I was getting on the freeway and all of a sudden a lost power and heard a loud clunking noise. I drove as fast as I could to get in a safe area. Afterwards I had my vehicle towed to my mechanic. They said engine failure and possibly transmission failure. They found metal shavings in the oil. I had changed it myself a few weeks prior. I then took it to a gm dealer. I was just outside my powertrain warranty at about 70k miles. They said the same thing. 24k to repair. I had to junk the vehicle.
2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 transmission complaints
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My truck out of nowhere will momentary lockup of the rear wheels, I can't get it to release unless I remove the battery. This has happened around a dozen times. It has happened a low speeds and high speeds. This is a safety issue and I can't drive my truck anymore out of fear I or someone will get killed!
The contact owns a 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated while driving 40 MPH, the vehicle hesitated and jerked. The contact depressed the accelerator pedal, but the vehicle lost motive power. The transmission unexpectedly downshifted, and the power train and check engine warning lights illuminated. The contact pulled over to the side of the road and waited for a while. The contact was able to drive for a short distance before the failure recurred. The contact diagnosed the vehicle and retrieved DTC: P2820 (Pressure Control Solenoid "J" performance/Stuck Off); DTC: P0777 (Pressure Control Solenoid "B" Stuck On). The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed and confirmed that the valve body needed to be replaced. The contact changed the transmission fluid; however, the vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the failure was recurring. The contact parked the vehicle, and the vehicle was no longer driven due to the safety concern. The contact related the failure to the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 24V797000 (POWER TRAIN); however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 154,000.
At the dealership has I type, Engine lifter failure, 68000 miles, Oil changed every 4000 miles, before oil life was at 50%, No warning, No warning noise, Just all of a sudden loud knocking noise, No check engine never came on, Had to had it towed
I was driving on the hwy at 70mph when the engine had a catastrophic failure. Several warning lights appeared on the dash, loud metal clunking noises, vibration, and sudden slowing down of vehicle. I immediately pulled to side of road, turned truck off and called local dealership. Upon their inspection, they notified me a lifter bearing failed that would cause engine to seize and would require a new engine.
The contact owns a 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated while driving at various speeds and accelerating from being idle, the vehicle aggressively started jerking and the vehicle lost motive power. The contact coasted to a safe place and waited before attempting to restart the vehicle to continue driving. The vehicle occasionally restarted immediately, and other times took a long time before restarting. The contact also experienced unintended acceleration. The vehicle was shifted into neutral to decelerate. The contact stated that the failures occurred without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the transmission and lifters had failed. The six lifters were replaced; however, the failure persisted. The lifters were replaced a second time, but the failure recurred. The vehicle was returned to the dealer, who then diagnosed that the radiator fluid was leaking into the engine. The engine was replaced. The failure persisted, and the TCM was replaced; however, the failure persisted. The wiring harness was replaced for the second time. The failure persisted, and the vehicle was returned to the dealer; however, the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure, and a case was opened. The failure mileage was 10,000.
The contact owns a 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle shuddered upon depression of the accelerator pedal. There was no warning light being illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the torque converter was replaced. Recently, upon exiting a rest stop at 45 MPH, the vehicle stalled with several messages on the instrument panel. The contact pulled the vehicle off to the highway shoulder and the vehicle was towed to a local dealer. Once at the dealer, a diagnostic test was performed and the contact was informed that the lifters, the camshaft, and the pushrod were all defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was promised a call back, which was never received. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 30,000.
Hard shifting, shutter, jerk, hesitation feels like the motor is going to fall out. Haven't had the manufacturer look at it, but it's very annoying and embarrassing.
In 2024, I had the transmission replaced due it leaking transmission fluid. The transmission is sealed and there is no way to add fluid. This created an internal problem for the transmission. In January 2025, the engine made a loud pop noise and began performing horribly. My wife and I were on the interstate in a major city and surrounded by traffic. I drove it to the side of the interstate, immediately, and turned it off. I had to call someone to tow me back home(2 hours away) and my wife missed a very important doctor's appointment. Upon inspection, I found failed valve lifters, camshaft, pushrod and valve lifter tray. I managed to get everything replaced and the truck ran fine. March 2025, as I was driving on the highway, the truck stopped running. A message came on the dash screen saying, "Shift to Neutral and restart". I did and nothing happened. I had it towed to a shop. They told me it was a fuse block that was blown and the starter blew so they replaced them. It had struggled to start a couple of times and since I knew it had a new battery, a starter and fuse block made sense. I picked the truck up and in less than 24 hours, it happened again. It stopped running as I was driving and would not restart. The shop has checked GM tech forums and found where someone said to check if the motor would turn over manually. They have tried and failed. They, then, took the oil filter off and found metal shavings in the oil. Their diagnosis is that the engine bearing has seized and is causing the problems. My main issue is safety. My wife and I could have been seriously injured or killed and could have injured or killed someone else when the incident happened on the interstate. The same could've happened with just me in the vehicle or with our children. There were no warning lamps, messages or any symptoms whatsoever before January 2025 for the engine. The truck doesn't even have 100,000 miles on it and I have kept up all of the maintenance.
Chevy Silverado ZR2, Motor Locked up and needs to be replaced.
Transmission shudder and shakes at high speed and low speeds. Getting more noticeable.
My transmission keeps shuttering during passing gear around 50-55 mph. It causes my truck to slow down drastically. It's always a knee jerk. I've serviced my transmission around 40 to 50k miles.
Right after our warranty expired which was 36,000, the transmission started harsh or rough shifting , delayed acceleration, sudden lurching, and shuddering , hesitating to the point that you don’t think the truck is going to move or someone hit us from behind. It’s horrible. Every time you drive you pray the truck is going to get you there safely. We tried to take the truck to the Chevrolet dealer and they insisted there was no recall and it was no longer under warranty. Then we took to a private place and had transmission fluid flushed which made it worse. We are waiting patiently for a recall because we can’t afford a transmission.
The contact owns a 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, while accelerating from a stationary position, the vehicle shuddered while accelerating. Additionally, while decelerating, the vehicle erroneously lurched forward. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who reprogrammed the TCM, and changed the oil which temporarily corrected the failure; however, the failure reoccurred. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 41,000.
The first thing that happened was the transmission, driveshaft, and rear end all blew at the same time while I was on the freeway. I had to swerve over and get out of the lane I was in and part of the driveshaft was still sitting in the road and cars were hitting it. There was no lights or anything until it happened. I got out of the passenger side of the vehicle and looked under the truck and there was a flame coming out of the rear end. I was able to extinguish it. It was inspected by delta transmission and they said that the rear end gave out first and damaged the rest. Not even 2 weeks later the second thing that happened was my engine gave out. I was driving on the freeway and the engine stalled out on me and I barely got off an exit before the truck stopped moving. I had to get it towed to a shop where they told me that the 2 rods on cylinders 1 and 7 had given out and that I needed a new engine. Again no warning lights or anything until it happened. This all happened in February of 2025.
The contact owns a 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that on several occasions while driving at various speeds, the vehicle lost motive power and ran sluggishly with an abnormal knocking sound coming from the engine compartment. The check engine, traction control, and two other unknown warning lights illuminated. The contact stated the “Service ESC”, engine, transmission system, and emissions notification were displayed on the Chevrolet App. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed and determined that the lifters had fractured and damaged the cam shaft. The contact was informed that the cam shaft and lifters needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked on several occasions, the engine was idling rough. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 112,000.
Lifters froze up on #4 piston twice, both times going down the highway. Transmission would jerk after shifting gears, had bad torque converter shudder from 18 mph on up. Can’t pull trailer over 55mph without the whole cab vibrating like crazy
I was driving down the interstate stuck in slow moving traffic going 55 in a 70 in Jacksonville, FL. The Chevy suddenly lit up like a dang Christmas tree, parking brake service, check engine light, lane assist, and EVAC all flashing on the screen. Everytime I hit clear it like a new warning popped up. It started to drive super rough as in bumpy, loud and hesitant. I parked it, turned it off. Waited maybe an hour since I went to class, then came back to start it. Issue was still there. I took it to the dealership who seemed more interested in buying it than repairing it, they said it could be a number of things and estimated 10k even though they couldn’t tell me exactly what was wrong. They knew, they just wouldn’t say. Anywho, $100 later for a wacky diagnosis, I left to take the truck to an actual mechanic, who stated the lifters failed which caused a bent rod, which then damaged the cam shaft. We had just bought the truck outright for 27k three months prior and only driven it 1,500 miles. It was estimated to be anywhere between 12-15k to fix. Which we didn’t have that money and personal loans are too high so we traded it in and took a loss of 17k while being thankful that no one was injured driving this thing. The truck didn’t even have 80,000 miles yet. It was at 75,000 or 76,000. Truck engines shouldn’t fail that soon or fail at all and this is a common safety issue with this truck. If you have time, google the main issues for this truck and you’ll see several posts about people complaining about their truck doing the same and having to do a computer deletion to get the engine to function correctly to prevent this issue.
Vehicle is showing the GM "SHIFT TO PARK" error code on the dash board, when turning the engine off.
This truck has very low miles (22,900) and has broken down on me 4 different times over several years. It will randomly slam into 2nd gear and I will almost loose control as the rear wheels will almost lock up. Then the vehicle will barely move even at WOT. This has caused me to almost be in accidents and is very unsafe. GM knows there is several issues with this 8 speed transmission and cannot resolve it. I am afraid to be in an accident because this thing is so unreliable in it's operation. GM needs to be forced to address this issue. There are multiple TSBs on this transmission that claim to be collecting data and investigating the cause of issues dating back to 2020. Time for a repair!
I noticed up on start up a warning light comes on & display says brake system failure 62 MPH then goes away. I have been reading numerous other reviews online that they are experiencing the same issue. 2nd problem is when I bought the vehicle I noticed numerous oil spots on the tailgate, I asked a GM representative & they said it was road grime, but I noticed the rear pinon is leaking, so it's been leaking since I bought the truck & the dealership either doesn't know it's a known issue or they didn't want to come out & say it.
The contact owns a 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated while driving 60 MPH, the vehicle jerked and briefly lost motive power before slamming into gear. The check engine warning light was displayed on the instrument panel. The vehicle returned to normal functionally, but the failure became a regular occurrence. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed a failure with the transmission. The vehicle was not repaired and remained at the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure, and the contact was referred to the federal safety agency Hotline for assistance. The contact stated that weeks before the failure the oil pump was replaced. The failure mileage was approximately 108,000.
Transmission slips going into 1st. Then when it shifts to the next gears it shudders. It is available for inspection but I have not taken it to a service center. No lamps and messages are present.
Vehicle has vibration at speeds of 40 and above. Vehicle shifts harshly and feels as if it’s constantly searching for a gear. You can feel transmission clunk when it shifts. Upshifts and downshifts at cruising speeds.
Transmission, chunks, shutters, took in to gm dealership and they could not find issue 30,000 miles, continued same problem 71,000 miles now needs Transmission replaced.
While driving on the highway with my four year old with me the truck jerked and then triggered 3 lights on my dashboard, this made getting to a safe spot uneasy as it was jerking and sounded like it was reving up and down and overall sounded not good. Truck was towed to mechanic and was discovered the lifter failed due to the Active Fuel Management (AFM) or Dynamic Fuel Management (DFM) in that engine model. That failure caused further engine damage to the cam shaft and needs an entire rebuild of the top part of the engine. There were no other indicators that this would happen until it did. I contacted Chevy and they are aware of the situation and offered "cost assistance" only if it was brought to a GM dealership. Given the engine had to be taken apart to figure out what was wrong they said the only way to get assistance was to have the garage put it back together and then tow it there and have their mechanics look at it to determine if they could cover part of it. This isn't a viable option to me seeing how there isn't a guarantee of any assistance and would potentially cost more long term.
I purchased this vehicle after my first 2019 chevrolet silverado trail boss's BCM dealined the vehicle after owning it 32 days. The vehicle with VIN [XXX] has had multiple engine failures causing the vehicle to be deadlined at the dealership for in excess of sixty days. The transmission is now failing as well. I am on my 2nd engine failure issue and the dealership refuses to acknowledge the problem. While under engine failure my vehicle would misfire causing the engine to stall and buck around like a wild horse. The electrical system on this vehicle is a complete catastrophe. The windows refuse to roll up once in the down position more often than not, the tailgate intermittently drops and closes on its own, the notifications on the dash always indicate the tailgate is down even when it is in the upright position, the lane change assist and parking detection intermittently work causing faulty detection when backing in/out of parking and changing lanes on the highway endangering the public, and all while these issues persist the "check engine" light never illuminates. Even when my truck had to be towed into the dealership the check engine light never came on. I have had this vehicle sine 43000 miles and now have 115000 miles and every oil change i have done(I am a shop owner and technician) has had metal shavings in the drained oil that has got past the filter due to the IMPROPER engine repair done by BEAVER CHEVROLET when my engine failed the last time. It is best practice to drain all the oil, remove engine from vehicle and replace the oil pump and pickup after cleaning the engine internally while disassembled to ensure no metal contaminants are inside the engine. Chevrolet simply replaces the broken components and doesn't do the proper procedure when an internal component fails, call any machine shop in any city across america and ask what the procedure is when a camshaft or bearing fails in a motor is. It is 100% not what chevrolet did for me. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (
The contact owns a 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated while the vehicle was parked, the gear shift lever was shifted to park(P); however, the gear shift lever failed to function as intended. The contact stated that a shift to park error message was displayed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed with a failed gear shift lever. The contact was informed that the gear shift lever needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a case was filed. The contact had received minimal financial assistance with the cost of the repair. The failure mileage was 70,000.
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I own a 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT Trail Boss that exhibits strange and persistent issues. A recurring engine code appears P0499, clears itself, and then reappears without consistent resolution. This affects the remote starter as the engine light will be engaged. Additionally, several service warnings flash momentarily and disappear, including: •Service Trailer Brake System •Brake System Failure – Top Speed Limited to 62 or 43 MPH •Parking Sensor Unavailable These warnings occur without warning and vanish too quickly to document fully. Despite multiple visits to the dealership, technicians have been unable to replicate or resolve the problem. This unpredictable behavior creates safety concerns, particularly regarding brake system reliability and sensor functionality. I and many others experiencing these same issues are concerned about a potential electrical or sensor issue impacting vehicle performance and safety.
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