chevrolet silverado 3500 2009 Complaints

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet silverado 3500. the contact stated when driving at 40 mph and pulling a 40 foot trailer load, the vehicle would stall without warning. the dealer was unable to duplicate the failure and did not provide a remedy for the failure. the failure recurred. the vehicle was taken to the dealer four times in relation to the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer advised the contact to take the vehicle back to the dealer for further inspection. the failure mileage was 76,000 and the current was unknown.

Reported in: HUMBLE TX || Crash: N || VIN #: 1GCJC73689F

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

2009 chevrolet silverado truck had a fire in the dash board on the passenger side while the truck was parked and in the off position. the fire was on the top section of the dash over the passenger airbag area.

Reported in: CAMBRIDGE MA || Crash: N || VIN #: 1GBJK74KX9F

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

tl*the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet silverado 3500. the contact stated the brakes were very spongy when he depressed them and they extended to the floor. he had to apply extreme pressure before he could stop the vehicle. the vehicle was taken to the dealer who informed him that the brakes were functioning normally and he had to use more pressure when depressing them. the manufacturer was not contacted. the failure mileage was 6,600.

Reported in: BERNARD ME || Crash: N || VIN #: 1GBJK74K09E

AIR BAGS

railroad hyrail vehicle equipped, after market, with hyrail wheel assemblies which allow the vehicle to operate on railroad tracks. once hyrail (flanged) wheels are retracted, the vehicle is operated over the highways and public roads like any other vehicle. on 10/9/12 near fairview, paa railroad employee was operating vehicle on the railroad tracks when it struck a standing equipment at approx. 15 mph. airbags did not deploy. concern is that the installation of hyrail wheel assemblies might be impacting the airbag sensor. the hyrail wheel assemblies extend approx. one foot of steel framework ahead of the front and rear bumpers. the placement of these assemblies might inadvertently be affecting airbag deployment in crashes on the railroad track and on public roads.

Reported in: WASHINGTON DC || Crash: Y || VIN #:

UNKNOWN OR OTHER

rear passenger door lock does not lock or unlock on 2009 chevy silverado. while driveing the grand kids to school the rear driver side door opened while going around a corner. the grandson did admit that he had his hand on door handle. come to find out that the door lock has failed on this door. we are lucky that we infornce the seatbelt rules or this would have been a real accident. i contacted gm and had the vechile looked at. the door lock motor has failed and the delaer told me that it is a known problem and they have changed 100's of them. i contacted gm and opened a case but gm said that they will not address the problem. another lock has failed and again gm will not admit that there is a problem with the door locks. i see that there are 1000's of posts on the web about failed door locks on this year vechicle.

Reported in: TROUTDALE OR || Crash: N || VIN #: 1GCHK93629F