIA ALL TOLD ME THERE IS NO FIX AND TO KEEP DRIVING I DID AND THINGS JUST GOT WORSE I KEEP GETTING STRANDED AND THE TRUCK LOOSES POWER BECAUSE THE CONSTANT WARNING SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT I HAD TO CALL AAA AND GET TOWED A BUNCH AND GET JUMP STARTS I HAVE A 18 MONTH OLD CHILD THIS TRUCK IS NOT SAFE AND THIS IS EFFECTING THE TRUCKS COMPUTER THE COMPLETE MUFFLER FROM ENGINE BACK INCLUDING CONVERTERS WAS REPLACED AT DEALER BY PREVIOUS OWNER PASSED INSPECTION FIRST YEAR I HAD IT NOW IT WILL NOT PASS GET MESSAGES LIKE ECM NOT COMMUNICATION CODES FOR DEALER ETC I TOOK IT TO DEALER IN BROCKPORT THEY RESET COMPUTER CODES WERE CLEAR FOR 2 HOURS BY TIME I GOT TO INSPECTION SHOP ALL CODES WERE BACK THIS THING IS DANGEROUS I SMELL ODD ELECTRIC SMELL BY AIR BAG ALMOST LIKE SOMETHING BURNING AND ANOTHER PROBLEM I HAD THE DAMB WHEEL BERINGS ON BOTH SIDES WENT THE ONE SIDE STARTED MAKING A NOISE I TRIED TO GET HOME TURNED ON TO MY RD AND THE WHOLE FRONT WHEEL BREAK ROTOR AND ALL LUGS CAME OFF WITH BEARING I WENT SKIDDING 400 FEET DOWN THE ROAD THE DAM BEARING IS JUST PRESSED IN WHEN THEY GO THE WHOLE FRONT FALLS OFF YOU CAN NOT STEER I HAVE FIXED EVERYTHING ON THIS TRUCK AND STILL NOT SAFE TO DRIVE NEW BREAKS ROTORS PADS TIRES RIMS FUEL PUMP SENDING UNIT ALL NEW AC ALL NEW EXAHUST EVERYTHING IS NEW BUT THE DAM AIR BAG IS MALFUNCTIONING I AND