2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE PAST 50 MPH AND THE EXHAUST FLUID QUALITY POOR WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON A DAILY BASIS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE DIESEL EXHAUST FLUID TANK WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

NOVEMBER 19 2014 I WAS DRIVING TO WORK WHEN MY SERVICE EXHAUST FLUID SYSTEM DIC CAME ON, FOLLOWED WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. IT WAS TAKEN TO OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED ALL COMPONENTS OF THE DEF SYSTEM. THEN ON DECEMBER 11 THE EXHAUST FLUID SYSTEM DIC CAME ON AGAIN, BUT WITH THE MESSAGE THAT THE FLUID QUALITY IS POOR. ONCE AGAIN IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SHIP WHERE THEY DRAINED THE TANK AND REFILLED IT. THEN AGAIN ON DECEMBER 16 2014 THE EXHAUST FLUID DIC CAME ON AGAIN WITH FLUID QUALITY IS POOR. WILL ONCE AGAIN RETURN TO THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED BECAUSE THE FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY HOWEVER, THE FUEL LEVEL GAUGE REGISTERED THAT THERE WAS ONE FOURTH OF A TANK OF GASOLINE IN THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES WHERE THE FUEL TANK, TRANSFER PUMP AND ENGINE CONTROL MODULE HAD BEEN REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSE THAT THE DIESEL INJECTION PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 11,000.

ABS,BRAKE LIGHT,ANTISKID LIGHT, AND SERVICE TRAILER BRAKE SYSTEM COME AND HAVE NO TRAILER BRAKES. HAPPENS MANY TIMES. NEARLY CAUSED CRASH WHILE TOWING TRAILER. *TR

STRONG EXHAUST AND OR RAW FUEL SMELLS INSIDE CAB AND AROUND OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE ENGINE BAY. ESPECIALLY NOTICEABLE WHEN VEHICLE IS REGENERATING. SMOKE BILLOWING OUT FROM UNDER RIGHT SIDE OF HOOD. A CLEAR LIQUID AND A BLACK LIQUID RUNNING DOWN EXHAUST PIPE FROM TURBOCHARGER EXHAUST EXIT. NOTICEABLE LEAKAGE ON FLOOR UNDER VEHICLE. THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD THAT IS NOT BEING DIAGNOSED, REPAIRED OR TESTED CORRECTLY. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO GM DEALERS THREE TIMES TO ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500HD(NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE COMPUTER WAS PROGRAMMED TO LIMIT THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE DIESEL EXHAUST FLUID WAS TOO LOW. HE NOTICED THAT WHEN HE FILLED THE FUEL TANK, THE COMPUTER DID NOT RECOGNIZE THAT THE TANK WAS FULL AND THE DIESEL WARNING LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A DEALER BUT WAS CONTACTED; THEY INFORMED HIM THAT THE ONLY REMEDY WAS FOR THEM TO DROP THE DIESEL TANK AND EMPTY THE FLUID FOR THE COMPUTER TO REPROGRAM ITSELF. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 6,500.