2000 Chevrolet Silverado: complete transmission failure

Filed Oct 10, 2005 · Transmission · 79,000 miles · TX

Transmission needs to be replaced. After highway driving, the transmission will not engage in 2nd or 3rd gear. No error message or warning appears. This nearly caused an accident when the transmission failed at an intersection. I bought the truck in july to assist w/rescues and cannot put the animals or myself at risk. Chevrolet is aware of this issue; the local chevy dealership said they have seen it often; my personal mechanic has seen it often. Chevrolet asked me to take it to their dealership and have the diagnostics run. $90 and confirmation transmission needed. Now they want me to pay $2,500 to have a new transmission put in by their dealership, then discuss any reimbursement. This is a very dangerous "known" defect and chevrolet does not guarantee the replacement transmission will not do the same. It appears a death will be required before chevrolet takes responsibility, then they can deal with a class action suit.

Filed Jun 27, 2005 · Transmission · 77,200 miles · WI

Transmission failed at 77,200 miles. Transmission was replaced at owner's expense. Dealership stated that there was no reason for the transmission to fail at that mileage unless the truck was used on a farm or consistently used for heavy towing. The truck was not used on a farm and was used for towing (a boat and 2 snowmobilies) about 10 times per year.

Filed Mar 14, 2005 · Transmission · IN

While driving, pulled out on to the highway, and consumer heard a loud noise. Then, consumer pulled into a driveway to turn the vehicle around, and found out that had no reverse because transmission failed.

Filed Jan 5, 2005 · Transmission · 83,000 miles · KY

While driving consumer heard a loud popping noise, transmission failed. There was a part within the transmission called a sun shield. The first time transmission failed at 83000 miles, and then again at 135, 000 miles.

Filed Jun 21, 2004 · Transmission · CA

While shifting gears transmission failed to go in reverse. Consumer was unable to move the vehicle, and had the vehicle towed to the dealer for inspection. Mechanic determined that the transmission needed to be replaced due to a worn out parts.

Filed Dec 31, 2003 · Transmission · 41,828 miles · OH

I own a 2000 chevrolet silverado 2wd lt with towing package. The truck has never towed a vehicle and currently has only 41,835 miles. On december 29, 2003, I was driving home from work when the automatic transmission failed. I really never heard of a transmission failing at 41,000 miles. The truck has the towing package and is heavy duty on the transmission. I never towed a car with this truck or carried less than 500 lbs in the bed. I feel that this problem should be reviewed because I could have been towing a vehicle and going up an incline. I feel that this is serious safety hazard to other drivers on the road. This is not a one time problem, because I have other friends with silverados that are replacing their transmissions less than 50,000 miles. A transmission by design should last at least 100,000 miles. I have contacted gm about this problem and they say that there is no service bulletins or recall. My incident is isolated and gm is only wiling to replace 50% of the cost. The dealership that I took the truck to had 3 other people with similar problems. I have another local friend with the same problem. This is isolated??? Http://www.consumeraffairs.com/automotive/gm_silverado_transmission.html this is a serious hazard to other drivers on the road today. The cost of a new transmission from the dealer is $2400 and gm is willing to reimburse you 50% of that cost. The cost is so overinflated that this is not a fix. Local shops will charge you to rebuild the transmission for around $1200. I think gm, just wants to make money on these transmissions. There is a service bulletin describing a problem with the driveshaft causing a clunking noise. Gm failed to fix this problem and it causing these auto transmissions to fail prematurely. My guess is that the driveshaft is not the correct length and is moving back and forth thus causing a clunking noise. Over a period of time this would cause the transmission to fail.

Filed Nov 20, 2003 · Transmission · OR

The driver started up the vehicle while pressing down accelerator pedal and the vehicle stalled. The driver had the vehicle towed to the dealer for analysis. The mechanic noticed the yoke to the transmission need replacing.