2018 Chevrolet Silverado 1500: won't start

Filed Sep 17, 2023 · Electrical · WI

turned on rear window defrost and unit started smoking badly with a chemical smell while driving truck. I pushed button to turn rear defrost off so it wouldn't start on fire but the unit had heated up so badly it shattered the window it was touching.

Filed Dec 10, 2021 · Engine · KY

Vehicle will not start, starter is bad

Filed Dec 7, 2019 · Engine · 24,592 miles · WI

Starter is bad, drags when cold or its drawn the battery down to where it won't start. Jumped it once, the dealership replaced the battery but that 650 cold cranking amp is not big enough for the starter. We need to go to a 1000 cold cranking amp plus a 200 amp alternator. Or we could just replace the starter with a good one.

Filed Mar 29, 2019 · Electrical, Seat belts · WV

Radio quit working and truck would not start took it to dealership they ordered new radio and then later installed it still dident work ordered module for it told them truck was shorting out and would not start and asked them if I should leave it on battery charger over night so it would start in morning they said yes keep doing that until part came in it did and they fixed it a month ago was at mall truck uould not start tried it again still nothing took key out waited couple minutes and it started then seatbelt stuck in door and went through door panel at home depot took it to dealership they said it was a safety issue an could fix the seat belt but not the door because I put black silicone on door to cover hole and now the headliner where you put your sunglasses is falling down worried I bought a lemon but not sure because this is my first new truck and it seems like there's a delay when you let of the gas and it stops giving the engine gas

Filed Jan 19, 2019 · Brakes · 13,000 miles · MD · crash · 1 injury

In an accident where I was the at fault driver, I was approaching a stop light and did not notice the red light nor the car stopped until approximately three seconds before impact. Once I recognized what was happening, I immediately slammed on the breaks. I hit the other driver in the rear of his vehicle. As stated above, I hit my breaks about 3 seconds before impact, but my ABS did not activate; instead my breaks locked and I slid 15-30 feet into the other vehicle. Additionally, since my airbags deployed, a tow truck was required to tow my truck. Upon arrival of the tow, my truck would not start, so he needed to pull it up onto the bed of his tow truck with chains. Once hooked up, he began to drag the truck up. The tow driver asked me if the truck was 4 wheel drive and whether I had been driving in 4 wheel. I indicated it did, but I was not driving in 4 wheel mode. I asked why he had asked, and he said that it while pulling the truck up, all four wheels were locked. He said that should not happen normally. I'm not sure exactly how the mechanics of ABS work, but I have felt ABS engage multiple times and have attending drivers training for winter weather conditions. My ABS did not activate; there was no stutter of the breaks, only a stable press with no active response other than locked breaks and a long skid.