2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. AT 5 MPH THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED WHILE TRYING TO PARK. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE DOWN A HILL AND STRUCK A RETAINING WALL. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED, AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS REMEDIED DUE TO RECALL # 05V379000 ON FEBRUARY 28, 2007. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL REPAIR APPEARED TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 92,000.*AK

2000 SILVERADO WITH 55902 MILES. ABS LIGHT BEGAN TO COME ON INTERMITTENTLY WITH OCCASIONAL DISPLAY OF RED BRAKE LIGHT. VEHICLE HAD BEEN RECALLED FOR CLEANING OF WHEEL SENSORS WHICH WAS COMPLETED. BRAKES WERE CHECKED AND NEW REAR PADS WITH ROTOR TURNING WAS COMPLETED. ABS LIGHT STILL ON. TAKEN TO DEALER AND ADVISED ABS MODULATOR WAS BAD. COST FOR PART, $762.62 PLUS LABOR. REPAIR NOT DONE. WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE VEHICLE WITH CONVENTIONAL NON-ABS BRAKES UNTIL RECALL. ABS LIGHT CONTINUES TO INTERMITTENTLY DISPLAY ABS DOES NOT WORK. HOW MANY OTHER VEHICLES ARE ON THE HIGHWAY LIKE THIS DUE TO ASTRONOMICAL REPAIR COST? *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET 1500 PICKUP. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT SPEEDS RANGING FROM 20 TO 40 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO APPLY THE BRAKES THE PEDAL MADE COMPLETE CONTACT WITH THE FLOOR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,023. THE BRAKE SHOES AND PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ,AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62,000. *AK THE ABS ACTIVATED WITHOUT CAUSE. UPDATED 04/05/07 *JB

I HAVE OWNED A 2000 CHEVY SILVERADO EXT. CAB 4WD SINCE DECEMBER OF 2001. TODAY I WAS DRIVING TO WORK, AND IT WAS WET OUT. I WAS TRAVELING AT 25 MPH AND AS I WAS SLOWING TO A LIGHT I COMPLETELY STOPPED THE TRUCK. THERE WAS ANOTHER CAR 10 FEET IN FRONT OF ME. AS I STARTED TO PULL AWAY AT AROUND 4 TO 5 MPH THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME STARTED TO SLOW BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC. WHEN I HIT THE BRAKE THE ABS MOTOR STARTED TO PULSATE SO FAST THE TRUCK WOULDN'T STOP AND I NEVER TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL. I THEN MOVED THE SHIFT LEVER TO PARK AND IT STILL WOULDN'T STOP. I THEN HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND THEN I FINALLY STOPPED. THE DRIVER IN FRONT OF ME LUCKILY HAD NO DAMAGE TO HIS CAR SINCE I WAS ONLY DRIVING A FEW MPH. I CONTINUED TO WORK. THE ABS LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. AS I LEFT WORK TO GO TO LUNCH,SAME DAY, I WAS PULLING UP TO A LIGHT AT A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION . I SLOWED WAY AHEAD OF TIME AND CRAWLED TO THE LIGHT AND JUST AS I HIT THE BRAKE TO STOP THE SAME THING HAPPENED WHERE THE ABS MOTOR RAN CONTINUOUSLY AND I COULDN'T STOP THE VEHICLE . I THREW THE TRUCK IN PARK AND IT STILL WOULDN'T STOP AND WAS STARTING TO ENTER THE INTERSECTION ON A RED LIGHT. I THEN STEPPED ON THE PARKING BRAKE AND IT FINALLY STOPPED. I WAS ALMOST KILLED BECAUSE A SEMI JUST STARTED TO PASS ME AND HE WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 50 MPH. I THEN TURNED THE TRUCK AROUND AND WENT DOWN THE ROAD TO MY WORK. AS I WAS PARKING THE TRUCK AT MY WORK IT HAPPENED AGAIN,3RD TIME. THE TRUCK IS NOW OUT OF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND I CAN'T SEE PAYING 1,500 TO 2,000 DOLLARS TO FIX THIS WHEN IT IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM OR SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE KILLED, IF THAT HASN'T ALREADY HAPPENED. I WILL NEVER FEEL SAFE DRIVING A CHEVY/GM VEHICLE AGAIN AND WILL TELL EVERYONE I KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. JUST SO IT'S UNDERSTOOD I'M A VERY SAFE DRIVER AND HAVE AN EXCELLENT DRIVING RECORD. *NM

THE ABS FAILED IN MY TRUCK, CAUSING ME TO HIT A TRAILER PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. WHILE GM HAS ALREADY "REPAIRED" THIS UNDER A PREVIOUS RECALL, THEIR "REPAIR" OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T WORK. THEY WERE UNRESPONSIVE ABOUT MY COMPLAINT, SINCE MY TRUCK HAD ALREADY BEEN "REPAIRED". IF SOMEONE WOULD HAVE BEEN WALKING IN FRONT OF MY TRUCK WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED, I WOULD HAVE KILLED THEM. IT IS ONE THING TO HAVE THE RADIO QUIT WORKING, IT IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THING TO HAVE THE BRAKES TOTALLY FAIL. GM NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BESIDES CLEANING A COUPLE SENSORS. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS, NO INDICATION WHATSOEVER OF THE IMPENDING FAILURE. I BACKED UP AND THE BRAKES WORKED FINE. THERE ARE STILL NO WARNING LIGHTS. I SPOKE WITH THE DEALERSHIP AND THEIR ANSWER WAS "THERE ISN'T ANYTHING WE CAN TEST FOR THIS INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. WE CAN TRY TO GET IT TO FAIL AND GO FROM THERE". I NOW HAVE A 6000 LB PROJECTILE THAT I HAVE NO IDEA IF IT IS GOING TO STOP OR NOT. I REMOVED THE ABS FUSE UNTIL I CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THIS UNRELIABLE PRODUCT. *NM

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500, HAD ABS PROBLEMS. WHILE DRIVING UNDER 15 MPH THE CONTACT ALMOST HAD TO STAND ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO GET THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A STOP. THERE WAS A RECALL CAMPAIGN # 05V379000 FOR SERVICE BRAKES, ANTI LOCK. THE CONTACT HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND FILED A COMPLAINT WITH FILE # 71470052366. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS FILE OVER A WEEK AGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAS HAD THE SENSORS REPLACED ON 3 OCCASIONS. THE 1ST SENSOR WAS REPLACED AT 45,104 MILES ON 08/02/05, AND THE 2ND SENSOR WAS REPLACED AT 46583 ON 10/24/05 AND THE 3RD WAS REPLACED 01/17/07 WITH 60216 MILES. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THAT THE ABS SHOULD NOT HAVE SO MANY PROBLEMS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON 3 OCCASIONS HE HAS BARELY AVERTED A CRASH. *AK

2000 SILVERADO 4 WHEEL DRIVE VIN 2GCEK19T6Y13XXXXX REAR BRAKES CORRODE EVERY 8,000 MILES TO THE POINT OF BEING TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE AT STOPPING THE VEHICLE. ALSO PARKING BRAKES REQUIRE READJUSTMENT AT 8,000 MILES BECAUSE THEY WEAR OUT NOT EVEN BEING USED. THIS I SEE WAS A RECALL FOR MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS SUFFER THE SAME PROBLEM BUT NO RECALL.NHTSA RECALL#05V1610000.THE REAR BRAKE PADS WEAR OUT EVERY 30,000 MILES THE FRONT BRAKE PADS EVERY 100,000 MILES THIS I BELIEVE IS THE CAUSE OF MANY VEHICLE ACCIDENTS ,THIS IS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS ONLY BEING STOPPED BY ONE SET OF BRAKES WHICH CAUSES THE ABS TO COME ON PREMATURELY.THIS ALL STARTED IN THE YEAR 2000 AND STILL CONTINUES TODAY NOVEMBER 2006. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE ROTORS WERE CORRODED. ALL FOUR ROTORS HAD THIS PROBLEM. THE PADS WERE NOT MAKING FULL CONTACT WITH THE DISCS. THE CONTACT FELT THE BRAKING WAS NOT AFFECTED BUT COULD DECREASE IN THE FUTURE. THE VEHICLE HAD A 4-WHEEL ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON 08/22/06 TO HAVE A RECALL PERFORMED REGARDING THE ABS SYSTEM, BUT WAS NOT COMPLETED BECAUSE THE DEALER NOTIFIED THE CONTACT THAT THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. UPDATED 09/13/06