2006 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

DRIVERS SIDE FRONT WHEEL BEARING FAILURE AT 37000 MILES. THE BEARINGS ARE SEALED AND CANNOT BE LUBED. THE BEARING IS PART OF A WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY MAKING THE COST OF REPLACEMENT TEN TIMES WHAT IT WOULD NORMALLY BE. SINCE THE BEARINGS CANNOT BE LUBED, THEN FAILURE IS ASSURED AT SOME POINT. I HAVE A 1950 CHEVY WITH THE ORIGINAL WHEEL BEARINGS STILL IN USE. SOME OF YOU BRIGHT GUYS IN ENGINEERING NEED TO QUIT RE-INVENTING THE WHEEL (BEARING). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL HUBS MAKE A LOUD GRINDING NOISE. THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF THE WHEEL SEPARATING FROM THE VEHICLE AND CAUSING A CRASH. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY INITIALLY, BUT IS NOW CONSTANT. THE HUB ITSELF IS LOOSE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED ANY FAILURES WITH THE BEARINGS. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,600 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,500.

FRONT END OUT OF ALIGNMENT CONSTANTLY, TIRES WEAR OUT, DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED OR REFINISHED ROTORS THREE OR MORE TIMES AND THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES, THE ENGINE WHILE LIGHTLY ACCELERATING MAKE A NOISE, DEALER SAID HE COULD NOT HEAR THIS NOISE. I AM TRYING TO LEMON LAW THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE THE FRONT END IS A WEAK MANUFACTURER FRONT END AND NOT DESIGNED PROPERLY. *JB