Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||
| 03/24/2012 | |||
| This truck is equipped with the 6.0l vortec v8 engine and has developed an exhaust leak on both sides of the engine at the manifold gaskets! the leak is from the ports where the bolts securing manifold to cylinder head are broken! gm is well aware of this issue, does not want to recall the issue or warranty the repairs. there are thousands of complaints from owners of gm vehicles with v8 engines including the 4.8l, 5.3l, 6.0l engines. this is a problem in many of ways, most importantly that toxic exhaust fumes are emitting from under the hood and can enter the cab of the vehicles! inspection laws require that exhaust fumes exit the vehicle behind the rear wheel! the other problems include the fact that this leak will affect readings taken from the upstream oxygen sensors and can therefore cause check engine lights for catalyic converter deficiencies to system lean conditions. also having an exhaust leak will fail safety inspections and emissions testing. gm is violating epa laws by allowing this to go on! this particular vehicle is past due for inspection and emissions as we are a pennsylvania resident and i cannot afford to have this fixed at a dealer! | |||
| 12/04/2011 | 197000 | ||
| The bolts that hold the exhaust manifolds to the cylinder heads are braking off for no reason causing an exhaust leak. | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - COOLING SYSTEM | |||
| 06/23/2009 | 51894 | 1 | |
| The blower motor (for heat & air conditioning) stopped working and was replaced on our 2005 chevy silverado 2500. with in a year it stopped working again and upon inspection we along with raymond chevrolet in antioch, illinois noticed that the blower motor was burned out and the resister harness was burnt. as if it was on fire. thankfully no further damage was done besides the burning of the motor, wires and harness. this was replaced again on 10-30-08 and now on 06-23-09 again the motor has burnt out again. the dealership service department had no explanation why this has happened 3 times and being aware of this we make sure nothing is close to the dash preventing a spread of fire in case it were to happen again, which it has. *tr | |||
| 01/12/2009 | 33000 | 1 | |
| I purchased a new 2005 chevy silverado 2500 utility bed work truck...the dealership ripped me off with the trade in;refused to apply the cash back and down payment assistance gm was offering-and when i got the truck home,saw the inside of toolboxes were rusted...the heater blew,the airconditioning quit working,stereo/cd player quit,as well...the dealer refused to fix the rust;destroyed the pics and service report regarding the trust. the oil cap blows off...it's been replaced several times- and in jan 2009,truck kept overheating & brake lights went out...dealer could not find source of engine leak;and failed to fix brake lights,.they state it's not their problem. the truck has 33,000 miles on it-i even purchased an extended warranty-but no one can or will fix it.filed 2nd complaint with gm-they state the service department never documented the engine leak/overheating/brake problem !i took the truck back to dealer day after signed the contract-tried to get it resolved-they hid from me!!!!and sent my trade in to auction...they also failed to inform me of my 3 day right to rescind;so i canceled the loan on jan.2009-under the tila law. they are refusing to acknowledge my rights as a consumer;i will not pay 23,000 for a truck that is inoperable...help! *tr | |||