2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET 2500. WHILE PARKED, SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND IT SUDDENLY BURST INTO FLAMES. A POLICE AND A FIRE REPORT WERE FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

PAINT IS PEELING FROM FRONT HOOD. SEPARATE RESEARCH SUGGESTS THIS IS A COMMONLY REPORTED PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL RESULTING FROM IMPROPER PRIMING AND FINISH COAT PAINT PROCEDURE APPLIED AT THE FACTORY - DEFECT. WHAT CAN BE DONE TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE? *TR

PAINT PEELING FROM FRONT HOOD. RESEARCH SUGGESTS THIS IS A VERY COMMON FACTORY DEFECT RELATED TO IMPROPER PRIMING PAINT AND FINISH COAT PREPARATION PROCEDURE. I HAVE A FLEET OF 4 VEHICLES AND MOST ARE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. WHAT CAN BE DONE? *TR

WE WERE TRAVELING EAST ON INTERSTATE 94 NEAR CAMP DOUGLAS, WI. WE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE TIRE FAILURE. IT APPEARS TO BE PLY-SEPARATION. WE CONTACTED THE TIRE DEALER BY PHONE, BUT THEY SAID THE TIRE WAS NOT ON RECALL. I WROTE THE COMPANY DIRECTLY, BUT DID NOT EVEN GET A RESPONSE. *TR

TOWING MY 12000LB. 5TH WHEEL ON INTERSTATE 95 JUST SOUTH OF PALM COAST FL. I PULLER OVER TO CHECK THE BRAKES ON THE 5TH WHEEL. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, BECAUSE THE BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH. THE TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN SNOW. HAD TO FLAT-BED TRUCK TO LOCAL CHEVY DEALER. THEY REPLACED TWO LINES. ON MAY 1, 2014, THE OTHER REMAINING LINES RUSTER THROUGH AND THE TRUCK HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER AGAIN. NO WARNING, EITHER TIME. NEVER HAD A BRAKE LINE RUST THROUGH. TRUCK ONLY HAD 67,000 MILES ON IT. LUCKILY, IT DIDN'T QUIT TOWING 12000 IBS. DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY. ..UPDATED 06/26/14 *BF

DASHBOARD IS CRACKED ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE CORNER OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. THIS IS A KNOWN PERSISTENT PROBLEM WITH GM VEHICLES. GOT QUOTED OVER 700 DOLLARS TO REPLACE IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE FUEL GAUGE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD FAIL TO ACCURATELY INDICATE THE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000. ...UPDATED 01/14/14 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE FUEL GAUGE MALFUNCTIONED ON A CONSISTENT BASIS. UPDATE 01/16/14

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT VERY CLOSE TO THE FLOOR WITH VERY LITTLE STOPPING POWER, WHEN I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER THEY INFORMED ME A BRAKE LINE HAD BUSTED AND THE BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTED AND ALL THE BRAKE LINES HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT THE SUM OF $1,400, THIS TRUCK IS USED FOR A FAMILY VEHICLE AND IS NOT A WORK TRUCK, I MAY BE WRONG BUT I FEEL 6 YEARS IS NO WAY NEAR THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A SAFETY SYSTEM SUCH AS A BRAKES IN THIS GEOGRAPHICAL AREA, I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THIS WAS NOT UNCOMMON. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, BRAKE FLUID WAS NOTICED LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD EXTENSIVE CORROSION. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 87,500.

WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, FOR OVER 48 HRS. THE CHEVROLET SILVERADO PICKUP CAUGHT FIRE CAUSING OVER $7800.00 DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, AND $2200.00 DAMAGE TO THE CONTENTS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. NOT BEING AT HOME AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE, I WAS INFORMED BY THE FIRE DEPT. THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED INSIDE THE CAB OF THE TRUCK, PROBABLY REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER AREA, AND WAS MOST PROBABLY AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION.WHEN I CONTACTED THE CHEV. DEALERSHIP. TO REPORT THE INCIDENT, THEIR REPLY TO ME WAS "CALL YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY" THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW ON 5/10/2007. REPEATED COMMUNICATIONS WITH GM, AND CHEVROLET DIVISION RESULTED IN ITS DENIAL OF RESPONSIBILITY, I HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AT A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP. SUBSEQUENT INCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED, THE FOLLOWING WINTER, WHERE THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER HAS GONE ON WITHOUT THE TRUCK RUNNING, AND THE KEYS REMOVED. SEVERAL COMPLAINTS WERE MADE TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THEIR FINDINGS WERE THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. MY INSURANCE COMPANY HAS AN ONGOING LAW SUIT AGAINST GM, AS OF YET TO NO AVAIL, AND I AM STILL DRIVING A DEFECTIVE VEHICLE. I HAVE DISCONNECTED THE WIRE TO THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER AS I DO NOT WANT ANOTHER FIRE. I DO HAVE THE FIRE DEPT, AND SHERIFF'S DEPT REPORTS ON THE FIRE, PLUS PHOTOS OF THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FIRE. *TR