Safety Score
86
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1998 Chevrolet Silverado 2500.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-12-12 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK WITH 70K MILES ON IT .HAS BEEN A GOOD TRUCK BUT THE DASH IS COMING APART AND IN THE NEAR FUTURE I D… |
| 2013-10-11 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | BRAKES WENT OUT COMPLETELY AFTER DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL. HAD TO LEAVE THE ROADWAY INTO THE BUSHES TO AVOID HITTING STO… |
| 2009-03-25 | VISIBILITY | No | 0 | 1998 CHEVROLET K2500. FOR SOME TIME NOW THE TRUCK HAS HAD AN INTERMITTENT WINDSHIELD WIPER ISSUE (DOES NOT WORK WHEN WE… |
| 2008-10-20 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | Yes | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHEVROLET K2500. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR. AS A… |
| 2008-02-28 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. WHILE IDLING AT A LIGHT OR DRIVING 60 MPH, THE ENGINE INTERMITTEN… |
| 2007-02-26 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | SEVERE VEHICLE FRAME CORROSION/RUSTING OF FRONT FRAME EXTENSIONS, PARTICULARLY IN AREA OF STEERING BOX MOUNTING ON SEVE… |
| 2006-08-18 | FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH UNDER NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN T… |
| 2006-07-31 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DETERMINED THE INJE… |
| 2006-02-27 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | BOUGHT A 1998 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500 IN DECEMBER 2005 WITH APPROXIMATELY 132,300 MILES PRIVATE SALE. ABOUT 1 MONTH AGO I… |
| 2005-05-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | ANTI LOCK BRAKES ACTIVATING AT LOW SPEEDS, SOMETIMES MAKING THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO STOP. THE CONDITION IS INTERMITTEN… |
| 2005-02-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | REPEATED ABS BRAKE FAILURE...HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. TAILGATE HANDLE FAILURE. DRIVER SIDE DOOR HANDLE, LOCK MECHANISM… |
| 2005-01-07 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR PROBLEM. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL WORK, AND THEN INADVERTENTLY STO… |
| 2004-11-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | DT: WHEN APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE AT LOW SPEEDS THE VEHICLE SKIDS. IT DOES STOP BUT THE BRAKES SQUEAL. THIS CAUSES THE … |
| 2004-03-16 | STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | No | 0 | TAILGATE CABLE ON LEFT SIDE BROKE . *JB |
| 2004-02-25 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | DOOR CATCH AND LOCK FAILURE. THE DRIVER'S DOOR WILL NOT COMPLETELY LATCH, THEREBY PREVENTING THE DOOR FROM CLOSING COMP… |
| 2003-11-07 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING | No | 0 | WIPER MOTOR - CIRCUIT BOARD DEFECTIVE. EARILER RECALL, BUT ENDED IN 1996 FOR THE SAME THING. 98 NOT WITHIN DATES, SO … |
| 2003-07-22 | VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING IN A DOWN POUR OF RAIN, THE WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. THE CONSUMER ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT. DEALER HAD BEE… |
| 2003-07-01 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FREQUENTLY QUITS WORKING. *AK |
| 2003-05-19 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THE FUEL TANK COLLAPSED WHICH CAUSED IT TO LEAK GASOLINE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THE TANK … |
| 2003-05-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | 1998 CHEVROLET K2500 PICKUP VIN [XXX] MY VEHICLE WAS PARKED, WHEN NEIGHBOR NOTICED A GLOW INSIDE OF VEHICLE. THE DRIV… |
| 2003-01-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE | No | 0 | IN JANUARY OF 2003 THE SERVICE BRAKE BEGAN RESISTING FOOT PRESSURE AND MAKING A LOUD VIBRATING NOISE WHEN APPROACHING A… |
| 2002-03-20 | EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:CARRIER/RACK | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THE SPARE TIRE CABLE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE BROKE AND CAUSED THE SPARE TIRE TO FALL ONTO THE ROAD WHILE… |
| 2002-03-19 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THE FUEL TANK COLLAPSED AND CRACKED CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK FROM THE TANK. NKM |
| 2001-08-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | GAS LEVER INDICATOR WAS INTERMITTENTLY WORKING. THE ELECTRICAL POWER THAT FED TO FUEL PUMP HAD MELTED, AND FUSED ITSEL… |
| 2001-07-23 | TIRES | No | 0 | LARGE BULGE FORMED ON SIDE, BETWEEN OUTER SKIN OF TIRE AND INNER CORDS THEN EXPLODED.*AK (TIRESIZE: LT 245/75) |
| 2001-01-04 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS | No | 0 | GOING THROUGH FRONT DISC PADS WITHIN 1 1/2 MONTHS ON AVERAGE DEALER WILL NOT COVER UNDER WARRANTY SAID NOTHING IS WRON… |
| 2000-11-05 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS AND VEHICLE ENGINE IS STILL SLIGHTLY COLD, CONSUMER STATES IF THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, TH… |
| 2000-08-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST | No | 0 | THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE A VACUUM LEAK IN THE POWER BRAKE ASSIST UNIT . THERE IS A CLEARLY AUDIBLE HISSING SOUND WHEN TH… |
| 2000-03-14 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 1 | THE ABS BRAKES ON MY TRUCK HAVE NEVER WORKED CORRECTLY AND, IF YOU BRAKE HARD AND HIT A LITTLE BUMP IN THE ROAD AT THE … |
| 2000-01-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AND THE TRUCK IS GOING OVER ROUGH ROAD OR RR TRACKS THE BRAKES SEEM TO LOSE STOPPING POWER … |
| 2000-01-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | EXCESSIVE WEAR OF ALL TIRES, WEARING INSIDE ON ONE SIDE, AND OUTSIDE ON OTHER SIDE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER ON 7 O… |
| 1999-12-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK | Yes | 1 | THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM WHEN BRAKING AND YOU HIT A BUMP, POTHOLE OR DEPRESSION THE BRAKES GO INTO ANTI LOCK AND DO NOT COM… |
| 1999-11-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | CONSUMER HIT A SMALL BUMP WHILE BRAKING FOR A RED LIGHT WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND HE HAD NO BRAKING AB… |
| 1999-11-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, WHEN HITTING BUMPS IN THE ROAD … |
| 1999-11-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 0 | ERRATIC BRAKES, ONE ACCIDENT SO FAR, SOMETIMES BRAKES GO ALMOST TO THE FLOOR. *AK |
| 1999-09-30 | STEERING | No | 0 | ALSO ON CHEVROLET 2500 1998, OCT 8, 1999, 60,000 VIN # [XXX], ON BOTH VEHICLES, DUE TO A DEFECTIVE STEERING WHEEL ROTA… |
| 1999-09-06 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH | Yes | 1 | I PARKED THIS PICKUP IN OUR DRIVEWAY AND REMOVED THE KEYS FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH. MY TWO YEAR OLD SON WAS ABLE TO GR… |
| 1999-08-10 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ABS BRAKING SYSTEM ACTIVATES WHEN IT SHOULD NOT, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH AND MAY … |
| 1999-08-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHEN CONSUMER COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP CAR LURCHES FOWARD. CONSUMER HAS TO LEAVE A BIG GAP BETWEEN CONSUMER AND OTHER C… |
| 1999-07-21 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHEN FILLING TANK WITH FUEL, NOTICED THAT THE FUEL WAS COMING BACK OUT. THE FUEL TANK HAD RAPTURED IN THE MIDDLE. THE S… |
| 1999-05-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | 32000 MILES LIFTERS STARTED TAPPING ON COLD START--SRV MANAGER STATES NORMAL OPERATION---CHEVROLET KNOWS DOESN'T HURT-… |
| 1999-02-02 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | SOMETIMES WHEN CONSUMER PUTS HER TRUCK IN PARK THE TRUCK WILL ROLL AWAY. *AK |
| 1999-01-04 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE | No | 0 | DRIVING ON DRY PAVEMENT, APPLYING BRAKES AND THE ANTI-LOCK KICKED IN. THE TRUCK (K-2500 EXT CAB 4X4) WOULDN'T STOP. I Q… |
| 1998-11-03 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHENEVER MAKING A NORMAL STOP BRAKES WOULD RELEASE BUT NOT ALL THE WAY. WAS TRAVELING 50MPH & STARTED TO SLOW DOWN FOR… |
| 1998-10-25 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS | No | 0 | FUEL INJECTOR FAILED. YH |
| 1998-10-22 | STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS | No | 0 | THE REAR BUMPER HAS THREE BOLTS MISSING FROM IT. NO LICENSE PLATE BULB OR WIRING GOING TO THE PLATES. SIX HOLES UNDER T… |
| 1998-10-14 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHEN APPROACHING A STOP, VEHICLE EVEN ON DRY PAVEMENT IF IT HITS SLIGHTEST PUMP, WILL LOSE ABS BRAKE POWER. CONTACTED… |
| 1998-10-01 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | REAR END MAKES A LOUD NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE EXCEEDS 45MPH. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED VARIOUS PARTS OF THE REAR END, BU… |
| 1998-08-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | Yes | 0 | WHILE PARKED THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD . THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BE… |
| 1998-06-30 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | REAR AXLE NOT SQUARE BEHIND THE FRONT AXLE, ASSEMBLY PROBLEM FRAME HOLES ON THE LEFT DID NOT MATCH HOLES ON THE RIGHT. |