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#3477 of 6769 Front right Brake/Suspension Clunk/Thump by sfisher1
Jun 08, 2001 (6:31 am)
Bought 2001 Silverado 4-door x-cab in oct. 2000. LS, 5.3, leather, step bars, dualexhaust, pewter-I absolutely love it-especially the motor. About 2 months ago, i
started to get a loud thump or clunk out of the right front (you can "feel" it on the
floorboard if you sit on the passenger side) either from the suspension or brakes (i'm
surmising). It only happens under braking. if i hit a series of small bumps in the
road, or one decent bump, and i have the brakes on fairly hard-it happens, you can
literally "feel" it. My wife will no longer ride in the vehicle because she thinks it is
going to flip over or something (I tried to tell her that it wasn't a Ford). here is where
it gets good: First trip to dealer:They found a "Loose body on frame mounting
bolt-basically blamed it on my step bar installation (bolts torqued to specs with a
torque wrench). and it was fine for about a month, and then the clunk came back.
Second trip to dealer: Tech says that the bolts and everything is tight in the front
end/suspension/brakes and that the noise is the ABS dump sensor johnsonrod or
something like that and is NORMAL for this make and model vehicle. (it usually
happens when i am turning right and braking). He took me for a drive in a brand new
1500 and when he cranked over the wheel all the way to the right-he could get a
slight clunk (out of the driver side front end??) while braking HARD. I said thanks for
nothing and asked how they could fix it once but now that is normal? Also, my
father has an IDENTICAL vehicle that has never done that-we can't even get a thump
when cranking the wheel over all the way like the tech did with me. (after this time I
had called GM customer service (useless) and they told me Sorry, but the tech
says its normal, so it must be )Third trip, different dealer: As soon as i drove with a
tech, he acknowledged a problem and told me of a Service Bulletin on the coil
spring isolaters in the front end and guessed that the problem was there. (I had to
rent a car on my own to get back to work from this dealer as they are 35 miles from
me-I got lucky and they had to keep the truck overnight and GM comped the rental
car). Picked it up the next day, and the tech told me that they replaced all front
isolaters (left and right, top and bottom) and that "Someone (Main Street Chevy in
Gainesville, FL)" had A.rubbed grease all over an obviously damaged isolater(rubber
mount) to try and quiet it and that, B. "someone" had removed the coil spring on the
right side at least once (he said he could tell by the bolt), and C. any tech worth a
lick would have told me about the Service Bulletin on that truck. While driving home
that day-it did it again (not as bad or as loud, but it still does it intermittently).
Needless to say i called the first dealer and lit them up and then called GM
customer service and lit them up (to no avail of course). The second dealer I went to
(who I actually somewhat trust now-at least they tried) said to bring it back and they
will take another look at it (4th trip for the same problem). I am a GM retiree's son
who wants to buy GM, or at least American, but this is ridiculous. Now what? Do I
call the BBB and go to arbitration or do i claim Lemon Law? I bought the truck with
GMS pricing and got a great price, and I love the truck, BUT....I feel that under the
bumper-to-bumper warranty like they should start replacing right front end
brake/suspension parts until they fix the problem. All this happened while my wife's
friggin' 2002 TrailBlazer was in the shop on recall. General Motors is batting 1.000
with me right now. Anybody else have this problem, or any suggestions would be
helpful!!
#3478 of 6769 Seen a 2500 burb in the by obyone
Jun 08, 2001 (7:11 am)
carmine with gold....guy was really old. Wonder if he could pass the driving test?
sfisher1
Question is, what do you want to do? If you want to pursue buyback, check out this site for all the info:
http://agmlemon.freeservers.com/
If you want to pursue lemon law, also see the above site.
There isn't any TSB relating to this problem you have in your front end. Unfortunately, you may be the first. Hopefully, the second dealer can resolve it for you.
#3479 of 6769 obyone by ryanbab
Jun 08, 2001 (7:16 am)
see im not lying with my assumption of the carmine colorill make an exception for tim however
#3480 of 6769 exception for tim? by redsilverado
Jun 08, 2001 (7:27 am)
why? we know he's an old man! heh heh#3482 of 6769 by dch0300
Jun 08, 2001 (8:43 am)
Gotta like that White over Pewter w/ Pewter flares!!
-David
#3485 of 6769 David by erikf2
Jun 08, 2001 (8:59 am)
HEY! Stop sneakin' around takin' pictures of MY truck!#3486 of 6769 color combo's by mborud
Jun 08, 2001 (10:27 am)
go to www.geocities.com/mobrud1 and you will see the best color combo chevy has to offerAdvertisement
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