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Pickups Chevrolet Silverado & GMC Sierra Chevy Silverado: Problems & Solutions 
1497 messages, Last post on Oct 17, 2006 at 9:34 PM
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Replying to: jerrywimer (Jul 12, 2005 4:10 am) Got my lines crossed, sorta. That was the year GMC started using Sierra as the full line name instead of as trim names, and Chevy dropped 10/20/30 designations to go to 1500/2500/3500. Further screwing it up was maintaining the 1987-and-earlier design as the R/V series through 1991 alongside the redesigned trucks. No one ever accused GM of making sense...  kcram - Pickups Host |
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Brand new to this forum. Am an old motorhead, use to do all my own repairs...when computers came along, tools started getting dusty. Truck recently became harder to start, and then quit. I checked the fuel pump relay, made sure it was operating, and contacts were clean. Changed fuel filter, then truck ran for a couple of weeks and quit. I verified spark, and fuel pressure is 45 psi. Back on the internet, I have found many references about minimum fuel pressure, most of them between 50 and 60 psi. So the question is does this truck have an adjustable pressure regulator, or is the fuel pump responsible for the pressure? I've not checked the signal to the injectors, mainly because I can't find them. Are they underneath the intake cowling? Thanks in advance for suggestions. |
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I have a 2003 Silverado Crew Cab, 4X4 Diesel. Overall, I love the truck as it's been all I expected and more. Recently, I have encountered a problem that is very distrurbing. My truck's interior is charcoal grey. The entire dash as started to "peel". In about 10 odd places (all overall the dash) the "grey" material is flaking off, exposing the black undercoating. It's almost like the dash was painted grey and the paint is chipping off to show the undercoat. It's a small as the size of a pencil lead in most spots, but has spread around one of my heater/ac vents to the size of a couple of quarters. Has anyone else experienced this? Recall item? This immaculate truck is going to look really bad soon as the rest starts peeling! Help!
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I have been in the process of re-doing my late husbands 93' silverado for my son to drive in a few years. After going through the "domino effect", replacing the motor(350 from Chevrolet which is under warranty) the transmission (under warranty), I bought an AC Delco A/C air compressor. It was installed along with the million other things during the "domino effect" period which was about a year and 1/2 ago. The compressor started making a awful noise, whenever I turned it on the first time after the winter months. I went to the parts store, the guy listened to it and without blinking an eye gave me another brand new compressor and said they would take care of labor costs, just give them the bill when it was done. I, (being a woman, thought: I am in business now-ha) I had it replaced, and immediately the same thing again, and 2 more times after that, (total of 4) before they finally admitted to my mechanic, that AC Delco had a recall on the air compressor, (duh) and they didn't want him to tell me! They no longer have my business of course! Is it me or does this model truck have this problem: the air coming out of the vents is not blowing out fast at all, on high/rec, or on max? Help, the air isn't very cold either! I don't know how many times, men (sorry) have told me things like, "It's not a new truck" or "Sometimes they just sound like that," no, the body isn't new (almost though, that's another story) but by-gosh everything else is! They just think I'm dumb.....boy have I learned a lot from this, I used to tell the guys at the tire shop (who are now good friends of mine) when I would bring the truck in there, "Should I bend over and grab my ankles today, or should I take off running?" They cracked up, they love me! Any suggestion will be appreciated....flowerchild64
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Replying to: suzyk2 (Jun 15, 2005 3:30 pm) |
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Replying to: suzyk2 (Jun 15, 2005 3:30 pm) |
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Replying to: gdm1 (Jul 13, 2005 10:30 am) 
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I purchased a new silverado 2500HD in 2004. I noticed a engine nock at idle when it was cold. The dealer says its normal. To me it sounds like an old beater ready to let loose. I now have 17,000 miles on it and it runs great. The nock when cold still has me concerned.
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The AC in my truck doesn't cool the cab when the outside temp. gets above 90. The dealer said that the AC is within GM specs. Anyone else has this problem and what can be done to fix it. Great truck otherwise.
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| I have a 2002 Silverado LT 2500 HD Crew Cab with 8.1 gas engine and Allison transmission. 92,000 miles. Has been best truck I've owned. Problems started 4-5 weeks ago. When driving down the road the truck will die. It normally happens while sitting at a red light, but has happened once or twice on the highway. It will usually start after about 30 seconds, although it has caused me to run batteries all the way down twice and not start. First shop visit: shop said it was fuel filter or fuel pump. They checked filter, said it was ok, decided it was fuel pump. Replaced pump with AC Delco. Quit running again 3 miles of leaving shop. 2nd shop visit: Shop checked computer and said it was ignition problem and needed a new crank sensor. Replaced that after being down July 4 weekend. Quit again next day. 3rd shop visit; Took to local Chevy dealer. They said batteries were bad. Replaced batteries, same thing. 4th visit: took it to the biggest area Chevy dealer. They suspected burnt terminal on fuel pump. I disagreed- had new pump- but paid them to check it anyway. Bottom line: fuel pump ok. They gave up; couldn't figure it out. It just quit on me awhile ago on a busy city street. Anyone have similar problems? | |
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