2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEATER ELECTRICAL RESISTOR, AND CONNECTORS MELTED CAUSING THE HEATER BLOWER TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE CONNECTORS, AND RESISTORS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT THEY WILL NOT ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 85,500.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DECELERATING, HE NOTICED HIS BRAKES WEAKENING AS HE WOULD SLOW DOWN. HE THEN PULLED OVER TO EXAMINE THE VEHICLE WHERE HE NOTICED A LEAK IN THE BRAKE LINE AND THAT IT WAS COVERED WITH RUST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 102,000.

I WAS DRIVING ON CITY STREET AT STEPPED ON THE BRAKES TO STOP AT A LIGHT. BRAKE PEDAL HAD MORE TRAVEL THAN NORMAL. DROVE TRUCK HOME AND BRAKES WERE BECOMING INCREASINGLY LESS EFFECTIVE. UPON INSPECTION AT HOME, FOUND BRAKE FLUID DRIPPING FROM UNDER THE TRUCK. TRUCK WAS TOWED TO SHOP. SHOP FOUND THAT BRAKE LINES TO REAR OF TRUCK HAD CORRODED THROUGH AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. SHOP SAID THEY HAD FIXED AT LEAST 15 SIMILAR TRUCKS THIS YEAR WITH SAME PROBLEM.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD DISPLAY THE CORRECT SPEED AND THEN IT REMAINED AT THE SAME SPEED REGARDLESS OF HOW FAST OR SLOW SHE WAS DRIVING. THE FAILURE BEGAN THREE MONTHS AGO. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED AND ADVISED HER THAT THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING DUE TO THE COST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 96,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,000.

BRAKE LINE RUSTED - LOST ALL BRAKING SUDDENLY DUE TO LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP - FIXED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45-55 MPH HE NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS NO LONGER WORKING AND DISPLAYED ZERO. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND WAS BEING SERVICED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR COST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 145,000. UPDATED 01/28/11*LJ UPDATED 02/14/11

HEATER FAN WIRING HARNESS OVERHEATS BURNS THRU AT CONNECTOR BETWEEN RESISTOR AND HARNESS. SEVERAL WIRES IN CONNECTOR -THE LEAD FOR FULL POWER TO MOTOR ( HIGH SPEED SETTING) IS SUPPLIED BY 40 AMP FUSE. WIRE IS APPROX 16 GAGE WITH TERMINAL CONNECTIONS SUBJECTED TO LONG DUTY CYCLE WITH HIGH AMP LOAD. WIRE HARNESS OVERHEATED CAUSING FIRE IN VEHICLE IN OCT 2005 ( 7,657 MILES). REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. REPEAT FAILURE IN AUG 2010 ( 24,615 MILES) ON 2ND FAILURE DEALER STATED HAPPENS ALL THE TIME SO HE HAD PARTS DEPT KEEP AMPLE SUPPLY OF RESISTORS AND HARNESSES IN INVENTORY. REFUSED TO REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY. 2ND REPAIR DONE BY VEHICLE OWNER. PART NUMBERS USED IN 1ST REPAIR BY DEALERSHIP WERE; CONNECTOR 88953358 AND RESISTOR 89018596. 2ND REPAIR BY VEHICLE OWNER USED DELCO PARTS #S - CONNECTOR DEL15-81086, AND RESISTOR DEL PT2485. ON 2ND REPEAT FAILURE THE NEW CONNECTOR APPEARED MORE ROBUST IN DESIGN IN AREA OF CONTACT PATCH BETWEEN HARNESS AND RESISTOR. TERMINAL INTERFACE SEEMED IMPROVED. *TR

2004 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500HD INSTRUMENT PANEL FULL FAILURE WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION CAUSING LOSS OF ALL INSTRUMENT READOUTS. *TR

BOUGHT THE TRUCK IN OCTOBER OF 2009, TOOK TO DEALERSHIP ON 12/17/2009 WITH COMPLAINTS MILEAGE OF 96,764 OF LOW ENGINE POWER, HARD TO START TRUCK,,,,GLOW PLUGS WERE BAD CORRODED PARK NEUTRAL SWITCH, CORROSION ON BRAKE LINES..PAID $ 3,600 IN REPAIRS THEN AROUND LATE SEPTEMBER 9-28-2010TRUCK DIED A FOURWAY INTERSECTION...WAS ALMOST HIT BY A CAR...TOWED TO NEAREST SERVICE FLEET SOURCE...FOUND OUT INJECTORS WERE BAD...WORK WAS STARTED FOR REPAIRS...THEN I FOUND OUT THE GLOW PLUGS...WHICH I PAID FOR ALREADY...AND THE INJECTORS WERE SERVICE BULLETINS...CALLED FLEET TOLD THEM TO STOP REPAIRS...CALLED THE DEALERSHIP...THAT HAD THE TRUCK IN DECEMBER...ASK WHY THEY CHARGED ME FOR THE GLOW PLUGS AND WHY THE DID NOT FIX THE INJECTORS...WHEN IT WAS IN THERE.....DEALERSHIP HUNG UP ON ME...CALLED 1-800-790-5700..SPOKE WITH GM TOLD THEM ABOUT MY CHEVY PROBLEMS...THEY CLAIM THAT MY INJECTORS WOULD NOT BE COVERED...AS IT WAS NOT A DEALERSHIP....FUNNY THING IS THAT FLEET SOURCE IS A CERTIFIED REBUILDER FOR BOSCH, AND SATADYNE BY THE MANUFACTURE FOR THESE PARTS THAT ARE USED IN ALL GM VEHICLES....SO IF YOU TAKE YOUR TRUCK TO A DEALER...THEY GET THEIR PARTS FROM THESE PEOPLE.....GM HAS A HISTORY OF PUTTING ON BULLETINS FOR ITEMS...AND CLAIMING WHEN YOU BRING IN YOUR TRUCK THAT THE PART DOES NOT MEET THE PERIMETER FOR REPLACEMENT....I ABOUT ANOTHER $ 3,200.00 THAT MAKES ABOUT $ 5,0000.00 DOLLARS OF ITEMS THAT PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED OUT...HAD RECALLS..SERVICE BULLETINS....NEVER WILL BY ANYTHING THAT GM MAKE AGAIN. *TR

2004 CHEVY SILVERADO - THE SPEEDOMETER IS NOT SHOWING THE CORRECT SPEED. MY SON WHO JUST RECEIVED HIS PERMIT WAS DRIVING WITH ME IN THE PASSENGER SEAT WHEN WE WERE PULLED OVER BY A POLICEMAN FOR DOING 20 MILES OVER THE SPEED LIMIT. I WAS SO SURPRISED, I CONSTANTLY CHECK HIS SPEED ON A REGULAR BASIS WHEN HE IS DRIVING AND WOULD NEVER HAVE ALLOWED THIS TO OCCUR. AFTER A NASTY TICKET. I WENT HOME AND RESEARCHED THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE FOR THE DASH CLUSTER NOT WORKING PROPERLY. I SENT THE TRUCK TO A NEIGHBORHOOD AUTO REPAIR SHOP WHO RAN IT ON THEIR DYNOMETER AND FOUND THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS GROSSLY OFF. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND THEY WILL NOT HONOR THE RECALL BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAS 112,000 MILES ON IT. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM ENTERPRISE LEASING COMPANY 1 YEAR AGO WHEN IT HAD 101,000 MILES ON IT. SO I WENT TO THEM FOR RECOURSE AND THEY TOO WILL NOT HONOR THE RECALL BECAUSE IT HAS TOO MANY MILES ON IT. I AM APPALLED THAT THIS WAS NOT TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE I UNSUSPECTINGLY BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM A REPUTABLE COMPANY THAT SHOULD HAVE MADE SURE THAT IT WAS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER BEFORE THEY SOLD IT. AT THE VERY LEAST NO OUTSTANDING RECALLS. NOW I'M STUCK WITH A SPEEDING TICKET COST AND THE NEW DASH CLUSTER. *TR