2016 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

BRAKE VACUUM PUMP ISSUES DEALERS AWARE OF ISSUE & HAVE AN UPDATED VACUUM PUMP AVAILABLE. TRANSMISSION ISSUES WERE IT DOWN SHIFTS HARD AT TIMES & HAS A BAD SHATTERING WHEN UPSHISTING AT LOW SPEEDS TOOK IT 2 TIMES BEFORE WARRANTY EXPIRED SAID WAS JUST A SOFTWARE UPDATE. NEVER TOOK CARE OF ISSUE.

MY TRUCK HAS LARGE SPOTS OF PAINT CHIPPING OFF ALL OVER THE TRUCK. HOOD, CAB, TAILGATE AND SIDES. IT WAS GARAGE KEPT WITH NO EXPOSURE TO HAIL OR CHEMICALS. THE SERVICE MANAGE AT THE DEALERSHIP ADMITTED IT WAS A DEFECT IN THE PAINT BUT THEY REFUSED TO COVER IT UNDER WARRANTY.

THE REAR LEFT TURN SIGNAL, TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY WORKS SPORADICALLY. IT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE PART ON A VEHICLE WITH 45000 MILES THAT SHOULDN'T QUIT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 60-75 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (JIM BUTLER CHEVROLET, 759 GRAVOIS BLUFFS BLVD, FENTON, MO 63026) WHO REPLACED THE TIRES AND ROTATED AND BALANCED THE WHEELS, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND A CASE WAS OPENED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,800. **TR CONSUMER STATED I HAD THE DEALER REINSTALL THE ORIGINAL WHEELS AND TIRE AND THE AGAIN ROAD FORCE BALANCE TIRES AND WHEELS THE VIBRATION WAS THE SAME. WHEN I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK USED IN GALESBURG, IL YEMM CHEVROLET 248 MILES NORTH OF WHERE I LIVE, I HAD A CLEAN CARFAX CHECK GIVEN TO ME BY THE DEALER NOTICED THAT IT HAD A VIBRATION SO I PUT A NEW SET OF WHEELS AND TIRES GM (FACTORY WHEELS) THE TRUCK HAD THE SAME VIBRATIONS AFTER 6 TIMES GETTING THE WHEELS TIRE BALANCED (ROAD FORCED) I WAS TOLD THE 5TH TIME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED AND SENT HOME. HAD THE DEALER REINSTALLED THE ORIGINAL WHEELS AND TIRE WITH ANOTHER ROAD FORCE BALANCE STILL HAD THE VIBRATION, I WAS TOLD BY JIM KRIBBS AT JIM BUTLER THAT HE NEW THE GM REGIONAL MANAGER THAT HE WOULD GET THIS PROBLEM SOLVED. UPDATED 10/22/18*JB

TS BULLETIN NO.: PIT5361B BRAKES LOSE VACUUM AT LOW SPEED (EG. STOP/START TRAFFIC, FAST FOOD DRIVE THROUGH LANES). IT'S AS IF THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF WHILE BRAKING. CHEVROLET CHARGED $645 TO REPLACE VACUUM PUMP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING AND TURNING INTO A FUEL STATION, UNKNOWN WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO AVOID HITTING A PERSON AND A GAS PUMP. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND IT OPERATED NORMALLY AS THE POWER STEERING WAS RESET. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (ALAMO CITY CHEVROLET, 9400 SAN PEDRO AVE, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78216, (210) 987-2134) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING SHORTED OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING A CALL BACK AS THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

I BOUGHT THE TRUCK BRAND NEW IN MARCH OF 2016. AT JUST OVER 2 YEARS AND 40,000 MILES, THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM STARTED FAILING INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, SEIZING CONTROL OF THE STEERING. IT HAPPENED WHILE STOPPED, THEN IT HAPPENED WHEN TURNING ON A CITY STREET. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD NOT HAPPEN ON A NEW VEHICLE. CHEVY IS REFUSING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE AND RECALL ON THE '14 & '15 MODEL YEARS.

WAS GOING DOWN A STEEP HILL IN KENTUCKY IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AND WITHOUT WARNING THE BRAKE PEDAL GOT REALLY HARD TO PUSH AND THE TRUCK DIDN'T WANT TO STOP. ALSO HAPPENED AT A LOW RPM GOING DOWN THE APPROACH OF A DRIVEWAY. I AM ABLE TO DUPLICATE IT. ALSO AT RED LIGHTS IF I PUMP THE BRAKES THEY BECOME REALLY HARD TO PUSH.

PURCHASED BRAND NEW CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 IN 2016, NOTICED SIGNIFICANT SHAKING OF VEHICLE 11 MONTHS INTO OWNING. THIS VEHICLE IS SOLELY USED FOR A DAILY TO AND FROM OFFICE JOB COMMUTE, CONSUMING APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES A DAY, MOSTLY HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE UPON REACHING 70 MPH SHAKES TERRIBLY, ENOUGH TO SHAKE MY COFFE OUT OF THE CUP. AT THE SAME TIME I ALSO BEGAN TO NOTICE THE QUICK WEARING AND FEATHERING/WARPING OF MY TIRES ON THE INSIDE TREAD AREA. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED NEW TIRES, MIND YOU AT UNDER 19,000 MILES AND THE SHAKING "SHOULD" STOP. HAD THE TIRES REPLACED ALONG WITH AN ALIGNMENT AND THE ISSUE STILL REMAINS. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN CONSISTENT WITH GIVING ME THE RUN AROUND. SPOKE WITH SEVERAL SILVERADO OWNERS WHOM HAVE THE ISSUES, SOME EARLIER IN OWNERSHIP WHILE OTHERS SOMETIME LATER. APPARENTLY THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN GIVEN A NAME "CHEVY SHAKES". SEARCHED ON LINE FOR THIS ISSUE AND SURPRISINGLY THE PROBLEM IS WELL DOCUMENTED/DISCUSSED. I'M GETTING THE PERCEPTION THAT THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM AND CHEVY IS DOING THEIR BEST TO COVER IT UP. FILING THIS COMPLAINT TO GO ALONG WITH THE OTHERS. HOPEFULLY THIS PROBLEM IS ADDRESSED WITH A PREVENTIVE MINDSET RATHER THAN WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. IT'S TIME FOR A RECALL!

THE BRAKES FAIL(PERIODICALLY) AT LOW RPM DUE TO VACUUM BOOSTER PUMP FAILURE. TYPICALLY HAPPENS WHEN MOVING SLOWLY AT IDLE - ROLLING DOWN A DRIVEWAY ETC.