{"count":137,"message":"Results returned successfully","results":[{"odiNumber":11607699,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/10/2024","dateComplaintFiled":"08/10/2024","vin":"1GCHK53699F","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"Been getting notification post cards about this airbag recall and called my dealer in June 2023 about getting the work done, and have not heard back from them to schedule anything. 11 months later I talked to them, and they say the part is hard to get, and they are waiting on the parts. Now I am 14 months past the time I called to schedule repairs and still no parts. I don't think this is being handled in a timely manner. Still driving around with a recalled airbag.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11536874,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/03/2023","dateComplaintFiled":"08/07/2023","vin":"1GCHK63629F","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"Our truck 7 pin female hitch plug caught fire and caught our trailer on fire. There is a recall for the 2009 Chevy 2500's but the recall is not on our VIN Number. We would like to report this just in case it is happening to other 2009 Chevy 2500 trucks. ,","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11516137,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/08/2023","dateComplaintFiled":"04/08/2023","vin":"1GCHK49K39E","components":"AIR BAGS,SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"i have a 2009 Chevy 2500 HD and my ABS, Stable Trac and air bag lights resently went on and i all the sudden lost brake power and found out that the Abs module and Harness were melted really bad. i have not reported it to anyone yet i dont know how to go about it .","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11461747,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"04/22/2022","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the trailer brake warning message displayed. Additionally, while towing a trailer, the trailer brake erroneously activated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the trailer brake sensor was faulty. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer and local dealer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 120,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11446889,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/02/2022","dateComplaintFiled":"01/10/2022","vin":"1GCHK44K99E","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. The contact stated while driving 30 mph, when an unknown warning light was illuminated. The contact called an independent mechanic who informed the wiring harness was melted and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V407000 (Electrical System), however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 195,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11438531,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/16/2021","dateComplaintFiled":"10/28/2021","vin":"1gcec14x99z","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"The contact owned a 2009 Chevrolet SIlverado. The contact stated that while driving at 50 MPH, the contact drifted off the highway which caused his vehicle to flip over three times and land right side up. The contact was able to escape the vehicle without major injury. The air bags did not deploy during the crash. The authorities arrived at the scene and the contact was examined by paramedics. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an independent tow yard where it was destroyed. Later that evening, the contact went to the emergency room where he was treated for a broken left rib. The dealer nor the manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. The contact received a recall notice for NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V053000(AIR BAGS). The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 90,000","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11435108,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2021","dateComplaintFiled":"10/01/2021","vin":"1GCEK29059Z","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"Takata Recall. The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that the air bag warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer for NHTSA campaign number 21V052000 (Air Bags) however, the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired for the failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 105,139.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11428871,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/2021","dateComplaintFiled":"08/12/2021","vin":"1GCHK63689F","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"Takata recall. The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V050000 (Air Bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The local dealer was contacted, and it was confirmed that the part was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11422961,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/30/2021","dateComplaintFiled":"06/30/2021","vin":"1GBHK44K29E","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"Takata recall. The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. The contact received a recall notification for NHTSA Campaign number: 21V053000 (Air Bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool confirms parts are not available.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11421855,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/2021","dateComplaintFiled":"06/22/2021","vin":"1GCEK19CX9Z","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"Takata Recall. The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact received a notification for NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V053000(AIRBAGS); however, the parts for the repair were unavailable. The dealer had been notified about the recall; however, the contact was informed that the parts were not yet available. The manufacturer had been notified of the recall. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the repair. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool confirms parts not available.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11404926,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/16/2021","dateComplaintFiled":"03/25/2021","vin":"1GCHK63K39F","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"THE DASH HAS CRACKED IN 4 DIFFERENT PLACES, TWO OF WHICH IS NEXT TO THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. THE DASH CRACKED DURING A FRONT END COLLISION AT A STOP SIGN ON A FARM TO MARKET ROAD.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11395572,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/20/2020","dateComplaintFiled":"02/10/2021","vin":"1GCEK29J99Z","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,AIR BAGS","summary":"I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ELECTRICAL ISSUES AS WIRING HARNESS RUB THROUGH BEHIND THE LEFT CYLINDER HEAD,RIGHT SIDE OF DASHBOARD CRACKING ABOVE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG WHICH WAS REPORTED AND NOTHING DONE AS REPLIES ,I SEE THIS AS A DANGER TO ME AND PASSENGERS AS IT MAY BLOW UP AND HURT OR KILL OCCUPANTS AND ELECTRICAL ISSUES ARE A FIRE HAZARD AS PERSONAL SAFETY .","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11385051,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/26/2020","dateComplaintFiled":"12/26/2020","vin":"1GCHK63639F","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"WENT TO THE STORE AND SAW MY DASH HAD A CRACK IN IT. IT WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY LOCKED. NOBODY HAD ACCESS TO IT.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11382844,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/19/2020","dateComplaintFiled":"12/10/2020","vin":"1GCHK63K59F","components":"AIR BAGS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"DASH IS CRACKING AROUND AIRBAG. MINE CRACKED JUST SITTING. THIS SEAMS TO BE AN ONGOING ISSUE WITHIN THE GM COMMUNITY. THESE DASHES ARE CRACKING AND COULD CAUSE SOMEONE TO BE INJURED SHOULD THE VEHICLE GET INTO AN IMPACT AND NOT ONLY THE AIRBAG DEPLOY BUT PLASTIC SHARDS PROJECT AHEAD OF THE AIRBAG.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11363765,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/02/2020","dateComplaintFiled":"10/11/2020","vin":"1GCHC49K69E","components":"FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","summary":"LOSS IN FUEL TANK PRESSURE. STRUCTURAL STRESSING CAUSING LEAKS AT TANK, FUEL PUMP MODULE CONNECTOR AND FUEL SUPPLY HOSE. DTC CODES P0446 / P0451. EVAP LEAK LOCATED IN TOP TANK PORT AND ASSOCIATED DIRECT CONNECTION SECONDARY CRACKING OF THE PLASTIC FUEL SUPPLY LINE AT TANK TOP. TANK CRACKED AT PORT. CRACKING DUE TO STRESS FROM NORMAL DRIVING VIBRATIONS AS THESE ARES ARE PROTECTED FROM ROAD HAZARDS.RESULTING GAS LEAK WILL COVER TANK AND METAL SHROUD. FIRE HAZARD FROM LEAKING GAS.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11349821,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/30/2019","dateComplaintFiled":"08/17/2020","vin":"1GCHK44K99F","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"PLASTIC DASH HAS CRACKED 1ST BY THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG, THEN THE MIDDLE, AND NOW THE DRIVER SIDE. I HAVE GLUED THE DASH TRYING TO STOP THE RATTLING. I FIRST NOTICED IT ABOUT A YEAR AGO , NOT SURE IF IT HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING OR STATIONARY. IT HAS REDUCED THE COSMETIC VALUE OF MY TRUCK, AND IF I GET IN A WRECK IT COULD POSSIBLY SEND SHARDS OF PLASTIC INTO EYES, AND OR BODY CAUSING BODILY HARM.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11341661,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/03/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"07/27/2020","vin":"1GCHC59KX9E","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. TRAPP CHEVROLET (200 S HOLLYWOOD RD, HOUMA, LA 70360, (985) 276-9922) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT PARTS WERE NOT YET AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11337698,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/06/2020","dateComplaintFiled":"07/06/2020","vin":"1GCHK49K09E","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"TL* TAKATA RECALL.  THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT CALLED WATSON CHEVROLET (625 W AUTO MALL DR, TUCSON, AZ 85705; (520)777-9425) WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11326657,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/10/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"05/31/2020","vin":"1GCHK63609F","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"DASH AROUND THE AIR BAG AND IN FRONT OF INSTRUMENT CLUSTER STARTED CRACKING SHORTLY AFTER WARRANTEE WAS OUT. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND THEY SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE SUN. I TOLD THEM I BOUGHT IT IN FLORIDA AND I'M SURE THE SUN DOESN'T SHINE THERE. WHAT AM I SUPPOSE TO DO KEEP IT IN THE GARAGE AND NEVER TAKE IT OUT. THEY OFFER ME 100.00 TOWARDS THE REPAIR. THAT WAS AN INSULT TO A CLEAR MANUFACTURES DEFECT. THE PLASTIC UPON A COLLISION COULD BECOME A FLYING PROJECTILE THAT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11254142,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"09/09/2019","vin":"1GCHK49K89E","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. ALL AMERICAN CHEVROLET OF KILLEEN (1802 E CENTRAL TEXAS EXPY, KILLEEN, TX 76541, (254) 213-5397) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11171051,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/22/2018","dateComplaintFiled":"01/20/2019","vin":"1GCHK63639F","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"CRACK IN THE DASH NEXT TO THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. CONCERNS THAT IT MAY HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AND SAFETY. APPEARS TO BE DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW, AS THERE IS NO SUPPORT AND CHEAP MATERIALS.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11156077,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/06/2018","dateComplaintFiled":"12/05/2018","vin":"1GCHK53639F","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"NOT ALL OF THE GAUGE LIGHTS WORK ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL.  SOME WORK LIKE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO AND OTHERS DON'T WORK AT ALL.  CHECKED FUSES AND EVERYTHING ELSE I COULD AND ALL IS WELL.  HAS TO BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CLUSTER.  I HAVE HEARD OF OTHER CHEVROLET'S HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEM.  GAUGES WORK FINE ITS THE LIGHTS THAT DON'T WORK.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11152471,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"11/19/2018","vin":"1GCHK59699E","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"MY 2009 SILVERADO 2500HD SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY, HIT A BUMP AND IT GOES OUT, COMES ON AGAIN MANY TIMES DURING DRIVING. I CAN MOVE THE WIRING HARNESS UNDER THE DASH AND DUPLICATE THIS ISSUE. THE CHEVROLET DEALER SAYS THAT I MUST LEAVE THE TRUCK THERE BECAUSE IT WILL BE LENGTHY IN TROUBLESHOOTING WHICH WILL BE COSTLY ACCORDING TO THEM.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11150764,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/01/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"11/10/2018","vin":"","components":"AIR BAGS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"DASH CRACKS AROUND PASSENGER AIR BAG AND CRACKS OVER INSTRUMENT PANEL.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11139441,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/28/2018","dateComplaintFiled":"10/10/2018","vin":"1GCHK53K59F","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNED A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT FELL ASLEEP BEHIND THE WHEEL, VEERED OFF THE ROAD, AND CRASHED INTO A POLE. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE HANDS, ABDOMINAL AREA, UPPER THIGHS, AND KNEES. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY OR A DEALER TO DETERMINE WHY THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AFTER THE CRASH. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,060.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11122406,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/01/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"08/26/2018","vin":"1GCHC59K59E","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN 2 YEARS AND THE REPAIR IS STILL NOT AVAILABLE. HOW MUCH LONGER DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE REPAIR?","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11099014,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/01/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"05/31/2018","vin":"1GCHK59699E","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"THE ELECTRICAL CURRENT GOING THROUGH THE WIRING HARNESS IS INCONSISTENT.  MY TRAILER BRAKES DO NOT WORK CORRECTLY.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11081447,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/14/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"03/27/2018","vin":"1GCHC53619F","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"DASHBOARD IS CRACKED","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11081567,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/17/2017","dateComplaintFiled":"03/27/2018","vin":"1GCHK63K69F","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"THE DASH IS CRACKED IN MULTIPLE PLACES AROUND THE AIRBAGS, I AM WORRIED IF I GET IN A ACCIDENT THE BROKEN DASH WILL BE DEADLY    MY TRUCK HAS BELOW 60,000 MILES","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11080912,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/25/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"03/22/2018","vin":"1GBHC59K19E","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER (CAPITAL CHEVROLET IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11073256,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"02/16/2018","vin":"1GCHK63669F","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"THE DASH ON MY TRUCK HAS A CRACK IN THE CORNER BY THE PASSENGER AIR BAG.  ALSO IT IS CRACKED IN FRONT THE OF DRIVER.  BOTH POSE RISKS TO THE OCCUPANTS AS IT COULD COME APART AND SHARDS FLY UPON IMPACT.  PLUS THE CRACK IS RIGHT NEXT TO PASS AIR BAG AND THAT AIR BAG GOES UP AND INTO THE WINDSHIELD AND OUT.  WITH THE CRACK BESIDE THE AIR BAG THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THE BAG WILL DEPLOY CORRECTLY WITH THE NO SUPPORT AROUND IT.  I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AND NOTICED THOUSANDS OF THESE DASHES HAVE CRACKED WHICH IS CONCERNING.   I HAD ACTUALLY TAKEN IT IN SEVERAL YEARS AGO (2012) AND THEY DENIED FIXING IT THEN BUT I HAVE REALIZED THE MAJOR ISSUE THAT IT HAS BECOME.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11066679,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/01/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"02/02/2018","vin":"1GCHK69K19E","components":"AIR BAGS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"NOT THE ACTUAL AIR BAG, BUT THE PLASTIC DASH AROUND IT. KNOWN CRACKING IN THE DASH WILL CAUSE IT TO SHATTER DURING AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT CAUSING POSSIBLE INJURIES DUE TO PIECES BECOMING PROJECTILES. GM IS WELL AWARE OF THIS DEFECT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE DASH.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11062354,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/02/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"01/12/2018","vin":"1GCHC44K09E","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. CHUCK NASH AUTO GROUP (3209 I-35 IN SAN MARCOS, TX) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. *TT  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11061444,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/11/2017","dateComplaintFiled":"01/09/2018","vin":"1GCHC59659E","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"\"TAKATA RECALL\" RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE BY MAIL  DATED JULY 2016 REGARDING THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG INFLATORS CAN MALFUNCTION.  OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF I HAVE CONTACTED SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS IN MY AREA FOR A REPLACEMENT. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS AN ONGOING COURT BATTLE WHERE TAKATA CLAIMS THAT THEIR IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE ORIGINAL INSTALLED INFLATOR.  THE DEALERSHIPS TOLD ME THAT  THEY DO NOT HAVE REPLACEMENT PARTS AND WOULD NOT INSTALL A REPLACEMENT PART UNTIL THE COURT CASE WAS SETTLED. NO INJURIES HAVE HAPPENED YET BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. HOWEVER I FEAR THAT SOMEONE MAY BE INJURED OR KILLED IF AN ACCIDENT IN THIS VEHICLE OCCURS.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11057778,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/27/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"12/31/2017","vin":"1GCHK49K39E","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"TAKATA RECALL.  GM RECALL # 2049151 (NHTSA# 16V381) WAS ISSUED MAY 27,2016.  IT IS STILL LISTED AS INCOMPLETE, REMEDY NOT YET AVAILABLE.  THE NHTSA DUE DATE TO GM WAS AUGUST 2017.  IT IS NOW 2018.  HAS GM BEEN GRATED AN EXTENSION?  WHAT IS THE STATUS?","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11030151,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/13/2017","dateComplaintFiled":"09/27/2017","vin":"1GCHK63619F","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"THE CHROME PLATING IS PEELING OFF THE DRIVERS INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE THAT HAS CREATED A SHARP SURFACE AND HAS ALREADY CUT MY WIFE'S HAND.     UPON RESEARCHING THE ISSUE FURTHER IT WAS FOUND THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS EXACT ISSUE. THE PROBLEM IS THE BULLETIN IS ONLY REFERENCING 2007 MODEL YEAR'S SPECIFICALLY. THE BULLETIN WAS RELEASED IN JULY/AUGUST OF 2010 SO MANY YEARS FROM 2007 ' 2009 WERE AFFECTED BY THIS DEFECT. IN THE DOCUMENT PAGE 51 OF 86 SPECIFICALLY MENTIONS MODEL YEAR 2007 ' 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO AND GMC SIERRA AND DENALI TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH RPOS AN3, Y91, OR GAT. MY TRUCK HAS RPO CODE AN3 AND THE HANDLE IS PEELING.     I HAVE ALREADY CONTACTED CHEVY CUSTOMER CARE AND INQUIRED ABOUT THIS DEFECT BUT THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO ADMIT TO OR REPAIR THE DEFECT FREE OF COST AS PER THIS BULLETINS EXTENDED COVERAGE OF 10 YEARS OR 100,000 MILES. I AM REPORTING THIS CASE IN HOPES THAT YOU CAN HELP MY SITUATION OR PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK ON HOW I CAN GET THIS RESOLVED.    EA10-004 GM 8-16-2010 #09239 SERVICE BULLETIN","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11003214,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/02/2017","dateComplaintFiled":"07/05/2017","vin":"1GCHK63699F","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"THE DASH HAS CRACKED IN TWO PLACES. ONE OF THEM IS LOCATED AT THE AIR BAG.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10995893,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/16/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"06/19/2017","vin":"1GCHK69699E","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"DASH CRACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE DASH, LEFT CORNER OF THE AIRBAG. ALSO DASH CRACKED OVER INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. CHEVROLET DEALER CLAIMS ITS NOT A SAFETY ISSUED, BUT WILL NOT PLACE THE CLAIM IN WRITING.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11000078,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/18/2017","dateComplaintFiled":"06/19/2017","vin":"1GCHK63609F","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"WHILE PULLING A HORSE TRAILER UP A SMALL MOUNTAIN, HEARD ALARM, ENGINE LOST POWER AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER MESSAGE CAME UP AS WELL AS CK ENG LIGHT.  VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO OVER 40 MPH INITIALLY THEN WENT DOWN TO 30 MPH.  STRUGGLED 15 MILES AT 20-30 MPH TO GET IT TO MY RESIDENCE.  TURNED OFF FOR 15-20 MINUTES.  TURNED BACK ON, RAN NORMALLY BUT CK ENG LIGHT WAS STILL ON.  NEXT MORNING, STARTED UP, CK ENG LIGHT WAS OFF.  TOOK TO DEALER.  SAID THERE WERE NO CODES AND THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS WRONG.  I HAD TO TRAVEL ON A DUAL HIGHWAY, PULLING A HORSE TRAINER AT 20-30 MPH WITH MY FLASHERS ON.  ALSO HAD TO TURN ACROSS DUAL HIGHWAY ON AT GRADE INTERSECTIONS, NOT KNOWING OF THE TRUCK WAS GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH ACCELERATION TO GET ACROSS THE HIGHWAY.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10984958,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/11/2017","dateComplaintFiled":"05/11/2017","vin":"1GCHK63659F","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"THE DASH IS CRACKING IN 2 SPOTS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A SAFETY HAZARD DURING AN ACCIDENT AND WHEN THE AIRBAG IS DEPLOYED.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10939105,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/03/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"01/02/2017","vin":"1GCHK53679F","components":"AIR BAGS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"GOT IN MY TRUCK TODAY TO FIND CRACKS IN THE DASH AROUND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. CONCERNS ME THAT IF THE AIRBAG WERE TO DEPLOY IT WOULD SEND SHARP PIECES OF DASH FLYING INTO THE FACE OF THE PASSENGER. VEHICLE WAS NOT IN MOTION WHEN I FOUND THE CRACKS.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10907512,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/17/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"09/19/2016","vin":"1GCHK536X9F","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"THE DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED IN THE AREA OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. IF THE BAG DEPLOYS THIS COULD CAUSE MANY PROBLEMS.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10907567,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/20/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"09/19/2016","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE. THE SERVICE TRAILER BRAKES WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 148,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10894021,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/27/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"08/08/2016","vin":"1GCHK59KX9E","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.  UPDATED 10/06/16*LJ  THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TRADED IN. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10854794,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/03/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"04/11/2016","vin":"3GCEC23089G","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKED ABOVE THE AIRBAG AND ABOVE THE RADIO. THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 60,000 MILES AND ACCORDING TO CHEVROLET IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO THE FACT THAT IF I AM IN A WRECK THE DASH COULD PUNCTURE THE AIRBAG OR EVEN ANOTHER PASSENGER.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10854230,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/01/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"04/07/2016","vin":"3GCEC230X9G","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"2009 SILVERADO CRACKED PASSENGER SIDE DASH BOARD HAD IT REPLACED BY GMC DEALER AND IT CRACKED AGAIN SAME PLACE AS THE FIRST CRACK. TRUCK HAS LESS THEN 77 THOUSAND MILES.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10851741,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/26/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"03/26/2016","vin":"3GCEK23349G","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"THE DASH PANELS ON THE TOP OF THE DASH BOARD HAVE COMPLETELY BROKEN I FEEL THAT IF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WERE TO DEPLOY IT WOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE. PIECES OF THE DASH COULD POSSIBLY BECOME A HAZARD AND INJURE MYSELF OR MY PASSENGERS THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE AMONG MANY CHEVROLET VEHICLES","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10822200,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/12/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"01/26/2016","vin":"1GCEK290Z12","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"#09184 AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON AND MESSAGE  SERVICE AIRBAGS IS ON.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10821721,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/20/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"01/22/2016","vin":"1GCEC29J09Z","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"CRACKING IDENTIFIED NEAR THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG ON THE DASH OF THE TRUCK. DISCOVERED WHEN REPLACING TRUCK WINDSHIELD. CRACKING ALSO SEEN ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF DASH.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10818346,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/16/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"01/06/2016","vin":"3GCEC13C19G","components":"AIR BAGS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"SEVERAL CRACKS IN MY DASH (4-5). ONE IS AT THE CORNER OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. THE DASH IS SO BRITTLE IT CRACKS FROM JUST CLOSING THE DOOR. I'M AFRAID WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF I'M IN AN ACCIDENT AND BROKEN DASH PIECES GO FLYING THROUGHOUT THE CAB. THIS IS NO DOUBT A SAFETY CONCERN! NOT TO MENTION AN EYE SORE AND RESALE KILLER. THIS STARTED A FEW YEARS AGO AND CONTINUES TO GET WORSE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10818102,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/06/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"01/05/2016","vin":"3GCEC13369G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE DOOR AJAR WARNING CHIMED BEFORE THE POWER DOORS LOCKED AND UNLOCKED INDEPENDENTLY, THE GAUGES FLUCTUATED AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10816648,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/07/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"12/28/2015","vin":"1GCHK63659F","components":"FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","summary":"PURCHASED USED VEHICLE FROM DEALER (DANIELS CHEVROLET, BUICK, GMC TRUCKS, INC. SWAINSBORO, GA) AND AFTER SALE DISCOVERED EMISSION SYSTEM WAS DISABLED AND DPF (DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER) HAD BEEN PHYSICALLY REMOVED; PROBABLY BY PREVIOUS OWNER.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10808094,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/17/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"12/02/2015","vin":"1GCHK53K89F","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"DASH CRACKING AROUND PASSANGER AIRBAG, POSSIBLE PARTS OF DASH BECOMING AIRBONE WHEN AIRBAG DEPLOYS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10790208,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/15/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"11/13/2015","vin":"1GBJK74K19E","components":"FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","summary":"FUEL LEAKING/SPRAYING OUT OF THE REAR AUXILIARY FUEL TANK.  I NOTICED A STRONG SMELL OF RAW GASOLINE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE.  UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I OBSERVED THE RAW FUEL WAS COMING OUT OF THE FUEL MODULE CONNECTING FUEL LINE. THE METAL FUEL LINE SITS IN A WELL OF THE REAR TANK AND WAS COMPLETELY COVERED WITH DIRT/MOISTURE/RAW FUEL.  THE TANK WAS REMOVED AND WE IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THAT THE METAL PORTION OF THE FUEL MODULE METAL PIPING WAS RUSTED THRU AND THAT WAS WHERE THE RAW FUEL WAS BEING SPRAYED/POOLING IN THE WELL AREA.  THE DESIGN OF THE FUEL TANK & MODULE CREATES A PERFECT LOCATION FOR DIRT/MOISTURE TO ACCUMULATE.  ANY TYPE OF IGNITION SOURCE COULD HAVE CAUSED A CATASTROPHIC FIRE AND POSSIBLE EXPLOSION.  THE REMOVED ORIGINAL FUEL MODULE WAS IN PERFECT WORKING CONDITION EXCEPT FOR THE ROTTED METAL PORTION OF THE MODULE.  I REPLACED THE ROTTED FUEL MODULE WITH A NEW GM OEM FUEL MODULE.  THIS NEW MODULE HAS THE SAME EXACT CONSTRUCTION AS THE ORIGINAL PART.  SINCE THERE IS NO POSSIBLE WAY TO CLEAN OR KEEP CLEAN THE WELL AREA OF THE TANK, I CAN ONLY ASSUME THE NEW OEM PART WILL DETERIORATE IN THE SAME MANNER.  THE VEHICLE HAD ABOUT 34000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE CONDITION OCCURRED.  SINCE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY THE NEW MODULE COSTS FOR LABOR AND PARTS WAS IN EXCESS OF $1000.00.  IN CONCLUSION I THINK THIS MATTER SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FURTHER BECAUSE IT IS OBVIOUSLY A SAFETY HAZARD INVOLVING RAW FUEL BEING EJECTED FROM THE FUEL TANK UNDER PRESSURE WHILE THE PUMP IS RUNNING.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10787475,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/26/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"10/31/2015","vin":"3GCEK23369G","components":"ENGINE","summary":"WHILE DRIVING MY 2009 SILVERADO AT 33,000 MILES I NOTICED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AND IT WAS RUNNING ROUGH. AFTER TAKING TO THE DEALERSHIP IT WAS DETERMINED THE #7 CYLINDER WAS NOT WORKING. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC THE AFM FOR THE 5.3 LITER ENGINES HAS AN OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE. HALF OF THE ENGINE WAS REBUILT DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF CARBON BUILT UP INSIDE THE ENGINE. AGAIN AT 78,000 MILES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AGAIN. THIS TIME THE DEALERSHIP HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 2 WEEKS TO AND DETERMINED THE ENGINE HAD EXCESSIVE CARBON BUILD UP AND A ENGINE SOAK WAS PERFORMED ALONG WITH SPLASH GUARDS ADDED TO THE VALVE COVERS TO KEEP THE ENGINE OIL FROM ESCAPING AS THE AFM WAS OPEARTIONAL. AT 98,000 MILES THE OIL PRESSURE SENSOR AND THE VALVE COVER GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED. NOW, AT 140,000 MILES THE WATER PUMP, CRANK SHAFT AND BEARINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALERSHIP SAID I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT REBUILD THE ENGINE DUE TO THE MILEAGE. I HAVE CHANGED THE OIL EVERY 3,000 MILES AND STARTED USING FULL SYNTHETIC MOTOR OIL SINCE MY ENGINE ISSUES AT 33,000 MILES. GM IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE WITH THE AFM AND CONTINUES TO DO NOTHING. I CONTACT GM CUSTOMER CARE AND THEY STATED THAT MY TRUCK HASN'T BEEN SEEN AT A DEALERSHIP IN OVER A YEAR, THEY WILL NOT ASSIST IN THE COST OF REPLACING THE ENGINE. BUT, THEY WILL GIVE ME A $1,000 CREDIT TOWARDS A NEW VEHILCE. INSTEAD OF FIXING THE PROBLEM, GM JUST TURNS THERE HEADS ON THE ENGINE PROBLEMS AND EXPECTS YOU TO PAY FOR A NEW GM VEHICLE. GM STAND BEHIND YOUR PRODUCT!!!!","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10787364,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/17/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"10/30/2015","vin":"3GCEC23069G","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"CRACK DEVELOPED IN DASH AT APP 50K MILES NEXT TO PASSENGER AIRBAG. CRACK HAS CONTINUED TO EXPAND SINCE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10787061,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/03/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"10/29/2015","vin":"1GCHC440X9F","components":"STEERING,POWER TRAIN,ENGINE","summary":"THE ENGINE SHUT OFF ON THE FREEWAY AT SPEED AND I LOST ALL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLES STEERING AND BRAKING. IT SAID IT WAS A CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR PROBLEM. WENT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS A DIRTY SENSOR. ALSO HAVE HAD AND ON GOING PROBLEM WITH LOW OIL PRESSURE 10 LB AT IDLE AND 20 LB AT SPEED.IT ALSO RUNS VERY ROUGH AT IDLE. ALSO HAVE AN ON GOING PROBLEM WITH NOISE FROM THE TRANSMISSION AND A HARD SHIFTING OR SLIPPING TRANSMISSION. IT ALSO MAKES A LOAD NOISE WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN TURNING,AND HAS GOTTEN WORSE OVER TIME.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10786889,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/27/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"10/28/2015","vin":"1QCEK29059Z","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"MAJOR OIL CONSUMPTION BURNED 4QTS BETWEEN OIL CHANGES TRUCK HAS THE 5.3L V8 NOT TO IMPRESSED DUE TO THE FACT IT ONLY HAS 75000 MILES ON IT","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10748230,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/09/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"08/12/2015","vin":"3GCEK23389G","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD ABOVE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WAS CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DASHBOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10733904,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/15/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"07/14/2015","vin":"1GCHK53K19F","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SEAT BELTS","summary":"THE SEAT BELTS LOCK IN PLACE AND CONSTRICT MY YOUNG CHILDREN TO THE POINT MY WIFE HAS TO CRAWL THROUGH THE SEATS AND DO A QUICK RELEASE, THE ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS ON BOTH REAR AND THE PASSENGER FRONT WILL NOT RELEASE EVEN WHEN YOU PUSH THE MANUEL RELEASE ON THE MASTER SWITCH OF THE DRIVERS DOOR. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH GM CORP. THEY HAVE INFORMED ME THAT IT IS MY TOUGH LUCK THAT'S THE WAY THE SEAT BELTS ARE DESIGNED AND THEY HAVE NO ISSUES WITH THE DOOR LOCKS. IN CHECKING THE INTERNET YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS. IT IS A HAZARDOUS SITUATION. THEY INFORMED ME ITS UP TO MY DEALER IF THEY WILL FIX IT OR NOT.....THEY DECLINED TO","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10726222,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/05/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"06/19/2015","vin":"","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT IMPACT SENSOR WAS BAD. VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN ACCIDENT. HERE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. SOUNDS LIKE GM IS USING A DEFECTIVE PART. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 20,000 MILES. COSTING ME $330 FOR REPAIR. CAN YOU CHECK INTO THIS ?","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10724276,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/09/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"06/09/2015","vin":"","components":"ENGINE","summary":"EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLT BROKE    HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=0YG6WLBNZGI","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10722428,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/15/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"05/30/2015","vin":"3GCEC23079G","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"I GOT THIS TRUCK USED AT 94K MILES ON IT. IT WAS STILL IN STANDARD WARRANTY. I GOT THE OIL CHANGED STARTED GETTING THAT CLICKING/KNOCKING NOISE. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE SHOP THAT DID THE OIL CHANGED. THEY LOOKED INTO AND TOLD ME IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CHEVY ENGINES IS THE VALVE LIFTERS BREAK AND NEEDS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE CAMS. IF I DRIVE TOO MUCH A POSSIBILITY TO ADD SHAVINGS INTO THE MOTOR AND TEAR IT UP. QUOTES FROM 3 DIFFERENT FRIEND RECOMMEND AUTO SHOPS FROM ALL OF THEM TO GET A NEW ENGINE OR GET RID OF THE TRUCK. I AM STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON IT. SO CAN'T DO THAT. I DID TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REFUSED TO HELP ME AT ALL. I WAS OUT OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD AND GOOD LUCK. THAT SUCKS! I DID MAKE A SCENE TO THEM IN FRONT OF CUSTOMERS. SINCE THEN I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH FINDING OUT THIS IS VERY MUCH A PROBLEM IN ALL CHEVY ENGINES DATING BACK TO 06. THE AFM, EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. AT ONE POINT CHEVY DID DO A RECALL FOR A YEAR IN 07-08. FOR THIS PROBLEM. BUT NOT FOR ANY OTHER YEARS I CAN FIND. IF THEY KNEW/KNOW OF THIS PROBLEM WHY NOT SOLVE IT? I HAVE TO FIX THIS TRUCK ITS MY DAILY DRIVER AND WORK VEHICLE. TOTAL HATING CHEVY RIGHT NOW AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY LOVE! I AM A SINGLE MOM AND I KNOW HAVE TO COME UP WITH A NEW ENGINE ABOUT 3,500 THEN ADD LABOR AND SUPPLIES ABOUT 6K TOTAL. NOT HAVE AND VERY STRESSED OUT.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10721236,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/18/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"05/24/2015","vin":"2GCEC19J881","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"I HAVE A 2009 CHEVY PICKUP AND EVERY TIME YOU PUT THE BRAKES ON THE TAILLIGHTS COME ON BUT THEY WONT GO OFF WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE PEDEL.NOW I'V CHANGED OUT THE SWITCH UNDER THE DASH 3 TIMES STILL THEY DO THE SAME THING SO I WENT BACK TO THE OLD SWITCH. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TELL ME PLEASE I NOTICE I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS THIS PROMBLEM???????????","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10683322,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/14/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"05/11/2015","vin":"2GCEK233391","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO.  CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO CHASSIS ELECTRONIC MODULE CONTAINING INTERNAL CONTAMINATION RECALL NOTICE ISSUES.  *SMD  THE CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT, AS HE EXPERIENCED A FAILURE PRIOR TO THE RECALL.  THE FUEL PUMP MODULE SHORTED OUT AND DAMAGED THE WIRING.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10679180,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/28/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"05/06/2015","vin":"","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO.  CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR REPLACEMENT.  *SMD  THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR FAILED, IF CAUSED A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN ENGINE POWER AND DISABLED THE TRACTION CONTROL AND STABILITRAK FUNCTION.  THE CONSUMER STATED THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR FAILED A YEAR AFTER HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10712435,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/14/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"04/23/2015","vin":"3GCEK23339G","components":"ENGINE","summary":"THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE DASH READOUT GAVE A LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING. THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THEY SAID IT WAS A BAD OIL PRESSURE SENSOR AND REPLACED IT AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $450.00.     FIVE MONTHS LATER THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY TOWING A HORSE TRAILER. I AGAIN HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED INTO THE DEALER. THEY SAID THE OIL WAS LOW AND DID AN OIL CHANGE. THE WARNING LIGHT WAS OFF WHEN WE GOT THE TRUCK BACK.     THE LATEST INCIDENT HAPPENED ON 4/18/2015. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE WHERE THEY READ THE FAULT CODE. THE CODE IS P0521 - OIL PRESSURE SENSOR OR OIL LOW. I CHECKED THE OIL IT WAS NEARLY FULL BUT I ADDED A LITTLE ANYWAY. THE LIGHT STAYED ON. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT AT THE DEALER. THE LIGHT WENT OFF THE DAY BEFORE OUR APPOINTMENT. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND NOW THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT THE TRUCK PROBABLY NEEDS AN OIL PUMP AND A VALVE COVER AND IT WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $1075.00 TO FIX.     I HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OWNER COMPLAINTS ON VARIOUS WEBSITES DOCUMENTING THE SAME PROBLEM I AM HAVING. THERE APPEARS TO BE A DEFECT IN THE DESIGN OF THE OIL SYSTEM IN THESE VEHICLES. MY TRUCK JUST WENT OUT OF WARRANTY IN DECEMBER 2014. THEY WANT ME TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR EVEN THOUGH I HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR REPAIRS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THIS APPEARS TO BE A SERIOUS PRODUCT DEFECT AND GM SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL.    *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10705849,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/14/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"04/15/2015","vin":"1GCEK29J29Z","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","summary":"WIFE DROVE TRUCK TO THE STORE IT WAS RAINING HARD THIS DAY. CAME OUT AND TRUCK WAS DEAD. JUMPED THE TRUCK AND TOOK IT HOME.LOOKED AT THE BATTERY. STILL HAD FACTORY BATTERY. REPLACED THE BATTERY. NEXT MORNING THE TRUCK WAS DEAD. JUMPED THE NEW BATTERY TRUCK STARTED . TURNED TRUCK OFF /COULD HEAR SOMETHING RUNNING IN THE FUEL TANK. FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE FUEL MODULE ABOVE THE SPARE TIRE. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE THIRD TIME. CREG SMITH AUTO GROUP. GALION OHIO 44833. COULD NOT GET THE SERVICE MANAGER ON THE PHONE. LEFT HIM A VOICE MAIL. NEVER RETURNED MY CALL. NEXT DAY CALLED FOR SERVICE MANAGER. THEY COULD NOT FIND HIM IN THE BUILDING. TOLD A MAN ON THE OTHER END OF THE PHONE EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON. SOMETHING WAS DRAINING MY BATTERY AND SOMETHING WAS RUNNING.24/7.  MAN TOLD ME HE WOULD CALL ME BACK. NEVER DID. LEFT FOR DEALERSHIP WITH THE TRUCK. TRUCK STOPPED ON ME IN MIDDLE OF THE ROAD HAD IT TOWED HOME. NEVER MADE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP.  I AM VERY UPSET WITH EVERYTHING NOW.  I TURNED THE KEY AND THE TRUCK STUCK ON WAS STILL TRYING TO START AFTER I TURNED KEY OFF. . WAS AFRAID OF THE FUEL SYSTEM AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TOGETHER. .ONE SPARK COULD BLOW ME UP. NOW TRUCK WILL NOT START AT ALL. PLEASE HELP ME. I WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT I HAD TO COME TO A DEALER .ALL PARTS HAD TO BE REPROGRAMMED FOR THE TRUCK. I HAVE NO MONEY ! ONLY OWE 2,400 AND TRUCK IS PAID OFF PLEASE HELP ME.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10701227,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/15/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"03/23/2015","vin":"1GCEK14X99Z","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT REDUCED ENGINE POWER WAS DISPLAYED ACROSS THE MESSAGE BOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.   UPDATED 5/29/15*CN    UPDATED 9/29/2017*CN","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10694196,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/18/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"03/13/2015","vin":"1GCEK29059Z","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"LOCKS STARTED LOCKING/UNLOCKING. GEAR INDICATOR WAS GOING FROM DRIVE TO PARK. HEAT CAME ON BY ITSELF AND FAN WENT FROM HIGH TO LOW. SPEEDOMETER WENT FROM 70MPH TO 55 MPH WITH LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. HEADLIGHTS  WERE FLASHING ON AND OFF. AFTER PULLING OFF I-75 AND GETTING TO A SAFE STOPPING AREA THE TRUCK WOULD NOT START AFTER TURNING THE  ENGINE OFF. THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FELT EXTREMELY HOT: ESPECIALLY THE BATTERY.  AFTER 10 MINUTES, THE TRUCK WAS ABLE TO START AND CONTINUE THE REST OF THE TRIP.  AFTER DOING SOME INTERNET RESEARCH, THIS PROBLEM IS WELL DOCUMENTED ON VARIOUS CHEVY FORUMS AND  CAR MESSAGE BOARDS.  REPLACING THE MEGA FUSE AND BATTERY CABLES APPEARS TO SOLVE THE MAJORITY OF THE ISSUES AS IT DID IN MY CASE.  THE DEFECTIVE MEGA FUSE AND BATTERY CABLES CAUSED THE EXCESSIVE VOLTAGE THROUGH THE CABLES, CAUSING EXTREME HEAT WHICH RESULTED IN SCORCH MARKS ON THE TERMINAL ENDS OF THE BATTERY CABLES AND THE INSULATION OF THE CABLES CHANGING COLOR AS  WELL AS THE ABOVE ISSUES.  I AM VERY GRATEFUL THAT AN ELECTRICAL FIRE DIDN'T HAPPEN WHICH I BELIEVE COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN THE CASE.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10692880,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/06/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"03/08/2015","vin":"1GCHK69K79E","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,VISIBILITY/WIPER","summary":"ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO, THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLAMP HARNESS MELTED, AND ALMOST CAUGHT FIRE.  I HAD IT REPLACED, AND THOUGHT OF IT AS A \"ONE OFF\" TYPE SITUATION.  HOWEVER, RECENTLY, THE DRIVER SIDE DID THE SAME EXACT THING! UPON RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT IT IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE PLACE TO THEM.  I AM NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT.  THE REAL DANGER HERE IS THIS- WHAT HAPPENS IF BOTH MELT AT THE SAME TIME???     ASIDE FROM THE DANGER OF FIRE, THE LARGER, MORE PRESSING DANGER IS LOSING BOTH LIGHTS AT ONCE.  THE CONSUMER (DRIVER) WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE BLIND, AND IN THE PANIC MAY NOT THINK TO TURN THE HIGH BEAMS ON.  THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM, AND IF NOT ADDRESSED COULD HAVE DIRE CONSEQUENCES.  I IMPLORE YOU TO RESEARCH HOW MANY HEADLAMP HARNESSES HAVE BEEN SOLD (AS THE ONLY REASON TO REPLACE WOULD BE BECAUSE OF THIS) AND ADDRESS IT BEFORE SOMEONE LOSES SIGHT, AND CRASHES.  SOMETHING SO SMALL, WOULD REALLY BE A TRAGEDY TO HAVE A LOSS OF LIFE OVER.  WHEN THE FIX IS SIMPLY USING A BIGGER WIRE THAT CAN HANDLE THE AMPS.    HOPEFULLY NOBODY HAS BEEN INJURED YET!  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10690864,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/15/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"02/26/2015","vin":"1GCEK29J89Z","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE DASHBOARD CRACKED WHERE THE AIR BAG WAS LOCATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE DASHBOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.    UPDATED 4/13/15*CN","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10703662,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"02/10/2015","vin":"1GCEC14059Z","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"THE BRAKE SYSTEM WENT OUT. THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY, BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS IS THE SECOND 2009 WITH BRAKE PROBLEMS. ....UPDATED 04/02/15 *BF","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10681669,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/09/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"02/06/2015","vin":"3GCEK23319G","components":"FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE CONTACT DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL SYSTEM CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10678670,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/17/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"01/24/2015","vin":"2GCEC13C791","components":"POWER TRAIN,VISIBILITY,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","summary":"WELL MAINTAINED VEHICLE WITH LESS THAT 78K MILES AND TRANSMISSION FAILING.  GM SHOULD BE FORCED TO STEP UP AND PAY FOR THE REPAIRS.  VEHICLE IS A LEMON.  HAVE REPLACED AND FIXED MULTIPLE OTHER ISSUES.  3 DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS GONE OUT...2 TIMES FIXED FUEL SYSTEM VAPOR CANISTER...PASSENGER WINDOW SWITCH FAILED...CRUISE NOT WORKING...  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10673022,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/16/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"01/16/2015","vin":"3GCEK23M79G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"I WAS DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND USED MY LEFT TURN SIGNAL ALL OF THE LIGHTS IS THE TRUCK STARTED FLASHING AND THE DOORS UNLOCKED AND LOCKED THEM SELVES. THEN TWO MILES LATER STILL IN HEAVY TRAFFIC I FLASHED MY LIGHTS AT A TRUCK TO LET HIM KNOW HE COULD SAFELY ENTER MY LANE AT WHICH POINT THE TRUCK CUT COMPLETELY OFF GOING 35 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AND I AM LUCKY THAT NO ONE WAS FOLLOWING TO CLOSE.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10663139,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/28/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"12/09/2014","vin":"3GCEC23089G","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"ACCELERATOR STUCK DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE GOING 65M/H. SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES TOOK A GOOD 30 SECONDS BEFORE I COULD GET IT TO SLOW DOWN AND STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HAS NOT HAPPENED SINCE.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10651897,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/13/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"11/02/2014","vin":"1GCEK19049Z","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE,VISIBILITY/WIPER","summary":"WENT OUT TO TRUCK TO MOVE IT AND NOTICED WIPERS UP ON WINDSHIELD, TRIED TO START IT AND  ONLY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON , LOOKED UNDER HOOD TO FIND AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL COMING FROM FUSE BOX.  DISASSEMBLED FUSE BOX TO FIND IT WAS MELTED AND FOUND EVIDENCE OF COMBUSTION, WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR X2 PIN N5 WAS MELTED AND CONNECTOR X5 PINS G1 H1,2,3,4 K 4,5,6 AND J 2,3,4 HAD MELTED THIS IS ALL THE DAMAGE THAT I FOUND.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10651329,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/12/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"10/30/2014","vin":"3GCEK33399G","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"THE DASH ON MY 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO HAS CRACKED AROUND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. THIS CONCERNS ME AS IF THE AIR BAG DEPLOYS THIS WILL CAUSE PIECES OF THE DASH TO INJURE THE PERSON IT IS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT. THERE IS NUMEROUS INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET WITH PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I TOOK THIS TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM IN FOLEY AL AND THEY REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10651423,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/13/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"10/30/2014","vin":"1GCEK39J49Z","components":"AIR BAGS,STRUCTURE","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING THE ANNUAL SERVICE PERFORMED, THE TECHNICIAN NOTIFIED THAT CONTACT THAT THE FRONT BUMPER WAS EXPOSED TO WATER CAUSING A SHORTAGE IN THE SENSOR. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE AIR BAG LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE AND IT WOULD PREVENT THE AIR BAG FROM DEPLOYING DURING A CRASH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,600.    UPDATED 12/9/14*CN       THE CONSUMER STATED THE LEFT FRONT CRASH SENSOR HAD WATER DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS  REPAIRED. UPDATED 6/1/2015  *JS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10643450,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/15/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"10/08/2014","vin":"1GCHK59K19E","components":"POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE","summary":"WAS PASSING A VEHICLE AND THE THROTTLE STUCK WIDE OPEN AFTER I KICKED IT INTO PASSING GEAR, AT ABOUT 90 MPH, AFTER TRYING TO KICK THE THROTTLE OFF, PULLING ON THE FLOOR MAT TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T THE PROBLEM, I FINALLY PUT BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND TRIED TO GET THE PICKUP SLOWED DOWN AS THE ENGINE WAS STILL PULLING HARD, FINALLY AFTER GETTING THE SPEED DOWN TO  ABOUT 75-80 MPH THE THROTTLE FINALLY LET GO AND I WAS ABLE TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN, TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND THEY COULDN'T GET IT TO DO IT AGAIN, AFTER TALKING TO THE FACTORY PEOPLE THEY DECIDED TO PUT A NEW FOOT PEDDLE ON IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE BRAINS ARE FOR THE RUN BY WIRE FOR THE ENGINE, TOOK IT HOME AND IT DID IT AGAIN TWO DAYS LATER, TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY HAD IT FOR A MONTH AND COULDN'T GET IT TO DO IT AGAIN, SO THEY GAVE IT BACK TO ME SAYING THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG, I KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN IT HAPPENS TO ME,BUT MY WIFE WOULDN'T SO I WONT LET HER DRIVE IT UNTIL THE ISSUE IS RESOLVED.  HAVE YOU HEARD OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE CHEVROLET H.D. WITH THE 6.0 LITTER GAS ENGINE?   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10641785,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/04/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"10/06/2014","vin":"1GCEC19X49Z","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE AIR CONDITIONER TURNED OFF WARNING INDICATOR FLASHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE THERMOSTAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10632356,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":4,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/30/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"09/11/2014","vin":"1GCHC49KX9E","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT WAS OPERATING A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE COMPANY VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN A SECOND VEHICLE CRASHED INTO ITS REAR. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT'S COMPANY VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF A THIRD VEHICLE. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY ALTHOUGH THE DISPLAY MESSAGE INDICATED THAT THE AIR BAGS HAD DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER AND THREE PASSENGERS ALL SUFFERED VARIOUS HEAD, BACK, AND NECK INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10630400,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/15/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"09/03/2014","vin":"3GCEC33J79G","components":"AIR BAGS,STRUCTURE","summary":"DASH BOARD CRACKED AT PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG, CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY OF PASSENGER IF BAG DEPLOYS IMPROPERLY DUE TO THIS COMPROMISED DASH.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10627159,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/07/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"08/21/2014","vin":"3GCEC23029G","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"MY CHEVY TRUCK IS A C1500.I ALSO HAVE A CRACK IN THE DASH ABOVE MY PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG ON THE DASH.I NOTICED IT WHEN MY TRUCK ONLY HAD 10,000 MILES ON IT. IT'S NOT FROM THE SUN BECAUSE MY TRUCK STAYS IN THE GARAGE.IT SEEMS THERE ARE MANY OF US THAT HAS THIS ISSUE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10626145,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/15/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"08/18/2014","vin":"1GCHK44K39E","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"KEY COMES OUT OF THE IGNITION WHILE TRUCK IS RUNNING.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10619299,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/01/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"08/06/2014","vin":"1GCEC29C09Z","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, HEARD A NOISE AND THEN NOTICED THE DASH ABOVE THE AIRBAG HAD DEVELOPED AN OBVIOUS CRACK THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 1 INCH LONG. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION OF THE DASH, NOTICED THAT THERE IS ALSO A HAIRLINE CRACK IN THE DASH ABOVE THE AIRBAG APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES TO THE RIGHT OF THE FIRST NOTICED CRACK.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10615194,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/23/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"07/21/2014","vin":"1GCFC290197","components":"FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","summary":"ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE FUEL GAUGE ON MY 2009 SILVERADO READ FULL, WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY NEAR EMPTY.  THE FIRST TIME WAS DRIVING THROUGH THE DESERT ON HWY 395 IN CALIFORNIA.  THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS OVER 100 DEGREES.  I KNEW I HAD DRIVEN TOO FAR FOR THE GAUGE THE BE CORRECT. THERE ARE VERY FEW GAS STATIONS ON THAT ROAD.  THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED WAS ON THE SAME ROAD A YEAR LATER DRIVING THROUGH THE DESERT.  I FINALLY REALIZED THE PROBLEM WAS THE HEAT, WHEN IT HAPPENED AT MY HOME TOWN IN JAMUL, CA WHEN IT WAS OVER 100 DEGREES.  THE LOW FUEL WARNING NEVER CAME ON AND THE GAUGE SAID FULL.  I TURNED THE TRUCK ON AND OFF AND IT STILL SAID FULL.  THE GAUGE CORRECTED AFTER I ADDED FUEL.  I INQUIRED AT THE DEALER IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOT.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10605154,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/03/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"06/23/2014","vin":"","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"THE PROBLEM; SERVICE AIR BAG ILLUMINATES AND SHOWS UP IN THE MESSAGE CENTER. WENT TO CHEVROLET DEALER AND THEY TRIED TO CLEAR THE CODE WITH THE READER AND NO LUCK. THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START, IT COULD BE ANYTHING THEY SAID. I DON'T WANT TO DUMP THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO RESEARCH A PROBLEM THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN CURE. HAS ANYONE ELSE EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE? 2009 CHEVROLET 2500HD DIESEL.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10594337,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/24/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"05/27/2014","vin":"1GCEC29C19Z","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"EXTREME CHATTERING OF THE REAR BRAKES UPON APPLICATION WAS OBSERVED BY THE OWNER/DRIVER, INCLUDING LOCK-UP OF THE REAR WHEELS (EVEN THOUGH ABS EQUIPPED).  THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AUTONATION CHEVROLET SUPERSTITION SPRINGS DEALERSHIP (6330 E. SUPERSTITION SPRINGS BLVD, MESA, ARIZONA 85206) FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR (SELLING DEALER).  THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE OWNER THAT BOTH REAR BRAKE SLAVE CYLINDERS HAD FAILED AND LEAKED HYDRAULIC FLUID ONTO THE LININGS.  THIS LEAKAGE HAD CAUSED THE STICKING OF THE LININGS TO THE BRAKE DRUMS AND RESULTING CHATTERING/LOCKUP OF THE BRAKES.  POST REPAIR, THERE HAVE BEEN NO FURTHER ISSUES IN THE LAST 3000 MILES OF USE.  THE REPAIR WAS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE CUSTOMER.    AS THIS OCCURRED AT 36094 MILES AND FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE IN RESIDENTIAL USE, I CONSIDER THIS A PRODUCT FAILURE DUE TO SOME FORM OF MANUFACTURING AND/OR INSTALLATION DEFECT WITH THE BRAKE SLAVE CYLINDERS.  IN 40+ YEARS OF AUTOMOBILE OWNERSHIP OF MANY BRANDS WITH MILEAGES INTO THE 140K+ RANGE, I HAVE NEVER HAD A SLAVE CYLINDER FAILURE, NOR HAVE I EVER HEARD OF A DUAL FAILURE.  THIS WAS THE SAME COMMENT BY THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN AT THE DEALER.       PLEASE INVESTIGATE, OR AT A MINIMUM, ADD THIS TO YOUR WATCH LIST DATABASE.  I REVIEWED THE NHTSA'S WEBSITE LIST OF DEFECTS, BUT FOUND NOTHING REGARDING THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT.  THE FACT THAT IT WAS A DUAL COMPONENT FAILURE AND COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT IF HARD BRAKING HAD BEEN REQUIRED BY THE OPERATOR, THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE.  I ATTEMPTED TO DO SO PERSONALLY, BUT FOUND THE EXPERIENCE UNSATISFACTORY.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10588956,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/06/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"05/16/2014","vin":"1GCEK19089Z","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"USED THE VEHICLE FOR VACATION IN 2011 AS IT WAS JUST 1 YEAR OLD. VERY LITTLE BRAKE PED LEFT GOING DOWN HILL. GOING DOWN HILL AND STEP ON THE BRAKE AND THERE WAS A BAD VIBRATION AND GROWLING NOISE FROM THE BRAKES.   I HAD IT CHECKED AND THE DEALER GROUND THE BRAKE ROTORS. THIS NEVER SOLVED THE PROBLEM, SO THEY REPLACED THE ROTORS. THIS SOLVED THE PROBLEM FOR THE WARPED ROTORS FOR A WHILE.   NOW THE PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN WITH 23000 MILES AND ONLY GROWLS AND VIBRATES WHEN GOING DOWN HILL WHERE YOU HAVE TO STEP DOWN A LITTLE HARDER.  HAD IT CHECKED OUT AGAIN AND THEY SAY THE ROTORS ARE WARPED AGAIN. I REPLACED THE ROTORS AND PUT NEW BRAKE PADS ON AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. I DO NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE HARD AND ONLY ABOUT 4000 MILES PER YEAR. WHATS CAUSING THE BRAKE ROTORS TO KEEP WARPING.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10588767,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/17/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"05/15/2014","vin":"1GCEK29099Z","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)","summary":"SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE STABILITY CONTROL WARNING LIGHT WOULD FLASH, THE DOOR LOCKS WOULD CYCLE AND THE GAUGES WOULD STOP WORKING.   AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE WARNING LIGHT WOULD GO OFF AND THE TRUCK WOULD RETURN TO NORMAL.  *TR    I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND I WAS INFORMED THAT BOTH BATTERY CABLES HAD HIGH RESISTANCE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.  IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT BATTERY CABLES NEED TO BE REPLACED AT 62000 MILES.  THE SERVICE ADVISER MADE A COMMENT THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM BUT IT USUALLY HAPPENS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10586092,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"05/02/2014","vin":"3GCEK23C19G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"USED THE TRUCK AND  PARKED THE TRUCK WITH NO PROBLEMS. THEN THE TRUCK SAT FOR 1DAY AND HAD HEAVY RAIN STORMS COME THROUGH THE AREA. THEN WENT TO USE THE TRUCK AND WHEN I WENT TO START IT UP THE TRUCK WOULD NOT TURN OVER  DEAD AND HAD A STRONG SMELL PLASTIC BURNING  WITH THE CARGO LIGHT STAYING ON .CHECK THE CIRCUIT BOARD  UNDER THE HOOD AND FOUND THAT SOME OF THE FUSES HAD MELTED  .NO OTHER PROBLEM WITH THE TRUCK UNTIL NOW.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10584184,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/17/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"04/22/2014","vin":"1GCEK39J49Z","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"I HAVE A 2009 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500. THE SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON WHEN I STARTED THE CAR. I NOTICED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS EXACT THING IN THE YEAR AND MAKE OF MY VEHICLE. MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. AFTER TALKING TO A CHEVY REPRESENTATIVE THEY INDICATED THE BEST WAY TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM WAS TO MAKE A CLAIM BECAUSE IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM SEEN IN OTHER 2009 CHEVY SILVERADOS, AND MY VIN MAY BE ACCEPTED THROUGH THE CLAIM. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED IN MISSOURI, A STATE THAT UNDER THE RECALL OF SOME OF THESE VEHICLES QUALIFIED.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10568800,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/16/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"03/12/2014","vin":"1GCEC29J69Z","components":"STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE","summary":"DRIVING ON I10 HEADING TO HOUSTON, THE ENTIRE TRUCK COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN, AND THEN TURNED BACK ON, THIS AGAIN HAPPENED 02/2014....THE WHOLE TRUCK SHUT DOWN , THANK GOD THE WHEELS DID NOT LOCK UP OR WE WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED BOTH TIMES. IT IS AT THE DEALERS ...FREEDOM CHEVY SAN ANTONIO TX....SOMETHING IS BAD ON THE TRUCK...LIKE PLAYING WITH A LIGHT SWITCH...THE DASH, EVERY INSTRUMENT SHUT OFF BOTH TIMES, NOW I AM WORRIED THAT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN, AND I CAN NOT AFFORD ANOTHER TRUCK. I THOUGHT THAT THE 1ST TIME WAS JUST A FLUKE, BUT WHEN IT DID IT AGAIN, I KNOW NOW SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT AND IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR ME AND MY LITTLE GIRL...PLEASE REPLY IF A HUMAN REALLY READS THIS.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10568593,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/07/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"03/11/2014","vin":"3GCEK233X9G","components":"STEERING,POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"TRUCK COMES TO SCRETCHING HALTWITH MOTOR RUNNING BUT WONT GO, DOOR LOCKS AND ALL GAGUES GOING UP AND DOWN A 100 MILE AN HOUR.  SOMETIMES EVERYTHING DEAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT COMES BACK ON.  AIR COMES AND GOES.  ALL LIGHTS FLASH.  THOSE UPRANDOM CODES.  NO WARNING ITS GOING TO HAPPEN.  RADIO WILL START PLAYING VERY LOAD CANT SHUT OFF.  WHEN IT DOES THIS IT SOMETIMES LUNGES FORWARD ABOIT TWENTY FEET AND MAY RUN FINE OR DO IT AGAIN.  WENT TO DEALER TRUCK STAYED 2 MONTHS.  SAID THEY FIXED.  FEW MONTHS LATER STARTED AGAIN, NEXT DEALER SAID THEY COULDNT FIND ANYTHING.   CONTACTED GM ON BOTH INCIDENTS. NOTHING HAPPENED.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10565925,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/18/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"02/26/2014","vin":"1GCEC14C49Z","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"AFTER HEARING ABOUT THE RECALLS ON CHEVROLET CARS ABOUT THE IGNITION I HAD TO TELL YOU THAT THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO MY TRUCK. THERE WAS A SUDDEN JARRING & THE TRUCK SHUT DOWN & WOULD NOT START BACK UP.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10564670,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"02/17/2014","vin":"3GCEC23J09G","components":"AIR BAGS,STRUCTURE","summary":"DASHBOARD IS CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES, FROM AIRBAGS TO WINDSHIELD, AND IN FRONT OF INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. ALL ON TOP OF DASH. IT IS CRUMBLING AND I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY IF I AM IN A COLLISION.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10563232,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/06/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"02/06/2014","vin":"","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE","summary":"DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT POPS UP, TRACTIONS CONTROL INDICATOR LIGHT, ALONG WITH DIGITAL DISPLAY SAYING SEVERAL THINGS. SUCH AS, ENGINE REDUCED POWER, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL SOON..........PULLED OVER, HAD A VERY ROUGH IDLE. MADE IT TO PARTS STORE AND HAVE THE TRUCK SCANNED. TURNS OUT IT NEED THE THROTTLE POSITIONING SENSOR NEEDS REPLACED. HAD THEM CLEAR THE CODE, DROVE FEW MORE MILES AND ALL HAPPENS AGAIN.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10556899,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/16/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"12/21/2013","vin":"1GCHK53669F","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"TRAVELING AT ABOUT 45 MPH WITH ABOUT 3 TO 4 CAR LENGTHS BETWEEN US, TRAFFIC IMMEDIATELY AND ABRUPTLY STOPPED. I STOMPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL ONLY TO FIND IT HARD AND RIGID WITH LITTLE RESPONSE. THE TRUCK SLOWED BUT WOULD NOT STOP. I REAR ENDED THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO MY TRUCK AS WELL AS THE OTHER CAR, ALSO A TICKET FOR ME. THE TRUCK DIDN'T SLIDE, JERK OR ANYTHING, JUST GRADUALLY SLOWED TILL IMPACT. I DRIVE A TRACTOR-TRAILER THAT HAS BETTER BRAKING RESPONSE.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10554949,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/04/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"12/05/2013","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE, WE IMMEDIATELY PULLED INTO A GARAGE AND HAD THE TIRES CHECKED OUT.  IT WAS DETERMINED THAT BOTH THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE AND THE REAR TIRE, SAME SIDE, HAD A TREAD SEPARATION.  THESE TIRES HAD 18,000 MILES ON THEM. THEY SHOULD HAVE LASTED A LOT LONGER.  WE WERE FORTUNATE WE WERE NOT TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10554245,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/01/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"12/01/2013","vin":"1GCEC14C99Z","components":"STRUCTURE,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES","summary":"AFTER UNLOCKING THE MANUAL DOOR LOCK ON THE TRUCK THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE WOULD NOT OPEN THE DOOR. THE LOCK WAS DISCONNECTED FROM THE INTERIOR LOCKING MECHANISM, EFFECTIVELY TRAPPING ME IN MY VEHICLE. AT THIS TIME I UNROLLED THE WINDOW AND USED THE KEY IN THE OUTSIDE DOOR TO TRY TO UNLOCK THE DOOR, BUT THE LOCK WAS JAMMED AND I WAS UNABLE TO LEAVE MY VEHICLE USING EITHER THE INSIDE OR THE OUTSIDE HANDLE OR LOCKS OR THE DRIVER DOOR. I WAS FORCED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM AND SEEMS TO OCCUR MOST OFTEN AFTER RAINFALL OR A CAR WASH. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION, CAR FIRE OR WATER CRASH OR OTHER EMERGENCY THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE FATAL AND SHOULD BE RECALLED TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM BEING TRAPPED IN THEIR VEHICLES. IT IS ALSO NOTABLE THAT CONSUMER REPORTS HAS LISTED \"LOCKS AND LATCHES\" AS A COMMON PROBLEM AREA FOR A 2009 SILVERADO. I CONTACTED A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND THEY REFUSED FULLY COVER THE REPAIR COST, WHICH WAS WELL OVER $250 AND THEY STATED THAT THE \"DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR WAS DEFECTIVE\". THE CORPORATE GM PHONE CALL CENTER WAS NOT HELPFUL AND TOLD ME IT WOULD NOT BE FULLY COVERED BECAUSE MY VEHICLE WAS JUST OUT OF BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED TO PROTECT CONSUMERS.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10552102,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":1,"dateOfIncident":"06/23/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"11/13/2013","vin":"IGCEC19X692","components":"STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"ON 6/23/13 MY FATHER WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN OVER A 4 LANE STREET. HE WAS HIT BY A 2008 NISSAN ROUGE GOING BETWEEN 37-40MPH ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. MY FATHERS TRUCK WAS IN MOTION AT 4-6MPH. THE TRUCK SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, AND MY DAD PASSED AWAY HOURS LATER AT THE HOSPITAL DUE TO INTERNAL BLEEDING OF PELVIC AREA. THE TRUCKS DRIVE SHAFT WAS CUT IN A HALF.     THE TRUCK HAS A 5 STAR SIDE CRASH SAFETY RATING, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW A CAR THAT WAS NOT EVEN SPEEDING CRUMPLED THE TRUCK THAT BADLY. THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK WAS PUSHED SO FAR BACK THE GAS AND BRAKE PEDAL WERE ONE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10551321,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"11/07/2013","vin":"","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"CPSC:I13B0038A. 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. CONSUMER STATED THE DASHBOARD RECENTLY CRACKED AFTER A RECENT COLD SNAP OF WEATHER. *LN   GM OFFERED THE CONSUMER A 50% DISCOUNT, OFF THE $1,000 IT WOULD COST TO REPAIR IT. HOWEVER, THY WOULD NOT ADMIT IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10512090,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/01/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"05/15/2013","vin":"1GCEK19J29Z","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE ENGINE POWER REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, WHO STATED THAT THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,302.   ...UPDATED 07-10-13 *BF","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10511193,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/21/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"05/08/2013","vin":"2GCEC19C191","components":"TIRES,WHEELS","summary":"THE AMERICAN GENERAL 245/70/17 TIRES ON 2009 WORE OUT DOWN TO THE TIRES WEAR BARS 2/32 AT 16,000MILES THERE WAS HEAVY EDGE WEAR CHUNCKING PIECES OF TREAD . TIRE WERE ROTATED EVERY 5000 AND ALIGNMENT CHECKED.  TOOK TO LOCAL CHEVY DEALER AND THEY  FOUND A RECALL OR TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN  FROM AMERICAN TIRE  AND ALL FOUR TIRES WERE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE. HOWEVER THEY WERE REPLACED WITH AMERICAN GENERAL GRABBER H/T  WHICH ALSO HAVE TO SOFT OF A RUBBER COMPOUND AND ARE WEARING OUT QUICKLY THE TRUCK HAS 26150 MILES ON IT NOW AND THE NEW TIRES ARE DOWN TO 7/32 WITH LESS THAN 10000 MILES ON THEM.  START PUTTING  BRIDGESTONE TIRES BACK ON THE TRUCKS CHEVROLET.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10510910,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/16/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"05/07/2013","vin":"3GCEK23359G","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HAD THE CHILD LOCK ACTIVATED ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE BUT IT FAILED. THE CONTACT HAD TO ENTER THE VEHICLE FROM THE OTHER SIDE IN ORDER TO GET THE CHILD OUT. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE WHILE THE CHILD LOCK WAS ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE CHILD LOCK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10502413,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/04/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"03/11/2013","vin":"1GCEC19C4 9","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"WHILE DRIVING ALONG HIGHWAY I NOTICED THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE WAS ON ZERO. UPON FARTHER INVESTIGATION I FOUND ALL INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WERE OFF AND DIRECTIONAL AND HAZARD FLASHERS WOULD NOT OPERATE. I STOPPED, RECYCLED MASTER SWITCH OFF THAN ON, LIGHTS WORKED PROPERLY. EVENT OCCURRED AGAIN SIX DAYS LATER.  *TR  ## VIN FAILED ##","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10496236,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"02/03/2013","vin":"2GCEK290291","components":"AIR BAGS,STRUCTURE,TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM,ENGINE","summary":"2009 CHEVY SILVERADO LOST TRACTION ON HIGHWAY DURING SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS, VEHICLE SPUN OUT AND HIT A METAL ROPED FENCE HEAD ON AND ALSO WENT ACROSS THE MEDIAN AND SLAMMED THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE INTO A GUARD RAIL STOPPING IT INSTANTLY FROM GOING INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC.  THE VEHICLES DAMAGE WAS ON THE FRONT END DIRECTLY IN THE CENTER CAUSING A WEDGE INTO THE RADIATOR, ENGINE AND BENT THE FRONT OF THE FRAME.  THE IMPACT WAS VERY LOUD AND SOLID.  THE IMPACT CAUSED THE TRUCK TO STAND ON THE FRONT OF VEHICLE, SLAMMING THE  BACK END OF THE VEHICLE ON THE GROUND WITH GREAT FORCE.  THE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY WHICH AT THE SPEED OF AROUND 60 MPH AND THE PLACE THE VEHICLE WAS HIT IN, MAKES ME VERY CONCERNED ON THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE.  MY 5 YEAR OLD SON SAID HIS RIGHT ARM WAS HURTING AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND WITH IN THE HOUR OF HAVING THE ACCIDENT MYSELF ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL WITH A STIFF NECK AND A VERY SOAR AND BRUISED BACK, I WAS RELEASED WITH MINOR INJURIES AND I CONSIDER MYSELF LUCKY.  PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF ANYTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS SITUATION AND THE SAFETY OF MYSELF AND MY SON.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10491014,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/29/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"01/04/2013","vin":"3GCEC23J49G","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL SEIZED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE SKID. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND CALLED ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE. THE REPRESENTATIVE THAT WAS SENT BY THE ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE SERVICE ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO HIS HOME WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10489464,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/04/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"12/21/2012","vin":"1GCHK54689E","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THERE WAS A SLIGHT DELAY OF SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD RESPOND. ONCE THE VEHICLE DID ENGAGE, IT WOULD ACCELERATE RAPIDLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN RELEASING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, IT WOULD TAKE SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD DECELERATE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE TO REMEDY THE ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000.  .. UPDATED 02-07-13 *BF    THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE ON SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN OR A CORNER, THE SUDDEN UNCONTROLABLE ACCELERATION IS DANGEROUS. NOT BEING ABLE TO DECELERATE THE ENGINE USUALLY CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL. UPDATED 02/13/2013 *JS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10485872,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/10/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"11/23/2012","vin":"","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"YOU CANNOT OPEN THE DOORS WITH THE HANDLE FROM INSIDE THE TRUCK IF DOORS ARE LOCKED. PULLING ON HANDLE WILL NOT UNLOCK THE DOOR. I FEEL THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AS YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO UNTIL YOU USE THE UNLOCK BUTTON. IF YOU ARE IN A CRASH YOUR INSTINCT WOULD BE THE USE THE HANDLE NOT TO UNLOCK IT FIRST.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10478447,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/28/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"10/03/2012","vin":"1GBJK84679E","components":"TIRES","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES, LINE SIZE (235/80/R17) DOT PJAB35HV4109. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE OTHER TIRES AND NOTICED BUBBLES ON THE FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRES. THE CONTACT HAD ALL FOUR TIRES REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE STATED THE TIRES WOULD BE INSPECTED BY AN ENGINEER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000...UPDATED 10/22/12 *BF  THE CONSUMER INSPECTED THE REAR TIRES AND DISCOVERED THE INSIDE DUAL HAD FAILED.  THREE OF THE SIX TIRES ON THE AMBULANCE PROVED TO BE DEFECTIVE WITH AIR BULGES ON THEM. UPDATED 10/22/12","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"GOODYEAR","productModel":"WRANGLER","size":"LT 235/80R17","manufacturer":"Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10471574,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/15/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"08/20/2012","vin":"1GCEK29J49Z","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THAT THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT SOMEONE WOULD RETURNED HIS CALL LATER. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 56,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10453942,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/31/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"04/03/2012","vin":"3GCEK23MX9G","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION AT OR ABOVE 1 QUART OF OIL PER 1,000 MILES.  ALL PLUGS FOULED OUT AT 39,000 MILES AND ONE PLUG CRACKED.  I CHANGE OIL EVERY 3,500 MILES AND REGULARLY TOP OFF OIL.  THERE IS NO LEAKING OIL BUT IT IS SOMEHOW VAPORIZING RAPIDLY.  THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THE VEHICLE TO FAIL LIKE THIS AT THIS STAGE IN ITS LIFE.  CHEVY HAS COME TO STATE IN A BULLETIN CONCERNING A TWEAK TO THE VALVE COVERS TO KEEP THE OIL FROM VAPORIZING.  CHEVY HAS EVEN MORE RECENTLY COME OUT WITH A RECALL AS OF 1/17/2012 TO ANNOUNCE THERE IS A LEGITIMATE ISSUE WITH THE OIL CONSUMPTION ON THIS MODEL CHEVY.  THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND GM SHOULD PAY FOR ANY CURRENT DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK, WORN PARTS AND ALL.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10447821,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/13/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"02/13/2012","vin":"1GCEK29069Z","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, HE FELL ASLEEP AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A CEMENT WALL AND THE FRONT DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES DURING THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER INVESTIGATED THE FAILURE AND CONCLUDED THAT THE AIR BAG PERFORMED AS DESIGNED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 55,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10447171,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/08/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"02/08/2012","vin":"1GCEC14X99Z","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"THIS HAS BEEN ON GOING FROM DAY ONE MY TRUCK HAS 30900 MILES ON IT AND ALMOST 3 YEARS OLD  HEAD LIGHTS FLICKER OR DIM OUT FOR NO REASON ALONG WITH THE DASH LIGHTS DEALER SAID IT WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO IT WAS JUST THAT TYPE OF VOLTAGE REGULATOR.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10437644,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/02/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"11/29/2011","vin":"1GCEC14X99Z","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"AT 46,487 MILES HAD TO SPEND $415.75 TO CORRECT ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON. NOW DOOR CHIME COMES ON AT RANDOM TIMES WHEN KEY IS NOT IN IGNITION.  *KB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10430660,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"10/18/2011","vin":"1GCHK49K09E","components":"TIRES","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD WITH GREEN DIAMOND ICELANDER TIRES (NA), SIZE 245/75/R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE REAR, FRONT AND THE PASSENGER FRONT TIRES WERE OUT OF ROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY CONFIRMED THE FAILURE AND ADVISED HAVING THE THREE TIRES REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH THE SAME BRAND AND LINE OF THE PREVIOUS TIRES. ONCE THE TIRES WERE INSTALLED, THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AGAIN WHERE THEY REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT HAD NOT RESPONDED TO THE CONTACT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,200.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Equipment","productYear":"9999","productMake":"UNKNOWN","productModel":"UNKNOWN","manufacturer":"UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER"}]},{"odiNumber":10416509,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/31/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"08/01/2011","vin":"1GCEK29039Z","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT IT FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE HE HAD TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL GEAR AND TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 32,500.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10417323,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/10/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"07/29/2011","vin":"1GBJK73629F","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WE COULD HEAR THE TRUCK MAKING A GRINDING NOISE AS WE SLOWED FOR A STOP SIGN. WHEN WE LOOKED, THE WHOLE BRAKE PAD WAS MISSING FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR BRAKES. THIS CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ROTOR. WE HAVE SINCE REPLACED  THE REAR BRAKE PADS SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE FRONT BRAKES HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED A SINGLE TIME.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10415450,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/20/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"07/28/2011","vin":"1GCHK49K09E","components":"STEERING","summary":"I HAVE A 2009 CHEVY SILVERADO HD 4X4. I JUNE OF 2011 AFTER OWNING THE TRUCK 1 MONTH  I BEGAN HEARING A CLUNKING NOISE THAT SEEMS TO BE COMING FROM THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL AREA. AFTER TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY COULD NOT HEAR THE NOISE OR FIND THE PROBLEM THE NOISE HAS GOTTEN WORSE AND I CAN NOW FEEL IT THROUGH THE FLOOR BOARD. IT IS THE END OF JULY 2011 NOW AND I WONDER IF IM GOING TO LIVE EVERY TIME I ROUND A BEND.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10414237,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/14/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"07/16/2011","vin":"1GTHK53649F","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"SERVICE TRAILER BRAKE SYSTEM MESSAGE CAME ON. NEXT DAY CHEVY FOUND \"CIRCUITS RUBBING ON BRACKET... REPAIRED, COVERED HARNESS WITH CONDUIT..REPOSITIONED AWAY FROM E-BRAKE...\"  DEALER FOUND CHEVY DOC#2491825 THAT WARNS THE DEALERSHIP OF \"WIRING CHAFF CONCERN EAR THE E-BRAKE PEDAL\" BUT NO NOTICE WAS SENT TO OWNERS.  TRUCK MANUAL ON PAGE 3-37 SAYS TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER IF THE MESSAGE REMAINS ON AFTER THE IGNITION IS CYCLED ON AND OFF. MESSAGE DID NOT RETURN, BUT TOOK IN ANYWAY.  CHEVY DEALER SAID COMPUTER RECORDS SHOW THIS CONDITION WAS DETECTED A NUMBER OF TIMES BUT WE RECEIVED ONLY ONE SINGLE MESSAGE ON THE DIGITAL INFORMATION CENTER. A BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE WHILE RV OR COMMERCIAL TOWING DOWNHILL OR ON WET ROADS COULD LEAD TO CATASTROPHIC RESULTS-OWNERS SHOULD BE NOTIFIED AND AFFECTED VEHICLES INSPECTED.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10396540,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/15/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"04/17/2011","vin":"2GCEK23CX91","components":"ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC),TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 60MPH ON A HIGHWAY, THE TRUCK SUDDENLY LURCHED AND TWO WARNINGS CAME ON THE DASH; SERVICE STABILITRAC AND SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL.  THE TRUCK ALSO OPERATED UNDER REDUCED POWER AND I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE ACCELERATOR.  GOING UP HILLS WAS AN ADVENTURE.  THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD FOR THIS TO HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING AT ANYTIME ANYWHERE.  DID EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ONLINE, AND FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH GM STABILITRAC.  BROUGHT TRUCK TO DEALER FOR REPAIR AND THEY SAID THIS IS THE FIRST ONE THEY HAD SEEN WITH THIS CONDITION.  TRUCK HAD 37,400 MILES.  DEALER REPLACED THROTTLE CONTROL BODY FOR FREE UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY.  TRUCK CURRENTLY RUNS FINE, BUT THE TRUCK DOES NOT IDLE AS WELL AS IT USED TO, SLIGHT VIBRATION AND STUTTER, DEALER SAID GM SAID THIS IS COMMON AND NOT A PROBLEM, IT IS SET ELECTRONICALLY AND CANNOT BE ADJUSTED.  DO WE REALLY NEED ALL THIS ELECTRONIC CRAP?  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10395818,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/13/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"04/13/2011","vin":"1GCGG25C991","components":"TIRES","summary":"TPMS VALVE STEM BROKE OFF WHILE CHECKING TIRE PRESSURE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"HERCULES","productModel":"800165","size":null,"manufacturer":"Hercules Enterprises"}]},{"odiNumber":10356468,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/29/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"09/20/2010","vin":"1GCEK29089Z","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE ROTOR *TGW  THREE WEEKS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE SERVICED FOR A FRONT ROTOR PROBLEM.  SINCE THEN, THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED AND REPLACED. ON AUGUST 24, 2010 THEY WERE TURNED AGAIN.   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10343723,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/15/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"07/17/2010","vin":"1GCHK59K09E","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"BRAKE FAILURE ON TWO OCCASIONS,SECOND FAILURE RESULTED IN VEHICLE DAMAGE. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10340554,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/04/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"06/29/2010","vin":"1GCHK53K69F","components":"STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC),TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM","summary":"WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY (35-40 MPH ON A RESIDENTIAL ROAD) IN DRY CONDITIONS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATES AND THE ONBOARD ERROR MESSAGE READS \"SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE STABILITRAK, ENGINE POWER DOWN.\" CONSEQUENTLY, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT TRAVEL FASTER THAN APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND STEERING SHARPLY BECOMES DIFFICULT. THIS ERROR HAS OCCURRED TWICE IN THE 11 WEEKS WE HAVE HAD OUR NEW 2009 SILVERADO 2500 HD.  WITH THE FIRST REPAIR (ODOMETER 1101 MILES), THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK. THEY JUST RESET THE COMPUTER.  THE SECOND REPAIR WAS 4 DAYS AGO (3948 MILES).  THEY FOUND THE \"I/P TO BODY HARNESS CONNECTOR CORRODED, CLEANED THE TERMINALS, AND APPLIED DIELECTRIC GREASE.\"  WE ARE EXTREMELY FEARFUL THAT THIS DEFECT WILL OCCUR AGAIN WHILE WE ARE TOWING A 5500 POUND TRAVEL TRAILER.  WITHOUT STEERING, STABILITY AND ENGINE POWER A SERIOUS ACCIDENT COULD OCCUR.  WHEN MY CONCERNS WERE EXPLAINED TO THE LOCAL GM DEALERSHIP, THE GENERAL MANAGER STATED THAT HE COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT THEY COULD FIX OUR TRUCK OR GUARANTEE IT WOULD BE SAFE TO TOW A TRAILER.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10335365,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/06/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"06/08/2010","vin":"","components":"STRUCTURE,EQUIPMENT","summary":"I PURCHASED SOME AFTER-MARKET NERF/STEP BARS TO FIT MY NEW 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500HD CREW CAB PICKUP.  THE STEPS WERE INSTALLED ON FRIDAY 06/04/2010 ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURERS INSTRUCTIONS.  THE STEPS WERE MADE BY DEE ZEE INC. OF DES MOINES, IA AND THE MODEL NUMBER OF THE PRODUCT IS 17053C.  ON 06/06/2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 2230 HOURS, MY WIFE WAS PLACING A TWO YEAR OLD CHILD INTO HER CHILD SAFETY SEAT WHILE STANDING ON THE PLASTIC STEP AREA OF THE STEP BAR.  THE PLASTIC STEP AREA BROKE FROM THE METAL STEP BAR, CAUSING MY WIFE TO FALL TO THE GROUND.  ON HER WAY TO THE GROUND, BOTH OF MY WIFE'S UPPER SHINS OF HER LEGS STRUCK THE TRUCK FLOOR AND THE STEP BARS, CAUSING A LARGE AMOUNT OF BRUISING TO HER LEGS.  I REMOVED THE STEP BARS THE NEXT DAY AND HAVE CONTACTED THE RETAILER FOR A RETURN AND REFUND OF THE PRODUCT. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Equipment","productYear":"9999","productMake":"AUTO ACCESSORIES","productModel":"AUTO ACCESSORIES","manufacturer":"AUTO ACCESSORIES"}]},{"odiNumber":10331539,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/19/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"05/21/2010","vin":"3GCEK23319G","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT  STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY VEERED OFF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE PROCEED TO TRAVEL OFF THE ROADWAY AND WENT AIRBORNE OVER AND EMBANKMENT BEFORE CRASHING INTO A DITCH. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT AND THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MODERATE TO SEVER INJURIES. THE CONTACT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED ACCORDINGLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A CHEVROLET DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE FAILURE WAS 13,800     UPDATED 7/16/10 *CN  UPDATED 08/18/10","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10329367,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/15/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"05/08/2010","vin":"3GCEC13C09G","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,TIRES","summary":"ENGINE JUST SHUTS DOWN.  NO POWER.  HAVE TO PULL OVER AND WAIT 5 MINUTES OR SO AND THEN IT WILL RESTART.  NO PATTERN.  HAS HAPPENED TRAVELING ON HWY.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"B.F.GOODRICH","productModel":"ALL-TERRAIN","size":null,"manufacturer":"B.F. GOODRICH TIRE CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10314099,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":2,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/24/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"02/25/2010","vin":"1GCHK43K69F","components":"EQUIPMENT","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH HIS SPARE TIRE FELL FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE BEHIND HIM. THE TIRE DAMAGED THE FRONT END AND TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED. A POLICE REPORT IS AVAILABLE. THE BRACKETS WERE LOOSE AND BENT WHEN THE TIRE CAME OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO NOTICED THAT THE TIRE WAS TOO HEAVY FOR THE BRACKETS THAT HELD IT IN PLACE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY WAS ALSO CALLED AND WILL BE CONTACTING THE GM MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.    UPDATED 04/01/10  *BF","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10306668,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/25/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"02/05/2010","vin":"3GCEC230X9G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"ON MARCH 10, 2009 WE PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO FROM NU CAR CHEVROLET IN NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE.  ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2009, WHILE ON VACATION IN OCEAN CITY, MD, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WITH US AND OUR TWO YOUNG CHILDREN (AGES 2 AND 5) INSIDE, STRAPPED IN THEIR CAR SEATS.  WE WERE ABLE TO PULL THEM FROM THEIR CAR SEATS (TERRIFIED) AND GET A FIRE EXTINGUISHER FROM THE RESTAURANT WERE WE WERE PARKED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE.  WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED BACK TO NU CAR CHEVROLET ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2009 AND IT HAS REMAINED WITH THEM EVER SINCE.  THE DEALERSHIP AND GENERAL MOTORS DETERMINED THE CAUSE TO BE A DEFECTIVE WIRING HARNESS AND HAS ADMITTED FAULT (THERE WAS NO AFTER MARKET WIRING IN THE VEHICLE AND NO PREVIOUS ACCIDENTS).  AS OF TODAY, FEBRUARY 5, THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO REPAIR THE ISSUE AND ARE NOW GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH US TRYING TO GET US TO PAY MORE MONEY FOR A NEW VEHICLE SINCE THEY CAN'T FIND A 2009 REPLACEMENT MODEL.  WE ARE REFUSING TO PAY ANY ADDITIONAL MONEY AND STATED THAT WE WILL ACCEPT A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE WITH SAME FEATURES AT NO COST OR WE WANT A FULL REFUND OF OUR VEHICLE PURCHASE. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10304195,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/31/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"02/03/2010","vin":"1GCHK536X9F","components":"STEERING","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRYING TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP AT A 4-WAY STOP SIGN, THE BRAKES APPLIED \"HARD\" AS IF HE HAD MADE A PANIC STOP. AS HE WAS LEAVING THE 4-WAY STOP AND DRIVING UP A HILL, HE TRIED TO TURN THE CORNER AND HAD MUCH DIFFICULTY DOING SO. HE HEARD A POPPING SOUND AND THE DIFFICULTY CONTINUED. HOWEVER, A SHORT TIME LATER, THE STEERING SEEMED TO CORRECT ITSELF. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE POWER BRAKE THAT WAS HOOKED TO THE POWER STEERING MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE FAILURE AND MAYBE THE POWER STEERING PUMP MAY HAVE BEEN FAULTY. HE HAD NOT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER TO-DATE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 6,500. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 6,400.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10280122,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/28/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"08/11/2009","vin":"1GCHK33658F","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"GM  2008 SILVERADO 2500 SERIES. TWELVE THOUSAND VEHICLE MILES, VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THERMAL EVENT VEHICLE  CLAIM NUMBER (71-737328910), ESIS GROUP TRACKING NUMBER 675794. VEHICLE'S ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT FIRE WHILE SITTING IDLING. EXACT CAUSE OF FIRE UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME, EVENT HAPPENED ON JUN 28, 2009. BANKRUPTCY COURT RULED ON JUNE 30, 2009 THAT THE NEW GM COMING OUT OF BANKRUPTCY WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PRIOR ACTIONS OF THE CORPORATION. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10272336,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/03/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"05/29/2009","vin":"1GCHK49K69E","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500.  THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN MARCH OF 2009.  SINCE THAT TIME, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES SUDDENLY.  THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON FOUR OCCASIONS.  ON ONE OCCASION, WHILE SLOWING DOWN FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED.  THE VEHICLE STOPPED WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF.  THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURES; HOWEVER, THEY INSTALLED A DEVICE THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO READ THE ELECTRONIC ACTIVITIES.  THE CONTACT IS CONCERNED THAT HE MIGHT CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE DUE TO THE UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION.  THE MANUFACTURER FILED REPORT NUMBER 71-7284 AND STATED THAT THE REPORT WILL BE CLOSED BECAUSE THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT.  THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 5,000.    UPDATED 06/12/09 *BF  UPDATED 06/16/09.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10264845,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"04/09/2009","vin":"1GCHK63699F","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO.  THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SUN VISORS DO NOT BLOCK THE SUN ADEQUATELY.  HE FEELS THAT THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE VISIBILITY IS POOR AT SUNSET.  THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 2,006 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2009","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"SILVERADO","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]}]}