C2500
C2500
DTC C2500, sometimes indicated as C250000 is an OBD diagnostic trouble code indicating a manufacturer-specific fault with the vehicle chassis.
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P265 GOODYEAR IRON RADIAL AP with 178232. miles
Tl* the contact owns a 1994 chevrolet C2500 with hercules Iron Radial Ap tires, size 265/75/16, (dot 3809). The contact stated the tread on the front passenger and rear driver's side tires were cracking. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The tires were not replaced. The approximate failure mileage was 23,000.
TIRES, TIRES:SIDEWALL
P225 COOPER MASTERCRAFT with 100000. miles
Tl* the contact owns a 1997 gmc C2500 pickup equipped with Cooper Mastercraft tires, size p265/75/r16. The contact stated that while driving 60 mph, the tread separated from the tires and caused damage to the vehicle. The contact was able to safely drive the vehicle to a local body shop. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage on the tires was 31,000 the failure and current mileages on the vehicle was 100,000.
TIRES:TREAD/BELT, TIRES
9999 FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRE
Firestone, steel tex, lt24575r16r16 original equipment on a 2001, chevrolet, C2500. Front passenger tire blewout from the side of sidewall, causing damage to rim. Firestone will be contacted. Please provide further information. *ak
TIRES:TREAD/BELT,
9999 GOODYEAR GOODYEAR
1993, chevrolet C2500, about 5,000 miles on the tires, tire size lt24575r16. While driving there is vibration which may cause a loss of vehicle control. Took to chevrolet dealer. Dealer stated it was bad tire, and one of the tires had a bulge in it. Went to a tire place and they confirmed what dealer said. Also, indicated that wheels of the truck were defective. *ak dealer found one of the tires to have sidewall/tread separation. Dot#mk11jnhv449 - Goodyear workhorse tires. *slc
WHEELS, TIRES
2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500
Dash has multiple cracks, not sure the date when it happened, i used today's date, i just bought the vehicle, it looks like they tried to repair it. There is no support under the dash. Husband had a 2006 gmc sierra C2500 truck vin # [xxx] and his cracked also, we do not own it anymore information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.S.C. 552(b)(6).
STRUCTURE,
2006 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA with 2250.0 miles
Spongy brake pedal and grinding from front right of vehicle. Dealership states that this is normal. Yet when i drive my 07 kia i almost send myself through the windshield everytime i press on the brakes (same thing applies when i drive my 1988 C2500) because i'm so use to having to hit the brakes hard and multiple times. I'm sure this isn't normal. The dealership doesn't think that safety is a concern.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,
2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500
The Chevrolet hd C2500 pick up truck mirror does not extend far enough to allow for proper vision when towing an eight foot wide trailer.** ansferred to ovsc***. *mr
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR,
2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 with 50000.0 miles
Tl* - the contact owns a 2004 C2500 Chevrolet pickup. The contact stated that the speedometer hadn't been working for at least six months. The speedometer was stuck at 25 mph, even though the odometer was registering the mileage correctly. The problem originated in the instrument cluster. The vehicle was part of a construction company's fleet which included Chevrolet pick-up trucks from 2003 - 2005. Seven out of the 40 trucks have had problems with the speedometer failing. The contact stated that weather was not a factor in the failure. The failure mileage was 50,000 and the current mileage was 85,118.*ak consumer states a 20% failure rate on speedometer sticking. Update *4/23/07 tr
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL,
2003 GMC SIERRA 1500 with 70500.0 miles
A vehicle pulled out in front of my son last night on his way to a boy scout meeting. The speed limit was 45. My son hit the brakes which locked up then let loose. Pedal went to the floor . He avoided hitting the car that pulled out on him and when i arrived found that the metal brake line running along the frame had ruptured as it bent to go across the frame behind the cab. This truck has only 70,000 miles on it and this is a premature failure due to premature rust. I own and 1971 dodge dart and a 1978 pontiac firebird with original metal brake lines on both with no rust on lines at all and i live in ohio and they are driven in the winter. I feel fortunate my son and no one else was injured due to the catastrophic failure of the gm metal brake line. Hope others will be just as fortunate. Toyota was forced into a recall of there truck line due to premature rusting problems and gm should be made to follow suite. These vehicles are accidents waiting to happen. I also own a 1994 Gmc C2500 suburban that has no visible rust on the brake lines either with 170,000 miles that i have owned for 15 years. . The 2003 Gmc chassis is truly sub standard to say the least. Please look into these issues i have read the forums out there and i know i am not alone. Thanks.
SERVICE BRAKES,
2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500
Replacement of the faulty tail gate on the 2003 Chevrolet C2500. *mr gm led the consumer to believe that the tailgate he replaced was going to be replaced by them with the original parts if the dealer agreed the problem was said to be caused by the tailgate cables. *sc
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS,
2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500
2002 Chevrolet C2500-tailgate cables broke with load (person standing on tail gate loading an atv). No injuries sustained, however very near miss. *la
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH,
2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO
I received two new tailgate cable supports from a dealer in arcadia, florida this past winter. I installed them myself on my 2002 chevy C2500 hd crew cab pickup. I have reason to believe the new cables are not made from stainless steel as they are supposed to be. This is because a magnet will stick to the cables, just like to old ones. The dealer really had no answer other than the new cables were the ones they were installing on everyone's vehicle that responded to the recall. I know that 203 type stainless steel has a small amount of carbon and will attract a magnet slightly, but i still believe the "new" cables are the same as the old ones. Thank you, gene faulconer.
STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS,
2001 GMC SIERRA 2500 with 165000. miles
I have had two gm trucks that have had an issue with the low beam head lights not functioning. In both cases it has been the multifunction switch on the steering column. The chevy C2500 happened about 18 months ago. The 2001 yukon happened recently.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING,
1999 GMC SIERRA 2500 with 170000. miles
Tl* the contact owns a 1999 Gmc C2500 pickup. The contact stated that while traveling downhill, the brakes were applied but the vehicle did not respond. The contact had to use the emergency break in order to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was inspected and it was determined that the brakes lines were completely rusted. The contact spoke to the manufacturer regarding nhtsa campaign id number: 00v345000 (service brakes: hydraulic), but was told that there was no recall for the vehicle. The failure and the current mileages were 170,000.
SERVICE BRAKES,
1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500
Dt: 1999 Chevrolet C2500. The consumer states the rear anti lock brakes have not worked since new. Chevrolet states it is a flaw in the design. The rear brakes never had to be replaced because they did not work like they should. When having to stop suddenly the brakes let loose. *ak *nm
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP,
1999 GMC SIERRA 2500 with 36000.0 miles
Dt: the consumer states that their 1999 Gmc C2500 light duty pick up was involved in a crash and the air bags did not deploy. Upon further review by gm the vehicle was discovered to not have any air bags in it. The vehicle was bought brand new and the owners were under the pretense that the vehicle was equipped with air bags. The speed of the crash was around 55 mph. The owner of the truck hit a tree head on. The driver of the truck does not remember what caused the wreck. The driver suffered life threatening injuries. He had a broken neck, broken left shoulder and a broken humerus in his left arm along with severe head trauma. The driver did have on his seat belt at the time of the accident. The police report did not determine what caused the accident. There are lots of pictures of the vehicle. There is also an insurance report that could be available. The insurance agent also thought that there was an air bag in the truck. Gm sent a representative to inspect the truck. The representative from gm spent an hour looking for the air bag and could not find it. The truck was picked up off the ground on a fork lift and the representative was looking for the air bag censors and still could not find any. Gm was also under the impression that there were air bags in the truck. The owners have a letter from gm stating that they retrieved data, photographs and measurements from the vehicle. And they were going to get information from the diagnostic and sensing module. The truck was totaled. The consumer was told that a vehicle weighing more than 8500 pounds does not have to have air bags, the truck missed the weight limit by 100 pounds.
AIR BAGS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
1999 CHEVROLET C PICKUP with 50000.0 miles
1999 C2500 silverado 6.0 l engine, auto/d with 2wd chassis throttle sticking since 50k miles and progressively getting worse. Affects only idle to off idle position. Resolution not yet sought. *nlm
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,
1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN
Friday june 6, 2001 my wife and five kids left from huntsville, al to go to pensacola, fl for the weekend, they got about 250 miles and the rear end blew out on our 1999 chevy Suburban lt k1500. The was a "klunk" as she was travelling 70mph on i-65. There was a dealership in sight, so i had it towed there, and the following monday i called to get an estimate. I was told the rear end housing had a hole blown through it. They wanted to charge me $1,900 for a used rear end, and $250 for labor. The labor sounded reasonable, but the $1,900 was outrageous. I contacted the chevy dealer in pensacola and located a used rear end with a 12 month parts and labor warranty for $1,200, so i called a flat bed wrecker and paid $220 to have towed to pensacola for repair. I called chevy customer service and filed a complaint against the greenville dealer and on the vehicle itself (file #C04557412). The first cr i spoke with took the information, but was not very helpful beyond that. My own mechanic who repaired the vehicle examined the rear end and said it looked like there was no seal or leakage problem but that something inside just gave out and went through the housing. We had owned a 93, C2500 that had a problem with the rear end seal after 140,000 miles, and that is a little more understandable, but 72,000 miles seems like a very premature death for a rear end to incur an internal failure. I called chevy customer service back and spoke with a judy franco. I told her what the mechanic said about the rear end and she said they would look into it further. She reported doing some investigating and said that there was nothing chevy would do. She and a service rep in pensacola said they doubted that chevy would do anything for me because of the mileage, and because i did not have it repaired at the dealership. Although the rep in pensacola told me that if the vehicle was under 60,000 miles that, it was possible that something could have been done in the way of compensation.*ak
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY,
1997 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 with 90000.0 miles
Tl*the contact owns a 1997 Chevrolet C2500. The contact heard a squealing noise when the steering wheel was turned. The mechanic stated that the vehicle needed a new power steering pump. The power steering pump was replaced, however, the failure continued. The mechanic then stated that the metal crumbled for the worm steering shaft. He made the repair and there had been no further occurrences. The current and failure mileages were 90,000.
STEERING:COLUMN,
1996 GMC C2500 with 31000.0 miles
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 Gmc sierra C2500 sle n/a. While driving approximately 55 mph, the contact noticed an abnormal odor in the vehicle. The contact pulled the vehicle into a shopping center and noticed a puddle of fuel under the vehicle. The vehicle was driven to the dealer where it was diagnosed that there was a leak in the fuel line. The fuel line was replaced; however, the failure recurred. The contact mentioned that the fuel line was made out of soybean and the squirrels chewed it, which caused a continuous leak from the fuel line. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 31,000. ..Updated 09/13/16 *bf updated 6/18/18
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM,
1995 CHEVROLET C2500 with 120000. miles
Tl*the contact owns a 1995 Chevrolet C2500. While driving at approximately 55 mph, the driver took his foot off the accelerator pedal but the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The driver turned off the ignition but the vehicle continued accelerating until he applied the brakes. He kept experiencing the problem until he took the vehicle in for service. The current and failure mileages were approximately 120,000. The vin was unavailable.
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,
1994 GMC C2500 PICKUP with 140000. miles
Tl* the contact owns a 1994 Gmc C2500 pick up. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 mph, the driver's seat became loose without warning. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the vehicle was not included in nhtsa campaign number: 93v216000 (seats). The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 140,000 and the current mileage was 250,000.
SEATS,
1994 CHEVROLET C2500 with 259856. miles
While driving on i-95 in my 1994 Chevrolet C2500 with the 6.5 l naturally aspirated diesel, my truck suddenly stalled and i lost all my engine powered components (power steering, brakes, etc.) i pushed on the brake pedal very hard but was barely slowing down. I finally got the truck slowed down enough to get off on the shoulder of the freeway. I then had to sit there for 30 minutes to allow the pump mounted driver to cool down before i could turn around and garage my vehicle. It happened several (5-10) times over the course of a 30 mile trip. I have seen many instances of the same thing happening to other 6.5l diesel owners. This is unacceptable. Something needs to be done about the pump mounted drivers (pmds) on this engine. They overheat and cause the engine to fail. I will be replacing the pmd on my engine and that will take care of the problem. This could have caused a major accident if i would have needed to brake suddenly while my engine was stalled. It
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING WHEELS
1993 POWERTRAIN POWERTRAIN with 103000. miles
While traveling through heavy rains in the sf bay area my windshield wipers would stop and required a physical push to restart. This caused me to have to blindly make my way to the side of the freeway and stop to restart the wipers. I had the wiper unit replaced under warranty before the 03023 recall. The problems reappeared later and though they are the same as those reported for the 94-98 recall, my '93 C2500 is not covered. Numerous other reports on your website indicate this was a '93 problem as well. Please include these vehicles in the recall before someone is killed - if there have not already been related deaths. There is no resolution to this for us when we have to pay chevy to fix the problem with another defective part! Ps. This is the 2nd entry i've made to your website. I forces me to choose a heavy vehicle model truck and does not show the light vehicle selection as per the instructions. Also, the lead in page indicates you can call and your report will be recorded via phone but after a l o n g series of instructions you are ultimately only given the option to record your address for a card to be sent in 2 weeks. It is misleading.
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER, TIRES
1992 CHEVROLET C2500 with 126000. miles
Tl*the contact owns a 1992 Chevrolet C2500. While driving approximately 35 mph over a bump in the road, the spare tire became unsecured from the rear of the vehicle. The spare tire was located underneath the frame of the vehicle and had fallen in the road in front of an oncoming minivan. There were no warning indicators prior to the failure. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer and they stated that the rewind cable failed due to rust. The rewind system needed to be replaced. The contact purchased the rewind system and will have the component installed. He was concerned of the safety risk issue involved with the securing of the spare tire. The failure and current mileages were 126,000. Update 09/10/08 *cw the consumer stated had the cable been made from stainless steel, it would not have failed. Updated 09/19/08.
EQUIPMENT,
1991 CHEVROLET C2500 with 264000. miles
Tl* the contact owns a 1991 Chevrolet C2500. The contact noticed that the fuel tank exhibited a small hole because of the worn fuel tank plastic cover. The contact was a certified mechanic who diagnosed the vehicle himself. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 264,000.
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM,
1989 CHEVROLET C2500 with 135000. miles
Tl*the contact owns a 1989 Chevrolet C2500. There were recalls related to the structure body, windshield wiper motor, and brake light switch. The exterior paint began chipping in 1996 at 135,000 miles. In approximately february of 1997, a mechanic stated that there was an existing recall. The dealer stated that the contact's vin was not included in any recalls related to his failures. The windshield wiper motor and brake light switch failed in approximately march of 2005 and the cruise control switch failed in approximately march of 2007 at 190,000 miles. The vehicle was regularly serviced for its scheduled maintenance. The recall numbers were unknown. The failure mileage was 135,000 and current mileage was 200,000.
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR, STRUCTURE:BODY VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH