In late february 2019, i acquired a truck from a used dealership that i have done business with before. upon obtaining this vehicle i started having issues right away. first issue i encountered, i was driving back to kansas city from lebanon,mo and all of the sudden my brakes went out and my steering locked up and truck started jerking really bad. i drove like this all the way home and took it to a mechanic and low and behold it's cost me $100 to repair the problem. shortly after i noticed my truck was having issues with getting up to speed while getting on the highway. i would end up having the petal to the floor and it would still act like it didn't want to accelerate almost like a delay and then slowly gain speed. it felt as if it was slipping or it just wasn't getting any power. my oil pressure sensor had went out without me knowing at the time so i thought the problem had to deal with my oil pump. i finally took it back to the mechanic i used before and he ran a diagnostic test on my truck due to him not finding any issues besides my oil pressure sensor was defective. the diagnostic came back with multiple codes and 3 of them had to deal with the transmission. i decided to take my truck to my brother and have him look at it for a second opinion. upon doing so he test drove and inspected the truck entirely and concluded that he didn't feel there was an issue with the truck at all. he ran his own diagnostic on it as well but his cane back with no codes that came up at all. so i drove off confused because of all the different information that was given to me on top of the problems i knew i was having because the truck wasn't running like it did when i drove it off the lot. some time past and then another problem. my brakes and rotors were trashed and needed to be replaced asap and then my odometer started reading service air bag and would not go off.
When braking at low speeds, the abs system engages and the vehicle does not stop where intended. this delayed braking can cause rear ending of the car ahead of you or unintentionally entering an intersection. the technical bulletin put out by gm suggests that the cause may be due to rust and debris built up on the senor mounting surface and includes instructions for cleaning. my mechanic followed these instructions and they did not work. the only fix for this problem is to replace all four sensors for a cost of well over $1000. gm recalled 2001 silverado's for the same problem but then continued to use the faulty senors in later models and did not recall the 2006. the internet is full of 2006 silverado owners complaining about this very dangerous problem.
I bought a 2006 silverado ext cab lt3 at the end of february 2006. in march headliner came down. replaced two weeks later. six weeks later headliner came down again the second time. replaced headliner one week later. two days after replacing headliner, it came down the third time. i contacted area rep to have him research the headliner issue (which i already went to two other dealerships and they are selling these trucks with the defected headliners and knowingly selling them). i waited a full month then went for another replacement which took two weeks to come in. one week later headliner coming down again the 4th time. area rep said he put in a tsb to show it is a defect that the headliners are cut too short. i checked on nhtsa and no tsb's are listed about a silverado headliner. people haven't noticed this because it isn't obvious. you have to look at the top of your open doors where the headliner meets the rubber gasket and you will see the cut of the fabric of the headline and the molded headliner piece with it. i've called area rep and it's been 3 days and no return call. i was told it has nothing to do with the factory sunroof either. if the factory knows the headliner's are defective why do they keep sending the ones that are defective instead of waiting till the right ones come out? *jb