2005 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Wheels Problems

“Rims have a engineering defect- they collect mud around a one inch gap around outside rim- this keeps front end out of line and cannot be kept in line- both wheel bearings have been replaced and I am on 3rd set of tires- I have complained since bought truck.”

“The driver side wheel bearing locked up and my truck was undrivable, it made a load clunking noisy and that was it, I just pulled off the highway to get gas, and when I started out of the station the front wheel lock up, it was good to have happen there instead of on the road, or I would not be writing this now, I had to call a tow truck and took it to a dealer, which confirmed that it did indeed lock up the left front wheel and the right one was very loose,needs to be replace also, it buned the had burned the brakes completely up on the driver side, where it was totally lock up, the…”

“I was driving home from orange county on march 15, 2008 with my three children at around 8pm. I was traveling east on the 91 fwy when we began hearing a squeaking sound in my tires and my ABS light had come on, shortly after our journey home the squeaking sound was followed by a grinding sound as well. I began getting off to the shoulder and started hearing the sound of little things dropping to the ground, followed by more things hitting the ground and my steering wheel began pulling to the right, so I pulled over just under the lincoln exit in corona. …”

“I have a 2005 chevy z-71. The wheel center caps fly off of the vehicle while driving. This has happened twice in the past month, and during the latest incident it almost caused a severe car accident. The center cap flew off of my driver's side rear wheel and hit an oncoming vehicle on the windshield. This caused the startled driver to wildly swerve back and forth into oncoming traffic behind me and almost cause a head-on collision. On a more minor note: these caps are a $70/ piece factory only item which should be covered under warranty when they fly off, but are not!”

“The front end intermittently begins to shimmy at about 50mph. I have replaced tires, inner and outer tie rods, and brakes calipers but the problems have not resolved. The vehicle has always had problems with a clunking from the steering column. Several owners report the same problem.”