2006 Chevrolet Silverado

I OWN A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO WITH THE 5.3 ENGINE. I PURCHASED MY TRUCK BRAND NEW AND NOW HAVE APPROXIMATELY 115,000 MILES ON IT. RECENTLY, I NOTICED A KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND BROUGHT IT TO A GM DEALERSHIP THINKING IT WAS A PULLEY OR OTHER MINOR REPAIR. INSTEAD, I WAS INFORMED IT WAS A BAD CAM ROCKER ARM ROLLER BEARING. THEY PROCEEDED TO REPAIR THE ISSUE AND MY TOTAL BILL CAME TO $3,242.84. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON MY OWN AND FOUND THAT GM HAS BEEN AWARE THAT THIS PART IS DEFECTIVE ON 2005 THROUGH 2007 5.3 ENGINES, HOWEVER, THIS PART HAS NEVER BEEN RECALLED. WITH THE AMOUNT OF MILES I HAVE ON MY TRUCK (OVER 100,000), IT IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. IN MY RESEARCH, I LEARNED THAT THIS PART IS EITHER AN ENGINEERING DEFECT OR A SUPPLIED PART THAT GM DID NOT ADEQUATELY CONTAIN BEFORE SHIPPING THE BAD PRODUCT TO THEIR CUSTOMERS. AFTER NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS WITH GM, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEIR ENGINES BASICALLY DO NOT LAST OVER 115,000. I HAVE OWNED CHEVROLETS FOR OVER 36 YEARS AND HAVE NOT COME ACROSS ANY ENGINE ISSUES WHICH IS WHY I CONTINUED TO BUY THEM. EVEN AFTER CONFRONTING GM WITH MY FINDINGS, THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO REIMBURSE ME NOR ARE THEY WILLING TO RECALL THE DEFECTIVE PART. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE FRONT END BECAME LOOSE WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO MOVE IN ANOTHER LANE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO ADVISED HER TO TAKE THE VEHICLE SOME WHERE ELSE TO GET A FRONT END ALIGNMENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CONSTANT AND BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. IN MARCH 2009 THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING GEAR. IN DECEMBER 2009 THE DEALER REPLACED THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT, THE BEARINGS, BUSHING AND THE LOWER STEERING SHAFT. THE DEALER ALSO REPAIRED A LEAKY SEAL ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE STEERING GEAR WHICH INCLUDED A GEAR KIT IN SEPTEMBER 2010. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE AT THIS TIME BUT STATED THAT SHE HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 875 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,200.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH WHEN AN 18-WHEELER DROVE IN FRONT OF THE CONTACT SUDDENLY. THE CONTACT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO STOP THE VEHICLE BEFORE CRASHING INTO THE TRUCK. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR BRUISING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING REPAIRS. THE POLICE ADVISED THAT THE AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 88,508.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS; THE FRONT PASSENGERS SIDE TIRE WOULD WOBBLE EXCESSIVELY. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT PASSENGERS SIDE WHEEL BEARINGS. ON A LATER DATE, WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL TICKING NOISE COMING FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE WHEEL AREA. THE LEFT FRONT TIRE THEN FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THAT THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEFECTIVE WHEEL BEARINGS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,200 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 32,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HOSES WERE LEAKING. THE FLUID AND ONE OF THE HOSES WERE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TRANSMISSION CONTINUED TO LEAK AND THE DEALER WAS SCHEDULED TO REPLACE ALL THREE HOSES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,578. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 35,790.

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) WE HAVE A 2006 SILVERADO CHEVROLET TRUCK [XXX] . THERE HAS BEEN A SQUEAKING IN THE STEERING-WHEEL COLUMN, AND THE CAR IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO STEER. A MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE INNER TIE RODS NEED TO BE REPLACED AND A PART OF THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. A LOCAL DEALERSHIP SAYS, "THERE IS NO RECALL" EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS AN EARLIER RECALL ON CHEVROLET-TRUCK STEERING SYSTEMS. THE MANUFACTURER INSTRUCTED US TO GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU. PLEASE LET US KNOW HOW TO PROCEED. THANK YOU. *TR