2006 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 complaints

TRANSMISSIONS LINES ARE CONTINUING TO LEAK. HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALER TWICE THIS YEAR. DEALER HAS REPLACED COOLER LINES UNDER WARRANTY. TRUCK ONLY HAS 32000 MILES ON IT. DEALER NEEDS TO COME UP WITH A PERMANENT FIX, OR IT IS GOING TO COST THE CONSUMER A LOT OF MONEY TO KEEP HAVING THE TRANSMISSION LINES REPLACED. *TR

1. WHILE PARKING IN TIGHT SPACES OR MANEUVERING AT SLOW SPEEDS AND HAVING TO USE THE BRAKES AS WELL AS TRYING TO STEER, THE TRUCK LOSES POWER STEERING AND YOU HAVE TO USE BOTH ARMS TO STEER THE VEHICLE. 2. FAILURE OF THIS STEERING COULD QUITE EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT DUE TO BEING UNABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT, ONE ACTION IS TO STOP BUT TO GET OUT OF ANOTHER VEHICLES PATH WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. 3. SO FAR THE DEALERSHIP HAS CHECKED FOR LEAKS, TOPPED UP POWER STEERING FLUID. CHECKED FRONT END ALIGNMENT SPECS. FRONT Z HEIGHT WAS OUT OF GM SPECS, SO ADJUSTED BACK INTO SPECS. I WAS THEN TOLD TO DRIVE AND MONITOR. *TR

TRANSMISSION LINES THAT RUN FROM THE TRANSMISSION COOLER NEXT TO THE RADIATOR CONTINUE TO LEAK. THE LINES SEEM TO LEAK MORE IN COLDER CLIMATES. I AM ON MY THIRD SET IN 60 DAYS. TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS A FLAMMABLE SUBSTANCE THE LAST I KNEW. *TR

THE ALLISON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES ARE LEAKING. THIS POSES A FIRE HAZARD. GM NEEDS TO REDESIGN THE HOSES THAT CONNECT THE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION COOLER. MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM AND HAVE HAD THE LINES REPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES. *TR

LOWER TRANSMISSION LINE LEAKING AGAIN SHORTLY AFTER BEING REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE. THIS IS HAPPENING TO VERY MANY TRUCK NUMEROUS TIMES. 2006 2500 HD DURAMAX /ALISON. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 3/4 TON PICK UP WITH THE DURAMAX DIESEL AND ALISON TRANSMISSION. IN NOVEMBER OF 2006 AT ABOUT 20K MILES, A LOW PRESSURE TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE (PART NUMBER 219989580) DEVELOPED A MAJOR LEAK AND REQUIRED REPAIR. WITHIN WEEKS, THE REPLACED LINE FAILED AND THE DEALER INFORMED US THAT MANY TRUCKS OF THE SAME DESIGN WERE FAILING FOR THE SAME PART. IT TOOK WEEKS TO GET A REPLACEMENT PART FOR GM. FEED BACK FROM OTHER GM DEALERS INDICATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WIDE SPREAD. WHEN A REPLACEMENT PART WAS FINALLY PROVIDED, WE WERE INFORMED BY GM WESTERN REGION SERVICE THAT A DESIGN "FIX" HAD BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND THAT THE TRUCK WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. THREE WEEKS AGO, (45,000 MILES) MY TRUCK STARTED LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID AGAIN. AN INSPECTION BY THE DEALER REVEALED THAT NOT ONLY THE SAME LINE WAS LEAKING AGAIN BUT THAT TWO OTHER LINES OF THE SAME DESIGN WERE ALSO LEAKING. THIS DEALER, E&L MOTORS IN KEMMERER HAD ALREADY SEEN MORE THAN A DOZEN TRUCKS IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND WAS FRUSTRATED BECAUSE REPLACEMENT LINES FROM GM WOULD START LEAKING WITHIN DAYS OF INSTALLATION. WE WERE TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT THERE WAS A RUMOR THAT GM WOULD BE DOING A RECALL ON THIS PART. IN THE MEAN TIME, I AM NOT GETTING ANY DIRECT INFORMATION AND THE CORRECTIVE ACTION GM IS TELLING IT'S DEALERS IS TO HAVE THE OWNER CHECK THE TRANSMISSION FLUID FREQUENTLY, A SPECIAL FLUID WHICH IS NOT AVAILABLE THROUGH ANYONE EXCEPT AN AUTHORIZED GM DEALER. RECENT CONTACTS WITH OTHER

VEHICLE SAT AT THE AIRPORT FOR 72HRS. WHEN I LEFT THE AIRPORT, THE BRAKES FELT SPONGY, BUT WERE ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. ON THE FREEWAY AS I WAS BRAKING, THE BRAKES BEGAN TO FEEL MORE SPONGY, REQUIRING INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE. WHEN I ARRIVED AT MY RESIDENCE APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT, I TRIED TO TURN INTO MY DRIVEWAY, ONLY TO FIND I HAD LOST ALL POWER STEERING ASSIST AND BRAKING ASSIST. I WAS ABLE TO FINALLY TURN IN, BUT HAD TO USE MY EMERGENCY BRAKE TO COME TO A FULL STOP. ONCE, STOPPED, I FOUND I COULD NOT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES. I OPENED THE POWER STEERING RESERVOIR CAP, WHICH IMMEDIATELY SPEWED A FEW OUNCES OF P/S FLUID OVER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, FORTUNATELY NOT ON THE HOT EXHAUST. DEALER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED 2 MILES TO THEIR DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY CLAIMED THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THEY DID KEEP IT OVER NIGHT AND DECIDE TO CHANGE A P/S PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE EVEN THOUGH THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE ANYTHING. I FILED A COMPLAINT TO GM WITHOUT ANYONE TAKING THIS SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AS A REAL PROBLEM. THIS SAFETY ISSUED MUST BE ADDRESSED AND THE ROOT CAUSE MUST BE FOUND BEFORE SERIOUS INJURY/DEATH OCCURS DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. *TR

THIS IS A 2006 6.6 TURBO DIESEL 2500 HD SILVERADO, THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WILL NOT ENGAGE LIGHT KEEP FLASHING, SERVICE 4 WHEEL DRIVE IS ON , THIS TRUCK ONLY HAS 19,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD WHISTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE VENT WHEN THE HEATER WAS ACTIVATED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THEY REPLACED THE VENT COVER. THE FAILURE PERSISTED. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE TAPING OR MOLDING AROUND THE HEATER CORE MAY HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE DEALER SPRAYED SILICONE ON THE DASHBOARD; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN MONTHS LATER, THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS A NORMAL OCCURRENCE. AS OF NOVEMBER 27, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 13,635.

BLOWER FAN SPEED QUITS, WIRING IS MELTED APART FROM TOO MUCH AMPERAGE. THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE FIRES IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY DONE SO. OUR COMPANY HAS 8 OF THESE TRUCKS AND ALL OF THEM ARE DOING THIS. CHEVY 1500'S AND 2500 TRUCKS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT HEARD A PIERCING NOISE WHENEVER THE FAN WAS ACTIVATED FOR EITHER THE HEAT OR AIR CONDITIONER. THE NOISE LASTS THE ENTIRE TIME THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. THE FAILURE WAS FIRST NOTICED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH. THE CONTACT HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES FOR THIS FAILURE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 13,635 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,200. UPDATED 12-12-07. *KB UPDATED

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE SLID 25 FEET WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A POLE. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE WET. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A PARTIAL TEAR TO HIS ACHILLES TENDON. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE ANTILOCK BRAKES CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 17,300.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE RISING FROM THE HOOD OF THE PARKED VEHICLE. HE LIFTED THE HOOD AND FLAMES WERE PRESENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AND THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 30,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT A CRASH. HE STATED THAT HE WILL CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT STILL HAS THE FAILED AMERI-TECH TIRE. THE VIN, ENGINE SIZE, NUMBER OF CYLINDERS, AND DOT NUMBER WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 30,000. RETURNED USPS, 2ND ATTEMPT MADE 08/06/07 ATTEMPT FAILED . *LJ

LITTLE OR NO POWER STEERING AT IDLE ENGINE SPEED. EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER IN COLD WEATHER. ALL POWER STEERING PARTS INCLUDING PUMP, GEARBOX, PRESSURE VALVE ETC. HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY DEALER. MANUFACTURER HAS A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT NO CORRECTION WITH THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED. VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION IN TIGHT PARKING SITUATIONS ETC. *TR

VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN FOR APPROX. 72 HOURS. LOST POWER ASSISTED BRAKES AND POWER ASSISTED STEERING ON TWO OCCASIONS ON SAME DAY WHILE BACKING AFTER STARTING. REMOVED POWER STEERING/POWER BRAKE CAP ON RESERVOIR WITH ENGINE NOT RUNNING AFTER THE SECOND OCCASION. FLUID BLEW OUT OF RESERVOIR (APPROXIMATELY 2-3 OUNCES). DID NOT DRIVE VEHICLE AT THAT TIME. NEXT TIME STARTED APPROX 8 HOURS LATER, NO FURTHER PROBLEM. DEALER COULD NOT REPLICATE PROBLEM THE NEXT DAY. *JB

USING APPROPRIATE FUEL PER DURAMAX DIESEL GUIDE, FUEL FILTER FAILED REQUIRING REPLACEMENT AT MY COST. *JB

I OWN A 2006 CHEVROLET PICKUP TRUCK AND FOUND THAT IF YOU TURN THE KEY ONE CLIP FORWARD YOU CAN PULL THE SHIFT LEVER INTO ANY GEAR INCLUDING NEUTRAL WITHOUT STEPPING ON THE BRAKE. I CHECKED AROUND AND FOUND THAT ANY CHEVROLET TRUCK, VAN OR PICKUP ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2003 WILL DO THE SAME THING. I HEARD BUT DON'T KNOW FOR SURE THAT A YOUNG BOY WAS HURT WHEN HE TURNED THE KEY AND PULLED THE LEVER DOWN CRASHING THE TRUCK. *NM

TL* - THE CONTACT HAS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD PICKUP WITH AN ODOMETER READING OF 11500 MILES. WHILE DRIVING KAT 30 MPH AND FASTER IF THE VEHICLE CAME IN CONTACT WITH A ROUGH OR UNEVEN PATCH OF ROAD THE FRONT END STARTED TO BOUNCE UP AND DOWN, AND BECAME HARD TO CONTROL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MAYHEW CHEVROLET, AND THEY FOUND THAT THE TRUCK HAD A TIRE TREAD DEVIATION WHICH WAS A POSSIBLE REASON FOR THE FAILURE.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE LOOSES CONTACT WITH THE ROAD. UPDATED 01/29/07.*JB

THE VEHICLE MAKES A HIGH PITCH NOISE WHILE LIGHTLY ACCELERATING. IT STRONGLY APPEARS TO BE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALERS TO DATE HAS REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD THIS COMPLAINT SINCE THE FIRST WEEK OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. I PRESENTLY HAVE 2200 MILES. *JB

ANOTHER PERSONS VEHICLE LOST CONTROL AND HIT THE VEHICLE THAT I WAS DRIVING. THIS CAUSED ME TO LOOSE CONTROL AND CRASH INTO THE CONCRETE MEDIAN. *NM

I PURCHASED NEW A 2006 CHEV. SILVERADO 2500 TK (6 LITER ENG.), AT 1900 MILES THE TRANSMISSION FELT LIKE IT SLIPPED. IMMEDIATELY AFTER, UNDER LIGHT ACCELERATION, YOU GET A HIGH PITCHED NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE PLANETARY GEARS OF THE TRANSMISSION AND GM INFORMED THEM THAT REPAIRS SHOULD NOT BE PERFORMED. MEANWHILE I STILL HAVE THE NOISE AND AM SERIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE DEPENDABILITY OF THE VEHICLE. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY WITH THE GEAR SHIFT IN THE PARK POSITION, AND WITHOUT THE KEYS IN THE IGNITION, THE VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD AND CRASHED INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO WARNING PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FRONT. THE POLICE WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED.

STARTING 4 DAYS AFTER DELIVERY OF THIS NEW LIGHT DUTY TRUCK WITH DIESEL ENGINE AND 6 SPEED HEAVY DUTY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, THE TRANSMISSION HAS ALMOST CONTINUALLY MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING WHAT I BELIEVE ARE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS PUTTING MYSELF, MY PASSENGERS, OTHER DRIVERS, AND PEDESTRIANS AT RISK. THE MALFUNCTIONS INCLUDE ACTING LIKE IN NEUTRAL WHEN STARTING FROM A FULL STOP, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO REV, AND THEN THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY ENGAGES CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LURCH, SIMILAR PROBLEMS AT THE TRANSMISSION SEARCHES FOR HIGHER GEARS, EVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS; THE ENGAGEMENTS ARE SO HARD I BELIEVE I AM AT RISK SHOULD THIS OCCUR ON LOW TRACTION ROADS, OR ON CURVES. MOST DISTURBING IS THAT MOMENTS AFTER COMING TO A FULL STOP (FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR), THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY (ON NO FEWER THAN 10 OCCASIONS) SENDS A SURGE OF POWER TO THE DRIVE WHEELS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LURCH. I AM FEARFUL THAT THIS MALFUNCTION MAY CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO BE PROPELLED INTO A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF MY, OR WORSE, PINNING A PEDESTRIAN BETWEEN THIS VEHICLE AND A FIXED OBJECT. ALSO SHOCKING IS THAT UPON THE VEHICLE BEING RETURNED TO ME FOR THE 3RD TIME ON AUGUST 11TH, WITHIN AN 1/8 OF A MILE FORM THE DEALERSHIP, AS I APPROACHED A STOP THE VEHICLE WHEELS SUDDENLY LOCKED UP FOR A MOMENT. I RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE SERVICE MANAGER DROVE THE VEHICLE. HE REPEATEDLY DUPLICATED THE PROBLEM AND EXPERIMENTED BY SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL, SHOCKINGLY, WHILE IN NEUTRAL, THE TRANSMISSION STILL SEEMED TO ENGAGE

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON DRY ROADS, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED ROUGHLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHERE THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WAS A BEAM FRAME SHAKE; MEANING THAT THAT THE BED OF THE TRUCK WAS TOO LONG, CAUSING THE FRAME TO FLEX AND VIBRATE WHILE MOVING. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE FIXED. UDDATED *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CONSISTENTLY HAS PROBLEMS WITH A VIBRATION THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE FOR THE VIBRATION AND THEREFORE COULD NOT SERVICE THE VEHICLE. *AK

SAFETY RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING THE CHEVROLET HD2500 SILVERADO LOADING OF PASSENGER AND BED WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE. A NOTICE AND DOOR JAM STICKER WAS SUPPLIED BY GM TO CORRECT THE CAPACITY OF THE VEHICLE BY APPROXIMATELY 300 POUNDS DUE TO TIRE SELECTION AND/OR RIMS. I AM NOT SATISFIED WITH THE RECALL AND WISH TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE RECALL. ON THE LETTERHEAD, IT IS NOTED THAT THIS IS A "SAFETY RECALL NOTICE" AS OPPOSED TO A MIS-LABELING OF THE VEHICLE FROM THE FACTORY. VIN NUMBER OF THE 2006 SILVERADO IS [XXX]. I BELIEVE THAT GM SHOULD STEP UP AND OFFER THE CUSTOMER AN EXPLANATION FOR THE RECALL AND INSTEAD OF REDUCING THE WEIGHT CAPACITY OF THE VEHICLE IN LIEU OF ACTUALLY FIXING THE PROBLEM, EITHER BY REPLACING THE TIRES AND/OR RIMS. I HAVE CONTACTED GM AND THE REPRESENTATIVE WOULD NOT SHARE ANYMORE INFORMATION THAT WHAT WAS STATED IN THE RECALL NOTICE. HE RECORDED THE PHONE CALL AND SAID IT WILL BE SENT TO THE "DISSATISFIED" CUSTOMER INTERNALLY WITH GM. I DON'T EXPECT TO RECEIVE A CALL DUE TO LEGAL REASONS. *NM UPDATED 07/16/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

WHEN BACKING ON A COLD MORNING I LAST POWER ASSISTED BRAKES AND STEERING. THERE WAS A SMALL LOSSS OF POWER STEERING FLUID. *NM