ChevroletSilverado 15002003
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2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Equipment Problems

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Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi2
60–100k mi2
30–60k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • August 10, 2014

    Equipment · Tires · Universal Joint

    The 2003 silverado 1500 short bed pu u-joints keep going out. Have replaced them atleast 6 times. Pu had 30,000 when purchased in 2006. There has to be something in the build of the pu that is causing this problem, don't matter what kind of tires i put on the pu it has a vibration all the time. The vibration could be whats causing the u-joints to go out. I have had 10 ply tires on it for off road use and now i'm…

    ODI 10638148

  • March 1, 2009 · 78,000 miles

    Equipment · Front · Labels · Mechanical · Parking Brake · Rear · Service Brakes, Hydraulic · Steering · Traction Control System

    2003 chevy silverado - poor steering- i have replaced the gearing box w/front end alignment due to having 4 estimates and advised that the gear box was defected. 6 months later - i have been advised by several certified mechanics that the gear box that was put in is also defected. Poor steering control, truck pulls all over the road which could result in a crash. If the steering boxes for this year/make vehicles are…

    ODI 10281208

  • January 28, 2009 · 18,000 miles

    Equipment · Steering

    4 times in 58,000 mile the front steering shaft has needed attention. Twice under warranty, twice not. Paid for correction, 4th time refused to pay as feel it is gm problem since all 2003 chevy. Silverados suffer from this. Gm has designed a new part but refuse to install unless consumer pays for it. They admitted it is a problem. Settled once, they said installed a new part , found out they did not . Have referred…

    ODI 10260781

  • July 18, 2007 · 100,000 miles

    Equipment

    Tl*the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving 45-55 mph, the contact heard a loud noise and noticed a tire in the road. He pulled over and discovered that the spare tire bracket assembly had sheared off. The dealer stated that the 2005 model brackets were defective. The manufacturer would not reimburse him for the spare tire nor for the replacement of the failed bracket. The current mileage was…

    ODI 10211744

  • July 7, 2006

    Equipment · Tail Lights

    Rear tail light fills with water and fogs up causing lights to not be seen good...*nm

    ODI 10161750

  • June 2, 2006 · 20,000 miles

    Column · Equipment

    Consistent knocking noise coming from the steering column. The dealer has regreased the shaft twice with special grease and on the third attempt replaced the whole shaft with an updated version. In less than six months the shaft has begun to knock again. *nm

    ODI 10158985

  • February 3, 2006 · 50,000 miles

    Equipment

    Complete speedometer failure after off and on problems on my 2003 chevrolet silverado pickup. Cannot be inspected now and it costs too much for out of pocket -825.00 to fix it.

    ODI 10193899