Truck comes with flimsy hood support, not strong enough to support weight of hood. fell on my back.
Hood prop on my 2003 chevrolet ssr is poorly designed in an already bent configuration to hold up an exceedingly heavy hood. the 2005 model year will have gas-filled struts to hold up the hood. their needs to be a retrofit kit to put the gas struts on the 2003 and 2004 models. according to the contributors to www.ssrfanatic.com as well as myself, there have been injuries and many near misses with the hood falling and bending the prop like a pretzel. *ak
Engine over heats, electrical system malfunctions, speedometer cluster malfunctions, center switches malfunction, center switch failures. fuel system malfunctions, fuel system delivery system make vehicle stall. rear transmission seal leaks, clutch release spring spring out. abs lights, oil lights & engine over heating lights comes on, transmission slave leaks. engine fan malfunctions, it never comes on. temperature gage locks, heat & gas gage locks. these issues has been brought to the attention of gm corporation. these guys refuse to pay for their manufacturing problems, they want to share cost. as a consumer i shouldn't have to share the cost of these ...
Overall the worst problem with Chevrolet SSR relates to LATCH problems. Browse the categories below to learn about the specific SSR years that are prone to issues with these components.