GVWR: Class 2E: 6,001 - 7,000 lb (2,722 - 3,175 kg)
Make: CHEVROLET
Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS LLC
Manufacturer Id: 984
Model: Silverado
Model Year: 2007
Other Engine Info: active fuel mgt.
Plant City: Fort Wayne
Plant Company Name: GMNA
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Indiana
Series: 1/2 Ton
Trim: LS
Valve Train Design: Overhead Valve (OHV)
Vehicle Type: TRUCK
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
FRONT BRAKE LINE RUSTED THRU. TRUCK HAD TO TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. 8 FEET OF BRAKE LINE WAS REPAIRED. WHILE THE MECHANIC WAS UNDER THE TRUCK HE SAID THIS WAS ONLY THE START, ALL THE BRAKE LINES HAVE VERY HEAVY RUST. UPON INSPECTION BY ME, I SAW EXACTLY WHAT THE MECHANIC WAS STATING. I WAS DOING A SIMPLE U TURN ON MY STREET WHEN THE BRAKES LET OUT. THERE WAS NO BRAKING AT ALL, THE PEDAL WAS TO THE FLOOR. IT WAS VERY LUCKY I WAS DOING LESS THAN 5 MPH. THE REPAIR AT THE SHOP COST ME $980.00. FOUR CALIPERS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO HEAVY RUSTING. THIS TRUCK IS A MAINTAINED VEHICLE. YES I DO LIVE IN LONG ISLAND N.Y. WHERE THERE IS SNOW REMOVAL BUT I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS TYPE OF RUST ON ANY OF MY VEHICLES. I KEEP MANY OF MY VEHICLES FOR 15 YEARS DO TO THE LOW MILEAGE I PUT ON A VEHICLE. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS MUCH RUST ON THEIR BRAKE LINES NOR HAVE I EVER HAD A BRAKE RUST THRU. IN ADDITION I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IF THE FRONT BRAKES WERE LOST YOU WOULD HAVE THE REAR BRAKES WORKING TO STOP THE VEHICLE. NOT SO ON THIS VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE HAS LOTS OF RUST ON ALL ITS BRAKE LINES. DRIVE SAFETY IS AN ISSUE THAT CERTAINLY SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. THE TRUCK IS UNSAFE AND A CORRECTION RECALL SHOULD BE INSTITUTED. I UNDERSTAND NHTSA IS LOOKING INTO THIS ISSUE AS THOUSANDS OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE THIS PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN AS MANY PEOPLE DO KEEP THEIR VEHICLES FOR MANY YEARS, HOWEVER I DO READ THAT VEHICLES MUCH YOUNGER THAN MINE ALSO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. GM HAS A PROBLEM, THEY KNOW ABOUT IT AND THEY STAND BUY DOING NOTHING. YOU FOLKS (NHTSA ) NEED TO STEP IN AND CORRECT THIS DEADLY ISSUE. AS A SIDE NOTE,I DO NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT ANYTHING, BUT THIS SAFETY ISSUE HAS REALLY GOTTEN TO ME. I IF I AM INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT OR IF MY WIFE AND FAMILY ARE IN THIS TRUCK THE RAMIFICATIONS COULD BE ENORMOUS.[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
2007
TIRES
ON MY 2007 SILVERADO 4X4 THAT NOW HAS 4,870 MI.,I'M ON THE 2ND SET OF BRIDGESTONE DEULER TIRES. THE TIRES WON'T BALANCE PROPERLY,2 OF THEM ARE OUT OF ROUND ACCORDING TO EQU. USED BY GM DEALERSHIP. THE DEALER ALSO REFUSES TO REPLACE THEM AGAIN .I'M CONCERNED THAT THE TIRES COULD COMPLETELY FAIL AND BE A SAFETY HAZARD TO ME AND OTHERS!!! *JB