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2006 Chevrolet W3500 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest May 21, 2007
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since May 1, 2007

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2006 Chevrolet W3500. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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ElectricalFuel system
Filed May 21, 2007

I HAVE A 2006 SILVERADO 3500 DURMAX DIESAL. ALSO MY BROTHER IN-LAW AND FRIEND HAVE THE SAME TRUCK, WE ALL BOUGHT THIS TRUCK BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD IT WAS HEAVY DUTY AND MADE TO HAUL. WE ALL HAD PROBLEMS WITH FUEL PUMP INJECTORS, FUEL RAILS, FUEL PUMP, COMPUTER CODES GOING ON, AND WILL NOT LET YOU GO OVER 10 MILES . *AK

NHTSA ID
10191376
Incident
May 12, 2007
Mileage
42,000 mi
Transmission
Filed May 1, 2007

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 7,500 MILES; AFTER SEVERAL TRIPS TO THE DEALERSHIP COMPLAINING THAT TRANS WAS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY, THE SERVICE REP- TOLD ME THAT THERE ARE NO CODES SHOWING AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. BUT AFTER LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT A MILE THE TRANS WOULD START ACTING UP. UNTIL I BROKE DOWN ONE NIGHT HAD TO BE TOWED IN . THE NEXT DAY, THE SERVICE REP- CALLED AND TOLD ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS TOTAL BURNT UP, AND THEY WOULD REPLACE WITH NEW TRANSMISSION , WHICH IF FOUND THAT GM REPLACES WITH REBUILT TRANS ONLY. EVER SINCE THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANS I HAVE A VIBRATIONS IN STEERING WHEEL, FOOT CONTROLS, FLOOR AND NOW MY FUEL MILEAGE DROP ABOUT 3-4 MPG. I TOOK THE VAN BACK IN TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES ON WHICH THE LAST VISIT THEY KEEP MY VAN FOR 3 1/2 WEEKS, AT THAT TIME THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THAT THIS TYPE OF VIBRATIONS INDUSTRIAL STANDARDS, AND THEY CAN NOT DO ANYTHING MORE. BETWEEN THAT TIME I CALLED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AND FILED A COMPLAINT. WHICH WAS THE BIGGEST JOKE . ALL GM DID WAS MAKE A FEW CALLS TO DEALERSHIP AND THEN CALLED ME BACK AND REPEAT WHAT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME . I AM NOW IN THE PROCESS OF FILING A LEMON LAW WITH CAILF. *TR

NHTSA ID
10189432
Incident
Jan 5, 2007
Mileage
7,500 mi

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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