triton.21

It was a Z71 4X4 crew cab short box LT model. Also had to have an injector fixed (missed bad on acceleration), the hill descent system wouldn't work, and the battery kept going dead (something in the theft monitoring system was sticking on). Piece of junk top to bottom. New rear end and driveshaft changed nothing. Once they mentioned having to change the whole transmission and torque converter, accepting the truck back was out of the question at that point. With a rap sheet as long as my leg at 1,100 miles, no one would give me full trade credit when it was time for a new one, and I definitely wouldn't feel good selling it directly to an individual knowing the troubles it had. I assumed they would send it back to GM, but guess not. These poor dealerships are left holding the bag and taking all the heat from the buyers. It's just wrong any way you cut it. Only had the new truck for a couple days and so far it seems ok. Fingers crossed. Great looking truck though!!

I bought a 2015 Silverado Z71 crew cab short bed around Thanksgiving 2015. At around the 1,000 mile mark, the truck started vibrating at interstate speeds over 70 mph. The vibration would come and go. One second it was fine, the next second the change in the center console would just about jump out of the console. Also seemed to get worse on trips where the transmission was at it's peak temp. If I could post a video it would blow your mind how bad it vibrated. Your whole body would itch after a 30 min ride. Back and forth and back and forth to the dealership, and after I tried 2 new sets of tires and 2 new sets of rims the vibration never changed. The dealership replaced the rear end, drive shaft, transmission and torque converter over a 6 month timeframe. The owner of the dealership finally came clean around month 5 and let me know that GM had been given thousands of bad transmissions from their supplier, and they didn't know which were good or which were bad. Tried working through GM for help, but they just referred me back to the dealer. It really sucks for the dealers because they have to deal with GM's mess. Long story short, they ended up giving me a new 2016 model just to make me go away. If you're dealing with this too and they tell you it's the tires, don't buy it for a second or waste money on new tires or rims. No telling how much money I've lost on this truck, not to mention the headaches and aggravation. It's a shame that GM is selling these $50,000 trucks knowing they have big issues. Drove by the dealership yesterday, and sure enough there's my old truck on the lot with a sale sticker on it. If you buy used, ask for the service history. Sure hate to see anyone else go through this. From what I've read and learned talking to service departments out of state, this issue is wide and deep affecting thousands of people. I've owned multiple Chevy's over the years, but this one is definitely my last.