2005 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED IN THE EARLY MORNING OF 8/19/2006, POLICE AND WITNESS REPORTS SUGGESTED THE VEHICLE VEERED OFF THE RIGHT LANE ONTO THE BREAKDOWN LANE, AND THEN SWERVED ACROSS AND OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD, FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN, IMPACTING A TREE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE ROAD WAS CLEAR AND DRY. A WITNESS STOPPED TO RENDER ASSISTANCE, RAN TO THE VEHICLE, VIEWED THE SITUATION AND RETURNED TO ANOTHER VEHICLE TO CALL IN THE EMERGENCY. THE WITNESS FELT AND HEARD TWO EXPLOSIONS AND WAS UNABLE TO GET WITHIN 10 FEET OF THE WRECK DUE TO THE EXTREME HEAT OF THE FIRE. THE DRIVER WAS WEARING A SEATBELT WHEN DEATH OCCURRED DUE TO THE FIRE. POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS WERE TAKEN. PHOTOS WERE TAKEN AT THE IMPOUND LOT BY THE CONTACT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING AT AN UNKNOWN RATE OF SPEED ON AN ON RAMP, THE DRIVER CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE SWAYED BACK AND FORTH ON THE ROAD AND THEN CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF AN 18 WHEELER TRUCK. THE DRIVER'S BUMPER ATTACHED TO THE 18 WHEELER TRUCK AND THE DRIVER'S VEHICLE WAS DRAGGED FOR A FEW MILES UNTIL THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL ASSISTED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED MASSIVE HEAD INJURIES AND ABDOMINAL BLEEDING. THE CONTACT RECEIVED EXTENSIVE MEDICAL ATTENTION AND HAD TO BE SENT TO A TRAUMA UNIT IN ANOTHER HOSPITAL. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES DUE TO THE AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOYING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

FRONT TO REAR 5 CAR COLLISION, CAUSING ME TO HIT A VEHICLE AND THEN A HIGH CURB AND DRAINAGE GRATE, FRONT DAMAGE TO MY TRUCK IS SEVERE AND MY TRUCK WILL REQUIRE OVER $8,000, MY INSURANCE COMPANY WILL PROBABLY CALL THE TRUCK A TOTAL LOSS...MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.

VEHICLE WAS SOLD WHICH WAS BELIEVED TO BE AN ILLEGAL CALIFORNIA SAFETY INSPECTIONS HAD FOR THREE MONTHS DRIVESHAFT FLEW OFF OF VEHICLE A WEEK AFTER PURCHASING DEALER SHIP FIX BUT BUT A DRIVESHAFT THAT WAS TO SHORT FOR THE VEHICLE WHICH WAS THE REASON FOR THE INCIDENT SECOND INCIDENT CAUSE COLLISION INTO BRICK WALL BECAUSE VEHICLE LOST STEERING BELIEVED TO BE CAUSE BY SAFETY ISSUES DEALERSHIP RETIRED TO PASS OFF AS AN "AS IS " VEHICLE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CONTACT SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A CEMENT BARRIER. THE CONTACT SUFFERED A BROKEN JAW AND THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED FROM THE SCENE AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. IN ADDITION, THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH DURING RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A CEMENT BARRIER. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THREE PASSENGERS WERE INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED A MONTH BEFORE THE CRASH AND WAS REPAIRED BY THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,147.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AT 10,000 MILES, WHENEVER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE AND INCREASE STOPPING DISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE BRAKES PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN AT 29,000 MILES AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE BRAKES PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED AGAIN. AT 32,500 MILES, THE BRAKES FAILED AGAIN AND A CRASH OCCURRED AS A RESULT. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED AND A POLICE REPORT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE INSURANCE COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE INFORMED THE CONTACT THE BRAKE CALIPER WAS LOCKED, THE WRIST PIN WAS RUSTED AND THE ROTOR WAS CRACKED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 10,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 32,600.

MY WIFE'S 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 EXTENDED CAB PICK-UP TRUCK WAS HIT FORCEFULLY FROM BEHIND, DRIVING HER VEHICLE INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER. SHE HAD HER SEATBELT ON, BUT SHE STILL STRUCK THE STEERING WHEEL WITH HER FACE - CAUSING A BROKEN NOSE AND SEVERE BRUISING. IT APPEARS THE SEAT FRAME BENT ENOUGH TO ALLOW HER MOVE FORWARD. THE SEAT HAD TO BE REPLACED DURING THE REPAIR PROCESS. SHE IS NOT A HEAVY PERSON (5 FT 9 IN TALL AND 125 LBS). I CONTEND THAT HAVING THE SEATBELT ANCHORED TO SEAT FRAME PROVIDES INSUFFICIENT STRUCTURAL SUPPORT. *TR

AS WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET BLACK SMOKE STARTED TO COME OUT OF THE AIR CONDITIONING VENTS. THEN I NOTICED FLAMES AND MELTED PLASTIC COMING OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE GLOVE BOX AREA. WE PULLED OUR CHILD FROM THE BURNING TRUCK AND CALLED 911. FIRE TRUCKS WERE THERE IN LESS THAN 4 MINUTES BUT BY THAT TIME THE ENTIRE PASSENGER CAB WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND THERE WERE AT LEAST TWO SEPARATE EXPLOSIONS THAT BLEW OUT ALL THE WINDOWS, MY HUSBAND THINKS THAT THE AIRBAGS EXPLODED. THE TRUCK IS A COMPLETE LOSS AND WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE ESCAPED WITH ONLY MINOR INJURIES. WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING IN TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY AT LESS THAN 30 MILES PER HOUR WHEN I WENT TO APPLY MY BRAKES THE ABS CAME ON IMMEDIATELY SHORTENING MY SAFE STOPPING DISTANCE ENOUGH SO THE END RESULT WAS A COLLISION.

WHILE DRIVING APPROX 50MPH ON 2-LANE HIGHWAY A BRAKE LINE BURST UNDER HARD BRAKING (VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME SUDDENLY SLOWED TO MAKE A TURN OFF THE HIGHWAY) DUE TO RUST. PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND I LOST SIGNIFICANT BRAKING POWER. THIS RESULTED IN A MINOR ACCIDENT WHERE I DENTED THE BUMPER OF THE TRUCK THAT WAS TURNING AND SIGNIFICANTLY BENT THE RIGHT END OF MY FRONT BUMPER. WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE THE TRIP THE LAST 50 MILES TO MY DESTINATION BUT BRAKING DISTANCES WERE CONSIDERABLY LONGER THAN NORMAL. TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO SAID ALL THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.

WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 5 MPH, I EXPERIENCE A TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. THE PETAL DROPPED TO THE FLOOR. I WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE RESULTING IN A REAR END COLLISION WITH THE STOPPED VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A BRAKE LINE RUPTURED. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IT WAS A LAW THAT VEHICLES OF THIS YEAR HAD A DUAL BRAKING SYSTEM TO AVOID THIS SITUATION. IF THIS VEHICLE DOES HAVE SUCH A SYSTEM IT DID NOT FUNCTION.THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED FROM THE SCENE SINCE IT HAD NO BRAKES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A DITCH. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

A CAR WITH NO LIGHTS (AT NIGHT) CAME UP AND THE DRIVER OF THE 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 HAD TO HIT THE GAS PEDAL TO SPEED UP TO GET OUT OF HIS WAY. THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL AND HIT THE DITCH. THE FRONT END WAS DAMAGED, AND THE CAB IS NOW SITTING INCORRECTLY ON THE TRUCK. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.

THE BRAKES FAILED ON MY TRUCK AND I HIT A PARKED DUMP TRAILER. UPON INSPECTION I FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD SEVERLY RUSTED AND FAILED. I WAS UNABLE TO STOP SAFELY AND UNABLE TO PUMP THEM UP. THE BRAKE LINE FAILURE OCCURED UNDER THE DRIVERS DOOR. *TR

MY BRAKE FAILURE TO STOP TWICE ONCE IN 2008,JANUARY ,15 AND SEPTEMBER 09 2009. *TR

MY VEHICLE IS 2005 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 PURCHASED IN 2007 WITH MILEAGE OF APPROXIMATELY 47,000 MILES AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. UPON DRIVING THEVEHICLE FOR THREE MONTHS, MY SPEEDOMETER STARTED STICKING INTERMITTENTLY, BUT WOULD RESET. SINCE, MY SPEEDOMETER STICKS ON A DAILY BASIS, SOMETIMES ALL DAY. THE ONLY REMEDY HAS BEEN TO TURN MY VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON, WHERE AS MY SPEEDOMETER GOES DOWN AT FIVE MILE PER HOUR INCREMENTS UNTIL BACK AT ZERO. IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS, MY TACHOMETER HAS ALSO MALFUNCTIONED AND DOES NOT READ AT TIMES, THEREFORE MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING NOR HOW HIGH MY ENGINE IS IDLING OR INCREASING/DECREASING IN SPEED. THERE IS NO APPARENT EVENT LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE AND MY CONCLUSION IS THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS DEFECTIVE IN ITS ENTIRETY. IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR I WAS TRAVELING IN OKLAHOMA DURING A SUDDEN SNOW STORM IN WHICH TRAFFIC WAS TRAVELING AT AN ESTIMATED 20-30 MILES PER HOUR. I ACCELERATED TO AN UNKNOWN SPEED, HOWEVER NOT EXCESSIVELY. I LOST CONTROL AND MY VEHICLE SLIDE ACROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC OPPOSITE THE LANE I WAS IN AND I SLIDE INTO A DITCH IN WHICH MY BOTTOM AIR DAM WAS TORN OFF. I WAS ABLE TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE HOWEVER I ONLY ACCELERATED BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS TRAVELING AT TEN MILES PER HOUR. WHEN MY VEHICLE CAME TO A REST IN THE DITCH, MY SPEEDOMETER WAS STILL AT TEN MILES PER HOUR. A STATE TROOPER DID ASSIST ME BY GETTING A TOW TRUCK, HOWEVER NO REPORT WAS FILED BY ME. I BELIEVE THAT IF I HAD KNOW HOW FAST I WAS GOING, THIS MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED. IT IS INCONCLUSIVE, HOWEVER I DO BELIEVE THE MALFUNCTION IS A SAFETY CONCERN. I HAVE PRICED THE REPLACEMENT, WHICH IS THE ONLY REMEDY, AT OR ABOUT $450-700 AND THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED MALFUNCTION. I HAVE RESEARCHED AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE MANY, MANY CASES OF THIS VERY DEFECT IN THE SAME MODEL TRUCK FROM THE SAME MANUFACTURER AND BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD BE A RECALL, NOT A "SPECIAL PROVISION" DU TO THE MANUFACTURERS KNOWING SINCE 2003 ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR DEFECT. *TR

AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY ON A FRONT END CRASH. *TR

DRIVING HOME ON THE HIGHWAY THE LEFT REAR WHEEL BECAME DETACHED FROM THE AXLE AND HUB ASSEMBLY. THE TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY ROLLED AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE TRACTION AND CRASH INTO THE MEDIAN OF THE HIGHWAY AND SKID TO A HALT. COMPLETELY TORE APART THE DRIVER SIDE REAR SUSPENSION AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY AS WELL AS CONSIDERABLE BODY DAMAGE TO THE REAR QUARTER PANEL, REAR BUMPER, AND TOW HITCH. VEHICLE HAS ONLY LIGHT DUTY USE, MOSTLY COMMUTER MILES, WITH GOOD TIRES, EXCELLENT MAINTENANCE RECORDS, AND LESS THAN 39,000 , JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. *TR

I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT FOR MY FATHER. HE HAVE A 2005 CHEVY SILVERADO. MY FATHER WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT DOWN A STREET AT ABOUT 35 MPH WHEN THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR AXLE AND TIRE CAME OFF THE VEHICLE. THE RESULT WAS BODY DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. LUCKILY NO BODILY INJURY OR PROPER DAMAGE OCCURRED OTHER THAN THAT DONE ON MY FATHER VEHICLE. AS IT TURNS OUT THE RETAINER BUTTON ON THE END OF THE AXLE SHAFT WAS BROKEN OFF ALLOWING THE AXLE TO COME OUT OF THE AXLE HOUSING. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND AN INSURANCE CLAIM WAS MADE. THE VEHICLE HAS APPRX. 90,000 MILES AND WAS PURCHASED FROM A DEALER 1450 MILES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. (APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS AFTER THE PURCHASE) THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED BY THE DEALER DESANTIS CHEVY IN BROCKTON MA. THEY WILL NOT COVER THE COST OF THE DAMAGE. I AM THINKING THAT A COMPLAINT HAS BEEN FILED LIKE THIS BEFORE. REFERENCE. HTTP://WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM/TSB/2005/CHEVROLET/SILVERADO LINE NUMBER 151 151 TSB NO.:3364 NHTSA NO.:10014953 TSB DATE:N/A DATE ADDED TO FILE:MAY 12, 2005 FAILING COMPONENT: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY SUMMARY: REAR AXLE RETAINER BUTTON BREAKAGE. *TR