2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

WHEN DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AT ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 30MPH , ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS SUDDENLY DIED AND VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. COASTED TO A STOP WITHOUT POWER BRAKES OR STEERING CONTROL, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. TURNED OFF AND ON IGNITION AND COMPUTER SYSTEM HAD ME "TURN ON AND OFF DRIVER WINDOW'. ALSO REFERENCE A FEW OTHER ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ERRORS THAT CLEARED AFTER ONCE AGAIN STARTING VEHICLE. DURING THE RESULTING 20 MINUTE DRIVE HOME, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHOWED A FEW ERRORS, ONCE WHEN INITIATING A TURN SIGNAL AND HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED BUT CAR DID NOT SUDDENLY DIE. NEXT DAY IT IS NOW RUNNING OKAY SO FAR. RESEARCHING THIS SUDDEN ELECTRICAL AND TOTAL SYSTEM SHUTDOWN ONLINE I FOUND NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH 2014/2015 SILVERADO MODELS FROM OTHERS. DISCUSSED WITH LOCAL DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND FOUND THEY HAVE SEEN OTHER CUSTOMERS LOCALLY WITH THIS INTERMITTENT ISSUE AND HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND OR FIX THE PROBLEM.

WAS DRIVING ON FREEWAY,WAS CHANGING LANES SO I STEPPED ON THE GAS TO SWITCH LANES AND THEN CHECK ENGINE STARTED FLASHING AND STABILITRAK ACTIVE LIGHT CAME ON. SLOWED DOWN AND FELT THE TRUCK WITH SOME UNUSUAL SHAKING, WHEN I GOT OFF THE FREEWAY AND INTO THE STREET AS SOON AS I STOPPED IT FELT LIKE THE ENGINE WANTED TO SHUT OFF BUT IT DID NOT,TRUCK WAS SHAKING AT EVERY STOP I MADE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL ON AND STABILITRAK ACTIVE LIGHT ON

ALWAYS HAD TRUCK GARAGED BUT NOW IN DRIVEWAY AND WHEN IT RAINS THE FLOOR FILLS WITH WATER

I WAS PARKING MY TRUCK IN A PARKING LOT SPACE, AND WHEN THE TRUCK WAS MOVING SLOW, I APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND HAD TO PUSH VERY HARD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO GET THE TRUCK TO STOP. I HAD A LOCAL DEALERSHIP RUN A DIAGNOSTIC ON THE TRUCK, AND IT CAME UP AS A FAULTY BRAKE VACUUM PUMP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME REALLY STIFF AND DID NOT FUNCTION. ALSO, THE BRAKE ASSIST FAILURE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND LATER TAKEN TO CLASSIC CHEVROLET OF SUGAR LAND (13115 SOUTHWEST FREEWAY, SUGAR LAND, TX 77478). THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V578000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) AND THE REPAIRS HAD TO COVERED BY THE OWNER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I'VE BEEN COMPLETELY SATISFIED WITH MY VEHICLE UP UNTIL RECENTLY. A LITTLE OF THREE YEARS AGO, I DECIDED TO GIVE UP MY DODGE AND SWITCH OVER TO CHEVY. I LIKED WHAT THEY HAD TO OFFER IN THE 2015 SILVERADO. LONG STORY SHORT, A FEW MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY, MY AC STOPPED BLOWING COLD AIR ALL OF A SUDDEN. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE TRUCK IN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT DIAGNOSED AND FOUND OUT THAT MY CONDENSER HAD A LEAK. I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS ODD DUE TO THE FACT THAT I BARELY DRIVE THE TRUCK, LITERALLY. IT ONLY HAS ABOUT 28,600MILES ON IT IN ABOUT 40 MONTHS. WITH THAT SAID, I PROCEEDED TO DO A LITTLE RESEARCH. MY FINDINGS WERE THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ALL TO COMMON ISSUE WITH THESE TRUCKS SINCE THE 2014 DESIGN. IS THERE ANYWAY TO GET SOMEONE WITHIN GM TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT IS OBVIOUSLY SOME TYPE OF FLAW OR DEFECT IN EQUIPMENT DUE TO POOR CRAFTSMANSHIP? YOU MAY SAY THAT I SHOULD'VE PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND ALL BUT I FEEL LIKE A COMPONENT SUCH AS A CONDENSER SHOULDN'T BE DEFECTIVE SO SOON EITHER, ESPECIALLY ON A LOW MILEAGE VEHICLE THAT'S BARELY OUT OF WARRANTY. EVEN IF GM ISN'T WILLING TO HELP ME, I'D BE HAPPY WITH THEM FIXING THE PROBLEM FOR FUTURE CONSUMERS SO THAT THEY DON'T BECOME A "VICTIM" LIKE I HAVE. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS HAS BEEN A BIG PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS AND SOME OTHERS BUT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF ANY RECALLS OR ANYTHING. WHILE SEARCHING ONLINE, I FOUND A "SPECIAL COVERAGE/PROGRAM" NUMBER (17336). IT WAS ALSO ALONG WITH NHTSA ID 10135138.

I WAS ON A CITY ROAD DRIVING AT 45 MPH ABOUT 5 MINUTES AFTER I USED THE FACTORY REMOTE START. SMOKE STARTED POURING FROM BEHIND THE REAR SEAT AND THEN ONE OF THE BACK WINDOWS SHATTERED. THIS IS A WIDELY REPORTED ISSUE AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR IT.

IT WOULD ROLL EVEN WITH THE FOOT ON THE BRAKE AT LOW SPEEDS FAULTY AIR PUMP HAD TO GET AIR PUMP, TUBE, AIR PUMP BELT,ALTERNATOR BELT, AIR CONDITION BELT THAT COST ME $700.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE THE TIRES, THE PARK ASSIST BRAKES DID NOT WORK TO KEEP THE VEHICLE IN PLACE. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CALLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 56,000.

THE VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM BECOME RIGID AT LOW SPEED (APPROX 3MPH OR SO) AS IF THE POWER BRAKE SYSTEM FAILS. THE VEHICLES STOPPING DISTANCE CHANGES AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO ROLL WHILE PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TOWARD THE FLOOR. THIS ISSUE RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO MY GARAGE DOOR WHILE BACKING THE VEHICLE INTO THE DRIVEWAY. THE ISSUE IS BEST DESCRIBED IN THE PENDING INVESTIGATION REGARDING THE GM BRAKING SYSTEM LOCATED UNDER CHEVROLET SILVERADO RECALLS. I WAS MADE AWARE OF THE INVESTIGATION AFTER RESEARCHING THE ISSUES I HAVE HAD WITH MY VEHICLES BRAKES. THE INVESTIGATION STATEMENT DESCRIBES THE ISSUE AS A PROBLEM WITH DEGRADING BRAKE VACUUM COMPONENT.