Consumer Complaint Detail
CHEVROLET / SILVERADO 2500 / 2001
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006089961 | Incident Date: Dec, 27 2006 |
| Consumer's City: JOLIET | Consumer's State: IL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: SILVERADO 2500 | Model Year: 2001 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:disc:rotor |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1GCHC23G01F | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Dec, 27 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Sep, 08 2001 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: For the past four years i have had daily problems with my brake system. yesterday it finally cost me $900 to replace all of my brakes. the pads still had about half life, but the rotors were completely shot and rusted. there is no way that the brakes should have been rusted that much. the mechanic where i took the vehicle even said that he was surprised that i made it this long. he expressed that he has seen the trucks come in with as little as 20,000 miles due to the fact that the rotors had rusted totally. it is obvious there is a problem with the rotors that come factory installed with all silverado trucks. also i have contacted gm about the abs problem that i am still having and have had for the past four years. right when the truck is about to stop, the anti-lock brakes kick in and the truck veers off to the right. when i talked to gm they said that even though my truck was manufactured in 2001 and has the same brake system as the regular silverado, since it is the hd model, it is not covered under the recall. i did have a case number with them and all they said is that i should have it fixed before i had an accident. they admitted that they knew of the problem, but would not fix it under the recall. now, $900 later, i have a brand new set of brakes, but the truck still does not want to stop once it gets under 10 mph. it makes no sense to me why they will not stand behind their product. i am sure i am not the only one who has sent something in about the 2500 hd model, so i hope that something can now be done. i am even willing to let one of your technicians come out and test drive my vehicle personally to show that it is doing the same thing as the recall for the regular 1500 models. the only way i have found to stop the brake failure is to pull the fuse for the whole abs system, but then you have to stare at the red light on the dash cluster all the time, plus you do not have abs if you need it. please get them to include the 2500 hd's in the recall. *jb |