2000 Chevrolet Silverado Exterior lighting Problems

“I am writing to seek some assistance with an inferior product produced by GM. I have a chevy 2000 Silverado z71 pick up that has piston slap starting at around 15k miles and progressively worsened which the dealer states is normal wear. This expensive vehicle also has a rear end bang into drive and then reverse again the dealer states is normal. Recently I fixed a snapped cable for the drivers window which the same kind of cable was recalled for the tail gate cables. …”

“Parking brake sticks: I bought vehicle august 2000. Was called to active duty and deployed with military for 1 year beginning january 2003. Yes, that's less than the 3 year warranty. My wife used the vehicle occasionally and I have 31,000 miles on the truck and upon returning, the parking brake sticks. I have burnt out 2 sets or rear pads and rotors. Additionally, the slow and intermittent portion of the windshield wiper stopped working and the reverse/backup lights don't work. I contacted the dealer and GM and they both told me too bad.”

“Cosumor states: fog light in recess bumper a plastic piece in lower part of bumper the plastic piece brakes and light hangs there until it falls out. Also, ABS light sensor came on and took to dealer, they did test and said my system is deffective had replaced but had to pay some of cost out of pocket. The leather seats have also started to tear, and when starting vehicle sounds like a disel truck”

“The truck has an automatic headlight circuit. (at twilight the headlights are energized without manual turn-on.) among the many electronic features there is also a ''dome light override'' button. This feature allows you to control whether or not the dome light comes on when the door is opened. One can easily assume it is to turn on and off the dome light without opening the door. However, this is not the case. If you are driving with the headlights on the automatic circuit and you push the ''dome override'' 3-4 times, all the lights go out (including the dashboard lights). …”

“Daytime running lights keep burning out. I have order 9 lights over 2 years, after about the 5th light going out I'm assuming there is a lose of ground, or improper fabracation of the unit that holds the light in place, one way or another something is making the light to make a loud pop when it burns out, loud enugh to hear it over the radio.”