Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKING BRAKE | |||
| 10/31/2008 | 130000 | 2 | 10/09/2002 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet silverado 2500. the contact stated that the transfer case was designed with a defect. as a result, the pump in the transfer case wore a hole from the inside to the outside of the transfer case. this allowed the oil in the transfer case to pump out the hole and caused the transfer case to run drive. the dealer stated that the vehicle was out of warranty and the contact would have to pay for the repair. the failure mileage was 130,000. updated 3/16/09 *cn the power steering started leaking fluid. the dealer informed the consumer the power steering fluid leak was coming from the hydro booster onto the power steering gear. the consumer lost his brakes. it was discovered the booster rod was missing. the parking brake did not work and the instrument cluster failed as well. the speedometer did not work it was reading 60 mph even when the vehicle was parked. updated 03/18/09. *jb | |||
| 06/19/2008 | 30000 | 1 | |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet silverado 2500. while driving 30 mph, the parking brake cable snapped in half and caused the motor of the vehicle to shut off. the vehicle was towed to a dealer and they confirmed that the cable snapped and short circuited a fuse, which caused the vehicle to lose power. the contact researched and discovered a recall explaining the same failure. he called the manufacturer and was informed that the recall did not apply to his vin. the contact believes that his vehicle should be included since it was affected by the defect as well. the recall number was unknown. the current and failure mileages were 30,000. updated 07/09/08 *bf updated | |||