2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Electrical System Problems

WHEN BRAKING AT ANY SPEED BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR, AND THERE WOULD BE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK ABS DISPLAYED BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED ON INCLINES. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. THE ODOMETER FAILED AND ADDED EXTRA MILEAGE. THE TIRES STARTED SEPARATING AFTER 300 MILES. THE RADIO BECAME HOT AND SHORTED OUT. THE AIR CONDITIONER SHORTED OUT. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE NEW VEHICLE CHECKLIST WAS NOT FILLED OUT NOR REVIEWED WITH HIM. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ENGINE KNOCKS. THE CONSUMERS FINGERS WERE BURNED BY THE RADIO AFTER IT GOT HOT. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE HEARD A GROWLING NOISE IN THE POWER STEERING. THE CONSUMER HEARD A BUZZING NOISE IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE CONSUMER HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE COMING DOWN A...

2003 2500 SILVARADO WITH 36,000 MILES. SO FAR THE TRANSFER CASE SHIFTING MODULE (DROPPED ITSELF INOT 4 LOW AT 70 MPH), TRANSMISSION (BECAME SO SLOPPY THAT IT SLAMMED PASSENGERS AROUND HAD TO BE REBUILT), AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR (QUIT WORKING AND THE NEW ONE WORKS POORLY), FUEL PUMP (DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF UTAH AND TOOK 4 DAYS TO GET THE PART), RADIO (HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER 4 VISITS), KEYLESS REMOTE FAILURES, AND 4 RECALLS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED DASHBOARD LIGHTS WARN THE CONSUMER OF IMPENDING DANGER. A LIGHT WOULD INFORM OF REDUCE POWER AND GO OUT. THEN, ANOTHER LIGHT WOULD WARN OF REDUCE BRAKE POWER. VEHICLE WILL NOT STALL, BUT ONLY HAVE LIMITED POWER. DEALER PLACED THE VEHICLE ON A DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE, AND FOUND A COMPUTER GLITCH. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED THREE TIMES IN TWO MONTHS.*AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. (NAR) *PH FIRE WAS DUE TO A MECHANICAL AND/OR ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH THE VEHCLE. THE FIRE NOT ONLY DESTROYED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE BUT DAMAGED THE SIDING OF THE HOUSE. *LA *CB

VEHICLE SEEMS TO GO INTO 4-WHEEL DRIVE BY ITSELF WHILE DRIVING . THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME THREE TIMES ALREADY. I WANT TO SWITCH DEALERS BUT GM TOLD ME NO I HAVE TO STAY WITH THE DEALER WHO WORKED ON THE VEHICLE. AS THIS HAPPENS THE VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN CONSIDERABLY CAUSING THE SEAT BELT TO LOCK AND HOLD ME BACK. ALSO AT TIMES THE VEHICLE JUST SLOWS DOWN WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE CHECK 4 WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE PUSH BUTTONS ON THE PANEL DO NOT OPERATE. (THE LIGHTS GO OUT) I ALSO THINK THIS HAS CAUSED MY ODOMETER TO FAST FORWARD. IT TELLS ME NOW THAT I HAVE 29900 MILES ON THE TRUCK . I HAVE ALL RECORDS AND NEED HELP. I TRAVEL TO WORK 8 TIMES A MONTH AND ROUND TRIP IS 114 MILES THIS DOES NOT SEEM TO WORK OUT . CAN THEY CHECK...

MY 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNT AFTER BEING PARKED FOR AT LEAST AND HOUR AND A HALF. IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *AK

4X4 DOES NOT ACTIVATE WHEN NEEDED. TAKEN TO DEALER 4 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. BULLATIN OUT FROM DEALER TO SERVICE TECHS STATING THERE IS A COMPUTER PROBLEM IN THE 4X4 PROGRAM AND AT THIS TIME CHEVROET DOES NOT HAVE A REMEDY TO FIX THE PROBLEM.*AK

AT 4,702 MILES THE "CHECK ENGINE" MESSAGE DISPLAYED. ONSTAR CONFIRMED TRUCK REQUIRED SERVICE WITHIN SEVEN DAYS. BOARDWALK CHEVROLET IN REDWOOD CITY DIAGNOST THE PROBLEM AS "PCM NOT READING THROTTLE ANGLE" AND THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECT.*AK

LIGHTS FOR INSTRUMENT PANEL OCCASIONALLY DOES NOT WORK. BATTERY DIED. RADIO MADE LOUD HUMMING NOISE EVEN WHEN CAR SHUT OFF OVERNIGHT. AIR CONDITIONER BROKE. BUT THE CONTINUAL PROBLEM IS THE 4WD BECOMES INOPERABLE AND SERVICE 4WD MESSAGE APPEARS. GM HAS NO REPAIR. THEY STATE I MUST STOP TURN OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTART IT IN ORDER TO "WAKE UP" THE ELECTRONICS. IT HAS BEEN IN THE REPAIR SHOP 4 TIMES IN LAST SIX MONTHS WHEN I BOUGHT IT NEW. THE DANGEROUS PART IS WHILE DRIVING IN ICE AND SNOW THE VEHICLE'S 4WD BECAME INOPERABLE RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND A NEAR MISS CRASH. *CB

ERG VALVE FAILED 4-6 TIMES. STANDARD ALARM ON TRUCK TURNS ON AND OFF BY ITS SELF. DOORS LOCK AND UNLOCK BY THEMSELVES. LOSES POWER TO THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. WHEN YOU OPEN THE GLOVE BOX THE CARGO LIGHT COMES ON. *LA

CONSUMER HAD HEADLIGHT SWITCH PROBLEMS. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK GM SENT THE CONSUMER A LETTER WHICH STATED WHEN THE HEADLAMP/PARK LAMPS WERE ON, THE TRAILER LIGHT WOULD NOT WORK. THE CONSUMER STATED IF THE LIGHTS WERE TURNED ON, THE BRAKES WOULD LOCK. THE TRAILER HAD COME EQUIPPED WITH AUTO HEADLIGHTS. THE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND ACTIVATE THE TRAILER BRAKES. THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS PLUG UNLESS THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE NEW MODEL PLUG. *SCC *JB