2005 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

I READ AN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER REGARDING FAILURE OF THE BRAKES ON OLDER FULL SIZE CHEVY TRUCKS DUE TO RUST. I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THIS PROBLEM AS OCCURRED ON MY 2005 CHEVY 1500 FULL SIZE PICKUP. THE FAILURE [RUST] ALSO INCLUDED THE ABS SYSTEM ON MY CHEVY TRUCK. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW IN 2005 AND THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 35,480 MILES ON IT. I PAID $414.93 TO REPAIR THE BRAKES ON THIS TRUCK ON MARCH 8,2010. I HAD THE BRAKES REPAIRED BEFORE AN ACCIDENT COULD OCCUR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AT 10,000 MILES, WHENEVER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE AND INCREASE STOPPING DISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE BRAKES PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN AT 29,000 MILES AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE BRAKES PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED AGAIN. AT 32,500 MILES, THE BRAKES FAILED AGAIN AND A CRASH OCCURRED AS A RESULT. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED AND A POLICE REPORT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE INSURANCE COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE INFORMED THE CONTACT THE BRAKE CALIPER WAS LOCKED, THE WRIST PIN WAS RUSTED AND THE ROTOR WAS CRACKED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 10,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 32,600.

MY VEHICLE IS 2005 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 PURCHASED IN 2007 WITH MILEAGE OF APPROXIMATELY 47,000 MILES AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. UPON DRIVING THEVEHICLE FOR THREE MONTHS, MY SPEEDOMETER STARTED STICKING INTERMITTENTLY, BUT WOULD RESET. SINCE, MY SPEEDOMETER STICKS ON A DAILY BASIS, SOMETIMES ALL DAY. THE ONLY REMEDY HAS BEEN TO TURN MY VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON, WHERE AS MY SPEEDOMETER GOES DOWN AT FIVE MILE PER HOUR INCREMENTS UNTIL BACK AT ZERO. IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS, MY TACHOMETER HAS ALSO MALFUNCTIONED AND DOES NOT READ AT TIMES, THEREFORE MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING NOR HOW HIGH MY ENGINE IS IDLING OR INCREASING/DECREASING IN SPEED. THERE IS NO APPARENT EVENT LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE AND MY CONCLUSION IS THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS DEFECTIVE IN ITS ENTIRETY. IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR I WAS TRAVELING IN OKLAHOMA DURING A SUDDEN SNOW STORM IN WHICH TRAFFIC WAS TRAVELING AT AN ESTIMATED 20-30 MILES PER HOUR. I ACCELERATED TO AN UNKNOWN SPEED, HOWEVER NOT EXCESSIVELY. I LOST CONTROL AND MY VEHICLE SLIDE ACROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC OPPOSITE THE LANE I WAS IN AND I SLIDE INTO A DITCH IN WHICH MY BOTTOM AIR DAM WAS TORN OFF. I WAS ABLE TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE HOWEVER I ONLY ACCELERATED BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS TRAVELING AT TEN MILES PER HOUR. WHEN MY VEHICLE CAME TO A REST IN THE DITCH, MY SPEEDOMETER WAS STILL AT TEN MILES PER HOUR. A STATE TROOPER DID ASSIST ME BY GETTING A TOW TRUCK, HOWEVER NO REPORT WAS FILED BY ME. I BELIEVE THAT IF I HAD KNOW HOW FAST I WAS GOING, THIS MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED. IT IS INCONCLUSIVE, HOWEVER I DO BELIEVE THE MALFUNCTION IS A SAFETY CONCERN. I HAVE PRICED THE REPLACEMENT, WHICH IS THE ONLY REMEDY, AT OR ABOUT $450-700 AND THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED MALFUNCTION. I HAVE RESEARCHED AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE MANY, MANY CASES OF THIS VERY DEFECT IN THE SAME MODEL TRUCK FROM THE SAME MANUFACTURER AND BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD BE A RECALL, NOT A "SPECIAL PROVISION" DU TO THE MANUFACTURERS KNOWING SINCE 2003 ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR DEFECT. *TR

SHIFT INDICATOR , DOES NOT LIGHT UP, VARIOUS PANEL LIGHTS FLASH OFF/ON WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT, TRANSMISSION WITH ONLY 97,000 MILES. GOOGLE SEARCHED ALOT OF SAME TYPE VEHICLES HAVE THIS PROBLEM. DO NOT KNOW WHAT GEAR ITS IN.....TRANSMISSION WENT OUT GOING DOWN HIGHWAY HAD TO PULL OFF.....ALSO SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON......TOO MANY THINGS GOING WRONG FOR A NEWER VEHICLE, TRUCK IS TAKEN CARE OF VERY WELL... *TR

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON 2005 CHEVY SILVERADO FAILED ESTIMATED COST TO REPAIR 650 CHEVY INTENTIONALLY INSTALLED DEFECTIVE MOTORS ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER THAT HAD BEEN RECALLED ON THE 2003 SILVERADO CAUSING THE SPEEDOMETER,GAS GAUGE, TACH, TO STOP WORKING MAKING AN UNSAFE SITUATION AS YOU CANT TELL YOUR SPEED OR HOW MUCH FUEL YOU HAVE IN YOUR TANK POTENTIALLY LEAVING YOU STRANDED ON BAD ROADS OUT OF GAS OR TAKING A CORNER FASTER THAN THE POSTED SPEED BECAUSE OF NOT KNOWING HOW FAST YOU ARE DRIVING. CHEVY KNOWS THIS INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS DEFECTIVE AND REFUSES TO REPAIR IT. JUST LIKE TOYOTA. *TR