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Problems with 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 WHEELS

On average, the 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 starts to “feel” problems with the WHEELS and its various aspects after 146 172 miles.

Components Affected by WHEELS Issues

We have classified the 6 complaints from 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 about WHEELS into the following categories.

LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS 1

Recently reported WHEELS problems on 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

I've had multiple extremely dangerous situation with this vehicle over 2 years. one of the first concern was my headlight daytime bulbs melted to the harness and the one on the passenger side melted thru the number so i started carrying a fire extinguisher behind the driver seat. but one of the most dangerous indecent happened while driving down the highway when my wheel bearing hub gave out n there is nothing else to support the tire onto the truck so my front driver tire went flying off n my truck coming to a complete stop into the ground causing damage to my self, my finder, the wheel sensor, n the driver door. after getting all that fixed i'm afraid of the other hubs giving out. also when i hit my brakes it seems like there is air in the pedal n the truck will not stop. i don't know if it's bc the sensor got damaged or if the abs box is damage from corrosion and my emergency brake has never seem to do anything. i have replaced many of parts on this truck n when i do it seems like one thing after another.

Evaporated system.

I was pulling into parking space and there was no brakes also happened when i was pulling out of parking lot of store .i took to gm dealer and was told that both hub bearings were loose and that is what caused me to lose all my brakes. i hit a concrete handicap sign was lucky not another car in front of me. why would gm make a truck that would lose its brakes if a bearing was loose i am afraid to drive truck that the same thing might happen again and maybe the next time i won't be so lucky. there was no sign of anything wrong with the exception of 4 days earlier my abs light flickered on then off 1 time. remained off after that. *tr

Wheel speed sensors replaced under recall failed again failing to stop vehicle in safe distance under 10 mph. had to replace both wheel speed sensors again. was told brake lines also corroded. have found that a common complaint on chevy silverado. *tr

I'm complaining about my 2001 chevrolet silverado. the wheel speed sensor was recalled once and repaired only to have the exact same problem occur a year later. chevrolet refuses to resolve this critical safety issue at no cost since it was already repaired under the recall. this is the 3rd time this wheel speed sensor issue has occurred. am i to have no brakes unless i pay a dealer to fix this every year? how is this allowed to continue? *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet silverado 1500. while driving 5 mph or greater, the contact heard a thumping noise coming from the front of the vehicle. the dealer had not inspected the vehicle. the contact inspected the vehicle and felt that the front wheel bearings caused the failure. he stated that the seals for the wheel bearings failed. as of september 20, 2007, the vehicle had not been repaired. the failure mileage was 80,000 and current mileage was 91,000.

Someone ran a red light and creamed into us at about 50-55 mph. the impact area was the passenger wheel well area and the impact was so violent that it smashed everything over and including the starter... our air bags did not deploy and i always wondered if it was because the crash smashed the starter and had something to do with the gm recalls now. both my son and i have never been the same after that crash and neither of us can even sleep in a bed from neck and back pain... we both had brain injuries and mine was rather severe where i lost my superior intelligence and photographic memory...and had severe language and speech problems... it was almost like i was dyslexic and i have never been the same. both our health deteriorated since... i was told 'our air bags would have deployed' if it would have been a hard impact (which it was), since the man's car was totaled for how he hit us without ever braking or slowing down... since the impact was the passenger wheel well area and corner bumper clear over to the driver side and even broke the starter, i wonder if the ignition did something to make the air bags not deploy. i always felt there was more to this accident, but no one would do anything for us. now with all these gm recalls, i wonder if there was an issue with this accident. can someone please let me know if our airbags should have deployed with such a violent crash and if when the crash broke the starter if it could have prevented the air bags from deploying? thank you so very much. *tr

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