BRAKE POWER FAILURE, WHERE AS THE BRAKE BECAME STIFF AND IT WAS HARD TO BRING THE TRUCK TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE TRUCK WAS MOVING LESS THEN 10MPH AND HAD A UTILITY TRAILER ON THE HITCH. THE TRUCK WAS ON RESIDENTIAL ROAD. THIS HAPPENED TWICE MORE FOR A TOTAL OF THREE FAILURES UNDER SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES. MOVING UNDER 10 MPH ON SURFACE STREETS AND HAVING A CAMPER TRAILER ON THE HITCH OF THE TRUCK.
2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 complaints
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DISPLAY SCREEN GOES BLANK NO BACKUP CAMERA. COULD LAST HOURS
THERMOSTAT CAUSED STRESS FRACTURES IN RADIATOR. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS IN 2018, I HAD THE RADIATOR AND THERMOSTAT REPLACED. I NOW HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND THERMOSTAT FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 2020.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE IGNITION BUT, CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO IRA JACK CHEVROLET (884 PORTLAND RD, SACO, ME 04072; (207) 284-5986) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SHARK FIN ANTENNA WAS LEAKING INTO THE VEHICLE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ADDITIONALLY, THE COMPUTER NEEDED TO DRY OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.
VEHICLE HAS TROUBLE BRAKING AT LOW SPEEDS, PEDAL BECOMES VERY STIFF AND ALMOST CAUSES A COLLISION, SEEMS TO BE THE VACUUM OR BRAKE BOOSTER
TRUCK LOSES POWERING STEERING IN SLOW TURN MANEUVERS. ALSO OCCASIONALLY THE TRUCK WILL LOSE ALL POWER AND TURN OFF RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING. IN ADDITION HEADLIGHTS AND PANEL LIGHTS DIM WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKING.
THE ELECTRICAL ISSUE IS SOMETIMES THE TRUCK WILL JUST STOP BASICALLY THERE WON'T BE ANY POWER WHATSOEVER, EVERYTHING JUST SHUTS DOWN AND WILL NOT START, WE WERE ON TINY TOWN ROAD WHEN IT HAPPENED AND ON FORT CAMPBELL BLVD, WE HAD TO HAVE SOMEONE COME WITH JUMPER CABLES AND HELP ME START THE TRUCK IT HAS DONE THAT AT LEAST 3 TIMES. WHEN WE TOOK IT IN THEY SAID THEY COULD T FIND ANYTHING. ALSO SINCE I GOT IT I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT ISSUES. THE BRAKES AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ON THIS VEHICLE AT LEAST 4 TO 5 TIMES, WHEN WE WOULD TAKE IT ON THE INTERSTATE IT WOULD SHAKE WHEN WE WOULD PUT THE BRAKES ON AND SO WE TOOK IT IN MORE THAN ONCE TO FIX IT. ALSO THERE IS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE THEFT DETERRENT SYSTEM AS WELL. IT JUST SEEMS THERE IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE AND I'M SO TIRED OF THIS TRUCK.
ALL ELECTRONICS SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING (IN MOTION) AT DIFFERENT DRIVING LOCATIONS. POWER COMPLETELY CUTS OUT AND CAR SHUTS OFF. TYPICALLY WHEN TURNING. MY VIN NUMBER NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL BUT DOING THE EXACT SAME THING.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR BUT FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND COLLIDED INTO A TREE. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT STATED HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND LOST CONSCIOUS. THE CONTACT DID NOT SEEK ANY MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE BACK TO HIS RESIDENCE. NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS ASSOCIATED TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V645000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 57,110.
HEAD LIGHT HOUSINGS MICRO CRACKING ON THE LENS. THIS ADVERSELY AFFECTS THE BRIGHTNESS AND SEEMS TO BLIND ON COMING DRIVERS! OVER TIME THESE CONTINUE TO GET WORSE. NOTE IN THE QUESTION "WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN/" IT DOESN'T ALLOW OVER TIME SO I AM INSERTING TODAYS DATE
LOST STEERING CAPABILITY WHILE MAKING A U-TURN ON A CITY STREET
AFTER TRAVELING 50 HIGHWAY MILES, WHEN I WAS MAKING A SLOW LEFT HAND TURN ONTO A RESIDENTIAL STREET, MY VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING, LOST POWER BRAKES, LOST ONSTAR, AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. I PROCEEDED TO TURN MANUALLY AND STOP ENDING UP IN THE OPPOSITE LANE. IF A CAR WAS IN THE LANE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. AFTER SOME TIME, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND I HAD NO PROBLEMS FOR NOW 8 DAYS. WHILE TRAVELLING AT SPEED, STABILITRAK WARNING INTERMITTENTLY CAME ON A FEW TIMES AND STEERING FELT LOOSE AT TIMES WHEN CHANGING LANES. VEHICLE WAS PART OF THE 17276 SAFETY RECALL ON 8/10/2017. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE 2018 AND HAS BEEN IN THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM: ONCE FOR 17272 IN 2017, ONCE CLEARING CODES-PAID OVER $ 100 FOR A DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS THEY CLEARED CODES, NO REPAIR 9/30/2019, ONCE CANNOT REPEAT 9/03/2020, AND ONCE UPGRADING SOFTWARE 1/7/2020. SHORT TIME STABILITRAK WARNINGS ABS WARNING AND NOTICE TO RAISE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW UP AND DOWN CAME ON MULTIPLES TIMES. CLEARLY GM CHEV HAS NOT SOLVED THIS SOFTWARE LOGIC PROBLEM AND CANNOT FIX A CLEAR SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE.
I AM HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AS DESCRIBED IN GM BULLETIN 15453. MY VEHICLE SHAKES, JERKS, OR A 'HARD SHIFT' WHEN SELECTING A GEAR WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION.
WHEN I'M DRIVING THE TRUCK THE STEERING WHEEL TURN TO THE RIGHT SIDE VERY DANGEROUS WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING 45 TO 70 MILES I'M CALL THE DEALER AND NO RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM
WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY VEHICLE SHUT OFF POWER, TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE,COULD NOT TURN ALMOST GOT INTO ACCIDENT FINALLY WAS ABLE TO GET TO CURB,ALL LIGHT WERE ON TRUCK,WOULDN'T START AGAIN.WAIT ALL MOST 1 HR.IT STARTED.TOOK IN TO CHEVY DEALERSHIP THREE TIME THEY KEPT SAY NOTHING WRONG ,DIAGNOSED BATTERY OK COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG..I WOULDN'T LEAVE ASK HIM TO CHECK NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE MECHANIC SAY OK.. NOW THEY LOOK INTO MORE COMPLETELY SAY ON MODULAR STARTING MECHANISM... NO RECALLS ON THIS THERE ARE QUITE OF PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS ONLINE. .SIMPLE FIX REPLACE NEGATIVE CABLE!!!!
STABILITRAK OFF WINDOW RANDOMLY APPEARED ON MY DASH. FOLLOWED BY RADIO SHUTTING OFF, WIPERS GOING ERRATICALLY, HORN HONKING, STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, AND CRUISE CONTROL SHUT OFF ALL AS I WAS DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY
OK SO I TOOK MY TRUCK IN FOR THE BRAKE RECALL WHICH NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT BUT NOW WHEN ENGAGING BRAKES VEHICLE WON'T STOP BRAKE PEDDLE GOES TO THE FLOOR THEN BRAKE LIGHT STABILIZER LIGHT THERE'S ONE MORE LIGHT THAT COMES ON CAN'T SEEM TO REMEMBER SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY DID TO MY TRUCK BUT I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF CHEVY COULD FIX IT AT NO CHARGE BEING THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG IN THE FIRST PLACE AND NOW AFTER THEY TOUCHED MY TRUCK MY BRAKES IS [XXX] UP PEDDLE SHAKES LIKE CRAZY WHEN SLOWING DOWN PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
MULTIPLE TIMES MOVING AT SLOW SPEEDS THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF AND ALL KINDS OF WARNINGS POP UP. SERVICE POWER STEERING, SERVICE STABILITRAK, SERVICE TRAILER BRAKE CONTROLLER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ECT. WHEN THE VEHICLE DOES THIS IT LOSES ALL POWER AND THE STEERING WHEEL VIOLENTLY JERKS ITSELF TO ONE SIDE. YOU CAN TELL WHEN IT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THE POWER STEERING WILL INTERMITTENTLY START TO STRUGGLE AND GO OUT AND THEN THE WHOLE THING SHUTS DOWN. SILVERADO 2014 CREW CAB 5.3 WITH 79500 MILES
AIRBAG LIGHT ON THE DASH CAME ON, THERE HAS BEEN NO CRASHES WITH THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS PARKED AND WHEN I WENT TO DRIVE IT THE FOLLOWING DAY THE LIGHT WAS ON.
IN AUGUST TRUCK WAS SERVICED FOR BRAKE ASSIST RECALL. WITHIN A WEEK I HAD SMALL SIGNS OF BRAKE ISSUES RETURNING ( BOOSTER NOISE, INTERMITTENT HARD PEDAL). ITS NOW THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST AND I HAVE A ROCK SOLID BREAK PEDAL MAKING TRUCK NOT SAFE TO DRIVE..TO PUT MY TRUCK BACK ON ROAD IM RESPONSIBLE FOR $600 DOLLAR REPAIR.
MY TRUCK ISN'T CHANGING GEARS LIKE IT SHOULD AND JERKS WHEN I SLOW DOWN AND APPLY THE BRAKES. MY MECHANIC SAID MY TRANSMISSION IS BAD AND THERE'S A RECALL ON MY MAKE & MODEL TRUCK
WHILE BACKING UP OR PARKED STEERING WHEEL GETS REALLY HARD AND THE LIGHTS GO DIM RADIO TURNS OFF AND A SIGN IN THE MONITOR SHOWING STEERING ASSIST IS REDUCED DRIVE WITH CARE
MULTIPLE TIMES MOVING AT SLOW SPEEDS THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF AND ALL KINDS OF WARNINGS POP UP. SERVICE POWER STEERING, SERVICE STABILITRAK, SERVICE TRAILER BRAKE CONTROLLER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ECT. WHEN THE VEHICLE DOES THIS IT LOSES ALL POWER AND THE STEERING WHEEL VIOLENTLY JERKS ITSELF TO ONE SIDE. YOU CAN TELL WHEN IT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THE POWER STEERING WILL INTERMITTENTLY START TO STRUGGLE AND GO OUT AND THEN THE WHOLE THING SHUTS DOWN. PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT A LOCAL GAS STATION IT ALMOST JERKED ME INTO A PARKED CAR. LUCKILY IT HASN'T HAPPENED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED OR IT WILL CERTAINLY LEAD TO SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ON THE NET ON MULTIPLE FORUMS FOR THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE FOR THESE SPECIFIC MODELS AND YEARS. MY TRUCK HAS ROUGHLY 44000 MILES ON IT. I FEEL AS IF I'M GETTING THE RUNAROUND AT THE DEALERSHIP. LIKE I STATED EARLIER THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES TO ME AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS OUT THERE IN THE SAME SITUATION AS ME. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN THAT GM NEEDS TO ADDRESS AND FIX.
MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND LOST CONTROL OF STEERING
REAR WINDOW LEAKING, WATER COMING IN ON REAR SEAT & ROOF.
IT IS TOO BAD I CAN NOT CHECK ALL THAT APPLY! I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS AS OTHER PEOPLE LOOSING STEERING AND GETTING THE STABILTRACK MESSAGE AT LOW SPEEDS. WHEN THIS HAPPENS YOU LOOSE ALL POWER AND THE LIGHTS ALL DIM. I ALSO HAVE BEGUN TO NOTICED THAT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IN CRUISE CONTROL ANY TURN OF THE VEHICLE WITH THE STEERING WHEEL KILLS THE CRUISE CONTROL. I ALSO HAVE THE TRAILER, BREAK SYSTEM MESSAGE FLASH RANDOMLY AT LOW SPEEDS WITHOUT A TRAILER OR PULLING ANYTHING THIS IS JUST ANNOYING THE OTHER PROBLEMS ARE MAJOR SAFETY ISSUES!!! I HAVE HAD THIS TRUCK IN THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES HAD VERY POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WASN'T EVEN TOLD ABOUT THE RECALLS THAT WERE ON IT. HOWEVER, I DON'T SEEM TO SEE ANY RECALLS FOR THE PROBLEMS THAT I HAVE AND THAT THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE DESCRIBING WITH THE ELECTRICAL ISSUE AND STABILTRACK AT LOW SPEEDS. I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT THE REAR SEATBELTS IN THIS VEHICLE ARE COMPLETE JUNK.
PAINT PEELING OFF HOOD, DOORS, TOP OF TRUCK, BED OF TRUCK DOOR FRAMES.
WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE STREET EVERY TIME I SLOWED DOWN TO DO A TURN OR STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND MY TRUCK TURNED OFF ON ITS OWN. IT ONLY DID THIS WHEN I SLOWED DOWN TO TURN AND TO STOP. IT HAPPENED 3 TIMES BACK TO BACK.
NUMEROUS INCIDENTS WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A TURN INTO A PUBLIC PARKING LOT FROM A 55 MPH HWY, ALL POWER WENT OFF, ENGINE DIED AND JUST BEFORE THIS STEERING WAS VERY HARD TO TURN, STABIL TRACK LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON. GM DEALER STATED MAYBE BAD BATTERY, I HAD THE NEW BATTERY CHECKED AND IT IS GOOD
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE STIBILI-TRAC WARNING LIGHT FLASHED WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL BEFORE THE STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC, SEVERAL DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHTS WERE DISPLAYED WHILE THE DOORS ERRONEOUSLY UNLOCKED. THE DRIVER ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. AFTER STOPPING THE VEHICLE AND SWITCHING TO THE PARK POSITION, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUTOFF AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALER ATLANTIC CADILLAC LOCATED AT 1350 SUNRISE HWY, BAYSHORE, NY 11706, HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE OR DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT, NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.
WHILE DRIVING HOME, A STABILITRAK WARNING APPEARED ON THE DASH AND MY AC/RADIO BEGAN TO STOP BUT RAMPED BACK UP AFTER THE DISMISSAL. ONCE I GOT TO MY STREET, I MADE A LEFT AND THE TRUCK COMPLETED TURNED OFF. MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, THE WHEEL LOCKED UP, AND THERE WAS NO POWER TO THE VEHICLE. AFTER ABOUT 3 MINUTES, THE VEHICLE LIGHTS TURNED ON AND I WAS ABLE TO GET TO MY DRIVEWAY. I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I WAS ON THE FREEWAY. THERE'S MANY OTHER PEOPLE ON THE WEB THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH THIS TRUCK.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS A MESSAGE STATED ACTION REQUIRED, STEERING ASSIST REDUCED, DRIVE WITH CARE APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. ONCE THE MESSAGE APPEARED, THE VEHICLE LOSS POWER MOMENTARILY, AND THEN RESUMED TO NORMAL OPERATION. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT LINKED THE FAILURE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V414000 (STEERING). THE CONTACT CALLED COULTER BUICK GMC PHOENIX (1202 E CAMELBACK RD, PHOENIX, AZ 85014) WHERE THEY INFORMED HIM THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE DEALER OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND CONFIRMED THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE DEALER. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,000.*DT*JB
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A SECOND VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT HAD MALFUNCTIONED. THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT SECURE THE DRIVER IN THE SEAT. DURING THE INCIDENT, THE DRIVER SUSTAINED NECK, BACK AND FOOT INJURIES WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL TREATMENT. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE HAS HAD SEVERAL NECK AND BACK SURGERIES DUE TO THE COLLISON. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE'S SEAT BELTS WERE RECALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TOWED AWAY AND NO POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER AND UNKNOWN LOCAL DEALER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
MY AIR CONDITIONING CONTINUES TO GO OUT AND LEAK OUT THE FLUIDS,I HAVE HAD THE SYSTEM CHECKED AND A LEAK COULD NOT BE FOUND. I LIVE IN AZ.AND NEED COOLING WHILE USING MY VEHICLE. THE LACK OF COOLING CAUSES ME TO GET OVER HEATED AND EVEN CAUSES ME TO BECOME PHYSICALLY ILL, I SHOULD HAVE A GOOD WORKING SYSTEM,I HAVE RESEARCH AND ALL 2014 CHEVY SILVERADO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. CLEARLY THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF AND DEALERS DON'T HAVE ANY REPLACEMENT PARTS.I BECOME I'LL EVERYTIME I HAVE TO USE MY TRUCK,ITS 112 DEGREES IN AZ AND I DON'T HAVE AC...
150 MILES AFTER REGULAR SERVICE OF ENGINE LIGHT/ABS/AND STABILTRAK LIGHTS BEING ON, AND AN OIL CHANGE, THE TRUCK STALLED (LUCKILY I WAS IN MY OWN DRIVEWAY). SHORTLY AFTER, THE ENGINE LIGHT, FOLLOWED BY ABS LIGHT CAME ON. SUDDENLY THE SPEEDOMETER GAUGE ACTED WILDLY, THERE WAS A VERY HARD SHIFT. I PUT IT ON CRUISE CONTROL JUST TO HELP THE ENGINE QUIT HARD SHIFTING....CC CANCELLED ITSELF OUT. EVERYTHING SETS BACK TO NORMAL FOR A MINUTE OR LESS AND IT ALL HAPPENS AGAIN, THIS TIME TAKING AWAY POWER STEERING AND A LOUDER "HARD SHIFT". IN THE MEAN TIME, EVERY WARNING I THINK THERE IS WOULD POP UP...."STABILTRAK OFF, STARRING ASSIST REDUCED...ETC". THIS JUST CONTINUES AND SEEMS TO GET MORE AGGRESSIVE, MORE FREQUENT...INCLUDING RESETTING TO NORMAL BRIEFLY EACH TIME. SCHUMACHER BUICK/GM/CHEVY SAID IT COULD BE TCM, OR ECM, OR ANOTHER I CAN'T RECALL. UNHAPPY WITH LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF ISSUE, AND A "LET'S TRY THIS THEN THIS THEN THIS..", IT HAS PERPLEXED NOT ONE BUT TWO VERY ACCREDITED MECHANIC TEAMS. THE TRUCK HAS 130,000 MILES, AND WAS SERVICED AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BY THE CHEVY DEALER SINCE IACQUIRED IT NEW. IT NEVER HAD ANY SIMILAR ISSUE UNTIL JUST AFTER ITS MOST RECENT MAINTENANCE. THANKFULLY THIS ALL OCCURRED WITHIN MILES OF MY HOME, AS THE ISSUE IS MOST DEFINITELY A THREAT TO ANY HOPES OF SAFETY. TOWING IT, IS THE ONLY WAY TO SAFELY MOVE THAT VEHICLE AFTER EXPERIENCING THE ISSUES.
DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT CLIP IN. ALSO, CONDENSER & POWER SWITCH ON AC UNIT ALL OF A SUDDEN WENT BAD. ACCORDING TO PURCELL TIRE & AUTO, DESOTO, MO. YESTERDAY. I'VE HAD THIS TRUCK IN THAT SHOP 3 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS ALL STARTED ON OR ABOUT AUG. 10TH 2020
WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE TURN AC AND RADIO GO OUT, RPMS DIE DOWN, STABLITRAK LIGHT COMES ON AND GOES OFF TRUCK STALLS LOOSE POWER STEERING. THIS STARTED AUG. 10TH AND HAPPENS DAILY
PEELING/FLAKING PAINT PASSENGER REAR DOOR ON THE POST NEAREST THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE TRUCK IS WHITE. 2014 50K MILES GARAGE KEPT. WILL SEARCH THE VEHICLE FOR MORE PAINT ISSUES.
I GOT A STABILITRAK FAILURE CHIME AND MESSAGE WITH A REDUCED STEERING ASSIST MESSAGE AND I LOST MY POWER ASSIST FOR A SECOND THEN IT CAME BACK. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT IT WAS JUST MYSELF IN THE TRUCK GOING SLOW AND PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT. I'D HATE TO THINK OF MY WIFE BEHIND THE WHEEL GOING DOWN THE FREEWAY WITH MY GRAND KIDS INSIDE.
STARTED MAKING A TURN AND THE TRUCK INSTANTLY SHUT OFF LEADING TO POWER STEERING LOSS CAUSING ME TO END UP IN THE OPPOSING LANE ALMOST HITTING TWO CHILDREN AND THEIR FATHER ON BIKES. FATHER DIDN'T HAVE MUCH PATIENCE WITH ME TRYING TO EXPLAIN THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRUCK... FIX THIS ISSUE OR ELSE IT WILL BECOME A HUGE LIABILITY. BUY BACK ALL OF THESE TRUCKS AND CRUSH THEM.
THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS LEAK CAUSING REDUCED POWER AND EXHAUST FUMES TO ENTER CAB. ESPECIALLY WHEN STOPPED THIS CAN CAUSE NAUSEA AND DIZZINESS.
WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A PUBLIC PARKING LOT, AT A SLOW TURN THE TRUCK STOPPED DEAD. NO POWER, BARELY WAS ABLE TO STOP WITHOUT HITTING PARKED VEHICLES. TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE DANGEROUS THAN IT ALREADY WAS, ANOTHER CAR ALMOST HIT ME BECAUSE OF MY SUDDEN STOP. I WAS THEN TRAPPED IN MY PICKUP. WINDOWS AND DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN. NO RESPONSE FROM TURNING THE KEY. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME ITS HAPPENED AND BOTH WERE AT LOW SPEEDS. THE FIRST TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS MY ERROR. I LOOKED IT UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND FOUND MANY OTHERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. SOME PEOPLE SAID NO RECALL ON SUCH A 'COMMON' AND UNSAFE PROBLEM, ANOTHER SAID THERE WAS A RECALL OPEN. I WAS TOLD BY GM HEADQUARTERS NO RECALL. TOLD BY SERVICE MGR AT THE DEALERSHIP, TOLD ME THERE IS A RECALL ISSUED. ONLY AFTER I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY TELL ME IT'LL COST ME $364. I ASKED ABOUT WHAT HE TOLD ME ONLY 3 DAYS EARLIER OF THE RECALL, HE THEN DENIED IT. WITH THE SEVERITY OF THE PROBLEM AND THE NUMBERS OF PERSONS WHO COMPLAINED, I WOULD THINK THIS SHOULD BE AT CHEVY'S EXPENSE. I WILL BE TAKING THE TRUCK ON VACATION THE END OF THE MONTH. IF SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN, I'VE INSTRUCTED OUR TWO CHILDREN TO SECURE A GOOD LAWYER AND OPEN A WRONGFUL DEATH/INJURY SUIT. I WILL HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF THE INFORMATION I REVIEWED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTS ALONG WITH THIS COMPLAINT AND THE REPAIRS BY THIS 'CERTIFIED' DEALERSHIP AT THEIR READY.
LOSS OF POWER TO VEHICLE WHEN MAKING TURNS AT LOW SPEEDS ON CITY ROADS, IN PARKING LOTS, AND ON AND OFF HIGHWAYS, YOU HAVE TO PLACE VEHICLE IN PARK AND TURN BACK ON. STEERING ASSIST AND STABILITRAK HAS BEEN BECOMING DISABLED ON A REGULAR BASIS ALONG WITH THE STEERING WHEEL BEING JERKED OUT OF MY HANDS WHILE MAKING TURNS ON CITY STREETS, IN PARKING LOTS, AND ON AND OFF THE HIGHWAY. SERVICE STABILITRAK AND STEERING ASSIST MESSAGES ARE DISPLAYED DURING THESE TIME HOWEVER DO NOT LEAVE A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NO TO BE SCANNED. GM DEALER STATES THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE AND ARE NOT ABLE TO FIX IT. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME AND OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD.
LOSS OF POWER AND STEERING WHEN PARKING, TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL AND WHEN PUSHING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN MAKING TURNS ATSTOP SIGNS OR AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE I WILL LOSE POWER STEERING AND STABILITY CONTROL WARNING COMES ON. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR MONTHS NOW. TODAY WHILE DRIVING WHEN I PUT MY BLINKER ON THE STABILITY CONTROL WARNING WENT ON MY LIGHTS DIMMED AND TRUCK WAS SHUTTING OFF BUT THEN CAME BACK ON. WHEN TURNING THE STABILITY CONTROL CAME ON AND MY VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. IF I WASN'T GOING DOWN A LOW TRAFFIC STREET I WOULD HAVE CRASHED. WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT WITH THE AC ON WHEN GETTING ON MY BRAKES THE HEADLIGHTS DIM STEERING WHEEL WILL LOCK UP AND THE STABILITY CONTROL WILL COME ON AND TRIES TO KILL THE MOTOR. THIS FOR THE MOST TIME HAPPENS WHEN GETTING IN MY DRIVEWAY, TODAY WAS THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHER SPEEDS.
RADIATOR FAILURE DUE TO CYCLING OF THE THERMOSTAT. THIS IS A DESIGN PROBLEM. IT IS NOT JUST A COMMON PARTS FAILURE. GM ISSUED SERVICE BULLETIN, PI1513F IN RECOGNITION OF THE FAILURES SEEN IN 2014, 2015 & 2016 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT GM ANNOUNCED IN JANUARY OF 2019 DOES NOTHING FOR MANY OF THE OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES.
SOMETIMES WHEN I HOLD DOWN ON THE BRAKE PEDAL SOME ELECTRICAL ISSUE HAPPENES AND MY STEERING WHEEL GETS VERY HARD MY AC TURNS OFF MY WHOLE DASHBOARD TURNS OFF AND SO DOES MY RADIO THEN AFTER ABOUT 10 SECONDS IT TURNS BACK ON. I ALSO NOTICED THAT WHEN I'M ROLLING UP THE WINDOWS MY HEADLIGHTS DIM. I THINK SOMETHINGS WRONG WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF THE VEHICLE I HAD THE BATTERY CHECKED ONCE AND IT WAS NOT THE VOLTAGE IT NEEDED I REPLACED IT WITH THE BATTERY FROM THE DEALERSHIP IT WAS WELL FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS AND THE ISSUE REOCCURRED. WHEN I AM REVERSING MY STEERING WHEEL GETS VERY HARD AS I'M PRESSING ON THE PEDAL WHILE I'M PARKING IT DOESN'T DO IT ALL THE TIME BUT IT DOES DO IT FREQUENTLY.
WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, AT HIGH SPEEDS, AT LOW SPEEDS, AND WHILE THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY I EXPERIENCE A TEMPORARY LOSS OF ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING (EPS).
MY SEATBELT HAS LOCKED ON ME A COUPLE OF TIMES WITHOUT EVEN BEING ON BREAK AN THE FOOT AREA IS EXTREMELY HOT . I'VE TOOK IT TO GET SERVICED AN IT STILLS DOES IT . MY STEERING WHEEL AN LOCKED ALSO I JUST DON'T DRIVE IT LIKE I USE TO AN I'M STILL PAYING A NOTE ON IT .VERY FRUSTRATING .I WAS DRIVING AT ALL TIME THESE PROBLEMS OCCURRED
ALREADY HAD THE MODULE UPDATE AND BRAKES ARE STILL SHUTTERING AND LOSING PRESSURE AT LOW SPEEDS. BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND GETS SUPER HARD. THIS SAME THING WAS HAPPENING BEFORE THE MODULE UPDATE RECALL WAY LAST YEAR.
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