2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 Complaints

SPEEDOMETER FAILURE IT IS NEVER ACCURATE, I CAN NOT TRUST WHAT IT SAYS IT EVEN GOES TO 130 MPH WHILE PARKED. *TR

NEAR TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. RUST SCALE ON ROTORS (ALL FOUR WHEELS) EATING INTO BRAKE PADS REDUCING BRAKE PAD TO 20% OF ARREAR. BRAKE PADS DO NOT CLEAN RUST FROM ROTOR. THIS IS AN INSIDIOUS FAILURE OF BRAKING SYSTEM CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKE EFFICIENCY. *TR

STEERING HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH THIS TRUCK SINCE 12K AND HAS BEEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR 5 TIMES SINCE. ISSUE APPEARS ABOUT EVERY 8K-10K MILES. BEARINGS, JOINTS, SEALS, ALL SORTS OF 'CAUSES' HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND EACH TIME I'M ASSURED IT IS FIXED. ONLY HAVE 54K MILES ON THIS 2005 TRUCK AND I AM AGAIN FACING THE DEALERSHIP WHO IS NOW LESS INTERESTED IN HELPING SINCE MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. I'LL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHEVROLET. *TR

SPEEDOMETER FAULTY INCORRECT AT TIMES. WHEN TOWING MY 5TH WHEEL CAMPER. FROM TIME TO TIME THE SPEEDOMETER WILL STOP AT 0, 20, OR 40 MPH WHILE I AM REACHING SPEEDS OF 65 MPH VERIFIED BY MY GPS. THIS SEEMS TO BE INTERMITTENT. I AM AT 27,000 MILES ON MY TRUCK, 05 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500 HD DURAMAX. *TR

BLOWER FOR HEAT/AIR WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER SAID RESISTOR HAS PROBABLY GONE BAD. I REMOVED THE RESISTOR WHICH WAS ALL RUSTED FROM WATER (RESISTOR IS LOCATED IN THE AIR SUPPLY CHAMBER INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT) AND REPLACED. PROBLEM RESURFACED 48 HOURS LATER. RETURNED TO DEALER WHO ADVISED THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS, IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM BECAUSE THE WIRE HARNESS/CONNECTOR GOES BAD DUE TO OVERHEATING. GM HAS A PART SPECIFIC TO REPAIR THE WIRE HARNESS CONNECTOR. DO NOT HAVE OLD RESISTOR, WIRE HARNESS STILL ATTACHED. I HAVE NOT REPLACED THE WIRE HARNESS YET AS I AM TRYING TO GET GM TO REPLACE. GM IS WELL AWARE OF THIS DESIGN DEFECT AND ELECTRICAL HAZARD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN VIBRATING EXCESSIVELY. THE UPPER STEERING SHAFT HAS FAILED CONTINUOUSLY. ON FOUR OCCASIONS, THE DEALER HAS MADE ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR THE STEERING SHAFT. THE DEALER REFUSED TO MAKE ADDITIONAL REPAIRS UNLESS THE CONTACT ASSUMES THE REPAIR COST. THE VIN IS UNAVAILABLE. THE FIRST FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS NOW 127,000.

MY SPEEDOMETER HAS FAILED. 2005 CHEVROLET 2500HD 4X4. SOMETIMES SAYS I'M DOING 50 AT A STOP SIGN. IT MIGHT READ 25 WHEN I'M DOING 35 (LIKE THE TICKET I JUST GOT). CHEVY SAYS I NEED A NEW IPC AT $1100 WITH PARTS AND LABOR. I READ ON THE INTERNET THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF LATE MODEL CHEVY TRUCK OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS OR DOES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN BEFORE A RECALL IS ISSUED..? THE SPEEDOMETER IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF SAFE DRIVING AND READING THE NUMBER OF FAILURES SHOWS THAT HIS IS NOT A RANDOM OCCURRENCE. DO AN INTERNET SEARCH OF "ERRATIC SPEEDOMETER ON CHEVROLET" AND YOU WILL FIND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS. GOT A SPARE $1100 TO FIX AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM ON YOUR VEHICLE..? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BINDS AT A SPECIFIC AREA WHEN IT IS TURNED MOSTLY TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY CONDUCTED A POWER STEERING PRESSURE TEST AT THE COST OF $90, BUT THEY STILL COULD NOT LOCATE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE CHEVROLET MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY HAVE TO ACCEPT WHATEVER THE DEALER STATED WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,600.

THE BLOWER MOTOR (FOR HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING) STOPPED WORKING AND WAS REPLACED ON OUR 2005 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500. WITH IN A YEAR IT STOPPED WORKING AGAIN AND UPON INSPECTION WE ALONG WITH RAYMOND CHEVROLET IN ANTIOCH, ILLINOIS NOTICED THAT THE BLOWER MOTOR WAS BURNED OUT AND THE RESISTER HARNESS WAS BURNT. AS IF IT WAS ON FIRE. THANKFULLY NO FURTHER DAMAGE WAS DONE BESIDES THE BURNING OF THE MOTOR, WIRES AND HARNESS. THIS WAS REPLACED AGAIN ON 10-30-08 AND NOW ON 06-23-09 AGAIN THE MOTOR HAS BURNT OUT AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAD NO EXPLANATION WHY THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES AND BEING AWARE OF THIS WE MAKE SURE NOTHING IS CLOSE TO THE DASH PREVENTING A SPREAD OF FIRE IN CASE IT WERE TO HAPPEN AGAIN, WHICH IT HAS. *TR

RECEIVE AN INTERMITTENT "SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM" WITH ABS & PARK BRAKE DASH LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THE AURAL ALARM SOUNDS. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE ABS SYSTEM IS MADE INOPERABLE. THE ERROR DOES NOT CREATE A DTC CODE AND IS NOT STORED ON THE VEHICLE COMPUTER. AN INDEPENDENT SHOP AND THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE DEFECTIVE PART BE. EACH REPLACED THE SPEED SENSOR AND ABS COMPUTER (2 WEEKS APART). THE INDEPENDENT SHOP WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE 200 MILLI-SECOND ELECTRICAL FAULT BUT COULD NOT FIND THE SOURCE. THE INDEPENDENT SHOP UPDATED THE COMPUTER FIRMWARE. SINCE THE ERROR COULD NOT BE RECORDED THE DEALER COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ELSE AND GAVE UP. THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. IF IT IS RAINING OR IT IS WARM SPRING DAY THE ERROR HAPPENS EVERY COUPLE OF MILES. IT APPEARS TO BE TIED TO THE THROTTLE AND DOES NOT REACT TO ANY OTHER VEHICLE CONDITION. IT REACTS AT CONSTANT THROTTLE WHEN THE FOOT IS REMOVED OR REDUCED PRESSURE ON THE THROTTLE PEDAL. *TR