Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / SILVERADO 1500 HD / 2003

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0 Injured
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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005105917 Incident Date: Dec, 18 2005
Consumer's City: WARRENSBURG Consumer's State: MO
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: SILVERADO 1500 HD Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Steering:column
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GCGK13U23F Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 15 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Dec, 18 2005
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 2003 chevrolet 1500hd 4x4 - the intermediate shaft made a clanking sound" while turning and driving. it was extremely annoying and loud. i took vehicle to the dealer twice while under warranty. i now only have 57,000 miles on the truck. both times they greased the shaft. now it was back even worse. the dealership told me that gm has come out with a new shaft. however, they do not know if it will be any better or worse, and of course they wanted me to pay for the new part. how could i know if the shaft was on the verge of failure? do i just allow the noise to continue until it failed? will it fail? what will happen when it fails? i would expect gm to own up to this problem. they knew it was a design flaw, but refused to accept responsibility.*ak