Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING | |||
| 01/01/2009 | 80 | ||
| Wires that are in the steering column that hook up to the multi-function switch break do to use of the tilt-steering. they can break and short out causing the head lights to malfunction or not work at all. or turn off unexpectitly like in my case. i was driving in the mountains one night around 10.00 pm and all of a sudden my lights quit working. | |||
| 10/15/2006 | 72000 | 1 | |
| After starting the truck before daylight, the lights would come on as they are supposed to. i would then adjust the tilt steering and the lights would go out. after playing with the tilt a little more the lights would come back on and i would drive away. until once while driving in the dark the lights went out on there own. also the wipers would flinch when i hit the dimmer switch. *tr | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - TURN SIGNAL - SWITCH | |||
| 01/01/2007 | 50000 | 4 | 12/20/2000 |
| The stalk for the combination turn signal, windshield wiper, cruise control, broke resulted in unreliable operation of the windshield wipers and unreliable turn singal operation. in the case of the 2001 silverado the windshield wipers activated when the turn signalwas selected. since this same control was used for several critical functions, including turn signals, wipers, and cruise control activation and deactivation, i expect certain failure modes could present a serious safety issue. researching this issue, it seems to be a common problem on this model silverado and other gm vehicles that use the same combination control.*ak | |||