2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE WAS DESIGNED WITH A DEFECT. AS A RESULT, THE PUMP IN THE TRANSFER CASE WORE A HOLE FROM THE INSIDE TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE TRANSFER CASE. THIS ALLOWED THE OIL IN THE TRANSFER CASE TO PUMP OUT THE HOLE AND CAUSED THE TRANSFER CASE TO RUN DRIVE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000. UPDATED 3/16/09 *CN THE POWER STEERING STARTED LEAKING FLUID. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK WAS COMING FROM THE HYDRO BOOSTER ONTO THE POWER STEERING GEAR. THE CONSUMER LOST HIS BRAKES. IT WAS DISCOVERED THE BOOSTER ROD WAS MISSING. THE PARKING BRAKE DID NOT WORK AND THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED AS WELL. THE SPEEDOMETER DID NOT WORK IT WAS READING 60 MPH EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. UPDATED 03/18/09. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG SUDDENLY DEPLOYED. THE SUDDEN DEPLOYMENT HINDERED THE CONTACT'S VISIBILITY, ALONG WITH THE SMOKE AND POWDER THAT EMITTED FROM THE AIR BAG. HE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE WINDOWS AND NOTICED THAT ALL ELECTRICITY IN THE VEHICLE WAS LOST. HE COULD NOT UNLOCK THE DOORS OR ROLL DOWN THE WINDOWS. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE CONTACT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR COSTS. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 162,462.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE MUST DISCONNECT HIS BATTERY IN ORDER FOR THE SPEEDOMETER TO WORK. THE SPEEDOMETER IS STUCK ON 45 MPH AND DOES NOT MOVE UP OR DOWN. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL; HOWEVER, A TSB STATED THAT WITHIN SEVEN YEARS OR 70,000 MILES THE GAUGE CLUSTERS COULD BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE TSB. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,400. UPDATED 03/23/09. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED HE NEVER KNOWS HOW FAST HE IS DRIVING. UPDATED 03/24/09*JB

DROVE VEHICLE AND NOTICED FAN BLOWER WAS NOT WORKING, LOCATED FUSE FOR BLOWER, PULLED AND VERIFIED FUSE IS OK. PUT FUSE BACK IN CHECKED BLOWER AND FAN WAS WORKING. THE NEXT DAY MY HUSBAND DROVE THE VEHICLE FOR APPROX.10 MIN AND SMOKE STARTED BILLOWING OUT FROM UNDER THE DASH (PASS. SIDE). HE TURNED AROUND, CAME HOME AND WE USED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO PUT OUT THE FIRE UNDER THE GLOVE BOX AND ALSO COVERED BY A PLASTIC COVERING NOT QUICKLY ABLE TO BE REMOVED. DISCONNECTED THE BATTERIES AND REMOVED THE COVER EXPOSING THE WIRING. WE CAN SEE THE WIRING AND RELAY THAT HAVE MELTED. CALLED GM (11/3, 9 - 10 BUS. DAYS TO RESPOND), THE VEHICLE IS OVER WARRANTY COVERAGE, BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL THAT A 5YR VEHICLE SHOULD JUST CATCH ON FIRE. GM RESPONDED WITH A DENIAL BECAUSE OF MA LAWS BUT I LIVE IN ME SO THEY ARE LOOKING INTO IT AGAIN WITH THE CS REP THAT HANDLES ME. MEANWHILE I DO NOT HAVE A VEHICLE TO DRIVE. HAVE AN ISSUE WITH TAILLIGHT BURNING HOUSING AND DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF. SOCKET LOOKS BURNT, LIGHT BULB IS FINE BUT DOES NOT CONSISTENTLY WORK. HAVE ALSO HAD THE SPEEDO ISSUE - GM FIXED, REPLACED FRONT HUBS MY COST, & REPLACED GLOW PLUGS. NOW TRYING TO DETERMINE IF I'M HAVING SAME TRANNY ISSUES OTHERS HAVE REPORTED. SO FAR NOT SO IMPRESSED. HAVE REPORTED FIRE ISSUE TO MY INSURANCE CO. TO DOCUMENT PROBLEM. UNTIL TRUCK IS PLUGGED IN IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE EXTENT OF DAMAGE. *TR

IT WAS FIRST IN WINTER OF 2006 THAT IT FIRST HAPPEN, THE SPEEDOMETER SHOWED THAT I WAS GOING 20 MPH WHEN I STOPPED THE TRUCK, BUT IT RESET ITSELF WHEN I WENT AND STARTED IT THE NEXT TIME, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS STRANGE I HAD ABOUT 60K ON THE TRUCK. IN THE SUMMER OF 2007 GOT LETTER SAYING THAT IF INTERMENT PANEL GAUGES BECOME INOPERATIVE TO BRING IT IN, AS LONG AS THE MILEAGE IS LESS THAT 70K, I CHECKED AND MINE WAS 77K SO DIDN?T BRING IT IN. THIS MALFUNCTION DIDN?T HAPPEN AGAIN TILL THE WINTER OF 2007 WHEN IT HAPPENED ABOUT A DOZEN TIME, THIS TIME TOOK IT IN TO SEE IF THEY WOULD REPLACE IT, BUT THEY SAID IT WAS OVER THE LIMIT, (70K) AND IT WOULD COST ME $550 TO REPLACE. I BELIEVE THAT IT IS A DANGER FOR GM TO HAVE VEHICLE BEING DRIVEN ON THE HIGHWAY THAT ARE NOT OPERATING SAFELY. *RED. *TR

1. MY SILVERADO 2500HD, 2003 SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING AROUND 70K MILES, 3 YEARS AGO. 2. AT THE TIME I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE $525 TO FIX IT - REPLACING A SMALL PLASTIC GEAR IN THE DASH. I DECIDED NOT TO WASTE THE MONEY AND LIVED WITH IT. 3. IN JANUARY 2008, I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM GM SAYING THE BROKEN SPEEDOMETER FOR MY TRUCK WAS A DEFECT AND IT WOULD BE FIXED AT NO CHARGE IF I WAS WITH IN 7 YEARS OLD AND 70K MILES. 4. I TOOK MY TRUCK INTO ESINGER CHEVROLET IN KALISPELL, MONTANA ON MAY 28, 2008. THEY REPAIRED THE SPEEDOMETER AND BILLED ME $414.85, ON 5. MY TRUCK HAD 118,735 MILES ON IT SO ESINGER WOULD NOT COVER IT UNDER THE RECALL PROGRAM. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT GM RECONSIDER THIS DECISION SINCE THE SPEEDOMETER BROKE 3 YEARS EARLIER AND IT WAS AROUND 70K MILES. IT IS KNOWN THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE SPEEDOMETER AND I FEEL IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPAIRED AT NO CHARGE. YOUR CONSIDERATION OF CREDITING ME THE $414.85 WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED. I HAVE BEEN A LONG TIME OWNER AND BUYER OF NEW CHEVY TRUCKS FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS. SINCERELY, RANDY WILSON *TR

WE WERE DRIVING HOME FROM A FOOTBALL GAME WHEN WE NOTICED WE WERE APPARENTLY DRIVING FASTER THAN THE SPEEDOMETER STATED, IT READ 65MPH,BUT THE RPM'S DID NOT MATCH AND WE WERE BLOWING PAST OTHER VEHICLES ON THE HIGHWAY AND FROM THAT POINT HAD TO GUESS HOW FAST WE WERE TRAVELING. THIS HAS HAPPEN A FEW TIMES AND NOW THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. GM SENT OUT LETTERS STATING A POSSIBLE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGE NEEDLES MAY STICK,FLUTTER OR BECOME INOPERATIVE & MAY CAUSE INACCURATE READINGS. GM REFUSES TO RECALL OR FIX OUR VEHICLE/TRUCK FOR FREE-THEY CLAIM TOO MANY MILES, I HAVE PROOF THIS HAS HAPPEN TO OTHER TRUCKS WITH MILES AT ON OR ABOUT 40,000, 90,000 AND OUR VEHICLE AT OR ABOUT 147,000 AT THE TIME IT MALFUNCTIONED. IT IS APPARENT THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THE MALFUNCTIONS OCCUR AT VARIOUS MILEAGES ON THESE TRUCKS AND GM WILL NOT REPAIR OUR VEHICLE AT THEIR COST. THE TRUCKS IN QUESTION ARE YEAR(S) 2003,2004 & 2002 CHEVY SILVERADO. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE OUR TRUCK AND NOT KNOW HOW FAST WE ARE TRAVELING. *TR