2008 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Visibility Problems

The passenger airbag randomly just blew up and destroyed my windshield are vision was impaired couldn’t see couldn’t hear cuz our ears where ringing and toxic chemicals and particles where flying around in the car from it blowing up. We had a 3 year old in the truck and my bestfriend. Are safety was definitely put at risk we where on the freeway and like I said we couldn’t see anything and windshield was completely shattered and none of us could hear a thing something terrible could have definitely went wrong.

NHTSA ID

11661328

Incident

May 15, 2025

CRACKED CHEVROLET DASH FLAPS WHEN WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN CREATING VISIBLE DISTRACTION VERY SIMILAR TO ATTACHED PICTURE CHEVROLET KNOWS THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE FOR THEIR 2007-2014 MODELS AND APPARENTLY WON'T DO ANYTHING UNLESS COMPELLED TO BY A REGULATORY BODY. IF I GET INTO AN ACCIDENT I WILL MAKE SURE TO ADVISE OF WHAT CAUSED THE DISTRACTION. THIS IS NOT ONLY AN EYESORE BUT IT IS ALSO INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS. WHO MAKES NEW VEHICLES WITH ALL THE EMISSIONS STANDARDS AND THEN SKIMPS ON THE DASH? THIS IS SUCH A PROBLEM THERE IS A FACEBOOK GROUP WITH 6,825 MEMBERS AND YOU CAN DO FIND IT BY SEARCHING. "07-14 GM CRACKED DASH SAFETY HAZARD FOR ALL TRUCKS"

NHTSA ID

11021607

Incident

Aug 21, 2012

Mileage

48,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT USED THE KEY FOB TO START THE VEHICLE WHEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE AIR BAGS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND A COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO RICK HENDRICKS CHEVROLET OF BUFORD (4490 S LEE ST, BUFORD, GA 30518 (678) 394-3117) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT WATER DAMAGED THE MODULES AND THE DRAIN TUBES ON THE SUN ROOF WERE CLOGGED, WHICH CAUSED THAT CURTAIN AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. THE DEALER STATED THAT ALL FOUR CURTAIN AIR BAGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 174,131.

NHTSA ID

11021556

Incident

Jul 21, 2017

Mileage

174,131 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, A SUDDEN BANGING AND RATTLING NOISE WAS PRESENT COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT A PISTON IN THE ENGINE HAD BLOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO INDICATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WINDOW MODULE MALFUNCTIONED AND THE WINDOW COULD NOT BE OPENED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.

NHTSA ID

10806305

Incident

Nov 2, 2015

Mileage

74,000 mi

SAFETY RECALL 10153. THE SOLUTIONS OFFERED BY GM IS INADEQUATE. THEY WANT TO DISCONNECT THE WASHER HEATER AND COMPENSATE WITH $100. 1. $100 DOLLARS DOES NOT ADEQUATELY REFLECT THE VALUE OF THIS HEATED WASHER OPTION AND ITS LOSS OR THE DEVALUATION OF MY VEHICLE IF THE FEATURE IS DISABLED. 2. THE HEATED WASHER FLUID OPTION IS A VERY IMPORTANT SAFETY FEATURE 3. THE HEATED WASHER FLUID SYSTEM SHOULD BE REPAIRED, NOT DISCONNECTED. I WANT TO KNOW WHY GM IS NOT REPLACING THE MODULES WITH A EQUIPMENT THAT RESOLVES THE PROBLEM.

NHTSA ID

10411232

Incident

Jul 5, 2011

Mileage

56,348 mi

SHORT IN THE ELECTRIC WINDOWS SWITCHES FOR 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE DRIVERS FRONT WINDOW ACTUATOR HAS BEEN REPLACED BUT ALL FOUR WINDOW ACTUATORS HAVE GONE BAD AND MUST BE REPLACED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10406124

Incident

Mar 20, 2011

Mileage

24,000 mi

2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO - AIR CONDITIONER BLOWS HOT AIR OUT OF DRIVERS SIDE AND COLD AIR OUT OF PASSENGER SIDE. EXTREMELY HOT AIR BLOWS OUT OF THE DRIVERS SIDE WHENEVER THE AIR IS SET ON 60 (HOTTER THAN THE MAX 90). IT OCCURRED ONCE BEFORE BUT WAS FIXED BY A MECHANIC COSTING A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS, BUT NOW IT HAS BEGUN AGAIN. I AM NOT SURE IF A PART WAS FIXED OR REPLACED BUT THE ISSUE CEASED AND NOW HAS STARTED AGAIN. *TR

NHTSA ID

10296727

Incident

Dec 19, 2009

Mileage

40,000 mi

I HAVE A 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO WITH VERY LOW MILEAGE. THE ISSUE IS A STRUCTURALLY DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELD. THE WINDSHIELD STARTED CRACKING UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE MOLDING AND HAS PROGRESSED TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD. I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT NOTHING HIT THE WINDSHIELD AND THE FACT THAT THE CRACK STARTED WHEN THERE WAS NO ONE AROUND ELSE ON THE ROAD. I WENT TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT REVIEWED. THE SERVICE MANAGER SIMPLY GLANCED AT THE WINDSHIELD AND CONCLUDED THAT SOMETHING HIT THE WINDSHIELD WHEN IT FACT THERE IS NOTHING TO SUBSTANTIATE THAT STATEMENT.. HE WENT ON TO SELL ME THE LINE THAT IF THERE WAS A DEFECT IN THE MATERIALS THAT THE CRACK WOULD HAVE SHOWED UP BEFORE 7,500 MILES. AS A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER I KNOW THAT THIS IS FACTUALLY INCORRECT STATEMENT AND NOTHING MORE THEN AN EXCUSE TO DO NOTHING. *TR

NHTSA ID

10264089

Incident

Mar 28, 2009

Mileage

7,500 mi

I WAS TRAVELING FROM MY HOME TO ALEXANDRIA,LA. TO PICK UP SOME PARTS FOR OUR FARM. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE CHANGING FROM WARM TO COOLER TEMPERATURE DUE TO AN INCOMING COLD FRONT. TRAVELING 55 MPH ON A NEW SMOOTH SECTION OF LA. HIGHWAY 1, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN A LOUD GLASS SHATTERING NOISE HAPPENED BEHIND ME. WHEN I LOOKED BACK I SAW THE REAR WINDOW HAD SHATTERED AND ALL OF THE SHATTERED GLASS HAD BLOWN OUT TOWARDS THE REAR BED OF THE TRUCK. I NOTIFIED SOUTHERN CHEVROLET OF THE INCIDENT BY DRIVING BY THERE TO SHOW THE SALES PERSON THE EXPLODED CONDITION OF THE WINDOW. AFTER ATTEMPTING TO GET THE MANAGER, WE WENT IN TALKED WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER ABOUT IT. SHE HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF PREVIOUS FAILURES ON THIS TRUCK MAKE. THE SALES PERSON SAID HE WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH THE MANGER AND RESEARCH OF ANY OTHER PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STYLE OF TRUCK AND CONTACT ME. NO RESPONSE RECEIVED AS OF THIS DATE 10.23.08. I THEN PROCEEDED TO GLASS PLUS AND HAD THE BACK WINDSHIELD REPLACED BECAUSE THE RAIN STARTING. *TR

NHTSA ID

10246572

Incident

Oct 16, 2008

Mileage

13,850 mi