2017 Chevrolet Silverado problems
Owners have filed 156 complaints about the 2017 Chevrolet Silverado with NHTSA. Power train accounts for 21.8% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of service brakes at 19.9%.
Complaints156
Crashes15
Fires4
Injuries4
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Power train 21.8% · 34
Service brakes 19.9% · 31
Engine 10.3% · 16
Unknown or other 7.1% · 11
Electrical system 6.4% · 10
Steering 5.1% · 8
Structure 3.8% · 6
Fuel/propulsion system 3.8% · 6
Severity
Of those complaints, 15 describe a crash, 4 describe a fire and 4 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 19 model years of the Chevrolet Silverado in this data, 2017 draws comparatively few complaints; 1999 is the outlier year.
Filings have fallen off, 12 in the last three years against 93 in the three before. The issues here may already have been addressed.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 26,250 miles.
In owners' own words
The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado. While driving at very low speeds, the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration and lurched forward on several occasions, nearly striking a pedestrian. The vehicle was taken to mountain view Chevrolet (2109 e. Main street, mountain view, ar), but the cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 18,000. Power train · reported at 18,000 miles
Transmission is faulty, has been to the dealer where I purchased several times, they flushed the trans 2 or 3 times then finally rebuilt the transmission with around 60,000 miles. Now I'm at 70,000 miles and having transmission problems again. It surges between gears, sometimes feels like I've been rear ended and sometimes seems to skip a gear and be in neutral for a few seconds before clucking into gear. Power train
Transmission shudder at speed. Hard shifts at slow speed. Appears to be well documented across this site and other forums. It appears the oil used in the transmissions was defective (per chevy) . Tsb - 16-na-175 and tsb 18-na-355. Hopefully adding to the long list of complaints helps get chevy to issue a "recall" or something similar to resolve the issue with the flush procedures or similar fixes. Power train · reported at 59,000 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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