2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 Complaints

TIE RODS ENDS FRONT LEFT AND FRONT RIGHT REPLACED 3 TIMES, POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. *JB

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END ACCIDENT, THE AIRBAGS EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT, DEALER FOUND THE AIRBAG MODULE WAS DAMAGED INTERNALLY. *SLC

ON 09/27/2000 I WAS SLOWING DOWN FOR A DIP,WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. AS I CROSSED THE HIT THE DIP AND/OR JUST AFTER THE DIP, I HEARD A NOISE COME FROM THE LEFT FRONT DRIVERS SIDE OF TRUCK. AT THE SAME TIME THE LEFT FRONT OF TRUCK DROPPED A LITTLE. I WAS STILL ROLLING AND DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING WAS WRONG, SO I ROLLED ON ABOUT 100 FT. TO A RIGHT CURVE. WHEN I TRIED TO TURN THE VEHICLE IT ONLY TURNED FROM A 2 OCLOCK POSITION TO A 4 OCLOCK POSITION. TRUCK WENT INTO DITCH, AND STOPPED ON THE OTHER SIDE. THE FRONT WHEEL WAS BROKEN OFF WITH LUG NUTS, STUDS, AND OTHER PIECES OF METAL STILL IN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE UNDER THE TRUCK. WHEN THE WRECKER CAME, I GOT INTO THE TRUCK TO TRY TO GUIDE IT AS THEY PULLED IT OUT. I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES BEFORE I TRIED TO START THE TRUCK, AND THERE WAS NO BRAKE PRESSURE AT ALL. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THE TIE ROD HAD SNAPPED AT THE KNUCKLE, BUT 80 % WAS SHINE AND ABOUT 20% WAS TARNISHED AND GREASE LOOING LIKE THE TIE ROD HAD BEEN CRACKED A LONG TIME. ON YOUR SEARCH ENGINE SITE FOR RECALLS THE ONLY 3500 IS LISTED AS 3500HD. IN THE YEAR 2000 CHEVROLET DIDN'T MAKE A 3500HD. THEY ONLY MADE 3500'S THAT HAD SOME HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT ON THEM, SUCH AS HEAVY DUTY TRANSMISSION, ETC.*AK

FRONT END SEEMS TO BE WEARING OUT FRONT TIRES MORE THAN USUAL. THIS MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK THE STEERING WHEEL WAS MISALIGNED AND HAS GRINDING NOISE WHEN TURNING. THE REAR END VIBRATES WHEN TRYING TO SLOW DOWN. *YH

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, ESPECIALLY AT 55 MPH STEERING WHEEL WON'T STAY STRAIGHT, AND WILL PULL TO SIDES, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL IN MANY OCASSIONS.*AK

BALANCING AND ROTATING OF THE TIRES WERE WEARING AND TEARING ON THE LUGS: NUTS. CONSUMER THOUGHT TIRES WERE THE PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP MECHANIC DID NOT SEE THIS PROBLEM EYE TO EYE WITH CONSUMER. *AK

BACK SEAT DOESN'T LOCK UP AT ALL IN A STOP.SEAT PUSHES ALL THE WAY UP TO THE FRONT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED FLAMES ON BACK WINDOW AND THE BED OF THE TRUCK. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET THE KIDS OUT AND LEFT VEHICLE, AND THE WHOLE TRUCK BLEW UP. CONSUMER FELT IF THEY HAD OF BEEN 10 SECONDS LONGER THEY WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY. *AK

THE MIRROR ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AUTO HAS BLIND SPOT THAT DOES NOT ALLOW THE DRIVER TO SEE CARS THAT ARE ALONG SIDE JUST TO THE BED OF THE TRUCK. DEALER HAS NO SOLUTION GM HAS NO SOLUTION. THESE ARE THE TRAILORING MIRRORS FOR WHEN YOU PULL A TRAILOR. IF YOU WELL NOTICE THEY CORRECTED THE DRIVERS SIDE BY ADDING SMALL MIRRO WITHIN THE LARGER MIRROR. THE POTENTIAL IS FATAL IF YOU ARE PULLING A TRAILOR AND YOU ARE UNABLE TO SEE A CAR ALONG SIDE YOUR VEHICLE. IT NEED TO BE FIXED.

TRUCK STARTS VIBRATION AT 42MPH, VIBRATION THEN COMES INTO THE STEERING WHEEL AND THEN HOLD TRUCK VIBRATE.