Owner-reported complaints naming the other system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2005 Chevrolet Silverado submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
WAS ON HIGHWAY WHEN HEARD A NOISE AND PULLED OVER TO SEE A DOUGHNUT FOR A TIRE AND RUBBER PIECES TIED AROUND TAILPIPE,_E-BRAKE AND OTHER PARTS UNDERNEATH. DAMAGED REAR PANEL THE MILEAGE AT THE TIME WAS 30100MILES COULD'VE CAUSED A BAD ACCIDENT. ALSO BROKE A CLUSTER LOST ALL METERS ON DASH. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THE SPARE TIRE CABLE FRACTURED CAUSING THE SPARE TIRE TO DETACH FROM THE VEHICLE. THE STRANDS WHERE THE CABLE FRACTURED WERE UNEVEN AND CONTAINED RUST. THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE UNSURE WHAT THE APPROXIMATE SPEED WAS WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. UPDATED 01/13/12*LJ
NOTICED VEHICLE VIBRATION AT SLOW SPEED AND PERSISTENT BUT NOT AS SEVERE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. NOT BEING A MECHANIC I THOUGHT IT FELT LIKE A TIRE OUT OF ROUND OR TIRE OUT OF BALANCE. TOOK IT TO A FIRESTONE SHOP TO INSPECT AND CORRECT PROBLEM. MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE RIGHT FRONT BEARING WAS FALLING APART AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE READY TO BE REPLACED THEY HAD 60,000 MILES ON THEM WITH A LITTLE CUPPING BUT FAIRLY EVEN WEAR. WITHOUT STOPPING TO CHECK THE TIRES THE BEARING MOST LIKELY WOULD HAVE FAILED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WHICH PROBABLY WOULD HAVE PREVENTED ME FROM FILING THIS REPORT. *TR
CHEVY 2005 SILVERADO 68,000 MILES. BEARING ASSEMBLY WENT OUT ON LEFT SIDE. WHEN I HEARD A LOUD "CLUNK" NOISE I TOWED IT TO THE DEALER. MECHANIC SAID WHEEL WAS ABOUT TO FALL OFF AND CALLED IT "CATASTROPHIC" FAILURE. NOW 4 WEEKS LATER OTHER SIDE IS GOING OUT. THIS COULD HAVE KILLED ME. I DO A LOT OF HIGHWAY DRIVING, ONLY REASON I DISCOVERED IT WAS BECAUSE I DROVE WITH WINDOWS DOWN AND HEARD THE NOISE. THIS COULD HAVE KILLED ME IF I HAD THE AIR ON AND WINDOWS UP! *TR
RE:CHEVY 2005 INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO, MY 2005 CHEVY SILVERADO 200 TRUCK STARTED EXPERIENCING THE SPEEDOMETER FAILURE ISSUE. AT THAT TIME I CALLED IN THE DEALERSHIP TOM JUMPER WHERE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND IT WOULD COST ABOUT $600 TO GET THIS FIXED. THEY ALSO INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A LITIGATION AGAINST GM FOR THE SPEEDOMETER ISSUE AND HAD ME CALL GM DIRECTLY TO GET THIS ISSUE FIXED TO AVOID OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES. THIS DEALERSHIP HAS CLOSED AND OUT OF BUSINESS. I DID CALL GM ACCORDING TO THEM THERE HAS BEEN LITIGATION GOING ON AND THEY DIRECTED TO ME TO THIS WEBSITE TO FIND OUT THE STATUS PERIODICALLY. THE WEBSITE NOW INFORMS THAT THERE WAS A SETTLEMENT NOTICE ISSUED AND FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE PAID FOR THIS REPAIR WORK SHOULD CLAIM THEIR REIMBURSEMENTS. I REFUSE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET AND ASKED THEM TO GET MY VEHICLE FIXED AS ITS A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM ON SUPPLYING DEFECTIVE PARTS. THEY ARE ASKING ME TO GO TO CHEVY DEALER AND GET IT DIAGNOSED PAID BY ME AND THEN THEY WILL DETERMINE IF THEY I AM ELIGIBLE FOR THIS REPAIR WORK. I FOUND THIS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE AND FRAUDULENT AS PER KEEPING THEIR CLIENT AS A HOSTAGE TO THEIR DEMANDS. I WANT SOME ACTION DONE TO HELP PROTECT CONSUMERS LIKE ME WHO ARE ESSENTIALLY PAYING FOR THE BAILOUT OF THESE COMPANIES IN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITION. PLEASE HELP IN THIS MATTER. THANKS . (WWW.SPEEDOMETERSETTLEMENT.COM). *TR
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE TONNEAU COVER USED ON THE BED OF THE PICKUP TRUCK DOES NOT CATCH PROPERLY. THE CLIPS HOLDING THE LID IN PLACE ONLY CATCH 1/8" ON THE BED OF THE TRUCK. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE LID OPENS AND THE CONTENTS OF THE TRUCK BED EJECTS. THE MANUFACTURER OF THE TONNEAU COVER IS STEFFENS ENTERPRISES INC. THE CONTACT HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN CONTACTING THE MANUFACTURER. UPDATED 05/04/06
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL MAKES A CLUNKING NOISE AND THE STEERING WHEEL IS INOPERABLE. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM; HOWEVER THE STEERING SHAFT WAS LUBRICATED. ADDITIONALLY, AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THE STEERING BOX WAS LOOSE.
DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. HE WAS USING THE JACK, AND HAD THE JACK SHAFT PLACED ON THE JACK MOUNT. THE JACK SHAFT BENT, CAUSING IT TO SLIP OFF OF THE MOUNT AND DAMAGE THE TRUCK. ALMOST CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO BE STUCK UNDER THE TRUCK. THE CONTACT DID NOT FEEL THAT THE JACK WEIGHT WAS INTENDED FOR THIS TRUCK. THE DEALERSHIP RECOMMENDED THAT HE CALL THE MANUFACTURER. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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