2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 185,000.

VEHICLE WENT INTO LIMP MODE WHILE CRUISING AT 65 MPH. TRACTION CONTROL DISABLED LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. MESSAGE CENTER DISPLAYED "SERVICE STABILITRAK" "SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL" AND "ENGINE POWER REDUCED" MESSAGES. VEHICLE SLOWED AND TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED. VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. WITH ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT EXCEED 35 MPH IN A FLAT GRADE. ON A STEEP INCLINE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT EXCEED 15MPH WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO THE FLOOR. THE ISSUE HAS OCCURED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE. PARKING THE VEHICLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SEVERAL IGNITION CYCLES HAVE IN THE PAST HAVE RESOLVED THE ISSUE. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH GM VEHICLES USING A DRIVE BY WIRE THROTTLE BODY AND IT HAS BEEN RECALLED ON OTHER MODEL YEARS.

THE DASH IS CRACKING IN TWO LOCATIONS, AT PASSENGER AIRBAG AND ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FOR NO APPARENT REASON. VEHICLE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION OTHERWISE. THERE MAY BE A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO THE PROXIMITY TO THE PASSENGER AIRBAG.

TOOK IT TO WALKER JONES IN WAYCROSS GA CAUSE THE LIGHT TO THE AIRBAGS WAS STAYING ON. THEY HOOKED IT TO COMPUTER AND SAID IT WAS THERMOSTATE WAS THE PROBLEM. REPLACED IT AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS STILL COMING ON. ONLY THING THEY WANT TO DO IT FIX EVERYTHING ELSE BUT THE AIRBAG.

I OWN A 2011 SILVERADO. IT HAS THE CRACKS IN THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AREA, AND ABOVE THE GAUGE CLUSTER. OF COURSE AFTER SEEING ALL THE OTHER CRACKED DASHES. IT REALLY MAKES ME UNHAPPY THAT THIS IS NOT ALREADY A RECALL OR TAKEN CARE OF. ONE DAY I GOT IN MY VEHICLE AND SAW BOTH CRACKS, AND IT HAPPENED 2 DAYS AFTER SOMEONE TOLD ME IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE IT CRACKS. I REALLY WOULD LIKE IT REPLACED.

ENGINE POWER REDUCED, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE STABILITRAK, THESE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND AS MY TRUCK SLOWED DOWN NO MATTER HOW MUCH GAS I GAVE IT. ALSO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I SHUT TRUCK OFF AND WAITED A COUPLE MINUTES THEN STARTED TRUCK UP . IT RAN FOR A FEW MINUTES THEN THE SAME 3 WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON ALONG WITH THE CHECK ENGINE. LIGHT. IS THERE A RECALL OR A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (TSB) FOR THIS ISSUE. I DID READ THAT THERE MIGHT BE A TSB CAMPAIGN # [XXX] FOR THIS ISSUE. IS THERE ANY PAPERWORK THAT CAN BE EMAILED TO ME TO GIVE TO THE GM DEALER TO HELP ME WITH THIS ISSUE. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED. IT ALSO HAPPENS WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY AND JUST WARMING UP TRUCK . THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

A CRACK APPEARED IN THE DASH CAUSING A SEPARATION IN THE SECTION BEHIND THE AIRBAG I AM CONCERNED THE PIECES COULD CAUSE INJURY IF AIRBAG IS DEPLOYED.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTED TO SECOND GEAR, FORCING THE CONTACT TO SLOW DOWN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FIRST AND SECOND SOLENOIDS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 17,000.