Owner-reported complaints naming the body or structure system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1999 Chevrolet Silverado submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 85 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 85, in the owner's own words
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDERGOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FRAME WAS SEVERELY FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 176,000. UPDATED 1/14/16 LN UPDATED 02/12/16*LJ *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A LOUD CRACKING NOISE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE ABNORMAL. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRAME WAS FRACTURED IN TWO AREAS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,000.
I CAME OUT TO MY TRUCK ONE DAY AND THE CAB WAS TOUCHING THE BACK OF MY BOX. I LOOK UNDER IT AND THE FRAME WAS BROKEN AND RUSTED OUT ON BOTH SIDE BY THE GAS TANK. VEHICLE I'D BEYOND REPAIR AND NOT DRIVABLE. ONLY HAS 181XXX MILES ON IT.
THE CHROME ON THE CHEVROLET BADGE ON THE FRONT GRILL HAS STARTED TO PEEL. WHILE WASHING THE TRUCK THE CHROME, SLIVER, SLICE MY FINGER OPEN LIKE A RAZOR BLADE. *TR
I OWN A 1999 SILVERADO EXT CAB 4X4 AND THE FRAME IS ROT IN MANY DIFFERENT PLACES THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER MID SECTIONS ARE HALF GONE AND NOW THE REAR SECTIONS UNDER THE BED ARE ROTTING TO THE POINT TO WHERE THE IS NO GOOD METAL LEFT THE BED BUCKLED AND IS HITTING THE CAB THE REST OF THIS VEHICLE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION BUT THE FRAME IS GONE. *TR
HELLO IM REPORTING A PROBLEM I HAVE NOTICED ABOUT RUST ON THE UNDER BODIES OF THE CHEVY AND GMC PICK UPS. IT IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED. THERE ARE TOO MANY VEHICLES REPORTING THIS PROBLEM TO MAKE IT A COINCIDENCE. I MYSELF HAVE THIS PROBLEM WHERE MY FRAME HAS NOW CRACKED FOR THE SECOND TIME. PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING MORE AND MORE AND OUR SAFETY IS AT STAKE. PLEASE WHATEVER CAN BE DONE TO BRING GM TO RECOGNIZE THIS PROBLEM CAN AND WILL SAVE A LOT OF LIVES AS WELL AS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THANK YOU *TR
WHILE ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK MY 1999 SILVERADO S ABS BRAKES WENT OFF AND WOULD NOT STOP. HIT MY HOUSE. CALLED GM SAID THEY NEVER HERD OF THEIR TRUCKS DOING THIS. WELL DID SOME RESEACH AND FOUND THEIR WAS A PROBLEM WITH CORROSION ON THE ABS SENSOR WHICH WOULD SET OFF THE ABS 4 NO REASON. IT WAS SCARY AND IS A HUGE GM PROBLEM.. FOUND MY TRUCK WAS FIXED AT ONE POINT BUT IT STILL HAPPEND AGAIN.. IT IS FIXED AGAIN. BUT I KNOW IT WILL HAPPEN SOME TIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.. WHICH IS SCARY TO THINK I COULD HAVE RAN INTO A SCHOOL BUS OR KID AND KILLED THEM. GM DID FIX MY TRUCK. AND PAY 4 THE HOUSE TO BE REPAIRD.. I DONT WANT TO SUE OR BE COMPENSATED ANY FURTHER!!!!! I JUST WANT THEM TO HAVE TO FIX THESE TRUCKS OR PULL THEM OFF THE ROAD!! I DID NOT KNOW AT THE TIME OF INCODENT THAT YOU GUYS EXHISTED.. SO THIS IS WHY I AM REPORTING NOW.. AND IF SOMTHING HAPPENS LATTER I HAVE PROOFF THAT I COMPLAINED. I AM A PA STATE INSPECTION MECHANIC. AND WILL GIVE MY LISCENSE NUMBER IF ASKED TO.. I SEE THIS HAPPEN TO MUCH! AND IF I CAN SAVE ONE LIFE IT IS WORTH IT TO ME.. I HOPE THIS WILL BE LOOKED AT AND DELT WITH THE WAY THE GM RECALL IS NOW BEING HELD. JUST LOOK AT ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISHUE.. AGAIN I DONT WANT MONEY!!! I JUST WANT TO TRY TO SAVE A LIFE! THANKS. *JS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ROTORS WERE SEVERELY FRACTURED AND THE WHEEL WELLS AS WELL AS THE ROCKER PANEL WAS CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO PERFORMED UNKNOWN REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000.
TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE, WHEN RAISED ON THE HOIST THE FRAME STARTED TO COLLAPSE AND BRAKE. SERVICE PEOPLE POINTED OUT THE PROBLEM AND TOLD ME AND TO CONSIDER GETTING A NEW TRUCK AND ADVISED I PROBABLY SHOULD NOT DRIVE THIS ONE ANYWHERE AS IT COULD BRAKE APART. THEY STATED THEY HAVEN'T SEEN THIS IN A TRUCK MAINTAINED AS THIS ONE HAS BEEN. IN LOOKING ON-LINE I NOW SEE THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM IN 1999 TO 2002 SILVERADO'S, WITH 100'S OF COMPLAINTS. GM WON'T TALK ABOUT IT AND STATES ANY RECALL HAS TO COME FROM YOUR AGENCY. THIS IS SERIOUS, NOT SURE IF ANY INJURIES ARE ATTRIBUTED TO THIS (YET) BUT THERE SURELY WILL BE. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS NOT BE LOOKED AT WITH THE NUMBER OF ON-LINE COMPLAINTS AND REPORTS. *TR
I HAVE A 1999 CHEVY SILVERAIDO THE FRAME HAS BROKE . THE TRUCK IS MINT EVERYTHING BUT THE FRAME AND THE BRAKE LINES .I HAVE ORDERED A NEW FRAME AND WILL REPLACE .CHEVY WILL DO NOTHING. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME WAS CORRODED AND CRACKED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 235,000. UPDATED 12-26-13 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRUCK HAD A CRACKED FRAME, JUST IN FRONT OF THE REAR SPRING MOUNT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE.
DRIVING HOME LAST NIGHT WHEN I APPROACHED THE DRIVEWAY, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. BRAKE FLUID WAS RUNNING DOWN THE GAS TANK. FURTHER INSPECTION THIS MORNING INDICATED THE LINE HAD BURST JUST ABOVE THE TANK FROM CORROSION. ALL STEEL LINES ARE RUSTED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO THE FRAME IS RUSTING SO BAD IT LOOKS LIKE THE PICTURES OF THE TITANIC. *TR
HAD TO REPLACE BRAKE LINES ALL THE WAY TO MASTER CYLINDER AND FUEL LINES FROM EXTENSIVE CORROSION. ALSO, THROUGHOUT THE FRAME AND MOUNTING BRACKETS FOR SHOCKS AND LEAF SPRINGS. ABNORMAL RUST FOR ANY VEHICLE THAT WAS WASHED AND TAKEN CARE OF ACCORDINGLY. *JB
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WAS PERFORMING AN UNRELATED REPAIRS HE WAS INFORMED THE FRAME CORRODED AND FRACTURED NEAR THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. THE MECHANIC STATED THE FRAME HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 136,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR BRAKE SERVICE AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRAME AND BRAKE LINES WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NO LONGER BE DRIVEN. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 59,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS EXCESSIVE CORROSION ON THE FRAME. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT DUE TO THE CORROSION, THE BRAKE LINES FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO REPLACEDDUE TO CORROSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 91,000. ALSO, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 01/10/12
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FRAME WAS RUSTED THROUGH AND THERE WAS HOLE THE SIZE OF A HALF DOLLAR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 150,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT WAS ROTATING THE TIRES WHEN HE NOTICED EXCESSIVE FRAME RUST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RUST FRACTURED THE FRAME IN TWO AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY ONLY WARRANTY THE FRAME UP TO 100,000 MILES. THEY ALSO INFORMED THE CONTACT TO DRIVE TO THE DEALER AND MAKE A REPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE ON REPAIRING THE FRAME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. HE NOTICED THE REAR FRAME UNDER NEAR THE REAR TIRES WAS RUSTED AND CORRODED UP TO THE MIDDLE OF THE FRAME. THERE HAD BEEN NO REPAIRS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. UPDATED 04/22/10 *BF UPDATED 09/13/10*JB
MY CABLE SNAPPED AND THE TAILGATE OF MY 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO WHEN LOADING FIREWOOD. I ALSO BENT THE HINGE. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS. WHEN I CALLED ABOUT IT I WAS TOLD MY TRUCK/VIN# WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. IF GMC HAS IDENTIFIED A PROBLEM THEY SHOULD NOT ELIMINATE SOME TRUCKS. *JB
TAILGATE CABLE FAILED - WHY AREN;T THE '99S INCLUDED IN THE RECALL? *NM
DT: CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE TAILGATE CABLE BROKE. THERE A TAILGATE CABLE RECALL 04V129000 ON OTHER YEARS OF THIS MODEL VEHICLE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER INFORMED HIM THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *AK
I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE TAILGATE CABLE TWICE ON MY 1999 SILVERADO. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON 2000 AND LATER SILVERADO'S. MINE IS THE NEW BODY STYLE WHICH IS IDENTICAL TO THE 2000 AND LATER MODELS. SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT HERE. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. *JB
DT: BOTH STRAPS ON THE CABLES THAT HOLD UP THE TAILGATE BROKE. A RECALL WAS ISSUED, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. . CONTACTED THE DEALER AND CALLED GMC, THE DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE, AND THE DEALER CHARGED THE CONSUMER TO HAVE IT FIXED. THE CABLES BROKE ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2005 AND THEY REPAIRED IT ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2005. *AK
DT: THE CALLER HAD GALVANIZED SUPPORT CABLE FOR THE TAILGATE BRAKE. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE YEAR AFTER AND SHE FELT IT SHOULD INCLUDE HER VEHICLE. . DEALER SAID IT WAS THE SAME PART AS IN THE RECALL. MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO HELP.*AK
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