2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 stability control problems

TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM

The contact owns a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that he purchased the vehicle aware that the vehicle was included in NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V054000 (Air Bags) however, the front passenger’s side air bag, traction control, and stabilizer control warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 125,000.

NHTSA complaint #11488036 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

TRAVELING DOWN HIGHWAY AT 60MPH THE TRACSION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTED BLINKING FOLLOWED BY THE TRUCK STARTING TO MISS HARD. GOT TO FRIENDS HOUSE CHANGED #1 SPARK PLUG ALL BETTER NOW AT LEAST FOR 1,000 MILES THEN WILL HAVE TO CHANGE IT AGAIN. WENT THROUGH THIS WITH THE LAST ONE WE TRADED FOR THIS ONE. THEN IT DEVELOPED AN OIL LEAK THAT'S WHEN WE TRADED IT.

NHTSA complaint #11354579 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

STABILITY CONTROL ALARM BLINKING ,TRACTION CONTROL ALARM BLINKING,, SPEEDOMETER GOING ERRATIC, BRAKE LITE STAYING IN ALARM,CRUISE CONTROL DROPPING OUT,POWER LOSS TEMPORARILY. SHIFTING BETWEEN GEARS (AUTO XMISSION) WAS VERY ROUGH.THIS WAS AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM THAT GREW STEADILY WORSE. GM DEALERSHIP HAD TO REPLACE THE EBCM, AND THE CHASSIS WIRINGHARNESS. SEVERE CORROSION. VEHICLE NEVER DRIVEN IN SALTED ROADS,NEVER FLOODED,NEVER DRIVEN THRU WATER. THE LOCATION OF THE EBCM IS POORLY DESIGNED. DEALERSHIP SAID THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN A MODULE THIS CORRODED,AS IT WAS IN PIECES WHEN THEY PULLED AND OPENED IT. I WAITED 4 MONTHS TO GET IT FIXED, AS A EARLY MECHANIC SAW AN ELECTRICAL FAULT, BUT COULDN'T PINPOINT IT AS IT WASN'T STAYING IN FAULT. HE SAID IT NEEDED TO GET WORSE BEFORE IT COULD BE PROPERLY DIAGNOSED. HAD TO BRING TO DEALER FOR REPAIR AS IT GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. COST ME $1878.36 TO GET REPAIRED.

NHTSA complaint #11287451 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

STABILITRAK AND TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM HAVE WENT OFF SEVERAL TIMES IN THE COURSE OF THE LAST MONTH. THE CAR GOES TO ROUGH IDLE AND TRANSMISSION KICKING BACK REALLY BAD. EVERY TIME THE MECHANIC HA CHECKED, AT LEAST THREE, HE HAD FOUND NOTHING WRONG. I THINK THIS SOMETHING RELATED WITH SOFTWARE. LOOKING INTO INTERNET, SEEMS TO BE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AFFECTED WITH THIS PROBLEM.

NHTSA complaint #11280688 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

WHILE DRIVING, THE STABILTRAK,ABS LIGHTS COME ON AND THE VEHICLE POWERS DOWN AND BARELY MOVES. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, MOSTLY DURING COLD WEATHER, ALTHOUGH IT HAS HAPPENED IN WARM WEATHER AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHILE TRYING TO MANEUVER OUT OF TRAFFIC. ON ONE OCCASION, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND WHEN CHECKED OVER THEY REPORTED THAT NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY AFTER SITTING THERE ALL NIGHT. THIS IS DANGEROUS! I HAVE READ MANY INSTANCES OF THE SAME THING HAPPENING TO OTHER SILVERADO OWNERS. PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 5 TIMES, THE LATEST AROUND JANUARY OF 2019.

NHTSA complaint #11233841 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE AND TRACTION CONTROL INDICATORS ILLUMINATED, AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED FOUR OTHER TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

NHTSA complaint #11222092 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

UPON DRIVING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH THE SERVICE STABILITRAK AND TRACTION CONTROL MESSAGES. THE TRUCK HAD MINIMAL POWER WHEN STEPPING ON GAS AND TRUCK WOULD JERK. WHEN IDLING ENGINE IS LOUD AND SHAKES.

NHTSA complaint #11171916 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

STABILTRAK WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. SHORTLY THEREAFTER AN INTERMITTENT ELECTRIC POWER STEERING PROBLEM AROSE, FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO STEER VEHICLE. OBVIOUS STEERING ASSIST FAILURE DURING A DROP IN VOLTAGE, AND THEN RETURN, WHICH CREATES UNMANAGEABLE AND DANGEROUS VEHICLE, RANDOM SURGES OCCURRING. CONTACTED GM FOR POSSIBLE RECALL? NON-EXISTENT. WE ARE FACED WITH A HUGE AUTO REPAIR BILL.

NHTSA complaint #11171532 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

DASH GAUGES AND LIGHTS TURN OFF AND ON WHILE IN PARK, DRIVING, AND STATIONARY. THIS TYPICALLY CAN BE FIXED BY TURNING THE TRUCK ALL THE WAY OFF AND BACK ON BUT THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE WHEN DRIVING. THIS OCCURS ABOUT 1-2 TIMES PER DAY

NHTSA complaint #11154379 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

BADLY RUSTED ENGINE AND UNDER BODY FRAMES ,TRANSMISSION COOLER AND COOLER LINES RUSTED AWAY. 4 WHEEL DRIVE LINKAGE. FRONT DISC ROTORS HAD 3/16 THICK FLAKED RUST, COOLANT HOSES CLAMPS RUSTED AWAY CAUSING COOLANT LOSS. TRANSMISSION DIPSTICK GRIPL RUSTED OFF. MY COMPLAINT TO GM CASE # IS 8-3141634993 TRUCK HSS LESS THAN 20000 MILES

NHTSA complaint #11132744 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

AIRBAGS AND NOTHING UP FRONT WORKS

NHTSA complaint #11084344 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

TAKATA RECALL AND ANOTHER ISSUE OF POWER LOSS----- I HAVE TAKEN MY TRUCH TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE TAKATA AIR BAGS REPLACES AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PARTS TO REPLACE THEM. POWER LOSS: I CAN BE DRIVING AND THE VEHICLE GOES INTO A DRASTIC AND IMMEDIATE POWER REDUCTION. I HAVE NEARLY BEE REAR-ENDED SEVERAL TIMES AND THE VEHICLE JERKS SUDDENLY THROWING EVERYTHING FORWARD AS THOUGH IT IS NEARLY A SUDDEN STOP. IT WILL NOT DRIVE OVER 20 MPH WHEN THIS HAPPENS. IT WILL NOT RESET UNTIL I PULL OVER, REMOVE, AND REASSEMBLE, THE BATTERY CABLES. THIS HAPPENS DURING, AND FOLLOWING, EVERY RAINY DAY. IT ALSO HAPPENS FOR NO SPECIFIED REASON. IT HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS--NO RAIN AT ALL.

NHTSA complaint #11079577 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

ONE NIGHT ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK, I WAS DRIVING 60MPH AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY TRUCK HYDROPLANED. I MANAGED TO GET THE TRUCK STRAIGHT AND REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. ABOUT A WEEK LATER, AS I'M HEADING HOME ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY ABS, BRAKE, AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS ALL ILLUMINATED. THE DIC READS SERVICE STABILITRAK AND SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, THEN IT WILL DISPLAY STABILITRAK OFF AND TRACTION CONTROL OFF. I HAD THE CODES READ AND MY TROUBLE CODE WAS P069E - FUEL PUMP CONTROL MODULE REQUESTED MIL ILLUMINATION AND U0073 - CONTROL MODULE COMMUNICATION BUS A OFF. ALL THOSE LIGHTS MENTIONED ABOVE HAVE BEEN ON FOR ABOUT A MONTH. I LOOKED UP INFORMATION ABOUT THE FPCM AND FOUND OUT ABOUT GM RECALL 14515, I ENTERED MY VIN BUT THE ONLY RECALL THAT CAME UP WAS FOR THE TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL. AS I READ THROUGH THE 14515 RECALL, I FEEL MY TRUCK IS AFFECTED BY IT BECAUSE, WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK MY SPEEDOMETER JUMPS ALL AROUND AND IS NOT STABLE. ALSO, WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE, IT FEELS LIKE THE ENGINE STALLS AND THERE'S NO POWER THERE. OTHER TIMES, IT WILL DOWN SHIFT TO INCREASE RPMS, BUT THEN SOON SHIFT GEARS INTO A HIGHER GEAR THEN SHIFT BACK INTO A LOW GEAR AND REPEAT THIS UNTIL I LET OFF THE PEDAL. MY TOW HAUL MODE WILL NOT STAY ENGAGED, CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT STAY ENGAGED, AND MOST OF THE TIME MY TRUCK WON'T EVEN START WHEN TRYING TO USE THE REMOTE START, INSTEAD LIGHTS JUST FLASH AS I'M HOLDING DOWN THE START BUTTON ON THE KEY FOB. THE TRUCK FEELS REALLY SLUGGISH ALMOST LIKE THERE'S NO POWER, IT SEEMS LIKE IT HUNTS FOR THE RIGHT GEARS WHILE DRIVING. OVERALL IT JUST FEELS UNSAFE TO DRIVE.

NHTSA complaint #10981435 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

VEHICLE WENT INTO LIMP MODE WHILE CRUISING AT 65 MPH. TRACTION CONTROL DISABLED LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. MESSAGE CENTER DISPLAYED "SERVICE STABILITRAK" "SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL" AND "ENGINE POWER REDUCED" MESSAGES. VEHICLE SLOWED AND TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED. VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. WITH ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT EXCEED 35 MPH IN A FLAT GRADE. ON A STEEP INCLINE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT EXCEED 15MPH WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO THE FLOOR. THE ISSUE HAS OCCURED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE. PARKING THE VEHICLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SEVERAL IGNITION CYCLES HAVE IN THE PAST HAVE RESOLVED THE ISSUE. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH GM VEHICLES USING A DRIVE BY WIRE THROTTLE BODY AND IT HAS BEEN RECALLED ON OTHER MODEL YEARS.

NHTSA complaint #10967118 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

MY TRACTION STABILITY LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY CHARGED ME $100.00 TO DIAGNOSE IT AND TAPE A SENSOR. A WEEK LATER IT CAME ON AGAIN, I LOOKED THIS ISSUE UP ON THE INTERNET AND EVERYBODY IS HAVING THESE PROBLEMS. WHY IS THIS NOT A SAFETY RECALL? I HAVE LESS THAN 46,000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE, I SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THIS ISSUE. GM BETTER DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.

NHTSA complaint #10865787 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND THE MESSAGES TO SERVICE BOTH OF THESE SYSTEMS ARE IN MY INFORMATION CENTER. MY BRAKES ARE NOW DRAGGING THE ROTORS DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AND A RECALL NEEDS TO BE IMPLEMENTED TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE. THIS STARTED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY.

NHTSA complaint #10855372 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

2011 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 RECALL.

NHTSA complaint #10825988 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

SERVICE STABILITRAC LIGHT COMES ON. WILL COME ON AT VARIOUS TIMES. WILL GO OFF AFTER CAR HAS SAT OVERNIGHT. COMES ON AGAIN RANDOMLY.

NHTSA complaint #10690186 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT GOES ON & THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT ALL OVER INTERNET PEOPLE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH SYSTEM THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED & FIXED BY GM.

NHTSA complaint #10682537 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM

TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT GOES ON & THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT ALL OVER INTERNET PEOPLE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH SYSTEM THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED & FIXED BY GM.

NHTSA complaint #10682537 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

THE TRUCK I PURCHASED HAS A MAX TOWING PACKAGE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO SAFELY TOW 10,600# IN CREW CAB CONFIGURATION. I HAVE A 28' PACE DAYTONA TRAILER THAT WEIGHS UNDER 8,000# AS I TOW IT. AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE TRUCK HAS A VERY SEVERE SWAY ISSUE. IT IS FRIGHTENING TO DRIVE AS THE TRAILER STARTS SHIFTING THE REAR OF THE TRUCK BACK AND FORTH. I HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH THE TRUCK AS YET, BUT I FEEL THE SITUATION IS VERY DANGEROUS. I HAVE CONTACTED CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE IN MICHIGAN TO ASK FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THIS ISSUE. THEY SAY THEY HAVE NO INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP SOLVE MY PROBLEM. I WAS INSTRUCTED TO BRING THE TRUCK AND TRAILER TO LONE STAR CHEVROLET IN HOUSTON WHERE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK. SEVERAL VISITS THERE AND TALKING TO SEVERAL SERVICE PEOPLE HAS YIELDED NO HELP. I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRUCK CAN'T PULL A TRAILER OF THAT PHYSICAL SIZE. ODDLY ENOUGH, THE 2012 MODEL TRUCK ADVERTISES A NEW SWAY CONTROL FEATURE. THIS 2013 BROCHURE EVER DEPICTS A SCENE OF THE TRAILER SWAYING AS MINE DOES, WITH A BOX TYPE TRAILER IN THE ADD. SINCE CHEVROLET CLAIMS IT HAS NO HISTORY OF THIS BEING AN ISSUE, I FELT THAT I SHOULD NOTIFY SOMEONE OF THIS UNSAFE SITUATION WITH THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE. THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE MY PROBLEM WITH SOMEONE WHO MIGHT RESEARCH THIS ISSUE AND TRY TO PREVENT A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

NHTSA complaint #10502861 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.