We have classified the 2 complaints from 2005 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING into the following categories.
2005 duramax chevrolet 3500 truck, when the engine over heat light comes on it shuts the truck off....very dangerous going up a mountain with lots of traffic on the road. this over heating is very common for the chevy duramax diesel trucks for 2004-2005 years. *tr
When driving at low parking speeds or stopped steering wheel is really hard to turn and locks up. many near accidents because of this fault gm says it knows about the problem but has no fix for it. very unsafe condition and know i am scared to drive my 50k plus pickup truck. buyers beware. don't buy a gm diesel pickup. *tr
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet silverado 3500. while driving 5 mph, the power steering fails. the failure becomes more severe after the vehicle has been running for some time or during warm weather. the vehicle was taken to the dealer over ten times and they replaced the power steering pump and steering gear box. the contact was finally informed that the tires had insufficient air. the failures have not been corrected. the engine also overheats when driving uphill, pulling a trailer, and during warm weather. the dealer replaced the cooling fan and the intake system. the contact stated that there was a tsb (1980030) regarding the engine overheating. the current mileage was 21,500 and failure mileage was 1,613. updated 3/4/08 *cn updated 03/04/08 *tr
I believe my 2005 chevrolet silverado 3500, duramax/allison was equiped with under designed cooling systems; both transmission and engine. on slow mountain type roads i can run my unloaded truck into near overheat conditions. i believe these issues may be common to other '04.5 and '05 lly gm and chevrolet trucks like mine and gm has not provided it's dealer network with solutions to remedy the problem (most of them are simple, that the other 2 majors seem to understand: air flow control throught the cooling stack and cold air to the intake)