CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2017 Chevy Silverado 1500 has an early trend of the transmission shifting hard, surging & jerking.
At the moment these trucks are still under warranty. However this transmission problem shows up right away with the average reported mileage only around 3,000 miles, so for now the 2017 Silverado earns our "Beware of the Clunker" badge.
10.0
really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
21,684 miles
About These NHTSA Complaints:
This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
In the last few weeks there have been five instances of the vehicle downshifting multiple gears at approximately 60 MPH with a hard shift. The vehicle was in 2wd mode during all events. This occurred twice on wet roads and resulted in a momentary loss of control which I was able to recover when the rear wheels suddenly slowed and skidded. The vehicle was taken to Brenegen Chevrolet in Onalaska, WI today. The dealer was unable to replicate the issue and charged me for diagnostic time. Vehicle mileage is 53k
Truck went into reduced engine power with check engine light and traction control light illuminated on the instrument cluster. Subsequent restarts of the truck resulted in the code clearing itself and normal start up. Now it is having trouble starting up on a cold start, especially with remote start.
Transmission failed with just over 102,000 miles on it. I backed out of my driveway and attempted to put it in drive. It went nowhere - forward reverse both done. Towed to repair shop.
I noticed several times it feels that it is not catching the gear and will suddenly lurch forward. I've taken it to the dealer and they said it is a transmission issue and no longer under warranty. Upon further research I've seen that there are many issues and complaints regarding this 2017 model year for this Chevrolet Silverado.
The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated while the vehicle was stationary, the vehicle failed to accelerate while the accelerator pedal was depressed. The contact stated that there was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to an unknown dealer to be diagnosed. The contact related the failure to the transmission. The contact stated that the transmission was serviced however, the failure occurred. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 70,000.
My vehicle was off for the normal day coming home from work. I turned my vehicle on to go to the store and noticed the check engine light was on, I then went to oreillys and got a free diagnostic check, came back with code U1501 lin bus 1. while driving to my home from oreillys, I made a slight turn to my driveway and my vehicle shut down and completely locked up. I put it back in park and started it up like nothing happened a second ago. I've read about this code and the make, model, year of this issue, it doesn't seem like I'm the only one with this problem. I previously owned a 2014 Chevy Silverado and it was more trips to the dealership to figure out what made my vehicle stall while driving it than actually given the time to enjoy the vehicle. Please don't make me consider switching to Ford.
My truck shifts so hard it wakes up my baby in the back seat and when U are really going slow it clunks hard and every Chevy dealer says it's normal it's not normal when it's hitting that hard it's waking my baby. My truck has also been to the dealer 10 plus times already and only owned a little over a year
The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact's husband was driving at 55 mph, when the vehicle jerked and stalled. The check engine warning light illuminated. The contact stated that her husband restarted the vehicle to drove to the residence. The contact took the vehicle to pohanka Chevrolet (13915 lee jackson memorial hwy, chantilly, va 20151) where it was diagnosed as transmission failure. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The contact informed the manufacturer of the failure. The failure mileage was 75,000. ## VIN passed ## Chevrolet 2017 Silverado ##
My Silverado is exhibiting the same transmission issues described in many complaints here already, I.e., a slipping/shuddering feeling as it progresses through the gears and a frequent clunk/bang at times when it downshifts. It has become progressively worse with time. I am surprised there is not some sort of bulletin or recall for this issue considering it is described so exactly in so many different complaints. Obviously, this is a factory defect that Chevrolet should correct at its expense.
The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated while driving, the transmission was slipping between gears. The contact stated that the stability track warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to quirk Chevrolet of bangor (293 hogan rd, bangor, me 04401, (207) 945-9401) where it was diagnosed with needing the brake control module to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure and was informed of a possible partial reimbursement for the repairs. The failure mileage was approximately 50,760.
Transmission shutters when accelerating accelerating uphill. Accelerator difficult to press when accelerating and most times have to downshift two gears to get up to the desired speed and eliminate said shutter
The transmission on my 2017 has gone out. I am having to have it replaced and my truck is only 3 years old. From what I am read this has been an on going issue with the 2017 Chevrolet's. I am very dissatisfied with the whole situation and the fact that GM will do nothing to fix this.
Transmission shutter. Took to dealership twice and replaced transmission fluid and filter first time. No change. The second time could not find any codes but would not make any corrections.
Purchased my vehicle just a few months ago and had zero issues, other than pesky afm bull. Within the last month, transmission began shuddering and jerking as if slipping gears under normal driving conditions. Soon thereafter, a whining noise started that was more prevalent during gear change. Spoke to technicians at my local GM dealership service department and he informed me that this is an extremely common issue with this year model and transmission. According to this senior technician, they have found that a fluid swap can cure these issues because the what is called for from factory just doesn't cut the mustard. Checked the system, and to my astonishment, there are no recalls or service bulletins for this known issue. Take my truck in for services, hoping all I would need still is the fluid swap, and now the technicians are telling me I need to fork over 5K for a new new transmission because mine is shot. Even more to my amazement, I start looking around on this site and there have been a ton of similar complaints surrounding this year make and model tranamission, and yet, GM has done nothing to correct or prevent these problems from persisting.
Truck hesitates when accelerating, hard shifting from 1st to 2nd and 2nd to 1st almost feels like you've been rear-ended. Truck shakes and jerks when shifting gears, truck vibrates at low speeds. Been to the dealership multiple times with no success. They tell me they can't duplicate problem. Truck has 13,000 miles Chevy should man up and fix the problem. Very disappointed
The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated he had difficulty shifting the gear shifter into any gear. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 63,000.
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- Onalaska, WI, USA