2005 Chevrolet Silverado 2500

WHEN THREE PEOPLE ARE IN BACK SEAT OF TRUCK, PERSON NEAREST LEFT REAR DOOR CANNOT CONNECT SEAT BELT INTO THE SEAT BELT HOLDER. HOLDER WILL NOT STAY UP---A PERSON'S LEFT HAND HAS TO HOLD SEAT BELT OVER THE BODY, WHILE THE RIGHT HAND TRIES TO INSERT THE CLASP. A THIRD HAND IS NEEDED TO KEEP THE SEAT BELT HOLDER RAISED IN ORDER TO DO THIS.----ONLY SOLUTION IS TO ABANDON THE SEAT BELT HOLDER. *JB

PARKED ON BOAT RAMP, IN PARK WITH E BRAKE ON. BOAT WAS OFF TRAILER (AFLOAT). I WAS UNHOOKING AND WINDING UP FRONT STRAP WHEN I NOTICED TRUCK MOVING BACKWARD INTO LAKE. I WAS ABLE TO JUMP IN AND STOP VEHICLE BY APPLYING SERVICE BRAKES. A TOW CHAIN WAS ATTACHED, I PUT TRANSMISSION INTO DRIVE AND WAS SAFELY BE PULLED OUT. VEHICLE IS A TOTAL LOSS. SHIFT SELECTOR AND E-BRAKE FAILURES? *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 5 OCCASIONS FOR BRAKE REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE VIBRATED AND PULSATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK. THE FIRST TIME, THE ROTORS WERE CUT AND THE PADS WERE SHAVED. THE SECOND TIME, THE ROTORS WERE CUT AND THE PADS WERE REPLACED. THE THIRD TIME, THE ROTORS WERE CUT AND THE PADS WERE SHAVED. THE FOURTH TIME ON 8-15-06, THE ROTORS WERE CUT AND THE PADS WERE EITHER SHAVED OR REPLACED. ON 8-19-06, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED AGAIN AND THE BRAKE PEDAL PULSATED WHEN DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK ON 8-25-06. THE DEALERSHIP TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE, BUT DID NOT INSPECT THE BRAKES AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. UPON INSPECTING THE ROTORS, THE CONTACT NOTICED GROOVES IN THE ROTORS WITHIN 500 MILES OF THE LAST TIME THE ROTORS WERE CUT.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON DRY ROADS, THE VEHICLE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT OFF. AFTER TWO MINUTES, THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, AND RESUMED FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHERE THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM.*AK

AFTER ENTERING VEHICLE WHICH HAD BEEN PARKED FOR 2 WEEKS A HEAVY BRUNT ELECTRICAL FIRE ORDER WAS PRESENT. AT THE SAME TIME A HEAVY SMOKE LIKE HAZE WAS PRESENT. UPON THROUGH EXAM THE FIRE WALL BLANKET IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS FOUND MELTED IN A ROUNDISH PATTERN. ONE MONTH LATTER THERE IS STILL A BURNING ODOR IN THE CAB. *NM

IN JUNE OF 2005 I PURCHASED A 2005 CHEVROLET 2500HD WITH THE CAMP EXTENDABLE MIRRORS. UPON LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP I CALLED THE SALES REP AND TOLD HIM THE MIRRORS WERE SHAKING AND I COULD NOT IDENTIFY VEHICLES BEHIND ME. I WAS TOLD DON'T WORRY FOR I WILL HAVE REPLACEMENT MIRRORS ORDERED TOMORROW. I WAS ALLOWED BY GM A REPLACEMENT OF THE DRIVERS SIDE ONLY FOR IT WAS THE WORST. THE REPLACEMENT PROVIDES NO CHANGE PER THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN , BUT HE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO ORDER ANOTHER MIRROR FOR GM HAD RELEASED A BULLETIN OF THE MIRROR ISSUE. I CONTACTED GM RECEIVING NO RECOURSE AND NO ISSUE DATE OF A POSSIBLE FIX. ON 11-28 2005 I WAS INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT BECAUSE I BELIEVE I WAS STARING IN THE MIRROR AND SIDE SWIPED A DUMP TRUCK THAT CROSSED THE MEDIAN,AND I DID NOT REACT IN TIME TO AVOID THIS ACCIDENT. I HAVE FILED FOR THE FLORIDA LEMON LAW BECAUSE GM TELLS ME "IT'S ONLY MIRRORS AND WE KNOW ABOUT IT SO WHEN THERE IS A FIX YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED. THE 2006'S HAVE THE CURE!!! *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH THE SHAFT WENT INTO THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND BROKE IT. THIS CAUSED THE STEERING AND BRAKES NOT TO WORK. HE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE POWER STEERING PUMP. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. *AK UPDATED 01/04/06. *JB