Edmunds dealer partner, Bayway Leasing, is now offering transparent lease deals via these forums. Click here to see May lease deals!
Options
Chevy Silverado: Problems & Solutions
This discussion has been closed.
Popular New Cars
Popular Used Sedans
Popular Used SUVs
Popular Used Pickup Trucks
Popular Used Hatchbacks
Popular Used Minivans
Popular Used Coupes
Popular Used Wagons
Comments
Any help is welcome.
I had a mechanic say he fixed his by installing a grease fitting and greasing the joint during regular maintenance.
Sounds alot cheaper that replacing an $800 steering column.
You have to drop the knee bolster plastic panel down
and adjust the nut that holds it in place as there
is a slot cut into it (for adjustment).
It is located on the steering column and is hooked
into the gear selector and brake pedal.
Easy fix if your handy with a wrench or send it off
to the dealer.
or when the AC compressor kicks in?
Sounds like your AC compressor is seizing up or the ac
compressor clutch is going bad..............
It is normal to have a slight voltage drop when using any power accessory.............
Would I be better off buying an AM FM unit with CD player from GM parts or going with an aftermarket unit?
I read in the owner's manual that warning chimes for headlights,seat belts etc. come through the audio unit.
Anyone know it the chimes would still work if I used an aftermarket unit?
thanx
wgreen
thank you
geo
You can order an owners manual, but the best place to find one really cheap is on auction sites.
Enjoy your new truck!
If the noise is more of a gurgle sound inside the dash than a hiss, you have air trapped in the cooling system and it needs to be "burped".
Bought an '85 Chevrolet K10 4x4 5.0 a couple of months ago. Just had a bunch of work done on it. I was having some issues with the engine idle being a little high...if I put it in park and reved it, it would go back down. The gas pedal was also pretty hard to push. My mechanic said it was because of the wrong after market carburetor getting in the way of the throttle cable. Well, I had a nice rebuilt carb put on the gas pedal is better, but the idle is still doing the same thing. It doesn't happen all the time but its a pain in the butt when it does. It makes the drive shaft bang when its put in gear too.
I figured something just needs some WD40 or something. Can anyone help? I haven't really taken a look under the hood for myself yet to try to fix it.
Thanks!!!
DAN
When you install a rebuilt carb, some parts are taken from the old carb and installed on the rebuilt one, so that explains why you still have the same problem with the rebuilt carb. There is an idle solenoid that can be adjusted. I'm not sure what year they switched over to the computer controlled electric carb though. Sounds like your mechanic just needs to adjust the carb and make sure all carb components are functioning correctly. Since engines have been switched over to fuel injection for so long, it's getting harder to find mechanics that know how to work on and properly adjust carbs any more.
It happened before but the sound came back the next day.
Same thing happens to my friends '03 truck as well.
What is the fix ?
I am out of warranty .. is this a defect - if so will it
be covered by GM ?
Has this happened to you and how did you resolve ?
Thanks!
Please help.
coming home sometimes I had 1st gear and sometimes overdrive.
so I,m confused is this a servo problem or something worse?
any help would appreciated
Does that mean you flushed out the heater core itself? Just draining the fluid will not flush out debris build up inside the heater core or cooling system. One thing you have not checked is your temp gauge. If you research various GM truck forums, you will see that there have been many problems reported of malfunctioning gauges and such. If all else fails, install a separate temporary temp gauge to make sure it matches the instrument cluster gauge readings. Unless you still have a blockage in the engine block or elsewhere in the cooling system, it should not be overheating. Don't trust the temp gauge readings unless you have tested the gauge itself.
Single dad of 2 children,
on a tight budget.
In an effort to make things a bit easier to research, we're adding more focused discussions for the Silverado/Sierra so that they don't get lost in one general discussion.
If you click on the main Silverado & Sierra Group, you will see a bunch of new discussions broken down by specific sections of the truck. We'd like you to start posting your problems under those new discussions, and hopefully you can get faster respoinses by those who may be more knowledgeable about those specific areas.
Thanks!
kcram - Pickups Host
Plesase anyone i am at my wits end. Ron