2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500 Electrical System Problems

ENGINE MISFIRES AND IS DOWNGRADED TO 25 MPH ON HIGHWAY. ENGINE KNOCKS AND RATTLES. PROBLEM IS A KNOWN FAILURE ON A GOOD SHARE OF 2004.5 THROUGH 2005 DURAMAX DIESEL TRUCKS WHERE #2 AND #7 FUEL INJECTOR HARNESS FAILS. MFG KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM AND WILL NOT FIX THE TRUCK UNTIL THE PROBLEM HAS SURFACED. THIS PROBLEM COULD RESULT IN REAR END COLLISION ON HIGHWAY. THEY DO NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY WHICH STATES 5YRS.,100,000 MILES. COST $504 MY COST. I HAVE A COMPLAINT LODGED WITH THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF CT. FUEL INJECTOR WIRING HARNESSSVC BULLETIN 05-06-04-047C. *TR

THE 'SERVICE AIR BAG' STARTED TO BE DISPLAYED FREQUENTLY BEGINNING EARLY SEPTEMBER 2009 ON MY 2005 CHEVROLET 3500. I NOTIFIED MY LOCAL DEALER ON SEPT 10, 2009 AND THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED ON SEPTEMBER 11. THE DIAGNOSE WAS A FAULTY 'FRONTAL SENSOR'. ON OCTOBER 31, 2009 THE 'SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM' DISPLAYED AND THE ABS LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OUT ON THE SAME VEHICLE. THIS WAS ACCOMPANIED ALONG WITH AN ANNOYING REPEATING BEEP SOUND. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALER AGAIN AND INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM. AFTER SEVERAL STOPPING AND RESTARTING OF THE ENGINE THE LIGHTS WENT OUT. ON NOVEMBER 8, MY 'SERVICE AIR BAG' MESSAGE DISPLAYED MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGH OUT THE DAY. THE TRUCK IS SCHEDULED FOR ANOTHER SERVICE APPOINTMENT. IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM?*TR

1) NORMAL USE OF HVAC IN AUTOMOBILE 2) APPROXIMATELY EVERY 15K MILES. ( OCCURRED @15K AND 32K) POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. MELTS PLUG/WIRING FOR BLOWER AND GETS EXTREMELY HOT . BURNING SMELL NOTICED. I WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY PROBLEM AND TURN OFF THE BLOWER BEFORE FIRE STARTED ON BOTH OCCASIONS. 3) REPLACEMENT OF DAMAGED PLUG AND INSTALL CORRECT RESISTOR. IMPROPER RESISTOR VALUE INSTALLED AT PRODUCTION AND IS MIS-MATCHED WITH BLOWER MOTOR CAUSING REPEATED FAILURES UNTIL CORRECTED. *TR

SPEEDOMETER ON MY TRUCK READS INCORRECTLY. THIS MORNING I STARTED MY TRUCK AND WAS INSTANTLY GOING 25 MPH, WHICH THEN INDICATED I WAS DRIVING AT 60MPH GOING WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC ON A 35MPH ROAD. ALSO WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY MY SPEEDOMETER READING WILL SLOWLY DROP UNTIL IT REACHES 0MPH. I JUST BOUGHT THE TRUCK IN JULY AND DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS UNTIL I WAS INCREASING MY SPEED ON THE FREEWAY AND FLYING PAST CARS AT PROBABLY 90MPH, BUT MY SPEEDOMETER SAID I WAS GOING 60, THAT IS WHEN I LOOKED AND JUST SAW THE SPEEDOMETER SLOWLY CREEP DOWN TO 30. I PURCHASED THE TRUCK AT 64000 AND NOTICED THE PROBLEM SEVERAL DAYS AFTER. LATELY THE SPEEDOMETER ALMOST ALWAYS ADDS 20-30 MPH IN THE MORNING WHEN I START IT. (ITS REALLY FUN TO BE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT DOING 100MPH). I HAVE NOT...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500 DIESEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER AND STEERING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE HYDRO BOOST COULD HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED ON TWO PREVIOUS OCCASIONS AND WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE WARRANTY. AS OF MARCH 24, 2008, THE WARRANTY NO LONGER COVERED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 39,000. UPDATED 04/11/08 *BF POWER BRAKES WERE ALSO LOST. UPDATED