Freakenhye

My List of Chevy cars I owned


1: 1979 Chevy Luv,
2: 1984 Olds Delta 88
3: 1985 Olds Delta 88
4: 1990 Vette
5: 1993 Camaro
6: 1996 Camaro
7: 1999 Silverado 1500
8: 2003 Silverado 1500
9: 2006 HHR 2lt
10: 2007 Chevy Cobalt SS/SC

Thats it no more Chevy after the 1999 Silverado quality went down.

I got people telling me its driver, not the car.

Well The car came with a bent sunroof, driver side rattles, clutch grabs and lets go when it wants from day one. This is just on my Cobalt.


HHR AND 03 SILVERADO have been in for service for more then 8 times each. Ranging from tranny to headlights that turn on and off when it feels like it.

Oy ya my 03 Silverado thinks its a race car when it launches itself when im stopped at a redlight, and turn the wipers off when it rains and on when it stops.

No Joke every car i have gotten from chevy brand new this includes the 1999 Silverado and up has had problems.

The only thing is its fixed when i take it to the dealer, bring it out and their it goes again.

Guys no joke no more cars from Chevy.

1gmfanatik

You have bad luck my friend..I have owned nothing but GM products, beat the poop out of everyone of em and they keep coming back for more. I LOVE GM and wouldn't buy anything else, unless I was with a chick that prefered a particular vehicle, but that would be her ride. lol.. Good luck though

HickOverLOrd

sorry to hear about you luck. Ive had a 95 blazer with no problems, an 01 xtreme blazer with no problems. And now my cobalt with 0 problems so far. (knock on wood). Wish you better luck in the future.

1gmfanatik

4 - 88,90,92,96 Berettas, 2 - 79 Camaros(Z28 and LT), 1 - 92 S10, 1 - 78 Grand Prix, 1 - 98 Cavy Z24, 04 - TBlazer LS4X4, and now my hottness 07 Cobey SS/SC..nothin but happiness.

rally

Thing is EVERY vehicle has some sort of problem, its all part of buying a new car.

And the 07 Silverado's are nice! I don't think you'll find much better quality unless you goto Jag. or Benz

css9450

Nice! Were you on any of the Beretta message boards?

dedecv3

i've owned an 88 Z24....96 z24 and now my 06 Cobalt.....Zero problems with any of the three.

badg1rl

i think no matter what you buy, there will be some sort of issue...remember, all these cars are assembly line made and by machines so something bound to be wrong...
but ive owned chevy's all my life. they have been good to me knock on wood.
84 cavalier, 02 cavalier, 06 balt.
my mom has had 01 cavalier, 04 malibu, 07 malibu and my brother has a 01 s10 and none of us knock on wood have had any issues.

heyitsmikey1987

nice set there

Freakenhye

Man I love GM I dont care about the problems, its just that they dont care eather, i dont want to pay 24g's for a car with problems from day one.

My 03 Silverado took Abuse like it was a reward. Man i put on 90k miles on that truck in 2 and a half years, without a problem, the only thing i did on the truck was oil changes thats it Sold it with original tires and brakes. and i tore thru the woods and roads like i was ruuning from the cops every single day. Even with its problems i didnt care. The trucks can take the abuse becuase it was designed to. But take a cobalt and run it a little hard and it falls apart. I dont know why. My HHR Wife car is good, but plastic parts keep falling off the car and the dealer tells me its wear and tear on 6 months on the car.


Like i said, I rather Push American then Drive and Rice Cooker.

I should have sticked to trucks.

TCarter

ditto..i tear my cars up...and they keep on truckin' (figure of speech)

BRP

I've had:

78 C-1500, 90 Silverado, 93 Z28, 95 Z28, another 95 Z28, 98 S-10, 99 Silverado K2500, 01 SS Camaro, 03 Avalanche and now my 06 Cobalt SS/SC. Also had a 02 GMC Sierra Denali and currently an 01 Sonoma as well as a 90 Corsica and my beloved rolling POS 84Sunbird. Other than the Avalanche (was stolen) I've had a few problems with all of them.

By far the Cobalt has been the most troublesome though, having been to the dealer now 3 times with around 15 different complaints. Several of which GM says are normal or blamed on rock chips. I've had to fix some of my own rattles, one of which (rear parcel shelf) showed up on the way home from the dealership when new.

My next purchase is most definitely going to be Japanese, very likely Toyota.

Kahless

i am starting notive rattles on my car at 45k miles. the glove box and the driver sideview mirror area are rattling alot. its starting to bother the hell out of me.

Codyak Supercharged

I believe:

1. Some cars are to userfriendly the user begins to somehow use the equiptment wrong, or at stronger forces then normal. Chevy has more "user" features then most fords n such. The more stuff the more points of failure (in theory) Alot of people complan about cloudy days and the light sensor... there is a on switch. (example)

2. Some peeps have just **** luck...and ya that happens.

3.User Confusion with mild equiptment failure. What I mean is.. for instance your signal light burns out. That causes the signal to click double the rate it was before. To some users this is a signal switch, or wiring issue...when its a damn light. Thats a small example.


and usually the people that fall into 1 and 3 are completely oblivious to the problems caused by themselves...much like user errors on computers (you IT dudes know what im talking about)

anyhow sorry for your bummer dude

CUBiker

Things could be worse, you could own a Ford! A family friend is a big Ford fan. 01 Powerstroke with 40k miles has had 3 transmissions and injectors replaced three times. Wife had a new Expedition and it had a new transmission in the first 2 months. She traded that in on the joke known as the F-150 and it had to have the brakes replaced at 4,000 miles and the tranny is slipping already (hmm, I see a tranny trend).


Every vehicle I've owned has almost been GM the whole way (in such a short time span as well).

93 Silverado 1500
97 Camaro Z28
98 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP
99 GMC Jimmy
98 GMC Sierra 1500
00 Durango (seriously 12mpg city 13 highway)
02 Silverado 2500 Duramax (best diesel ever)
07 SS/SC

halfj99

ive had nothing but gm either, they've had their problems but thats just cause mine were old with higher miles
81 malibu 2dr
89 s10blazer 4.3 4wd
92 s-10 2.8 2wd
89 caddy eldorado 4.5 v8
93s10 blazer 4.3 4wd
96 cavi 2.2
99 alero 2.4
06 balt 2.2

oh btw that 92 s-10 2.8 2wd has over 300,000 miles on the same engine and tranny, runs like a champ.

Mrmaasta

I've owned in order.

1980 Ford mustang
1987 Pontiac Firebird
1985 Pontiac Fiero
1985 Nissan 200SX
1990 Mercury Topaz
1991 Pontiac Transport
1980 Chevy Vandura (shorty) Should never have sold it =(
2007 Cobalt SS/SC
1978 Ford F150

I bought my SS/SC as more of a toy after years of crappy vehicles. Toys unfortunately get broken when they are played with alot.

None the less, I will still look to Chev next but I don't feel like they deserve my next new car purchase.

nramlow2006

sir i had an 88 cadillac sedan deville that i took off a 10 ft jump and and it went about 20 ft befor it hit the ground.. it ran like a mouse from a tomcat after that.. i also had a chevy zr2 that was a 96 and that to was taken though corn fields, ditches, over deer, and a set of small trees and that to ran just fine.

what ever the case it maybe you got a car built on a friday

i have pictures to prove it

07SSCharged248

Ouch bad luck... Im a Chevy man

Freakenhye

I took the car in for them to take a look at my clutch, and fix the sunroof, they changed the sunroof and said the clutch is fine.

When i got it back clutch was perfect and the sunroof still leaks.

My luck.

firestorm

ive had excellent luck with almost all of these not marked POS. (not in order)
1969 grand prix sj 428
1976 acadian POS
1966 acadian 355-6pack 4 spd, tubbed
1982 chen 1/2 ton
1982 gmc 4x4, full dress lift etc
some brown pontiac pos
1985 buick regal 3.8 turbo
1976 capri 302 pos
1985 supra (new)
1985 civic hatch pos
1995 civic new
78 chev 1/2 ton
1982 z28 with -66 355 6pack on it
1989 cutlass supreme quad four
1999 trans am convertible
1999 sfari awd
2000 z28
2003 silverado ss hockey mom taxi
2006 cobalt ss s/c currently parked for winter
1987 safari van
1989 astro heavily customized currently parked
1993 safari awd currently in stable
then theres all the motorcycles, but we wont go into that

G5GT2007

my family has owned all GM cars sence i can remeber. and they where all great not 1 had a major proplem

1986 cavalier
1992 S10 4.3l
1993 cavalier Z24
2001 Silverado LS Z71
2001 sunfire SE
2003 chevy S10 LS
2005 grand prix GT
2005 malibu Maxx LS
2007 G5 GT
the cars we owned that gave use alot of proplems where
1994 ford Aerostar started on fire in are driveway in the middal of the nigh
1996 ford escort LX what wasint wrong with that car
1990 honda civic hatchback SI rust burning oil water leaking everywheres and more rust
1991 VW golf 4 rust wholes on the floor burning oil and started when it wanted

are you geting your cars at the same dealer?

BACK2GM

So was it good truck or bad I'm confused, My friend has an 02 Silverado with 100k+ and has not had a thing wrong with it, It's still on the orignal brakes from when he bought it and believe me he is not easy on it.

firestorm

My SSS has been in for a bunch of stupid lil things, endgate strap recall, instrument cluster, exhaust leak, transmission not shifting correctly. fuel guage sender, etc.
gm never did figure out the tranny, but when i put my hot computer in it, tranny problems are gone, higher shift points firmer shifts, made it all better. gm spoke to me harshly about warranty and an aftermarket tune, and my reply is "it fixed something you couldn't", so stfu.. when hard parts blow, talk to me about warranty. it has 51000kms on it now, 2003. oh yah, and i got a 50-60% mileage increase with my tune. 22 mpg hyw. intake and exhaust too, mind you.

Freakenhye

The Silverado had problems, i made a mistake in my sentence, but i still drove it hard, it would not die on me. Other then the mild temperment it had, it just wouldnt die on me. I loved it. Made to withstand the abuse and it took, like a champ, the good thing is the problems never got worse. At the end it was all fixed but man it sure was a ride.