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2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2015 record →

Exterior Lighting
Filed Apr 8, 201865,000 milesMI

REAR TAIL LIGHT WIRING HARNESS FOR BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE LET MOISTURE IN CAUSING CORROSION IN THE ELECTRICAL PLUGS. THE TURN SIGNALS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED AND HAVE HAD TO BOTH BE REPLACED WITHIN 8 MONTHS OF EACH OTHER.

Air BagsCrash1 injured
Filed Apr 5, 2018MN

2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEFECTIVE AIRBAGS. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT THAT TOTALED THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER HAD A PUNCTURED AND COLLAPSED LUNG, SEVEN BROKEN VERTEBRAE, THREE BROKEN RIBS, A BROKEN STERNUM, A CONCUSSION, AS WELL AS SPINAL INJURIES THAT RESULTED IN A PERMANENT SPINAL DEFORMITY CALLED KYPHOSIS. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*JS

Service Brakes
Filed Mar 31, 201880,100 milesAR

THE BRAKES WILL BECOME VERY HARD TO PRESS WHEN THEY BECOME HOT. DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS AND IN REVERSE, AFTER THE BRAKES ARE HOT (HIGHYWAY DRIVING, THEN DOWN TO CITY TRAFFIC). VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT AWARE OF THIS ISSUE.

Air BagsCrash1 injured
Filed Mar 30, 2018SC

VEHICLE HIT A TREE IN MOTION. VEHICLE HIT TREE IN CENTER OF GRILL. SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED BUT FRONT AIR BAG DID NOT. THE ONLY IMPACT WAS TO THE FRONT OF TRUCK AND NONE TO THE SIDES. CAUSING CHEST PAIN AND WHIPLASH. ON A TWO LANE RURAL COUNTRY ROAD. POLICE REPORT 18GV061981 SOUTH CAROLINA. STATE FARM INSURANCE CLAIM NUMBER 403-507 Z76. I WAS RAN OFF THE ROAD BY A VEHICLE IN MY LANE.

Service Brakes
Filed Mar 26, 201836,822 milesSC

LEFT SIDE BRAKE CALLIPER SUPPORT BOLT FELL OUT OF TOP MOUNT.(LOST ON HWY). BOTTOM BOLT HALF WAY OUT. CALLIPER STARTED SCRUBBING INNER REM. VIBRATION AND LOUD POPPING NOISE.

Service BrakesCrash
Filed Mar 22, 201849,000 milesWA

I WAS BACKING INTO A PARKING STALL THE THE BRAKES FAILED AGAIN! BRAKE PEDAL WAS SOLID AND WOULD NOT DEPRESS TO SLOW THE TRUCK TO A STOP. ONLY AFTER EXTREME PEDAL PRESSURE WAS THERE ANY BRAKING ACTION, BUT ONLY SLIGHT. BECAUSE OF THIS I HIT THE WALL BEHIND THE TRUCK. IF SOMEONE WAS THERE, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP. GM/CHEVROLET HAVE A SERVICE BULLETIN OUT ON THIS ISSUE. AN INTERNET SEARCH CAME BACK WITH 312,000 RESULTS. I'VE TALKED TO MY SELLING CHEVROLET DEALER AND THEY RELUCTANT TO DEAL WITH IT. DOES SOMEBODY NEED TO DIE BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE. THIS IS THE 4TH OR 5TH TIME MY BRAKES HAVE FAILED.

Wheels
Filed Mar 19, 201814,060 milesIA

CONTINENTAL TIRE TREAD PEELING OR COMING OFF TIRE IN CHUNKS. FEEL THIS IS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. TRUCK PURCHASED NEW IN 2015. CURRENT MILEAGE IS 18,700 MILES.

Service Brakes
Filed Mar 13, 201850,000 milesWA

HAVE NOT EVEN HAD MY CHEVY FOR A YEAR AND THE BRAKES SEIZED UP CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO NOT STOP. NOTICED THERE HAS BEEN SOME ISSUES HAVING IT TOWED TO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP TO SEE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM, LOOKS AS IF GM IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, SO DON'T KNOW WHY I WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS ISSUE, COULD OF BEEN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT AS I TRAVEL ON THE FREEWAY AT HIGH SPEEDS.

Air BagsCrash1 injured
Filed Mar 13, 201844,000 milesTX

TAKATA RECALL-I WAS IN A WRECK 12-24-2017 AND I WAS HIT FROM BEHIND. THE BED OF MY TRUCK WAS HIT SO HARD BY A DISTRACTED DRIVER WHILE I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT, THAT IT TWISTED UP AND HIT THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. MY AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED AND MY SEATBELT NEVER LOCKED UP. I AM SEVERELY INJURED AND AM STILL SEEKING TREATMENT FOR MY INJURIES. IT WAS OVER $11,000 IN DAMAGES. THE TRUCK NOW DOWN SHIFTS AND IT SOUNDS LIKIE THE BOTTOM IS DROPPING OUT. IT ALSO SHAKES WHEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED.

Engine
Filed Mar 12, 201828,000 milesIN

THERE IS A ROUGH IDLE. I HAVE TOKE THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY HAVE SAID THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. IT HAS A HARD START DURING COLD WEATHER

Steering
Filed Mar 10, 201846,000 milesMD

DRIVING AT 60 MPH ON HIGHWAY AND POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I HAD TO NURSE IT TO DEALER, JBA IN GLEN BURNIE MD. OF COURSE THIS HAPPENS ON A SATURDAY MORNING & NOW I HAVE NO TRUCK FOR THE WEEKEND

Engine
Filed Mar 7, 2018OH

COOLANT LEVEL DROPS IN RESERVOIR. STRONG SMELL OF COOLANT COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PERIODICALLY A WHITE CLOUD EMITS FROM UNDER HOOD OUTWARDS FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE. SERVICE CENTER HAS PREFORMED PRESSURE TEST, DYE TEST WITH NO FINDINGS. ORANGE DISCOLORATION ON HOOD LINER ABOVE RESERVOIR CAP. HAVE REPLACED CAP. STILL COOLANT LEVEL DROPPING. (NOT SEVERE BUT SLIGHT)

Service BrakesCrash
Filed Mar 5, 201848,000 milesWA

WHILE IN A PARKING LOT, THERE WAS AN ALMOST COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES. THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD NOT DEPRESS. ONLY AFTER PRESSING MULTIPLE TIMES AND VERY HARD WAS THERE ANY BRAKING ACTION WHICH SLOWED THE TRUCK. GM HAS ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN, PIT5361 ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE.

Power Train
Filed Feb 23, 201846,789 milesAR

I HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSFER CASE GOT STUCK IN 4HI AND AT THE TIME IT HAD A RECALL SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER LOCATED LESS THAN 20 MILES OF MY HOUSE I NEVER GOT OVER 45 MPH WHILE STUCK IN 4HI DEALER DID RECALL WHICH FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 7 MONTHS THEN WHEN I WAS HAULING A 18 FT CAR HAULER WITH A SMALL TRUCK ON IT AND I ONLY HAD TO HAUL IT 30 MILES TO MY HOUSE I WAS ABOUT A 1/4 MILE FROM MY DRIVEWAY AND THE REAR END POPPED REALLY LOUD 1 TIME AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT STARTED GRINDING AND I SHUT THE TRUCK OFF AND CALLED ROADSIDE AND HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER AND I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE DEALER THEY SAID THAT THE SPIDER GEARS HAD BROKEN AND IT WAS GOING TO COST 3000 FOR A NEW REAR END DO TO THE CROSS PIN RETAINING BOLT HAD BROKEN INSIDE THE DIFFERENTIAL CARRIER ASSEMBLY I DECLINE THE SERVICE BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE WHY I HAD TO PAY IF I STILL HAVE WARRANTY ON IT AND I HAD ANOTHER REAR DIFFERENTIAL CARRIER ASSEMBLY AND HAD IT INSTALLED WHICH IT WORKED FINE EXCEPT THAT THE WHEN THE ORIGINAL REAR END BROKE IT SAID SERVICE 4WD AND IT STILL SAID THAT WHEN I GOT THE REAR END FIXED AND I TOOK TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD COST 130 JUST TO LOOK AT IT AND IF THEY FOUND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT THAT THAT 130 WOULD GO TOWARD REPAIRS AND AS I SAID BEFORE IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND IS ONLY GOT 47000 MILES AND I TOOK IT TO A FRIEND'S SHOP THAT HAS A SNAP ON COMPUTER AND PULLED CODES AND RESEARCHED THE CODES AND WHAT I FOUND WAS THAT THE TRANSFER CASE SHIFT MODULE RE L

Engine
Filed Feb 19, 2018TX

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. WHEN REVERSING UP A DRIVEWAY THE TRUCK WILL STALL AS THE GAS IS PRESSED IT WILL REV UP BUT NOT GO ANYWHERE, THEN JUMP INTO REVERSE AS IF THE PETAL WAS FLOORED. ALSO SOME TIMES WHEN ENTERING THE HIGHWAY THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T SHIFT INTO THE CORRECT GEARS ALSO JUMPING INTO GEAR WHICH COULD CAUSE ACCIDENTS.

Service Brakes
Filed Feb 13, 2018NH

NEED TO REPLACE THE VACUUM PUMP AND LINE BECAUSE BRAKES ARE WICKED SOFT. AT SLOW SPEEDS TRUCK DOESNT WANT TO STOP. FOR EXAMPLE IN TRAFFIC OR PARKING. WHEN I WENT TO THE CHEVY DEALER THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY'VE SEEN A HANDFUL OF OTHER VEHICLES WITH THE SAME ISSUE

Wheels
Filed Feb 13, 201870,000 milesMN

AT SLOW SPEED, WHILE MANEUVERING INTO A TIGHT PARKING SPOT, BRAKES ANTILOCK BRAKING KICKED IN AND MADE THE BRAKE PEDAL VERY STIFF AND PREVENTING APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES CAUSING THE TRUCK TO ROLL FORWARD ALMOST HITTING THE PARKED CAR BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THIS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE SAME DAY. THIS IS A WELL KNOWN AND WELL DOCUMENTED ISSUE RELATED TO THE DESIGN OF THE ABS SENSOR AND BRAKING SYSTEM ON THE CHEVY MODELS AND RECALLS FROM ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO. THIS TRUCK IS A MN VEHICLE.

Unknown or Other
Filed Feb 11, 201855,715 milesTX

THE AIR CONDITIONING DOES NOT BLOW COLD. 2015 SILVERADO WITH 55K. DO NOT HEAR THE AC COMPRESSOR KICK IN WHEN AC BUTTON PUSHED. HISSING NOISE OVERHEARD WHEN IT DOES DECIDE TO WORK. INTERNET QUERIES LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH 2014, 2015 SILVERADO MODELS AND GM DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE.

Wheels
Filed Feb 10, 2018NJ

VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL BETWEEN 45-50 MPH ALSO INCREASED VIBRATION WHEN GOING AROUND CURVES. VIBRATION WORSE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS 65-75 MPH. VIBRATION ALSO INCREASES WHEN GOING AROUND CURVE. BEEN TO DEALER KEEP BLOWING ME OFF

Unknown or Other
Filed Feb 8, 201859,000 milesCA

MY 2015 SILVERADO WITH 59,000 HAD THE AC GO OUT. THE AC BLOWS WARM AIR WEHTER IT IS PARKED, DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY @ 65MPH. APPARENTLY THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF OTHER GM OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. THIS ISSUE IS ON SIERRAS, SILVERADOS, TAHOES, YUKONS, AND ESCALADES! IT IS A DEFECTIVE AND WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED ISSUE WITH THE AC CONDENSER/COMPRESSOR. IT COST OVER $1,000.00 TO FIX AND IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY WITH NO GM OR DEALER DISCOUNTS. THE ISSUE IS SO MAJOR THAT THE BACK ORDER FOR THE PART TAKES MONTHS AND THERE ARE OVER 18,000 UNITS ARE ON BACK ORDER! YES! 18,000 UNITS!

Service Brakes
Filed Feb 6, 201862,000 milesSC

TRUCK HAS 62K. TRUCK WILL NOT STOP AT LOW SPEEDS. COULD EASILY BACK INTO AND OR OVER SOMETHING OR SOMEONE VERY EASILY. MORE FREQUENT WHEN AT LOW SPEEDS AND WHILE BACKING UP. I ALMOST BACKED INTO A ROLL UP DOOR BEFORE SLAMMING ON THE PARKING BRAKE. TOOK TRUCK INTO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VACUUM PUMP, VACUUM BELT AND HOSE FROM VACUUM PUMP TO BRAKE BOOSTER NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. THIS IS NOT A WARRANTY FIX.

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Feb 3, 201875,000 milesWV

REAR WINDOW EXPLODED WHILE IN DRIVEWAY

Steering
Filed Feb 2, 201838,116 milesND

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MPH, THE SERVICE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE. AN UNKNOWN DEALER WAS CONTACTED; HOWEVER, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE FOR A WEEK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER CONTROL MODULE FOR THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V719000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 8-3776324755. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,116.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System › Radiator Assembly
Filed Jan 31, 201855,200 milesMI

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE RADIATOR LEAKED FLUID ONTO THE GROUND. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PERFORMED A PRESSURE TEST, WHICH REVEALED THAT THE RADIATOR FRACTURED FROM THE TOP LEFT CORNER. A DEALER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,200.

Unknown or Other
Filed Jan 30, 201862,500 milesTN

THE THIRD BRAKE LIGHT ON MY 2015 1500 SILVERADO LEAKED INTO MY HEADLINER. NOW THERE IS A BROWN LINE ALL THE WAY ACROSS MY HEADLINER ABOVE THE REAR WINDOW. EVEN THE SERVICE GUY AT CHEVY SAID IT WOULDN'T LEANK ANYMORE. HE HAS HAD QUITE A FEW TRUCKS COME THROUGH WITH THIS ISSUE. THE FIX WAS $153.00. HOW WILL I KNOW IF MOLD FORMS DUE TO THIS? MY TRUCK WAS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY DURING THE RAIN.

Service Brakes
Filed Jan 24, 2018CA

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 50 MILES AN HOUR DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC BEGAN SLOWING DOWN AND AS I WENT TO PUSH ON THE BREAK, IT WAS EXTREMELY HARD. I COULD NOT PUSH THE BREAK DOWN AT ALL, AND MY CAR WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. I PLACED IT IN NEUTRAL AND WAS PUSHING AS HARD AS I COULD ON THE BREAK WITH BOTH FEET. FINALLY, THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. I PUT ME EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON AND CROSSES OVER 5 LANES OF TRAFFIC, AS I WAS IN THE CARPOOL LANE, TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY. IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY SITUATION.

Electrical System
Filed Jan 22, 201840,000 milesME

THE WIRING HARNESS FOR THE REAR PASSENGER TAIL LIGHTS HAS CORRODED. POINT OF CORROSION IS THE "CUP OR SOCKET" THAT THE TAIL LIGHT BULB IS INSERTED INTO. CORROSION FAILURE OCCURRED AT 28 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP OF THE NEW VEHICLE. SOCKET DID NOT HAVE ANY TYPE OF CORROSION PREVENTING DIELECTRIC GREASE PRESENT AS I HAVE TYPICALLY SEEN IN TAIL LIGHT CONNECTIONS.UNFORTUNATELY, SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS AT 40,000 MILES IT WAS CONSIDERED OUT OF WARRANTY AND ALL EXPENSE FOR REPAIR OF DEFECTIVE MANUFACTURING. DEALERSHIP ALSO RECOMMENDED THE REPLACEMENT OF A SOCKET WITH FIELD SOLDIERING RATHER THAN REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE WIRE HARNESS WHICH SEEMS LIKE A SOLUTION TO CREATE MORE CORROSION ISSUES. CORROSION CAUSED THE LOSS OF TAIL LIGHTS ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO LACK OF WARNING/INDICATION FROM VEHICLES BEHIND.

Service Brakes
Filed Jan 16, 201846,000 milesCA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE VACUUM PRESSURE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY EXCESSIVE FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES ENGAGED ONCE THE VEHICLE REACHED 1,000 RPMS. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PERFORMANCE CHEVROLET (4811 MADISON AVE, SACRAMENTO, CA 95841) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VACUUM PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000.

Service Brakes
Filed Jan 7, 201837,600 milesCA

NOTICED FAILURE OF VEHICLE TO STOP. LACK OF POWER ASSIST BRAKING AT SLOW SPEEDS. BRAKE PEDAL IS ROCK HARD WITH LITTLE TO ZERO TRAVEL (1/4' AT MOST). VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE (REGARDLESS OF PRESSURE APPLIED TO BRAKE PEDAL) FOR SEVERAL FEET. WHILE THIS HAS OCCURRED IN BOTH FORWARD AND REVERSE GEARS; THE ISSUE IS CONSISTENTLY OBSERVED IN REVERSE.

Unknown or Other
Filed Jan 2, 2018550 milesWI

SUNROOF SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY. HEARD A LOUD, POWERFUL EXPLOSION. THE SHATTERED GLASS WAS KEPT IN THE RETRACTABLE SUNROOF COVER. THANK GOD IT WAS CLOSED. THERE WAS NO OVERPASS THAT WE WENT UNDER NO VEHICLE IN FRONT NOR BEHIND US. IT WAS A CLOUDY COOL DAY TEMP. AROUND 50 DEGREES.

Unknown or Other
Filed Jan 2, 2018550 milesWI

SUNROOF SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY. HEARD A LOUD, POWERFUL EXPLOSION. THE SHATTERED GLASS WAS KEPT IN THE RETRACTABLE SUNROOF COVER. THANK GOD THE COVER WAS CLOSED. THERE WAS NO OVERPASS WE WENT UNDER NO VEHICLE IN FRONT NOR BACK. IT WAS A CLOUDY COOL DAY TEMP. 50 DEGREES.

Service Brakes
Filed Dec 27, 2017663,500 milesAZ

RECEIVED AN ALERT AROUND 63,500 MILES "ALERT: SERVICE BREAK ASSIST." DEALERSHIP SERVICE ADVISOR NOTIFIED ME THAT PROBLEM WAS "BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER LEAKING INTO VACUUM BOSTER. BOTH NEED TO BE REPLACED." COST $1172.61. BREAK BASICALLY WOULDN'T WORK PROPERLY WHEN PRESSED. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN SO EARLY. I'VE ONLY HAD TRUCK FOR TWO YEARS. CHEVROLET NEEDS TO FIX THIS. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN INJURY TO MYSELF OR MY FAMILY.

Unknown or Other
Filed Dec 20, 201714,334 milesMI

THE TRUCK HAS A CONSTANT VIBRATION ABOUT 45 MPH AND INCREASES WITH FREQUENCY AS SPEED IS INCREASED AS WELL. PASSENGER SEAT SHAKES AND CAN BE FELT THROUGH ENTIRE VEHICLE. TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACE MULTIPLE TIMES WITH NO CORRECTION.

Service Brakes
Filed Dec 11, 201775,000 milesTX

POWER BRAKES FAIL AT LOW SPEED REQUIRING MORE PRESSURE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES I WHILE PARKING OR IDLE SPEEDS.

Service Brakes
Filed Dec 8, 201740,000 milesNC

WHEN PUMPING MY BRAKES FOR TRAFFIC, BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY OR DRIVING IN GENERAL ETC., BRAKES WILL FAIL AND MY TRUCK KEEPS ROLLING. NOT SAFE WHAT SO EVER AS I AM STOMPING ON THE BRAKES AS HARD AS I CAN AND THE TRUCK WILL NOT STOP. PLEASE FIX THIS ISSUE BY CONTACTING CHEVROLET FOR A RECALL. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MULTIPLE FRIENDS AND FAMILY WITH THIS TRUCK MODEL AND YEAR. IT IS A PROBLEM AND GM NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT IT BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS KILLED FOR BRAKE FAILURE. TRUCK IS NOT EVEN PAST 40,000 MILES!!!

Service Brakes
Filed Dec 4, 201736,845 milesWA

BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO HARD ON SPORATIC OCCASSIONS AT LOW SPEEDS

Unknown or Other
Filed Dec 4, 201744,000 milesTN

I HAVE HAD A 14 NOW A 2015 SILVERADO THAT BOTH HAVE HAD A A/C CONDENSER GO OUT BY 45K MILES THIS IS COMPLETELY REDICULOUSE THIS IS NOT CONSIDERED A SAFETY CONCERN , AND HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED AS WELL AS I HAVE SPENT 2K ON THESE REPAIRS IN 2 YEARS I HAVE A CONDITION THAT I CANNOT TAKE EXTREME HEAT SO I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO SPEND THE MONEY GM WAS CONTACTED THEY BASICALLY SAID I WILL GET 12 MONTH WARRANTY ON NEW REPAIR.

Steering
Filed Nov 27, 201732,000 milesCA

I BOUGHT MY TRUCK BRAND NEW FROM CHEVROLET. NO ACCIDENTS, WELL MAINTAINED TRUCK. I HAVE GONE THRU 2 RACK AND PINIONS AND MY TRUCK JUST HIT 32K MILES. 1ST TIME I NOTICED POPPING NOISES COMING WHEN I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL. BEFORE I HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE IT TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THE POWER STEERING COMPLETELY WENT OUT. JUST A COUPLE DAYS AGO I NOTICED THE POPPING NOISE AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TODAY BEFORE MY POWER STEERING WOULD FAIL. AGAIN THE DIAGNOSED IT AS THE RACK AND PINION AND IS BACK IN THE SHOP.

Unknown or Other
Filed Nov 24, 2017CA

A/C CONDENSER LEAKING, MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE AND GM DEALERS REPLACING THEIR FAULTY INVENTORY.

Service Brakes
Filed Nov 17, 201758,000 milesNC

THE TRUCK EXPERIENCED A HARD BRAKE PEDAL AT LOW RPM, STOP LIGHT, PARKING LOT, ETC. WHEN BRAKE IS DEPRESSED THE PEDAL IS HARD TO PRESS AND THE BRAKING ABILITY IS REDUCED AND THE TRUCK WILL CONTINUE TO ROLL. CHEVROLET IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND ISSUED A BULLETIN IN FEBRUARY 2015, MY 2015 WAS PURCHASED IN SEPTEMBER 2015. WHEN I COMPLAINED OF THE ISSUE AT DEALER, I WAS TOLD I AM OUT OF WARRANTY AND WOULD HAVE TO PAY A PORTION OF THE REPAIR ON A KNOWN DEFECT.

Power Train
Filed Nov 12, 2017ND

DRIVE SHAFT IS OUT OF BALANCE CAUSING IT TO SHIMMY ON THE HIGHWAY, CALLED GM SEVERAL TIME NO RESPONSE TO PROBLEM TOKK BACK TO KUPPER CHEVY IN MANDAN ND THEY WON'T FIX NEEDS NEW DRIVE SHAFT BEEN COMPLAINING SINCE 5000 MILE NOW HAS 54000 AND STILL WILL NOT FIX

Steering
Filed Nov 7, 201740,000 milesAL

THE STEERING WHEEL HAS A POPPING NOISE EVERY TIME I TURN IT. THE 2ND THING IS, I HAVE LOST POWER STEERING 8-10 TIMES WHILE TURNING INTO A PARKING SPOT. ONE TIME IT STALLED THE ENGINE AND LOST ALL POWER FOR 30-40 MINUTES AND I HAD TO UNHOOK THE BATTERY CABLES TO RESET SO IT WOULD CRANK. MAKES ME FEEL REAL SAFE WHILE GOING AROUND A CURVE AT 60 MPH WONDERING IF I'M GOING TO LOSE POWER AGAIN.

Wheels
Filed Nov 6, 201726,500 milesAL

WITHIN 6 WEEKS I HAD TO REPLACE 3 TIRES ON MY TRUCK. I STILL HAD 4/32 OF WERE LEFT ON THESE TIRES THAT ONLY HAD APPROXIMATELY 27000 MILES ON THEM. I ENDED UP BUYING A FORTH TIRES AND HAD THE TIRES BALANCED FOR ANOTHER HUNDRED DOLLARS.I HAVE ALL THE RECEIPTS AND I AM LOOKING FOR COMPENSATION FOR INFERIOR TIRES THAT WERE ON THE TRUCK WHEN I BOUGHT IT. CHEVROLET QUALITY WAS NOT THERE ON MY TIRES. THIS HAPPENED OVER A 6 WEEK PERIOD STARTING 10/20/2017 TO 10/28/2017.

Structure › Body
Filed Nov 3, 2017AR

I PURCHASED A 2015 CHEVY SILVERADO WITH THE EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR MY SON. AT 44000 MILES HE NOTICED THE PAINT PEELING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE PURCHASED AND SPOKE WITH THE BODY SHOP SUPERVISOR. HE TOLD ME THE TRUCK HAD BEEN PAINTED TWICE AT THE FACTORY. AT THIS POINT, GM OFFERED ME 1000 DOLLARS OF THE COST TO REPAIR THE TRUCK. I CONTACTED GM EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND AFTER RESEARCH WAS TOLD THE TRUCK HAD NO HISTORY OF BEING PAINTED TWICE AND THERE OFFER STOOD AT 1000 DOLLARS OF THE REPAIRS. SO, I WENT TO THREE DIFFERENT BODY SHOPS AND THEY ALL TOLD ME THE TRUCK HAD BEEN PAINTED TWICE. THE LAST SHOP I WENT TO EVEN MEASURED THE THICKNESS OF THE PAINT TO PROVE IT. ANY HELP APPRECIATED.

Service Brakes
Filed Nov 1, 2017KY

BRAKE PEDAL GETS VERY HARD WHEN DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS AND IN REVERSE. MAKES A TICKING SOUND LIKE THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES ARE KICKING IN BUT NO DASH LIGHTS ILLUMINATE. ALMOST REAR ENDED A VEHICLE TRAVELLING 25MPH BUT WAS ABLE TO PULL IN A PARKING LOT TO AVOID COLLISION. TRUCK HAS 79XXX MILES

Power Train
Filed Oct 31, 2017500 milesOH

TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ROUGH ,SOMETIMES WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE IT BANGS LOUD ,THINKING THE DRIVE SHAFT IS GOING TO FALL OUT, WHEN DRIVING THE SHIFTING OF THE TRANSMISSION JERKS NOTHING SMOOTH ABOUT IT SHIFTING

Electrical System
Filed Oct 18, 201727,000 milesIN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR HAD BEEN ILLUMINATED FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (JOHN JONES CHEVROLET IN CORYDON, INDIANA) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A RODENT DAMAGED THE WIRES ABOVE THE FUEL TANK, WHICH NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000.

Service Brakes
Filed Oct 16, 201751,014 milesCA

HARD BRAKING AT LOW SPEEDS. BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES HARD AND TRUCK HARD TO STOP. POSSIBLE BRAKE BOOSTER DEFECT. ATTEMPTING TO PARK IN PARKING STALL, HAD TO PUT TRUCK IN N TO STOP. COMMUTING TO WORK IN TRAFFIC AT LOW SPEED AND PEDAL BECOMES HARD, TRUCK HARD TO STOP.

Service Brakes
Filed Oct 12, 201749,000 milesTX

WHEN TAKING A LONG, RATHER SHARP TURN ON THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE WAS RESISTING AGAINST THE TURN MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE. AT THE SAME TIME, THE BRAKES BEGAN TO INITIATE WHEN THE PEDAL WAS STEPPED, BUT IMMEDIATELY BECAME VERY HARD AND COULD BARELY SLOW OR STOP THE VEHICLE. ALMOST HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT DUE TO THE DELAY AND DIFFICULTY IN BRAKING.

Air BagsCrash1 injured
Filed Oct 9, 201726,000 milesNC

I WAS TRYING TO MISS A DEER UNSUCCESSFULLY AND WENT OFF ROAD AND THE SIDE OF ROAD HAD A BANK DROP OFF AND AS I WAS TRYING TO GET MY 2015 SILVERADO 1500 BACK ON THE ROAD THE REAR END STARTED SLIDING DOWN THEN MY TRUCK TUCK OFF DOWN EMBANKMENT AND RESTED ON A COUPLE TREES ONE OF WHICH I HIT HEAD ON. AFTER I CAME TOO I LOOKED DOWN AND NOTICED MY AIRBAG HAD NOT CAME OUT ON THE STEERING WHEEL JUST ON THE SIDES. SO I WAS THINKING MAYBE MY TRUCK WAS NOT HURT THAT BAD. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PHOTOS THAT I WAS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AND TO PAY THIS MUCH MONEY FOR A VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS THAT IS SUPPOSED TO SAVE YOUR LIFE DOES NOT WORK MAKES ME REALLY UPSET EVEN THOUGH I REALLY LOVED MY TRUCK. ACCIDENT EARLY MORNINGS OF OCTOBER 7, 2017.

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