Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck 2003

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• Hydraulic pump failres investigation # EA04012

  Gm is conducting a recall on all subject vehicles build between may 1999 and october 14, 1999.Significant changes were incorporated into production in early october 1999, and vehicles built after that date have lower warranty failure rates.The complaint and warranty data appear to support the effectiveness of these changes. Gm made additional changes in november 1999, february 2000, may 2001, and february 2004.Odi will continue to monitor this problem and will take further action, if warranted, in the future.For further technical details see the attached engineering analysis report.
  

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I had a check engine light appear last week and brought the 2003 ssr for service wednesday 10-24-12. Service team identified the issue as a crack in the gas tank. The crack was at the fill area where the plastic neck connection goes into the plastic tank. You can imagine how surprising this would be as a consumer and chevy loyalist! My wife and i are driving around in a vehicle with gas potentially leaking onto the exhaust system. Thank goodness for the check engine light! I've owned numerous chevys and a couple of german vehicles over the years, never with any failure of the fuel system. The dealership is holding the tank for inspection. In doing a bit of research, i found that this is not new news to gm. In fact, there was a fire safety recall of trailblazers in 2004 with this exact defect. Disappointly, this recall did not include the 2003 ssr which is mounted on a trailblazer frame using a tank that appears a duplicate to the tank issue in the trailblazer recall. (fyi, my ssr was delivered late 2003, so i assume 2004 trailblazer tanks found their way into the first ssr production.) additional gm recalls of plastic tank parts are also recent history in warm-weather states on the colbalt, g5, and the equinox. My 2003 'slingshot' yellow ssr has 31,000 miles, always serviced at van in scottsdale. She has never been off road, only seeing pavement. Additionally, she has had no accidents or repairs; just schedule maintenance at van chevy in scottsdale az since she was born. There seems to me no reason this failure would occur other than a defect in design or workmanship. *tr

The brake lines are rusted out causing them to fail in two different spots in the last 2 months. This is a manufacture defect using this type of metal on this part. *tr

Hooked up my trailer to the 2003 chevy silverado and drove to the gas station and depressed the brake pedal went to the floor, no brakes. I was lucky to have not been on the freeway like the day before when my wife and i drove 20 miles doing 70 mpr, wow we could be dead right now. Im without a transportation and the dealer wants 2000.00 and another wants 3000.00 to fix it. The way the brake line are designed makes it very hard to fix, but for the brakes to go out without a safety back up system is nuts. I have a 1970 car that the brake lines have no rust!! This is a life or deaf issue someone is going to die. Even after i fix this truck i'll be scared to drive it. *tr

Brake line bursted, no brakes, lines corroded. *tr

2003 chevy ss truck, all wheel drive, brakes are the problem. Sometimes goes all the way to the floor before stopping have had it to chevy dealer and other places. Cannot fix. Have spent $ trying. Feel it is unsafe to drive. Chevy says nothing wrong. The brakes are not right. Don't want to wait for an accident to report this. I bought the truck new in 2003. It has 88,000 miles on it. *tr

I purchased chevrolet silverado 1500 extender cab new in june 2003. I have approx. 165,000 miles on vehicle, the disc brakes ( all 4 wheels ) have been changed 1 time at about 110,000 miles. Exceptionally good life for brake pads ( they were still not worn completely out ) i have now been experiencing a brake pedal flutter/ significant pulsating just before vehicle comes to a complete stop. Existing dealer pads on vehicle are about 1/2 life according to service tech. Gm tech. "guessed" at cause listing 4 different possibility's from corroded lines to booster pressure to caliber failure. No incident as of yet. Also similar problems listed with speedometer and gauges fortunately mine eventually returned to normal after about a week. Also steering assist cylinder was replaced by dealer for defect then issue was turned into periodic maint. Item when problem returned again. *tr

Speed odometer, fuel gauge engine temperature gauges will not work fuel gauge is stuck at 1/2 a tank of fuel, temperature gauge will not read proper temperature. Speed odometer will read 100mph or more while stopped this problem started two weeks ago and when i received a service letter from gm the truck was already pass the extended mile warranty that was decided in the class action law suit. I am the 1st owner of the truck. I called gm and they said that basically too bad i am over the 80k mileage agreed to in the law suit with the us government i have no way of telling how much fuel i have on trips, how fast i am driving and if my engine is over heating as i am driving, gm has been no help in fixing a known problem that they received money from delphi over the bad affected parts. This should be a recall item!!!!!! *tr

Driving down a city road the low trac light came on when stopped at a light the car dies pushed it to a parking lot tried to start would not. Took it to the dealer and found that it was a bad fuel pump. This could of been scary if it would of died on the highway vehicle has 84,000 miles on it. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet venture. Condensation accumulates inside of the headlights. After fueling the vehicle, she smelled a strong odor of gasoline inside of the vehicle. The windshield wipers intermittently fail . She speculated that the vehicle has an electrical defect. The manufacturer was notified, but she was not provided with any assistance. The current mileage was 109,200 and failure mileage was 92,000.

Common OBD-II Error Codes

• C0550 [1] Electronic Control Unit