2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 Complaints

MY BRAKE LINES GAVE OUT, APPARENTLY THEY ARE ALL RUSTED AND IN BAD SHAPE. MY VEHICLE HAD JUST FINISHED AN ANNUAL SAFETY INSPECTION AT A REPAIR SHOP. UPON LEAVING THE SHOP WHEN I DEPRESSED THE PEDAL TO STOP FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE TRUCK TOOK APPROXIMATELY 3 - 4 TIMES THE NORMAL DISTANCE TO STOP. THERE WAS NO WARNING NOR LIGHT INDICATING ANY ISSUE WITH THE BRAKES. *TR

BNSF RAILROAD OWNED 2007 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500 (HD?) PICK UP TRUCK INVOLVED IN A MULTI-VEHICLE PILEUP ON INTERSTATE I-25 NEAR DENVER, CO DURING A SEVERE SNOW STORM. ACCIDENT INVOLVED APPROXIMATELY 50 VEHICLES ALONG THAT STRETCH OF HIGHWAY. DRIVING NORTHBOUND NEARING JOHNSON'S CORNER EXIT AND TRAVELING BETWEEN 35-45 MPH, DRIVER NOTICED A SEMI-TRUCK SIDEWAYS AHEAD AND LOOKED FOR AN ESCAPE ROUTE OFF THE RIGHT HAND SHOULDER. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO AVOID THE JACKKNIFED SEMI BY MOVING TOWARDS THE SHOULDER, ANOTHER VEHICLE OR VEHICLES WERE PILED UP AND OR STOPPED ON/ALONG THE SHOULDER AREA. THE VEHICLE STRUCK THE BACK OF A TRAILER TRUCK BUT THE AIRBAGS IN THE SILVERADO DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER WAS WEARING SEATBELT AT TIME OF COLLISION BUT SUSTAINED MULTIPLE INJURIES. VEHICLE SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO FRONT END. RAILROAD VEHICLE WAS REPORTEDLY NOT EQUIPPED WITH HYRAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLIES BUT DID HAVE A TWO-WAY RAILROAD RADIO INSTALLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DRIVE AWKWARDLY. THE CONTACT MOVED OFF THE ROADWAY AND DISCOVERED THAT THE TIRES WERE FLAT. HE THEN TRIED TO REMOVE THE SPARE TIRE FROM THE VEHICLE BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME AND THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND A COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO ADVISED HIM TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER SO THAT THE DEALER COULD SHOW HIM HOW TO REMOVE THE SPARE TIRE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 46,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE JACK IS UNSTABLE. THE TIRE WOULD NOT RELEASE FROM THE SECONDARY LATCH SYSTEM. *JS

TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THAT A EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLT WAS BROKEN. VEHICLE WARRANTY HAD JUST EXPIRED AND REPAIR WOULD BE ABOUT 900.00. I RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND FOUND THAT SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS SAME ISSUE WITH THEIR GM PRODUCT. THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AS A POSSIBLE RECALL. THIS BEING AN EMISSIONS ISSUE WILL CAUSE MY VEHICLE TO FAIL THE EMISSIONS TEST AND COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE EXHAUST IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. *TR

WHEN OPERATING VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY, BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT TO THE FLOOR. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT A STEEL BRAKE LINE TOWARD THE REAR OF VEHICLE HAD BURST DUE TO CORROSION. IN THIS CASE A COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING WAS NOTED RESULTING IN A MINOR COLLISION WITH A TREE. NO DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE OR DRIVER. SINCE THIS TRUCK IS ONLY APPROX. 5-6 YEARS OF AGE, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THIS IS QUITE AN EARLY FAILURE. FORTUNATELY IT FAILED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND NOT SEVERAL MINUTES LATER WHEN ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 EQUIPPED WITH TOYO OPEN COUNTRY ALL TERRAIN TIRES, LINE SIZE 37X13.5R20 DOT 73TEC7N2312. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRE SIDE WALLS WERE SEPARATING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT ONE OF THE TIRES WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE SINCE THEY BELIEVED THE TIRES WERE NOT DEFECTIVE.THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

ON DEC. 23, 2011, I TOOK MY SILVERADO INTO JOE FIRMENT FOR AN EXHAUST LEAK (WHICH IS AN EMISSIONS PROBLEM), SO I WANTED IT FIXED IMMEDIATELY. THEY FOUND NOTHING. ON MAY 22, 2012 I TOOK MY SILVERADO BACK TO JOE FIRMENT FOR THE 3RD TIME FOR THIS SAME ISSUE - EXHAUST LEAK. AT THAT TIME THEY HAD FOUND ONE BROKEN BOLT ON THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD (ACTUALLY THERE WERE TWO BROKEN BOLTS THAT I FOUND PERSONALLY UPON FURTHER INSPECTION). MY WARRANTY COVERED THE MANIFOLD BUT HAD JUST EXPIRED ON MAY 7, 2012. I ASKED THAT THEY HONOR MY WARRANTY SINCE THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 2011, BUT THEY FAILED TO DIAGNOSE IT. JOE FIRMENT REFUSED TO HONOR MY WARRANTY. I RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND FOUND THAT SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS SAME ISSUE WITH THEIR GM PRODUCT. THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AS A POSSIBLE CLASS ACTION SUIT. HOW MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ARE ON RECORD? THIS BEING AN EMISSIONS ISSUE WILL CAUSE MY VEHICLE TO FAIL THE EMISSIONS TEST REQUIRED TO RENEW MY LICENSE PLATES. THIS NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED AND SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER MY ORIGINAL WARRANTY SINCE THE PROBLEM BEGAN WITHIN THE WARRANTY PERIOD. THE DEALERSHIP SHOULD HAVE DIAGNOSED IT ON THE FIRST APPOINTMENT FOR THIS ISSUE. *TR

WE PURCHASED A SET OF BF GOODRICH TIRES ON 5-16-2009. THE 1ST INCIDENT OCCURRED 7-11, DRIVING HOME NOTICED A BAD THUMPING SENSATION IN THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THE TIRE HAD A BUBBLE IN THE CENTER OF THE TREAD, SO PULLED OVER AND CHANGED TIRE. SO ON 7-29-11 I PURCHASED 2 NEW TIRES TO REPLACE THIS BAD ONE. THE 2ND INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON 5-11-12 WAS A BLOW OUT AND NO WARNING. SO I CHANGED THIS TIRE AS WELL.ON THE SAME DAY I FELT A THUMPING SENSATION SO PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THE LEFT REAR TIRES HAD A BUBBLE. SO OF THE 4 TIRES PURCHASED 3 OF THEM WENT BAD. I PULLED THE OTHER TIRE OF MY TRUCK AND PURCHASED 2 NEW TIRES ON 5-12-12. I SUBMITTED A COMPLAINT TO BF GOODRICH TO SEE IF THEY WOULD EITHER COVER THE COST OF THE NEW TIRES OR THE DAMAGE TO MY TRUCK. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE CLAIM WAS DENIED. I PROVIDED THEM WITH ALL OF THE MAINTENANCE PAPERWORK SHOWING THE TIRES WERE ROTATED ON A REGULAR BASIS AND THE PRESSURE WAS CHECKED ON A REGULAR BASIS. THEIR ANSWER WAS THE TIRES WERE RUN ON A 'RUNFLAT" CONDITION. THAT THE TIRES WERE RUN ON IN A FLAT CONDITION. NOW HOW COULD ANYONE POSSIBLY DRIVE DOWN THE FREEWAY WITH NO AIR IN THEIR TIRES. AND HOW WOULD 3 TIRES SO FAR GO BAD. *TR

EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS BROKEN ON 6.0 LITER ENGINE, 2 ON PASSENGER SIDE, 1 ON DRIVER SIDE, CAUSING EXHAUST LEAKS AND SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT. POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD AS EXHAUST GASES ENTERING UNDERHOOD ENVIRONMENT, AND DEFINITE EMISSION PROBLEMS AS O2 SENSORS INCORRECTLY SENSING DILUTED EXHAUST AFTER LEAK IN SYSTEM, POSSIBLE FUEL MILEAGE AFFECTED.. *JS

BRAKE LINE RUPTURED WHEN APPLYING BRAKES RESULTING IN THE COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING. *TR