Safety Score
88
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1997 Chevrolet Silverado 2500.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-14 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | WIPERS QUIT WHEN IN USE. WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THEY ARE UNPREDICTABLE. THEY HAVE BEEN THAT WAY FOR YEARS. MY 1999 TAHOE… |
| 2015-08-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I LOCKED THE TRUCK USING ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS THAT EVENING.GOT UP NEXT MORNING DOOR PANNAL HAD COUGHT FIRE.BUT MUST HAD … |
| 2015-03-11 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | STOPPING AT A STOP LIGHT THE BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR AND PULLED RIGHT. I WENT INTO THE INTERSECTION AROUND 5 FEET. REQ… |
| 2012-01-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I HAVE A1997 CHEVROLET 6.5T DIESEL, I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK DOING ABOUT 45 MPH CROSSING A STOP LIGHT AND THE TRUCK… |
| 2011-04-27 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | CHEVY ADMITS A PROBLEM, I THINK MINE HAS SUCH IT STALLS FOR NO REASON AFTER A COMPLETE $700 TUNE UP..SHOP SAYS HAS SYMP… |
| 2010-09-21 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET K2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS … |
| 2009-11-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 DIESEL TRUCK. THE SENSOR IN THE ENGINE HAS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SH… |
| 2008-05-23 | FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL | No | 0 | I OWN A 1997 SILVERADO 6.5 DIESEL ENGINE, W/279K MILES, TRUCK WAS RUNNING OK BUT THE LAST FEW MONTHS ENGINE STALLING AN… |
| 2007-08-01 | STEERING:COLUMN | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET C2500. THE CONTACT HEARD A SQUEALING NOISE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED. T… |
| 2006-08-11 | STEERING | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS HARD TO STEER AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND SUDDENLY PULLED TO THE RIGHT CAUSING THE DR… |
| 2006-03-28 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS DIFFICULT TO CLOSE DUE TO THE LATCH. ALTHOUGH THE DEALER WAS ALERTED… |
| 2006-02-01 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED DUE TO CRACKED SOLDER JOINTS ON THE CONTROLLER CIRCUIT BOARD… |
| 2005-11-12 | FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL | Yes | 0 | 1997 K 2500 TRUCK PROBLEM WITH ENGINE STALLING AND SURGING WILL STALL AT HIGH SPEEDS AND WITH HYDRO BOOST THERE ARE ONL… |
| 2004-12-29 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | TURNED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON AND THEY ONLY CAME UP TO THE PARK POSITION FOR INTERMITTENT OPERATION. POSITIONED THE … |
| 2004-07-09 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | (1) ONGOING (2) POWER STEERING SUDDENLY GOES TO TOO MUCH ASSIST TO NORMAL ASSIST, ESPECIALLY IN LEFT HAND TURN (3) DEAL… |
| 2004-03-22 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS | No | 0 | WHILE STARTING UP THE VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, A… |
| 2004-03-05 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON AND WENT OFF ON THEIR OWN. THIS CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY F… |
| 2004-01-19 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | POWER STEERING PROBLEM IDENTICAL TO KNOWN DEFECTS AFFECTING GM CARS. I HAVE IDENTICAL SYMPTOMS REGARDING SUDDEN ROTATIO… |
| 2003-11-11 | FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL | No | 0 | I OWN TWO 1997 CHEVY DIESEL VEHICLES. ONE IN A CK3500 AND THE OTHER IS A K2500 SUBURBAN, BOTH ARE CURRENTLY NOT RUNNIN… |
| 2003-08-17 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | CONSUMER IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN RECALL ON WINDSHIELD WIPERS. RECALL NUMBER UNKNOWN. DEALER WOULD N… |
| 2003-06-25 | TIRES:VALVE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, THE SPARE TIRE FELL OFF DUE TO THE CABLE BREAKING OFF. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THE PROBLEM COULD BE THE … |
| 2003-02-13 | FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL | No | 0 | 1997 CHEVROLET 6.5 TURBO DIESEL PICKUP. HAD FAILURE OF THE ELECTRONIC INJECTION PUMP. THIS CAUSED THE TRUCK TO UNEXPECT… |
| 2002-08-02 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING 60 MPH AND COMING OFF THE RAMP, THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AND ALSO MADE A LOU… |
| 2001-08-11 | SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK | No | 0 | UPON COMING TO A ROLLING STOP, UNDER DRY ROAD CONDITIONS, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES OVER COMPENSATE, MAKE AN 'ELECTRONIC GRO… |
| 2001-08-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | BRAKE PEDAL GOES HALF WAY DOWN. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, HAD BRAKES REPAIRED. DEALER INDICATED THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ADJ… |
| 2001-01-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR | No | 0 | COVERTER COMPLETLY FAILED. *AK |
| 2000-11-10 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED AT NIGHT, IN HEAVY RAIN CAUSING LOSS OF VISIBILITY. I PULLED OVER AND MANUALLY MOVED WIP… |
| 2000-10-25 | SEATS | No | 1 | SUFFERED SERIOUS FINGER WOUND AND SUBSEQUENT BACTERIAL INFECTION DUE TO MECHANISM CRUSHING SAID FINGER. DEALER HAD ASSU… |
| 2000-06-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | Yes | 0 | MY BRAKES HAVE NOT WORKED PROPERLY SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW. THE DEALER HAS SAID THEY WORK PROPERLY AND ABS SYSTE… |
| 2000-05-03 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY IN A BLINDING RAIN STORM, THEY… |
| 2000-04-18 | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 0 | MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK AND THE LEFT REAR TIRE FELL APART. THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE AND CAUSED SUBSTANT… |
| 2000-04-03 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECAME INOPERABLE, OBSTRUCTING THE VIEW OF THE DRIVER. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE'S MAKE/MOD… |
| 1999-06-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER | No | 0 | BRAKE PEDAL SANK COMPLETELY TO FLOOR AND REMAINED AT FLOOR FOR APPROXIMATELY 0.5 TO 1 SECOND BEFORE BRAKE SYSTEM BEGAN … |
| 1999-01-19 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 50MPH, STOPPED, APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE . ABS DID… |
| 1998-12-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHILE IN MOTION AND IN A SLOW TURN THE AMOUNT OF FORCE REQUIRED TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL CHANGES, RESULTING IN SUDDEN… |
| 1998-12-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | AT 40,000 MILES FUEL GAUGE STOPPED OPERATING, UNABLE TO DETERMINE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN TANK; DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFOR… |
| 1998-07-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | SUBJ: 1997 CHEV. K2500 P/U LEMON DATE: 10/22/98 10:56:25 PM EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME FROM: TBARROB1 T… |
| 1998-07-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR | No | 0 | FRONT ROTORS WARPED AT 38000 MILES. HAD THEM TURNED AND REPLACED.*AK |
| 1998-06-11 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | WHENEVER MAKING A TURN, STEERING WHEEL FEELS LIKE IT'S FREE WHEELING. WOULD LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHEN IT HAPPENS. MA… |
| 1998-02-27 | SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE REAR SPINDLE CAME OUT OF LINE, CAUSING THE REAR END TO SNAP, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. ALSO, WH… |
| 1997-12-22 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHENEVER THE ABS BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THEY FEEL VERY HARD; ALSO, MAKE NOISE WHEN APPLIED. VEHICLE WOULD STOP 1 CAR LENGT… |
| 1997-11-10 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHILE BRAKING VEHICLE HIT A BUMP. LOST BRAKING POWER. VEHICLE STOPPED 1/10 MILE FURTHER. TOOK TO DEALER & MECHANIC CALL… |
| 1997-11-06 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE | No | 0 | BRAKES FAILED, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT, DUE TO SENSOR FAILURE. |
| 1997-10-20 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, CONSUMER NOTICED PULSTATION IN THE BRAKE PEDAL, PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD, RESU… |
| 1997-08-17 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS | No | 0 | AFTER TWO MONTHS HAD TO HAVE ROTORS CHANGED. WHEN PRESSING BRAKES FRONT END SHUTTERS AND ROTORS ARE WARPING. IF IN… |
| 1997-08-04 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED WHEN DRIVING OVER ANYTHING THAT CAUSED THE AXLE TO MOVE. ALSO, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE… |
| 1997-07-25 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 1 | CONSUMER'S MOTHER AND FATHER WERE LEAVING A PARKING LOT WHEN THEIR BRAKES FAILED. THEIR TRUCK DRIFTED OUT INTO TRAFFIC … |
| 1997-04-30 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | DRIVE TRAIN VIBRATES OVER 45 MPH. |
| 1997-04-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | BRAKE PEDAL IS HARD WHEN APPLIED. |
| 1997-03-21 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WE TOOK DELIVERY OF OUR NEW ORDERED PICKUP ON 3/21/97. FROM THE FIRST DAY WE EXPERIECED FRONT WHEEL LOCKUP AND SKIDDIN… |