2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PERSONAL MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THE BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED COMPLETELY AND THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 79,000. ..UPDATED 09/07/12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD A TOTAL BRAKE LINE FAILURE. ALL LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THERE HAS BEEN ALOT OF THIS FAILURE BETWEEN 2000 AND 2005 PICK UPS. UPDATED 09/17/2012 *JS

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH MAKING A RIGHT TURN HE HEARD A LOUD CLANKING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING SHAFT. THE FAILURE ONLY HAPPENED WHENEVER HE MADE A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN. THE FAILURE HAD BEEN ON GOING SINCE 2006. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THE FAILURE. HE WAS ADVISED BY THE DEALER THAT THEY HAD SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE FAILURE BUT IT WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. HE STATED THAT OVER TIME THE FAILURE HAD BECOME PROGRESSIVE WORSE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 36,472. UPDATED 04/15/11*LJ UPDATED 1/13/2012 *LN

I HAVE A 2004 SILVERADO Z71 WHICH HAS A CLUNKING NOISE WHICH ALSO CAN BE FELT IN THE STEERING.. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK FROM TO ASK IF THEY COULD FIX THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THIS IS A KNOWN, BY GENERAL MOTORS, PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE, BUT THEY WOULD NOT FIX IT, BECAUSE I WAS NOT A "LOYAL" CUSTOMER. WHEN QUESTIONED, THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID BECAUSE I DID NOT BRING MY VEHICLE TO THEM FOR LUBE/OIL CHANGES (WHICH COST MORE FOR THEM TO PERFORM THAN OTHER PLACES) I WAS CONSIDERED NOT TO BE LOYAL TO WHEELER CHEVROLET!! TRUCK HAD LESS THAN 50K ON THE ODOMETER. *TR

I OWN A 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO Z71 4 WHEEL DRIVE EXTENDED CAB PICKUP. THE STEERING SHAFT MAKES A RUBBING, GRINDING SOUND WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY THOUGHT IT WAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT BUT PROBABLY A BEARING ON THE SHAFT. THE TRUCK WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THEY WOULD NOT COVER IT. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE STEERING SHAFT COULD FAIL WHILE DRIVING. THE INTERNET IS FULL OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT AND FEARS. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO CONCERN FROM GENERAL MOTORS. I FEEL THEY SHOULD BE FORCED TO MAKE GOOD ON THIS WIDESPREAD DEFECT. *TR

THE FAILURE THAT I AM EXPERIENCING IS AN AWFUL POPPING, CRACKING, CLUNKING, AND GROWLING SOUND COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THIS FAILURE WERE SIMPLY NORMAL, EVERYDAY USE. THE VEHICLE THAT I AM EXPERIENCING THIS WITH IS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Z71 WITH THE 5.3 V8 4X4 WITH. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE YET TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE I FEEL IT IS GM'S RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX THEIR DEFECTIVE PRODUCT AT THEIR COST. *TR

I WAS EXITING A HIGHWAY TRAVELING 35-40 MILES PER HOUR. THE ROAD HAD A SLIGHT TURN TO THE RIGHT WITH A SMALL PUDDLE OF WATER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TURN. WHEN I HIT THE PUDDLE MY TRUCK BEGAN TO FISHTAIL. I FIRST THOUGHT I WAS HYDROPLAINING BUT WHEN I TRIED TO DO CORRECTIVE STEERING NOTHING WAS WORKING. THE SWERVING GOT MORE AND MORE VIOLENT AND MOVE THE TRUCK THROUGH 3 LANES OF POSSIBLE ON COMING TRAFFIC. WHEN I REACHED THE BERM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND MY TRUCK CANTO A SUDDEN STOP. I THOUGHT THAT I HIT THE GUARDRAIL AND WHEN I LOOKED IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR I SAW MAY SPARE TIRE WHICH WAS MOUNTED UNDER THE BED OF MY TRUCK LAYING ON THE GROUND BEHIND ME. I EXITED MY TRUCK AND SAW I NEVER HIT THE GUARDRAIL AND THE LOUD BANG WAS WHEN THE TIRE BROOK FREE AND BENT OUT MY REAR FENDER. IT SOON BECAME EVIDENT THAT THE SPARE TIRE HANGER CAME LOOSE FROM PART OF THE BRACKET THAT WAS HOLDING IT INPLACE AND WAS SWINGING BACK AND FORTH UNTIL THE PART OF THE HANGER THAT WAS BOLTED ON FINALLY BROKE AND RELEASED THE TIRE. WHILE SWINGING BACK AND FORTH IT DAMAGED ONE OF THE SHOCKS, BENT MY TAILPIPE AND KNOCKED IT OF ITS HANGER AND DID SOME DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRUCK I WAS VERY LUCKY BECAUSE THE LIGHT FOR THE ON COMING TRAFFIC WAS RED AND ALL POTENTIAL HARM AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS AVOIDED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN SEPTEMBER 2009, HE NOTICED A WHINING NOISE WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN. THE FAILURE PROGRESSED AND BECAME A RATTLING NOISE. IN JANUARY 2010, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING AT ALL WHEN MAKING LEFT TURNS. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 34,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,016.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHENEVER THE CONTACT WOULD TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT HE NOTICED A GROWLING SOUND COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN ESPECIALLY WHEN SWITCHING LANES. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE GEAR BOX NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 49,300 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 48,500.