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: 2006
Plant City: Oshawa Truck
Plant Company Name: NA-Canada Truck
Plant Country: Canada
Plant State: On
Series: 1500 1/2 ton
Vehicle Type: TRUCK
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1997
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH
WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT WORK OT ARE INTERMITTEN IN THE RAIN, DOOR HANDLES BREAK OFF, AND THE TALIGATE CABLES HAVE BROKEN BY RUSTING IN THE MIDDLE.
2006
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, AND APPROACHING A RED LIGHT, STEPPED ON THE BRAKES. UPON DOING SO, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO PUMP THE PEDAL, AND DRIVE INTO THE NEXT PARKING LOT. I WALKED AROUND TO THE REAR OF THE TRUCK, WHERE I SAW A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID. I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK, AND SAW THE FLUID LEAKING FROM A HEAVILY CORRODED BRAKE LINE. WHEN I GOT THE TRUCK HOME, I DID A MORE THOROUGH INSPECTION, AND DISCOVERED THAT ALL THE BRAKE LINES WERE HEAVILY CORRODED, AND WOULD NEED REPLACEMENT. I ORDERED AN AFTERMARKET, PRE-BENT STAINLESS LINE KIT. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO WAS ABLE TO REPLACE THE LEAKING LINE, AND A FEW OTHERS, BUT WAS UNABLE TO REPLACE THE LINES GOING INTO THE ABS MODULE DUE TO THEIR LOCATION ON TOP OF THE FRAME, UNDER THE CAB. I AM ABLE TO DRIVE THE TRUCK NOW, BUT WILL NEED TO FIND ANOTHER MECHANIC WHO IS WILLING TO SEPARATE THE CAB FROM THE FRAME TO REPLACE THE REST OF THE LINES. I HAVE OWNED MANY VEHICLES OVER THE YEARS, AND NONE HAVE EVER HAD A CORRODED BRAKE LINE. THE LAST TRUCK I OWNED WAS A 1993 CHEVY SILVERADO, WHICH I HAD FOR 15 YEARS, AND RACKED UP 300,000 MILES, WITH NO BRAKE OR FLUID LINE ISSUES, AND DRIVEN IN THE SAME NORTHEAST CLIMATE AS THE 2006 SILVERADO. JUDGING BY THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ ONLINE, DESCRIBING THE SAME PROBLEM I AM EXPERIENCING, I BELIEVE GM SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REPAIRS. THIS PROBLEM IS A SAFETY ISSUE CAUSED BY WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE THE USE OF INFERIOR MATERIALS. *TR