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I have a 99 Savanna1500 5.7 ltr engine with 138k miles on it. Never had a problem with the transmission, but recently I noticed a whirring/whining sound when putting the van in reverse or drive. It doesn't make the sound when in neutral or park. No leaks and the transmission performs fine. I took it to my mechanic and he couldn't tell where the sound was coming from. He checked the transmission and drove it and said it wasn't the transmission. He thought it might be the belt tensioner or idler pulley, but the noise seems to be coming from under the van and not near the belt tensioner. The noise can only be heard at low speeds with the windows open as normal driving sounds drown it out.
Any help on what this is will be appreciated. Getting ready to take a 2000 k trip this summer and don't want to break down on the road.
If anybody can help me, Thank You!
I would appreciate any advice. Thank you in advance. :confuse:
Bought used about 8 years ago with about 60k on it, got a 3k mile warranty on it. Went on a trip from Oregon to Wyoming. Halfway through started having transmission problems. The round trip was just over 3k miles. I did take it into a Chevy dealer, but the check engine light had gone put. When I returned the selling dealer said the transmission is failing not failed. Had to rebuild tranny because the shift belts burned up.
Since tranny work, exhaust rattles.
About 5 years ago, had smoke come out of steering column and wipers stopped working.Kept blowing fuse. Bypassed the wiper switch assembly, put in lower amp fuse. WIpers have worked off of a toggle ever since. When taken to the dealer (a different one this time) they told me the wiper motor was drawing too much. (if that was the case the lower amp fuse would blow, has never blown since I bypassed the wiper switch)
I am having the same issue as many with brake lights. I have even tried different types thinking a number has been transposed somewhere.
I am going through window motors about 1 every two years.
During replacment I thought i screwed up and broke the Hanging tabs on th edoor panel. Unfortunately I think it was more to to the cheap plastic used, as doors never touched are also falling apart. I have used a lot of JB weld to put back together and remount power lock and window switches.
I have no A/C as of 2 years ago since it decided to spring a leak.
I have the trademark Chevy noisy fuel pump.Got noisier after recall fuelpump work.
Speedometer Needle is very hurky and jerky and sometimes requires a tap on the dash to see what the real speed is.
I stumbled across this while doing yet another search for a power window motor and switch.
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Bought used about 8 years ago with about 60k on it, got a 3k mile warranty on it. Went on a trip from Oregon to Wyoming. Halfway through started having transmission problems. The round trip was just over 3k miles. I did take it into a Chevy dealer, but the check engine light had gone put. When I returned the selling dealer said the transmission is failing not failed. Had to rebuild tranny because the shift belts burned up.
Since tranny work, exhaust rattles.
About 5 years ago, had smoke come out of steering column and wipers stopped working.Kept blowing fuse. Bypassed the wiper switch assembly, put in lower amp fuse. WIpers have worked off of a toggle ever since. When taken to the dealer (a different one this time) they told me the wiper motor was drawing too much. (if that was the case the lower amp fuse would blow, has never blown since I bypassed the wiper switch)
I am having the same issue as many with brake lights. I have even tried different types thinking a number has been transposed somewhere.
I am going through window motors about 1 every two years.
During replacment I thought i screwed up and broke the Hanging tabs on th edoor panel. Unfortunately I think it was more to to the cheap plastic used, as doors never touched are also falling apart. I have used a lot of JB weld to put back together and remount power lock and window switches.
I have no A/C as of 2 years ago since it decided to spring a leak.
I have the trademark Chevy noisy fuel pump.Got noisier after recall fuelpump work.
Speedometer Needle is very hurky and jerky and sometimes requires a tap on the dash to see what the real speed is.
I stumbled across this while doing yet another search for a power window motor and switch.
I had the same problem.
The van has 85000 miles it is AWD I had problems with the door pins on the side doors they were covered under warranty and they put greesable ones in on both sides. I had brakes put on it in spring of 07 it had about 60,000 on it then. The air quit this last summer and I will fix it this spring. other then this It has been a nice ride. I would a preseate any info or help with this the garage seems clueless.
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My question and I used the search and found nothing. Is there a front suspension leveling kit for our 2003 Chevy Express 2wd with 5.3?
All help would be appreciated.
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I bought it certified with 14,000 miles. It came with a 36,000 warrenty. I now have 94,000 miles on the vehicle and I am on my fourth set of rotors!! And on top of that I have the original brake pads. As a matter of fact from 14,000 mi to 94,000 my brake pads have not worn at all. Chevy gives you a print out of how much remaining brake pad is left and my brakes have not worn AT ALL in 60,000 miles. Every old school mechanic I talk to says this is a RED FLAG that my brakes are not operating properly. I had to cut the rotors at 30,000, and then at 50,000 they were warped and too thin to resurface. I Replaced them again. At 80,000 I had to have them cut because they were warped. Then at 85,000 I had to have them replaced again because they were warped. I live in Illinois but use the vehicle for a business that has me traveling from state to state. Everytime I take it in the rolling hills of Missouri, of god forbid the mountains of Colorado, after 1 hour of hills or mountains, I can feel that they are warped. Within 1 hour of mountain driving my rotors get to hot that when I brake, my whole steering column shakes and the vehicle swerves to hard that I can barely stay within the lines on the interstate. I seriously feared for my life the four times that this has happened. I have tried to have Chevy look into this and everytime they just slap new rotors on and send me on my way. I keep telling them there is something else wrong. They give a 12,000 mile warrenty on rotors and they are warping in half that time. Chevy has had to replace them for free under warrenty 3 times and I have had to pay once. I feel like all they want to do is slap new parts on instead of finding the problem or having a
RECALL! As a matter of fact my dealer told me that they have a couple other customers that use their Chevy 3500 Express Van as a work truck and that the same thing keeps happening to them. They try to tell me it must be my driving/braking in mountains. First of all I grew up in Colorado and had a 1984 Dodge Ram Van and never put rotors on in less that 100,000. I know how to drive in the mountains. I have spoke to corporate, who agrees something else is wrong but they won't do anything about it. They say they've checked everything. But they won't check the pressure in the master cylander with a gauge. I finally got the service supervisor to admit to me that these vehicles have crappy metal rotors from China and that they have been failing in the saftey lane tests for their ability to brake and stop in the required distance. I bought the 3500 1 ton van because I believed it would last me for years as a work vehicle. I feel that my vehicle was overated to it's weight limit and it cannot stop itself if it has ANY kind of load in the cargo area. It's just really scary because I use it for work and I have to travel to these areas and I fear for my life everytime I drive in the mountains. I am going to be writing to all kinds of people at Chevy as well as the better business bureau. I have already filed a complaint with the US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTAION HIGHWAY SAFETY ADMINISTATION. THERE NUMBER IS 1-888-37-4236. IF CHEVY RECEIVES 3O OR MORE COMPLAINTS A RECALL INVESTIGATION WILL BE LAUNCHED. I am also going to contact a local Chicago newspaper writer who takes on stories like this when people are wronged by corporations. This isn't really about being wronged as much as it is about being safe.
There, the cooling water to be drained and fresh water to wash back through the reservoir einfüllen.Than the engine with a little vinegar to warm up in cold water and drain again.
Thereafter, the cooling system should be clean again.
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You say that the Van's payload capacity is overrated? That's absurd. The brakes are well qualified for 3,900 Lbs of payload (or with almost 10,000 Lbs of trailer weight). Which is actually a legit advertised payload, unlike the totally unrealistic advertised Sprinter payload of over 5K Lbs. I've driven a Dodge Sprinter for 6 years and, the brakes aren't any better, or more reliable.
You are so fixated that the car should be "RECALLED" ( that and the many other things), that it's kind of getting suspicious that you have some sort of grudge against the car. And since you state that you have an '84 Ram van, your POV is starting to show. So what it seems like here is, you have an old Ram van, and you're mad that you aren't using an updated Chevy Express van. That's just what it seems like, but I'm not going to state it as a fact. Trying to get others to call up the DOT in order to file a complaint on your own stated issues is too far.
If you think your van is really that crappy, and you are not getting the warranty coverage, I suggest you demand a new vehicle, or threaten with a lawsuit.
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I'm trying to identify the type of differential on a used 2003 Chevy Express 3500 I bought.
The underside of the dash is dry as a bone, as is the door. The seam along the center console is damp and the carpet is seperating from the glue.
The water is now also starting to appear on the corner of the driver's seat by the center console.
And then TODAY my seatbelt warning light came on and stayed on although I had my seatbelt ON!
Of course all warranties have expired too.
So any ideas where this water may be coming from????? Clogged A/C line maybe?
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