2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 Complaints

SUDDEN BRAKE LINE FAILURE ON 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500HD - BRAKE LINES RUPTURED DUE TO RUST. TO CORRECT, NEEDED TO REPLACE ALL BRAKE LINES ON TRUCK, AS THE REMAINING LINES WERE NEAR FAILURE AS WELL. I SEE THERE IS AN OPEN EA11001 ON THIS, AND I WANTED TO LET SOMEONE KNOW I HAVE THE VERY SAME ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED INTERMITTENTLY, BUT THE FAILURE BECAME FREQUENT, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND WITHIN A FEW MINUTES IT BEGAN TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND CONFIRMED THAT THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR HAD FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 07V521000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; THEY AGREED TO CALL HIM AT A LATER DATE TO INFORM HIM IF THEY WERE GOING TO ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

I NOTICED THAT THE WAS A LEAK UNDER MY TRUCK IN THE DRIVEWAY AND TO MY SURPRISE IT WAS A BRAKE LINE AND AS I STARTED LOOKING UNDER THE TRUCK ALL THE BRAKE LINES WERE VISUALLY IN SIMILAR SHAPE. THIS IS ON A 2003 SILVERADO WITH 62000 MILES, SO I AM NOW REPLACING ALL THE LINES BECAUSE IF I DIDN'T SEE THE DRIP IT COULD HAVE BEEN A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT WITH A 7200 POUND TRUCK. *TR

I HAVE A CHEVY SILVERADO 03, 2500HD AND I BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE HEATER BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR AND WIRE HARNESS THAT CONNECTS TO IT. I RECENTLY CHANGED A BLOWER MOTOR RESISTER BACK IN SEPTEMBER, NOW HERE IS DECEMBER AND THE SAME RESISTOR HAD BLOWN AGAIN. SO I REPLACED WITH NEW ONE, AND NOW THE WIRE HARNESS THAT CONNECTS TO IT IS HEATING UP TO APPOINT THAT YOU CAN SMELL BURNING WIRES. I HAD CALLED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THEY TELL ME THAT THEY SEEN THIS PROBLEM ON A LOT OF GM VEHICLES AND WANT TO CHARGE ME $160 TO CHANGE THE BAD WIRE HARNESS AND BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR. I DON'T UNDER STAND WHY THIS IS NOT RECALLED FOR POSSIBLE BEING ABLE TO START A FIRE UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OCCURS. THANK YOU *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO DISPLAY A SPEED OF 10 MPH. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. A PASSENGER IN THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE BODY DAMAGES WERE REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE AND THE SPEEDOMETER INTERMITTENTLY DISPLAYED AN IMPROPER READING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY 2500 SILVERADO WITH THE 6 LITER V8. 2 YEARS AGO I NOTICED A TICKING SOUND FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. AFTER LOOKING CLOSER I FOUND A BROKEN EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLT ON THE RIGHT SIDE. AT THAT TIME THE VEHICLE HAD ABOUT 130,000 MILES ON IT. A COUPLE MONTHS LATER WHILE CHANGING OIL I FOUND ANOTHER BROKEN BOLT ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THIS YEAR WHILE CHANGING PLUGS I FOUND ANOTHER BROKEN BOLT ON THE LEFT SIDE. I WAS LOOKING ON THE INTERNET TO GET SOME TIPS ON FIXING THE PROBLEM WHEN I CAME ACROSS A UTUBE VIDEO BY CARQUESTIONS AND FOUND OUT THIS IS NOT JUST BAD LUCK ON MY PART IT IS A VERY WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM AND AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURING DEFECT BY GM. THIS IS NOT AN EASY FIX AND TO GET IT DONE IS MORE THAN I CAN AFFORD. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON CONSTANTLY NOW BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM IT HAS CREATED WITH THE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM. THIS WAS NOT THE RESULT OF ANY ACTIONS OF MINE. I HAVE DONE THE MAINTENANCE TO MAINTAIN THIS VEHICLE. GM NEEDS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

SUDDEN BRAKING FAILURE ON 2003 CHEVY 2500HD. LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID DUE TO SUDDEN LOSS OF BRAKE LINE PRESSURE. BRAKE LINES FAILED WHILE DRIVING. *TR

I USE THIS TRUCK TO PULL A 2-HORSE GOOSENECK TRAILER AND HAD LITERALLY JUST UNLOADED TWO HORSES AND UNHOOKED THE TRAILER. WHEN I GOT BACK INTO THE TRUCK TO LEAVE THE BARN, THERE WERE NO BRAKES AND FLUID WAS LEAKING ALL OVER THE DRIVEWAY AND TRUCK. VERY SCARY AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. HAD THIS OCCURRED MOMENTS BEFORE WHILE PULLING THE LOADED TRAILER ON THE HIGHWAY, I AM ALMOST CERTAIN THAT MY SELF AND/OR SOMEONE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED, NOT TO MENTION THE SAFETY OF THE HORSES. THERE WERE SUDDENLY NO BRAKES. I PULLED THE TRUCK ONTO THE GRASS AND CAME TO A STOP. IT IS STILL SITTING THERE BUT HAS BEEN EXAMINED BY TWO PEOPLE. COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINES. I AM NOW INFORMED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL. PLEASE ISSUE AN IMMEDIATE RECALL. THANK YOU. RESPECTFULLY, JULIE MILLER

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55-60 MPH HE NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS NO LONGER WORKING AND DISPLAYED ZERO. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO WAS DIAGNOSING THE FAILURE WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS REPLACED IN 2007. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR COST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000. UPDATED 01/28/11*LJ UPDATED 02/07/11

REAR BRAKE LINE RUPTURE BEHIND FUEL TANK ON 2003 CHEVY SILVERADO WHILE NORMALLY DRIVEN. INSPECTED THE LINES FOR REPAIR AND FOUND SEVERE CORROSION OF ALL LINES AFT OF THE A.B.S. UNIT. HAVE REPLACED LINES WITH AFTERMARKET BENDABLE ONES AS PERFORMED ARE NOT AVAILABLE I AM TOLD. LARGE SECTIONS OF OLD LINE ARE IN MY POSSESSION. 60,000 MILES ON UNIT UNDERCARRIAGE CORROSION IS TERRIBLE. *TR