Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (2010)

448 consumer complaints on file.

#10568766March 12, 2014
POWER TRAIN
I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AT A SOMEWHAT RELIABLE LOCAL DEALERSHIP ONLY TO HAVE THE VEHICLE IN AND OUT OF THE SHOP A TOTAL OF 6 MONTHS FOR THE FIRST YEAR AND A HALF OF MY OWNERSHIP. THE PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN, AND STILL IS, THE TRANSMISSION AND IT'S ABILITY TO SLIP IN AND OUT OF GEAR AT RANDOM. AT INTERSECTIONS, STOPS AND STARTS, AS WELL AS IN MOVEMENT THE TRANSMISSION WILL DISENGAGE AND SLAM INTO GEAR WITH A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE AND JERKING ACTION. ON AN INCLINE, IT WILL ACTUALLY ROLL BACKWARDS THUS FORCING THE NEED TO CONSTANTLY COVER THE BRAKE FOR THIS CONCERN. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP SAYS HE HAS DONE ALL HE CAN DO AND GM INSIST THAT THIS IS NORMAL FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO WORK THIS WAY. THEY EVEN ISSUED A COPY OF A MEMO TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS. THEY HAVE ASSURED ME THAT IF ANYTHING WERE TO HAPPEN WITH THE TRANSMISSION IT WOULD BE COVERED. FORGET ABOUT CREATING AN ACCIDENT, OR MY WIFE OR MYSELF GETTING KILLED! I FIGURE THIS A VERY UNSAFE VEHICLE AND WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO GET RID OF IT BEFORE IT GETS RID OF ME OR SOMEBODY ELSE UNLESS GM FIXES IT AND MAKES IT RIGHT. ECONOMICALLY I'M NOT IN A GOOD POSITION TO JUST GET RID OF IT BECAUSE I OWE SO MUCH ON IT BUT EVEN IF I DID AN UNSAFE VEHICLE IS PUT BACK INTO CIRCULATION FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO DEAL WITH. ON ANOTHER NOTE, THE SERVICE MANAGER'S SHARED WITH THAT HIS FATHER BOUGHT A 2013 CHEVROLET TRUCK WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND HAD THE TRANSMISSION SLAM INTO GEAR THE SAME WAY MINE DID WHILE HE WAS PULLING AWAY FROM A TOLL BOOTH WHILE TOWING A BOAT BACK FROM CONNECTICUT. CONSEQUENTLY, THIS APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM SPANNING ADDITIONAL YEARS AS WELL. CLEARLY A DEFECTIVE DESIGN IN DRIVE TRAIN. PLEASE CONSIDER INVESTIGATING THIS ISSUE AND MAKE GM RESPONSIBLE FOR ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE OTHER THAN ISSUING A MEMO AND TURNING THEIR HEADS THE OTHER WAY. THERE MIGHT BE MANY LIVES SAVE BY TAKING ACTION NOW. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10568599March 11, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY, STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES BECAME DETACHED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10564849February 18, 2014
STRUCTURE
DASHBOARD IS CRACKED. TRUCK IS ALWAYS PARKED IN THE GARAGE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10563308February 6, 2014
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I NOTIFIED GM @JUST OVER29,000 THAT SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON THEN IT WOULD GO OUT MY WARRANTY ENDED 2MONTHS NEVER BEEN IN A CRASH TRYING TO GET THEM TO PAY OBVIOUS DEFECT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10562181January 30, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED TO OPERATE UNTIL AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO INFORMED EXCESSIVE WATER LEAKED INTO THE FUSE BOX. IN ADDITION, THERE WERE SEVERAL FUSES THAT CORRODED. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE FUSE BOX. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,312.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10562270January 30, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ROTATING THE DOOR HANDLE ON THE INTERIOR DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, THE DOOR HANDLE BECAME DETACHED FROM THE DOOR. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,471.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10559995January 15, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
DRIVING TO DALLAS TEXAS AND FREEWAY 40 EAST BOUND ABOUT 3:00 AM OR ABIT AFTER 3:00 AM IT BEGAN TO SMELL BURNT AND AFTER THAT WE BEGAN TO SEE BLACK SMOKE IN THE FROM OF THE ENGINE STRAIGHT FROM WHERE I DRIVE WE TRAVELED ABOUT 70-75 MILES/ PER HOUR WHEN WE TRIED TO STOP THE TRUCK THE LIGHTS AND LOCKS INSIDE STARTED ACTING CRAZY AND ALSO THE ALARM WAS CRAZY AT THE MOMENT WE WERE SCARED FOR OUR LIVES BECAUSE WE COULD NOT STOP THE TRUCK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10558899January 7, 2014
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET TO 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY DECELERATED TO 25 MPH. THE VEHICLE BECAME RESISTANT TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS, AND THE REDUCE SPEED AND THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS TIMES. A LOCAL MECHANIC PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC WHICH LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE THROTTLE BODY. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED HOWEVER THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO LOSE ACCELERATION WITH OR WITHOUT THE CRUISE CONTROL SET. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 58,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10555918December 13, 2013
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE MALFUNCTION WAS A COMMON ISSUE AND REPLACED THE EMISSIONS CANISTER FILTER KIT AND HARNESS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,713.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10555925December 13, 2013
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE LAST WEEK. TODAY I WAS SITTING AT A STOPLIGHT WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING MY 2010 SILVERADO ACCELERATED AND LUNGED FORWARD ABOUT 3 FEET. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NOT A CAR OR PERSON IN FRONT OF ME OR I SURELY WOULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT THEN THE ENGINE STARTED MISSING. AT THE SAME TIME MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE STABILTRAK, ENGINE POWER REDUCED FLASHED ON MY DASH. I LIMPED HOME AT 10-15 MPH MAX! AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR I STARTED IT AND IT RAN JUST FINE "BOTH TIMES". THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS IN A PARKING LOT WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK. IT IS NOW AT MY LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER FOR REPAIR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10549030October 23, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY, WHEELS, SUSPENSION, TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE
SPARE TIRE HOIST BRACKET BROKE AND SPARE TIRE WAS SWINGING LOOSELY UNDER REAR OF TRUCK. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED SEVERAL STRESS CRACKS IN BRACKET SURROUNDING THE BOLT HOLE. IF TIRE BRACKET WOULD HAVE BROKE OFF TIRE WOULD DROP TO PAVEMENT AND BECOME A ROAD HAZARD. SOURCES AT DEALER INDICATED THEY HAD NO BULLETINS ON THIS ITEM BUT KNEW OF SOME PEOPLE WHO HAD LOST THEIR SPARE TIRES. I STILL HAVE THE PARTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10548454October 18, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR CABLE FRAYED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE WINDOW HAS ALWAYS BEEN USED IN A NORMAL FASHION BUT SHOULD NOT HAVE WORN SO SOON. BEING DEFECTIVE SO SOON MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO LOCATE A REPLACEMENT REGULATOR AND TOOK ME TWO WEEKS TO LOCATE ONE THAT WAS NOT SPECIAL ORDER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10548455October 18, 2013
SEATS
THE LEATHER DRIVER SEAT DEVELOPED A SMALL TEAR FROM LIMITED WEAR AND TEAR. BEING OUT OF WARRANTY, I HAVE TO BEAR THE COST OF POOR QUALITY WORKMANSHIP ON A VEHICLE THAT IS $47,000. I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO AVOID IT TEARING FURTHER, BUT ENTERING AND EXITING THE VEHICLE STRAINS THE TEAR AREA AND IT SLOWLY GETS WORSE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10547090October 7, 2013
STRUCTURE, TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE
I HAVE A 2010 CHEVROLET 1500 PICKUP TRUCK AND AFTER RETURNING FROM LUNCH NOTICED THE SPARE TIRE HANGING LOOSELY ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRUCK BED. AFTER TRYING TO USE THE JACK HANDLE TO TIGHTEN IT BACK UP WHICH FAILED I LOWERED THE TIRE VIA THE JACK HANDLE AND PROCEEDED TO VIEW THE HOIST. THE HOIST IS HELD UP BY A SINGLE BOLT TO THE UNDERCARRIAGE. I REMOVED THE BOLT AND FOUND THAT THE METAL SURROUNDING THE BOLT HAD SEVERAL STRESS CRACKS AND 2 NEW FRACTURES. I REMOVED THE UNIT AND HAVE IT CURRENTLY. I CALLED A DEALER AND ASKED IF THEY HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THE HOIST AND THEY SAID THEY HAD NOT BUT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HAD LOST THEIR SPARE TIRES. I TOOK THE UNIT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID NO BULLETINS WERE OUT ON THIS ISSUE AND COULD NOT HELP ME. I THINK GM HAS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THIS PART (25974843) AS IT WAS REPLACED IN 2013 WITH 20870067. IF THIS BRACKET FRACTURES COMPLETELY THE ENTIRE 100 LB TIRE WILL DROP DOWN OFF THE BACK OF THE TRUCK AND BECOME A SERIOUS ROAD HAZARD. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEND THE UNIT TO YOU FOR ANALYSIS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10535176August 13, 2013
ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TRUCK WOULDN'T RESTART WHEN BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY ON THE HIGHWAY AND SHIFTING INTO DRIVE. ALSO THERE IS A VIBRATION HEARD WHEN DRIVING ABOUT 30 OR 40 MILES PER HOUR. TOOK IT TO THE CHEVY DEALER WHERE IT WAS BOUGHT AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT AND THAT THEY TESTED IT OUT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10525881July 20, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TRUCK WAS SHIFTING UP AND DOWN AT LOW SPEEDS NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES WHERE LEAKING. TOWED TRUCK TO DEALER WHEN I NOTICED THAT TRANSMISSION OIL WAS LEAKING ONTO EXHAUST PIPE. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHERE THE TRUCK COULD GO ON FIRE. TRANSMISSION HAD SEAL FAILURE IN WHICH IT WAS REBUILT AT DEALER. TRANSMISSION REBUILT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BUT COOLER LINES WHERE NOT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10525239July 16, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TRIED TO PUT GAS INTO MY FUEL TANK AND IT TOOK 20 MIN TO PUT IN 10 GAL! TOOK MY TRUCK TO DEALER AND THEY PUT IN A REVISED EVAP VENT VALVE SOLENOID! ON THE WEB I SEE THAT THIS IS A COMMON ON 2006-2013 CHEVY TRUCKS! WHY DOES CHEVY NOT FIX THIS AS A RECALL! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10524853July 15, 2013
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE HE SMELLED A FUEL ODOR. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE ENGINE AND OBSERVED FUMES WHICH STARTED A SMALL FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH A WATER HOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS NOT PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,500. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 08/15/13*LJ *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10520554June 18, 2013
STEERING
AT LOW RPM'S AS IN PARKING THE POWER STEERING FAILS TO WORK. THE DEALER PRESSURE TESTED IT AN FOUND NOTHING WRONG, BUT THE PROBLEM IS ALWAYS THERE WHEN YOU ACTUALLY DRIVE IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513713May 27, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER JUST WENT DEAD. NO SPEED, NO TACH, NO FUEL GAUGE, NO ENGINE TEMP SENSOR. WAS TOWING SA TRAILER AT THE TIME. DEALER SAID THEY WOULD NOT COVER UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT VERIFY MILEAGE DUE TO NO POWER TO THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. WILL BE CALLING GM DIRECTLY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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