2010 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

MY WIFE NOTICED A NOISE WHILE RIDING WITH ME AND I DETERMINED THAT IT WAS THE AIR CONDITIONERS COMPRESSOR MOTOR. WITHIN A FEW DAYS THE MOTOR FAILED. IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THEY WANT $1000.00 TO FIX IT AT THE DEALERSHIP. I PRICED AN INDEPENDENT SHOP AND IT WAS OVER $800. THIS SHOULD NOT FAIL AT 55,000 MILES AS OVER 3/4 OF THOSE WERE DRIVEN WHEN NO AIR CONDITIONER WAS USED. IT'S SAD THAT YOU PAY $40K+ FOR A VEHICLE AND THE MAIN SYSTEMS FAIL BEFORE THE LOAN IS EVEN PAID OFF. I GUESS IT'S BACK TO ROLLING DOWN THE WINDOWS AS $1000 TO FIX IT IS NOT WITHIN MY BUDGET. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A STOP, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 51,000.

DRIVING APPROX 55MPH DOWN A HIGHWAY WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLOWED TO 30 MPH AND SEVERAL MESSAGES CAME TO DASH (ENGINE POWER REDUCED, TRACTION CONTROL OFF AND SERVICE STABILITRACK). DUE TO SUDDEN DROP IN SPEED, I WAS INVOLVED IN A NEAR MISS ACCIDENT FROM A FOLLOWING VEHICLE I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED AT THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR. DUE TO A PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED DEFICIENCY WITH THE THROTTLE BODY (IDENTIFIED BY CHEVY) THERE WAS NO CHARGE FOR REPLACEMENT AFTER PICKING THE VEHICLE UP FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND DRIVING THE VEHICLE 5 MILES, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLOWED AND THE MESSAGES REAPPEARED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE PEDAL ACCELERATOR SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THE MECHANIC EXPLAINED TO THAT THE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR WAS IDENTIFIED TO BE A PROBLEM BY CHEVY. HE ALSO EXPLAINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SENSOR WORK IN CONJUNCTION AND THAT HE FREQUENTLY SEES THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SENSOR FAILING TO OPERATE AS INTENDED, RESULTING IN REPLACEMENTS. HOWEVER, HE EXPLAINED THAT CHEVROLET HAS NOT IDENTIFIED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SENSOR AS A DEFECTED PART AND NO RECALL CURRENTLY EXISTS EVEN THOUGH IT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE FUNCTION OF THE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR. I CONDUCTED RESEARCH IN GENERAL MOTORS FORUMS, ETC. AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG CHEVY VEHICLES. SOME INDIVIDUAL WERE TRAVELING AT GREATER SPEEDS WITH CHILDREN IN VEHICLES WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO AN ABRUPT REDUCTION IN SPEED CAUSING ACCIDENTS. PROBLEM IS THAT THE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR IS OFTEN REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM WILL GO AWAY FOR A WHILE, THENWILL REOCCUR DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SENSOR AND THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE TWO PARTS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SENSOR SHALL BE RECALLED BECAUSE OF ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE FUNCTION OF THE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR AND THE HISTORY

ON MARCH 30, 2014, I NOTICED THE RIGHT FRONT PARKING LIGHT OF MY 2010 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 WAS ILLUMINATED AND ALL THE OTHER LIGHTS WERE OFF. I TRIED SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS TO GET THE LIGHT TO TURN OFF AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, SO I DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY UNTIL I COULD HAVE THE ISSUE DIAGNOSED. THE MECHANIC IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS A PORTION OF THE TERMINALS IN THE ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BLOCK (FUSE/RELAY PANEL), LOCATED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT HAD SIGNIFICANT CORROSION WHICH CAUSED A SHORT CIRCUIT SITUATION. HE ALSO NOTED THAT THERE WAS NO CORROSION UNDER THE JUNCTION BLOCK WHERE ALL THE WIRING HARNESS PLUG INTO. HE WAS PERPLEXED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SIGNS OF WATER OR CHEMICAL DAMAGE TO THE JUNCTION BLOCK AND ALSO THE AGE OF THE TRUCK AND LOW MILEAGE. HE FURTHER STATED EVEN WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH TURNED OFF, THE PANEL WAS VERY HOT DUE OF THE ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE CAUSED BY THE CORROSION WHICH CAUSED A SITUATION FOR A FIRE. HE ADDED THAT A LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP HAD A REPORT OF A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 THAT HAD A ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE DUE TO A FAULTY ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BLOCK. AFTER CONDUCTING SEARCH OF THE INTERNET, THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM IN 2009-2012 CHEVROLET SILVERADO'S. I AM CONCERNED THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO PARK THERE TRUCK IN THERE GARAGE AND A FIRE WILL ENSUE THAT WILL CAUSE INJURY OF DEATH. *TR

I HAD STEERING WHEEL TURNED ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT, TO PULL INTO A PARKING LOT, AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN WHEEL BACK ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT TO ENTER A PARKING SPACE. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO TURN BACK TO THE RIGHT, THE ENGINE RPM DROPPED AND POWER STEERING FAILED. I WAS ABLE TO FORCE THE STEERING WHEEL THROUGH THE TURN TO AVOID HITTING PARKED CAR, AND POWER STEERING RETURNED TO NORMAL AFTER ENGINE RECOVERED. I HAVE ALSO HAD SIMILAR PROBLEM WHEN ATTEMPTING PARKING LOT MANEUVERS AND BACKING UP TRAILERS. TOOK TO DEALER WHERE THEY SHOWED ME A PRINT OUT THAT STATED THE PROBLEM EXISTS, BUT IS NOT RECOGNIZED AS A PROBLEM BECAUSE POWER STEERING RETURNS TO "NORMAL" WHEN VEHICLE RETURNS TO NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. *TR

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

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.

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

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.

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