1996 Chevrolet Pickup Problems

AFTER RECEIVING A RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING WINDSHIELD WIPERS VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO THE DEALER AND SERVICE WAS REFUSED BECAUSE IT IS A SALVAGED VEHICLE. *AK *TC

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL WORK INTERMITTENTLY, AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO SEE DURING RAINY WEATHER. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL WENT NEARLY TO FLOOR. FOUND HOLE IN STEEL BRAKE LINE THAT WAS RUSTY ALONG THE FRAME NEAR THE LAST PLASTIC CLAMP BEFORE IT JUMPS TO THE FLEX HOSE. AMPP. *AK

BRAKES MAKES A VERY LOUD NOISE WHEN STOPPING TRUCK. CONSUMER HAS CHANGED THE BRAKES ON TRUCK NINE TIMES. *AK

MOTOR WILL SHUT OFF AT VARIOUS TIMES, AT IDLE OR WHILE DRIVING, WITHOUT WARNING. TRUCK IS USED FOR TRAILERING HORSES AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND THE ENGINE SHUTTING DOWN SEVERELY EFFECTS BRAKING AND STEERAGE AND IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. THE TRUCK WAS REPAIRED BY THE DEALERSHIP FOR FUEL INJECTION PUMP PROBLEMS AT 55812 MILES WITH THE PUMP BEING REPLACED. SEARCHING INTERNET AND TALKING TO MECHANICS FOUND THAT THIS IS A PERSISTENT PROBLEM WITH THE 6.5L DIESEL ENGINE WITH THE FAULT BEING THE PUMP MOUNTED DRIVER (PMD) SOMETIMES CALLED A FUEL SOLENOID DRIVER (FSD) WHICH GM LISTS IT AS PART #12562836 AND MANUFACTURED BY STANADYNE. THIS MODULE IS MOUNTED ON THE SIDE OF THE FUEL PUMP IN FRONT OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD BETWEEN THE HEADS. IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE INTENSE HEAT OF THE ENGINE IS CAUSING THE ELECTRONICS IN THIS PMD TO BREAK DOWN AND FAIL. REPLACING THIS PMD RESOLVED THE STALLING PROBLEM BUT I FEEL IF THIS PMD IS NOT COOLED PROPERLY, RELOCATED TO A COOLER LOCATION OR REDESIGNED THE PROBLEM WILL PERSIST AND COULD LEAD TO ACCIDENTS. THERE ARE AFTERMARKET KITS AVAILABLE TO RELOCATE THE PMD BUT I FEEL THAT IT SHOULD BE THE MANUFACTURER (GM) TO CORRECT THE DESIGN PROBLEM.*AK

I HAVE HAD THESE THINGS GO BAD ON THIS TRUCK AND THEY ARE THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME THAT HAVE WENT WRONG ON THEIR TRUCK ALSO. I LIKE THE CHEVROLETS BUT IF THESE THINGS KEEP GOING WRONG LIKE THIS I WILL HAVE TO SWITCH TO A NICE NEW DODGE I THINK. NLM

I HAVE HAD THESE THINGS GO BAD ON THIS TRUCK AND THEY ARE THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME THAT HAVE WENT WRONG ON THEIR TRUCK ALSO. I LIKE THE CHEVROLETS BUT IF THESE THINGS KEEP GOING WRONG LIKE THIS I WILL HAVE TO SWITCH TO A NICE NEW DODGE I THINK. NLM

I WAS TOLD THAT MY VIN # WASN'T IN THE RECALL ( I CAN'T SAY WHY !!!! ). NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK

DOOR HANDLES CONSTANTLY BREAK OFF. DRIVER'S DOOR IS TILTED OFF THE HINGES. DRIVER MUST ROLL DOWN WINDOW TO EXIT VEHICLE. *AK

THE BEARINGS THAT THE RAIL SLIDES ON ARE COMMING OUT DUE TO A BENT RAIL. THIS CAUSES THE SEAT TO BE LOOSE AND COULD COME OFF THE RAILS IN A COLLISION.

THE VEHICLE LEAKED ANTIFREEZE. THE CONSUMER SUSPECTED THE HEAD GASKET FAILED. *JB

MOTOR WILL SHUT OFF AT VARIOUS TIMES, AT IDLE OR WHILE DRIVING, WITHOUT WARNING. TRUCK IS USED FOR TRAILERING HORSES AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND THE ENGINE SHUTTING DOWN SEVERELY EFFECTS BRAKING AND STEERAGE AND IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. THE TRUCK WAS REPAIRED BY THE DEALERSHIP FOR FUEL INJECTION PUMP PROBLEMS AT 55812 MILES WITH THE PUMP BEING REPLACED. SEARCHING INTERNET AND TALKING TO MECHANICS FOUND THAT THIS IS A PERSISTENT PROBLEM WITH THE 6.5L DIESEL ENGINE WITH THE FAULT BEING THE PUMP MOUNTED DRIVER (PMD) SOMETIMES CALLED A FUEL SOLENOID DRIVER (FSD) WHICH GM LISTS IT AS PART #12562836 AND MANUFACTURED BY STANADYNE. THIS MODULE IS MOUNTED ON THE SIDE OF THE FUEL PUMP IN FRONT OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD BETWEEN THE HEADS. IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE INTENSE HEAT OF THE ENGINE IS CAUSING THE ELECTRONICS IN THIS PMD TO BREAK DOWN AND FAIL. REPLACING THIS PMD RESOLVED THE STALLING PROBLEM BUT I FEEL IF THIS PMD IS NOT COOLED PROPERLY, RELOCATED TO A COOLER LOCATION OR REDESIGNED THE PROBLEM WILL PERSIST AND COULD LEAD TO ACCIDENTS. THERE ARE AFTERMARKET KITS AVAILABLE TO RELOCATE THE PMD BUT I FEEL THAT IT SHOULD BE THE MANUFACTURER (GM) TO CORRECT THE DESIGN PROBLEM.*AK

WAS DRIVING FROM LAS VEGAS TO ATLANTA. WHILE PASSING THROUGH TALLADEGA, AL ON APRIL 20, 2002, THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM MY LEFT REAR TIRE. I WAS TRAVELLING AT APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH (WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC) IN THE PASSING LANE WHEN IN MY PERIPHERY I SAW A BLACK THING COME FROM THE SIDE OF MY TRUCK. NEXT CAME A LOUD THUMP. MADE IT TO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND WITH HELP FROM THE ALABAMA HIGHWAY ASSISTANCE PEOPLE I WAS ABLE TO GET THE TIRE AND CHANGED TO THE SPARE. AFTER CHANGING THE TIRE, MY DAD AND I INPSECTED THE GENERAL GRABBER AW AND NOTICED SOME OF THE STEEL OF THE RADIALS POKING OUT, ALONG WITH 1/2 TO 1" OF TREAD MISSING FROM THE TIRE. CURRENTLY WE HAVE A CALL INTO GENERAL AND ARE WAITING TO HEAR FROM THEM; A CALL WAS ALSO MADE TO OUR INSURANCE COMPANY AND AN ADJUSTER WILL BE CONTACTING US REGARDING THE DAMAGE TO MY TRUCK FROM THE TIRE.*AK

TREAD SEPARATION ON REAR TIRE - 27,000 MILES ON TIRE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: MK11 TIRESIZE: W6HV089)

ON 1/29/00 MY HUSBAND (MICHAEL FISHER) WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK HIT A SLICK PATCH OF ICE ON THE HIGHWAY WHICH CAUSED HIS TRUCK TO FISHTAIL AND GO OFF THE ROAD DOWN AN ENBANKMENT HEAD ON INTO A TELEPHONE POLE AT APPROXIMATELY 45-50 MPH. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. SHOUDER HARNESS DID KEEP HIS LEFT SIDE PROTECTED YET HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WAS ALLOWED TO SLAM FORWARD AND CAUSED HIS SPINE TO TWIST....HE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS FOREVER. HE DID SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT AND MISSED ABOUT 4 WEEKS OF WORK. OUR INSURANCE COMPANY FIXED THE TRUCK AND WE WERE ASSURED THAT THE AIRBAGS WERE FAULTY BY THE GMC AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP THAT REPAIRED THE TRUCK AND THAT THAT HAD REPAIRED AND TESTED THEM AND THEY WOULD NOT FAIL AGAIN. THEN ON 8/30/00 A LITTLE OLD MAN RAN A STOP LIGHT AND RAN OUT IN FRONT OF ME WHILE I WAS TRAVELING DOWN A HIGHWAY GOING 55-60 MPH THERE WAS NO TIME TO EVEN HARDLY HIT MY BRAKES BEFORE IMPACT I HIT HIM WITH THE FULL FRONT OF MY TRUCK IN THE PASSENGER SIDE OF HIS TRUCK AND STILL NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT....I HAVE CHEST INJURIES AND AM NOT ABLE TO WORK AND MY BILLS ARE GOING PAST DUE AND I A PANICKING AND AM UNSURE WHAT TO DO...I HAVE CONTACTED GM BUT OF COURSE THEY ARE IN NO HURRY TO HELP OUT AND SAY THEY AREN'T EVEN SURE THE AIRBAGS FAILED THAT ITS POSSIBLE THAT THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE DEPLOYED. ALL I KNOW IS THAT THE TRUCK WAS TOTALLED AND I A INJURIED AND CAN'T WORK AND COULD LOSE EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE EVER WORKED FOR. DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS?*AK

TRUCK WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION AND THE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. TRUCK HAD DUAL AIR BAGS. *AK

THE FRONT OF THE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK. AS A RESULT, THERE WAS NO UPPER BODY RESTRAINT FOR THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER. *AK THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT HELP RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. *SCC *JB

PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT BROKE, RETRACTOR WILL NOT CONNECT BECAUSE SEAT BELT WILL NOT PULL OUT SO THAT SHE CAN CONNECT. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE TURNED ON THEY WORKED AND STOPPED. NOW WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER CONTACTED AND IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURERED IN ONTARIO AND DOES NOT COMPY TO GM RECALL. ALSO STEERING WHEEL WILL POP, AND HORN WILL NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DIFFERENTIAL FAILURES CAUSED BY OVERHEATING CREATE A PROPANE ODOR.

DRIVER NOTICED THAT WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE TRUCK PULLS TO THE LEFT. DEALER REALIGNED THE STEERING, BUT DRIVER STILL HAVING THE PROBLEM OF THE PULLING. *AK

FRONT WHEEL BEARING SEAL FAILED.

VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH 4- WHEEL DRIVE AND IS HAVING A PROBLEM ENGAGING THE 4-WHEEL DIRVE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

FRONT WHEEL BEARING SEAL FAILED.

DRIVER SIDE DOOR HANDLE HAS BEEN BROKEN 4 TIMES, EACH TIME HE HAS REPAIRED IT HIMSELF. HE HAS NEVER RECEIVED ASSISTANCE FROM DEALER OR MANUFACTURER.*AK *TT

FEEL THAT THE CABLES ARE DEFECTIVE BECAUSE THEY ARE RIPING UNLIKE WHEN METAL WAS USED IN PAST YEARS FOR THE TAILGATE. *AK

DIFFERENTIAL RING/PINION FAILED.

DIFFERENTIAL FAILURES CAUSED BY OVERHEATING CREATE A PROPANE ODOR.

CONTROL MODULATOR FOR THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CONTINUE RACING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED. *AK