2007 Chevrolet Silverado engine problems

Filed Dec 23, 2021 · Engine · 130,000 miles · CA · fire

The contact owned a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated while driving 65 mph, he saw smoke exiting from under the hood. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact was able to park on the side of the road and when checking under the hood, he saw the fire under the engine. The contact stated the fire department extinguished the fire. A fire report was filed. The police was called but no report was filed. The contact stated no one was injured nor sought medical attention. The vehicle was not drivable. The insurance deemed the vehicle a total loss. The vehicle was towed to his residence. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 130,000.

Filed Feb 24, 2016 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 30,000 miles · CA

On my 2007 silverado I am constantly having to take it in to get serviced for traction control and service stabilitrak. My active fuel management lifters are also not functioning properly. This happens when I am making turns. The vehicle will lose control and it feels very dangerous.my brakes are constantly being replaced and I feel like there is some major issues when the vehicle was built.

Filed Feb 1, 2016 · Airbags, Engine · 80,000 miles · MI

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet silverado. The contact stated that the air bag and the check engine warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the air bag sensor and fuel tank needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, however the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000. Updated 04/22/16*lj

Filed Aug 26, 2015 · Engine, Transmission · 39,780 miles · IN

While merging onto the express way I had a major loss of power and a slight shake in my silverado. Multiple engine lights came on (stability track, traction control, and blinking engine light). On my way to the nearest gm dealer, at every stop light the truck lacked power to get going when the peddle was pushed, then it would kick in and screech the tires. After leaving the truck at the dealer, I receive phone call from the dealer the following day stating that the lifter (afm lifter) had malfunctioned and was stuck. I asked what causes this (because my truck only has about 39,700 miles on it), and the dealer stated it was "an issue with the design of the engine." I then researched the internet (gm forums, social media, the federal safety agency) to find out that this is a huge issue. Many owners had the bad lifter replaced under warranty, only to have a different lifter go bad. I decided to have the dealer replace all my lifters, because that is what they recommended and they admitted there is a good chance I would be back in for the same issue on the other lifters if I didn't replace them. The dealer contacted gm to see if any of my repair could be covered under the powertrain warranty because I only have 39,700 miles on it, but my truck was 8 years old so they said they wouldn't. I contact gm to see if I could directly get anything covered seeing I only had 39,700 miles, plus bought an extended warranty that just expired last year. I was transferred through 5 different representatives that all admitted that the lifter failure is "an issue, but not a recall." if they know its an issue, the dealers know its an issue, its a extremely common issue all across the internet, why wont gm take care of it? My silverado cost over $45,000 when new, you think it should last well over 100,000 miles with no engine problems.

Filed Jul 29, 2014 · Engine · 169,200 miles · WI

Defective exhaust manifold bolts. The bolt heads are breaking off of my 2007 chevy silverado crew cab truck. This is a well maintained lightly used truck I use for work. After discovering the problem, I went to the internet to search solutions on this problem and that's how I found out that this is a very big problem with this truck engine. There is no tsb on this or a recall, but there should be, engines affected are all v-8's from 4.8l, 5.3l, and 6.0l. Very expensive repair that shouldn't have happened in the first place.

Filed Jul 25, 2014 · Airbags, Engine · 48,000 miles · NY

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet silverado. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact also stated that the air bag light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing, who stated that the air bag sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 48,000.

Filed Jul 2, 2014 · Engine · 82,000 miles · MI

2007 chevrolet silverado. Consumer writes in regards to loss of power steering and power brakes, while driving. *smd the consumer stated the cause of the problem, was a broken serpentine belt.

Filed Apr 8, 2014 · Engine · 54,000 miles · MO

Excessive oil consumption--1qt every 900 to 1000 miles.

Filed Apr 1, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · 50,000 miles · VA

This relates to the vehicle recalls related to the ignition switch this happened multiple times driving through the parking lot my vehicle would stop running completely before I knew unfortunately this was always at speed slower than5 miles per hour I did not experience this issue at traveling speeds however was very encouraged to remove the vehicle from my ownership due to this issue I had reported the issue to the car dealership as well as another auto mechanic neither of which were able to replicate the issue.

Filed Mar 9, 2014 · Engine · 50,000 miles · NY

Multiple broken exhaust manifold bolts.