2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 UNKNOWN OR OTHER
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AT SPEED ABOVE 50 MILES AN HOUR THERE IS VIBRATION IN THE VEHICLE AND IT GET WORE THE FASTER YOU GO AND AT 80 MILES AN HOUR THERE IS A ROAR AND THE WHOLE VEHICLE IS VIBRATING BADLY AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM AND CHEVROLET HAS HAD MY TRUCK FOR 5 WORK DAYS AND HAS YET TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WRONG.
AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR HAD CRACKED. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM ON THESE VEHICLES AND GM DOES NOTHING ABOUT IT. IM SURE THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS. TRUCK IS 3 YEARS OLD WITH 50K MILES. FAIR TO HAVE TO PAY A $1,000+ FOR GMS NEGLECT? PLEASE STEP IN HERE, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING HURT BY THIS. NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED AND CLEARLY IT WARRANTS ONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
AC CONDENSER LEAKS FREON ON WELDED AREA. RECHARDED 3 TIMES, FIRST LAST ABOUT A WEEK,SECOND ABOUT 3 DAYS AND THIRD 1 DAY ! NOW IT WILL COST $800 + TO REPLACE IT!
THE A/C IN MY 2016 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 STOPPED WORKING ON 5/15/2019 I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON 5/16/2019 TO HAVE LOOKED AT. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS A PINHOLE LEAK IN THE CONDENSER. I WAS CHARGED 120.00 TO HAVE THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED. THE COST TO REPAIR WAS ESTIMATED AT OVER 900.00 WHAT UPSETTING IS THAT I'M NOW FINDING OUT THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT GM IS TOTALLY AWARE OF.
WHILE BACKING UP AT LOW SPEEDS TO HOOK UP TO A TRAILER ON AN INCLINE OR EVEN BACKING UP WITH TO NO TRAILER. MULTIPLE TIMES YOU LOSE THE POWER BRAKES WHICH IS A SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD ESPECIALLY WHEN BACKING UP TO SOMETHING. MULTIPLE TIMES I'VE HAD TO STAND ON THE PEDAL AS HARD AS POSSIBLE TO STOP THE TRUCK FROM HITTING THE TRAILER. THE PEDAL HAS THE FEELING OF NO POWER BRAKES. THIS HAPPENS AT LOW SPEED WHICH WOULD BE TYPICAL BACKING UP TO HOOK ONTO A LOAD.
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1) COLD STARTS, PUT TRUCK IN GEAR (FORWARD/REVERSE) TRUCK DOES NOT MOVE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN TRUCK LURCHES INTO DIRECTION SELECTED. VELOCITY OF TRUCK ACCELERATION IS ENOUGH TO SPIN TIRES ON GRAVEL, GRASS AND PAVEMENT. 2) AFTER EXTENDED HIGHWAY DRIVING AND CI.ING TO A STOP (EXIT RAMP) AND TRANS SLIPS UPON INITIAL START AND SHIFTING. 3) STOP AND GO DRIVING ON EXPRESS (45 MINS.) WHEN TRAFFIC STARTED TO MOVE AND REMOVING FOOT FROM BRAKE, TRUCK ROLLS AND WHEN SHIFTING INTO NEXT GEAR, TRANS ABRUPTLY SHIFTS AND SQUAWK TIRES. HAD TO ALLOW TRUCK TO START ROLLING WHILE KEEPING FOOT ON BRAKE AND KEEPING TRUCK FROM LURCHING FORWARD AND SQUEALING TIRES AND HITTING VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. 4) WHEN PASSING OR ACCELERATING ONTO EXPRESSWAY, CAN FEEL THE PROPULSION FLUTTERING. * PROBLEM IS ONGOING AND EXPERIENCED SINCE NEW. NUMEROUS TRIPS TO DEALERSHIP AND RECALIBRATED SHIFTING AND PROBLEM CONTINUES. I HAVE PICS OF TIRE SPIN UPON INITIAL ENGAGEMENT OF TRANS AND ABRUBTLY ACCELERATING VEHICLE .
AIR CONDITIONING ISSUES. NOT BLOWING COLD AIR.
VEHICLE OPERATOR HAS RADIO SHUT OFF. WHEN VEHICLE IS USED AGAIN THE RADIO COMES ON UNWANTED SHORTLY AFTER START. IF VEHICLE HAS STARTED MOVING THIS PUTS THE OPERATOR IN A DISTRACTED DRIVING SITUATION. THIS HAPPENS EVERY OTHER STARTUP. ( IF STARTS ARE MORE THAN A FEW MINUETS APART.)
WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE THERE IS A BAD VIBRATION ABOVE 70 MPH
OUR SILVERADO HAS A BAD VIBRATION,MOSTLY NOTICABLE AROUND 70MPH . GM DEALERSHIP CLAIMED IT WAS TIRE BALANCE ISSUE,WHICH HAS HAD 2 NEW SETS OF TIRES PUT ON IT,AND THE ISSUE IS STILL THERE. GM NOW WILL NO LONGER SERVICE THE TRUCK FOR THIS ISSUE,CLAIMING THERES NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. YET THE PROBLEM IS EVIDENT AND REMAINS UNFIXED...SAME PROBLEM AS ON 2014 AND UP SUVS AND PICKUPS.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2016 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY AT THE CONTACT'S RENTAL PROPERTY. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,000.
FROM THE DAY I TOOK POSESSION OF THE TRUCK I HAVE COMPLAINED OF A VIBRATION IN THE CHASIS. I WAS FIRST TOLD I HAD FLAT SPOTS ON THE TIRES AND WERE REPLACED. DID NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE. NEXT TOLD I HAD A NAIL IN MY TIRE, HAD IT REPLACED, DID NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE. NEXT THEY TOLD ME ABOUT A FRICTION/ROAD TEST THAT WAS NEEDED ON SOME 1500 PICK UPS. THEY "BALANCED MY TIRES" AND TOLD ME I WAS GOOD TO GO. DID NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE AND THE VIBRATION CONTINUES. THIS HAPPENS WHEN DRIVING AT 65MPH AND ABOVE ALTHOUGH IT HAS HAPPENED AT LOWER SPEEDS.
TRUCK HAS AN INSTANT VIBRATION AT SPEEDS 45 MPH AND ABOVE. SEEMS TO BE COMING FROM THE REAR BUT THE TRUCK HAS HAD IT SINCE DAY ONE. WE PURCHASED THE TRUCK BRAND NEW WITH ONLY 14 MILES ON IT.
PASSENGER RIGHT FRONT VENT DOESN'T BLOW VERY MUCH AIR AT ALL TIMES... IT HAS NEVER BLOWED AS MUCH AIR AS THE OTHER VENTS.
THERE IS A ABNORMAL VIBRATION FELT FROM THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS ABOVE 70 MPH.
NEW TRUCK PURCHASED AUG 12, 2016 HAS A BAD VIBRATION AND SHAKING AT SPEEDS OF 60 MPH AND ABOVE. THE DEALER BALANCED THE TIRES ON AUG 20TH BUT THE VIBRATION WAS STILL THERE ON THE WAY HOME. ON AUG 21RST THERE WAS A LOUD POPPING IN THE REAR END AND A LOT OF VIBRATION. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID A TIRE HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF A BROKEN BELT. I RECEIVED NO SERVICE TICKET OR DOCUMENTATION FOR EITHER OF THE REPAIRS. WHEN I CALLED GENERAL MOTORS CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE, THE REP SAID THAT THE DEALER HAD NO REPAIR TICKET LISTED FOR MY TRUCK. MY WIFE AND I FEEL THE TRUCK WILL NOT BE SAFE OR RELIABLE.
THE STEEL CABLES THAT HOLD THE TAIL GATE IN THE DOWN POSITION ARE DIFFERENT LENGTHS. THE LEFT OR DRIVER SIDE CABLE IS THE ONLY CABLE THAT HAS TENSION ON IT IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE TAIL GATE IS ONLY ON ONE CABLE THAT COULD CAUSE FAILURE OF THE CABLE DUE TO THE WEIGHT AND COULD CAUSE THE TAIL GATE TO TORQUE AND BE DAMAGED. THE SLACK ON THE RIGHT OR PASSENGER SIDE CABLE HAS ABOUT A 6 INCH PLAY IN IT. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND GM. THE DEALERSHIP AND GM STATED THAT WAS THE WAY THE CABLES WERE ENGINEERED. I OWNED A 2002 GMC SIERRA PREVIOUSLY AND BOTH CABLES ON THE TAIL GATE WERE THE SAME LENGTH, WHICH DISTRIBUTED WEIGHT EVENLY. I LOOKED AT OTHER 2016 SILVERADO MODELS AND MOST HAD EXCESSIVE SLACK ON THE RIGHT TAIL GATE CABLE AS MINE, BUT SOME DIDN'T. THIS PROBLEM COULD CAUSE INJURY IF WEIGHT IS ON THE CABLE AND COULD DAMAGE THE TAIL GATE ITSELF.
I HAVE WHAT HAS BEEN DEEMED "THE CHEVY SHAKE". TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND BALANCED. BUT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS 70 MPH AND ABOVE THERE IS A VERY NOTICEABLE VIBRATION IN THE TRUCK. I JUST READ A REPORT DESCRIBING THIS PROBLEM IN THE '14 & '15 MODELS BUT GM HASN'T FIXED THE PROBLEM YET IN '16.
HAS THE CHEVY SHAKES BETWEEN 38 AND 70 MILE PER HOUR .5.3 V8 MOTOR AND 8 SPEED TRANSMISSION 342 REAR AXEL LOCKING DIFFERENTIAL . BEEN SELLING GM'S FOR 55 YEARS AND IF THIS WAS A DEMENSTRATOR WE WOULD NEVER NEVER SELL ANOTHER TRUCK.
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The 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 has 45 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.