general problems of the 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

While friving on a street I 8nserted a cig lighter in to cig lighger socket. And pulled it out right away. Smoke started. Coming oug from dash and vents. I pulled 9ver and poured water into socket due to fire . N9 my battery light and odometer lights do jot turn 9ff wheb key is off. And now I start it and it keeps stalling. Where do I start?.

Evaporated system.

Tl-the contact owns a 2001 chevy Silverado 1500. The contact stated that while driving 45 mph, the contact was destracted and ran off the road. As a result, the vehicle crashed into a ravine and the air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained both legs, knee and rib injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 194,000. Ed.

Emergency light switch on steering column broke off. I noticed it was broken after I bought the vehicle on craig's list. The switch could have been broken for years.

Tl- the contact owns a 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled several times with no warning. The contact had to turn the key into an on off position to get the vehicle to restart on numerous occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 104,000. Dyd.

Abs and brake light comes on periodacally.

Wires that are in the steering column that hook up to the multi-function switch break do to use of the tilt-steering. They can break and short out causing the head lights to malfunction or not work at all. Or turn off unexpectedly like in my case. I was driving in the mountains one night around 10. 00 pm and all of a sudden my lights quit working.

Gas gauge shows empty, whether vehicle is full or not. Swings back and forth occasionally. Warning light comes on and off too. Abs and parking brake light comes off and on with no detected reason found.

We own a 2001 chevy z71 pickup. We are having a recurring and possible common chevy problem of the check engine light staying on and the truck failing to start unless the security system is reset. We took it to the dealer and they unhooked the after market remote start a couple of years ago, saying that it was confusing the security system. This did not help. We desperately need a recall issued because we cannot afford to get it fixed otherwise. This has been rough on my husband, because he works away from home and I have had to pick him up in the middle of the night many times.

After starting the truck before daylight, the lights would come on as they are supposed to. I would then adjust the tilt steering and the lights would go out. After playing with the tilt a little more the lights would come back on and I would drive away. Until once while driving in the dark the lights went out on there own. Also the wipers would flinch when I hit the dimmer switch.

The fuel sending unit in my truck failed at ~ 41k miles and sends faulty signals to the gauge in the instrument cluster. The level indicated on the gauge fluctuates but usually reads empty which leads to a very bright yellow "low fuel" indicator in my message center. I know of at least 4 other individuals who own the same make/model from 1999-2001 that have the same problem. This is a safety issue because 1) I never know how much fuel is really in my trucks gas tank and could be left stranded on the side of any highway at any time, and 2) the bright yellow "low fuel" indicator in the message center that stays on nearly constantly is extremely distracting while driving at night. My acquaintances and I have all notified the Chevrolet dealer of our problem and have been told "chevy knows about the problem but will not issue a recall" (paraphrasing).