2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 Complaints

2005 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500 DIESEL TRUCK ON FREEWAY ON 01/25/2010 AND THE TRUCK IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER WHILE PULLING A TRAILER. VERY DANGEROUS. CONSUMER NEVER MADE AWARE OF TECH BULLETIN OR PROBLEM. TSB #05-06-04-047B INJECTION HARASS. NHTSA #10017389. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER FOR OTHER RECALL NOTICES AND DEALERS NEVER ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM AND SHOULD HAVE BEFORE WE WERE STUCK OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT AND HAD TO GET THE VEHICLE AND 5TH WHEEL TRAILER TOWED. THE CONSUMERS SHOULD BE NOTIFIED OF THIS PROBLEM AND CHEVY DEALERS SHOULD FIX PROBLEM WITH THE INJECTION HARNESS BECAUSE WHEN A VEHICLE LOSES POWER ON THE FREEWAY IT IS DANGEROUS. *TR

2005 C/K 2500 CHEVY ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE DUE TO CORROSION OF SENSORS, IDENTICAL TO RECALL OF 2002 VEHICLES LOSS OF BRAKES AT SLOW SPEED BRAKING. DEALER SERVICE REPLACES AT OVER $200 AND STATE THAT THEY ARE REPLACING 4-5 UNITS A WEEK AND IS A COMMON DEFECTIVE DESIGN. *TR

I HAVE HAD MY BLOWER FAN MOTOR REPLACED THE DEALER JUST REPLACED MY CIGARETTE LIGHTER WHEN THEY WERE REPLACING MY RECALLED SPEEDOMETER THEY SAID THE WIRES WERE MELTED TO CIG ASSEMBLY, DAYS LATER MY TRUCK BURNT TO THE GROUND. THE CAUSE WAS THE HEATER RESISTER AND FAN MOTOR STARTED THIS FIRE. I AM OUT A TRUCK THE DEALER SAYS THAT'S WHAT INSURANCE IS FOR. BIG DEAL I GET 75% OF MY TRUCK'S VALUE. THIS WAS A 2005 2500HD EXTENDED CAB TRUCK IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. WHY DO WE AS CUSTOMERS HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THESE DEFECTS AND TAKE THE LOSS. WE SUFFER. THE QUESTION IS HOW MANY FIRES HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS YEAR TRUCK AND THE FACTORIES PROBLEMS. WHEN DO WE AS HIGH PAYING CUSTOMERS GET SOME HELP WITH OR STRUGGLE TO KEEP WHAT WE PAID FOR STILL WORKING WITH OUT BEING BURNT. TW*

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION AND ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE. HOWEVER, THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE ENGINE EXHIBITED A LEAKAGE OF POWER STEERING FLUID. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE BRAKE BOOSTER AND POWER STEERING PUMP. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERN OF THE POTENTIAL SAFETY RISK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,227.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED AN INACCURATE READING REGARDLESS OF THE SPEED RATE BEING DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION AT THIS TIME. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERNS OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

SPEEDOMETER GIVES FALSE READINGS. THIS PROBLEM IS SO COMMON WITH THIS MODEL YEAR (2005) CHEVY/GMC TRUCKS PEOPLE ARE SELLING REPAIR COMPONENTS ON EBAY, YAHOO AND OTHER SPOTS ON LINE. INSTRUCTION ARE SHARED ONLINE ALSO. SOME 2005S ARE BEING REPAIRED BY THE MANUFACTURE DEPENDING ON THE VIN OTHER NOT, YET THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME PARTS THAT ARE KNOWN TO BE BAD. 2003 & 2004S HAVE THEIR WARRANTY EXTENDED TO 7 YRS. 70,000 MILE TO COVER THIS PROBLEM. SO FAR WE'RE LUCKY NO ONE HAS BEEN HURT OR KILLED. *TR

I WAS PULLING OUT OF A SIDE STREET ON TO A BUSY HIGHWAY HAD TO MERGE QUICKLY THE TRUCK WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ENGINE WAS SKIPPING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON HAD TO PULL OVER ALL MOST GOT HIT BY TRAFFIC DUE TO THE LACK OF POWER AND NOT ABLE ACCELERATE I TAKE THE TRUCK TO DEALER THEY HAVE IT 3 DAYS WORKING ON WIRING HARNESS SHORTS TO INJECTOR 6 CAUSED BY IMPROPER WIRING HARNESS ROUTING I HAD TO INFORM THEM OF GM TSB ON THIS THEY FIX IT AND SAID NOT COVERED UNDER ENGINE WARRANTY COSTS $370 THIS TRUCK WAS IN MAY 09 FOR SKIP AND P1238 OPEN CIRCUIT INJECTOR 6 AND PROBLEM WAS NOT FOUND COST $100 THE TSB HAD BEEN OUT SINCE 07 THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN CROSSING BUSY HIGHWAYS AND LOSS OF POWER OCCURS. *TR

2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD 4X4 LT 52,000 MILES TRANSFER CASE REPLACED DUE TO "PUMP RUB". *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER JUST WENT TO 80 ONE DAY AND STUCK THERE SOMETIMES IT FIXES IT SELF THEN ITS BREAKS AGAIN AND IS RIGHT BACK TO 80 MILES AND UP. *TR

EXCESSIVE FREE PLAY IN STEERING ALONG WITH CLUNKING SOUND, ESPECIALLY ERRATIC WHILE PULLING TRAILER. AT LOW SPEEDS THE PRIMARY SYMPTOM IS THE CLUNKING, RATTLING SOUND ALONG WITH THE FREE PLAY. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE ERRATIC STEERING BECOMES THE PREDOMINATE SYMPTOM ALTHOUGH THE CLUNKING AND RATTLING SOUNDS REMAIN. *TR