1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO

The contact owned a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated that while driving at 55 MPH, he dozed off as the vehicle drifted off to the right shoulder of the highway. The contact regained alertness once the vehicle drove over the highway's rumble strip. As the contact attempted to regain control of the vehicle; the vehicle crashed into a tree. The contact's face smashed into the steering wheel as both the driver's seat belt shoulder strap and the driver's air bag failed to operate as neede

Mileage: 160,000

The contact owned a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated that while driving at 55 MPH, he dozed off as the vehicle drifted off to the right shoulder of the highway. The contact regained alertness once the vehicle drove over the highway's rumble strip. As the contact attempted to regain control of the vehicle; the vehicle crashed into a tree. The contact's face smashed into the steering wheel as both the driver's seat belt shoulder strap and the driver's air bag failed to operate as neede

Mileage: 160,000

WAS GOING TO WORK AT ABOUT 3:40 PM ABOUT 15 MILES FROM MY HOUSE HAD STOPPED AT 2 STOP SIGNS AND 3 RED LIGHTS WAS GOING DOWN HILL TOWARDS 4TH STOP LIGHT CARS WERE SLOWING DOWN IN FRONT OF ME SPEED LIMIT WAS 45 I WAS SLOWING MY VEHICLE AT ABOUT 25MPH OR LESS LOST ALL BRAKES PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO FLOOR WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE HIT TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME NO ONE WAS INJURED THANK GOD THIS VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW BUY US AT SHELOR MOTOR MILE CHEVROLET IN CHRISTIANSBURG VIRGINIA IT CAME WIT

Mileage: 150,000

ABS FAILURE TO STOP VEHICLE. ACCIDENT OCCURRED. *TR

Mileage: 156,386

WHILE ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK MY 1999 SILVERADO S ABS BRAKES WENT OFF AND WOULD NOT STOP. HIT MY HOUSE. CALLED GM SAID THEY NEVER HERD OF THEIR TRUCKS DOING THIS. WELL DID SOME RESEACH AND FOUND THEIR WAS A PROBLEM WITH CORROSION ON THE ABS SENSOR WHICH WOULD SET OFF THE ABS 4 NO REASON. IT WAS SCARY AND IS A HUGE GM PROBLEM.. FOUND MY TRUCK WAS FIXED AT ONE POINT BUT IT STILL HAPPEND AGAIN.. IT IS FIXED AGAIN. BUT I KNOW IT WILL HAPPEN SOME TIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.. WHICH IS SCARY TO THINK I C

Mileage: 78,352

MY HOME IS THE LAST ONE ON A DEAD END ROAD. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE TO TURN INTO THE DRIVE, THE DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LINE BURST BY THE CALIPER. THE TRUCK CARRIED MY WIFE, SON AND MYSELF INTO A 200 FT. DEEP RAVINE AS A RESULT OF THIS. THE TRUCK HAD JUST BEEN TUNED UP FOR A TRIP TO NASHVILLE TN. IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IN THE MOUNTAINS, I WOULDN'T BE ALIVE TODAY. AFTER REPAIRING THE TRUCK, THE PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE LINE BURST AS THE NEW BRAKES WERE BEING BLED. BOTH CALIPERS NEEDED REPLACED AS WELL

Mileage: 84,235

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH SHE NOTICED A BURNING SMELL AND A GRINDING SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE REAR BRAKES WERE SMOKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE INDEPENDENT DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT PURCHASED THE VEHICLE A DAY PRIOR FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC STATED THE REAR BRAKES WERE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIR THE BRAKES CONTINUED TO SMOKE. THE VEHI

Mileage: 128,000

I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING PLACE AND AS I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL IT MOVED UP AND DOWN REAL FAST AND IT GOT REAL HARD. THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP. I HIT THE CAR. THE SAME EXACT THING HAPPENED TO MY WIFE AND SHE HIT A HANDICAP SIGN. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND WAS TOLD THAT MY TRUCK IS NOT IN THE RECALL. THE RECALL DESCRIBED THE EXACT PROBLEM THAT OUR TRUCK IS HAVING. *TR

Mileage: 109,000

RUSTED BRAKE LINES FAILED ON MY 99 CHEVY SILVERADO AND I CRASHED INTO MY GARAGE DOOR PULLING IN. THERE WAS NO BRAKE WARNING LIGHT UNTIL I HIT THE BRAKE AND THERE WAS NONE THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE ONLY REASON WHY MY TRUCK HAS SO MANY MILES IS BECAUSE IT WAS USED TO TOW A TRAILER ACROSS COUNTRY FOR 5 YEARS FOR THE LAST 7 IT HAS BEEN USED AS A AS NEEDED TRUCK. *TR

Mileage: 228,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN. HE CRASHED INTO THE TRASH CANS AND THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THAT STATED THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE RUSTING OF THE ANTI-LOCK SENSOR. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. RECENTLY, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO PAY FOR A

Mileage: 45,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN. HE CRASHED INTO THE TRASH CANS AND THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THAT STATED THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE RUSTING OF THE ANTI-LOCK SENSOR. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. RECENTLY, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO PAY FOR A

Mileage: 45,000

CENTER U JOINT . *AK

Mileage: 69,000

PULLING INTO A GAS STATION WITH MY SON FROM A ROAD WITH A 45 MPH SPEED LIMIT. SLOWED DOWN TO ATTEMPT TO PARK ON SIDE OF BUILDING AND ABOUT THE LAST 50-75 FEET THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM PULSATES AND BRAKE PEDAL IS SLAMMED DOWN AS HARD AS COULD AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO BRAKES. TRUCK HITS CORNER OF GATE DAMAGING BUMPER,GRILLE,HOOD AND SMALL DENT IN DOOR FROM GATE. TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE RECALL CAMPAIGN 05068 LOOKED AT AND DAMAGE ACCESSED. DEALERSHIP SAYS DAMAGE NOT DUE TO RECALL CAMPAIGN. THEY AL

Mileage: 183,100

PULLING INTO A GAS STATION WITH MY SON FROM A ROAD WITH A 45 MPH SPEED LIMIT. SLOWED DOWN TO ATTEMPT TO PARK ON SIDE OF BUILDING AND ABOUT THE LAST 50-75 FEET THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM PULSATES AND BRAKE PEDAL IS SLAMMED DOWN AS HARD AS COULD AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO BRAKES. TRUCK HITS CORNER OF GATE DAMAGING BUMPER,GRILLE,HOOD AND SMALL DENT IN DOOR FROM GATE. TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE RECALL CAMPAIGN 05068 LOOKED AT AND DAMAGE ACCESSED. DEALERSHIP SAYS DAMAGE NOT DUE TO RECALL CAMPAIGN. THEY AL

Mileage: 183,100

ANTI-LOCK MODULE UNIT DRAINED BATTERY, WAS TO EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE SO IT WAS DISCONNECTED, AFTER RESEARCHING THAT IT WAS NOT TO BE A SAFETY RECALL BY MANUFACTURER. RESULTED IN BRAKES BEING LOCKED UP WHEN ATTEMPTING A CURVE AND VEHICLE ROLLING OVER. *JB

Mileage: 52,000

MY PROBLEM IS SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEMS THAT I HAVE READ ABOUT RELATED TO NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGNS 05V379000 . AT SLOW SPEED ABS WILL ACTIVATED, BUT THE TRUCK WITH NOT STOP. THIS TRUCK WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL WHICH SEEMED WEIRD SINCE IT HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS AS DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL, AND I LIVE IN A STATE WHICH HAS SALT ON THE ROADS ALMOST HALF OF THE YEAR. WHEN I BROUGHT TRUCK IN TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE HUB ASSEMBLY FOR BOTH THE

Mileage: 78,950

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH HE FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH, IT HIT A GUARD RAIL. THIS WAS A FRONTAL IMPACT, AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.

1999 SILVERADO BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED, WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKES THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR. *TS THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE ON 5 SEPARATE OCCASION. ON 2 OF THE 5 OCCASIONS THE CONSUMER REAR ENDED A VEHICLE AND THE LAST TIME THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED THROUGH A GARAGE DOOR. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL INVESTIGATION OF THE ABS. THE DEALER DID ADMIT ON THE INVOICE THERE WAS A PROBLEM, HOWEVER THEY REFUSED TO FIX IT. THE

1999 SILVERADO BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED, WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKES THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR. *TS THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE ON 5 SEPARATE OCCASION. ON 2 OF THE 5 OCCASIONS THE CONSUMER REAR ENDED A VEHICLE AND THE LAST TIME THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED THROUGH A GARAGE DOOR. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL INVESTIGATION OF THE ABS. THE DEALER DID ADMIT ON THE INVOICE THERE WAS A PROBLEM, HOWEVER THEY REFUSED TO FIX IT. THE

TAILGATE CABLE FAILED - WHY AREN;T THE '99S INCLUDED IN THE RECALL? *NM