Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||||
| 050844027 | 09/01/2005 | 10017841 | Information on vehicles with a stored history dtc b1259 antenna ground circuit. *tt | 12/05/2005 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 05/17/2012 | 115012 | ||
| The instrument panal on my truck has gone bad. the amperes are pointing straight down. the temperature register has gone completely around, the oil presure gage is pegged all the way. the speedometer works for 20 minutes and then locks up. i have talked with others who have silverados and they state they had the same problem. the truck has been great beside the instrument panal and the ac blowing hot on one side and cold on the other. with the number of complaints i have seen on these two items, it shows without a shadow of a doubt to be a manufacturer defect. my family believes in chevy trucks but they should keep our loyalty but correcting the small manufacturer defect to prove they are the better product instead of leaving their loyal patrons to fix substandard items placed in a great truck. | |||
| 03/11/2012 | 19611 | ||
| I was driving my 2006 chevy silverado 1500, 4-door. i had my wife and two children in the truck. when we got to our destination, my daughter could not open her door (rear driver side door). i confirmed the doors were unlocked by using the automatic lock/unlock feature i have on the drivers door. i tried to open the door from the outside, but it would not work. i tried to manually unlock the door from the inside, but the door would still not open. i brought it to the dealership and they told me the electronic latch had to be replaced. the dealership also told me they have had a number of problems with the latches which prevented the door from opening. this is obviously a safety issue. | |||
| 07/01/2011 | 47600 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet silverado 1500. the contact stated while driving the air condition blower failed the contact had the turn air conditioning switch on and off several times for the blower to work. the vehicle was taken to the local garage who inspected the vehicle and located the failure at the air conditioning blower wiring connector. the vehicle has not been repaired. the failure mileage was 47,600 and the current mileage was 47,800. li | |||
| 01/19/2011 | 63593 | ||
| While driving my truck down the freeway, the engine light suddenly came on and a warning appeared on the dashboard stating reduced engine power and the truck shut itself down to 10 miles an hour in seconds. i had vehicles coming up behind me traveling at 60 mph and higher that nearly hit me from behind. even if i floored the gas pedal the truck would not speed up making it extremely difficult to get out of the way of oncoming traffic. the local chevy dealership had my truck 2 days and charged me $400.00 for an emissions part. i picked my truck up on thursday evening, jan. 20, 2011, and it broken down the very next morning with the same issue. i took it right back over there and they told me to return it on monday jan. 24 which i did. they returned the truck to me on weds. jan. 26, and said they couldn't figure out the problem but may have been a loose wire. the truck broke down with the same issue again on feb 14. the dealership had it another 3 days and said they soldered some connections. again on march 10, my truck broke down again, same issue. they had my truck until march 14, and again charged me for replacing the wiring harness and throttle body. i picked my truck up at 6 pm mon march 14 and it already broke down again this morning march 16, same issue. on two occasions now i have had my kids in the back seat, driving on the freeway when the engine decides to shut itself down. no one at chevy seems to care if we are injured or killed when we are hit due to this defective truck. i am not the only chevy owner reporting this problem. not only are there complaints all over the internet, but the dealership had another truck in at the same time as mine at the march 10 visit, with the exact same issue and it had already been in multiple times for the same issue as well. | |||
| 10/11/2010 | |||
| The blower motor fan for the heat and a/c the wire connectors towards the passenger side under the dash glove box the wire is melting which is causing the fan not to work sometimes and you can smell it melting ( its the male and female connectors ) they plug into each other thats where its at. my truck is a 2006 chevy silverado ext.cab its gonna end up catching the truck on fire. something needs to be done its gm responsabilty to fix the problem | |||
| 08/01/2010 | 42000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet silverado 1500. while parked the contact noticed all the the lights on the vehicles dash board were not working including the gauges and the heater lights. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic or repair. the approximate failure mileage was 42,000. ds | |||
| 10/11/2010 | |||
| The blower motor fan for the heat and a/c the wire connectors towards the passenger side under the dash glove box the wire is melting which is causing the fan not to work sometimes and you can smell it melting ( its the male and female connectors ) they plug into each other thats where its at. my truck is a 2006 chevy silverado ext.cab its gonna end up catching the truck on fire. something needs to be done its gm responsabilty to fix the problem | |||
| 08/01/2010 | 42000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet silverado 1500. while parked the contact noticed all the the lights on the vehicles dash board were not working including the gauges and the heater lights. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic or repair. the approximate failure mileage was 42,000. ds | |||
| 12/08/2010 | 69780 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet silverado 1500. while the vehicle was parked he started the vehicle and the vehicle idled high and the check engine light came on. he stated all the gauges of the instrument panel start moving. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer the mechanic at the dealership advised him that the instrument cluster needed replacing. the vehicle had not been repaired. the failure and current mileage were 69,780. vwb | |||
| 06/01/2009 | 40000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet silverado 1500. the air conditioning and heater fan module melted twice. the contact replaced the module and wires once when the vehicle was at 40,000 miles. second failure occurred october 2010. the manufacturer took a report 71-884055256 advised they will not assist with the repair because the failure didn't have a recall. the vehicle was repaired. the failure mileage was 40,000 and the current mileage was 51,000. li | |||
| 08/13/2010 | 102000 | ||
| Running the a/c smelled then saw smoke coming from under the dash on the passenger side. blower quit working. blower then stared working but only on speeds 1&3. | |||
| 08/23/2010 | 47000 | ||
| While running air conditioner , i smelled smoke and then saw smoke come from under the passenger side dash. i turned off the blower and the smoke stopped. this is very unsafe. could cost somebody ther vehicle and life. | |||
| 08/01/2010 | 10000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet silverado. the driver was traveling 30 mph when smoke started coming from under the hood. the contact pulled over and the police and fire departments will called. the fire was put out and the vehicle was then towed to the nearest dealership. vehicle was towed to the nearest dealer. the dealer did not give specifics on what caused the fire, but stated that the failure was warranty issue and the vehicle is out of warranty. the vehicle has not been repaired. the vin was not available at the time of the complaint. failure mileage and current mileage was 10000.rl | |||
| 08/23/2010 | 47000 | ||
| While running air conditioner , i smelled smoke and then saw smoke come from under the passenger side dash. i turned off the blower and the smoke stopped. this is very unsafe. could cost somebody ther vehicle and life. | |||
| 08/01/2010 | 10000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet silverado. the driver was traveling 30 mph when smoke started coming from under the hood. the contact pulled over and the police and fire departments will called. the fire was put out and the vehicle was then towed to the nearest dealership. vehicle was towed to the nearest dealer. the dealer did not give specifics on what caused the fire, but stated that the failure was warranty issue and the vehicle is out of warranty. the vehicle has not been repaired. the vin was not available at the time of the complaint. failure mileage and current mileage was 10000.rl | |||
| 01/05/2008 | 1 | ||
| I manage a fleet of vehicles for an electrical contractor. so far three 2006 chevy trucks have had the fan control module, located under the dashboard in the passenger compartment, fail. upon tracing the problem it was discovered that in each case the module had caught on fire, and even burned some of the wire in the wire harness. nothing has been done so far to repair these trucks. the damaged parts are available. *tr | |||
| 07/11/2009 | 42000 | 1 | |
| 2006 chevrolet 1500 dual air conditioner control blows heat on driver's side while blowing cold on passenger's side (even though the ac is set for both sides). wiring harness has a short on the blower, which produces a burning smell. *tr | |||
| 06/15/2009 | 60000 | 1 | |
| 2006 chevrolet silverado 1500, blower motor resistor connector overheated and melted the wiring harness and connector. fire could have resulted. have read online how fires have actually occurred. need recall immediately. *tr | |||
| 06/01/2008 | 1 | ||
| My heater was going on and off and now it just doesn't work. my brake lights don't work all the time and my dash board lights work about 75 percent of the time. i have not went and had any repairs done yet because this is something that chevy should have to pay for not me and i will not pay for it and now its documented that i have a complaint and my lawyer will know this is documented so if something happens you will be sued. thanks for your time. *tr | |||
| 09/23/2008 | 1 | ||
| Bought it new, replaced battery in 6 months, have replaced headlights and back lights twice, the truck shimmies while braking, engine light keeps coming on, engine heats up while idling, shall i continue? i have purchased gmc prior to this chevrolet. i do like the product but gmc has incredible customer service for these types of problems. chevrolet will not provide you with a loaner and can never duplicate the problem. i hope the truck lasts until my last payment. *tr | |||
| 03/05/2008 | 1 | 01/30/2006 | |
| Air conditioning fan control melted, while i was driving there was a strong electrical fire odor. i turned off my fan and when i returned home i found that the fan resistor gm part# 89019088 and the connector gm part# 15862656 had melted. bare wires were visible and the pins in the connector were touching. initially before this occurrence the fan had stopped working at the highest speed then the next lowest speed and finally started to burn up. this is definitely a safety issue for someone who may not be familiar with the odor of burning of an electrical nature. i did replace the resistor at a cost of $55.00 and now need to get the connector which is at a ridiculous cost of $95.00. i did some research and found that numerous people had the same issue. i would think gm knows about this since they are probably selling quite a few of these items. one of the parts counter person's i spoke with knew about this issue. *tr | |||
| 05/01/2006 | 20 | 04/01/2006 | |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet silverado 1500. the contact stated that the vehicle fails to start properly and rolls uncontrollably. the dealer was unable to diagnose the cause of failure. the current mileage is 1,800 and the failure mileage was unknown. | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - BATTERY | |||
| 12/23/2006 | 1 | ||
| This vehicle is 9 months old. from purchase of the new vehicle there was a rattling noise under the dash - dealership replaced flex pipes. the noise has come back about 6 months later. from purchase of the new vehicle the left driver side mirror shakes, am unable to see out of it. under the driver side seat, the truck shakes. dealership refuses to admit these problems exist. the valves are clattering in the engine compartment while driving, not just with accelerating. rotors act as though they are warped. upon resetting the oil change indicator light, the battery failed. the dealership has refused to look into this. *jb | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - SWITCH | |||
| 07/18/2006 | 1200 | 1 | 07/01/2006 |
| Dt*: the contact stated that while turning the key to the accessory position, the vehicle was able to be taken out of park without applying the foot brake. the manufacturer was consulted, who determined the vehicle was purposely designed in that manner. the contact expressed that while the ignition was in accessory position a child was able to take the vehicle out of park without applying the foot brake. as a consequence, the vehicle rolled down the driveway and across the street. | |||