Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet silverado. While driving approximately 55 MPH, all of the gauges became disabled without warning. The contact mentioned that when the gauges reactivated, the air bags were disabled. The failure recurred on several occasions. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but the failure was unable to be determined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000. ... Updated 06-02-15 *bf updated 9/17/2015
2008 Chevrolet Silverado electrical complaints
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Engine trouble light appears and service airbag message appears,both. Passenger side windows would not operate. Burning odors appear inside the cabin. The g.m. Dealership located the wiring harness had caught fire and melted part of the carpet on the front drivers side kick plate. $2,400.00 to replace the harness and carpet. What's going to prevent this from happening again?
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet silverado. While starting the vehicle, the starter continued to function. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v827000 (electrical system). The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The dealer inspected the vehicle and stated that the recall repair did not need to be performed. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 51,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet silverado. The contact stated that while driving at 5 MPH, the engine stalled. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, who diagnosed that the battery cables needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 63,445.
I have bought vehicles since I was 17 years old. I have never had the whole left side electronics go bad like in my 2008 silverado, ltz. The windows would not go up or down. Either side. My mirrors would not come in. Extended cab windows would not work . I replaced left door electronics panel, chev. Dealer mechanic tried to syncronize with vehicle computer ($130.00) found broken wires in harness. Mechanic tried to fix the problem and shut drivers door. Opened door and the wires had broken again plus it shorted out a fuse panel.a new harness and panel was ordered. A week later the new items were installed ( $606.89). The mechanic then said that the left rear door was shorting out and it needed a new harness ($500.99). I waited another week and this harness was installed on 2-13-15. If I had been in a wreck and the doors could not be opened and I could not get my windows down I could have burnt up or the first responders would have had to cut me out of my truck. This happened to me in the middle of the night with my whole left side electronics going dead. A friend of mine also bought a 2008 chevrolet suburban and has also had to replace the left side electronics in his drivers door. ([xxx], owner of body shop) he advised that he had heard of many others with the same problems. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Air bag sensors go out making whole system inoperable.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet silverado. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 60 MPH, all four locks on the vehicle locked and unlocked constantly. The vehicle stalled. The failures recurred several times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 67,000. The VIN was not available.
All four doors would not lock or unlock by pressing the lock button on either front doors or by using the remote when stopped. It scares me as a parent of a seven year old that the doors may not lock when needed and my child could accidentally open the door when driving anywhere at any speed. For the safety of my family and friends this really concerns me because if we were in an accident what if the doors couldn't unlock by button or manually or lock to keep passengers in while driving. In my opinion this is a safety hazard that really needs to be investigated by gm and an action taken into affect to correct this faulty issue or parts.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet silverado. While attempting to start the vehicle, the ignition switch was difficult to turn. The contact mentioned that several attempts had to be made before the vehicle started. The contact stated that the check engine warning indicator was illuminated. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The technician was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000.
I have had the 4th door lock fail again and outside of warranty. This should be a recall from gm and they refuse to fix a known issue.
The front speakers and one of the extended cab doors speakers do not work.can not hear the warning chime. Sometimes when the truck has been driven for awhile the speakers in the driver's side starts to work. As of 07/11/14 the passenger side door speakers doesn't work unless the truck has been driven for awhile.. I've contacted gm several times on this issue and get the same response, they can not help me without paying them a fee.... I tell them what is happening and they don't care. I sent an email to them on 07/12/14 and haven't heard from them yet. I afraid that the truck is going catch on fire or shut off while I'm driving or when my wife is driving with my kids in the truck.
Turned key to on position started truck and air bag warning would not go off. Front sensor was cracked. Replaced it on my own!!!!!!!
Vehicle was stopped, waiting to enter road, dashboard lit up like a christmas tree and smoke started pouring from under the hood. Turned vehicle off, called a tow truck and it was taken to our mechanic. The sealed internal fuse box and wiring harness conections had caught fire and burned, damaging the main fuse panel that costs $450 to replace and the main wiring harness connected to the fuse box. I have read several complaints filed by other silverado owners for the same reason but their vehicles completely burned to the ground. How many people have to injured or killed by this before there is a recall? Please help!
The cab to operator communication started slowly diminishing. Eventually all audible beeps, dings and music on the left side of the cab were shutoff. The speed control cruise was not activation, but the button would light up. Currently the left side of the truck, in the cab, is out of power. I am concerned, does this affect the air bag system too? The truck does a self diagnostics monthly and no issues were noted, but they were obvious issues that a diagnostic should have picked up a notable change. The lighting issue I experienced were with each taillight. I would randomly blow tail light bulbs. A closer look showed corrosion and obvious shorting, but no fuse was faulted. Bulb was burned at the connectors. Further review it was noticed that each tail light had water in the bottom. Traveling caused the water to short out and damage the bulb, leaving me with no rear lighting randomly. I have since drilled holes in the bottom of each tail light as there is not way to remove the moisture. I have also inspected the bulb seals and find they are firmly pressing on to the sealing surfaces, which are clean and free from road dust and grime...plus they are hidden inside the body of the truck. In summary, I would like to receive some level of detail regarding the electrical issue, focusing on how it can be repaired. Regarding the lighting, this is concerning and should be a consideration for risk assessment during design.
2008 silverado crew cab - door actuator failure with all four doors.
Door lock broke and door would not open. This is the fourth time and has occurred on all four doors at different intervals.
Driving at night at 55 MPH, the truck intermittently lost power but did not completely quit; the low beam headlights blew and went off.
3 of 4 door lock actuators have failed. Called chevy and had me bring to dealership to have tested and dealership did confirm that was actuators. Chevy not willing to cover cost of replacing faulty parts. I am unable to use door locks on 3 of my 4 doors.
3 of 4 electric door locks do not work. Multiple message boards with people complaining about door lock actuators no longer working on this model/year. Safety concern as I have to climb into back seat to unlock doors when my children are in the back.
My truck stayed parked for 10 days while on vacation. It was running fine when I parked it. Upon returning from vacation I tried to start it and nothing! It wont even try to turn over. After having a private mechanic look at it he said the fuse block under the hood has a short in it. How can it short out just sitting there? This could be a fire hazard & a safety issue!! I have 2 small children & if I were driving & it caught on fire we all could be injured!!!!!! This should open gm's eyes to have a recall on this vehicle.
My gauges are going haywire...while I'm riding on the road...my truck dont start sometimes and also my alarm dont work...
Went to get out of the car and the door wouldn't open or the window wouldn't roll down...........seems very unsafe............in case of a fire or accident I couldn't unlock the door for my passenger or roll down the window.
Loss of power door locks going up and down speedometer and tachometer going up and down all dash lights blinking.
Off and on vehicle locks into anti theft mode......sat overnite at walmart..sat overnite at groc store...went to dealer 300 later not fixed they may try this or that $$$$$$$$$$$ each visit is expensive.....called customer support at gm they told me they new nothing about this happening.....googled internet a lot of people are dealing with this....called customer service back they told me not to google internet because many vehicles can break down they do not last forever.....in the meantime I should return to service because they only hire top notch techs who can fix the problem.....they are not fixing it they are guessing and each time they guess the problem exits but my wallet shrinks.........this passlock even has it's own facebook page.......this is bad and dangerous and expensive....the only solution is to buy a kit and then try to find someone to install to override the system.........this is ridiculous tired of looking at service seatbelt..little car with lock on it and turning key to nothing happening all because passlock failure.
Time on radio stopped working also speakers and chimes for turn signal and keys in the ignition stopped working they work every once in awhile I noticed when the keys in the ignition are turned just right sometimes everything will work but most of the time it does not.
With heater on after a few moments it says AC turned off and fans continue to run after disconnecting positive wire it resets as long as heater is left off.
7-13-2011 replaced door latch-right--4-19-2012 replaced door latch left and left window regulator.
1 to 2 months after purchase the oil was completely out on my truck. They have attempted to fix the oil consumption is 3 to 4 times. Now they are wanting to replace the piston that they have already ordered not knowing what kind of damage has been done.
Evap vent value malfuntions.
Power door locks on my 2008 chevy silverado crew cab quit working on both drivers side doors. I only have 25,000 miles on the truck and have not returned it back to the dealer yet as the problem just started this weekend. I have checked the web and of course this is a very common occurance that chevy has tended to sweep under the rug and had not made a recall for this. This is a major inconvience and is a major safety hazard as well. I have my fingers crossed that the dealer will fix this problem but I have my doubts. My 3 year bumper to bumper warranty ran out in august. I purchased a new truck to avoid these types of aggravations and now regreting that decision.
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