jwoody28

Nobody knows how long. The flush would be just to buy him some time. He's not in a position to trade it in right away...maybe a month or two. If it is really that dirty it needs to be changed.

First, let me start by saying that I'm not very mechanically inclined. My son (in the Army, out of state) has a 2014 Silverado 1500 with the 5.3 and 105,000 miles. He had a loud rattle in the rear of the truck and took it to a repair shop. Long story short, one of the lug nuts was off and rattling in the hub cap. Before realizing that, the shop decided to check the transmission/TC to see if that was the issue. They immediately said the fluid was nasty looking and needed to be flushed at best. They prepared him an estimate and low and behold, it was to replace the transmission and TC for about $5,500. He has had no issues with shuddering or slipping. I told him to get the truck away from that place. Now, after reading, I see that lots of these trucks have a common issue with the TC that leads to issues with the transmission, but he has had no problems....yet. I told him to take it somewhere else and see about just getting the flush since the fluid looked so bad. He called a couple of other places, including a couple of dealerships in his area and got mixed answers. One said a flush and filter change was necessary, one said flush but doesn't recommend changing filter, one said they could do it but he's just putting off a bigger issue...even though he's had no problems. Is it really just a matter of time before he has bigger issues? Will the flush help prevent those issues? Is it time to flush and then get rid of the truck???? Any advice?

I'm getting the tire sensor warning on one of the tires on my son's 2014 Silverado. We took it to the tire shop that has replaced the other 3 over the past 1-2 years. They installed the new sensor, but can't get it to work. They say the truck won't recognize the new sensor and have made up (what seem to be BS) excuses about why. They've said everything from their "machine" isn't working to the offset must be too much on the Fuel wheels....the same wheels that work for the other 3 sensors. Any ideas what may be wrong? This place is usually great and has a good reputation. I even suggested trying another sensor, that maybe the one they installed was bad. They said it registers when the tire is broken down,. but not when installed and inflated. It just makes no sense.

Add me to the list as well. My 17 year old son was driving his 2014 1500 on Friday night from a friends house. The Service Stabilitrack warning started coming on and all of a sudden it pulled hard left while going about 45 mph. It scared the crap out of him. I am not a happy camper. The warning is still coming on, but I can only recreate the jerky steering wheel while going very slow. Of course it is out of warranty now as it has about 81K miles on it.