Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 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. | |||
| 10/01/2005 | 19000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet silverado 1500. while attempting to stop at a red light with his foot on the brake pedal the vehicle accelerated which also caused him to proceed through the red light. he also stated that the abs light illuminated for a half hour after the failure occurred. the dealers diagnosis located the failure as the abs brake pump motor. the vehicle was repaired for $600. the failure and the current mileages were 19,000. updated 03/04/10. *lj | |||
| 04/29/2008 | 52000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet silverado 1500. when the cruise control is activated, the vehicle accelerates to a high speed. in addition, the rpm's increase and the contact loses control of the vehicle. the failure has been occurring since the vehicle was purchased in april of 2008. the contact took the vehicle back to the dealer and was informed that there was no failure with the vehicle speed control. the failure mileage was 52,000. | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 05/01/2006 | 1 | 04/12/2006 | |
| Our new 2006 chevrolet ck1500 4x4 extended cab pick up truck has a cruise control defect that chevrolet dismisses as normal. when you are driving using the cruise control and start up a hill the truck slows down at least 10 miles an hour then suddenly without warning the cruise control system jolts the truck forward trying to compensate for the loss of speed. this is startling to say the least. it has happened to us going up hills and around hilly curves. if i did not keep both hands on the wheel i very well could have lost control and crashed. i have met one other person who owns a chevrolet suv and he told me he has the same problem. he simply stated that he just doesn't use the cruise control. i think chevrolet is fudging the truth to tell me it is normal and has to do with gear ratios when i have had numerous vehicles which do not commit this activity. the dealer has been very helpful concerning this matter and i do not hold him to fault. i do believe that corporate gm has a stake in covering up a problem of this nature that could have devastating potential. some one will lose control of a vehicle somewhere due to this occurrence and someone will lose their life. *jb | |||