general problems of the 2008 Chevrolet Silverado

The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado 3500. The contact stated that while the husband was driving a warning message indicating the hood was unlatched had displayed and the front head lights were not operable. Smoke was seen coming from under the hood and after lifting the hood in inspect the engine compartment flames and smoke were present. The husband extinguished the flames with water and the vehicle was pushed to the work sight. Upon inspection it was discovered that the battery cable and electrical wiring harness was melted. The cause of the failure was not determined. The fire department was not called to the scene. The local dealer was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was not yet contacted. The failure mileage was unknown.

Tl-the contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 mph noticed the temperature gauge went to zero and the engine hot ac turned off warning indicator illuminated. The contact pulled over to the side of the road. The vehicle was driven home. The contact also stated that the failure had occurred three other times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and the thermostat and the sensor were replaced. The manufacturer was notified this time of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 95,500. Bp.

Electrical short in driver windows switch. Vehicle was parked. Switch and circuit board melted. Same as recall gm 12180. Defective switch part # 15906881 bosch bp688144801602k0.

Tl- the contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated that while driving at 45 mph, the vehicle stalled with the air bag warning indicator illuminating on the vehicle's instrument panel. The contact stated that the vehicle was able to restart, however the failure recurred about 15 minutes later. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 84,000. Wh.

The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado. While driving approximately 65 mph, the doors unlocked and locked independently and the gauges on the instrument panel fluctuated rapidly without warning. The failures recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures. The failure mileage was approximately 66,000.

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2008 Chrysler Silverado. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 15v324000 (air bags) and 10v240000 (electrical system). However, the parts to do the repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the issues. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

Air bag sensors go out making whole system inoperable.

The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado. While driving approximately 55 mph, all of the gauges became disabled without warning. The contact mentioned that when the gauges reactivated, the air bags were disabled. The failure recurred on several occasions. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but the failure was unable to be determined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000. . . . Updated 06-02-15 updated 9/17/2015.

I have bought vehicles since I was 17 years old. I have never had the whole left side electronics go bad like in my 2008 silarado, ltz. The windows would not go up or down. Either side. My mirrows would not come in. Extended cab windows would not work . I replaced left door electronics panel, chev. Dealer mechanic tryed to synronize with vehicle computer ($130. 00) found broken wires in harness. Mechanic tried to fix the problem and shut drivers door. Opened door and the wires had broken again plus it shorted out a fuse panel. A new harness and panel was orderd. A week later the new items were installed ( $606. 89). The mechanic then fould that the left rear door was shorting out and it needed a new harness ($500. 99). I waited another week and this harness was installed on 2-13-15. If I had been in a wreck and the doors could not be opened and I could not get my windows down I could have burnt up or the first responders would have had to cut me out of my truck. This happened to me in the middle of the night with my whole left side electronics going dead. A friend of mine also bought a 2008 Chevrolet suburbin and has also had to replace the left side electronics in his drivers door. (brad tuttle, owner of body shop) he advised that he had heard of many others with the same problems.

All four doors would not lock or unlock by pressing the lock button on either front doors or by using the remote when stopped. It scares me as a parent of a seven year old that the doors may not lock when needed and my child could accidentally open the door when driving anywhere at any speed. For the safety of my family and friends this really concerns me because if we were in an accident what if the doors couldn't unlock by button or manually or lock to keep passengers in while driving. In my opinion this is a safety hazard that really needs to be investigated by gm and an action taken into affect to correct this faulty issue or parts.

Tl- the contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado diesel 3500hd. The contact stated that while inspecting the vehicle in the driveway, it was found that there was transmission fluid leakage. The problem had recurred over a 4 month period. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where it was confirmed that there was a transmission leak but a remedy could not be provided. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 158,000. Pam.

The driver side door will not open it just stopped no notice. The next week the windows in the back seat will go down but not up driver side has to roll up. The passenger side door lock won't work driver has to unlock.

Tl-the contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 60 mph, all four locks on the vehicle keep going up and down. The vehicle stalled. The problem recurred several times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileages was 67,000. The VIN was not available. Aw.

Driving at night at 55 mph, the truck intermittently lost power but did not completely quit; the low beam headlights blew and went off.

3 of 4 electric door locks do not work. Multiple message boards with people complaining about door lock actuators no longer working on this model/year. Safety concern as I have to climb into back seat to unlock doors when my children are in the back.

My truck stayed parked for 10 days while on vacation. It was running fine when I parked it. Upon returning from vacation I tried to start it and nothing! it wont even try to turn over. After having a private mechanic look at it he said the fuse block under the hood has a short in it. How can it short out just sitting there? this could be a fire hazard & a safety issue!! I have 2 small children & if I were driving & it caught on fire we all could be injured!!!!!! this should open gm's eyes to have a recall on this vehicle.

My gauges are going haywire. . . While I'm riding on the road. . . My truck dont start sometimes and also my alarm dont work. . .

Went to get out of the car and the door wouldn't open or the window wouldn't roll down. . . . . . . . . . . Seems very unsafe. . . . . . . . . . . . In case of a fire or accident I couldn't unlock the door for my passenger or roll down the window.

3 of 4 door lock actuators have failed. Called chevy and had me bring to dealership to have tested and dealership did confirm that was actuators. Chevy not willing to cover cost of replacing faulty parts. I am unable to use door locks on 3 of my 4 doors.

2008 Silverado crew cab - door actuator failure with all four doors.

The cab to operator communucation started slowly diminishing. Eventually all audible beeps, dings and music on the left side of the cab were shutoff. The speed control cruise was not activation, but the button would light up. Currently the left side of the truck, in the cab, is out of power. I am concerned, does this affect the air bag system too? the truck does a self diagnostics monthly and no issues were noted, but they were obvious issues that a diagnostic should have picked up a noteable change. The lighting issue I experienced were with each taillight. I would randomly blow tail light bulds. A closer look showed corrsion and obvious shorting, but no fuse was faulted. Buld was burned at the connectors. Further review it was noticed taht each tail light had water in the bottom. Traveling cased the water to short out and damage the bulb, leaving me with no rear lighting randomly. I have since drilled holes in the bottom of each tail light as there is not way to remove the moisture. I have also inspected the bulb seals and find they are firmly pressing on to the sealing surfaces, which are clean and free from road dust and grime. . . Plus they are hidden inside the body of the truck. In summary, I would like to receive some level of detail regarding the electrical issue, focusing on how it can be repaired. Regarding the lighting, this is concerning and should be a consideration for risk assessment during design.

Loss of power door locks going up and down speedometer and tachometer going up and down all dash lights blinking.

Evap vent value malfuntions.

Power door locks on my 2008 chevy Silverado crew cab quit working on both drivers side doors. I only have 25,000 miles on the truck and have not returned it back to the dealer yet as the problem just started this weekend. I have checked the web and of course this is a very common occurance that chevy has tended to sweep under the rug and had not made a recall for this. This is a major inconvience and is a major safety hazard as well. I have my fingers crossed that the dealer will fix this problem but I have my doubts. My 3 year bumper to bumper warranty ran out in August. I purchased a new truck to avoid these types of aggravations and now regreting that decision.

Intermittently, and now more frequent 1, 2 or all gauges go haywire, reading other than normal, and digital readout goes out. Truck still works ok, but no accurate reading on gauges.

The front speakers and one of the extented cab doors speakers do not work. Can not hear the warning chime. Sometimes when the truck has been driven for awhile the speakers in the driver's side starts to work. As of 07/11/14 the passenger side door speakers doesn't work unless the truck has been driven for awhile. . I've contacted gm servel times on this issue and get the same response, they can not help me without paying them a fee. . . . I tell them what is happening and they don't care. I sent an email to them on 07/12/14 and haven't heard from them yet. I afraid that the truck is going catch on fire or shut off while I'm driving or when my wife is driving with my kids in the truck.

1 to 2 months after purchase the oil was completely out on my truck. They have attempted to fix the oil consumption is 3 to 4 times. Now they are wanting to replace the piston that they have already ordered not knowing what kind of damage has been done.

All 4 lock actuators failed and with that, the body control module cannot properly work the security system. The power locks inside the vehicle work intermittently and seem to randomly unlock one of my doors. The automatic door lock when you put the car in gear does not work. This causes multiple safety risks. 1) failure of auto lock could result in carjacking and passenger ejection during a wreck 2) failure of security system to arm and alarm could lead to theft 3) intermittent and random unlocking of one door when unexpected results an unsecure vehicle despite deliberate owner effort and expectation of security and can result in theft and ejection4) since only the driver door has a key lock mechanism, I have to crawl through the cab to unlock back doors resulting in body strain and injury. Do this*** google "2008 chevy Silverado lock actuator failure. See how many thousands of vehicles this is happening to. I have never had one actuator fail, and in this vehicle it has been all 4 and that is happening to thousands. The cost is $1000 to repair and there is a "national back order" so they have to be aware of the problem. Please help us little guys and make this right.

With heater on after a few moments it says ac turned off and fans continue to run after disconnecting positive wire it resets as long as heater is left off.

The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact received a recall notice associated with the NHTSA recall campaign id number 08v441000 (electrical system). The contact was in disagreement with the recall defect remedy repair which consisted of disabling the heated washer system. The contact stated that the vehicle was manufactured and designed with a heated washer system which should be replaced instead of completely disabling and removing some of it's components. No failures have occurred at this time; however, there was concern of the safety risk involved.

The vehicle has numerous electrical problems. When driving the vehicle, the "check airbags" light will begin flashing, the door locks will begin actuating rapidly, the gauges will freeze, and the transmission begins shifting in and out of gear. This is a major safety concern.

All four door actuators have failed. Have to manually lock/unlock doors. . I see this is a common problem. There should be a recall.

Door lock broke and door would not open. This is the fourth time and has occured on all four doors at different intervals.

The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado. While depressing the brake pedal, the brake light illuminated. The brake light would go out if the contact slightly removed his foot from the brake pedal. The manufacturer and dealer both stated that this was a normal occurrence when the brake pedal is slightly released. The dealer and manufacturer could not assist with the repairs. There were no recalls available. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 3,000 and current mileage was less than 7,000. Updated 07/01/09 while towing a trailer, the vehicle would lurch forward when braking. The electric trailer brakes seemed to function off of the vehicle brake lights, which causes the trailer brakes to disengage even while applying brake pressure. The vehicles brake lights also flicker on and off while braking. Updated 07/02/09.

The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v324000 (air bags). While driving at an unknown speed, the door latch actuator failed and the door opened on the vehicle. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 4,205.