2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 Complaints

JUST AS WE PULLED INTO OUR DRIVEWAY PULLING A FIFTH WHEEL CAMPER AS MY FAMILY WAS RETURNING FROM A CAMPING TRIP OUR BRAKES FAILED. CAUSE WAS A PINHOLE CORRODED IN A STEEL BRAKE LINE. WE HAD BEEN DRIVING ON MOUNTAINOUS ROADS AND HAD THIS HAPPENED DURING THE TRIP INSTEAD OF MIRACULOUSLY AS WE ARRIVED AT HOME A TRAGIC ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE BEEN A HIGH PROBABILITY. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN WELL CARED FOR AND IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH VERY MINOR CORROSION UNDERNEATH. VEHICLE HAS BEEN GARAGED MUCH OF THE TIME AND HAS HAD VERY LIMITED EXPOSURE TO CORROSIVE CHEMICALS. THIS WAS A TOTAL SURPRISE AND SHOCK. DUE TTO THE COST OF THIS VEHICLE WE LIMIT USAGE TO EXTEND LIFE AND WITH THE CARE GIVEN THIS VEHICLE THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PUMP IN THE TRANSFER CASE OF THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE CAUSED A LEAK IN THE TRANSFER CASE WHICH ALLOWED THE TRANSMISSION TO DRAIN ALL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID FROM THE TRANSFER CASE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 163,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR AND THE ABS ERRONEOUSLY ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE BRIDGE. DURING THE CRASH, THE FRONT END SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, BUT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT IMMEDIATELY DEPLOY. APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS AFTER IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT SUFFERED LUMBAR SPINE INJURIES, FRACTURED RIBS, AND AN INJURED LUNG. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT SUFFERED LACERATIONS TO THE FACE AND SCALP AND METAL FRAGMENTS WERE PRESENT ON THE FACE AND IN THE SCALP. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECEIVED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

HAD TO MAKE HARD STOP AND BRAKES FAILED, LATER IT WAS REVEALED BRAKE LINES HAD ROTTED OUT.. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS?

WHEN I TURN THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL ON, IT SOMETIMES WORKS AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. SOMETIMES IT TURNS BOTH TURN SIGNALS ON LIKE THE HAZARDS. IF I HAVE MY CRUISE SET AND USE THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL, IT SHUTS THE CRUISE OFF. TR

WAS COMING TO A STOP AND APPLIED THE BRAKE, BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I DID GET THE TRUCK STOPPED. GO THE TRUCK HOME AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS BRAKE FLUID DROPPING FROM THE TRUCK. TOOK A LOOK AND IT WAS COMING FROM A BREAK LINE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRUCK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED BADLY. *TR

IGNITION SWITCH LOCKS UP OCCASIONALLY AND MAKES THE ABS SERVICE BRAKE LIGHT COME ON. *TR

I WAS PLOWING SNOW, STEPPED ON THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF A GARDEN SHED. NO WARNING OR INDICATOR LIGHT. I PARKED THE TRUCK IN THE GARAGE AND THE NEXT DAY FOUND A LARGE PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID UNDER THE TRUCK. THE MASTER CYLINDER RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY. I ADDED AN ENTIRE QUART OF FLUID, FOUND A RUPTURED BRAKE LINE UNDER THE TRUCK (IN THE AREA OF THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT LOCATION), STARTED THE TRUCK TO SEE IF ANY OF THE BRAKING WAS WORKING AND THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. THERE WAS NO BRAKING WHATSOEVER, EVEN AFTER FILLING THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR . *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO RESPOND. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT NOTICED BRAKE FLUID DRIPPING UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.