Owner-reported complaints naming the steering system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the steering system — racks, columns, power-steering assist and steering linkage. 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. 69 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 69, in the owner's own words
DT: ON JULY 3 2005 WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING AND DRIVER HAD A HARD TIME STEERING. HAD TO USE TWO HANDS TO STEER. THERE WAS NO WARNING FROM THE VEHICLE THAT A PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND OWNER WAS INFORMED THAT IT WOULD COST $700 TO REPLACE STEERING PUMP.*AK
I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK IN OHIO FOR MY WIFE [XXX], SHE REPORTED THAT THE ABS BRAKE WOULD SIMPLY NOT WORK ON ACCASION AND THE PEDAL WOULD GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR .WE TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALER BUT HE COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM . AT LOWS SPEEDS I WAS ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. DEALERS DOWN HERE SAY THE SENSOR IS BAD. WE PULLED THE FUSE TO DISABLE THE BRAKES WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NEW BECAUSE A DELPHI ENGINEER TOLD ME THAT WOULD AT LEAST KEEP THE BRAKES WORKING . I HAVE 58000 MILES ON MY TRUCK AND WE HAVE REPLACED THE CALIPERS THE ROTORS AND EVEN SOME OF THE BRAKE LINES HAVE RUSTED RUPTURING AND CAUSING A LOSS OF BRAKES. THE POWER STEERING HOSE LINE RUSTED AT THE COOLER RADIATOR. . YESTERDAY THE CHEVY DEALER IN GAINSEVILLE CALLED ME TO THE SHOP TO SEE HOW THE FRAME IS BEING EATEN AWAY , I BELIEVE THE VEHICLE EITHER WASN'T PROBERLY PREPARED WHEN BUILT OR THE PROTECTIVE PAINTS AND COATING WERE DEFFECTIVE. THE RECORDS AT JIM DOUGLAS CHEVOLET EVIDENCE THE EXPENSES WE HAVE INCUURED TO KEEP THE TRUCK OPERATIONAL. THE ABS MODULE AND THE LOSS OF BREAK LINES SEEM TO RELFLECT EXTEMELY POOR METAL COOROSION RESISTANCE , EVEN BOTH MY TAILGATE CABLE RUSTED AND BROKE .EACH TIME I HAVE TAKEN IN TO THE CHEVY DEALER FOR REPAIR THEY ARE AMAZED AT THE CORROSION PROBLEMS. EVEN THE TIRE JACK IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WAS RUSTED AND IT WAS NEVER USED. THE SCREWS INSIDE THE CENTER CONSOLE WERE RUSTED. I SPENT BETWEEN 2500.00 AND 3000.00 IN JUST THE BRAKE PROBLEM AND THAT IS WITHOUT TRYING TO FIX THE DEFECTIVE SENSOR MODULE. I ASSURE ABSENT A FORCED RECALL I SUSPECT GM WILL NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM. GM CONUMER RELATIOS SUGGESTED I GET A RECALL NUMBER AND MAYBE THEY COULD BE OF FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THUS I AM SEND YOU MY COMPLAINT. SINCERELY [XXX] . OUR VIN IS [XXX] OUR MODEL IS CK15753 THE CAR WAS ASSEMBLED AT FORT WAYNE. JUNE 6,1999. NOTE I SELECTED 25 FAILURES AS AN ESTIMATED OF FAILED COMPONETS IN THE UNRECARRAGE INCLUDING THE BRAKES AND THE ABS MODULE. *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA),
MY 1999 CHEVY Z71 LOSES THE POWER STEERING WHEN TURNING LEFT THERE WAS A RECALL ON SOME CARS IN JAN 04 BUT MY TRUCK WAS NOT INCLUDED MY DAUGHTER HAD A MINOR ACCIDENT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY BAD CHEVY FIRST SAID MY TRUCK WOULD BE INCLUDED BUT NOW THEY SAY IT WILL NOT BE FIXED AND I CAN NOT GET THEM SEND ME ANY INFO ON HOW TO FIX THE PRBLEM MY DEALER SAYS THEY DONT EVEN KNOW HOW TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM
STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKES FAILED WHILE DRIVING. DRIVER DROVE VEHICLE HOME. THEN, DRIVER CONTACTED A MECHANIC FOR AN APPOINTMENT. *AK
THE STEERING IS HARD AT TIMES WHEN AT AN IDLE AND SLOWER SPEEDS. FEELS LIKE THE POWER ASSIST STOPS WORKING AND IS A HAZARD BY NOT BEING ABLE TO STEER.*AK
THERE WAS A RATTLING NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THE NOISE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING OR TURNING. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY ANOTHER CHEVROLET OWNER THAT THEY WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT WAS DUE TO A DEFECT IN THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT AND BRUSHING. THE DEALERSHIP WILL BE CONTACTED. *JB
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER:98V2420000 INVOLVES PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING BOX AND ACCORDING TO THE DEALER MY VIN NUMBER OF [XXX] NOT ONE OF THE ONES INVOLVED IN IT.EVEN THOUGH I KEEP GETTING A KNOCKING NOISE OCCURRING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME AND THE STEERING SHAFT HAS BEEN REPLACED FOR SOME REASON.CAN YOU CHECK INTO THIS?ALSO I HAVE HAD THE BRAKE WORK DONE BUT IT SEEMS SOMETIMES I'LL BE PRESSING ON THE BRAKES TO STOP AND ITS LIKE THEY GIVE AWAY AND I HAVE TO PRESS THE PETAL DOWN FURTHER TO GET THEM TO STOP.CAN YOU ALSO CHECK THIS OUT? UPDATED 07/30/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING UPON MAKING A LEFT TURN. RECALL 03V527000 WAS ISSUED ON THE STEERING GEAR BEARING, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN AND MODEL YEAR. *AK
WHEN VEHICLE WAS FIRST STARTED THERE WAS SEVERE VIBRATION. WHEN VEHICLE WARMED UP VIBRATIONS DECREASED. STEERING GEAR BOX WOULD THEN CATCH AFTER MAKING A TURN. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT GEAR BOX NEEDED TO HAVE ITS OIL CHANGED. *AK
THE VEHICLE POWER STEERING SOMETIMES LOCKS UP OR BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL ESPECIALLY WHEN MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN WHEN YOUR FOOT IS BRAKING THE VEHICLE. AT TIMES IT SEEMS AS IF THE POWER STEERING LOOSES POWER. THE LOCAL DEALER HAS LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE NUMUROUS TIMES AND HAS ALWAYS STATED THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH WITH THE POWER STEERING EVEN AFTER THE SERVICE MANAGER (AT THE TIME) HAD THE POWER STEERING LOCK UP WHILE HE WAS TESTING THE TRUCK.
POWER STEERING PUMP SHAFT BROKE IN HALF. *AK
THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED TO TURN WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN IDLE. *JB
VIBRATION/CLUNKING FELT IN STEERING COLUMN AND STEERING WHEEL AT LOW SPEEDS. DT
CONSUME RWAS PULLING INSIDE OF DRIVEWAY, AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, STEERING WHEEL WAS HARD TO STEER. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
AT APPROXIMATELY 24,000 MILES THE STEERING COLUMN DEVELOPED A RATTLE THAT WAS LOUDER WHEN TURNING OR DRIVING ON BUMPY ROAD. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING MODULE AT APPROXIMATELY 26,000 MILES. THE SAME BEHAVIOR BEGAN OCCURING AT APPROXIMATELY 50,000 MILES. MECHANIC INDICATES THAT THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING MODULE HAS EXCESSIVE PLAY. MANUFACTURER DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM, AND I HAVE STOPPED DOING BUSINESS WITH THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE OF SHODY SERVICE.*AK
CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER COULD NEVER CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH THE POWER WINDOWS, AND ALSO THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL SEAL LEAKED AND WAS REPLACED.*YH
STEERING COLUMN MAKES A LOUD NOISE AND VIBRATES. STEERING COLUMN FEELS AS THOUGH IT IS FALLING OFF. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK *YH
ABS LIGHT CAME ON AT 40 MPH. WHEN SHUTTING OFF ENGINE ABS PUMP KEPT RUNNING. DEALER DETERMINED ABS PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK CONSUMER FEELS CHEVROLET SHOULD PAY FOR THE SERVICE OF THEIR FAILED COMPONENT. ALSO THE STEERING CLUNKS WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. *JG
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
THERE IS A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM STEERING WHILE THE CONSUMER IS DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER ,AND DEALER REPLACED A PART, BUT THAT DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK
STEERING COLUMN POPS OUT OF SHAFT WHICH MAKES VEHICLE WOBBLY WHEN DRIVING DUE TO MALFUNCTION OF INTERMEDIATE STEERING COLUMN SHAFT, AND GEAR BOX COMING OUT OF VEHICLE. DEALER CONTACTED.*AK
CONSISTANTLY HAD A PROBLEM IN THE STEERING COLUMN, REPLACED THREE INTERMEDIATE SHAFTS AND A STEERING BOX. STILL A FRICTION/VIBRATION NOISE IN THE STEERING WHEN MOVING AT A SLOWER SPEED, CAUSING A LOUD SQUEALING NOISE.
RIGHT FRONT TIE ROD SEPARATED FROM THE STEERING CONTROL ARM, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF TRUCK
UNRESPONSIVE STEERING/ NOISE/ MANUFACTURER DATE 12/1998. *AK
TRUCK WILL NOT TURN VERY EASILY TO THE LEFT. POWER STEERING PUMP IS GONE, POSSIBLY THE STEERING GEAR AS WELL, WHICH MAY CAUSE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.*AK
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