NHTSA Complaint #752650 — 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE AND 1 WEEK AFTER PURCHASE THE ENGINE BEGAN MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE WHICH PROCEEDED TO GET LOUDER. I PHONED MY DEALERSHIP AND THEY MADE AN APPT TO BRING IN THE VEHICLE FOR INSPECTION. I WAS TOLD AT THAT TIME THAT THE VORTEC ENGINE MADE THAT SOUND AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I DISAGREED AS IT DIDNT KNOCK WHEN I PURCHASED IT. THEY DID A TOP ENGINE CLEAN AND RETURNED THE VEHICLE. I DROVE IT TO WYOMING AND THE SAME DAY I PICKED IT UP IT WAS KNOCKING AND MISSING. I PHONED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID TO BRING IT IN WHEN I GOT HOME AND GAVE ME GM CARES NUMBER IN CASE IT BROKE DOWN. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK IN AND THEY HAVE NOW HAD IT FOR 16 DAYS. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO REPAIR IT . I PHONED GM THEY SAID 1 OUT OF 4 VORTEC ENGINES HAVE THIS PROBLEM..THEY HAVE NO FIX FOR IT BUT I SHOULD GET AT LEAST 36 THOUSAND MILES FROM THE ENGINE. I TOLD THEM THAT WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE I PAID 28 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE TRUCK AND WAS TOLD I SHOULD GET AT LEAST 200 THOUSAND MILES ON THE ENGINE. THEY WERE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BUT NEVER DISCLOSED THIS TO ME. THE TRANSMISSION IS ALSO SPINNING IN GEAR. I WAS AT A STOPLIGHT AND AT THE GREEN LIGHT ACCELERATED BUT THE TRANSMISSION SPUN THEN JUMPED INTO GEAR AND ALMOST THREW THE TRUCK INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. ALSO TOWING MY HORSE TRAILER THE TRANSMISSION DOESNT SHIFT PROPERLY.*AK