2005 Chevrolet Silverado Transmission Problems

DRIVING BACK TO WORK FROM LUNCH ON BUSY 4 LANE HIGHWAY, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. NARROWLY AVOIDED A COLLISION AT A RED LIGHT. PUT FLASHERS ON, LOWERED THE GEAR SELECTOR, AND USED COMBO OF MINIMAL BRAKE PEDAL AND E BRAKE TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE PARKING LOT AT WORK. UPON INSPECTION, LARGE PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID ON DRIVER SIDE NEAR GAS TANK. LARGE LEAK IN HIGHLY CORRODED BRAKE LINE. ALL BRAKE LINES IN SIMILAR CONDITION AND ARE CURRENTLY BEING REPLACED IN THE SHOP. TRANSMISSION LINES AND FUEL LINE ARE IN SIMILAR HIGHLY CORRODED CONDITION. *TR

NHTSA ID

10532605

Incident

Jul 24, 2013

Mileage

65,954 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN THE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS OR DIAGNOSIS. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A RECALL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V055000-POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:SHIFT PATTERN INDICATOR)BUT THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000.

NHTSA ID

10369445

Incident

Jun 1, 2010

Mileage

72,000 mi

HELLO, I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY SILVERADO WITH 76,000 MILES ON IT, THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE GEAR SELECTOR ILLUMINATION IN THE DASH GAUGE CLUSTER I CAN NOT TELL WHAT GEAR IT IS IN UNLESS IT IS VERY CLOUDY OR DARK, I AM WORRIED THAT THE TRUCK COULD PUT IT IN REVERSE INSTEAD OF DRIVE OR VISE VERSA. *TR

NHTSA ID

10306512

Incident

Jan 25, 2010

Mileage

76,000 mi

TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 53,000 MILES. VEHICLE ENGINE RUNS HIGH RPM BUT FAILS TO SHIFT, ESPECIALLY FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. DEALER SAYS IT WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE PROBLEM IS DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY IN CITY TRAFFIC WHERE TRYING TO NEGOTIATE AT TRAFFIC LIGHT IS A HIT OR MISS PROPOSITION. *TR

NHTSA ID

10249035

Incident

Nov 10, 2008

Mileage

53,006 mi

10/28/06 DESPITE FULLY DEPRESSING THE CLUTCH TO SHIFT GEARS, THIS VEHICLE LOCKS IN A GEAR OR CANNOT BE SHIFTED INTO, OR OUT OF GEAR. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IT LOCKED UP IN TRAFFIC WHILE THE TRUCK WAS IN MOTION. 03/10/07 ONE EXTREME INSTANCE OCCURRED IN DALLAS ON A BUSY INTERSTATE SECTION MARCH 3RD WHILE ASTRUD WAS DRIVING. A VERY FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE FOR HER, THE TRUCK STUCK IN GEAR AT 50 MPH. THIS VEHICLE IS SO UNSAFE THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS DPS SHOULD BE NOTIFIED. 11/06/07 IT APPEARS AS IF THE AUTOMATIC CLUTCH ADJUSTMENT IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY, I.E. FROM ONE GEAR CHANGE TO THE NEXT THE PEDAL CAN SUDDENLY MOVE THE ?ENGAGE GEAR POINT? ALMOST HALF OF ITS TRAVEL, AND IT CONTINUES TO LOCK IN LOWER GEARS AND REVERSE AS IT HAS DONE SINCE NEW. 11/9/2007 GUNN CHEVROLET CALLED US YESTERDAY TO LET US KNOW THEY HAD FOUND THE FAULT AND WERE AWAITING PARTS TO COMPLETE THE REPAIR. ON CALLING THERE TODAY, MR. RAY INFORMED ME THAT THE TRUCK IS REPAIRED AND READY FOR US TO COLLECT. 11/10/07 CALLED CHEVROLET WARRANTY OFFICE TO UPDATE THEIR RECORDS ON THE CASE AND THE ASSISTANT, VERNON FROST, IS UPDATING THEIR RECORDS AS WELL AS CONTACTING THE REPAIRING AGENT, GUNN CHEVROLET. HE GAVE US A NEW CASE NUMBER, GM FILE NO 71-573580741 GUNN'S MR. RAY ZAMORA STATED TO MR VERNON FROST OF CHEVROLET THAT A DEFECTIVE THRUST PLATE? CAUSED THE PROBLEM AND WHILE NOT A MISUSE ISSUE, IT IS A RARE OCCURRENCE. 11/9/2007 ON HIS RE-TURN CALL TO ME MR FROST OFFERED A FREE SERVICE FOR THE TRUCK ? WHEN DUE ? AT ANY CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP WE SELECT AS A COMPENSATION FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF SUFFERING THIS LEMON TRANSMISSION. I REPLIED THAT IF HE WOULD SEND TO ME IN THE MAIL A LETTER WITH THAT OFFER THEN I WOULD WITH THE HELP OF A QUALIFIED CONSUMER COUNCILOR DECIDE WHAT WAS FAIR AND REASONABLE IN THIS UNUSUAL SITUATION. *TR

NHTSA ID

10208584

Incident

Nov 10, 2007

Mileage

11,996 mi

I HAVE A '05 CHEVROLET SILVERADO, I RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT WHEN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION IS TURNED TO THE ACCESSORY POSITION (ONE TURN WITH THE VEHICLE OFF), THE VEHICLE WILL BE ABLE TO SHIFT OUT OF THE PARKED POSITION WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKE. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER THEY SAY THAT IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE. NOT ONLY MY TRUCK DID IT, MY FRIENDS '03 FORD F-350 ALSO DOES IT TOO! I AM NOT SURE IF ALL VEHICLES ARE DESIGNED LIKE THAT OR NOT. WHEN THE VEHICLES KEY IS IN THE RUN POSITION WITH THE VEHICLE OFF, YOU HAVE TO PUSH DOWN THE BRAKE PEDAL BEFORE YOU CAN SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE WHOLE IDEA I THOUGHT WAS TO PREVENT A YOUNG CHILD FROM SHIFTING A VEHICLE OUT OF PARK AND ROLL INTO TRAFFIC! THE WAY MY TRUCK, AND POSSIBILITY A WHOLE LOT MORE WAS DESIGNED, A CHILD WOULD HAVE A 50-50 CHANCE OF TURNING THE KEY JUST ONE TIME, AND THAT COULD LEAD TO A CATASTROPHE. *JB

NHTSA ID

10174113

Incident

Nov 21, 2006

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AT TIMES HESITATES BEFORE ENGAGING WHEN ACCELERATOR IS PUSHED. IT HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES - THE LAST BEING THE DATE LISTED BELOW. *NM

NHTSA ID

10159912

Incident

Jun 12, 2006

2005 SILVERADO HYBRID ENGINE TURNS OFF AT STOPS WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED. *TS THE HYBRID TURNS ENGINE OFF AT STOPS WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED. THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT IT TAKES TOO LONG FOR THE ENGINE TO PICK UP POWER AFTER TAKING FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR. THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE DELAY IS DANGEROUS WHEN TRYING TO ENTER FAST MOVING TRAFFIC FROM A STOP. WHILE STOPPED ON AN INCLINE VEHICLE ROLLS BACKWARDS WHILE THE CONSUMER'S FOOT IS IN TRANSITION FROM THE BRAKE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. *NM

NHTSA ID

10156222

Incident

Mar 29, 2006

LAST FEB. PURCHASED A NEW SILVERADO TRUCK. GM REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AT 480 MILES. EVER SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD A VIBRATION IN THE REAR. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK TO THE SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND THEY CAN'T LOCATE THE PROBLEM WHENEVER I TAKE IT IN. THE PROBLEM IS MOST COMMON AT SPEEDS OF 65-70 MPH. THE VIBRATION IS SO BAD THAT THE MIRRORS RATTLE. ALSO LATELY, I HAVE A DIFFERENT VIBRATION (ALSO INTERMITTENTLY) AT SLOWER SPEEDS WHILE GOING UP HILLS. DEALER ALSO UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE UNLESS THE PROBLEM OCCURS WHILE THEY HAVE THE TRUCK. *JB

NHTSA ID

10146088

Incident

Feb 17, 2005

IN FEB. 2005, BOUGHT A NEW CHEVY. SILVERADO HD TRUCK. 6 DAYS LATER WHILE 90 MILES FROM HOME, TRANSMISSION BURNED OUT OF TRUCK. UNABLE TO GO FASTER THAN 35 MPH, SMOKE ROLLING OUT OF REAR. TRANSMISSION SLIPPING WHILE THIS GOING ON. PARKED NEAR A GAS STATION TO CALL ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE, ABSOLUTELY NO HELP WHAT-SO-EVER. THIS WAS AT 6:30PM AND THEY COULDN'T LOCATE A TOW TRUCK. 11 DAYS LATER I GOT MY TRUCK RETURNED WITH A NEW TRANSMISSION(GM REFUSED TO GIVE ME A NEW ONE) *JB

NHTSA ID

10146084

Incident

Feb 10, 2005

Mileage

480 mi

I BOUGHT A NEW 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO IN MAY OF 2005. A FEW WEEKS AFTER OWNING MY TRUCK, AND WITH LESS THAN 1,000 MILES ON IT, I NOTICED THE AUTO TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP. IT WOULD ONLY OCCUR WHEN I WAS ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. BASICALLY, I WOULD GIVE THE TRUCK GAS AND THE ENGINE WOULD REV UP TO ABOUT 2,000 RPM'S, WITHOUT THE VEHICLE MOVING, AND THEN IT WOULD ALL OF THE SUDDEN MAKE A LOUD THUD SOUND AND THEN LURCH FORWARD, AS IF IT WAS NOT IN GEAR AND THEN ALL OR THE SUDDEN PUT INTO DRIVE. THIS CAN'T BE GOOD FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF THE ENGINE. I CALLED THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND ASKED THEM IF I BROUGHT MY TRUCK IN IF THEY COULD LOOK AT IT AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD, BUT IF THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM OR IF THERE WAS NOT ANY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM TO FIX IT. THE SLIPPING OF MY TRANSMISSION HAS OCCURRED ABOUT A DOZEN TIMES. THE PROBLEM IS IT WORKS FINE MOST OF THE TIME EXCEPT WHEN IT SLIPS. SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. I COULD STOP AND ACCELERATE 100 TIMES AND IT WON'T SLIP. THEN JUST OUT OF THE BLUE IT WILL DECIDE TO SLIP, AND MAKE THAT TERRIBLE BANGING THUD OF THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGEMENT. I HOPE THAT CHEVROLET FINDS OUT WHAT THIS PROBLEM IS AND FIXES IT SO I DON'T HAVE TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION AFTER MY WARRANTY ENDS AFTER 3 YEARS OR 36,000 MILES. NOT TO MENTION THE SAFETY HAZARD IF I HAD TO ACCELERATE TO GET ACROSS TRAFFIC AND MY TRUCKS TRANSMISSION HESITATED AND I GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT OF IT. *NM

NHTSA ID

10143038

Incident

Jun 17, 2005

Mileage

1,000 mi

1. DRIVEN VEHICLE FOR 5,600 MILES, NO SPECIAL EVENTS 2. WHILE IN REVERSE, VEHICLE ACCELERATES AND DECELERATES WITHOUT PUSHING ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. 3. COMPUTER REPLACED AFTER WE REFUSED TO DRIVE, GM SAID VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. *NM

NHTSA ID

10138352

Incident

Sep 20, 2005

Mileage

5,600 mi

TRUCK BOUNCES. GM REPLACED WITH SAME RESULTS. REPLACED WITH AFTERMARKET MONROE GAS MAGNUMS WHICH HELPED SOME. SUSPENSION IS STILL WEAK. TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHILE DRIVING. INFORMED DEALER WHO SAID TRANSMISSION GUY WAS NOT IN THAT DAY. WILL CONTACT THE DEALER AGAIN.

NHTSA ID

10133641

Incident

Jan 12, 2005

Mileage

120 mi

AS THE BRAKES WHERE BEEING APPLIED TO MAKE A STOP THE VEHICLE A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO, STARTED TO REV HIGH WHEN IDLING INTERMITTENTLY.

NHTSA ID

10123857

Incident

May 31, 2005

Mileage

9,379 mi

THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS UPON ACCELERATION. THE TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP WHEN CROSSING AN INTERSECTION, MAKING THE VEHICLE VOLURNABLE TO BE HIT. THE RPM'S RISE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE COMES TO AN ALMOST STAND STILL. THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES BUT NO ACCIDENT OCCERED. THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION SLIPPED WHILE CROSSING A 4 LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY WITH TRAFFIC FLOWING AT 65MPH. NO ACCIDENT OCCERED AND THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED BEFORE AN ACCIDENT COULD OCCERED. GM HAS BEEN CONTACTED MANY TIMES WITH NO RESPONSE TO FIXING THE PROBLEM. GM WANTS TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BEFORE FIXING, AND TELLING ME NO SERVICE CAN BE DONE AT THIS TIME. GM WANTS ME TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS SAFETY HAZZARD AND PUTTING ME AND MY FAMILY AT RISK ON THE HIGHWAYS.

NHTSA ID

10122593

Incident

Apr 18, 2005

Mileage

476 mi

MY 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. WHEN I CHANGE GEARS IT MAKES A CLANKING SOUND AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE LOT OF SLACK IN THE TRANSMISSION. IT JUST HAS 680 MILES.*AK

NHTSA ID

10118189

Incident

Apr 1, 2005

Mileage

680 mi

I NOTICED A MONTH AFTER PURCHASING MY 2005 SILVERADO Z71 EXTENDED CAB THAT IF THE KEY WAS TURNED TO THE 'ACC' POSITION, THIS DISABLES THE LOCK THAT REQUIRES THE BRAKE PEDAL TO BE DEPRESSED FULLY TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE OUT OF 'PARK'. *AK I BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF FRIEDNS AND FAMILY WHO HAVE GM TRUCKS AND SUV'S. ALL THESE VEHICLES (2004-2005) DO THE EXACT SAME THING. I TOOK MY CONCERN TO WEB FORUMS. THOUGH MEMBERS THOUGHT I WAS NUTS, THEY TRIED THIS ON THEIR VEHICLES AND THE SAME THING HAPPENS. IT SEEMS TO BE VEHICLES THAT HAVE CHANGED THE ACC LOCATION ON THE IGNITION. THE ACC LOCATION USED TO BE TURNED BACK TOWARD THE DRIVER, BUT NOW IT IS ONE CLICK TOWARD THE DASH NOW. THIS INFO IS NOT IN THE OWNERS MANUAL. IF PARKED ON ANY INCLINE AND THE VEHICLE IS KNOCKED OUT OF GEAR YOU WOULD HAVE DIFFICULT TIME BRAKING OR STEERING.

NHTSA ID

10116238

Incident

Mar 11, 2005

Mileage

2,600 mi