Owner-reported complaints naming the exterior lighting system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming headlights, tail lights, turn signals and other exterior lighting. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 16 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
The rear 3rd brake light above the back glass started leaking because the seal/gasket went bad. Water leaked into the cab and now the headliner has to be replace as well as that seal. I works for a glass company and this is a known problem for this year. There should be a recall or service campaign put out for this. I'm not the only one with this issue.
Truck lost power and died while making a low speed right turn. Attempted to start vehicle but was unable to immediately after losing power, after trying again for about 30 seconds I was able to get it to start and pull it off the road. I lost control of the steering as the steering wheel locked up. When I turned it back on the truck required me to roll the driver window down and back up and radio stations went back to the default station, letting me know that the truck lost power. This typically happens at low speed, but I have had it lose power while driving on the highway at night and my headlights shut off, luckily it immediately came back on.
3mos ago i had a fender bender in Mesa,AZ(my front end to pasenger side)her car was towed my wasn't for the next 28 days my truck was still driving just fine like nothing ever happened to it,at the end of the month my work was done so i drove bk to Cali and it was till the middle of April when this all started 2 months ago like normal I was getting an oil change from there I went home it was 5:30pm didn't go anywhere else that night ,the next morning I put my key into the ignition and it was completely dead, at first I thought it was the battery so I bought a new one, installed the new battery went on my way to run my errands 3hrs pass came home it was around 12:40pm,around 5:30pm I was planning on going to the grocery store went to start my truck wouldn't start truck battery was dead, nothing was left on no door was open no lights were on, so I towed it to my mechanic so he could put it on the scope to find out the general problem,called and told me that it was an electrical problem and my truck would have to be reprogram starting from the main chip in my transmission, going back in forth from my mechanic to the Chevrolet dealer in Victorville ca, it's still not in working condition yet and still trying to reprogram the last of these codes that keep appearing on the dash(2016 Chevy Silverado 6cyl 4door LT, never had any problems at all from the day I got it from the dealer back in 2019 of Mar, with reg oil changes, tune ups, ran like a brand new truck, very confused, upset, concerned about this matter, not to mention the cost for this, Sincerely [XXX] INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
I put in a complaint in back in July and haven’t heard anything back. I was wondering what the status was? The complaint was about My stabilitrak and my trailer brake system repeatedly comes on and off
AT LOW SPEEDS MY BRAKES STOP WORKING. THE BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES VERY STIFF AND I HAVE TO USE BOTH FEET PUSHING DOWN AS HARD AS I CAN FOR THE VEHICLE TO STOP. ALSO,THE HEAD LIGHT SWITCH INSIDE THE VEHICLE DOES NOT WORK. WHEN I TURNED THE DIAL OFF OF THE AUTO LIGHTS I SAW SMOKE COMING OUT FROM BEHIND THE DIAL.
MY LEFT HEAD LIGHT LEFT TURN SIGNAL, HORN , HAZARDS ON MY LEFT SIDE AND WINDOW WASHER FLUID ALL IS NOT WORKING
DEFROSTER BUTTON ILLUMINATION IS INTERMITTENT. THIS COULD LEAD TO A CRASH WHILE SEEKING TO FIND AND OPERATE THE DEFROSTER ACTIVATION WHILE DRIVING UNDER LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS. THE VEHICLE HAS 46,500 MILES ON IT, AND THE REPAIR IS STATED AT $700 WHICH INVOLVES A REPLACEMENT HEATER MODULE WITH THE SAME DEFECTIVE BULBS AND REQUIRING A COMMON DATA BUS PROGRAMMING FEE, AND IS, ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, NOT USER SERVICEABLE.
THE 7" MYLINK SCREEN IS TOO BRIGHT AT NIGHT EVEN WHEN I DIM THE DASH LIGHTING. THERE IS AN OPTION IN THE SCREEN SETTINGS TO TURN OFF THE SCREEN, WHICH I DO USE, BUT THIS IS DISTRACTING TO GO THROUGH AND THE SCREEN TURNS BACK ON EVERYTIME I ADJUST THE HVAC OR RADIO. THE SCREEN NEEDS AN INDEPENDENT BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT OR A BETTER SCREEN. I THINK A LED SCREEN WOULD WORK BETTER THAN THE CURRENT LCD SCREEN. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE I BOUGHT IT.
THE REAR LEFT TURN SIGNAL, TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY WORKS SPORADICALLY. IT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE PART ON A VEHICLE WITH 45000 MILES THAT SHOULDN'T QUIT.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE LOW BEAM HEAD LAMPS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE BRIGHTLY. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT ALMOST DROVE INTO THE ROAD DIVIDER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (FAULKNER CADILLAC/CHEVROLET IN BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, 610-867-4177) WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WERE DESIGNED TO ILLUMINATE THAT WAY AND THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,100.
THE LED HEADLIGHTS FAIL TO ILLUMINATE THE ROAD FOR AN ACCEPTABLE DISTANCE. THE LIGHT ONLY PROJECTS HIGH ENOUGH AND LONG ENOUGH TO LIGHT THE ROAD FOR A SHORT DISTANCE.
POOR VISIBILITY ON THE HEADLAMPS ON RAINY NIGHTS . IT'S LIKE I'M DRIVING WITH THE HEADLIGHTS OFF .
WHEN DRIVING IN HEAVY WET SNOW AT NIGHT HEADLIGHTS GET COVERED AND MAKE VISIBILITY ALMOST 0% LIGHTS DO NOT GENERATE ANY HEAT ON THE LENS TO MELT OFF THE SNOW OR ICE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS. THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000.
HEADLIGHTS TOO DIM, CANNOT SEE ROAD SAFELY ,ALMOST HIT PEDESTRIANS IN THE RAIN ,NO LIGHT TO SIDE WHEN TURNING ,VEHICLE CAN BE DRIVEN AT NIGHT WITH HIGH BEAMS ON AND NO ONE NOTICES, VERY DANGEROUS
THE SINGLE BULB FOR HIGH /LOW BEAM HID FACTORY HEADLIGHTS ARE TOO DIM IT'S HARD TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. I CANNOT USE AT NIGHT PAID TOO MUCH MONEY.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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