1997 Chevrolet C1500 Silverado from North America - Comments

11th Nov 2003, 14:51

"Best bang for your buck"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

The transmission went out at 100k miles I just had it rebuilt and put a shift kit in, and I haven't had any problems.

At 90k miles the radio lights burned out I just replaced it with a aftermarket cd player.

I listen to my music really loud and I have only had to replace the back speakers.

The power steering hose started leaking at 120k miles I went to a junk yard and pulled one off another truck and it works great.

General comments?

This chevrolet reg cab silverado had stood up to my driving conditions very well and I do believe it will do so as long as I keep the truck.

Most people wouldn't think the truck would be fast, well I'm not gonna say it is fast it just beats a lot of imported cars that kids like to race in.

The handling I didn't like when I first got the truck, but I lowered the suspension with a 2 inch front drop and a 4 inch rear drop I recommend this to everyone, your center of gravity is lower to the ground there for better steering and I think a more comfortable ride.

I have a friend with a 5.7 liter 350ci in his truck exactly like mine and he has had problems left and right with it and I have had very few problems for a 122,000 mile truck I would recommend getting the 305 even though it has just a slight decrease in horsepower and torque.


18th Mar 2005, 09:42

Same here my tranny went out at 77000 on my 97 chevy pickup

my door handle borke too on my driver side. And the passanger vent adjusters broke too. I've had other friends who's door handles on driver side break too and same thing with the vents.

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