2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Steeringcolumn Problems

POTENTIAL SAFETY PROBLEM WITH STEERING SHAFT ON 2000-2005 CHEVY TRUCKS. I HAVE HAD MY STEERING WORKED ON TWICE TO SOLVE A KNOCKING IN THE COLUMN. GM DEALERSHIPS SAY IF IT GOES UNREPAIRED THERE COULD BE A POTENTIAL FAILURE IN THE STEERING SHAFT. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GOOGLE "CHEVY STEERING PROBLEMS". DEALER REPAIR SERVICE SAYS THERE IS NO FIX AND YOU HAVE TO BRING IT IN EVERY 20,000 TO 30,000 MILES AND HAVE IT REPAIRED AT A COST OF 100 DOLLARS TO 500 DOLLARS. SOMETHING NEEDS DONE ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT FROM THIS. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL JUST FOR THE FACT THAT IT IS COSTING EVERYONE THAT HAS PURCHASED A CHEVY TRUCK TO FIX THE PROBLEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN. *TR

MY 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO HAS A BRAKING ISSUE WHERE THE BRAKES FAIL TO WORK. THE GENERAL MOTORS CORP HAD A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE IDENTIFYING MODEL YEARS 1999-2002. I CALLED THE GENERAL MOTORS CORP FOR HELP WITH THE ISSUE. I WAS TOLD BY THEIR REPRESENTATIVE, I NEEDED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE EVALUATED BY A CHEVROLET DEALER, IF THE PROBLEM WERE FOUND, THEY WOULD REPAIR IT AT NO COST TO ME. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL DEALER, THEY FOUND AND DOCUMENTED THE ISSUE ON A SERVICE REPORT (I HAVE A COPY). WHEN I CALLED GENERAL MOTORS BACK, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO FIX THE PROBLEM, IT WAS MY PROBLEM TO FIX. I EXPLAINED NUMEROUS TIMES THAT THIS IS NOT A WEAR ITEM, THEY HAD A RECALL PREVIOUSLY, THEIR DEALER DOCUMENTED MY VEHICLE AS HAVING THE PROBLEM. STILL, TO NO AVAIL, I WAS TOLD IT IS...

CLUNKING NOISE IN STEERING, SOUNDS LIKE DRY SHAFT. *TR

THERE IS A CLUNKING NOISE IN THE STEERING SHAFT. THE DEALER WOULD GREASE THE SHAFT AND THE NOISE WOULD GO AWAY FOR AWHILE. NOW THAT THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY, THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THIS PART IS DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE REPLACED ON ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES. *TR

I HAVE A CONSTANT PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING COLUMN ON MY 2003 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 Z71. IT IS ALWAY VIBRATING AND CLUNCKING. I BRING IT INTO FOR SERVICE AND AFTER ABOUT 4-6 MONTHS I AM IN THERE AGAIN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE SERVICE DEPT. STATED THEY ARE AWARE OF PROBLEM BUT HAVE NO FIX BUT TO GREASE PART. UNACCEPTABLE. HOW CAN YOU KNOW OF A BAD PART AND CHARGE CUSTOMER TO TEMPORARILY FIX PROBLEM. WONDER WHAT ELSE ALL THAT RATTLING AROUND MESSED UP UNDER THERE. *TR

STEERING COLUMN SHAFT IS POORLY DESIGNED, AND DEGRADES QUICKLY. MAINTENANCE MUST BE DONE FREQUENTLY BY AN EXPERIENCED TECHNICIAN, THUS MAKING IT VERY EXPENSIVE. LUBRICATING THE SHAFT ONLY WORKS TEMPORARILY. THE SHAFT REQUIRED REPLACEMENT BEFORE 70,000 MILES. *TR

NOISE IN STEERING COMPONENTS. HAD SERVICED BY DEALERSHIP TWICE UNDER WARRANTEE THEY DID A GREASE PACK ON THE STEERING COLUMN AND IT WORKED FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS EACH TIME. MY NEPHEW WORKED FOR COLUMBUS OHIO DEALER AS MECHANIC HE TOLD ME TO CONTACT MY DEALER FOR SERVICE. HE ALSO STATED THERE WERE SEVERAL SERVICE BULLETINS OUT ON THIS REPAIR. WHEN I SPOKE TO THE DEALER WHERE PURCHESED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. THIS IS A GM PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE RECALLED BY THEM. TRUCK NOW HAS 50,000 MILES ON IT AND THE PROBLEM FIRST STARTED AROUND 10,000 MILES. I HAD TRUCK TO AN ALIGNMENT SHOP WHERE THEY STATE TRUCK CAN NOT BE ALIGNED WITHOUT REPAIRS BEING MADE THEREFORE THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY HAZARD.

STEERING COLUMN - THE COLUMN MAKES A KNOCKING NOISE. I CAN ALSO FEEL THE KNOCKING WITHIN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE BUSHING WAS REPLACED WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. NOW THIS SAME PROBLEM HAS COME UP AGAIN. IT WENT AWAY FOR 6 MONTHS OR SO AND HAS BEEN BACK EVERY SINCE. *JB

CONSISTENT KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE DEALER HAS REGREASED THE SHAFT TWICE WITH SPECIAL GREASE AND ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT REPLACED THE WHOLE SHAFT WITH AN UPDATED VERSION. IN LESS THAN SIX MONTHS THE SHAFT HAS BEGUN TO KNOCK AGAIN. *NM

FIVE TIMES TRUCK (17 MONTHS OLD AND 21000 MILES) HAS BEEN TO DEALERSHIPS FOR "SERVICE 4 WHEEL DRIVE" MESSAGE CENTER INDICATOR, ABS LIGHT, PARKING BRAKE LIGHT, ALARMS, AND INOPERABLE. ALSO PROBLEMS WITH CLANKING FELT THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL. EVERY TIME TRUCK WAS "FIXED" BY REPLACING/REPROGRAMMING THE TRANSFER CASE MODULE, AND LUBING OF STEERING COLUMN (WHICH MANUFACTURE INDICATES WAS A POOR LUBE JOB AT CONSTRUCTION). PROBLEM RECURRED. NOW DEALERSHIP INFORMS THAT THE MANUFACTURE ISSUED A TSB THAT INSTRUCTS DEALERSHIPS TO NOT REPLACE MODULES ANYMORE, AS GM IS AWARE OF PROBLEM AND NEW MODULES WILL BE NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. WERE TOLD THAT GM ENGINEERS ARE "INVESTIGATING" IT. NOW, IF MODULE FAILS AGAIN, OUR 4-WHHEL DRIVE TRUCK WILL BE WITHOUT 4-WHEEL DRIVE. DATE IS OF FIRST INCIDENT. NUMEROUS TSBS HAVE BEEN POSTED CONCERNING THESE PROBLEMS, GM DOES NOT RESPOND. DATE INDICATED IS DATE OF FIRST PROBLEM AT 8000 MILES. *AK