general problems of the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado

The spare tire hoist cable broke, and the spare tire dropped onto the highway. It bounced at least 10 feet in the air, narrowly missing cars driving the opposite direction. Luckily it rolled to the shoulder without hitting anything. I had never used the spare, nor lowered the hoist mechanism. This tire weighs ~75 pounds and could have easily killed a passing motorist.

Attempted to stop at 10 mph driving straight antilock brake system activated, had no brakes, put transmission into 1st gear stopped 1 foot from building. Almost went through plate glass window! I just changed both my front antilock sensor's and had no effect on the loss of the brakes, they just pulsed. Owned this vehicle since 2001 and have had two antilock brake computers replaces at a cost of $800. 00 each time.

I heard noise from the front left wheel. Jacked up the truck and found the entire wheel loose. Took the truck to the dealership, they torqued the hub nut and said it was fine to drive. Took the truck on a trip and had constant problems and noise from that side of vehicle. Returned the truck to the dealer and was told it needed a new hub but was ok to drive. Drove to a conference 200miles away and broke down. Towed the truck to a different dealer and was told that both hubs needed to be replaced. The truck has 75k miles on it. I was told by service advisors at both dealerships that they had seen this problem several times on this model truck. I asked if gm was looking at a possible recall and got a negative. I called gm customer service and filed a complaint (case# 1-60491961) and was politely told that since I wasn't the original owner and the truck was out of warranty "tuff beans. " I told the rep I couldn't understand why gm would want to wait for an accident with injuries to look into this type of a problem. No response. If the loose, or improperly torqued, hub nut caused the hub to fail, seems like this should be a safety issue for gm to consider. Ts.

There have been no failures, but I had to put "one" in an earlier field to get this thing to work/submit. Isn't it better to know of a problem before an accident? on page 6-72 of the owners manual for 2000 Silverado trucks it indicates a wheel lug spec. Of 140 ft lbs. That seems unusually high for an aluminum alloy wheel (normally 80-100). I called gm customer service, and they on 12/23/99 confirmed that number. I checked the actual torque settings as the truck was delivered, and noticed that most of them were about 90 ft lbs. I checked with my dealership to see what the shop manual indicated, and was told that there was no reference in the shop manual, but I suspect the service writer did not know fully about how to use that screen. I am going to use 95 ft lbs as my spec. I am concerned that 140 ft. Lbs. Would result in a wheel lug breaking when in a hot and stressed situation.

Consumer states the rear disc brake caliper housing is of such size, shape and placement as to capture debris between the housing and the aluminum alloy wheel, the trapped debris serves to score the surface of the aluminum wheel causing it to eventually separate, this has happened on one of the vehicles, however after examination consumer found similar wheel scoring in other vehicles (1500, 2500 and 2500hd series).

Tires will not stay balanced due to problem with wheels. Dealer says hole in center not round. Replaced tires and balanced several times, but will not stay balanced.