2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 Complaints

MAJOR LEAKING PROBLEM COMING FROM THE AREA OF THE OIL FILTER.. BELIEVE TO BE SOMETHING WITH THE OIL COOLER. THIS TRUCK ONLY HAS 40K ON IT AND HAS NEVER BEEN ABUSED AND GARAGE KEPT ALL ITS LIVE... I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BOUGHT A TALKED VEHICLE AND AFTER PAYING 50K PLUS A HEAVY INTEREST CHARGE OVER THE COURSE OF 7 YEARS I FEEL LIKE THIS VEHICLE IS GOING TO FAIL ON ME WHILE DRIVING AND POSSIBLY INJURE ME , MY FAMILY OR WORST YET SOME INNOCENT PERSON.. GM NEEDS TO GET THERE STUFF TOGETHER AND GET THESE SAME REPETITIVE PROBLEMS FIXED ON THESE TRUCKS BECAUSE ITS THE SAME ISSUES OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN DATING BACK TO THE EARLY 2000'S.... YOU NEVER SEE THIS PROBLEM IN THE TOYOTA OR NISSAN LINE UPS.... SAD BUT NEVER AGAIN WILL I BUY A GM UNLESS THEY GET ON THE BALL AND GET THIS STUFF FIXED. *TR

TRANSMISSION LINES AND OTHER AREAS ARE LEAKING BAD. THEY ARE LEAKING FROM ALL THREE HOSES AT THE FACTORY CRIMP. *TR

ENTIRE FRAME OF THE TRUCK IS RUSTING AWAY. SOME AREAS IS SURFACE RUST AFTER THE UNDERCOATING HAS JUST SLOW PEAKED AWAY. THERE IS SOME AREAS THAT THE RUST IS SO BAD I AM WORRIED THAT IT WILL SOON OR LATER GIVE AND BREAK. I HAVE LOOKED INTO THIS ONLINE AND THERE IS THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS OUT THERE BUT GM IS NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE.. I FINALLY GOT A NOTICE AFTER 7 YEARS OF COMPLAINING ABOUT MY TRANSMISSION LINES LEAKING AT THE CRIMP.. THIS IS A VERY WELL KNOW ISSUE ON MANY OF THE GM VEHICLES AND HAS CAUSED MANY ACCIDENTS IN THE PAST. I WOULD LIKE TO SEEN GM FORCED TO PRESSED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY FACTOR THAT COULD CAUSE A BAD ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS AN INTERNAL FAILURE WITH THE MODULE AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE REAR BRAKES, THE MODULE, AND THE RELAY SWITCH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000. UPDATED 4/15/15*CN MA 08/14/15 THE CONSUMER STATED GM REFUSED TO HONOR THE RECALL BY NOT REFUNDING THE COST OF REPAIRS. UPDATED 11/12/15*JS UPDATED 9/27/2017*CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY. AFTER FILLING THE TANK WITH FUEL, THE FUEL GAUGE CONTINUED TO INDICATE THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL SENDING UNIT WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FUEL SENDING UNIT WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE EVENTUALLY RECURRED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FUEL SENDING UNIT HAD TO BE REPLACED AN ADDITIONAL TWO TIMES SINCE THE INITIAL FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE INITIAL FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

I HAVE REPLACED TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES TWICE (2 TIMES), SINCE PURCHASING THIS TRUCK WITH 59K MILES ON IT. BOTH TIMES WITH AC DELCO PARTS. BOTH TIMES THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES LEAKED, NOT AN INSTALLATION PROBLEM. 11/21/13- I FIRST NOTICED IT WHEN DRIVING AT 25 MPH PICKING UP MY KIDS FROM SCHOOL, AND I HAD TRANSMISSION FLUID SPRAYING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH MY TRUCK, CAUSING IT TO SMOKE/SMOLDER ON MY EXHAUST PIPE. (TRANSMISSION FLUID IS FLAMMABLE). THE CRIMP HAS SEPARATED FROM THE HOSE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I REPLACED WITH GENUINE GM PARTS. 1/16-14- 2ND TIME WAS DURING THE WINTER WHEN THE TRUCK WAS WARMING UP IN THE DRIVE WAY AND YET AGAIN THE CRIMP WAS CAUSING A LEAK, WHICH DUMPED ABOUT A GALLON OF FLUID ON MY DRIVEWAY. (AGAIN TRANSMISSION FLUID IS FLAMMABLE) I REPLACED THE LINES ONE MORE TIME AND I'M ABOUT FED UP WITH THE LACK OF HELP GM IS GIVING. THE CURRENT SET OF COOLER LINES ON THE TRUCK ARE JUST NOW STARTING TO DRIP SO ITS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THEY GIVE OUT AGAIN. THE TRUCK HAS VERY LOW MILES AND I METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED, THIS IS A KNOWN GM PROBLEM ON MORE THAN 1 MODEL OF VEHICLE AND I AM UNSURE WHY GM WILL NOT EXTEND A WARRANTY TO THESE FAILED PARTS. MY LOCAL GM SERVICE DEPT. HAS REFUSED TO HELP ME IN ANY WAY, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE BOUGHT GM PART EVERY TIME. WHEN WILL GM FACE THE FACTS BEFORE ONE OF THESE CATCHES FIRE AND SOMEONE DIES???? *TR

I TOOK MY TRUCK TO A REPAIR FACILITY, TO HAVE A LEAK REPAIRED, AT THE REAR OF THE TRANSFER CASE. THE MECHANIC THOUGHT THE REAR SEAL WAS LEAKING, SO HE REPAIRED THAT. ONCE THE REAR SEAL REPAIR WAS MADE, THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THERE WAS STILL SOME LEAKING OF TRANSMISSION FLUID. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION, HE FOUND A HAIRLINE STRESS CRACK IN THE REAR SECTION OF TRANSFER CASE HOUSING. THE CRACK FIRST RAN PERPENDICULAR, THEN MADE A TURN LEFT (HORIZONTAL), TOWARD TOP OF WHERE DRIVE SHAFT ENTERS. ON SEPT. 03, 2014, A LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER TOOK THE ORDER, FOR PART NO. 19125656CV, THEN ON SEPT. 08TH THAT SAME DEALER ADVISED THE MECHANIC WORKING ON MY TRUCK THAT THE PART WAS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER, WITH NO ESTIMATED DATE OF WHEN IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE. I WAS ALMOST FORCED TO PURCHASE A BRAND NEW COMPLETE TRANSFER CASE ASSEMBLY, FOR OVER $1,500.00, JUST TO GET MY TRUCK BACK ON THE ROAD, AGAIN. COMMON SENSE TELLS ME, CHEVY MUST BE HAVING PROBLEMS, WITH AN AWFUL LOT OF TRUCK TRANSFER CASE REAR HOUSING SECTIONS, IN ORDER TO RUN COMPLETELY OUT OF SPARE PARTS; NATIONWIDE. I FEEL THIS LEAK COULD BE A SAFETY HAZARD, BECAUSE ONCE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID RUNS OUT, THE GEARS IN THE TRANSFER CASE WOULD PROBABLY SEIZE UP, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH. I FEEL A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED, FOR THIS PROBLEM AND CHEVROLET SHOULD BE FORCED TO INCREASE PRODUCTION OF THE REPAIR PART NEEDED AND HAVE A SUPPLY OF THESE PARTS ON HAND (NATIONWIDE). FORTUNATELY FOR ME, MY MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO FIND THE REPAIR PART I NEEDED IN A JUNK YARD. *TR

FIRST TIME I GOT HEADACHE AND DIZZY IN 5/28/2010 DOCTOR PUT ME IN HOSPITAL OVER NIGHT AND FOUND NOTHING DID NOT KNOW IT WAS CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING AND TO TEST BLOOD. HAD EXHAUST LEAK FIXED BY DEALER SHIP ON 7/02/2010 COWORKER SAID HE COULD SMELL EXHAUST IN CAB THAT'S WHY I TOOK IT IN I COULD NOT SMELL IT. I HAVE HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH EXHAUST SYSTEM FILTER LIGHT COMING ON WITH ENGINE POWER REDUCED. TAKING BACK TO DEALER SHIP. THEY SAID IT NEEDS TO BE PUT IN REGEN MODE MANUALLY, ON 12/17 2012 IS STARTED TO PASS OUT ON ROAD DOING 35MPH STARTED TO LOOSE VISION, HEADACHE, DIZZY FELT LIKE MY HEART POUNDING IN MY CHEST AND THAT'S NOT ALL MORE TO LIST. BUT STARTED GO TO DOCTORS ON MY SYMPTOM'S FOR OVER A MONTH TAKING SICK TOME AND VACATION TIME. WHEN I REALIZED EVERY TIME I GOT IN MY WORK TRUCK IT ALL STARTED OVER AGAIN. SO TOOK BACK TO DEALER FOR EXHAUST LEAK AND THEY SAID WAS LEAKING AT TURBO AND DOWN PIPE. SAID THEY FIXED IT BY TIGHTENING CLAMP. GOT DOWN THE HWY 15 MILES AND STARTED HAPPENING AGAIN. I ROLLED THE WINDOWS DOWN AND DROVE HOME BLOOD PRESSURE 170/110 THAT'S ANOTHER THING IT DOES. MY BOSS TOOK IT IN TO A DIESEL TRUCK SPECIALIST AND THEY SAID THE DOWN PIPE IS CRACKED AND LEAKING AND ADVISED TO FIX OR DRIVE IT WITH THE WINDOWS DONE. THEY STARTED TO SEND IN ALL OUR LOCAL TRUCKS TO GET TESTED AND WE FOUND 5 TRUCKS LEAKING. I'M SURE THERE ARE A LOT MORE OUT THERE. WE HAD ANOTHER GUY CRASH HIS TRUCK FROM PASSING OUT AT THE WHEEL BEFORE I FOUND THE DEFECT IN THE TRUCK. NOW THE COMPANY KNOWS WHY HE CRASHED. THIS ISSUE IS IN 2007 AND 2008 MODELS DIESELS. *TR

2008 CHEVROLET TRUCK. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE DOOR LOCK PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT DOOR AND LEFT REAR DOOR WOULD NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK. THE LOCK AND LATCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE BRAKES OR POWER STEERING. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOLD THE CONTACT THE PROBLEM MIGHT NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED AT THE CONTACT'S REQUEST AND AT HIS EXPENSE. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE HAPPENED AGAIN. THE FAILURE WAS NEVER CORRECTED. THE CONTACT TRADED THE VEHICLE IN FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,000. UPDATED 07/17/14 MA