2005 Chevrolet Silverado 2500

MAKING LEFT TURN FROM LOOP 375 EXIT RAMP TO TURN LEFT ONTO MONTANA AVE. IN EL PASO TX. I WAS WAITING FOR LIGHT TO TURN LEFT. LIGHT TURNED GREEN I PROCEEDED TO MAKE LEFT TURN AND IN THE TURN THE STEERING CAME REALLY HARD TO TURN I WENT UP ON THE CURB AND ATTEMPTED TO STOP AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THERE WAS ENOUGH BRAKE TO STOP. GOOD THING THIS DID NOT HAPPEN WHEN I APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION OR WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT OR CHIME. I CHECKED FLUIDS AND THEY WERE ALL FULL. WHEN I TOOK IT TO MISSION CHEVROLET AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPEN THEY GAVE ME THE IMPRESSION THEY ALREADY KNEW WHAT WAS WRONG LIKE THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE. TODAY I GOT A CALL FROM THEM AND CONFIRMED THAT IT IS THE POWER ASSIST FOR THE BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. WHY IF THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM THE CONSUMER DOES NOT KNOW ABOUT IT? *TR

I WAS TRAVELING BETWEEN 50 AND 55 MPH PULLING A 7000 POUND TRAILER WHEN A CAR PULLED OUT OF A GAS STATION IN FRONT OF ME. I STEPPED ON THE BRAKES ONLY TO HAVE THE PEDAL GO TO THE FLOOR WITH NO BRAKING ABILITY AT ALL. I TRIED PUMPING THE BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR EACH TIME WITH LITTLE OR NO ABILITY TO SLOW THE TRUCK AND TRAILER. THE DRIVER OF THE CAR REALIZED THEY PULLED IN FRONT OF ME AND ACCELERATED TO AVOID A REAR-END COLLISION. IT TOOK NEARLY A QUARTER MILE FROM INITIAL APPLICATION OF BRAKES TO A COMPLETE STOP BY USING THE MECHANICAL PARKING/EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS THE RUST-THROUGH AND SUBSEQUENT BURSTING OF THE STEEL BRAKE LINE THAT RUNS FROM THE ABS VALVE BODY TO THE REAR BRAKES. *JS

MY SON BORROWED MY TRUCK TO GET A TOOL BOX THAT HIS WIFE GOT HIM FOR FATHER'S DAY. I TOLD HIM TO BRING THE TRUCK BACK TO MY HOUSE BECAUSE I WANTED TO HOOK A TRAILER UP SO HE COULD TAKE A RIDING MOWER TO HIS HOUSE AND USE WHILE WE WERE OUT OF TOWN. WHEN HE CAME BACK I HAD HIM BACK THE TRUCK UP TO THE TRAILER AND WE HOOKED IT UP. WHEN HE GOT ON IT HE PUSHED THE BRAKE TO PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN DRIVE, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. WE UNHOOKED THE TRUCK AND HE DROVE IT ACROSS THE YARD TO MY GARAGE. AFTER LOOKING FOR AND NOT FINDING ANY LEAKS I CHECKED THE FLUID RESERVOIR AND COULD NOT FEEL ANY FLUID. WE WENT TO AUTO ZONE AND GOT A BOTTLE OF BRAKE FLUID DOT3 AND FILLED THE RESERVOIR UP AND HE LOOKED FOR A LEAK WHILE I PUSHED THE BRAKE PEDAL. HE FOUND IT LEAKING FROM A LINE ABOVE THE FUEL TANK RIGHT BEHIND THE PASSENGER DOOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE BRAKE LINES WAS RUSTED AND THEY NEED REPLACED ALONG WITH THE TWO FRONT CALIPERS. JUST THANKFUL THE LINE DID NOT BUST WHILE HE AND HIS WIFE WERE NOT ON THE INTERSTATE NOR AFTER WE GOT THE TRAILER HOOKED UP AND WENT TO HIS HOUSE WHICH HAS SOME VERY STEEP HILLS. TEN WORKING DAYS AND $1800.00 LATER I HAVE MY TRUCK BACK. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING AT 50 MPH INTO TOWN. THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME HAD STOPPED AND WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN. I DID NOT SEE THE LEFT BLINKER RIGHT AWAY. WHEN I STEPPED ON MY BRAKES, MY LEFT BRAKE LINE BLEW AND I LOST MY BRAKES AND REAR ENDED THE CAR. MY SPEED AT IMPACT WAS AROUND 40 TO 45 MPH. THE AIRBAGS IN THE TRUCK DID NOT GO OFF. I SUSTAINED WHIPLASH IN MY NECK AND LEFT SHOULDER FROM THE IMPACT TO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. *TR

WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, I COULD FEEL A CLUNKING, AS THOUGH THE LINKAGE WAS VERY LOOSE. I TALKED WITH THE CHEVY DEALER, AND THEY WERE AWARE OF THE SYMPTOM AND IT WAS IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THEY SAID IT WAS COSMETIC, BUT DID NOT AFFECT SAFETY. THEY SAID IT WOULD COST ABOUT $275 TO FIX IT, BUT IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THAT WOULD BE JUST A TEMPORARY FIX. SOMETIMES, THIS SYMPTOM ALSO APPEARS WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AHEAD, BUT MOST OFTEN WHILE IN A TURN, PARTICULARLY AT LOWER SPEEDS. *TR

I NOTICED THIS PAST WEEKEND THAT MY SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO MALFUNCTION....ALONG WITH THE OIL GAUGE, & BATTERY GAUGE. THEY ALL WERE PEGGED OUT & NOT READING CORRECTLY. THE TACHOMETER SEEMS TO WORK STILL, BUT IT IS HESITANT AT TIMES TOO. THE SPEEDOMETER HAD A ISSUE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, BUT IT SEEMED TO DISAPPEAR UNTIL THIS PAST WEEKEND. I WOULD THINK THERE WOULD BE SOME TYPE OF RECALL ON THIS AFTER READING ALL THE ISSUES PEOPLE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST. YES, THIS TRUCK IS 8 YEARS OLD, BUT WHEN I BOUGHT IT ONLY HAD 22,000 MILES. I HAVE ONLY HAD IT ABOUT 10 MONTHS & ONLY PUT 9,500 MILES ON IT. *TR

PURCHASED NEW IN 2005. WITH LOW MILEAGE AND AT 7 YEARS OLD, CLANKING SOUNDS FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE STARTED. FELT SOMEWHAT IN THE STEERING WHEEL. DEALER REPLACED AND WROTE THE "INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT TO BE BINDING." COST, $300.00. TRUCK NOT USED OFF-ROAD AND HALF THE MILES ARE TOWING A 5TH WHEEL TRAILER. DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT, BUT DOUBTFUL. I READ MANY OTHERS VIA THE NHTSA SHOW THIS PROBLEM TOO, YET NO RECALL ! SEEMS A SAFETY ISSUE TO ME. CURRENTLY, I'M EXPERIENCING THIS AGAIN AS OF 041114 @ 51,000 MILES @ 9 YEARS OLD. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER - AGAIN. *JS