2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Power Train
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The transmission began slipping and failed at 106,000 miles in spite of obtaining all recommended services throughout the life of the vehicle. It failed completely while driving, which was a major safety issue. It now needs a new transmission. After searching online, I see that numerous owners have reported issues with the 2015 Chevy Silverado transmission. There were no warning lights. It began to make a noise and a shaking and failed about one week later.
It started out with the transmission slipping/jerking at about 50 mph. Then as it progressed it began whining. We were barely able to get it to a mechanic to have it looked at. We were told it was the torque converter which caused the transmission to need to be replaced.
4WD (transfer case) malfunctioned, locking the truck in 4WD mode and making road driving dangerous and potentially damaging to the truck. No prior issues. $500 software repair.
For several years this truck will at times start "grade braking" on its own. In other words, at speed, ie: 55 mph, the computer chip will tell the transmission to downshift to assist in "grade braking". The danger is that it actually speeds up the truck, and while attempting to stop at a stop sign, (or light), the truck is actually speeding up, while I am actively pushing on the brake pedal to stop at the light. I ended up having to replace the transmission with a new (rebuilt) transmission. I hoped this would end the problem, but now once again, I have the problem occurring with the replacement transmission. GM tells me they cannot program out the grade braking component. This is a very dangerous situation in which one day I will be unable to stop where required, due to stopped traffic, or a stop signal.
6l80 transmission has the Chevy shutter or slipping truck only has 60,000 miles not very optimistic that it will last till the 150,000 miles if it’s already acting up and I can hear metal slapping when shifting at various speeds and stopping speeds
Transmission keeps going in neutral all by itself. Me an my family has almost got hit several times
The Chevy Silverado shakes around 65-70 mph and is continuing to worsen over the course of time. The original driveshaft may have been replaced by a dealer in the past (vin shows zero recalls to a known failure caused by aluminum driveshafts), but they have been replaced with the exact same aluminum driveshafts. This never resolved the original failure, but only pushed the failure down the road temporarily, putting new buyers safety at risk.
Transmission slipping, set cruise control and it would engage for some time and then disengage without warning. I followed all maintenance requirements for the transmission like flushing the transmission at the appropriate mileage.
vehicle is shifting hard between 1st and 2nd. it only seems to do it at lower speeds. the RPMS had a shudder between and only once the truck has been running for awhile. has been in to an independent service dept. at the local dealer where it was purchased and has had all work done since purchased. there are no warring lights or check engine messages. they flushed all fluids and hooked to diagnostic machine found nothing. had it back for a week and it did it again. Took it back to them and had them ride along so they could see what it was doing. they replaced the torque converter although the shudder is gone but it still shifts hard between 1/2
The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated while driving approximately 75 MPH, the vehicle began to shake, with vibrations coming from the center console and the passenger’s side front seat. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact had not taken the vehicle to a local dealer. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 67,500.
I was driving on the Freeway, when the gears on the Transmission started to idle. I was going about 65 miles per hr, when the vehicle would not move, even as a stepped on the gas pedal. I was able to put my hazard lights on and pulled over on the side shoulder of the Freeway. I immediately put the vehicle in park mode. While in park mode the vehicle started to make a very loud screeching noise. I turned off the vehicle to see if this would troubleshoot the issue. I turned vehicle back on and the noise did not go away, I put the vehicle back into gear and it would not move, it started to shake and the vehicle jumped into which I believe would have been 3rd gear. I was able to drive the vehicle to my house at 5 miles per hr with the Hazard lights on. My house was only 2 miles from the Freeway Exit. During the 2 Mike drive to my house, the vehicle kept jumping into gears. This could have caused a major accident on the Freeway. I need answers.
Vehicle went into neutral while driving on highway. Depressing accelerator only caused engine to wind. Pulled over into a parking lot, put vehicle into (P)ark, turned engine off, restarted ignition, and transmission began to function again.
Intermittent rumbling and shaking ...feels like going over a rumble strip but it lasts for a little while and then repeats again after a little while.
The transmission has issues shifting into 3rd gear and then doesn't want to shift into 4th gear.
THE TRUCK WAS ON STREET. TRANSMISIONWOULD NOT ENGAGE IN THE. SECOND GEAR, OR ANY GEAR. TURNED CAR OFF. STARTED TRUCK AGAIN SAME PROBLEM. EVEN IN REVERSE. TRUCK WAS IN LAKE ARROWHEAD ON MOUNTAIN ROAD BY HOUSES. CALLED FLAT BED TOW TRUCK. TOWED BACK HOME TO LONG BEACH. 200 MILES!. THE TRUCK IS IN MY DRIVE WAY WAITING FOR AN TRANSMISSION APPOINTMENT. STRANGE DROVE AROUND THE BLOCK AND HAD NO PROBLEM. EVEN BACKED IN TO MY DRIVEWAY WITH NO PROBLEM. SO NOT TRUST TRUCK NOW.
TORQUE CONVERTER GAVE OUT. THE VEHICLE WOULD MAKE A LOUD VIBRATION AND CAUSE THE VEHICLE RPM TO GO UP AND DOWN. I ENDED UP HAVING TO REPLACE THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION.
transmission shudder after dealer repair of transmission temperature sensor DTC P0711 returned car to dealer and they flushed transmission but shudder still exists shudder at part throttle settings when depressing throttle
Truck has 130k miles. Never used for towing or rough driving. Transmission is going bad. Reached out to GM and was told it’s our problem. We paid 43,000 for this vehicle and transmission issues already. We have a 1997 Chevy Silverado as well. With 321,000 miles on it and just had to replace the transmission. Engine is still running strong. For a vehicle to cost as much as our 2015 you would think the quality would better.
My 2015 Silverado High Country shakes at highway speeds. The dealer ship where I bought the truck keep telling me there is nothing wrong with the truck despite MULTIPLE road force balancing.
The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated while driving approximately 10 mph at a higher altitude, the RPM increased to between 4,000-5000 RPMs. The gear shifter was shifted into neutral and the RPM’s decreased. The vehicle was taken to an unknown local dealer where the contact was informed that there was a failure due to the high altitude. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 50,000. The VIN was not available.
WHEELS LOCKED UP. GARAGE STATES IT IS 4 WHEEL DRIVE TRANSFER CASE. GARAGE CHECKED WITH GM FOR A RECALL AND THIS ISSUE IS ON RECALL FOR THIS TYPE/YEAR OF TRUCK BUT VIN IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. TRANSFER CASE MUST BE REPROGRAMMED ACCORDING TO DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND GM CONFIRMED THAT IS THE FIX. THIS VEHICLE HAS JUST OVER 40,000 MILES ON IT AND GM STATED IT IS NOT COVERED BY RECALL.
TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 93K MILES. LUCKILY FOR ME, I WAS A MONTH AWAY FROM WARRANTY EXPIRING. HOWEVER, SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE ENDED UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE WARRANTY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I FILE A REPORT SO GM CAN MAYBE RECALL THEIR WEAK TRANSMISSIONS OR TORQUE CONVERTER. TRANS HAS BEEN SHIFTING AND SHUDDERING SO HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR AND 2ND BACK TO 1ST. WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN TRANS WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO 6TH GEAR. WHEN TAKING EXIT HOME, TRUCK DIED. RESTARTED AND GOT CODES P0741 AND P0700. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. FLUID SMELT BURNT AND METAL SHAVINGS IN PAN.
Driving down the road and transmission gave out
I AM GETTING A LOT OF CLUNKING IN A TRANSMISSION WHEN IT'S UP SHIFTING AND DOWN SHIFTING. ON THE ROAD UNDER 55 MPH. IDLE SURGES WHEN IT'S SWITCHING GEARS. WHEN IT GOES INTO V4 MODE AT ANY SPEED IT STARTS TO SHUDDER AND VIBRATE TO THE POINT AND YOU CAN FEEL IT IN THE GAS PEDAL AND STEERING WHEEL AND A LITTLE BIT IN THE SEAT. AND NOW ITS MAKING A RUBBING NOISE.
TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS. SLIPPING AND CAUSED HIGH REVS AND SOMETIMES WOULD SHIFT. THEY TOLD ME THE HUB THAT CONTAINED GEARS 4-6 WAS DAMAGED. THIS A FEW MONTHS AFTER CYLINDER #7 BLEW AND HAD TO REPLACED. ALL OF COURSE A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION FOR YEARS.
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The 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 has 84 Power Train complaints on file. 1 crashes have been reported. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.