2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 — Complaint #660099
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NHTSA Complaint about EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER:LPG SYSTEMS:TANK ASSEMBLY filed March 4, 2008
NHTSA complaint #660099 (ODI reference 10220040) concerns a 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 and was filed on March 4, 2008. The owner reports the failure occurred on March 4, 2008. The vehicle had 18,600 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Washington based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as equipment:recreational vehicle/trailer:lpg systems:tank assembly, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 cohort independently describe similar equipment:recreational vehicle/trailer:lpg systems:tank assembly failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
I BOUGHT A NEW CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 4X4 IN JULY OF 2001. I DON'T DRIVE IT THAT MUCH, AND WHEN I DO, IT IS MOSTLY FREEWAY MILES. ABOUT 5 TIMES/YEAR I'LL TOW A LIGHT BOAT TO PUGET SOUND, AND AFTER COMING BACK ALWAYS HOSE OFF THE BOAT, TRAILER, AND SALT WATER EXPOSED AREA OF THE TRUCK. IN 2004 AT 6770 MILES, THE REAR ROTORS, CALIPERS AND PADS WERE RUINED (UNDER WARRANTY--CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE DEBRIS CAUGHT UP IN MECHANISM). GOOD CHEVROLET FIXED PERFECTLY. NOW IN MARCH 2008 AT ONLY 18,700 MILES (12K MILES ON NEW BRAKES), THE REAR BRAKES NEED TO BE COMPLETELY REBUILT. GOOD IS SAYING THE CAUSE IS SALT WATER. AND OF COURSE THE WARRANTY IS LONG OVER----LOOKING AT $2000 TO FIX. I SAY HOGWASH! BRAKES SHOULD NOT FALL APART AFTER 12,000 GENTLE MILES. I DON'T FOUR WHEEL DRIVE EXCEPT ON RARE OCCASION TO GET OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASS---AND THAT'S ON SNOW. I AM EASY WITH THIS TRUCK. I DON'T SPEED AROUND AND SLAM ON THE BRAKES EVER. NEVER. I AM PRETTY SURE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. JUST GOOGLED UP A SIMI
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 660099 |
| ODI Number | 10220040 |
| Date Filed | March 4, 2008 |
| Failure Date | March 4, 2008 |
| VIN | 2GCEK19V711 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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