Owner-reported complaints naming the electrical system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the electrical system — wiring, battery, charging, control modules, infotainment and electrical accessories. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 38 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 38, in the owner's own words
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,523.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE IGNITION FAILED AND CAUSED THE KEY TO FALL OUT OF THE IGNITION CYLINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.
ALL GAUGES ERRATIC FUNCTION. NEVER KNOW WHEN I RUN OUT OF FUEL. ONLY CAN REACTIVE FUEL READING, SOME OF THE TIME IS TO BE ON THE ROAD, TAKE FOOT OFF OF ACCELERATOR, DROP INTO NEUTRAL AND DROP IT BACK INTO DRIVE; FUEL GAUGE MAY READ FOR A WHILE. HAZARD WARNING SWITCH WILL NOT CANCEL TO THE HOME POSITION AND IF IT DOES CANCEL THE RELAY KEEPS CLICKING. TURN SIGNAL REMAINS UNAFFECTED FOR SIGNALING A TURN. *TR
OUR CHEVY SILVERADO TRUCK, 2000 MAKE OF YEAR, HAS IGNITION ISSUES. IT IS HARD TO GET THE KEY TO TURN IN THE IGNITION, REQUIRING US TO EITHER JIGGLE THE IGNITION PLATE OR TURN THE KEY TO THE OTHER SIDE AND INSERT IT THAT WAY. WE HAVE NOTICED THAT WE CAN TAKE THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION AND THE ENGINE WILL CONTINUE TO RUN. WE HAVE ASKED OUR GM DEALERSHIP IN THE PAST ABOUT REPAIRS, AND WERE TOLD IT WOULD COST US $2000 TO FIX. WE WEREN'T TOO CONCERNED ABOUT IT UNTIL WE SAW THE CONTROVERSY WITH THE CHEVY COBALT (A VEHICLE WE ALSO OWN), AND NOW WONDER IF THE CHEVY SILVERADO CAN ALSO BE ADDED TO THIS LIST OF RECALLS OR REPAIRS. OUR COBALT DOES HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AS THE OTHERS, AND WE HAVE ASKED OUR DAUGHTER, WHO DRIVES IT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, TO TAKE IT IN TO GET THE MODIFICATION. *JS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER TURNING THE KEY TO THE OFF POSITION, THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Z71 PICK UP TRUCK. THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING 7 MPH WHEN HE TRIED TO STEP ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND HE HEARD A RUMBLING SOUND. THE DRIVER STATED THAT HIS VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE DRIVER HAD TO PUT THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL AND PULL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD TO JERK THE WHEEL TO KEEP FROM HITTING A TREE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE CLIMATE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. THE DEFROST TAKES AN HOUR TO WORK. HE CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT THE FAILURE AND THE DEALER STATED THAT IT IS SUPPOSE TO WORK THAT WAY. THE DRIVER ALSO STATED THAT THE FWD INDICATOR MALFUNCTIONED. WHEN HE SPOKE WITH THE DEALER THEY SAID IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 114,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 114,100.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE PARKED, THE FUEL GAUGE MOVED FROM EMPTY TO FULL AND THEN BACK TO THE ACTUAL FUEL LEVEL. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FROM A PRIVATE PARTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY A DEALER. THE FAILURE IS RELATED TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 06E043000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 192,000.
TRUCK HAD 41000 MILES AND THE GAS GAUGE STARTED JUMPING FROM EMPTY TO FULL. AROUND 44000 MILES THE ABS BRAKE LIGHT ON THE DASH APPEARED, TOOK TO DEALER, SAID IT WAS THE SENSOR AT/NEAR THE CENTER BOTTOM OF ENGINE AND WAS COMMON , IT WOULD COST ME AROUND $1000.00 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED OR WAIT TO SEE IF IT WAS RECALLED AND JUST DRIVE MY TRUCK USING THE HYD BRAKES ONLY. I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS. HAD ONLY THE MAN. WARRANTY THAT ENDED AT 36 K. VERY DISAPPOINTED, VERY LONG. *NM
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ELECTRICAL GAUGES ARE INTERMITTENTLY FAILING AND GIVING INCORRECT READINGS. THE GAUGES WORK AT START UP IN THE MORNINGS, HOWEVER AFTER THE VEHICLE WARMS UP, THE GAUGES MALFUNCTION. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN CONTACTED. THE DEALERSHIP PERSONNEL INFORMED THE CONTACT THEY COULD DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *NM
I AM WRITING TO SEEK SOME ASSISTANCE WITH AN INFERIOR PRODUCT PRODUCED BY GM. I HAVE A CHEVY 2000 SILVERADO Z71 PICK UP THAT HAS PISTON SLAP STARTING AT AROUND 15K MILES AND PROGRESSIVELY WORSENED WHICH THE DEALER STATES IS NORMAL WEAR. THIS EXPENSIVE VEHICLE ALSO HAS A REAR END BANG INTO DRIVE AND THEN REVERSE AGAIN THE DEALER STATES IS NORMAL. RECENTLY I FIXED A SNAPPED CABLE FOR THE DRIVERS WINDOW WHICH THE SAME KIND OF CABLE WAS RECALLED FOR THE TAIL GATE CABLES. I HAVE REPLACED RECALL ITEMS FOR THE TAIL GATE CABLES, DRIVE SHAFT YOLK AND THE ABS SENSORS TO WHICH IT IS STILL NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. ALL OF WHICH WHEN PRESENTED TO THE DEALER AND THE RESPONSE WAS IT IS NORMAL, UNTIL THE RECALL OCCURRED. IT SEEMS THE POLICY OF A COMPANY WHICH CREATES AN INFERIOR PRODUCT IS TO STATE, "IT IS NORMAL" TO THE CONSUMER UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT STEPS WHEN ENOUGH PEOPLE COMPLAIN AND MAKES THE DEALER OWN UP TO THE PROBLEMS WITH THE PRODUCTS AND FINALLY TREATS THE CONSUMER WITH MORE COMPASSION, AND TO SOME DEGREE "DECENCY". WITH THE MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO STEP IN AND HELP THE CONSUMER WITH THE DEALERSHIP RESISTANCE TO FIX THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY MORE CONCERN FOR PROFIT THAN QUALITY. *NM
DT: THE CONTACTS COMPLAINED ABOUT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THE DASHBOARD BOARD GAUGES WERE INCORRECT. THIS HAPPENED EVERY TIME THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN USE. EVERY LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD CAME ON. THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE PAST WEEK. ALSO, HE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED STARTING PROBLEMS. THE VEHICLE SOMETIMES WILL NOT START THE FIRST TIME WHEN TRYING TO START IT. THE CONTACT HAS TO WAIT ABOUT 20 MINUTES THEN START THE VEHICLE AGAIN. THE BATTERY HAS BEEN CHECKED AND IT WAS CHARGING. THIS HAS BEEN AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM FOR A YEAR. SHE SPOKE TO GM, AND THEY SAID TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. SHE HAS NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME.*AK
ON 9/22/05 I HAD SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN. ON 9/23/05 I BROUGHT MY 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO TO THE CHAMPION CHEVROLET DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH P/N 26100839 WAS DAMAGED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD AND SHOULD BE RECALLED BY GM. I DO HAVE THE OLD DAMAGED SWITCH. *JB
DT CONTACT STATES FUEL GAUGE WORKS ERRATICALLY OR NOT AT ALL. CONTACT FEELS IT MAY BE A SHORT CIRCUIT. THE CONTACT WOULD NOT HAVE THE WORK DONE BECAUSE THE DEALER WOULD NOT WARRANT THE WORK. *NM
ENGINE STARTS THEN DIES IMMEDIATELY - AFTER WAITING FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES ENGINE WILL START. NOTHING SHOWS ON COMPUTER. NO SERVICE LIGHTS COME ON. *AK
BATTERY CONNECTION LEAKED BATTERY ACID ON THE BRAKING SYSTEM TUBING.*MR THE ACID LEAKING ONTO THE BRAKE LINES CAUSED THE BRAKES TO FAIL. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE BATTERIES. *NM
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT ROTORS RUSTED, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE BRAKE PROBLEM WAS CONTINUOUS FRONT AND BACK SINCE 5958 MILES. CHEVROLET WOULD NOT REPLACE THE BRAKES. THE CALIPERS WERE LEAKING, THE SECURITY LIGHT HAD COME ON THREE TIMES WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WITH THE KEY, THE RELUCTOR RING/SENSOR WAS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT CAUSED BY RUST, AND THE DRIVELINE MADE A CLANKING SOUND. GM HAD BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS. *SC *JB
FACTORY BATTERY WITH SIDE-MOUNTED TERMINALS LEAKED ACID ONTO WIPER FLUID WELL MOUNTED BELOW IT CAUSING WELL TO CRACK AND DRAIN. DEALER REPLACED THE WIPER WELL, BUT RECOMMENDED I REPLACE THE BATTERY AS WELL. I REPLACED THE BATTERY MYSELF (INSTEAD OF LETTING THE DEALERSHIP DO IT) ON MAY 17, BUT NOT BEFORE THE OLD BATTERY HAD ONCE AGAIN LEAKED ACID AND CRACKED THE NEW WIPER FLUID WELL. OLD BATTERY CASING WAS NOT CRACKED OR OTHERWISE DAMAGED; ACID APPEARED TO LEAK DIRECTLY OUT OF THE TERMINALS. THIS APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW BY EITHER AC DELCO FOR THE BATTERY ITSELF OR BY GM FOR NOT PROPERLY ISOLATING THE BATTERY FROM VIBRATION. FURTHERMORE, THE FOAM "DIAPER" THE OLD BATTERY WAS WRAPPED IN INDICATES THAT GM WAS AWARE OF A POTENTIAL LEAK ISSUE FOR THIS BATTERY. THE FOAM DOES NOTHING TO HINDER VIBRATION. MOST OF MY 40000 MILES ARE HIGHWAY MILES, AND I SELDOM GO OFF-ROADING (UNLESS THE POTHOLES ON THE INTERSTATES OF SC COUNT). AK
THIS OCCURRED ON SATURDAY, 1/31/04. VEHICLE MAKE: 2500 CHEVROLET SILVERADO, 3/4 TON, 6' BED, 6L ENGINE DESCRIPTION: I HAD TO MAKE A TIGHT RIGHT HAND TURN FROM A GAS STATION ONTO THE MAIN ROAD IN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK AS OPPOSING TRAFFIC WAS COMING AT ME. AFTER I COMPLETED THE TURN AND STARTED TO HEAD SOUTH ON THE MAIN FOUR LANE ROAD I IMMEDIATELY FOUND OUT THAT THE POWER STEERING WAS QUITE ROUGH. QUITE ROUGH WAS NOT THE WORD FOR IT AS THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING! ABOUT A BLOCK FROM THAT POINT I HAD TO BRAKE AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE NO POWER ASSISTED BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE. NO IDIOT LIGHTS CAME ON AT ALL AND THIS PRESENTED QUITE A SERIOUS PROBLEM ESPECIALLY WITH THE SNOW PLOW ATTACHED. BOTH THE FLUID IN THE MASTER BRAKE AND POWER STEERING CYLINDERS WERE RIGHT UP TO NORMAL LEVELS AND THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS RELATIVELY NEW AND INTACT! TRUST ME THAT I AM NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS AT ALL FROM A VEHICLE THAT HAS ONLY 30,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN PLAGUED WITH VARIOUS MAJOR PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT ITS SOMEWHAT YOUTHFUL HISTORY INCLUDING TWO (2) FULL BRAKE JOBS TO DATE. I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT NO ONE WAS HURT INCLUDING MYSELF. I WANT THIS LETTER TO BE RELAYED TO THE CHEVROLET ZONE MANAGER AND I WOULD LIKE THEIR INPUT ON THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED. AS A CONSUMER THERE IS NO WAY THAT BOTH THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES SHOULD HAVE GONE AT THE SAME TIME, PLUS, THE FACT THAT THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF A MAJOR PROBLEM FROM THE MESSAGE CENTER OR DASHBOARD. THERE VERY EASILY COULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT ENDING TO THIS STORY ESPECIALLY WITH THE TYPE OF WINTER WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS WE HAVE BEEN HAVING AS OF LATE HERE IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. *JB
WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE DASH BOARD LIGHTS WERE SIMULTANEOUSLY DIMMING AND BRIGHTENING. THE DOOR LATCHES WERE ALSO POPPING UP AND DOWN. THE CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE CONSUMER OPENED THE HOOD, THE ENTIRE COMPARTMENT WAS ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED IN THE FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *JB
PROBLEMS WITH STEERING, GAS PEDAL STICKS, SPEEDOMETER RATTLES WHEN IT'S COLD, REAR DOORS ARE HARD TO LATCH WHEN IT'S COLD, HEATING AND VENTILATION SYSTEM AND LIGHTS BLEW OUT, SPEAKER BLEWOUT.*MR CC: NHTSA
THE INTERIOR OF THE TRUCK CAUGHT ON FIRE AND THE VEHICLE BURNED UP AFTER BEING PARKED FOR 9 1/2 HOURS. IT WAS UNDETERMINED AS TO WHERE THE FIRE ORIGINATED. *NLM CHEVROLET CLAIMED THAT THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AIR BAG, OR SYSTEM DIAGNOSTIC MODULE (SDM). *SCC *JB
WHEN THE BUTTON FOR THE DOME LIGHT WAS PUSHED, THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OFF. DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS THE INCIDENT CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO RUN OFF THE ROAD. *JG
CONSUMER STATES THAT IF VEHICLE IS NOT USED EVER DAY THE BATTERY WILL DIE OUT. HAD BATTERY REPLACED 8 TIMES. DEALERSHIP CANNOT FIX PROBLEM. *MR
WHILE DRIVING ALONG AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WILL DOWNSHIFT INTO SECOND. DEALERSHIP HAS PUT TRUCK ONTO A COMPUTER SYSTEM WHICH DETERMINED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS THE CAUSE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING A FUSE BLEWOUT, CAUSING FUEL SYSTEM TO SHUT OFF AND VEHICLE WOULD JUST CUT OFF. REPLACED PART, BUT PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN. *AK
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