Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN | |||
| 01/01/2005 | 15 | ||
| The consumer requested assistance for 15 failures and or problems with gm 2001 chevy truck. *bf the steering rod assembly would pop when the steering wheel was turned, the shifter boot ripped immediately, the tailgate straps broke and bent the tailgate, the pcv valve was using 4 quarts of oil and the dealer was unable to find the problem, the battery exploded at 40k miles, the right rear brake on the inside had worn down the metal, the lights on the stereo burned out, the lights had burned out, the valve cover were leaking oil before 100k miles, the fur wheel drive switch had broken at 50k miles, the transmission did not shift at 1k miles and the dealers were unable to find the problem, the engine experienced a pre-ignition knock and the dealer was unable to find the problem, the driver's seat controls ripped at 60k miles, the transmission had complete gone out at 118k miles and the seat belts latch system had become defective. *sc | |||
| 01/01/2002 | 20000 | 1 | 01/01/2001 |
| Parking brake hasn't worked since around 20000 miles, brake will depress, but won't keep truck from rolling. loud piston slap, knocking from engine mostly when engine is cold, goes away after warmed up. this is a z71 and the 4 wheel drive buttons do not work all the time when trying to put into 4 wheel drive. power mirrors don't work a lot of the time. at least one of the front running lights stay burned out most of the time. truck is out of warranty now but these problems have existed for a long time. a lot of other trucks of this same model have all the same problems. gm should address these problems and make them right at no cost to the consumer.*ak | |||
| POWER TRAIN - AXLE ASSEMBLY | |||
| 10/01/2001 | 12000 | 2 | 11/28/2000 |
| Nothing but problems with truck. first was the slip yoke in the drive shaft, felt like tranny was slipping from take off at start position. replaced under warranty.*ak anti-lock brakes would come on with every stop. usually at very slow speeds, causing truck to exceed 5-10 ft further than it should have. had front wheel bearing replaced, fixed for some time doing it again. also in the mean time, had to have all brakes and rotors replaced. brake system is awful. this could cause accidents. also, has cold engine knock, very loud knock, not a normal knock. something isnt right with this. done this since a little over 20,000 miles, worse when temperatures outside are low. had to have 4x4 switch on dash replaced. kept getting service 4wd unit. out of warranty at this time. i know of at least 4 other with all same problems. still nothing done with gm, something should be done. especially with the brake system. safety hazard. | |||
| POWER TRAIN - AXLE HUBS | |||
| 07/25/2005 | 20000 | 2 | 12/01/2001 |
| Dt: the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet truck and was having problems with the brakes. the first time there was an incident where he tried to stop the vehicle but could not stop. as a result the consumer's vehicle hit another vehicle. the second time the consumer was trying to stop for a stop sign but could not stop. the service dealer turned the rotors at 4,000 miles. the first time the dealer replaced the both front bearings and abs sensors. the consumer had to pay for this repair. this time the service dealer replaced right and left hub and the abs sensor.*ak the abs activated as the vehicle was slowing down. the rotors had to be turned at 4000 miles. *nm | |||
| POWER TRAIN - DRIVELINE - DIFFERENTIAL UNIT | |||
| 06/27/2005 | 38000 | 6 | 12/15/2001 |
| Dt the dealership came on june 27th, 2005. the differential that drives the wheels in the back on the van made a noise. took vehicle to the dealer 5 or 6 times, they rebuilt it twice, and kept saying it was alright to drive. my wife was driving , and it locked up. the vehicle is currently at the dealership. *ak | |||
| 1 | |||
| While making a turn rear end locked up. this caused the vehicle to pull hard, skid, and come to an abrupt halt. this problem was due to rear differential failure.*ak | |||
| POWER TRAIN - DRIVELINE - DRIVESHAFT | |||
| 08/30/2002 | 25000 | 40 | 06/10/2002 |
| Clung noise in driveline like sloop. *ak | |||
| POWER TRAIN - TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE) | |||
| 01/01/2002 | 20000 | 1 | 01/01/2001 |
| Parking brake hasn't worked since around 20000 miles, brake will depress, but won't keep truck from rolling. loud piston slap, knocking from engine mostly when engine is cold, goes away after warmed up. this is a z71 and the 4 wheel drive buttons do not work all the time when trying to put into 4 wheel drive. power mirrors don't work a lot of the time. at least one of the front running lights stay burned out most of the time. truck is out of warranty now but these problems have existed for a long time. a lot of other trucks of this same model have all the same problems. gm should address these problems and make them right at no cost to the consumer.*ak | |||