2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500 Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH BOTH FRONT AIR BAGS INVOLUNTARILY DEPLOYED. HE SUFFERED INJURIES BUT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HIMSELF TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE AIR BAGS WERE REMOVED BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR POLLUTION SYSTEM SENSOR BURNED FUEL WHEN IT BECAME FULL. THE FAILURE ALSO CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO USE FUEL FASTER THAN NORMAL. THE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED DISPLAYED REFER TO THE OWNERS MANUAL. THE OWNERS MANUAL STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE DRIVEN 30 MPH FOR 20 MINUTES UNTIL THE SYSTEM WAS CLEANED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISK SINCE THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN WITHOUT WARNING AND COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A CRASH TO OCCUR. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 48000. UPDATED 11/05/10. *LJ

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED WITH AN RV TRAILER HOOKED ON, THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER. THE VEHICLE WOULD GO FROM 60 MPH TO 10 MPH. THE FUEL RAIL PRESSURE WAS TOO LOW, THE ENGINE POWER REDUCED AND WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN INSPECTED AT FIVE DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS, BUT THE CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 300,000.

2007 CHEVROLET K3500 DURAMAX POWER PROBLEM:ON TWO OCCASIONS I HAVE HAD A NEAR TOTAL LOSS OF POWER PROBLEM WITH MY 2007 K3500 DURAMAX. BOTH OCCURRENCES WERE IDENTICAL. THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER THAT SEVERELY LIMITED ACCELERATION AND TOP SPEED. THE DETAILS OF THE CONDITIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ?RPM WILL NOT GO ABOVE 2200RPM ?MAX SPEED 49 MPH (TRUCK UNLOADED - IT TAKES ABOUT 1 - 1 1/2 MILES TO GET SOME SPEED BACK FOLLOWING EVENT) ?ALL GAUGES INDICATE NORMAL OPERATING RANGES ?ENGINE TEMP, TRANSMISSION TEMP, OIL PRESSURE NORMAL ?THE ONLY WAY TO INCREASE SPEED IS TO COME UP TO 2200 RPM, LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR TO CAUSE TRANSMISSION TO SHIFT AND THEN REPEAT THE PROCESS ?SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ?LOW ENGINE POWER READOUT ON HISTORY: FIRST OCCURRENCE: ?5/9/2008, ODOMETER 7,779 MILES, DESERT SUN OF ROSWELL NM CHEVROLET 505 625-1000, INVOICE CTCS148596 ?INSTALLED NEW CALIBRATION UPDATE FOR P0402 SECOND OCCURRENCE: ?12/29/2009, ODOMETER 24,339 MILES, INDEPENDENCE CHEVROLET OF BLOOMSBURG PA 570 784-2720, INVOICE CVCS300288 ?ADVISED BY FACTORY TO UPDATE PCM CALIBRATIONS ?NOTE, ON 10/26/2009 TRUCK WAS INSPECTED FOR UPDATES AT MY REQUEST AND MY COST. THE SYSTEM WAS SCANNED, HOOKED TO GM NET AND NO UPDATES WERE FOUND. CONCLUSIONS: THERE SEEMS TO BE AN AS BUILT PROBLEM WITH THE TURBO CHARGER, COMPUTER CONTROLS AND SENSORS FOR THIS TRUCK. I HIGHLY SUSPECT THAT GM IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THE REPAIR NEEDED ALTHOUGH NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED TO DATE. THIS PROBLEM MAY BE DEEMED TO EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY BY GM. MY SUSPICION IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT GM KNOWS THAT IF THEY RELOAD THE PCM CALIBRATION DATA THE SYSTEM WILL SOMEHOW RESET ITSELF AND WORK AGAIN FOR A WHILE. DANGER: A NEAR TOTAL LOSS OF POWER ON THE ROAD IS SERIOUS. SPEED GOES TO 20-30 MPH QUICKLY. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A NO FUEL EVENT. IF THE TRUCK IS LOADED OR PULLING A TRAILER THE EVENT BECOMES MORE DRAMATIC AND UNSAFE. PLEASE HELP! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500 DURAMAX DIESEL TRUCK. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE FIRST GEAR. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE COMPUTER HAS BEEN RESET A TOTAL OF THREE TIMES. RECALL NUMBER 08142 (ENGINE CONTROL MODULE) WAS REFERENCED. THE CONTACT IS PREPARING TO TAKE ANOTHER TRIP AND IS CONCERNED THAT THE ENGINE WILL LOSE POWER AGAIN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500.

WE PURCHASED A 2007 CHEVROLET 1 TON NEW IN AUGUST OF 2007. ON JANUARY 23, 2008 MY EMPLOYEE WAS DELIVERING TRAFFIC CONTROL. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AS HE WAS DOING HIS PAPER WORK. HE NOTICED SMOKE FROM UNDER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. HE OPENED THE HOOD AND OBSERVED FLAMES AND SMOKE. HE USED THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER, THAT IS PART OF OUR ON BOARD SAFETY EQUIPMENT, AND PROCEEDED TO KNOCK DOWN THE FIRE. WE HAD IT TOWED TO WATSON CHEVROLET, WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED, AND THERE IT REMAINS TO THIS DAY. THE WIRING HARNESS HAS BEEN ORDERED MORE THAN ONCE AND MORE THAN ONCE THE MANUFACTURER HAS SENT THE WRONG ONE. I AM REPORTING THIS AFTER READING ABOUT THE FIRES IN THE FULL SIZE SUV'S. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE ENGINE AND DRIVE TRAIN ARE SIMILAR IN THESE VEHICLES AND IN MY 1 TON TRUCK. *TR

2007.5 CHEVY 3500 DIESEL PICKUP: WHEN THE EXHAUST RE-GEN CYCLE IS INTERRUPTED, EXHAUST FUMES ENTER THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. GM HAS STATED THE SYSTEM IS OPERATING AS DESIGNED THEY WILL DO NOTHING FURTHER. *TR

THERE IS A SAFETY DEFECT THAT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO PEDESTRIANS. I HAVE PURCHASED A NEW 2007 CHEVROLET 3500HD, LTZ PICKUP TRUCK. THIS TRUCK WAS PURCHASED WITH THE FACTORY INSTALLED ULTRASONIC BACKUP SENSOR SYSTEM. MY SYSTEM WORKS JUST LIKE IT IS DESCRIBED IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE DESIGN IS DANGEROUSLY UNSAFE. IT RELIES ON VISUAL ONLY, INSTEAD OF AUDITORY (OR A COMBINATION OF AUDITORY AND VISUAL) WARNINGS. USERS EXPECT TO HAVE AN AUDITORY WARNING AND THUS WILL LIKELY HIT SOMETHING OR SOMEONE BEFORE DISCOVERING THEIR MISUNDERSTANDING. BRIEFLY, IN NORMAL OPERATION, THE SYSTEM WILL EMIT A SINGLE BEEP WHEN IT FIRST DETECTS ANY OBSTACLE WHILE BACKING UP IN REVERSE. WHEN THE OBSTACLE IS LESS THAN 12 INCHES FROM THE REAR BUMPER, IT EMITS A BURST OF BEEPS. THIS IS, OF COURSE, SO CLOSE THAT IT ONLY SERVES AS A PANIC STOP INDICATOR. IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO AUDIBLE SIGNALS, NO AUDITORY ALERTS ARE PROVIDED. INSTEAD THE DRIVER IS INSTRUCTED TO LOOK OVER THEIR SHOULDER OUT THE REAR WINDOW AND OBSERVE A SET OF LIGHTS ON ONE SIDE. AS ONE BACKS EVER CLOSER TO AN OBSTACLE, FIRST ONE AMBER LIGHT COMES ON, THEN A SECOND AMBER LIGHT COMES ON INDICATING THAT THE DRIVER IS STILL CLOSER TO THE OBJECT AND FINALLY A RED LIGHT COMES ON SIGNIFYING THAT YOU ARE VERY CLOSE. THIS SYSTEM DESIGN IN INHERENTLY DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE DRIVER MUST LOOK AT THE PANEL WHILE BACKING UP TO GET THE BENEFIT OF THE CLOSING RANGE INDICATION. AS ANYONE KNOWS WHO DRIVES A PICKUP TRUCK, ESPECIALLY A OR 1 TON MODEL, YOU USE YOUR SIDE MIRRORS TO BACKUP. THIS IS BECAUSE THE TAILGATE IS SO HIGH THAT YOU CAN NOT SEE ANYTHING BUT THE HORIZON FROM THE REAR WINDOW. THIS SUBTLE BUT VITAL FLAW MEANS THAT THE DRIVER CAN BACKUP USING THEIR SIDE MIRRORS BUT CANNOT BENEFIT FROM THE ULTRASONIC SYSTEM UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE OR CAN USE THE ULTRASONIC SYSTEM BUT CANNOT SEE TO BACKUP. I HAVE MORE TO ADD BUT HAVE RUN OUT OF ALLOWABLE SPACE (2000 CHR)..[XXX] *TR REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE