Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / SILVERADO / 2000

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 003081724 Incident Date: Nov, 23 2003
Consumer's City: MANISTEE Consumer's State: MI
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: SILVERADO Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GCEK19T7YE Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 10 2006 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 14 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt*: updated 10/25/2006 - everytime the vehicle was started and the engine was cold, it made a knocking noise, which continued until the engine warmed up. there were no warning signs prior to the incident. the vehicle was taken tot he service dealer who said the noise was carbon build-up on the piston. the dealer tried running cleaner into the engine twice but the noise was still there. the dealer said it was piston slap making the noise and that it was ok to drive. *nm