Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | |||
| 12/16/2005 | 97443 | 1 | 10/18/2005 |
| Driving down the road went to stop to back up and i placed the truck in reverse to back up i heard a loud noise as if i had backed into someone.(like metal to metal) so i immediately applied the brake and put the truck in drive to pull up to see if i had. nothing in sight. so i eased the truck up a little, applied the brake and put the truck in reverse again. this time it would not move, in fact all you could hear was a chattering noise coming from the transmission. so i put it back in drive and went to pull off and you could hear the transmission whinning and would no shift gears. the only way i could get the truck to move was to put it all the way in low range and manually shift back up to drive. the transmission still did not operate correctly and had to be parked. *nm | |||
| 07/20/2003 | 60000 | 1 | 04/07/2003 |
| 1997 chevrolet k1500 z71: check engine light code 1870. transmission shifts hard from 1st to 2nd gear. *ak | |||
| 01/01/2000 | 55000 | 100 | 04/25/1999 |
| 1) burnt electrical wires for the electric fuel pump. location is inside the gas tank. had to replace the fuel pump to rectify the problem. explosion hazard. 2) power steering- wheel would jerk vehicle towards oncoming traffic. happens without warning. noticed many complaints on this problem without anything being done about it. even by the ntsb! is someone receiving a kickback on this thing or what? 3) burnt electrical connection-connector between the hvac cooling fan and the selector switch inside of dash. 4) clunking noise/hard shift, from transmission 4l60e-happens constantly from 1st to 2nd gear. more noticeable when vehicle is warm. *jb | |||
| POWER TRAIN - DRIVELINE - DIFFERENTIAL UNIT | |||
| 05/24/1999 | 10 | 01/01/1997 | |
| I am very disappointed in this vehicle. the dealership has been wonderful about fixing the differential problem-replacement of ring and pinion and reset depth. the ongoing problem with the steering is frightening. it is unpredictable. especially while driving in the mountains it may act up, causing erratic steering and feeling like the steering is locking up and completely failing. it has been reported to gm, but they say they have never had complaint, and that they would contact the dealership and call me back. i have found many, many reported situations with steering failure to your organization for the 1997 chevrolet truck. now i wonder what gm will due about it. i do not feel i should have to pay for a manufacturing failure of equipment. this vehicle has had fuel injector problems, and has cost me over $500. the rear differential has been rebuilt 4 times and now needs it again. one week after purchase of this vehicle the differential howl started. the dealer said to drive it for 5000 or more miles and bring it in if it still had the problem. *ak | |||