Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||
| 08/25/2005 | 30 | 08/26/2004 | |
| Truck stalls when driving at any speed without warning for no reason. steering has sudden fast jerk to right then we have to over correct to left, hazard lights wouldn't turn off now they are not functional, driver side window has a mind of its own. wiper fluid motor doesn't work, gas gauge doesn't work it just vibrates really fast. there are wires in dash that have burn marks and other components are melted. its amazing that this truck even runs! we have spent 1200 on this pile and still haven't even fixed any of these problems. *jb | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - COOLING SYSTEM | |||
| 12/03/2005 | 96105 | 1 | 12/23/1998 |
| Intake manifold leaking coolant. *nm | |||
| 03/25/2005 | 125156 | 1 | 11/15/1998 |
| Intake coolant leak on a 1998 k1500 $850 for a temporary fix | |||
| 04/13/2004 | 54000 | 1 | 05/20/1998 |
| Intake manifold leaking oil and coolant at 54,000 miles. will cost me over $400.00 to have repaired. i know of many other 1998 k-1500 trucks w/ vortec 350 with the same issue. | |||
| 06/09/2003 | 59000 | 1 | 12/18/1997 |
| Leaking intake manifold gasket. *ak | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - COOLING SYSTEM - RADIATOR ASSEMBLY | |||
| 06/05/2003 | 140000 | 1 | 06/14/1998 |
| Heater core failure due to oem coolant corrosion. *ak | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||
| 08/09/1998 | 3 | ||
| Traveling about 100mph, when vehicle died out. took to dealer & was informed safety feature built-in due to requirement by nhtsa. computer has a built-in safety feature. *ak | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - EXHAUST SYSTEM - MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | |||
| 04/24/2003 | 69000 | ||
| Intake manifold gaskets leaking anti-freeze. many trucks are experiencing this same problem. my truck has 74000 miles and i know of 2 others w/ 78,000 and 66,000 miles that needed gasket replacement. talking to a dealer employee revealed that it is a popular problem with the chavy vortec motors. at a cost of around $400.00, it is a too frequent problem. thank you. *nlm | |||
| 12/31/2002 | 81434 | 11/25/2001 | |
| Intake manifold gasket failure on 5.7 liter engine. from what the local chevrolet dealership (w-k chevrolet) told me, they replace 2 or 3 a week. something to expect between 75,000 to 100,000 miles. this seems way over the line when spark plugs are expected to last 100,000 miles. ts | |||