2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 Complaints

INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER HAS STARTED PROVIDING INACCURATE READINGS INCLUDING ERRATIC SPEED DISPLAY. PROBLEM STARTED AT 86,000 MILES. CHEVROLET WILL NOT COVER REPLACEMENT AS OVER THE MILEAGE LIMIT. *TR

RECENTLY I DEVELOPED AN EXHAUST LEAK NEAR THE FRONT OF THE EXHAUST SYSTEM NEAR THE ENGINE. UPON INSPECTION I FOUND THE BACK MANIFOLD BOLT HAD BEEN BROKEN OFF ON THE DRIVERS SIDE (I MAY ALSO HAVE A BROKEN BOLT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AS WELL). I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCALLY RESPECTED MECHANIC WITH THE INTENTION OF HAVING THE BROKEN BOLT REMOVED AND A NEW ONE INSTALLED. I WAS NOTIFIED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE GM VEHICLES (2004 SILVERADO 2500HD). I WAS FURTHER INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO WAY THE REPAIR WOULD BE SIMPLE DUE TO THE FACT THERE WAS NO PRACTICAL MANNER IN WHICH TO EXTRACT/DRILL OUT THE BROKEN BOLT FOR REPLACEMENT. I WAS TOLD THE HEAD WOULD NEED TO BE REMOVED IN ORDER TO EFFECT THE REQUIRED REPAIR WHICH WOULD COST SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $700-$1000. THIS REPAIR IS NOT COST EFFECTIVE TO ME FOR WHAT IS PROBABLY A $3.00 BOLT. RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET I FOUND OUT IT IS IN FACT A PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES DATING BACK TO 1999. WHY HAS GM NOT BEEN REQUIRED TO REPAIR THIS ITEM AT NO COST TO THE OWNER IF IT IS THIS WIDESPREAD. *TR

TRUCK: 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500HD, 6.6L DIESEL. LOCATION: UPSTATE NY PROBLEM: WHILE TESTING THE BRAKES BEFORE TOWING A TRAILER, THE PEDAL PUSHED COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKE FLUID POURED TO THE GROUND FROM UNDER THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. UPON INSPECTION OF THE BRAKE LINES, IT SHOWED ONE OF THE LINES ON THE FRAME RAIL HAD SEVERE CORROSION AND HAD BURST. ALL OF THE BRAKE FLUID DRAINED OUT OF THE MASTER CYLINDER THROUGH THIS BROKEN LINE. I CHECKED THE OPERATION OF THE BRAKES AFTER THE BROKEN LINE TO SEE IF I HAD ANY ABILITY TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS NOT THE CASE AS THE BRAKES WOULD NOT EVEN STOP THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING AT AN IDLE. IF THIS HAD OCCURRED AT OPERATING SPEEDS, ESPECIALLY WHILE TOWING, I WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. CURRENTLY THE TRUCK IS AT A REPAIR FACILITY TO HAVE THE LINES REPLACED AND SYSTEM CHECKED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 60 MPH WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED AND INDICATED THAT HE WAS TRAVELING 90-100 MPH. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. CONSUMER STATES BRAKE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE, SHE/HE HAD TO PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR, GEAR DOWN AND USE THE TRAILER GEAR . THE GEAR WAS THEN PLACED IN PARK WHEN THE CONSUMER REACHED A STOP LIGHT, IN CASE THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. THE CONSUMER LEFT THE VEHICLE AT HIS/HER MECHANIC TO BE INSPECTED THE NEXT DAY. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT ALL THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED AND WERE LEAKING IN SOME AREAS. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD PICKUP. THE CONTACT WAS REVERSING 5 MPH IN A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY. HE THEN APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT INTO THE FLOORBOARD ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE AND ONTO THE CONCRETE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WOULD NEED REPLACING BECAUSE THEY HAD RUSTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO DECELERATE, THE BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIFT TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE BRAKE LINE WAS SEVERELY RUSTED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL WHICH SUDDENLY EXTENDED TO THE FLOORBOARD. SHE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY USING THE GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 69,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FOUR OF THE EIGHT STUDS AND LUG NUTS THAT HELD THE TIRES AND WHEELS WERE MISSING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED HIM THERE ARE NO RECALLS AND HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR ANY REPAIRS. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED BY THE MANUFACTURER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR THEM TO RUN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST BUT AT A COST TO THE CONTACT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS BEING INSPECTED AT THE LOCAL REPAIR SHOP, THE HOOD OF THE CAR CAME DOWN ABRUPTLY ON THE MECHANICS HEAD AND NECK. THE MECHANIC SUSTAINED SOME BRUISES ON THE BACK OF HIS NECK AND HEAD. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 194,399.