2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 Complaints

TAKATA RECALL-THIS WAS IDENTIFIED IN MAY OF 2016. AS OF TODAY, 10/17/17 THERE IS NO FIX AND MY LIFE IS AT STAKE EVERY DAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING AT A RED LIGHT, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT HAD TO PLACE THE GEAR SHIFTER IN PARK TO RESTART THE VEHICLE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE STABILITRAK AND TRACTION CONTROL INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SANDS CHEVROLET GLENDALE (623-931-9331, 5418 GRAND AVE, GLENDALE, AZ 85301) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT DID NOT ASSIST. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000.

MY DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING AND I WENT TO THE DEALER AND GOT TOLD IT WAS ONLY A COSMETIC PROBLEM. I SEEN HUNDREDS OF GM TRUCKS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I ALWAYS USED THE WINDSHIELD SUN SHIELD AND ONLY CLEANED IT WITH A DAMPED CLOTH AS PER MANUFACTURE'S RECOMMENDATION. AS OF RIGHT NOW I AM SCARED THAT IF THE AIRBAGS GET ACTIVATED THEY WILL MAKE THE DASHBOARD FALL APART IN A CRASH. ALL THIS PROJECTILES COULD INJURE THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER SINCE THEY ARE SHARP AND COULD FLY AT HIGH SPEED.

TBERE ARE SMALL PARTICLES OF ORANGE FLASH THAT HAS FALLEN OFF THE FRONT SIGNAL LIGHTS INSIDE THE FRONT HEADLIGHT HOUSING. THEY ARE NOT SUPOSE TO BE IN THERE. THIS IS A DEFECT THAT HAPPENED WHEN THE AMBER SIGNALS WERE MOLDED. I WORK IN A INJECTION MOLDING PLANT THAT MAKES THE CURRENT SINALS FOR THE SILVERADO AND THAT IS A DEFECTED PART. I WAS TOLD THAT SHOULD BE A RECALL.

2011 DURAMAX DIESEL SILVERADO 2500. WHEN CHANGING LANES IN LAKE TAHOE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ENGINE SUDDENLY WENT FULL THROTTLE. I STOOD ON BRAKES WITH BOTH FEET AS THE TRUCK WAS BURNING RUBBER AND NEARLY REAR ENDED A HANDICAPPED VAN. I SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND THE TRANSMISSION SLAMMED TO A LOWER GEAR. ONCE I LET TRAFFIC CLEAR AND RE-STARTED THE COMPUTER RESET AND THE THROTTLE WAS FINE. I MANAGED TO HOOK UP MY RV AND HEAD HOME BUT WAS CAREFUL NOT TO ACCELERATE VERY HARD HOPING IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. TRUCK IS NOW IN A LOCAL DIESEL REPAIR SHOP BEING EVALUATED. ENGINE WAS REVVING CLOSE TO 5,000 RPM. THOUGHT FOR SURE WE WERE ABOUT TO GET IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR HIT SOME PEOPLE AS THERE WAS VERY HEAVY VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.

2011 CHEVY SILVERADO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE UNDER THE RECALL. *JS ***UPDATED 06/22/17*LJ UPDATED 10/20/2017*JS

TAKATA RECALL, RECALL IS ALMOST A YEAR OLD AND NO SOLUTION YET, NO ONE ELSE MAKES AIRBAGS? NOW THE SENATE IS PROPOSING A BILL TO FORCE REPAIRS OR NOT BE ABLE TO REGISTER THE VEHICLE. TOO MUCH REGULATION ALREADY THAT DOESN'T WORK.

THE DASH HAS CRACKED AT THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THE AIRBAG ON THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. NOTHING WAS DONE TO CAUSE THE CRACK. IT WASN'T THERE ONE DAY AND THEN IT WAS THERE THE NEXT DAY.

THE DASH IS CRACKED IN TWO PLACED, ONE SPOT BY THE AIRBAG AND ANOTHER VERY LONG CRACK FROM CLOSE TO THE WINDSHIELD TOWARDS THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CRACK NEAR THE AIRBAG WAS THERE WHEN I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN 2012 1 YEAR OLD FROM THE CHEVY AUTO NATION FINANCE MANAGER. THE OTHER HAPPENED OVER TIME.

TAKATA RECALL IS CAUSING ME TO LOSE VALUE ON THE TRADE-IN OF MY TRUCK BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP CAN'T RESALE IT ON THEIR LOT.