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I did a search but did not find anything...so if there is a thread already out there, I apologize. Last week, I remoted started my truck, hoped in, turned the key, the radio turned on, the gauges came to life, then I shifted into reverse and nothing happened, I pressed the accelerator and it was dead, I could not give it gas. I then switched into Drive, same thing, accelerator was dead. Put it into park thinking how am I going to get my kids to school. I did notice the check engine light was on, so maybe a code was thrown. Turned off truck, restarted and everything worked fine. Today the truck is in for oil change and recalls, and they are going to look at what code it was. Didn't know if anyone else has had this happen?

I have 21,000 miles on my truck, first hiccup besides the seat movement.

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00Silverado4x4 Senior Enthusiast

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I haven't heard of that before myself. My first thoughts were trans fluid level. I know you said you already took it in but when you get it back I'd be double checking the fluid level. Should be good being brand new but then with all the other "brand new" truck problems you never know.

fondupot Senior Enthusiast

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You sure you turned the key all the way to the run position? It will kill the auto-start if you try to take it out of gear when turned to ACC i believe.

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You sure you turned the key all the way to the run position? It will kill the auto-start if you try to take it out of gear when turned to ACC i believe.

That was my first thought too....but I put my foot on the break, to shift into reverse, so doesn't that kill the engine when you remote start it? It did on all my other vehicles, so I assume that my Silverado is the same.

fondupot Senior Enthusiast

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That was my first thought too....but I put my foot on the break, to shift into reverse, so doesn't that kill the engine when you remote start it? It did on all my other vehicles, so I assume that my Silverado is the same.

 

I did a test yesterday and if you remote start and don't get the key all the way forward and you touch the brake, and try to shift out of park, the truck will die.

 

Also, if you get it all the way to run, and then go back one click with the key, it kills the engine too.

fondupot Senior Enthusiast

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I hope that is all it is, too many other things going on with these truck right now for yet another "bug" to be worked out.

 

Its not really a bug, almost any car with remote start will die if you dont get the key to the forward run position. Some will even die if you touch the brake before getting the key all the way up there too.

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But the issue was my truck was running the whole time, I got it in reverse and drive, while the truck was running and it would no go. I could not give it gas or anything. So either it is a remote start issue or a transmission issue. I have a feeling it is the transmission, I am leaving soon to go pick it up and I will see what the code the check engine light threw.

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I'd actually think it was a computer issue, nothing with the hardware/transmission/etc. Something didn't send the right signals to activate the system and then when you "rebooted", restarted the truck it was fine again. Just like every computer on the planet, the IT guy asks you if you rebooted first before he even looks at it and it fixes it 80% of the time.

 

Also made me think of the shift to neutral recall, wrong signal sent, but in your case no signal for some reason and all the fly by wire didn't go live.

TxTruckMan Senior Enthusiast

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I agree, sounds like a computer hiccup. Or not. A code was set, so it probably wouldn't go into gear due to a detected problem. When you turned everything off and then back on, the error probably wasn't detected so everything worked as it should.

fondupot Senior Enthusiast

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But the issue was my truck was running the whole time, I got it in reverse and drive, while the truck was running and it would no go. I could not give it gas or anything. So either it is a remote start issue or a transmission issue. I have a feeling it is the transmission, I am leaving soon to go pick it up and I will see what the code the check engine light threw.

 

Ok thats different. If the motor was still running and you were able to get into Reverse...something is going on.

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On 11/4/2014 at 2:49 PM, kurtg2020 said:

I did a search but did not find anything...so if there is a thread already out there, I apologize. Last week, I remoted started my truck, hoped in, turned the key, the radio turned on, the gauges came to life, then I shifted into reverse and nothing happened, I pressed the accelerator and it was dead, I could not give it gas. I then switched into Drive, same thing, accelerator was dead. Put it into park thinking how am I going to get my kids to school. I did notice the check engine light was on, so maybe a code was thrown. Turned off truck, restarted and everything worked fine. Today the truck is in for oil change and recalls, and they are going to look at what code it was. Didn't know if anyone else has had this happen?

I have 21,000 miles on my truck, first hiccup besides the seat movement.

Thanks

 

I am currently at the dealership now with the same issue on my 2018 silverado 5.3 8 speed. I however didn’t auto start my truck. I entered my truck started it with the key and put it in reverse... nothing happened. My power steering also was not working. I shut the truck off and waited about 1-2 minutes and started it again and no change. 

I called the dealership and was told to turn it off, let it sit for about 10-15 minutes and see what happens. After a 15 minute wait I turned it on and was able to get the truck in reverse. I drove it for about 1 mile but the truck wouldn’t shift correctly and the check engine light stayed on. Right now it is at the dealership and I am waiting for the results.

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I have a 2018 Silverado as well with 1200 miles on it and mine did the same thing this morning.  Drove across town, stopped for breakfast, started my truck and had the steering assist issue pop up, will not move in reverse and no a/c.  Engine was running but tach showed 0 rpm, also showed traction control was off.  Steering wheel would not turn either.  45 minutes later, I was able to reverse out of the parking space and go straight to the dealer with it acting like nothing happened.  They have it now and said that they were able to duplicate.  They also said that it showed that communications dropped off a few times.  They replaced the ecm and said that they wanted to keep it overnight so they could try it again tomorrow. We'll see what happens!

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Jd21 New Member

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Did anyone find out why this was happening? My 2018 Sierra with 21k miles did this but the check engine light cut off on my way home so not sure if dealership will know what to look for.

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