25 of the 1,048 complaints about the 2001 Chevrolet Silverado are about the suspension — 2% of everything reported for this model year. Half of the failures with a mileage on record happened before 43,000 miles.
25
Complaints
1
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
Filed with NHTSA, in their own words.
SUSPENSION:FRONT:HUB
1. NO WARNING 2. ABS KICK IN AT LOW SPEED AND LITTLE TO NO BRAKING IS RESULT IN FORWARD AND REVERSE, INCONSISTENTLY OCCURRING 3. DEALER REPLACED FRONT HUB #15233111
NHTSA complaint #10209544 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARING FAILED WITH ONLY 76000 MILES ON VEHICLE.
NHTSA complaint #10152148 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
DT: 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE REAR BACKING PLATES THAT HOLD THE BACK ROTORS IN PLACE WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY GAVE HIM THE NUMBER TO GMC. THE CONSUMER THEN CONTACTED GMC, AND THEY ACCEPTED THE COMPLAINT AND SAID THAT THEY WOULD SEE IF THEY COULD DO ANYTHING TO HELP. GMC CALLED THE CONSUMER BACK A COUPLE DAYS LATER AND STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING. THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS. THE CONSUMER RECENTLY RECEIVED A RECALL ON THE FRONT HUB BEARING ASSEMBLY AND WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. *AK (11/29/05)
NHTSA complaint #10140143 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
CONTACT STATES: 2001, CHEVROLET SILVERADO. HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. WHEN DRIVING 40-50 MPH EVERYTHING SEEMS FINE, BUT ONCE THE CAR COMES ALMOST TO A COMPLETE STOP WHILE TRAVELING 5-10 MPH THE BRAKE FAIL. HAPPENS IN ANY ROAD CONDITION. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY ,AND FIXED THE BRAKES. CURRENTLY, , IT HAPPENED AGAIN, BUT THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER YET. NO WARNINGS PRIOR TO OR AFTER THE FAILURE.
NHTSA complaint #10119797 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION
CONSUMER HEARD A POPPING SOUND FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN TURNING EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.
NHTSA complaint #10087905 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER STATED THAT THE FRONT END WAS CAUSING THE STEERING TO PULL TO THE RIGHT. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.
NHTSA complaint #10072224 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION
FRONT TIRE PREMATURELY WORN ON ONE SIDE DEALER REPLACED RACK &PINION ,STEERING GEAR THAT WAS LEAKING DEALER SET TOE REFUSED TO DO FULL ALIGNMENT.ROTATED TIRES.AT18,100 FRONT TIRE AGAIN WORN ON ONE SIDE DIFFERENT DEALER INSTALLED ANOTHER REMANUFACTURED RACK & PINION,STEERING GEAR AN DID A FULL ALIGNMENT . VEHICLE THEN HAD SLIGHT VIBRATION TRANSMITTED THROUGH STEERING WHEEL WHEN TAKEN BACK NEXT DAY DEALER SAID TIRES NEEDED REPLAICED .
NHTSA complaint #10070816 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
POWER ASSIST STEERING FADED TO NOTHING WHILE DRIVING. DEALER REPLACED MAJOR FRONT SUSPENSION COMPONENTS, INCLUDING TIRES, BUT THE STEERING FAILURE STILL PERSISTED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. MANUFACTURE RWAS NOT CLAIMING ANY RESPONSIBILITY AT THIS TIME.
NHTSA complaint #10053936 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE SEVERELY WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY THE MECHANIC THAT ALL FOUR(4) TIRES WERE OUT OF ROUND AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. *NLM
NHTSA complaint #10040563 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE DRIFTED TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT. THE OWNER MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED. *NLM THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT WHILE IN MOTION. THE RIGHT WIPER DID NOT CLEAN THE WINDSHIELD. THERE WAS A RATTLE NOISE WHICH HAD COME FROM THE DASH AREA ON THE LEFT SIDE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE DEALER FOUND FOUR MISSING BOLTS UNDER THE STEERING. DUE TO THE VEHICLE GOING TO THE LEFT, THE FRONT CALIPERS WERE REMOVED, TO CHECK MOVEMENT, THE REAR DRUMS FOR DRAGGING, BINDING, ADJUST AND REASSEMBLE. *SCC
NHTSA complaint #10040585 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TIRES ON A 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO BOUNCED WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC TO HAVE THEM BALANCED, AND WAS TOLD THE TIRES MAYBE RECALLED TIRES. THE TIRES DID NOT HAVE BUBBLES OR SPLITS ON THEM, THEY JUST VIBRATED AND BOUNCED WHILE DRIVING. WILDERNESS AT, SIZE P265/75R16.*AK ALL FOUR TIRES WERE BALANCED TIME AND TIME AGAIN, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED. *PH
NHTSA complaint #10037693 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT
A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK. SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING IS RUBBING WHEN MOVING.
NHTSA complaint #10028631 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SHOCK ABSORBER
SHOCK ABSORBORS ARE LEAKING FLUID. CONSUMER FEELS THAT THIS MAY CAUSE A FIRE, AND/OR SERIOUS UNEXPECTED ACCIDENT FROM THE LEAKAGE, CONSUMER DOES NOT WANT TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR A MATTER THAT HAS BEEN CHECKED BY THE DEALER, W/ THE DEALER REASSURING HIM THAT THIS IS OKAY, WHEN THE VEHICLE IS CONTINUING TO LEAK. CONSUMER IS UNSURE IF THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART. *AK *SCC
NHTSA complaint #8012414 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:REAR
THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE BOUNCES BADLY OVER FREEWAY BUMPS.
NHTSA complaint #562941 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:REAR
WHEN STOPPING, BRAKE PEDAL WAS DOWN TO THE FLOOR. ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP AND VEHICLE SLID BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK DEALER REPLACED LEAKING MASTER CYLINDER AND DEGLAZED THE ROTORS. TRANSMISSION EXPERIENCED SLIPPING, CLUNKING AND WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO 1ST GEAR, DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION. REAR END IS NOISY, U-JOINTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, HOWEVER NOISE REOCCURED, CONSUMER STATES CHEVROLET HAS A U-JOINT AND BEARING PROBLEM. *SLC
NHTSA complaint #8006274 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION
WHEN STARTING VEHICLE IN THE MORNIINGS IT WILL MAKE A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE THAT COMES FROM ENGINE. NOISE SOUNDS LIKE TWO PIECES OF METAL HITTING EACH OTHER. THIS WILL GO ON FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES BEFORE IT STOPS. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT NOISE WAS NORMAL FOR VEHICLE.
NHTSA complaint #8003221 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT
BRAND NEW TRUCK,AT 639 MILES 2 TIRES FOUND TO BE OUT OF ROUND. THERE HAS BEEN A VIBRATION FROM 38-45 MILES PER HR. IN THE BODY OF THE TRUCK. TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED AT 7,420 MILES, PROBLEM STILL THERE. TRUCK TAKEN TO A CHEVROLET DEALER TIRES NEEDED BALANCED AGAIN AT 9,705 MILES. PROBLEM STILL THERE, TRUCK TAKEN TO A FIRESTONE DEALER AT 11,366 MILES. PROBLEM STILL PRESENT. ITS DUE TO GO BACK TO THE DEALER FOR THE THIRD TIME, FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, PLUS ANOTHER THING FOR THE THIRD TIME. THERE IS NO WAY TIRES SHOULD HAVE TO BE BALANCED THIS MANY TIMES ON A BRAND NEW TRUCK THAT HAS NEVER BEEN TAKEN OFF ROAD OR ABUSED. ON IN THE BODY OF THE TRUCK AROUND 38-45 MLIES AN HR. DEALER PUT ON TWO NEW TIRES. I NOW HAVE 11,000 MILES ON TRUCK, THE TIRES HAVE BEEN BALANCED 3 TIMES, NOT COUNTING WHAT THE DEALER DID AT 639 MILES. THEY WERE BALANCED & ROTATED AT 7420 MILES, PROBLEM STILL THERE,TRUCK TAKEN TO CHEVROLET DEALER, TIRES BALANCED AT 9,705 MPROBLEM STILL. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W273 TIRESIZE: P265/75R16)
NHTSA complaint #754425 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:REAR
REAR END OF THE VEHICLE LOST CONTROL WHEN DRIVEN OVER BUMPS OR POTHOLES AT ANY SPEED ON ANY KIND OF ROAD CONDITIONS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTATCED FOR THIS PROBLEM , BUT HAS BEEN UNABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM BY RAISING AND LOWERING TIRE PRESSURE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.
NHTSA complaint #894427 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:REAR
TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO BE IN NEUTRAL AFTER STOPPING AND APPLYING BRAKE THEN ACCELERATING. DEALER PICKED UP WITH WRECKER. WHEN WRECKER ARRIVED, CONDITION COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. DEALER HAS VALVE BODY ORDERED TO REPLACE IN TRANSMISSION. SECOND PROBLEM: REAR LEAF SPRINGS SHIFT CAUSEING A KNOCK WHEN GOING UP UNEVEN GRADES OR SPEED BUMPS. THIRD PROBLEM: LOOSENESS IN TRANSFER CASE AND REAR AXLE CAUSE A CLUNK WHEN DOWNSHIFTING TO STOP AND SOMETIMES WHEN TRANSMISSION SHIFTS. DEALER CLAIMS NORMAL. LARGE ALUMINUM DRIVESHAFT TRANSFER SOUND. JUST EXCUSE FOR POOR QUALITY PRODUCT. THIS CLUNK OR KNOCK ALSO SOUNDS WHEN REAR AXLE MOVES ON UNEVEN GRADE WITH AXLE SHIFTING AND DRIVESHAFT STATIONARY.
NHTSA complaint #747697 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
NUT (S) AND COTTER KEY(S) MISSING ON RIGHT UPPER BALL JOINT AND RIGHT SWAY BAR ENDS.. VEHICLE MFR. IN INDIANA PLANT.....VERY DANGEROUS...CAUTION ALL OWNERS OF ANY TRUCK MANUFACTURER IN THIS PLANT THE LAST WEEKS OF MAY 2001. MISSING NUTS WILL CAUSE COPLETE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.
NHTSA complaint #745976 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:TORSION BAR
NUT (S) AND COTTER KEY(S) MISSING ON RIGHT UPPER BALL JOINT AND RIGHT SWAY BAR ENDS.. VEHICLE MFR. IN INDIANA PLANT.....VERY DANGEROUS...CAUTION ALL OWNERS OF ANY TRUCK MANUFACTURER IN THIS PLANT THE LAST WEEKS OF MAY 2001. MISSING NUTS WILL CAUSE COPLETE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.
NHTSA complaint #745976 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATLEY 55 MPH ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY, THERE WAS A VERY LOUD POPPING NOISE RESULTING IN COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO BRING VEHICLE TO A STOP WHILE VEHICLE DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT, NOT TO LEFT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. DEALERSHIP WAS EXAMINING VEHICLE, AND HAS YET TO MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO CAUSE OF THIS DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.
NHTSA complaint #888496 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT
THIS TRK DRIFTS LEFT WITHIN ABOUT 40 FT YOUR OFF THE ROAD I TOOK IT IN THEY SET THE FRONT END 3 OR 4 TIMES THE LAST TIME THEY WENT PAST MANUF.SPECTS TO COMPENSATE AND SET TOE IN OUT TRK STILL DRIFTS AT ABOUT 60 TO100 FT AND NOW TIRES ARE WAREING ON THE INSIDE THIS TRK SHOULD NOT BE DOING THIS AND I FIND THERE ARE OTHERS AFTER TALKING TO A ALINEMENT SHOP THE DEALERS TAKING THEM THERE BEFOR SOMEONE BUYS IT SO THEY MAY NOT NOTICE THERES A PROBLEM.
NHTSA complaint #744275 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION
I HAVE TAKEN THIS TRUCK TO 2 DIFFERENT CHEVROLET DEALERSHIPS AND CONTACTED CHEVROLET ABOUT THIS KNOCKING SOUND WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED AND THEY TELL ME THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE 1999, NOT JUST ON TRUCKS. ONE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT WAS BECAUSE I DIDN'T USE A GMCOIL FILTER.
NHTSA complaint #743926 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:REAR
WHEN DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS AND MAKING TURNS THERE IS A METALLIC CLANKING SOUND COMING FROM REAR END OF VEHICLE, DEALER SAID THIS WAS NORMAL.
NHTSA complaint #883042 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.