2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 Complaints

I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK BRAND NEW. I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS ABOUT 2000 MI. THE TRUCK HAS A MISS AND JERKS UNDER LOAD. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER TWICE AND THEY TELL ME THE COMPUTER DOESN'T SHOW ANY TROUBLE CODES SO THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. ALSO ON OCCASION THE IGNITION KEY IS HOT TO THE TOUCH. NOW I HAVE TO TAKE IT IN AGAIN BECAUSE THE BRAKE PETAL MIGHT FALL OFF. WHAT A GREAT PRODUCT...GM I THINK BUILDS A LOT OF THESE PROBLEMS IN TO SAVE MONEY WITHOUT A CARE FOR THE CUSTOMER. NOW I HAVE TO DRIVE A $46,000 PIECE OF CRAP THATS BROKEN. OUR HANDS ARE TIED AND AT THE MERCY OF BIG BUSINESS. HOPE YOU CAN HELP. STEVE

FIRST COMPLAINT: THE HEADLIGHTS OF THIS VEHICLE ARE NOT VARY GOOD. TO THE POINT OF BEING DANGEROUS. WHEN AIMED HIGH ENOUGH THAT I CAN SEE FAR ENOUGH AS TO NOT BE OVER DRIVING THE HEADLIGHTS THEY BLIND ON-COMING TRAFFIC. WHEN AIMED LOW ENOUGH THAT THEY DO NOT BLIND OTHER DRIVERS, (THIS WAS THE FACTOR SETTING) I CAN NOT SEE FAR ENOUGH FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE SAFE AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. THE HEADLIGHT OUTPUT IS DIM, AND THE LIGHT IS NOT WELL CONTROLLED. THE LIGHTS ARE ALSO POSITIONED TO HIGH IN THE VEHICLE, AND THIS CAUSES A LARGE PART OF THE PROBLEM. THIS IS CONCERNING THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ONLY. SECOND COMPLAINT: THE OPTIONAL TOW/ CAMPER MIRRORS HAVE VARY BRIGHT RED TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS IN THEM. THEY ARE OVERLY BRIGHT TO THE DRIVER AND MAKE LANE CHANGES DIFFICULT AT NIGHT AS THEY BLIND YOU WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MIRROR. THIS IS A BIG SAFETY CONCERN TO ME, AS THIS MAKES SEEING WHAT IS NEXT TO THE TRUCK VARY HARD AT DAWN AND DUSK. THANK YOU. *TR

WHILE TOWING, BREAK WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. HAD NO TRAILER BREAKS AND HAD TO STOP PULL OFF ROAD. SHUT DOWN AS PER MANUEL AND RESTART. THAT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ISSUE IF WE HAD BEEN ON A STEEP DOWNHILL GRADE!

ON MARCH 21, 2014 I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2015 CHEVROLET 2500 HD DIESEL TRUCK AT A COST OF $ 62,500. I HAVE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE LIGHTS ON THIS TRUCK FROM DAY ONE. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT ESPECIALLY IF IT IS RAINING. THE HEADLAMPS ON DIM DO NOT PRODUCE ENOUGH LIGHT TO SEE MORE THAN 100 YARDS IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THERE IS NO LIGHT PROJECTED TO THE SIDE MAKING IT EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN MAKING TURNS, ESPECIALLY LEFT HAND TURNS. I HAVE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE TO CHEVROLET DEALERSHIPS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BUT THEY COULD NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE LIGHTS WERE PERFORMING AS DESIGNED. I AM NOT SATISFIED WITH THIS ANSWER. ALTHOUGH THEY OFFERED ME A $ 2000 DISCOUNT ON A NEW GM VEHICLE, I AM NOT WILLING TO TAKE THE DEPRECIATION TO PURCHASE ANOTHER VEHICLE TO GET RID OF A PROBLEM THAT IS NOT MY FAULT. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS ON THE INTERNET OF THIS SAME LIGHTING ISSUE. NOT ONLY IS THIS PROBLEM A HAZARD TO MYSELF AND FAMILY, BUT OTHERS ON THE HIGHWAY. I'M NOT ASKING THEM FOR A NEW $ 62,500 VEHICLE, I JUST WANT MINE FIXED. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME ON THIS MATTER. THANKS

FACTORY TRAILER BRAKE CONNECTOR PLUG IS LOOSE AND CAUSES TRAILER BRAKES TO BECOME INOPERATIVE WHEN THE TRAILER MALE PLUG JIGGLES INSIDE THE TRUCK FEMALE PLUG. I BELONG TO SEVERAL RV RELATED SITES ON THE INTERNET, AND THIS ISSUE IS COMING UP MORE OFTEN WITH PEOPLE THINKING IT IS JUST THEIR PLUG OR CONNECTOR. MINE FIT FINE IN MY 2004 TAHOE, BUT IS VERY LOOSE ON THE NEW TRUCK. OTHERS ARE SAYING THEIRS ALSO FIT OTHER BRANDS OF PREVIOUS OWNED TRUCKS OR EARLIER CHEVY YEAR MODELS. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE, AS GOING DOWN A MOUNTAIN OR THROUGH AN INTERSECTION WITH NO TRAILER BRAKES IS GOING TO GET PEOPLE HURT AND KILLED. THE PLUG WAS NOT MANUFACTURED WITH THE PROPER TOLERANCE FOR A GOOD SNUG FIT. THE LITTLE SAFETY DOOR WITH THE TAB ON IT HELPS TO HOLD IT IN PLACE, BUT THE FIT IS STILL SO LOOSE THAT THE CONNECTION IS LOST TO LIGHTS AND BRAKES. IT IS LOOSE WHEN YOU SLIDE IT IN, BUT THE BUMPINESS AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLES MAKES IT LOSE THE CONNECTION. I BROUGHT THIS UP TO THE DEALER THAT I PURCHASED THE TRUCK FROM, BUT IT SEEMED TO BE A NON ISSUE WITH THEM. I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITH GM AND QUICKLY. WE ALL KNOW OF THEIR RECORD ON FAULTY SWITCHES ETC. THESE PLUGS NEED TO BE REPLACED WITH PROPER FITTING ONES. THANK YOU *TR

2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD . DURING A RECENT TRIP TO SOUTHERN INDIANA WHILE TOWING RV WE ENCOUNTERED A HEAVY RAIN, NOT AS HEAVY AS A NORMAL FLORIDA HEAVY RAIN, THE WIPERS ON FULL . COULD NOT CLEAR THE WINDSHIELD ENOUGH TO SEE ANYTHING DURING MID DAY. THIS HAPPEN ON A TWO LANE STATE ROAD, WHERE THANKFULLY NO TRAFFIC EITHER WAY, IF THIS HAD BEEN ON THE INTERSTATE HWY. WE JUST EXITED 10 MINUTES EARLIER, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. NETHER I AND MY WIFE COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING AT ALL, I HAD TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOW TO HAVE ANY VISIBILITY AT ALL. THERE IS A WINDSHIELD OR WIPER DESIGN PROBLEM HERE. IF IT WAS NOT FOR MY 2 MILLION MILE TRUCK EXPERIENCE I MOST LIKELY WOULD NOT BE MAKING THIS REPORT. HAD THIS BEEN AN INEXPERIENCED DRIVER IN MOST LIKELY WOULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. I ALSO OWN A 2000 CHEVY SILVERADO. I HAVE DRIVEN THIS TRUCK TO FLORIDA EVERY YEAR IN SOME REAL RAIN STORMS, THAT MAKE THESE MIDWEST STORMS LOOK LIKE SPRING SHOWERS, AND NEVER ONCE UNABLE TO SEE DURING REAL HEAVY STORM DAY OR NIGHT. NOW I WILL HOLD ON TO MY OLD TRUCK TILL THIS DEFECT IS CORRECTED. PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY, I FEAR DRIVING WHEN RAIN FORECAST AT NIGHT. I HAVE NEVER SIDE LINED MY SEMI FOR WEATHER EVEN IN TOTAL WHITE OUT SNOW STORMS WHICH I COULD SEE BETTER THAN A LITTLE RAIN ON THE WINDSHIELD OF THIS 2015 CHEVY. THANK YOU SINCERELY [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

A WARNING MESSAGE COMES ON THE DASH TELLING THE DRIVER THERE IS A ISSUE WITH THE TRAILER BRAKES, OR WIRING SYSTEM. THE TRAILER BRAKES BECOME INOPERABLE WHEN THIS COMES ON. WE HAVE CONTACTED GM WITH THE ISSUE, BOTH AT THE DEALER LEVEL AND AT THE CORPORATE LEVEL; AND THEY INSIST IT IS A PROBLEM WITH OUR TRAILERS. THE SAME TRAILERS ARE USED WITH OLDER CHEVROLET TRUCKS WITHOUT INCIDENT. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN INFORMED BY GM THAT THE 2015 SILVERADO 2500'S ARE EQUIPPED WITH A MORE SENSITIVE TRAILERING SYSTEM. WHEN THE CONNECTION BECOMES WET DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, OR THE TRUCK HITS A BUMP; AND THE CONNECTOR LOSES CONTACT MOMENTARILY THE MESSAGE WILL ILLUMINATE. RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF TRAILER BRAKES. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.

A WARNING MESSAGE COMES ON THE DASH TELLING THE DRIVER THERE IS A ISSUE WITH THE TRAILER BRAKES, OR WIRING SYSTEM. THE TRAILER BRAKES BECOME INOPERABLE WHEN THIS COMES ON. WE HAVE CONTACTED GM WITH THE ISSUE, BOTH AT THE DEALER LEVEL AND AT THE CORPORATE LEVEL; AND THEY INSIST IT IS A PROBLEM WITH OUR TRAILERS. THE SAME TRAILERS ARE USED WITH OLDER CHEVROLET TRUCKS WITHOUT INCIDENT. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN INFORMED BY GM THAT THE 2015 SILVERADO 2500'S ARE EQUIPPED WITH A MORE SENSITIVE TRAILERING SYSTEM. WHEN THE CONNECTION BECOMES WET DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, OR THE TRUCK HITS A BUMP; AND THE CONNECTOR LOSES CONTACT MOMENTARILY THE MESSAGE WILL ILLUMINATE. RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF TRAILER BRAKES. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.

A WARNING MESSAGE COMES ON THE DASH TELLING THE DRIVER THERE IS A ISSUE WITH THE TRAILER BRAKES, OR WIRING SYSTEM. THE TRAILER BRAKES BECOME INOPERABLE WHEN THIS COMES ON. WE HAVE CONTACTED GM WITH THE ISSUE, BOTH AT THE DEALER LEVEL AND AT THE CORPORATE LEVEL; AND THEY INSIST IT IS A PROBLEM WITH OUR TRAILERS. THE SAME TRAILERS ARE USED WITH OLDER CHEVROLET TRUCKS WITHOUT INCIDENT. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN INFORMED BY GM THAT THE 2015 SILVERADO 2500'S ARE EQUIPPED WITH A MORE SENSITIVE TRAILERING SYSTEM. WHEN THE CONNECTION BECOMES WET DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, OR THE TRUCK HITS A BUMP; AND THE CONNECTOR LOSES CONTACT MOMENTARILY THE MESSAGE WILL ILLUMINATE. RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF TRAILER BRAKES. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.

A WARNING MESSAGE COMES ON THE DASH TELLING THE DRIVER THERE IS A ISSUE WITH THE TRAILER BRAKES, OR WIRING SYSTEM. THE TRAILER BRAKES BECOME INOPERABLE WHEN THIS COMES ON. WE HAVE CONTACTED GM WITH THE ISSUE, BOTH AT THE DEALER LEVEL AND AT THE CORPORATE LEVEL; AND THEY INSIST IT IS A PROBLEM WITH OUR TRAILERS. THE SAME TRAILERS ARE USED WITH OLDER CHEVROLET TRUCKS WITHOUT INCIDENT. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN INFORMED BY GM THAT THE 2015 SILVERADO 2500'S ARE EQUIPPED WITH A MORE SENSITIVE TRAILERING SYSTEM. WHEN THE CONNECTION BECOMES WET DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, OR THE TRUCK HITS A BUMP; AND THE CONNECTOR LOSES CONTACT MOMENTARILY THE MESSAGE WILL ILLUMINATE. RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF TRAILER BRAKES. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.