Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||
| 09/28/2010 | 91000 | ||
| The failure that i am experiencing is an awful popping, cracking, clunking, and growling sound coming from the steering column. the events leading up to this failure were simply normal, everyday use. the vehicle that i am experiencing this with is a 2004 chevrolet silverado 1500 z71 with the 5.3 v8 4x4 with. nothing has been done yet to resolve the problem because i feel it is gm's responsibility to fix their defective product at their cost. | |||
| 10/06/2008 | 23000 | 1 | |
| Electrical problem: rear passenger doors & lift gate not locking, driver & passenger mirrors reposition to reverse mode when in driving mode. when in reverse mode mirrors reposition to driving mode. when driving i have set the doors to lock out of park position however, only the two front doors driver and passenger doors lock. the two rear passenger doors and lift gate remains unlock while in the driving mode. i have taken the vehicle for service and was told that the correction was made involving the vehicle being re-program at a cost of $150.00 and was required to leave the vehicle for the technician for about half the day. the repairs made turned out to be a temporary fix that only lasted two months before the same symptoms returned again. currently having the locking/unlocking, & mirror reposition problem in addition in have a clunking noise under the hood and can be felt in the steering column this problem not yet address for service check conflict with service schedule availability of technician. *tr | |||
| STEERING - COLUMN | |||
| 11/10/2004 | 45847 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet suburban 1500. when driving straight or making right turns she hears a grinding noise from the steering column. also when driving the vehicle drifts without any warnings. the dealer could not duplicate the failure. while exiting a parking lot, she could not turn the steering column. the vehicle was taken back to the dealer multiple times and the driver side front hub bearing assembly along with other steering components were replaced on the vehicle. the failure mileage was 45,847. the current was 62,000. | |||
| STEERING - GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION) | |||
| 07/08/2005 | 9230 | 01/25/2005 | |
| The power steering gear was leaking, and then replaced by the dealership the vehicle was purchased at. the steering gear still has not been adjusted properly after several complaints have been made to the dealer. | |||
| STEERING - WHEEL AND HANDLE BAR | |||
| 11/05/1997 | 1 | ||
| Steering column: pulled out of driveway, driving along the highway attempted to make a left turn and steering column came loose on the right side. vehicle accelerated to the maximum. put foot on brake, but it would not stop, had to turn the key off to stop vehicle. *ak *slc | |||