2010 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: doors won't lock, open or latch

Filed Feb 19, 2021 · Body · 85,000 miles · FL

When opening my driver's side door to get out of my truck, the door handle fell off in my hand. I had to put down the window to open the door from the outside. My mechanic told me that he has had to replace several chevy cast aluminum door handles in 2020 because of the same issue.

Filed Dec 8, 2018 · 115,000 miles · IA · 1 injury

Takata recall our door handles in our 2010 silverado are chrome and they are peeling and have sliced open my wife's finger. These are very sharp and are peeling right at the top edge on both front doors.

Filed Feb 19, 2018 · Driver assistance, Engine · 60,000 miles · AZ

My husband and I were driving about 45 MPH down a steep hill, towing a utility trailer, on sr87 in the mountains when the door locks clicked and the engine turned completely off with no warning. The steering wheel locked up and the brakes did not work. My husband put the car in neutral as it accelerated down a cliff and attempted to restart it with no luck. There were no cars immediately around us so we were able to coast to a stop on a steep incline. When we got out to check it, there was oil all over the wheel wells and still no warning lights had come on. We took it to the dealership and they told us the transmission was completely blown on our 6 year old truck. There was zero explanation as to why this would happen as well as to why we had no warning prior to the engine shutting off. We were told to pay better attention to the temp. Even though it did not overheat. Chevy offered no relief or help. We were quoted a price about $2000 less for the initial transmission repair than it would have cost so we took it to a non-dealership shop to repair. This weekend, the check engine light came on out of nowhere indicating loss of power and the stabilitrack warning came on even thought that was previously repaired by a dealership on a tsb about a year prior to the transmission going out. The code it threw this time was p0305 and we were on very limited power driving back home from a road trip. Could not go more than 40 MPH uphill. Extremely concerned for our safety since the vehicle can turn off with no warning. Also, the money spent is ridiculous.

Filed Feb 7, 2018 · 66,000 miles · NE

Interior door handles peeling chrome plate. Leaves razor sharp edges that cut fingers, drawing blood when exiting the vehicle. Less than 70,000 miles of use. Similar to 2007 issues.

Filed Jan 20, 2017 · Body · 45,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet silverado 1500. While attempting to exit the vehicle, the interior front driver side door handle detached. The driver was unable to open the door from inside the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who indicated that the entire inner door panel would need to be replaced in order to remedy the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 45,000.

Filed Jun 20, 2016 · Locks · 46,000 miles · NY

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet silverado 1500. The contact stated that the rear driver side door latch did not latch. The contact cleaned and lubricated the lock, but the latch failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where the contact was informed that there was no recall. The failure was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 46,000.

Filed Dec 27, 2014 · Body · 50,500 miles · OR

The driver's door failed to open from the inside when arriving at my destination. The locks appeared to work both manually and electrically but the inside door latch handle would not open the door. I think this is a bit of a safety issue. Very difficult to climb across the console to get to the passenger side door. It finally cleared itself after a bit of time, but you want that door to open when you need it to open. A couple of weeks later I was playing with it again, it opened but would not latch to close. I would suspect the issues are related but have not had it back to the dealer to have it looked at.

Filed Jun 8, 2012 · Electrical · 30,000 miles · FL

Hypothetical situation 1: electrical fire in car, shorts our power to passenger compartment. Electric windows won't work, power door locks won't work. On gm vehicles, with power door locks there is no way to escape from the passenger compartment. Outcome: serious injury or death hypothetical situation 2: vehicle submerged in water shorting out power. No way to escape, as electric windows don't work and power locks don't work. Outcome: serious injury or death hypothetical situation 3: sitting in vehicle, hot summer day, fuse blows, electrical short, or battery dies, with windows up, and doors locked, no way to escape short of breaking window, if able. Needless to say, gm vehicles with power windows and power door locks have a safety issue. Simple solution do as all other auto manufactures do, connect door handles to open door even if locked.