1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Steering Problems

9 NHTSA complaints on file

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Steering Issues in the 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO

9 steering complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.

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All Steering Complaints

#10113302 | March 2, 2005

STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKES FAILED WHILE DRIVING. DRIVER DROVE VEHICLE HOME. THEN, DRIVER CONTACTED A MECHANIC FOR AN APPOINTMENT. *AK

#10100626 | November 27, 2004

THE STEERING IS HARD AT TIMES WHEN AT AN IDLE AND SLOWER SPEEDS. FEELS LIKE THE POWER ASSIST STOPS WORKING AND IS A HAZARD BY NOT BEING ABLE TO STEER.*AK

#10096618 | October 12, 2004

THERE WAS A RATTLING NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THE NOISE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING OR TURNING. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY ANOTHER CHEVROLET OWNER THAT THEY WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT WAS DUE TO A DEFECT IN THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT AND BRUSHING. THE DEALERSHIP WILL BE CONTACTED. *JB

#10017883 | April 30, 2003

THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED TO TURN WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN IDLE. *JB

#8009778 | May 14, 2002

WHILE AT DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR WORK MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT REAR ROTORS WERE CRUMBLING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, DRUMS AND LINING AS WELL.*AK THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS NOT WORKING. THE REAR BRAKES WERE CORRODED AND WORN OUT. THE REAR BRAKE PADS AND BOTH REAR ROTORS WERE REPLACED. THE BRAKE SHOES ON BOTH SIDES WERE REPLACED. THERE WAS A SQUEAKING NOISE IN THE FRONT END WHEN THE VEHICLE GOES OVER BUMPS. THE DRIVER DOOR PANEL FAILED AND WAS REINSTALLED, ALSO THE ARM REST FOR THE BUCKET SEAT POPS OFF CONSTANTLY, SEAT BELTS LOCK UP AFTER BEING REPLACED TWICE UNDER RECALL, THE STEERING JOINT WAS REPAIRED, ALSO WHEN CONSUMER STEPS ON THE GAS, THE TRUCK DOES NOT MOVE FOR A FEW SECONDS, THE REAR WINDOW WAS REPLACED, DUE TO LEAKING, AND THE ENGINE HESITATES. *YH

#893797 | August 8, 2001

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT ANY SPEED BRAKE PEDAL GOES DOWN MORE THAN IT SHOULD, IT FEELS SPONGY, AND BRAKING DISTANCE IS EXTENDED. DEALER HAS REPLACED FRONT AND REAR ROTORS 3 TIMES. ONCE DUE TO RUST, OTHER TIMES DEALER DID NOT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. FRONT AND REAR PADS WERE REPLACED TWICE.*AK CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A NOISE IN THE STEERING, ALSO SEAT BELT WAS HANGING UP, THE UNDERHOOD LAMP WAS INOPERATIVE, AN HORN ACTING ERRACTICALLY.*JB

#741301 | March 5, 2001

THE COMPONENTS ON THIS TRUCK RANGING FROM THE ENGINE AND DRIVETRAIN, WINDOWS, STREERING GEAR AND SHAFTS, E-BRAKE LINES, FUEL PEDAL LINKAGE AND NOW THE FUEL GAE ITSELF HAS BEEN A CONSTANT SOURCE OF PROBLEMS FOR ME SINCE THE TURCH WES ONLY A FEW MONTHS OLD ( 8,000 MILES). CHEVROLET HAS ADMITTED THAT THEY KNWON OF MOST OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS BUT HAS INDICATED THAT THEY ARE "WORKING ON A FIX". YET I HAVE TO CONTIUNE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. I NEED SOME HELP.ONSTA

#867241 | August 8, 2000

PE00 020; CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP BECAUSE HE WAS HAVING PROBLEM WITH STEERING. MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT FRONT DRIVER'S TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM WHEEL. TIRES WERE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS #AT P26575R16/114S/M/S. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE TIRE. *AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P265/75/R16 *MW

#547503 | August 23, 1999

STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT RETURN TO THE CENTER / STRAIGHT AFTER MAKING A TURN. POSSIBLE ALIGNMENT FAILURE. HOWEVER, DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *YC

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