My 2005 chevrolet silverado 2500hd had broken exhaust manifold bolts. Repaired at 87,000 miles. Went to dealership today because of exhaust leak and was told there are more broken bolts at 136,000. Obviously there is a defect. Unsafe/raw exhaust leaking into air and cab.
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Exhaust manifold bolt head broke off. 1st bolt initially then second bolt next to it broke as well. No work has been done to motor or aftermarket parts added that would affect this part and create failure. Exhaust gas enters the underhood area sometime can be smelled inside cab. The exhaust makes a black plume up side of motor.
I have a 2005 chevrolet silverado with a 6.0 liter engine. The left side and right side exhaust manifold are missing 2 bolts each. I only have 50,000 miles on this vehicle. The cost is unbelievable. This is certainly a matter that gm should take care of.
Exhaust manifold gasket leaking due to exhaust manifold bolts breaking/rusting off on more than one truck, a 2001 chevy 3/4 ton with 6.0 and a 2005 model with a 6.0.
I took my 2005 chevrolet silverado pick up in for a exhaust leak. The manifold bolts rotted away. 3 bolts holding right and left exhaust manifolds in place. Vary very unsafe, one good bump in the road and it would drop. Vehicles with less than 30,000 miles have the same problem. Gm knows about the problem and should have contacted it's customers. Vary dangerous. Fire, accident or exhaust fumes. Not good at all!!
2005 chevy silverado 2500 diesel truck on freeway on 01/25/2010 and the truck immediately lost power while pulling a trailer. Very dangerous. Consumer never made aware of tech bulletin or problem. Tsb #05-06-04-047b injection harass. The federal safety agency #10017389. The truck has been taken to dealer for other recall notices and dealers never addressed the problem and should have before we were stuck out in the middle of the desert and had to get the vehicle and 5th wheel trailer towed. The consumers should be notified of this problem and chevy dealers should fix problem with the injection harness because when a vehicle loses power on the freeway it is dangerous.
The blower motor (for heat & air conditioning) stopped working and was replaced on our 2005 chevy silverado 2500. With in a year it stopped working again and upon inspection we along with raymond chevrolet in antioch, illinois noticed that the blower motor was burned out and the resister harness was burnt. As if it was on fire. Thankfully no further damage was done besides the burning of the motor, wires and harness. This was replaced again on 10-30-08 and now on 06-23-09 again the motor has burnt out again. The dealership service department had no explanation why this has happened 3 times and being aware of this we make sure nothing is close to the dash preventing a spread of fire in case it were to happen again, which it has.
I purchased a "new" 2005 chevy silverado 2500 utility bed work truck...the dealership ripped me off with the trade in;refused to apply the cash back and down payment assistance gm was offering-and when I got the truck home,saw the inside of toolboxes were rusted...the heater blew,the airconditioning quit working,stereo/cd player quit,as well...the dealer refused to fix the rust;destroyed the pics and service report regarding the trust. The oil cap blows off...it's been replaced several times- and in jan 2009,truck kept overheating & brake lights went out...dealer could not find source of engine leak;and failed to fix brake lights,.they state it's not their problem. The truck has 33,000 miles on it-I even purchased an extended warranty-but no one can or will fix it.filed 2nd complaint with gm-they state the service department never documented the engine leak/overheating/brake problem !I took the truck back to dealer day after signed the contract-tried to get it resolved-they hid from me!!!!and sent my trade in to auction...they also failed to inform me of my 3 day right to rescind;so I canceled the loan on jan.2009-under the tila law. They are refusing to acknowledge my rights as a consumer;I will not pay 23,000 for a truck that is inoperable...help!
2005 silverado pick up with 77000 miles pulling empty trailer( work) blows hole in #7 piston no warning, make it to nearest dealer takes them 2 weeks to decide engine ruined but not covered by warranty, they said by there ( general motors) paperwork it looks like I have a power adder( chip) that caused the problem( which I did not have). After obtained there ( tsb) information it states that only if there are multiple pistons damaged then there is a power adder, if only one is damaged it is a bad injector, they refused to pay and I could not afford to pay there $16000+ bill to put a new engine so took to independent shop and had another engine put in.
The engine oil cooler lines and the transmission cooler lines leak at the crimp where the rubber hose and metal lines connect. After doing research online about this I have discovered it is a very common problem. Some people have replaced these lines multiple times only to have them leak a short while later. For those of us whose vehicles are out of warranty this can be very costly. I would also think that transmission fluid and motor oil contacting hot surfaces like an exhaust pose a fire hazard. At the very least the leaking oil is an environmental hazard. I have purchased oil cooler lines and am replacing them tomorrow but I am having trouble finding transmission lines.
While towing approximately 11,000 pounds, vehicle exhaust gas temperature exceeded 1300 degrees. This has happened several times. Dealer, mossy chevrolet stated this is normal.
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