2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

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 OWN A 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO AND I'M HAVING ISSUES WITH THE DASH CLUSTER ODOMETER READING CORRECTLY. I FEEL IT A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN YOU CAN NOT TELL HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING WHILE DRIVING. IF YOUR CAUGHT GOING 20 MPH ABOVE THE SPEED LIMIT, IT'S CONSIDERED DANGEROUS ENRECLIMENT. AM I WRONG? THE ODOMETER READS INCORRECTLY EVERY TIME I DRIVE MY TRUCK. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. A LEAK IN THE FRONT LINE TO THE ABS PUMP CAUSED TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. TRUCK COASTED TO A STOP AND HAD TO BE TOWED. THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE RESULTED IN TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. I FEEL THIS COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND SHOULD BE RECALLED BY CHEVY.

I HAVE A 2004 SILVERADO 1500 AND I HAD HEARD ABOUT A TSB FOR A PIN THAT ENGAGES THE CLUTCH ON THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FOR THE LSD REAR END. WITHOUT PREVIOUS ISSUES OR WARNING MY REAR END IN MY SILVERADO WENT OUT 2 DAYS AGO WHILE I WAS LEAVING FROM A STOP AT A RED LIGHT. THE CAR WAS RENDERED IMMOBILE AND I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO MY LOCAL SHOP IN WHICH FOR EVERYTHING TO BE REPLACED IS GOING TO COST ~$2000. THIS TSB CAN SAVE ME THOUSANDS BUT SINCE THERE IS NO OFFICIAL RECALL, GM WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. I KNOW JUDGING FROM THE TRUCK FORUMS THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS OWNERS WITH THIS SAME ISSUE. PLEASE HELP GM MAKE THIS RIGHT FOR US LOYAL GM CUSTOMERS. *TR

THE SPARE TIRE UNDERNEATH THE 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO WILL NOT RELEASE FROM THE CABLE MECHANISM WHEN LOWERED. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE TIRE TO LOWER APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE INCHES BUT THE SECONDARY LOCKING MECHANISM WOULD NOT RELEASE THE TIRE FROM THE MECHANISM HOLDING IT. SEARCHING MANY WEBSITES UNDER THE KEYWORDS "2004 CHEVY SILVERADO SPARE TIRE WILL NOT RELEASE FROM MOUNT" SHOWED THAT THIS IS AN ENORMOUSLY HUGE AND WIDESPREAD PROBLEM FOR MOST MODELS CONTAINING AN UNDER THE VEHICLE SPARE TIRE MOUNTING MECHANISM. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT I WAS IN THE CITY WHEN MY TIRE WENT FLAT BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO CALL A WRECKER QUICKLY. BUT, FOR THE TIMES I AM TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THIS HAS MADE ME COME TO THE REALIZATION THAT THIS IS AN ENORMOUS SAFETY ISSUE. WHY HASN'T THIS DESIGN FLAW BEEN ADDRESSED BY GM? IT IS NOW APPARENT TO ME THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY GM AS A DESIGN FLAW? IN ADDITION, IT REALLY SHOULD BE AN ITEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY A NATIONWIDE RECALL. I UNDERSTAND THAT MY VEHICLE IS SEVEN YEARS OLD, BUT FROM READING THE WIDESPREAD COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS DESIGN FLAW (NOT BEING ABLE TO RELEASE THE SPARE TIRE), I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO REPORT ABOUT THE WIDESPREAD FAILURES IN THE MOUNTING MECHANISM FOR UNDER THE TRUCK BED SPARE TIRES. *TR

PROBLEM 1.THE PLUG THAT CONTROLS THE BLOWER MOTOR IN MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO MELTED AND STARTED SMOKING. I REPLACED IT AND 3 MONTHS LATER IT IS NOW HAPPENING AGAIN. WITHOUT THE USE OF THE BLOWER MOTOR I CAN NOT USE THE HEAT,AC OR WINDOW DEFOGGER. THIS TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON IT. WHEN I SEARCH ONLINE I SEE THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THEIR PLUGS HAVE MELTED AND IN SOME CASES HAVE ALSO STARTED FIRES. NOT HAVING A WINDOW DEFOGGER IS VERY DANGEROUS. PROBLEM 2. THE HEATER BLEND DOOR ACTUATOR HAS STOPPED WORKING. WHAT THIS DID BEFORE THE PLUG MELTED WAS TO CONTROL THE TEMP OF THE AIR COMING OUT OF THE VENTS. WHEN IT STOPS WORKING LIKE IT DID TO ME WAS TO BLOW BURNING HOT AIR RIGHT IN MY FACE EVEN WITH THE AC ON. IMAGINE DRIVING AT 55 MPH AND HAVE THESE THINGS HAPPEN TO YOU. PLEASE MAKE GENERAL MOTORS RECALL THEIR PRODUCTS AND FIX THEM SO THIS PROBLEM WILL NOT OCCUR AGAIN. THANK YOU. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH HE NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED THE INCORRECT SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,700 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,919. UPDATED 02/18/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED HE CONTACTED GM AND THEY REFERRED HIM TO A DEALER TO HAVE THE SPEEDOMETER FIXED AND IS WORKING CORRECTLY. UPDATED 02/23/11