Faults:

After first week of ownership, it was taken to the dealer, who kept it for a week. The primary issues were: rough idle, squealing noise while turning, damaged interior door panel from factory, brakes go to floor when attempting to stop on rough road. Later, other issues were found: stalling during quick acceleration, clunking sound/thump feeling in steering, gauges and CD player motor coming-back on after ignition has been off about 30 seconds, driver's door when being closed causes rear door to bounce-open, intermittent operation of compass/thermo in mirror. After dealer could not repair primary issues after 12 attempts, they tried to tell me that these were characteristics of this truck. I also got the standard "We can't get it to do it" dialogue. GM fought me tooth-and-nail for nearly a year, before I won a lemon law case requiring them to buy-back the truck. The truck had been parked and not driven for over six months. I was afraid for my safety, as the truck would stall-out when attempting to pass on the interstate. My sister was kind enough to lend me her 1994 Mazda pickup. My concern now is that CarFax says it has not been repurchased, and the truck has been sold to someone in Searcy, AR. When I asked CarFax about this, they said that not all states report to them. That is probably why they gave my lemon a clean bill of health.

General Comments:

This was a very comfortable truck that rode and handled great. It had great "get-up and go", except for when it stalled-out and died. Nice try on the stereo, but just not enough power to be heard even over the quiet interior without extreme distortion. Beautiful truck and nice design, but extremely poor execution, in my opinion.

Faults:

None.

General Comments:

If you are looking for a real truck, and you plan to work it hard, drive it hard, haul around the family on the weekend, and tow heavy loads, look no further. The Silverado is plane and simply the best truck for it. I often times pull my horse trailer on the weekends which ways probably close to 7500 pounds fully loaded, I'll tell you, it's hard to believe I'm even pulling anything at all. The Silverado is right at home working hard, not to mention it does it with refinement. I could not be happier. So far with this many miles on it I have had no problems with it at all. And by the way for those of you whining about the "5.3 Liter knock" go to your local auto shop and get a can of Seafoam engine treatment to put in your gas, one time did it for my engine.

Faults:

Had to have a tune up put in at 50,000 miles. Who was it that said they don't need a tune up until 100,000 miles?!

The brakes - you have to put them to the floor before you stop. We thought Flintstone style brakes went out with the dinosaurs.

General Comments:

It has a lot of power in the engine.

Don't be fooled by cheap repair costs. For example, $7.00 a spark plug. Spark plug wires will cost you $75.00 for the set. The cost of the repair place will just about put you into heart failure. To have the above work done it was a whopping $310.33. No guarantee that the Service Engine Soon light will stay off.

Faults:

None.

General Comments:

This has been another in a long line of great Chevy trucks that I have owned. I have not had a single problem.

The power is awesome for a truck. It is the most comfortable truck on the road. And the most reliable.

The gas mileage has been great for a truck like this, averaging between 20-24 mpg. I already have 60k miles on it and expect it to go 300 - 500k easily. It doesn't burn or leak a drop of oil. Typical Chevy. I would definitely buy another.