Owner-reported complaints naming the powertrain system, filed with NHTSA
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Powertrain reports that are not specifically the engine or transmission — driveshafts, axles, transfer cases and differentials. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2005 Chevrolet Silverado submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 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
4 WHEEL DRIVE AUTOMATIC SHIFT TO TAKE THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE IN AND OUT MESSED UP HAD TO CHANGE THE SERVO OUT.THE OTHER ISSUE IS THE BEARING HUB FOR THE FRONT WHEEL HUBS 4 WHEEL DRIVE HAS A DEFECT I HAVE HAD THESE HUBS CHANGED OUT 3 TIMES AT A VERY COSTLY PRICE. *JS
I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHICH IS 1.5 MILES, WHEN I HEARD A THUMPING SOUND, AND IT SEEMED AS IF MY REAR WHEELS WERE NOT TURNING. I HAD A FRIEND TOW IT TO THE DEALER COX CHEVROLET IN BRADENTON, FL, AND THEY TOLD ME, THAT THE REAR END (SPIDER GEARS, AND BEARINGS) WERE NEEDING REPLACING BUT ARE NOT PART OF THE POWER TRAIN SO IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, AND IT WOULD COST ME $2600. I HAD HIM TOW IT AGAIN TO A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS COMMON IN THAT YEAR OF CHEVY TRUCKS. I ALSO NEEDED BOTH CLUTCHES REPLACED IN EACH REAR WHEEL, COST WAS WELL UNDER THE DEALERS CHARGE. THE OWNER OF THE TRANSMISSION SHOP INFORMED ME THAT HE HAS REPLACED A COUPLE 100 OF THESE AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THEM. I COULD HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN THE WHEELS LOCKED. *TR
2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND REQUESTS VEHICLE RECALL INFORMATION. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE PUSH BUTTON 4-WHEEL DRIVE BUTTON HAS NEVER WORKED PROPERLY. *JB
THIS IS PROBLEM(S) THAT HAS BEEN INTERMITTENT FOR A COUPLE A YEARS SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BUT DID NOT MENTION ANYTHING BECAUSE IT WAS SO INTERMITTENT....FIRST THE ILLUMINATION LEVEL SEEMED TO DIM EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE FOR MANY AREAS SUCH AS THE GEAR (PRND), THE SPEEDOMETER, THE TEMP CONTROL LEVELS. NEXT THE SPEEDOMETER DID NOT REFLECT CORRECT SPEED SOMETIMES EVEN WHEN YOU WERE PARKED. THESE SYMPTOMS WERE INITIALLY INTERMITTENT BUT NOW ARE MORE PREDOMINANT. NOW THIS AT TIMES IS A REAL PROBLEM AND EVEN A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR POSITION INDICATOR LIGHTING FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE GEAR INDICATOR WAS EXTREMELY DIM AND WAS DIFFICULT TO SEE WHICH GEAR THE VEHICLE WAS IN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTICS WHERE THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WOULD HAVE TO BE REPROGRAMMED.THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V055000 (POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:SHIFT PATTERN INDICATOR) BUT WAS ADVISED BY THE MANUFACTURER WAS THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.
THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE BUTTONS FAIL TO WORK EVERY SO OFTEN. I WAS COMING HOME FROM ANN ARBOR, MI. ONE NIGHT AND MY INDICATOR LIGHT SAID I WAS IN NEUTRAL FOR SOME REASON. I PLAYED WITH IT FOR A BIT AND NO LUCK. MY FRIEND WAS WITH ME AND HE OWNS A REPAIR FACILITY IN SOUTH LYON, MI. HE KNEW WHAT WAS WRONG! THE ENCODER MOTOR FOR THE TRANSFER CASE IS BAD. IT IS AN ELECTRIC ITEM AND FAILS. THE ENCODER MOTOR IS WHAT SHIFTS IN TO 4 HI, 4 LOW, AUTO 4 WHEEL AND 2 HI. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN TOWARD THE END OF FEB 2010 WHEN MY TRUCK WOULD NOT SHIFT AT ALL, 2 HI WAS MY ONLY OPTION. ANOTHER FRIEND OF MINE HAS A 2004 SILVERADO AND HER ENCODER MOTOR WENT BAD ON THE FREEWAY. HER PROBLEM WAS THAT HER TRUCK THREW HER INTO 4 LOW WHILE SHE WAS AT 70 MPH. OMG IS THAT SAFE???? GM NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE PEOPLE START TO CRASH OR WORSE GETTING HURT AND DYEING AS A RESULT. *TR
2005 Z71 SILVERADO PICKUP MAKES A LOUD NOISE AND MOVES IN A FORWARD OR BACKWARD MOTION WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE AFTER IT HAS SAT OVER NIGHT. *TS *JB
VEHICLE VIBRATES NON-STOP THROUGH STEERING WHEEL, ACCELERATOR, FLOORBOARD & BRAKE PEDAL. *NM
AT 30 MPH IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE, ON A SNOWPACKED ROAD, SOMETHING IN THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL BROKE AND CAUSED THE FRONT END TO LOCK UP. THIS SENT THE VEHICLE INTO AN UNCONTROLLABE SLIDE INTO THE DITCH. FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO OBSTACLES TO COLLIDE WITH. VEHICLE WOULD NOT OPERATE IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE BUT WOULD OPERATE IN 2 WHEEL DRIVE. HAD THIS HAPPENED AT 50 MPH ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD, DEATHS WOULD HAVE OCCURED. IT IS TIME THAT GENERAL MOTORS DEALS WITH THIS PROBLEM. *AK
FOUND THERE WAS NO GREASE IN THE REAR END. WHICH CAUSED THE DIFFERENTIAL TO BECOME INOPERABLE. IT WAS COMPLETELY WORN. WHICH CAUSED THE REAR WHEELS TO SPIN. THE SHOCK ABSORBERS HAD COMPLETELY FAILED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *NM
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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