Wiring Problems of Chevrolet Silverado - part 1

The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado. While stationary, all of the instrument panel indicators illuminated without warning. The vehicle was taken to urka auto sales in ludington, michigan where it was diagnosed that rodents had eaten through the wiring harness, a main ground wire, and the front wheel speed sensors. The dealer repaired the vehicle by replacing the front wheel speed sensors, two wiring harnesses, and a main ground wire under the hood. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 19,822.

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The contact owns a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact had not experienced a failure prior to having the vehicle repaired for a manufacturer recall concerning the 4 wheel drive function ability. Also, the engine control module was reprogrammed. Shortly after the repair by the dealer, the vehicle manually shifted into 4 wheel drive when in reverse or drive and would not disengage in inclement weather. In addition, the vehicle idled roughly, shuttered, and then stalled. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for further inspection and the battery was replaced. The dealer stated that there was a faulty ground connection under the dash panel. The ground surface was cleaned and the wiring was re-grounded. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was not available.

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While driving, the heater blower stopped working and I smelled burning plastic or insulation. I pulled over and figured out it was coming from under the dash. Logically I pulled the bottom cover off from below the blower assy. (former mechanic). Smell was coming from plug harness and relay. Melted wire insulation and melted plastic from plug harness(obvious short). I was near an auto parts store and checked to see if they had this wiring plug assy. And they informed me that they did and this was an issue that gm had and there had been a safety recall on this. It's winter and I needed a defroster! roadside fix, but this could have been much worse. Contacted gm and they informed me that this was not their problem because the VIN number wasn't part of their recall. Gm case # 8-174060432. Not dropping this, this could have gotten worse.

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The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado. While driving various speeds, the vehicle decelerated and stalled without warning. The contact had to park and restart the vehicle, but it would not accelerate past 10 mph. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the wiring harness cam sensor failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The contact returned the vehicle to the dealer where several repairs were made, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 131,000.

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Engine trouble light appears and service airbag message appears,both. Passenger side windows would not operate. Burning odors appear inside the cabin. The g. M. Dealership located the wiring harness had caught fire and melted part of the carpet on the front drivers side kick plate. $2,400. 00 to replace the harness and carpet. What's going to prevent this from happening again?.

Went out to truck to move it and noticed wipers up on windshield, tried to start it and and only check engine light came on , looked under hood to find an electrical burning smell coming from fuse box. Disassembled fuse box to find it was melted and found evidence of combustion, wiring harness connector x2 pin n5 was melted and connector x5 pins g1 h1,2,3,4 k 4,5,6 and j 2,3,4 had melted this is all the damage that I found.

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Vehicle was stopped, waiting to enter road, dashboard lit up like a christmas tree and smoke started pouring from under the hood. Turned vehicle off, called a tow truck and it was taken to our mechanic. The sealed internal fuse box and wiring harness conections had caught fire and burned, damaging the main fuse panel that costs $450 to replace and the main wiring harness connected to the fuse box. I have read several complaints filed by other Silverado owners for the same reason but their vehicles completely burned to the ground. How many people have to injured or killed by this before there is a recall? please help!.

Blower motor switch resistors, defective from factory. Resistors get so hot they melt and melt the end off the factory wiring harness. The wires and blower motor are suppose to be protected by a fuse but the fuse never blows. Replaced resistors in 2013 but it did not last 1 year and burned up again in 2014! gm has known about this problem for many years but does not care if the wires over heat and cause a fire.

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated that the vehicle would not start. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who advised that they needed to replace the wiring harness. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and stated that someone would returned his call later. The failure and the current mileage was 56,000.

Defect in my 2007 Chevrolet Silverado as reported by gm in a letter recently received. Recall initiated in canada, why has NHTSA not issued one in us. Gm states my 2007 truck is defective and the "interface between the electrical terminals on the relay resistor module and the wiring connector that powers the module may be incapable of conducting higher current levels for sustained periods of the blower motor operation. . . . Thus can cause overheating which will cause the blower motor not to operate and can be accompanied by a burning smell or smoke. " basically my car can catch fire.

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Was driving my 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 2500hd and turned on the air conditioner. I began to smell an odor similar to trash burning. I turned off the ac and turned on just the air fan at which time the truck cab filled with smoke. I was able to pull off the side of the road and contacted the fire department. The fan continued to fill the cab with smoke even though the ignition was off and the keys were removed. The incident did not stop until the fd disconnected the batteries from the truck. The vehicle was towed to a Chevrolet dealer and the problem was diagnosed as a short in air conditioner blwer wiring harness which resulted in damage to the relay, they checked with the manufacturer to authorize repair under ane xtended warranty and told me it is not covered as it is an electrical malfunction.

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Loss of blower fan due to burnt/melted wiring harness & blower motor resister burning hot enough to cause a fire. Loss fan motor to a/c & heat. On line there are thousands of the same complaint. What is gm waiting for people to die before they do something about this.

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Silverado diesel engine . While driving at speeds as low as 50 mph, the vehicle speedomoter would indicate the vehicle was traveling at speeds of 120 mph and would stick at this mileage. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, however no repairs were made to the vehicle. The contact was not present at the time the vehicle was taken to the dealer and was unsure as to what was advised in reference to the vehicle. The failure persisted. The failure and current mileages were 96,000. Updated 06/02/10. The consumer was informed the problem was caused by a wiring cluster in the dash. Updated 06/28/jb.

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On March 10, 2009 we purchased a brand new 2009 Chevrolet Silverado from nu car Chevrolet in new castle, delaware. On September 25, 2009, while on vacation in ocean city, MD, the vehicle caught on fire with us and our two young children (ages 2 and 5) inside, strapped in their car seats. We were able to pull them from their car seats (terrified) and get a fire extinguisher from the restaurant were we were parked to extinguish the fire. We had the vehicle towed back to nu car Chevrolet on September 26, 2009 and it has remained with them ever since. The dealership and general motors determined the cause to be a defective wiring harness and has admitted fault (there was no after market wiring in the vehicle and no previous accidents). As of today, February 5, they have been unable to repair the issue and are now going back and forth with us trying to get us to pay more money for a new vehicle since they can't find a 2009 replacement model. We are refusing to pay any additional money and stated that we will accept a replacement vehicle with same features at no cost or we want a full refund of our vehicle purchase.

The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated that the air conditioning and heating failed, in addition to other electrical components. She noticed that the resistor connector and wiring harness were melted. The vehicle has not been repaired. The manufacturer was unable to assist. The failure mileage was 45,000 and current mileage was 50,017.

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated the wiring harness connected to the blower motor became hot and began to melt. A private mechanic repaired the resistor in October 2008; however, the failure occurred again. In January 2011, the contact had the wiring harness and the resistor qa replaced by a private mechanic since he smelled a burning odor and had to disconnect the wiring harness in order to protect it from melting. The dealer nor manufacturer were notified. The current mileage was 119,000. The approximate failure was 80,000. The VIN was unavailable.

This truck has experienced two fuse block failures since new. The symptom, in both cases, was the truck would not start. Both repairs were accomplished at brown and brown Chevrolet in mesa arizona. The first repair occurred in 2008 and the second repair occurred in 2012. When reimbursement was requested for the second failure, the brown and brown service person and the gm customer care person both denied warranty coverage because there are third-party devices installed in the vehicle. There is an alarm system and a kenwood stereo, with a gm module, installed that were deemed third-party. There is also a cb radio but it was not cited. All vehicle equipment is powered through fuses on the fuse block. None of the fuses were found to be blown by brown and brown, including the ones powering the third-party equipment. The fuse block?s intent is to distribute power to such devices and protect the wiring with its installed fuses. Properly connected equipment may blow a fuse but cannot stress the fuse block to failure. I requested the ?bad? fuse block in both cases and have disassembled the second one. I found loose power pins and no evidence of burning or arcing. The design permits the power pins to loosen over time, causing intermittent connections. This intermittent connection was verified by brown and brown; they said that simply leaning on the fuse block would cause the engine to stop. This is not an effect of third party equipment but is a design defect of the fuse block.

I am a fire investigator working for an insurance company. I recently investigated a fire loss involving a 2007 chevy Silverado classic which originated beneath the bench seat and involved the electrical wiring, which is attached to the driver side of the seat. Fortunately the 85 year old owner of the vehicle was not in the truck at the time of the fire.

I am registering this complaint because it is a safety issue. I own a 2005 chevy Silverado with 15,000 miles with brake lights which frequently fail to function. I checked the problem myself and found there was a connection issue. When it continued to occur I took the truck back to the dealer (11/15/07) requesting a different design which I believe is the only way to correct this problem. They lubed the sockets with dielectric grease and they are already out again. They told me they had no other design to fix this problem. When my brake lights fail to work, unless someone alerts me, I am unaware of this issue. Is this something which can be corrected? it truly is a safety issue.

I am the owner of a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 truck. Approximately one month after the truck was purchased, it was being driven at about 45 mph and began to lose power while being driven. Pushing on the accelerator made no change. The truck was taken to the dealership from where it was purchased, they tested the truck and reported no problem found. This problem has continued with the truck since that time. The truck has been in service on 4 different occasions, and the dealership reports that they have fixed the problem by replacing the wiring harness, replacing broken wires, replacing wiring that is broken inside insulation etc. This has not resolved the problem to date. The most recent incident occurred when the assistant service manager from the dealership took the truck out for a test drive (for a total of 120 miles), and he reported that the truck never lost power. I picked up the truck and drove it home and later that evening was driving the truck at approximately 45 miles per hour, when the truck began to lose power. Several times when this has occurred, I have narrowly avoided being hit by other vehicles on the road because the truck loses all power within 20 seconds.

Left turn signal causes the turn signals to act as hazard signals preventing other drivers from knowing the truck is turning left. There is a know recall coering this issue with 03 suvs and trucks, but chevy states it does not effect my truck. Here is the recall from the internet. " on certain trucks and sport utility vehicles, the driver wishing to signal a turn by moving the directional signal lever, (up or down) may cause the front marker/turn lights and rear turn lights to flash in a manner similar to hazard warning, rather than flashing on the desired side only. Defect consequence: the driver may not be able to clearly signal their intentions to turn, change travel lanes, or potentially warn others of an impaired vehicle operating condition increasing the risk of a crash. Remedy: dealers will replace the suspect flasher modules with a new flasher module designed with sealed relays and more durable contact material inside of the relays free of charge. The recall began on August 4, 2005. Isuzu began mailing owner letters on August 4, 2005. Owners may contact Chevrolet at 1-800-630-2438, GMC at 1-866-996-9463, isuzu at 1-800-255-6727, Buick at 1-866-608-8080, and Oldsmobile at 1-800-630-6537. Notes: general motors corp. , 05044.

In June 2006 the truck was taken to pinkerton Chevrolet because of a hot wire smell. The dealership said they could not duplicate the smell. An oil change was done at the same time. Approximately 7 weeks later the truck shut off. My husband attempted to restart the truck to no avail. He left the truck in the off position and went for help. He returned 20 minutes later to find that the truck caught on fire in the cab. The dome light was on but the doors were shut. The dealership says they think rats got into the engine but there was no fire in the engine only in the cab. The truck is moved everyday. We have two other trucks and a camper that is stationary all the time and they have no rat nests in them. We have no tall grass around our house or in our yard. The truck sat at the dealership in the tall grass for a week before it was even looked at after the incident. My husband regularly does safety checks on the vehicles and never saw any rat nests, gnawing, or droppings in the motor compartment. The dealership is refusing to look at whether or not the supposed rats really caused the fire. The dealership says that my insurance needs to pay for it. The truck was at the shop a month before and yet there was no thorough check up on the truck while it was there. This is a very expensive truck to just go up in flames. The dealership is fixing the truck on the assumption that my insurance is going to cover it because they have no intention of doing it themselves.

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: the contact stated that the vehicle stalled intermittently while driving 50-60 ph. This happens without warning. The vehicle was taken to a dealership but they were unable unable to duplicate the problem. The contact believes this is an electrical or engine problem. Updated 2/28/2006 - the consumer smelled something burning and the vehicle would not start. The vehicle continued to blow fuses. The technician found a shoted wire under the steering column.

On 9/22/05 I had smoke coming out of the steering wheel column. On 9/23/05 I brought my 2000 Chevrolet Silverado to the champion Chevrolet dealer for diagnostics. It was determined that the multi function switch p/n 26100839 was damaged and needed replacement. This is a fire hazard and should be recalled by gm. I do have the old damaged switch.

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Purchase truck used in June of 2005 with 49000miles truck has less then 55000miles on it. . First day ran out of gas . . Gas guage and digital reading showed 50 more miles worht of gas. Fixed thegas guage problem or so they say then oil guage started showingway past full on oil then would go back to no oil then to normal speedometer sticks and on occasion will go back to zero for the most part your start off speed is at least 40mph. . Was told by dealer it was a faulty I. C. P and that they have been having several brought into the dealership with the same problem. . I feel if this is a problem that obviously chevy is aware of it should be recalled and fixed with no out of pocket expense to its consumers. Was also told that my dash would have to be shipped out of town to be repaired and that I would be without a vehicle for awhile. . I am truly disappointed with what I thought would be the perfect truck considering its a 44000 dollar vehicle only to find out I need to spend an additional 4-500 dollars. . Wow what a disappointment:(.

I bought this truck in Feb 2004 and it has been in the shop numerous times for wiring harness repairs. Then when it is out of the 36000 miles warranty, it has problems again and the dealership then tells me they will need to replace the wiring harness at about $1500 out of my pocket and a rental fee. I throw a fit and therefore they decide to let me have the wiring harness on their behalf but I will have to pay labor and my own rental. After it was all said and done I was out $900 and don't feel that I should of had to pay that because if they had replaced it after it had been in the shop 4 times within 8 months I wouldn't of had to be replacing it out of my own pocket. I called and asked them to reimburse me labor and rental costs and they said no and the person who made the decision refused to discuss the situation with me.

Caller stated ha a lemon for a vehicle. Caller said 6 months ago it started acting up and it got worse sometimes it will start and sometimes it wont. Sh had the vehicle in the repair shop 3 times in one week for the same problem. Dealer said they fixed it. Caller thought they didn't know what the problem was. Manufacturer said they would write up a complaint and get back to her. Caller had a fuel pump, wiring harness, distributor cap, wire from coil to sensor replaced.

The rear turn signal and brake indicator failed without. Dealer stated that electronic relay malfunctioned. It only happened during the winter months. Chevrolet Silverado 1998 has had on going electrical and braking system issues since it was new.

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New Silverado the two batteries go dead in a few days of no use. After three service trips to dealer. They tell me not to leave the tow package switch on. So instead of fixing the short, they tell me not to use this option. I am fear this may cause a fire. Also when I took a test drive all the Silverado's on the lot were dead and had to be jump started.

Daytime running lamps failed to light after bulb replacement, dealer states that the sockets are oveheated and requires a wiring harness, new sockets and lower wattage bulbs, cost estimate $180. 00.

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Truck had 41000 miles and the gas gauge started jumping from empty to full. Around 44000 miles the abs brake light on the dash appeared, took to dealer, said it was the sensor at/near the center bottom of engine and was common , it would cost me around $1000. 00 to have it repaired or wait to see if it was recalled and just drive my truck using the hyd brakes only. I have been doing this. Had only the man. Warranty that ended at 36 k. Very disappointed, very long.

Consumer had headlight switch problems. Dealer notified. Gm sent the consumer a letter which stated when the headlamp/park lamps were on, the trailer light would not work. The consumer stated if the lights were turned on, the brakes would lock. The trailer had come equipped with auto headlights. The light would come on and activate the trailer brakes. The dealer refused to replace the wiring harness plug unless the consumer purchased the new model plug.

Headlights would intermittently go out while driving at night. Consumer would have to move the tilt steering wheel to get the headlights to come back on. Dealer was notified.

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The truck completely burned and the house it was parked at was completely burned also.

Without any indication, front end of vehicle locked up, causing consumer to lose control of vehicle. Dealer was contacted, and stated that subframe needed to be replaced. The front differential was torqued sideways and broken apart, causing the frame to have 2 breaks, this caused the front to lock up, also prior to this consumer complained of a delay between the forward and reverse, when a bump was felt when accelerating, consumer also heard a clunk noise, dealer drained and replaced the transfer case fluid twice. The engine sputters in 4 wheel low and there is a whine noise or pulley noise from the engine. The front seat arm rest fell off. The left front daytime lamp was full of water due to the assembly being improperly sealed at the factory. The brakes pulsated and pedal felt soft, dealer stated the right rear caliper was sticking and the front and rear rotors were corroded badly, causing the brake pads to wear. The electric brake was inoperable, dealer installed a new plug, the wiring harness was badly damaged. The power windows were inoperable. The left door creaks due to front door link being loose. Consumer was informed that he was supposed to sign a waiver because of the plow being placed onto the extended cab, this was because the installation was not recommended, however the consumer was never informed of this until after the installation and the problems with the vehicle.

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