2016 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

I HAVE A 2016 SILVERADO 1500 THAT HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY BREAKS AND POWERTRAIN. I TRY TO STOP THE OTHER DAY AND THE PEDAL GOT STIFF AND WASNT ABLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE ALMOST HITTING A PEDESTRIAN. ITS BEEN GOING ON FOR AWHILE TOO. AND MY POWERTRAIN WHEN I IN THE STREET OR HIGHWAY GOING 60MPH IT TENDS TO SHOOT THE RPMS N GO DOWN AND LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WANT TO SHIFT DOWN ON ITS OWN.

I MADE A TURN AT AN INTERSECTION GOING 0MPH TO 10MPH (LOW SPEED) AND THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. LUCKILY I HAD A ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO CLEAR THE INTERSECTION AND NOT GET T-BONED. I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND START IT AGAIN TO DRIVE OFF. NO DASH LIGHTS CAME ON AND I STILL HAD POWER STEERING INDICATING THE KEY WAS STILL IN THE ON POSITION. I BELIEVE THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM AS THERE ARE AT LEAST 2 OTHER REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING IN THE NHTSA DATA BASE WITH THIS PARTICULAR TRUCKS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. THAT MEANS THERE ARE NOW 3 COMPLAINTS OUT OF 10 RELATING TO THIS VERY PROBLEM UNDER THE CATEGORY OF ENGINE FOR THIS TRUCKS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL. THERE ARE ALSO MORE REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING ON VARIOUS FORMS AROUND THE INTERNET BUT HAVE NOT BEEN REPORTED TO THE NHTSA. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED FROM A CAR DEALERSHIP 2 MONTHS AGO WITH 47,000 MILES ON IT AND THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED AT THE 50,000 MILE MARK. I HAVE CALLED THE DEALER SHIP TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY KNOW KNOWLEDGE OF THIS HAPPENING TO OTHER PEOPLE OR ANY SERVICE BULLETINS OUT THERE RELATING TO THIS ISSUE BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED A CALL BACK YET.

ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, MY BRAKES FAILED ME CAUSING ME TO ALMOST CRASH. THE FIRST TIME, I WAS STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN FROM GOING LESS THAN 5MPH (I WAS INCHING UP AFTER ABOUT 10 CARS WERE IN FRONT OF ME). I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE THE WHOLE TIME AND NEVER ACCELERATES AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE TRUCK WOULDN'T STOP. I WAS ON ABOUT A VERY SLIGHT DOWNHILL (MAYBE 1 DEGREE). IT FELT LIKE THE BRAKES BECAME SLIPPERY AND JUST SOUNDED AWFUL. I CAME WITHIN A FEW INCHES OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND ALMOST REAR ENDED THEM. THE NEXT OCCASION, I WAS GOING DOWNHILL AND TO THE LEFT AND HAS TO STOP. THE TRUCK DID THE SAME THING WHERE THE POWER BRAKES SEEMED TO FAIL OR THE BRAKES JUST DIDN'T WANT TO WORK. THIS TIME I WAS GOING ABOUT 35MPH AND HAD TO SWERVE INTO THE WRONG LANE TO AVOID CRASHING. THANKFULLY NOBODY WAS COMING OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE HAD TO REAR END THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS PROBABLY 5 OR 6 CAR LENGTHS BEHIND HIM WHEN WE BOTH HIT THE BRAKES AT THE SAME TIME. THE 3RD TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS THIS MORNING IN THE SAME SPOT AS THE SECOND INCIDENT. THIS TIME, I WAS TESTING THE BRAKES. I'M VERY SCARED THAT SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THIS AND WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS FIXED ASAP. I BOUGHT THIS GM CERTIFIED VEHICLE ABOUT 1 MONTH AGO AND SHOULD BE IN GOOD MECHANICAL CONDITION. THESE 3 INCIDENTS HAPPENED IN A 10-14 DAY SPAN AND 2 TIMES IN THE PAST 3 DAYS.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE AT LOW SPEEDS THE BRAKE BOOSTER AND PEDAL FAILED CAUSING ME TO USE EXCESSIVE BRAKE PRESSURE TO GET THE THE VEHICLE TO STOP. DUE TO THIS I WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN A CRASH THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 50K MILES.

I WAS DRIVING AND THE RPM GOES UP AND DOWN. ITS BEEN DOING IT FOR AWHILE NOW. ILL HE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND WELL SHIFT GEARS OR HAVING TROUBLE SHIFTING GEARS. IT DOES BETWEEN GOING 60 TO 80 MPH. SOMETIMES I FEAR IT MIGHT SHIFT GEARS AND GET HIT OR LOSE CONTROL.

I STOPPED TO EAT AT A RESTAURANT AND MY BRAKES GOT EXTREMELY HARD AND MY TRUCK DID NOT STOP I USED BOTH FEET TO JAM THE BRAKE DOWN AS HARD AS I COULD TO STOP. THERE WAS A CAR IN FRONT OF ME BUT IT WAS PULLING OUT AS I PULLED IN. MY TRUCK WOULD HAVE STRUCK THIS VEHICLE IF IT WEREN'T FOR THEM PULLING OUT. I WENT DIRECTLY TO A NEARBY MECHANIC TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH MY TRUCK. THEY TOLD ME THE VACUUM PUMP IS FAULTY AND THAT GM HAS A BULLETIN ABOUT THIS ISSUE. SO GM IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND KNOWS THEIR VEHICLES ARE DANGEROUS TO ITS CUSTOMERS AND THE PUBLIC. BUT THEY HAVE NOT ORDERED A RECALL TO FIX THE FAULTY VACUUM PUMP.

BRAKE PEDAL GETS REALLY HARD AND HAS BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE WITH EVERYDAY DRIVING. TURN OFF ENGINE AND RESETS AND WORKS AGAIN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO VANDERGRIFF CHEVROLET (1200 WEST INTERSTATE 20, ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76016, (682) 323-2486) ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR THE FAILURE. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT AN UNSPECIFIED CABLE WITHIN THE AIR BAG HOUSING UNIT WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 6,000. *LN *JB

HAPPENED 2X (3/15/18 & 10/31/18) IN MOTION @ 70MPH ON HIGHWAY THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER RESET. GAUGES DROPPED TO 0, PEGGED OUT AT TOP, THEN BEGAN READING PROPERLY, SIMILAR TO THE VEHICLE STARTING. ALL OTHER SCREENS WENT BLACK AND RESET THEMSELVES. NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. THIS IS SIMILAR TO NHTSA DOCUMENT 2014-03896 ON 2014 GM SILVERADOS, BUT APPEARS TO BE DIFFERENT ROOT CAUSE. MY VEHICLE HAD A PHONE PLUGGED IN AND ANDROID AUTO IN USE, BUT I WAS NOT CHANGING VOLUMES OR SONGS. ALSO, THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS WHEN A PHONE CALL CAME IN.

TRANSMISSION IS JERKY, AND DEALERSHIP SAYS IT'S NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. FAULTY TRANSMISSION WIRING HARNESS AND HEAT SENSOR. TRUCK HAS BEEN AT DEALERSHIP FOR 18 DAYS AND GM HAS NO ESTIMATE AS TO WHEN THE WIRING HARNESS WILL BE AVAILABLE. I'M PAYING FOR A 50K TRUCK AND PAYING FOR A RENTAL WITH NO END IN SIGHT. SHOULD BE A RECALL, SERVICE TECH AT DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THE PART WAS BEING 'RE-TOOLED'