2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 HD Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 HD. THE SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONED AND THE DIAL REMAINS ON ZERO. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CABLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, BUT NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 HD. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A DITCH. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. ONE PASSENGER WAS INJURED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED DUE TO THE IMPACT OF THE CRASH. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 83,000. MICHIGAN TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT. UPDATED 09/18/07 *TR

SPEEDOMETER RECORDS WRONG SPEED GRADUALLY MOVING AHEAD TO PEGGING SELF AT 120 MPH. EACH TIME VEHICLE WAS STOPPED SPEEDOMETER WILL CORRECT BY 5 MPH. THUS, I DID NOT KNOW SPEED I WAS MOVING AT. STARTED VEHICLE ENOUGH TIMES TO MOVE BACK TO 0.*AK

2003 CHEVROLET 1500HD 4X4 - THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT MADE A CLANKING SOUND" WHILE TURNING AND DRIVING. IT WAS EXTREMELY ANNOYING AND LOUD. I TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TWICE WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. I NOW ONLY HAVE 57,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK. BOTH TIMES THEY GREASED THE SHAFT. NOW IT WAS BACK EVEN WORSE. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT GM HAS COME OUT WITH A NEW SHAFT. HOWEVER, THEY DO NOT KNOW IF IT WILL BE ANY BETTER OR WORSE, AND OF COURSE THEY WANTED ME TO PAY FOR THE NEW PART. HOW COULD I KNOW IF THE SHAFT WAS ON THE VERGE OF FAILURE? DO I JUST ALLOW THE NOISE TO CONTINUE UNTIL IT FAILED? WILL IT FAIL? WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN IT FAILS? I WOULD EXPECT GM TO OWN UP TO THIS PROBLEM. THEY KNEW IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW, BUT REFUSED TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY.*AK

SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 HD QUICK WORKING. HAVE HEAR MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS IN THIS ISSUE. THE SPEEDOMETER WILL BE STUCK ON 50 MPH WHILE SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY AND WONT GO BACK DOWN. *JB

THE CENTER REAR SEATBELT RETRACTOR WILL NO LONGER RETRACT ON MY 2003 CHEVROLET HD PICKUP TRUCK. THIS SEATBELT WAS USED BY MY CHILD. LUCKILY WE WERE PARKED WHEN WE DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM AND HAD TO MOVE HER TO THE OUTBOARD POSITION. WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW. WHILE HAVING IT CHECKED AT THE DEALERSHIP, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL ADVISED THAT ANOTHER OWNER CAME IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND AFTER JERKING ON THE SEATBELT SEVERAL TIMES, THE RETRACTOR BEGAN WORKING AGAIN. I HAVE ORDERED A NEW SEATBELT RETRACTOR FOR THE REAR CENTER POSITION, BUT WANTED TO REPORT THIS DEFECT. *JB

I OWN A 2003 CHEVROLET 1500HD 4X4. IT HAS HEATED SEATS WHICH TEND TO COME ON BY ITS SELF AND WILL NOT TURN OFF. THE SEATS GET EXTREMELY HOT. SINCE THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED, I'M NOW GETTING A SERVICE 4 WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT, BUT THE 4X4 SEEMS OK. I THINK THE SHORT IN THE SEATS IS EFFECTING OTHER PARTS ON MY TRUCK. *JB

SPEEDOMETER FAILS TO FUNCTION - WILL BE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD AND IT RANGES FROM 0-120 MPH WHEN I ESTIMATE I AM ACTUALLY TRAVELING 35 MPH(ESTIMATED OBVIOUSLY). HAS HAPPENED ON 3 OCCASIONS AND IN NOW NON-FUNCTIONING. DEALERSHIP RECOMMENDS REPLACING INSTRUMENT CLUSTER - AND ADMITS TO A RASH OF THESE REPLACEMENTS ON THESE TRUCKS. *NM

I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 HD WITH APPROX 55,000 MILES ON IT. WITHOUT NOTICE THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED TO WORK (NEEDLE IS FIXED BETWEEN 60-120 MPH). AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET, I DISCOVERED THAT MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN LEVIED (IN AT LEAST AN INFORMAL SETTING). *NM

STEERING WHEEL KNOCK CAUSE BY INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT. THE SHAFT WAS REPLACED AT 18,013 MILES AND FAILED AGAIN AT 31,000 MILES. GM HAS KNOW ABOUT THIS FLAW SINCE 1999 AND HAS NO KNOWN PERMANENT REPAIR. *JB