2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE STABILITY TRAC, STEERING ASSIST WAS REDUCED, SERVICE POWER STEERING, SERVICE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE, AND SERVICE BRAKE ASSIST WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. IN ADDITION, THE AIR CONDITIONING STOPPED WORKING AND THE ENGINE REVVED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING SEIZED. THE DEALER RESET THE COMPUTER, BUT THE FAILURES PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,969.

THIS TRUCK WAS PURCHASED AT 8 PM ON 9/22/2014. WHEN DRIVING ON 9/25/2014, THE TRUCK VIBRATED AS THOUGH I WAS DRIVING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, 55-75 MPH. IN HI-2 MODE IN DRIVE, THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT SHIFT SMOOTHLY, SHIFTING WITH A MILD CLUNK AT LOWER GEARS. WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND DESCRIBED THE ISSUES TO A SERVICE PERSON AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO BRING THE TRUCK IN FOR SERVICE ON 9/29/2014. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PROBLEMS WERE PROBABLY DUE TO ALIGNMENT ISSUES. ON 9/28/2014, I DROVE THE TRUCK AND EXPERIENCED THE SAME SHIFTING AND VIBRATION ISSUES. I PULLED OFF THE FREEWAY NEAR MY DESTINATION AND STOPPED AT A LIGHT. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FROM THE STOP, THE TRUCK WOULD NOT MOVE AND "REVVED". IT HAD SWITCHED INTO NEUTRAL WITHOUT ANY INPUT FROM ME. THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER STILL INDICATED THAT I WAS IN DRIVE MODE. I DRIFTED INTO THE INTERSECTION, UNABLE TO GET THE TRUCK TO MOVE. I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO PARK, THEN NEUTRAL, AND THEN DRIVE. THE TRUCK BEGAN TO DRIVE AND THEN I FELT A STRONG "THUNK" THAT FELT AS THOUGH I HAD BEEN REAR-ENDED BY A CAR GOING AT LEAST 25 MPH. THE TRUCK THEN DROVE NORMALLY FOR APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET. I HAD TO STOP AT THE LIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE UNDERPASS AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN, LEAVING ME DRIFTING INTO AN INTERSECTION. I WAS AGAIN ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK GOING AFTER A MINUTE OR SO, WITH THE SAME STRONG "THUNK". I CALLED ONSTAR TO HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. ON THE FOUR OTHER DAYS THAT WE HAVE OWNED THIS TRUCK, IT WAS DRIVEN ONLY A FEW MILES EACH DAY, AT LOW SPEEDS. I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED. THE TRUCK IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND HAS LESS THAN 300 MILES ON IT. ADDITIONALLY, SOME OF THE ISSUES I HAVE EXPERIENCED ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE ADDRESSED BY A RECALL, BUT THIS TRUCK'S VIN IS NOT LISTED IN THE RECALL. *TR

BACKLASH WAS NOT SETUP PROPERLY FROM THE FACTORY. I HAD A LOUD WHINING NOISE FROM THE REAR END WHILE CRUISING AROUND 55 MPH. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK IN 4 SEPARATE TIMES TO FIX IT. FIRST VISIT TO A DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO WORK ON IT. THE SECOND DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE RING AND PINION AND THE AXLE BEARINGS. THIS RESOLVED THE PROBLEM AT THE ORIGINAL SPEED BUT A NEW SOUND DEVELOPED WHILE DECELERATING FROM 50 AND DOWN TO 40. TOOK THE TRUCK BACK IN AGAIN AND REPLACED THE BEARINGS AGAIN. NOISE SEEMED FIXED AFTER THIS FIX BUT THE LONGER I DRIVE IT THE NOISE IS COMING BACK AGAIN AT 55 MPH. DEALER REFUSED TO WORK ON IT AGAIN SAYING THAT ITS NOT LOUD ENOUGH TO REPLACE THE AXLE BUT IF IT GETS LOUDER THEY WILL REPLACE THE AXLE. SPOKE TO THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT IT FROM AND THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THIS IS THE 3RD 2014 TRUCK THAT THE BEARINGS AND RING/PINION GEARS HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH VERY LOW MILES AND WITH IMPROPER BACKLASH SETUP FROM THE FACTORY. I HAVE A 2014 SILVER ADO WITH THE 5.3L V8, 3.42 LIMITED SLIP REAR END, 2 WHEEL DRIVE. I HAVE LOOKED INTO LEMON LAW FOR THE TRUCK BUT NOW THE DEALER IS SAYING THAT ITS NOT LOUD ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY FIXING IT AGAIN. *TR

THIS TRUCK HAS A VIBRATION AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. I WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT THEY ARE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH 2014 CHEVY TRUCKS WITH THE 6 CYLINDERS. THE DEALER SAID THEY ARE WAITING ON A FIX FROM GENERAL MOTORS. THE 8 CYLINDERS ARE NOT HAVING THIS PROBLEM. IS GENERAL MOTORS AWARE OF THIS? *TR

WHEN THE TRUCK REACHES A SPEED OVER 35 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL, THE SEAT, AND THE ENTIRE TRUCK HAS A VIBRATION. I LIVE IN EAST TENNESSEE. I PURCHASED THE TRUCK IN GEORGIA. IT IS ABOUT A THREE HOUR DRIVE FROM WHERE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK TO MY HOME. ON THE DRIVE HOME I NOTICED THE VIBRATION RIGHT AWAY. I THOUGHT IT MAY BE A TIRE BALANCE ISSUE SO I CONTINUED THE TRIP HOME. THE NEXT DAY I TALKED WITH THE LOCAL DEALER AND WAS INFORMED I NEED 500 MILES ON THE TRUCK BEFORE THEY WILL WORK A VIBRATION ISSUE. WHEN I TOOK THE TRUCK FOR SERVICE A FEW DAYS LATER I WAS INFORMED THAT SEVERAL TRUCKS HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE AND GM DOES NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE ISSUE. THE DEALER BALANCED THE TIRES AND TOLD ME THAT IS ALL THEY CAN DO ABOUT THE VIBRATION. THROUGH SEARCHING THE INTERNET AND TALKING WITH OTHER DEALERS I HAVE FOUND THAT MAY PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH NO HELP. DRIVE SHAFTS,AXLE SHAFTS, WHEELS AND TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND REAR ENDS HAVE BEEN REBUILT. NOTHING SEEMS TO HELP. MOST DEALERS HAVE WORKED THIS ISSUE ON SEVERAL TRUCKS. IF THIS VIBRATION IS COMING FROM ANY PART OF THE DRIVE TRAIN OR SUSPENSION AND THE PART HAS A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE IT CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR POSSIBLY DEATH. *TR

I WAS TOWING A TRAILER UTILIZING THE TOW/HAUL MODE, WHEN SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE DRASTICALLY SLOWED AND THE TIRES SQUEALED AND THE RPM'S WENT WAY UP. IT WAS LIKE THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTED INTO LOW GEAR BY ITSELF. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SEAT WAS NOT STATIONARY AND MOVED AROUND WHILE THE CONTACT OPERATED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TWO DIFFERENT AUTHORIZED DEALERS WHO STATED THAT THE SHIMS, CLIPS, AND HOOKS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE UNABLE TO TELL THE CONTACT, WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000. UPDATED 09/11/14 UPDATED 10/8/14*CN THE CONSUMER STATED AS OF 9/20/2014 THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. UPDATED 3/23/2015 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS ADJUSTED TO THE UPPER MOST POSITION, THE POWER STEERING SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER SEAT WAS EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE AND THE PADDING WAS VERY THIN. AS RESULT OF THE PROBLEM, THE CONTACT HAD TO CONSTANTLY MAKE ADJUSTMENTS WHILE TRAVELING. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER REPAIRED NOR DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE SAFETY CONCERN AND PROVIDED NO REMEDY. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING 3 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND THE BRAKES AND POWER STEERING FAILED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO A LIGHT POLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V374000 (POWER TRAIN) AFTER THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000.