2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 Electrical System Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN INTERMITTENT FAILURE IN WHICH THE HEADLIGHTS SHORTED OUT. THE CONTACT HAD TO MANEUVER THE FUNCTION BUTTON SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THE HEADLIGHTS TO ILLUMINATE. THE FAILURE CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO RANDY WISE CHEVROLET (G-5100 CLIO ROAD, FLINT, MI 48504 (810) 412-0546) AND AL SERRA CHEVROLET (6167 S SAGINAW ST, GRAND BLANC, MI 48439 (810) 270-1146), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED OR DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE A FOLLOW-UP RESPONSE TO DETERMINE A SOLUTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

A/C BLOWER MOTOR CONTROL MODULE AND WIRING HARNESS HAVE FAILED 3 TIMES. FAN SPEED 5 JUST STOPPED WORKING AND 1-4 STILL WORKED THEN 1-4 STOPPED WORKING. I NOTICED A BURNING SMELL AND DISCOVERED THE WIRING HARNESS CONNECTION WAS MELTED. OE WAS REPLACED WITH AFTERMARKET PARTS WHICH ALSO FAILED . REPLACED WITH AFTERMARKET PARTS AGAIN . I WAS TOLD BY AN A/C REPAIRMAN THAT THE WIRING AND HARNESS WERE JUST A BAD DESIGN AND THE LAST ONE I REPLACED WOULD MOST LIKELY FAIL ALSO. THERE ARE MANY CASES ONLINE OF THE SAME PROBLEM. I WAS PARKED WHEN IT FAILED THE 1ST TIME AND I WAS DRIVING WHEN IT FAILED THE 2ND TIME AND PARKED THE 3RD TIME.

I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK NEW . I CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE BODY CONTROL MODULE, BCM THIS UNIT EFFECTS EVERTHING . I HAD TO REPLACE WHEN THE TRUCK HAD 35K MILES NOW THE DEALER TELLS ME THAT I HAVE TO REPLACE AGAIN AT 138K . BECAUSE THE EVERTHING GOES ON AND OFF THE DOOR LOCKS AGAIN GOING UP AND DOWN AND THE TRUCK WILL JUST SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING COME TO A STOP TURN IT OFF AND CRANKS UP NOW THE LEFT SIDE WINDOWS ARE NOT WORKING AND THE DASH LIGHTS ARE GOING ON AND OFF AND THE DOOR LOCKS ACTING STUPID SAME THING THAT WAS HAPPENING BEFORE .I TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE AND THEY HAVE THE SAME ISSUES . BIG GUY STICKING TO THE LITTLE GUY THANKS

WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, FOR OVER 48 HRS. THE CHEVROLET SILVERADO PICKUP CAUGHT FIRE CAUSING OVER $7800.00 DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, AND $2200.00 DAMAGE TO THE CONTENTS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. NOT BEING AT HOME AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE, I WAS INFORMED BY THE FIRE DEPT. THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED INSIDE THE CAB OF THE TRUCK, PROBABLY REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER AREA, AND WAS MOST PROBABLY AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION.WHEN I CONTACTED THE CHEV. DEALERSHIP. TO REPORT THE INCIDENT, THEIR REPLY TO ME WAS "CALL YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY" THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW ON 5/10/2007. REPEATED COMMUNICATIONS WITH GM, AND CHEVROLET DIVISION RESULTED IN ITS DENIAL OF RESPONSIBILITY, I HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AT A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP. SUBSEQUENT INCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED, THE FOLLOWING WINTER, WHERE THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER HAS GONE ON WITHOUT THE TRUCK RUNNING, AND THE KEYS REMOVED. SEVERAL COMPLAINTS WERE MADE TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS...

2007 CHEVROLET 2500 SILVERADO. CONSUMER WRITES REGARDING HEATED WASHER SYSTEM RECALL *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE HEATED WASHER SYSTEM SHOULD BE FIXED AND NOT DISMANTLED. THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE COMPUTER SYSTEM SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN DUE TO FUEL FILTER PROBLEMS. ON ANOTHER OCCASION,, THE ALERT SIGN STARTED BLINKING. THE CONSUMER WAS TOWING A 5TH WHEEL AND THE TRAILER BRAKE CONTROLLER SHUT OFF, LEAVING NO BRAKES ON THE TRAILER. THE FOLLOWING WEEK, THE TRAILER WAS INSPECTED AND MINOR BRAKE ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE. THE MECHANIC COULD NOT EXPLAIN WHY THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT DOWN BECAUSE IF A FUEL FILTER. *JB

HEATER BLOWER CONNECTION AT THE RESISTER MODULE FAILS BECAUSE OF WHAT APPEARS A POOR CONNECTION DESIGN, HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CATCH FIRE AND SHORT THE COMPLETE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AS A RESULT CREATE THE CONDITIONS FOR A ACCIDENT, 2007 SILVERADO GM. *TR

2007 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500HD. SMELT BURNING PLASTIC FROM TIME TO TIME AND BLAMED IT ON OUTSIDE FUMES. AUGUST 2009 HEATER BLOWER FAN ONLY WORKED ON CERTAIN SETTINGS FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND FINALLY TOTALLY FAILED. LOOKED UP PROBLEM ON INTERNET AND FOUND THAT THE BLOWER RESISTOR HAD FAILED WHICH SEEMED TO BE A QUITE COMMON PROBLEM. I LOCATED THE PROBLEM MYSELF AND FOUND THE RESISTOR AND THE WIRING HARNESS HAD MELTED TOGETHER AND THE WIRES HAD MELTED THE PLASTIC OFF ABOUT 1 1/2" FROM THE HARNESS. FROM OTHER RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET I FOUND THAT ONE TRUCK ACTUALLY CAUGHT FIRE. I EXPLAINED TO CHEVY CUSTOMER SERVICE MY SAFETY CONCERNS AND MY DISGUST AS TO WHY THIS PROBLEM IS NOT A RECALL. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN RESOLVING THE PROBLEM. COULD YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO THE MATTER SOME MORE AND CALL ELECTRICALCONNECTION.COM FOR MORE INFO. THEY SELL...

VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW ON 5/10/2007. ON 7/20/2007 WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPT. AND POLICE DEPT. AT THE SCENE AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE MADE REPORTS STATING THE FIRE STARTED INSIDE THE CAB OF THE VEHICLE, MOST PROBABLY AT THE LEFT REAR CORNER OF THE CAB. MOST PROBABLY CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION. THERE WAS SOME TRASH LOCATED IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK WHICH AFTER THE REAR WINDOW BLEW OUT, CAUGHT FIRE AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE BED AREA AS WELL. OVER $7000.00 DAMAGE DONE TO THE INSIDE OF THE CAB. AND TO THE BOX OF THE TRUCK. THIS IS WHAT THE INSURANCE CO PAID TO REPAIR THE TRUCK. WHEN THE DEALERSHIP WAS CALLED AND THE FIRE WAS REPORTED TO THEM. THEIR REPLY"CALL YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY" WHEN EXPLAINED THAT THE FIRE DEPT AND THE POLICE DEPT REPORTS STATED THE FIRE STARTED...

BRAKE AND POWER STEERING FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. NO INDICATOR LIGHTS, NO WARNINGS. UNABLE TO STOP OR STEER VEHICLE WEIGHING OVER 6000 LBS. *NM