2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 Complaints

2003 SILVERADO 2500HD EXT CAB 4X4, 42,000 MILES. COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO A RUPTURED BRAKE LINE WHILE PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. ALL BRAKE LINES ARE SEVERELY RUSTED. LIVE IN INDIANAPOLIS, IN. ESTIMATED COST TO REPLACE ALL RUSTED BRAKE LINES IS OVER 41,200. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES ON THE VEHICLE WERE CORRODED. THE DEALER WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH ANY BRAKE LINES CORRODING FOR THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD NEVER BEEN DRIVEN IN SNOW OR ICE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REPLACE THE BRAKE LINES. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 66000.

INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF INSTRUMENT/GAUGES CLUSTER CAUSING UNKNOWN DRIVING SPEEDS AND UNABLE IDENTIFY POSSIBLE ENGINE PROBLEMS AND UN ABLE IDENTIFY FUEL LEVEL. INTERMITTENT FAILURE OCCURRED FOR TWO YEARS UNTIL TOTALLY FAILURE OCCURRED. *TR

RUSTY BRAKE LINES, ALL SYSTEM BRAKE LINES AND BRAKE PARTS ARE RUSTING TO THE POINT OF FAILURE. TWO LINES FAILED. ALL SYSTEM PARTS ARE BEING REPLACED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HEAVY DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ENTERING A HIGHWAY AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE AUTOMATIC HEADLIGHTS WERE OPERATING, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. HOWEVER WHEN THEY WERE OFF, THERE WERE NO ISSUES WITH ACCELERATION. WHEN THE HIGH BEAM LIGHTS WERE ON, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO SHUT OFF THE ENGINE, REACTIVATE THE LIGHTS, RESTART THE ENGINE, AND THEN THE VEHICLE WOULD RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. THE DEALER ADVISED HAVING DIAGNOSTIC TESTING PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY DIAGNOSED HOWEVER, THERE WERE NO REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT COULD NOT CONFIRM THE RESULTS OF THE PREVIOUS DIAGNOSTIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000 AND THE CURRENT WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HEAVY DUTY. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A TRAFFIC STOP, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FELL INTO THE FLOORBOARD MUCH FARTHER THAN NORMAL HOWEVER; THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 25 MPH. THE REDUCED POWER WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND THE CONTACT MOVED THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROADWAY. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO ADDITIONAL TIMES. THE DEALER RE-ROUTED THE INSIDE ENGINE HARNESS YET THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY PERFORMED AN ENGINE RELEARN SERVICE. THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 117,000.

STEEL BRAKE LINE RUNNING FROM LEFT FRONT BRAKE TO ABS PUMP CORRODED WHERE THE LINE IS EXPOSED IN THE WHEEL WELL. BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT TO FLOOR AND POOL OF FLUID WAS NOTICED UNDER FRONT OF VEHICLE. HAPPENED WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY SO NO ACCIDENT. *TR

I HAD TO HAVE THE STEEL BRAKE LINES ON MY TRUCK REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. SINCE I CAUGHT THE PROBLEM IN TIME THERE WAS NO RECORDABLE INCIDENT BUT THIS SHOULD NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PAD ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WORSE OUT PREMATURELY. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE TURNED AND THE BRAKE PADS NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 27,000. UPDATED 7/16/10 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED TURNING THE ROTORS AND REPLACING THE PADS WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. WORN OUT PADS AND ROTORS ARE SYMPTOMS OF ANOTHER PROBLEM. THE CALIPERS WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE METAL BRAKE LINES AND OTHER SIMILAR METAL LINES SUCH AS THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES ALL SHOWED EXTREME RUST ON THE OUTSIDE. UPDATED 07/22/10*JB

I HAD A BRAKE LINE FAIL ON MY 2003 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500HD CREW CAB 4X4. THE LINE FAILED ABOVE THE GAS TANK. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT AS I NOTICED THE PEDAL SOFTENING AND FLUID LEAKING. THE LINE CORRODED AND LEAKED. *TR