1999 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 suspension problems

“The frame and suspension has overly corroded. The frame is falling apart so bad that when I shut the driver's door chunks of metal fall to the ground. I've had it assessed and they say it should not be this bad. Even in Michigan”

“FRAME FAILED. CRACKED AT TORSION BAR CROSS SUPPORT BOTH SIDES. IN THAT SECTION CAN PUSH SCREWDRIVER THRU FRAME. ENTIRE FRAME FLAKING LARGE CHUNKS, SPARE TIRE FALLING OFF. HAS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED GAS TANK STRAPS, NEW SS BRAKE LINES. FUEL LINES NOW RUSTING THROUGH. SANDWICH PLATED WITH STEEL/BOLTS. FRAME REPAIR MORE THAN VALUE OF TRUCK. HAS 108,000 MILES, ABOUT 1/2 OF MILES I EXPECTED TO GET OUT OF IT.”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED AND TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO STOP. THE CONTACT INDEPENDENTLY NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINE RUSTED AND THE FRAME ON THE VEHICLE WAS CORRODED. THE BRAKE LINE WAS REPLACED. THE FRAME WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE DROVE OVER A BUMP AND A LOUD NOISE EMITTED FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE REAR SHOCK DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRAME WAS FRACTURED AND THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000.”

“I HAVE A 1999 SILVERADO 1500, IN THE PAST FEW DAY I'VE BEEN HEARING A NOISE COMING FROM THE DRIVERS REAR WHEEL AREA. TODAY I PUT THE REAR OF THE TRUCK ON JACK STANDS IN ORDER TO LOCATE THE NOISE, AFTER REMOVING THE WHEEL AND TIRE I NOTICED THE FRAME BEHIND THE TIRE HAS HOLES RUSTED THROUGH AND IS PAPER THIN. THEN I NOTICED A PLATE WELDED TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRAME APPARENTLY BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER BEHIND THE PLATE THE FRAME HAS BEEN BROKE . I THEN CHECKED THE OTHER SIDE AND IT TOO HAS A PLATE BUT DOESN'T LOOK AS BAD. NOW, GROWING MORE INTERESTED I BEGAN POKING AT THE FRAME WALLS AND IN MANY PLACES ITS CHIPPING AND GOING THROUGH LIKE ICE. I AM NOT A RICH MAN AND CANNOT AFFORD TO REPAIR OR REPLACE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD LAST LIKE YOU WOULD THINK A FRAME SHOULD. A FEW YEARS AGO I HAD A 1979 CHEVY TRUCK AND SOLD IT, EVEN NOW THE FRAME IS IN MUCH BETTER SHAPE THAN A TRUCK THAT IS 20 YEARS NEWER. GM NEEDS TO BE THE HONORABLE COMPANY THAT I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT THEY WERE AND FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR”

“DRIVING INTO A PARKING LOT AND WHEN I TURNED AND WENT INTO LOT (THERE WAS A SLIGHT DECLINE) AND THEN FLAT PARKING LOT. I HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE BED OF THE TRUCK PUSHED INTO THE CAB AS THE FRAME SNAPPED. THERE ARE 12 OTHER KNOWN INSTANCES THAT HAVE NOTIFIED GM AND THEY HAVE REFUSED ANY ACTION TO CORRECT. MY 3 YR SON WAS IN THE TRUCK WHEN THIS OCCURRED AS WELL AS MY WIFE AND FORTUNATELY WE WERE NOT INJURED. *TR”