2009 Chevrolet Silverado: won't start

5 of the 76 complaints about the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado describe won't start.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 7%
typical mileage: 72,000
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 53 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Won't start by model year

2017
1
2015
2
2014
1
2013
1
2011
2
2010
2
2009
5
2005
5
2004
1
2003
4
2002
2
2001
2
2000
2
1999
2
1998
2
1997
4
1995
1
1992
1

What owners say

Filed Apr 15, 2015 · Electrical, Fuel system · 72,000 miles · OH

Wife drove truck to the store it was raining hard this day. Came out and truck was dead. Jumped the truck and took it home.looked at the battery. Still had factory battery. Replaced the battery. Next morning the truck was dead. Jumped the new battery truck started . Turned truck off /could hear something running in the fuel tank. Found out that there were problems with the fuel module above the spare tire. Called the dealership for the third time. Creg smith auto group. Galion ohio 44833. Could not get the service manager on the phone. Left him a voice mail. Never returned my call. Next day called for service manager. They could not find him in the building. Told a man on the other end of the phone everything that was going on. Something was draining my battery and something was running.24/7. Man told me he would call me back. Never did. Left for dealership with the truck. Truck stopped on me in middle of the road had it towed home. Never made it to the dealership. I am very upset with everything now. I turned the key and the truck stuck on was still trying to start after I turned key off. . Was afraid of the fuel system and electrical system together. .one spark could blow me up. Now truck will not start at all. Please help me. I was told by dealer that I had to come to a dealer .all parts had to be reprogrammed for the truck. I have no money ! Only owe 2,400 and truck is paid off please help me.

Filed Mar 13, 2015 · Electrical · 930,000 miles · MI

Locks started locking/unlocking. Gear indicator was going from drive to park. Heat came on by itself and fan went from high to low. Speedometer went from 70mph to 55 MPH with loss of engine power. Headlights were flashing on and off. After pulling off I-75 and getting to a safe stopping area the truck would not start after turning the engine off. The engine compartment felt extremely hot: especially the battery. After 10 minutes, the truck was able to start and continue the rest of the trip. After doing some internet research, this problem is well documented on various chevy forums and car message boards. Replacing the mega fuse and battery cables appears to solve the majority of the issues as it did in my case. The defective mega fuse and battery cables caused the excessive voltage through the cables, causing extreme heat which resulted in scorch marks on the terminal ends of the battery cables and the insulation of the cables changing color as well as the above issues. I am very grateful that an electrical fire didn't happen which I believe could have easily been the case.

Filed May 2, 2014 · Electrical · 63,000 miles · NY

Used the truck and parked the truck with no problems. Then the truck sat for 1day and had heavy rain storms come through the area. Then went to use the truck and when I went to start it up the truck would not turn over dead and had a strong smell plastic burning with the cargo light staying on .check the circuit board under the hood and found that some of the fuses had melted .no other problem with the truck until now.

Filed Feb 26, 2014 · Electrical · 100,000 miles · TX

After hearing about the recalls on chevrolet cars about the ignition I had to tell you that the same thing happened to my truck. There was a sudden jarring & the truck shut down & would not start back up.

Filed Aug 20, 2012 · Electrical · 56,000 miles · MA

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet silverado. The contact stated that the vehicle would not start. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who advised that they needed to replace the wiring harness. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and stated that someone would returned his call later. The failure and the current mileage was 56,000.