2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY SILVERADO DOES NOT SHOW THE PROPER MPH FIGURE. IT VARIES FROM 0 MPH TO 40 MPH NO MATTER AT WHAT SPEED I AM TRAVELING. THIS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN TRAVELING THE MASS PIKE AS I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST I AM GOING. AROUND CITY DRIVING IT USUALLY STAYS AT ZERO WITH AN OCCASIONAL SPURT TO 60. I CANNOT FIND A RECALL FROM CHEVROLET REGARDING THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM BUT THERE SHOULD BE. THIS IS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. AS THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DECELERATE AT 3 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE BRAKES WERE ABNORMALLY DEPRESSED INTO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED FROM THE MAIN ROADWAY AND TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. AFTER INSPECTION, HE WAS TOLD THAT ALL THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUPTURED FROM CORROSION. THE DEALER REPLACED ALL THE BRAKE LINES. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,800.

I OWN A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 4X4. I HAVE A BROKEN REAR EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF MY 5.3 V8. I HEAR THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON PROBLEM. MY LOCAL DEALER WANTS $1,600 TO FIX IT BECAUSE YOU DO NEED TO PULL THE ALUMINUM HEAD TO REPAIR IT!! I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE HEAD NEEDING TO BE PULLED, BUT I BELIEVE THAT GM NEEDS TO STEP UP AND FIX THIS EXTREMELY COMMON AND ONGOING PROBLEM. IT IS DEFINITELY A MANUFACTURER DEFECT!! *TR

DRIVING CONDITION WARRANTED A QUICK STOP. APPLIED BRAKES BUT PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT ANY STOPPING ABILITY. I APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP AS I DRIFTED INTO INTERSECTION, THEN PUT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION INTO PARK ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AND I NOTICED THAT IF I DEPRESSED BRAKE PEDAL I COULD ENGAGE TRANSMISSION DRIVE, BUT AS I ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE VEHICLE IT COASTED SINCE I WAS ON AN INCLINE .THEN I CONTACTED AAA AND THEY ARRANGED A TOW TO LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. THERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT MY BRAKE LINE FAILED DUE TO CORROSION. ALL TRUCK BRAKES WERE JUST REPLACED AND STATE INSPECTED 12/18/10 AT THE DEALER FROM WHERE I BOUGHT TRUCK. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO PICKUP TO WORK WHEN UPON SLOWING DOWN TO ENTER A DRIVEWAY THE BRAKE SYSTEM RUPTURED AND I LOST ALL BRAKING. LUCKILY I WAS GOING 5MPH OR I WOULD HAVE HIT SOMETHING OR SOMEONE. LATER THAT EVENING I WENT ON-LINE TO RESEARCH CHEVY TRUCK COMPLAINTS AND I FOUND THE BRAKE FAILURE I EXPERIENCED IS EPIDEMIC WITH 2000-2006 MODELS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, AND THAT GM IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT-BLAMING IT ON SALT ETC.. IF THAT WERE THE CASE ,ALL VEHICLES WOULD BE SUFFERING THESE ISSUES, NOT SO. THE CONSENSUS IS THAT THE BRAKE LINES ARE MADE OF INFERIOR MATERIALS AND PLACED ON THE FRAME IN SUCH A WAY AS TO ACCUMULATE DIRT,SALT AND MOISTURE AND HOLD IT CREATING THE PERFECT SPOT FOR CORROSION TO OCCUR. ALMOST ALL OF THE RUPTURES OCCUR IN THE SAME SPOT-UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT AREA, BEHIND THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL. AS MINE DID. MY CONCERN IS THAT SOMEDAY AN UNSUSPECTING OWNER WILL PUT HIS /HER BRAKES ON,SAY, TO AVOID A CHILD OR AT A BUSY INTERSECTION, AND HAVE THE SAME FAILURE , RESULTING IN INJURY OR DEATH. MY CONCERN IS THAT GM AND ITS DEALERS ARE AWARE OF THIS AND HAVE NOT WARNED TRUCK OWNERS ABOUT THE DANGERS. MY DEALER JUST SERVICED MY TRUCK AND GAVE IT A SAFETY CHECK, BUT DID NOT SEEM TO NOTICE THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTING OUT TO THE POINT OF FAILURE. I WONDER HOW MANY TRUCKS WITH PREMATURELY ROTTING BRAKE LINES THEY HAVE REPAIRED OVER THE YEARS (AND NOT HAVE NOTICED A PATTERN), ONLY TO REMAIN SILENT? PLEAS HELP ME DO SOMETHING BEFORE PEOPLE GET HURT OR KILLED. *KB

ON JULY 21 MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO OVERHEATED AND HAD A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. THE PROBLEM WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF A CRACKED HEAD THAT LEAKED ALL OF THE ENGINE COOLANT INTO THE OIL PAN. THIS DEFECT IS A KNOWN DEFECT TO GM PER A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLITEN THAT WAS ISSUED IN 2007. THE BULLITEN NUMBER IS #06-06-01-019B AND COVERS ENGINES MANUFACTURED FROM 2001 TO 2006. CHEVROLET HAS OFFERED TO ONLY REPLACE THE CRACKED HEADS WHICH DOES NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF THE COOLANT THAT ENTERED THE OIL SYSTEM WHICH CAN AND WILL CAUSE SEVERE SAFETY ISSUES LATER IN THE VEHICLES LIFE. *TT

I OWN A 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 4X4. THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED MALFUNCTIONING AROUND 90000 MILES. IT WOULD WORK BUT NOT READ CORRECTLY. IT GOT WORSE AND WORSE. NOW VERY VERY RARELY DOES IT WORK PROPERLY. MOST OF THE TIME IT READS INCORRECTLY SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T MOVE AT ALL. SOMETIMES IT IS ALL THE WAY AT MAX AND SOMETIMES IT STAYS ON 0 AND SOMETIMES IT IS STUCK SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN. THE TRUCK NOW HAS ABOUT 135000 MILES ON IT AND EVERYTHING I FIND SAYS IT WILL COST BETWEEN 300 AND 500 DOLLARS TO GET IT FIXED. I HAVE RESEARCHED AND FOUND THAT IT IS PROBABLY BECAUSE OF FAULTY INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS THAT GM KNOWS ABOUT AND WONT RECALL. I DON'T THINK IT IS RIGHT THAT I HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR FAULTY PARTS. IT IS VERY UNSAFE NOT BEING ABLE TO KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING. *TR