1999 Chevrolet Pickup Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 3500 CHEVROLET PICK UP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEY FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE CONTACT NOTICE BY LOOKING UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE THE BRAKE LINE HAS CORROSION ON IT AND THAT'S WHAT CAUSED THE BRAKES TO FAIL. THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER NOR CALLED THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT STATED A SERIOUS CRASH COULD HAVE OCCURRED DUE TO THE FAULTY BRAKES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 211,000.

CONSUMER HAD BRAKE ROTORS AND BRAKE SHOES REPLACED ON 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO DUE TO RUSTED ROTORS. *TS (11/17/05) THE FRONT SENSOR WAS REPLACED WHICH LASTED FOR A FEW WEEKS. THE HUB ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED DUE TO THE BEARINGS. THE ROUTERS WERE RUSTY AND WERE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE BRAKE SHOES DUE TO THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES DISENGAGING THE BRAKES WHICH WERE NOT ALLOWING THE BRAKES TO CLEAN UP THE ROUTERS. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES STILL DID NOT WORK AS THE NEW ROUTERS STARTED TO RUST. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WERE DISCONNECTED AND THE VEHICLE BEGUN TO STOP PROPERLY. THE DOORS WERE ALSO RUSTY. THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD JUMP AS IF IT WERE GOING INTO AN ANTI-LOCK STOP. *SC

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE THROTTLE WILL STICK AND THE VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO GET CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE TO DECELERATE. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

THE EBCM MODULE FOR THE ANTI LOCKING BRAKES HAS A CIRCUIT THAT IS STUCK OPEN, THUS RENDERING MY ABS INOPERABLE ON MY TRUCK. THE SERVICE DIRECTOR AT SIR WALTER CHEV. IN RALEIGH, NC TOLD ME HE HAS SEEN THIS PROBLEM MANY TIMES AND THAT THE REPAIR WILL BE ABOUT $1000.00. THE SERVICE DIRECTOR AT CHRIS LEITH CHEV IN WAKE FOREST NC TOLD ME HE WOULD NOT WORK WITH ME BECAUSE OF HIGH MILEAGE EVEN THOUGH TIME HAS NOT EXPIRED ON MY WARRANTY. I UNDERSTAND THAT MY WARRANTY IS OUT. HE SAID HE HEARD RUMORS ABOUT A CAMPAIGN TO FIX SAME BUT DOES NOT KNOW IF IT WILL OCCUR. ( AT THE DEALERSHIP AFTER BEING TOLD THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR SAME I LEFT. I TURNED AROUND AND WALKED BACK IN TO ASK IF THERE WAS ANY WAY TO DEFEAT THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH AND CAUGHT THEM OFF GUARD. IT APPEARED THEY WERE LAUGHING KNOWING I WAS GOING TO BE SCREWED OUT OF $1000 DOLLARS)I WENT ON LINE AND FOUND MESSAGE BOARDS GALORE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND ALL WERE PISSED OFF THAT CHEV. WILL NOT FIX SAME. THIS IS A REOCCURING PROBLEM AND I NEED YOUR HELP. THE ONLY OTHER PROBLEM IS A VERY STICKY THROTTLE BODY THAT IS DANGEROUS.

TIRE CAME APART WHILE DRIVING. NO ROAD HAZARDS OR ANYTHING ON THE ROAD. TIRE MADE A NOISE, PIECES OF RUBBER WERE FALLING ON THE ROAD, TIRE COMPLETELY FAILED AS I PULLED OVER. TREAD WAS PARTIALLY OFF AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK. I HAVE ELECTRONIC PICTURES. *TS ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS***761431

SPARE TIRE FELL OFF VEHICLE WHILE PULLING A TRAILER. ALSO, TIRE DAMAGED THE BOTTOM OF TRAILER AXLE AND TIRE RIM. CONSUMER HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE TRACTION CONTROL MODULE FAILED. *PH THE PART WOULD ALSO RUN FREQUENTLY. THE FUSE HAD TO BE PULLED IN ORDER TO KEEP THE MODULE FROM RUNNING WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED OFF. THE DEALER SUGGESTED THAT THE MODULE WAS FAULTY. *SC THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST 795.00 TO REPLACE THE ABS MODULE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE HEADLIGHTS WENT COMPLETLY OUT CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. CONSUMER HAS TO USE HIGH BEAMS IN ORDER TO SEE. *AK THE DEALER STATED THAT THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH IN THE STEERING COLUMN, AFTER THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED IT HAD A BAD CONNECTION AT A PLUG DOWN THE STEERING COLUMN. *NLM

WHEN BRAKING, THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO ACCELERATE SOMETIMES (HAS HAPPENED 15-20 TIMES SINCE PURCHASING THE CAR MAY, 1999.) THIS HAS HAPPENED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS - NO ACCIDENTS YET, BUT THE CHEVROLET DEALER HAS NOT RESPONDED BECAUSE THEY CANNOT POSITIVELY DETERMINE A FAILURE AND THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SIMILAR COMPLAINTS TO WARRANT A "GUNSHOT" REPAIR. *AK

I HAVE TAKEN THIS PICKUP BACK TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THE TILL ME IT FIX AND IT THE SOME OLD THING YOU GIT IN THR VEHICLE AND TRY TO PUT THE SEAT BELT ON AND IT LOCKUP AND WONT PULL OUT THIS IS A NEW VEHICLE THAT THE DEALER DONT KNOW HOW TO FIX ALL HE HAS TO DO IS REPLACE THE SEAT BELT AND BRACKET TO FIX IT. *AK

WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE ENGINE MAKES A RATTLING NOISE, CALLED COLD ENGINE KNOCKING. MANUFACTURER STATED NO DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE HAD BEEN FOUND DUE TO THIS KNOCKING. *AK AS STATED IN THE SERVICE BULLETIN, THIS MAY OCCUR WHEN IT'S 50 DEGREES OUTSIDE OR IF THE VEHICLE HAVEN'T BEEN STARTED IN SEVERAL DAYS. THE NOISE MAY BE CAUSED BY INTERACTION OF THE PISTON AND CYLINDER WALL. GM POWERTRAIN ENGINEERS CONFIRMED THE NOISE ISN'T DETRIMENTAL TO PERFORMANCE, RELIABILITY, OR DURABILITY OF THE ENGINE. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT REPLACING THE ENGINE WOULDN'T ELIMINATE THE NOISE. *PH

HELLO,I'VE RECENTLY PURCHACED THIS VEHICLE USED,AND I'VE DISCOVERED IT HAS "ENGINE BEARING KNOCK NOICE".I HAD IT CHECKED OUT AT A DEALERSHIP.FROM WHAT I'VE READ ON THIS PROBLEM THE ENGINES WERE PUT TOGETHER WITH THE WRONG SIZE BEARINGS.I FEEL THIS IS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT AND THE CONSUMER SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING TO HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED.THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND ANY RESPONCES. STEVE CATHCART. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING HEADLIGHTS GO OUT, CAUSING POOR DRIVING VISIBILITY. CONSUMER HAS TO USE HIGH BEAMS IN ORDER TO SEE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER HAS DETERMINED THAT SWITCH ASSEMBLY INSIDE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS I HAVE ENCOUNTERED NUMEROUS VEHICLES WHOSE OPERATORS OBVIOUSLY DO NOT KNOW THAT THEIR TAIL LIGHTS DO NOT COME ON WHEN THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS ARE ACTIVATED ON THEIR VEHICLE. AS AN OVER THE ROAD TRUCK DRIVER I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS OCCASIONS TO COME UPON CARS AND TRUCKS ALIKE THAT WHEN BRIGHT/LIGHT BUT RAINING, SNOWING, OR FOGGY HAVE NO TAIL LIGHTS ON. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS I HAVE PROCEDED TO FLASH MY LIGHTS AT THEM IN THE HOPES THAT THEY WOULD TURN THEIR LIGHTS ON FOR THEIR SAFETY AS WELL AS MINE AND ALL OTHER USERS OF THE ROAD BUT TO NO AVAIL. IHAVE HOWEVER FOUND UPON PASSING THESE VEHICLES THAT THEY HAVE . THEIR HEADLIGHTS ON . MY VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP ON A DIME BY ANY MEANS AND I FEEL THAT UNLESS SOMETHING IS DONE TO MAKE ALL LIGHTS COME ON AUTOMATICALLY OR LET THE DRIVER MAKE THE WHOLE DECISION AS TO WETHER LIGHTS ARE WARRENTED. FURTHER TO ADD TO MY POINT I OWN A 2000 CHEVY S10 PU THAT, UNTIL OWNING IT FOR ALMOST A YEAR. MY HUSBAND DID NOT KNOW THAT HE HAD NO TAIL LIGHTS UNTIL THE DASH LIGHTS ARE ON. THERE IS NO WAY TO FIND THIS OUT UNLESS SOMEONE TELLS YOU BECAUSE THE RUNNING LIGHTS ARE NOT ACTIVATED UNTIL YOU RELEASE THE BRAKE. THEREFORE MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO GET OUT AND SEE THAT ONLY THE FRONT LIGHTS ARE ON. IF THIS DOES NOT MAKE SENSE PLEASE EMAIL ME AND I WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN BETTER ( ITS REAL HARD TO TELL WHAT YOUV WRITTEN WHEN YOU CAN ONLY SEE THE LAST FEW WORDS AS YOU TYPE) MERRY CHRISTMAS. *AK

WHEN BRAKING, THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO ACCELERATE SOMETIMES (HAS HAPPENED 15-20 TIMES SINCE PURCHASING THE CAR MAY, 1999.) THIS HAS HAPPENED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS - NO ACCIDENTS YET, BUT THE CHEVROLET DEALER HAS NOT RESPONDED BECAUSE THEY CANNOT POSITIVELY DETERMINE A FAILURE AND THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SIMILAR COMPLAINTS TO WARRANT A "GUNSHOT" REPAIR. *AK

GAS TANK WAS LEAKING LAST WINTER. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. A USED GAS TANK WAS INSTALLED, AND IT HAS BEEN LEAKING. SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS WERE CONTACTED AND NONE HADTHE PARTS AVAILABLE. *AK

DASH LIGHTS STAY ON. *AK CONSUMER STATES PUMP RUNS AT ALL TIMES WITH KEY ON OR OFF, ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM IS WAY TO HIGH.*JB

THE BOLTS TO THE A FRAME BROKE, THIS IS THE BOLT THAT HOLDS THE STEERING IN PLACE. WHEN THE BOLTS BROKE AND THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, CONSUMER TEMPORARILY LOST CONTROL BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *ML

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 65-70 MPH THERE IS ALOT OF VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL, CAUSING POOR CONTROL. ALSO, VEHICLE BOUNCES ALL OVER THE ROAD. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER HAD BRAKE ROTORS AND BRAKE SHOES REPLACED ON 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO DUE TO RUSTED ROTORS. *TS (11/17/05) THE FRONT SENSOR WAS REPLACED WHICH LASTED FOR A FEW WEEKS. THE HUB ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED DUE TO THE BEARINGS. THE ROUTERS WERE RUSTY AND WERE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE BRAKE SHOES DUE TO THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES DISENGAGING THE BRAKES WHICH WERE NOT ALLOWING THE BRAKES TO CLEAN UP THE ROUTERS. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES STILL DID NOT WORK AS THE NEW ROUTERS STARTED TO RUST. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WERE DISCONNECTED AND THE VEHICLE BEGUN TO STOP PROPERLY. THE DOORS WERE ALSO RUSTY. THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD JUMP AS IF IT WERE GOING INTO AN ANTI-LOCK STOP. *SC