This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. When the vehicle was turned off, the blower motor remained on and the contact had to constantly disconnect the battery. The dealer diagnosed that the blower control motor prematurely failed and needed to be replaced. The contact was informed by the dealer and manufacturer that the vehicle was not included in a recall to address the repair. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 160,000.
Wires to blower motor resistor burnt and resistor went out 38,000 miles. I replaced wire and connector also replaced blower motor resistor. At 48,000 miles blower motor resistor burnt out again this time the cab filled with smoke and I had to pull off road and let smoke clear out July 5 2010 both times I had blower motor on high.
The heater fan blower went bad, melted both ends of the plug-in on the resistor block. I called the local Chevy dealer and was told they had been having problems with this part and that it would be $500. To fix it. I purchased the parts to fix it, and did it myself. I sent a letter to Chevrolet and ask why the parts weren't recalled, this could have caused a fire, causing a wreck or death. They called back later and said that they didn't know they had a problem with this part. If they have a special wiring kit made just to fix this problem how can say they don't know it exists. The local dealer told me that they had fixed over 50 of these, and this is a very small dealer, so how many have been fixed all over the country and $500. A hit. The consumer shouldn't have to pay for something that Chevrolet knows they have a problem with.
- Pleasant Hill, IL, USA
Search CarComplaints.com for these popular complaint phrases...
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
- Concord, AR, USA