Chevrolet Silverado 1500

"The headliner does not fit into the retaining area above the driver and passenger windows. there is a gap between the liner next to both of the windows, the material on the backing has peeled away and flaps around while driving. In addition it just plain looks terrible. An additional issue that I just remembered has to due with the gradual failure of the dashboard. first the speedometer, then the fuel gauge, then the tachometer. I had to have it replaced at my cost."

"The same Chevrolet problem with peeling paint that most of us notice on their other vehicles, especially PU trucks and especially white paint,"

"After 12 plus years living in the true north the paint is fading fast"

"Clear coat is peeling in several small areas"

"Paint on roof is completely gone. Engine hood has pock marks. Side molding is pealing"

"Paint coming off roof area"

"Clear coat is cracking and peeling off in several locations."

"I never reported it. It started about five years into ownership. Just fading. All over."

"Around the 10 year old mark the paint on hood began to fade a eventually disappear. The truck was always waxed twice a year from the day it was purchased."

"clear coat premature failure"

"The pick-up is getting very rusty, paint is chipping off and the tailgate rusted bad and fell off"

"It's old. Never undercoated. Salt. Corrosion. Major rust everywhere"

"rock guards on bottom side panels always rust out on all of my silverado's"

"Tailgate is about to rust off, bottom of doors are rusting away."

"Rocker panels on both sides of the cab rusted through, and required replacing."

"The rocker panel below the side doors is rusting from the inside. The mechanics tell us this is a design defect as they were not sealed in the factory. And, you can easily see it on similar year Chevrolet trucks. It has rusted completely through and it has spread to the cab. It would cost us over $800 to fix it because the panels have to be cut off and welded back."

"under the drivers door, a big hole rusted out"

"Rear bumper rusted so bad it had to be replaced"

"Brake lines rusted through. Had to replace all lines."

"Rocker panel rust is excessive. Needs repair to prevent complete rust thru."

"Rust developing on the rocker panels and at the welds over the wheels on the cargo bed."

"well maintained and housed silverado began rusting out on the bottom panels at 10 years. previous silverado began rusting the same at 10 years"

"Rusting a lot on rocker panel area. In comparison to my Camry which has no rust and twice the milage. Poor quality steel in my opinion is put on the Silverado."

"Right and left rocker panels perforated with rust and required replacement"

"L&R Rocker Panels completely rusted thru at 185K.I 1st noticed rust at approx 175K.This seems to be a common problem with GM Trucks.In my opinion there is no excuse in this day and age for a complete rust thru of both Rockers anywhere south of 200K."

"I had a rust spot on the RH Rear Door, and the gas cap cover hinge rusted through. I had the door spot patched (welded in a patch, put on a new gas cap cover assenbly) and had both areas painted to match the body color. I had the paint buffed to improve the overall appearance."

"Rocker panels rusting out"

"Can anyone make a pickup that won't rust within 5 years? I wash mine pretty thoroughly and still it rots."

"Rust at bottom of back doors. Paint started fading about 5 years into ownership. Sat in sun the whole ownership."

"When turning on the a/c it would blow cold air on the passenger side but would blow out heat on the driver side"

"Dual L/R climate control. Left side thermostat would periodically misbehave, causing full heat to blow, even if A/C was on. Turning vehicle off would reset this so A/C would be restored, but it would recur at some point."

"The blower motor control switch only operated on a couple of speed selections. It needed to be replaced."

"Had problem with all blend doors"

"The a/c doors on the driver side only of the truck did not close properly and hot air was being exhausted into the passenger compartment instead of refrigerated air."

"Blend door actuator motor went bad. Hot air blowing to drivers side even with A/C on. Replaced actuator - fixed."

"Passenge side gets cold air......drivers side gets hot HOT air."

"A/c blows hot air at times. Have to shut truck down and restart to get a/c going again."

"Unresolved as of yet. Happens intermittently for last yr+. When air conditioning is running, randomly blows extremely hot air from front-left & center dash vents. Still works fine on right side dash vents. Vehicle must be COMPLETELY turned off to have a hope of the a/c functioning properly. Doesn't matter if engine under load or idle. Doesn't matter external temps. Quite problematic when it does happen. Truck was used on a ranch in NM prior to our move to TN. Definitely not a good situation in high heat or high heat+humidity settings."

"The individual heater controls have gone out twice since I purchased the vehicle in 2008"

"It want stay on rd temp its either really cold or hot and it makes the win Dr ows snd windshield fog over and that's a problem while driving"

"The air mixer for the drivers side would stick full hot, in a South Carolina summer, this was miserable."

"2nd time the blower fan went out. The will continue to run and drain the battery in 20 mins"

"I have replaced the resistor unit 4 times"

"The fan does not work on the low 1 and 2 setting."

"REPLACED BLOWER MOTOR RESISTER"

"Fan motor completely failed - bearing failure"

"Blower motor switch speed positions stopped controlling fan speed in positions 3, 4, and 5. Thus for both heating and air conditioning the Blower only works in positions 2 and 3. Just waiting for theses blower switch positions to fail next. then not cooling or heat!"

"fan motor would not shutoff"

"the blower on driver side blows hot air in summer an cold air in winter replaced it lasted about 2 days and stopped it will cost about 3000.to get the whole dash taken out and find out what is causing the real reason it is doing this. I have talked to a CHEVROLET mechanic and he said the same thing the whole dash would have to come out and I just don't have that kind of money."

"I'm not a car guy...so I'll do my best. A belt on the condenser broke loose which damaged the condenser. Apparently the belt was still flopping around in there which could have broken off and caused damage to my transmission. I had to get the belt removed or a new condenser before driving it."

"Dash pulled to change,expensive"

"During cold weather the heater would only blow slightly warm air"

"heater core needed replacement at a cost of ~$1400"

"Heater core began leaking. Due to design required complete disassembly of dash down to firewall AND evacuation/opening of air conditioning system in order to fix heater. One of the few parts of the vehicle which are not engineered for maintainability. Very labor intensive and expensive to fix a simple problem. Hated to have to break AC to fix heater"

"In the fall of 2019 noticed fluid leaking into passenger floorboard, from experience with other Chevrolet trucks new it was a failing heater core. Took it to my local mechanic and had the core replaced. Truck was in the shop for two days."

"The air mixer stuck full hot. Had to replace the drivers side blend door actuator."

"Evap and line leaks"

"Cost over $800 to replace an ABS sensor because it is combined with the wheel bearing."

"Sensor failure and break line failure"

"An ABS sensor failed and was replaced. About a yr later truck "Brakes need Service" light came on. Had same part replaced. Part was free w/ warranty but still paid labour. Brake line failed due to corrosion. Had the lines replaced with stainless steel. Brake lines should never corrode through. Had much older trucks that never had a brake line failure."

"ABS warning light comes on occasionally and acts up occasionally but no code appears for my mechanic to assess the problem."

"excessive vibration when brakes are applied at low speed"

"These were after market brakes from Les Schwab Tire Center. These are the absolute, hands down worse brakes I have ever purchased. Too call them junk, would be an insult to the word "junk.""

"NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR FOR A 12 YEAR OLD VEHICLE"

"Replaced worn Front brake pads."

"Rear drum brakes - no warning squeal. Suddenly there was grating sound. When the drum was removed, the brake lining was worn all the way to the shoe back plate. Had to buy a new drum."

"Needed brake pads for the front and a major service on rear drum brakes"

"Holes worn in brake lines and lines needed to be replaced"

"broken brake lines on 3 different occasions due to salt and moisture corrosion"

"Brake line connector broke at the end. Drove it to shop to be fixed."

"See break comment"

"This is a manufacturer issue that creates warping of the rotors. I was concerned it was my breaking/driving style. However, after discussing this issue with other owners, most of them have experienced the same issue."

"Warped"