2005 Chevrolet Silverado

FAILURE OF THE 4 X 4 CONTROL MODULE AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFT MOTOR. WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSFER CASE SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, PRESSING THE 2HI BUTTON CAUSED THE TRANSFER CASE TO LOCK UP. THE TRUCK WAS SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND WAS DEAD STEERED TO THE SHOULDER. COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF BOTH MODULE AND MOTOR REPLACED $1972.00 DOLLARS, TRUCK ONLY HAD 58,237 MI. *TR

10/28/06 DESPITE FULLY DEPRESSING THE CLUTCH TO SHIFT GEARS, THIS VEHICLE LOCKS IN A GEAR OR CANNOT BE SHIFTED INTO, OR OUT OF GEAR. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IT LOCKED UP IN TRAFFIC WHILE THE TRUCK WAS IN MOTION. 03/10/07 ONE EXTREME INSTANCE OCCURRED IN DALLAS ON A BUSY INTERSTATE SECTION MARCH 3RD WHILE ASTRUD WAS DRIVING. A VERY FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE FOR HER, THE TRUCK STUCK IN GEAR AT 50 MPH. THIS VEHICLE IS SO UNSAFE THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS DPS SHOULD BE NOTIFIED. 11/06/07 IT APPEARS AS IF THE AUTOMATIC CLUTCH ADJUSTMENT IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY, I.E. FROM ONE GEAR CHANGE TO THE NEXT THE PEDAL CAN SUDDENLY MOVE THE ?ENGAGE GEAR POINT? ALMOST HALF OF ITS TRAVEL, AND IT CONTINUES TO LOCK IN LOWER GEARS AND REVERSE AS IT HAS DONE SINCE NEW. 11/9/2007 GUNN CHEVROLET CALLED US YESTERDAY TO LET US KNOW THEY HAD FOUND THE FAULT AND WERE AWAITING PARTS TO COMPLETE THE REPAIR. ON CALLING THERE TODAY, MR. RAY INFORMED ME THAT THE TRUCK IS REPAIRED AND READY FOR US TO COLLECT. 11/10/07 CALLED CHEVROLET WARRANTY OFFICE TO UPDATE THEIR RECORDS ON THE CASE AND THE ASSISTANT, VERNON FROST, IS UPDATING THEIR RECORDS AS WELL AS CONTACTING THE REPAIRING AGENT, GUNN CHEVROLET. HE GAVE US A NEW CASE NUMBER, GM FILE NO 71-573580741 GUNN'S MR. RAY ZAMORA STATED TO MR VERNON FROST OF CHEVROLET THAT A DEFECTIVE THRUST PLATE? CAUSED THE PROBLEM AND WHILE NOT A MISUSE ISSUE, IT IS A RARE OCCURRENCE. 11/9/2007 ON HIS RE-TURN CALL TO ME MR FROST OFFERED A FREE SERVICE FOR THE TRUCK ? WHEN DUE ? AT ANY CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP WE SELECT AS A COMPENSATION FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF SUFFERING THIS LEMON TRANSMISSION. I REPLIED THAT IF HE WOULD SEND TO ME IN THE MAIL A LETTER WITH THAT OFFER THEN I WOULD WITH THE HELP OF A QUALIFIED CONSUMER COUNCILOR DECIDE WHAT WAS FAIR AND REASONABLE IN THIS UNUSUAL SITUATION. *TR

I HAVE A '05 CHEVROLET SILVERADO, I RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT WHEN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION IS TURNED TO THE ACCESSORY POSITION (ONE TURN WITH THE VEHICLE OFF), THE VEHICLE WILL BE ABLE TO SHIFT OUT OF THE PARKED POSITION WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKE. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER THEY SAY THAT IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE. NOT ONLY MY TRUCK DID IT, MY FRIENDS '03 FORD F-350 ALSO DOES IT TOO! I AM NOT SURE IF ALL VEHICLES ARE DESIGNED LIKE THAT OR NOT. WHEN THE VEHICLES KEY IS IN THE RUN POSITION WITH THE VEHICLE OFF, YOU HAVE TO PUSH DOWN THE BRAKE PEDAL BEFORE YOU CAN SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE WHOLE IDEA I THOUGHT WAS TO PREVENT A YOUNG CHILD FROM SHIFTING A VEHICLE OUT OF PARK AND ROLL INTO TRAFFIC! THE WAY MY TRUCK, AND POSSIBILITY A WHOLE LOT MORE WAS DESIGNED, A CHILD WOULD HAVE A 50-50 CHANCE OF TURNING THE KEY JUST ONE TIME, AND THAT COULD LEAD TO A CATASTROPHE. *JB

2005 SILVERADO HYBRID ENGINE TURNS OFF AT STOPS WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED. *TS THE HYBRID TURNS ENGINE OFF AT STOPS WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED. THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT IT TAKES TOO LONG FOR THE ENGINE TO PICK UP POWER AFTER TAKING FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR. THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE DELAY IS DANGEROUS WHEN TRYING TO ENTER FAST MOVING TRAFFIC FROM A STOP. WHILE STOPPED ON AN INCLINE VEHICLE ROLLS BACKWARDS WHILE THE CONSUMER'S FOOT IS IN TRANSITION FROM THE BRAKE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. *NM

LAST FEB. PURCHASED A NEW SILVERADO TRUCK. GM REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AT 480 MILES. EVER SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD A VIBRATION IN THE REAR. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK TO THE SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND THEY CAN'T LOCATE THE PROBLEM WHENEVER I TAKE IT IN. THE PROBLEM IS MOST COMMON AT SPEEDS OF 65-70 MPH. THE VIBRATION IS SO BAD THAT THE MIRRORS RATTLE. ALSO LATELY, I HAVE A DIFFERENT VIBRATION (ALSO INTERMITTENTLY) AT SLOWER SPEEDS WHILE GOING UP HILLS. DEALER ALSO UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE UNLESS THE PROBLEM OCCURS WHILE THEY HAVE THE TRUCK. *JB

IN FEB. 2005, BOUGHT A NEW CHEVY. SILVERADO HD TRUCK. 6 DAYS LATER WHILE 90 MILES FROM HOME, TRANSMISSION BURNED OUT OF TRUCK. UNABLE TO GO FASTER THAN 35 MPH, SMOKE ROLLING OUT OF REAR. TRANSMISSION SLIPPING WHILE THIS GOING ON. PARKED NEAR A GAS STATION TO CALL ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE, ABSOLUTELY NO HELP WHAT-SO-EVER. THIS WAS AT 6:30PM AND THEY COULDN'T LOCATE A TOW TRUCK. 11 DAYS LATER I GOT MY TRUCK RETURNED WITH A NEW TRANSMISSION(GM REFUSED TO GIVE ME A NEW ONE) *JB

I BOUGHT A NEW 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO IN MAY OF 2005. A FEW WEEKS AFTER OWNING MY TRUCK, AND WITH LESS THAN 1,000 MILES ON IT, I NOTICED THE AUTO TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP. IT WOULD ONLY OCCUR WHEN I WAS ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. BASICALLY, I WOULD GIVE THE TRUCK GAS AND THE ENGINE WOULD REV UP TO ABOUT 2,000 RPM'S, WITHOUT THE VEHICLE MOVING, AND THEN IT WOULD ALL OF THE SUDDEN MAKE A LOUD THUD SOUND AND THEN LURCH FORWARD, AS IF IT WAS NOT IN GEAR AND THEN ALL OR THE SUDDEN PUT INTO DRIVE. THIS CAN'T BE GOOD FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF THE ENGINE. I CALLED THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND ASKED THEM IF I BROUGHT MY TRUCK IN IF THEY COULD LOOK AT IT AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD, BUT IF THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM OR IF THERE WAS NOT ANY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM TO FIX IT. THE SLIPPING OF MY TRANSMISSION HAS OCCURRED ABOUT A DOZEN TIMES. THE PROBLEM IS IT WORKS FINE MOST OF THE TIME EXCEPT WHEN IT SLIPS. SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. I COULD STOP AND ACCELERATE 100 TIMES AND IT WON'T SLIP. THEN JUST OUT OF THE BLUE IT WILL DECIDE TO SLIP, AND MAKE THAT TERRIBLE BANGING THUD OF THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGEMENT. I HOPE THAT CHEVROLET FINDS OUT WHAT THIS PROBLEM IS AND FIXES IT SO I DON'T HAVE TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION AFTER MY WARRANTY ENDS AFTER 3 YEARS OR 36,000 MILES. NOT TO MENTION THE SAFETY HAZARD IF I HAD TO ACCELERATE TO GET ACROSS TRAFFIC AND MY TRUCKS TRANSMISSION HESITATED AND I GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT OF IT. *NM