The contact owns a 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that while coming to a stop and depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle started to lose motive power. The vehicle lost motive power and the steering wheel seized. The contact stated that after several seconds the vehicle regained motive power. The failure recurred approximately 5-6 times. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer who was unable to identify the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 83,000.
2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 engine complaints
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Engine overheating when pulling a trailer uphill. A simular problem also occurred with the transmission fluid reaching 212 degrees. Both incidents did occur on a hot days in California. Responded by turning on the heat in the summer time which solved the temporary engine overheating problem. Engine coolant was at the proper level and had not exceeded the manufactures 5 year 50,000 mile life time. This despite the truck being sold specifically rated for trailer towing with me neither overloading, exceeding tow rating or exceeding 55 mph. When this occurred.
The truck shakes while in slowing down or in a stop .....And the wifi doesn't work I keep I been calling already for months to chevrolet onstar for the resolution and they keep saying it fixed and it not
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet silverado 1500. The contact stated that there was a clicking sound coming from the engine. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer findlay chevy buick gmc (2565 laughlin view dr, bullhead city, az 86429, (928)754-3400) where it was diagnosed with needing the lifters and camshaft to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure but offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 79,000.*dt
I was in for an oil change and dealership told me there was no fluid in my radiator. Upon inspection the radiator had cracked and was leaking at the seam right corner. The mechanic told me it was the 7th one they had done this season. I live in mass near ocean. It was a rainy day and my windows were up. There were no fumes, no warning lights to alert me something was going wrong with the heating cooling system.. The concern was my truck wasn't the first to have this problem with this particular dealership. The same dealership mcgee raynham ma has been the only company to work on my truck.
This is my family auto I usually use only on weekends three weeks ago engine light come out I took to the mechanic shop for a test and they told me this looks as need a recall from the manufacturer dealer the truck runs good with out problem but the engine light come out I will upload what's the shop says
The truck will cut engine at any speed, totally losing power to breaks, steering, odometers etc. It mostly comes back on after a few seconds and sends a code of many different kids (service park assist, stabiitrac, roll window down and back up, trailer brake assist etc) this is very dangerous and needs to be recalled. This could happen during a critical driving move and could end up deadly. Currently, there are 70,000 miles on this truck and out of standard warranty and will probably cost a lot to fix. (labor mostly) research shows that this is pretty common and very scary. Gm even has a service bulletin out (18-na-161) showing that this is a common problem and is very dangerous, thus need to cover the recall right away.
On jan 30, 2021 a check engine light appeared on start-up but had no noticeable difference in driving conditions or reading from dash gauges. Checked engine code and it read po6dd, took my truck to a gm dealer and they ran a test showing 20psi too low of oil pressure at the top side of the engine as a result of a failed oil pump solenoid. Was told this could have caused an engine failure. Cost to repair this issue is >$3,000.00. While the dealership was test driving my truck after repairing the oil solenoid the entire power steering unit failed. The entire power steering unit needs to be replaced and is nearly $1,500.00 to repair. These problems on a 5 year old vehicle with 103,490 miles seems like a major issue. I reached out to gm and they said that these issues are not under recall and will not be assisting in any costs involved in repairs.
When driving, if I do something electrical, like applying the brakes or using my turn signal, the entire car electrical system shuts off for a second and sometimes jerks the steering wheel out of my hand. It usually restarts immediately on its own while driving. I've had it also while parked with just the radio on, that everything just died. Then it took a few tries before the truck engine turned over to try starting it
Coolant leak on driver side of radiator. This causes truck to overheat when driving on city streets or highways & at idle on occasion. It causes truck to overheat every time when hauling a load(pulling a trailer and/or boat) on city streets & highways. I can visibly see coolant leaking from the radiator. Driving with the AC on makes the overheating worse.
I have a 2016 chevy silverado high country 6.2l engine 8 speed transmission 38,000 miles. Transmission either hesitates or shifts roughly when accelerating. Multiple times when this occurred making a turn it nearly caused an accident if it decided to hesitate shifting. Gm has done nothing about this problem except give customer magical fluid fixes that don't last if they work at all, they are now on the third fluid including the original factory. They've been telling customers the transmission just has to re-learn shift patterns from day one. A friend of mine has one of these trucks as well and had one dealer tell him that's just how the truck works. If this is an acceptable mode of operation then why was the truck allowed on the road in the first place?
While traveling eastbound on interstate 10 from van horn to fort stockton at approximately 85 MPH with a semi parallel on the right hand lane and an SUV directly behind me no more than 3 car lengths away, the check engine light activated and all power was lost. When the engine shutdown luckily the SUV behind me was able to slow down after I immediately activated my emergency flashers and I was able to safely, after almost causing an accident, move over to the right hand shoulder/grass area. After having truck towed to the nearest chevy/gm dealership in pecos tx, the diagnosis was a faulty fuel pump estimated cost over $800. This is a serious safety issue when traveling on the highway and the fuel pump goes out and should be looked at by the federal safety agency.
Ac condenser cracking blowing hot air
Driving at 2 miles an hour or 65 miles an hour I have an issue with a bad vibration and a shaking coming unknown source. It feels like I'm hitting potholes that are a foot deep when traveling down the road it happens in various times I could be traveling on the highway and it scares me to the point where I have to pull over the vibration is in a floorboard the gas pedal the brake pedal it continues to get worse everyday I've had it to the shop one to two times a month for over a year. When traveling on a regular county road it happens it happens on the highway it happens in parking lots the vibration that I'm feeling from the floorboard into the gas pedal the brake pedal is a all-the-time thing at a idle it has a bad vibration coming from the motor the shop cannot find out none of my problems I've had it in the shop and spent thousands of dollars on in and no one source of vibration and unknown source of why it feels like I have a flat spot where I'm hitting potholes all the time from the front end I've had three sets of tires on it
At 44,000 miles the oil pan leaked. Took it to chevy dealership, had it fixed. I have 47000 miles on it now. Same issue happened, took it to chevy dealership, the dealership said it was the oil pan and has to order a whole new oil pan. Then the dealership calls me back and tells me I have bad oil cooling lines, but wants me to pay for it. No way, sorry. Chevy needs to stop making cheap junk. Truck is 3 yrs old and less then 50k miles. I have had a few other issues with this truck in the 3 yrs time. Oil cooling lines keeps the oil inside the engine from getting to hot. It can be a hazard for the lines to leak and or the oil to get to hot and ruin the engine causing major issues with putting builds all over the highways. Oil cooling lines should be included in a powertrain warranty and not bumper to bumper. Something like these oil cooling lines only last for 3 yrs should or less than 50k miles is uncalled for and should be replaced under a recall! Period! Chevy and gm has went the cheap route and their vehicles are not worth the money. Will never, ever tell someone to buy a america made product like chevy/gm.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving 35 MPH, the vehicle vibrated violently and hesitated. Also, the traction control warning indicator illuminated. Contact stated first incident happened around 1800 miles with bad spark plugs. The vehicle was taken to team chevrolet buick gmc cadillac (1069 canton rd, wintersville, oh 43953, (740) 326-4130) where the lifters were replaced with 2300 miles. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 1,800. *bf
Car stalls and restarts when driving and turning. Car won't turn or go. Have almost wrecked multiple times. Says something about stabilitrak
I was driving down highway when engine lost power and stopped. It was transported to dealership. The fuel injectors, fuel rails , and catalytic converter need to be replaced.
The truck is less than 3 yrs old with only 23671 miles. Check engine light came on. P050d code and the transmission began to down shift hard at times when slowing down. Dealer said there was carbon build up on cylinder 1 valves that caused them to stick and a misfire. I found it interesting that cylinders 1-4-6-7 are the cylinders that shut down for afm active fuel management system when it goes into v4 mode. Dealer said it was not related. Said it was poor fuel. Said I need to run top tier detergent from select gas stations. That is the first time anyone has told me this. That's not in the owners manual and no one told me I would need to use special gas stations when I bought the truck brand new. I then told him the two stations I use are mobil and sunoco. Both of which are on the top tier fuel distributor list. Interesting fact: top tier fuels is a registered trademark of general motors. They failed to mention that when they told me about my "poor fuel" which is apparently a licensed gm product. I was told if this happens again I would have to pay as it would likely be outside the bumper to bumper warranty period (36 mos). Apparently the fuel system is not part of the power train? Found nothing with the transmission. Not surprised. Last new chevrolet I will ever buy.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving slow speeds, the steering wheel violently jerked and the vehicle shook and lost power. Also, the electronic stability control indicator illuminated. The "parking assist off" and "roll down the side windows" messages were also displayed. The vehicle was taken to knudtsen chevrolet (1900 e polston ave, post falls, id 83854, (208) 664-8107), but they were unable to duplicate the failures. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and provided case number: [xxx]. No further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was 52,000. Parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Ac failure of newer chevrolet vehicles. Ac loses freon due to poor design and manufacturing of AC system. Freon leaks into environment uncontrolled. If you continue to add freon to bandage faulty parts, all you do is continue to lose freon into the environment. General motors knows of this failure, but yet does nothing about it. It is happening across several of their vehicle's. Leaks are bad enough that AC system only operates for a couple of days until it needs recharging.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet silverado 1500. After driving the vehicle, the contact noticed that the condenser was leaking freon. The contact stated that the leak began a month ago. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who determined that the vehicle needed a new condenser and vacuum, and the freon needed to be refilled. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 65,000.
I made a turn at an intersection going 0mph to 10mph (low speed) and the engine shut down. Luckily I had a enough momentum to clear the intersection and not get t-boned. I was able to put the vehicle into neutral and start it again to drive off. No dash lights came on and I still had power steering indicating the key was still in the on position. I believe this is not an uncommon problem as there are at least 2 other reports of this happening in the federal safety agency data base with this particular trucks year, make and model. That means there are now 3 complaints out of 10 relating to this very problem under the category of engine for this trucks year make and model. There are also more reports of this happening on various forms around the internet but have not been reported to the federal safety agency. I bought this vehicle used from a car dealership 2 months ago with 47,000 miles on it and this incident happened at the 50,000 mile mark. I have called the dealer ship to see if there was any know knowledge of this happening to other people or any service bulletins out there relating to this issue but have not received a call back yet.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving 35 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact stated that there was also a burning odor in the vehicle prior to it stalling. The vehicle was towed to brad deery motors (located at 112 n 2nd st, maquoketa, ia 52060, (563) 235-2923) to be diagnosed, but the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the failure was intermittent. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 29,999.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving 85 MPH, there was an uncontrollable vibration coming from underneath the vehicle near the transmission. On several occasions, while driving various speeds, the brake pedal was depressed and failed to slow down or stop the vehicle. The contact stated that the vehicle occasionally also pulled to the left or the right when the brake pedal was depressed. Furthermore, while driving, the vehicle stalled and shut off on four separate occasions. The contact was able to restart the vehicle after several attempts. The vehicle was taken to wommack chevrolet (currently known as north park chevrolet castroville, located at 1955 us-90, castroville, tx 78009, (830) 931-9200) where it was diagnosed that the brake calipers, brake pads, brake lines, and torque converter needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The contact was advised to turn off the ABS and traction control and the vehicle would perform better; however, the contact refused. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The contact was provided case number: 84425679432. The approximate failure mileage was 6,967. *tt*jb
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. Also, the all wheel drive indicator illuminated prior to the failure. The vehicle was able to be restarted after five minutes and was driven to stykemain chevrolet (1255 n williams st, paulding, oh 45879, (419) 399-2071). The dealer could not locate a failure with the vehicle. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 37,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving unknown speeds, the accelerator pedal was applied, but failed to respond. Additionally, the gear shifter failed to engage into gear and the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer (quirk chevrolet, 1000 brighton ave, portland, me 04102) where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be reprogrammed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 300.
My truck is a 2016 and is burning oil took it to the dealer and they are telling me that it is acceptable for this truck to burn oil but for a brand new truck I think it it's not true when I had 2004 tahoe and I never had any trouble my brother bought a new truck and is not burning anything
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet silverado 1500. A neighbor alerted the contact that the vehicle was on fire. Upon inspection, the contact noticed flames. The fire department was called and extinguished the fire. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was not towed. A determination of whether the vehicle was destroyed was not determined. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was notified and advised the contact that they would need to go through his insurance company. There were no injuries. The failure mileage was approximately 10,000. The VIN was not provided.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving 5 MPH and making turns, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to paradise chevrolet cadillac (27360 ynez rd, temecula, ca 9259 (951) 699-2699) five times for the failure, but the cause of the failure could not be diagnosed or duplicated. The contact stated that the last time the failure occurred, she informed the dealer that the ignition switch would inadvertently turn to the "off" position. The dealer replaced the ignition switch, but the failure recurred four months later. The contact called the dealer once again to schedule another diagnostic appointment for 8/2/2017. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 3,000.
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