Chevrolet Silverado: Reporting Safety Defects / Reporting Safety Defects to the United States Government
If you believe that your vehicle has a defect which could cause a crash or could
cause injury or death, you should immediately inform the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) in addition to notifying General Motors.
If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may open an investigation, and if it
finds that a safety defect exists in a group of vehicles, it may order a recall
and remedy campaign. However, NHTSA cannot become involved in individual problems
between you, your dealer, or General Motors.
To contact NHTSA, you may call the Vehicle Safety Hotline toll-free at 1-888-327-4236
(TTY: 1-800-424-9153); go to http://www.safercar.gov; or write to:
Administrator, NHTSA 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. Washington, D.C. 20590
You can also obtain other information about motor vehicle safety from
http://www.safercar.gov.
If you live in Canada, and you believe that the vehicle has a safety defect,
notify Transport Canada immediately, and notify General Motors of Canada Company...
Other information:
The cargo lamps provide more light in the cargo area or on the sides of the vehicle,
if needed. The lamps inside the pickup box, in the tailgate handle, for the hitch,
and/or the cargo mirror lamps also turn on, if equipped.
If the vehicle is in P (Park), R (Reverse), or N (Neutral) the Cargo Lamp Switch
causes the lights to cycle through the following states for each button press:
- Initial Press:
- CHMSL/Cargo Bed Lights - On
- Cargo Mirror Lights - On
- Cargo Switch Indicator (if equipped) - On
- Next Press: (if with in 5 seconds of the previous button press):
- CHMSL/Cargo Bed Lights - On
- Cargo Mirror Lights - Off
- Cargo Switch Indicator (if equipped) - On
- Next Press:
- CHMSL/Cargo Bed Lights - Off
- Cargo Mirror Lights - Off
- Cargo Switch Indicator (if equipped) - Off
Become familiar with and follow all state and local laws that apply to cargo
lamp operation...
Braking action involves perception time and reaction time. Deciding to push the
brake pedal is perception time. Actually doing it is reaction time.
Average driver reaction time is about three-quarters of a second. In that time,
a vehicle moving at 100 km/h (60 mph) travels 20m (66 ft), which could be a lot
of distance in an emergency...