2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) ABS FALSE ACTIVATION AT LOW SPEED, WHEN ALMOST STOPPED ON 2004 CHEVY. SILVERADO. INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE ALMOST RESULTED IN ACCIDENT. HUB CORROSION CAUSES ABS FAILURE AND WAS SUBJECT OF RECALL # 05V379000 (NHTSA ACTION # PE05020) COVERING 1999 TO 2002 MODEL YEARS. SAME DESIGN SEEING SAME PROBLEM ON SUBSEQUENT YEARS. GM TSB # 03052007-D COVERS DESCRIPTION FOR 1999 TO 2006 MODEL YEARS, BUT "SPECIAL (WARRANTY) POLICY" ONLY COVERS 1999 TO 2002. TRIED WORKING WITH GM BEFORE REPAIR AND RECEIVED CASE # [XXX]. AFTER REPAIR WAS COMPLETED, WAS TOLD BY DISTRICT MANAGER (PATRICK) THAT REPAIR WOULD NOT BE COVERED DUE TO AGE OF VEHICLE. DEALER CONFIRMED WITH GM CUSTOMER REP (EDWARD) THAT TRUCK WAS LOW MILEAGE, NOT ABUSED, AND PASSED "MULTI-POINT" CHECK WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. PAID $212 OUT OF POCKET TO GET TRUCK RELEASED. IT IS IRONIC THAT IF THE TRUCK WAS 2 YEARS OLDER IT WOULD BE COVERED. THIS RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED TO COVER ALL MODEL YEARS, AFTER 2002, WITH THIS SAME HUB DESIGN! DISTRICT MANAGER ALSO SAID IF RECALL IS EXPANDED, THEY WOULD ISSUE REFUNDS TO PEOPLE WHO ALREADY PAID OUT OF POCKET FOR THIS REPAIR. WORK WAS PERFORMED AT SHEARER CHEVROLET, SHELBURNE RD., SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT ON 05-20-2010. THEIR PHONE # 802-658-1111, SERVICE REP WAS SANDY, INVOICE # [XXX]. [XXX] *TR

VEHICLE WAS BEING OPERATED IN A NORMAL MANNER. AFTER STOPPING FOR A BRAKE AND PREPARING TO LEAVE THE PARKING AREA, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED IN ORDER TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE. THE PEDAL IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT AND CHIME ALARM ACTIVATED. UPON EXITING VEHICLE, BRAKE FLUID WAS SEEN POURING TO THE GROUND FROM AN AREA UNDER THE DRIVER'S SEAT. AFTER BEING TOWED TO A REPAIR FACILITY AND PUT ON THE LIFT IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A BRAKE LINE MOUNTED ONTO THE CHASSIS HAD RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH. A SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION OF ALL THE BRAKE LINES SHOWED SEVERE RUST AND CORROSION DAMAGE AND ALL WERE REPLACED. VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO NORMAL USAGE AFTERWARD WITH NO PROBLEMS NOTED. OLD PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

I WAS GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ABOUT 50 MILES PER HOUR.HEARD A POP AND MY TRUCK WHEELS KIND OF LOCKED AND THEN ROLLED ON. I PULLED OVER AND GOT OUT AND LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND FOUND NOTHING. WENT ON TO MY LOCATION AND WHEN GETTING BACK IN MY TRUCK I HAD NO REVERSE. HAD I HAD AN 18 WHEELER BEHIND BE THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER. HAVE NOT PUT IT IN THE SHOP YET. 2004 CHEVY Z71 SILVERADO. *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.