No sounds

John Epperson · January 10, 2020

I have a 2015 Silverado 1500. Every other day when I start it there are no door chimes, no sound when the turn signals flash and no sound form the radio. Any ideas would be helpful.

rbrjr1 · January 10, 2020

Elaborate.

Radio turns on but wont put out sound?

Are the turn signals functioning but they're doing so quietly?

have you checked the fuses...?

MaverickZ71 · January 10, 2020

Warning chimes and turn signal sounds come from the driver's side door speaker. Controlled by an electronic module. When I installed my Hypertech tuner, I did not pull all of the suggested fuses, then I had intermittent sounds from the speaker(s) afterwards. Uninstalled the tune, pulled the suggested fuses (both inside and under the hood), reinstalled the tune, no problems since. The speakers have also been known to go bad, but since you've got sound every other day, I'm guessing this is not your case.

laughey · January 11, 2020

Have your battery tested. Especially if it's the original/factory battery. No, really. DO I sound like I'm kidding? ;0)

I was having the exact same problem. Mine started last winter...on colder than usual mornings, I'd get no sound/audible/bells/radio/phone. Nothing! After driving for 15-20 minutes, shutting the truck off and restarting, all was fine. The first time it happened, I thought it was a fluke thing. But after the third time in a month, I brought it to the dealership (warranty)...and the savage that I am, I did so while this was actually happening. Unfortunately, the doofus mechanic didn't listen to me, even though he too "witnessed" what was going on, so he decided shut the truck off. Rookie! A restart did nothing but bring back the sound. Sunnuva... No stored error codes either. SMH. So I made arrangements to leave the truck overnight during the next big freeze. Still, no luck...unable to reproduce the problem. WTH.

Spring eventually came and I forgot about it (as in it stopped happening with such frequency). It started happening again earlier this fall. I'ma 'bout to break! I went so far as to video my experience and went to the dealership to show it to them. Confused, they kept it for a few hours and still couldn't get Yolandah (yep, that's her name) to be quiet again. Dejected, I went home and, over the course of a month, I searched, reviewed and investigated for hours and hours and hours. I checked fuses, wiring, connections, fluid levels and air pressure. LOL. I found NOTHING. I wasn't giving up though. And then I found another posting on this very forum -- I forget which one it was, but someone was having trouble with something electrical and another forum goer suggested having the battery tested. Hmm. Sounds odd, but not too odd. My problem was electrical, no? Hmm. Maybe. Besides, I was out of any other options.

At this point, it was time for my annual inspection and registration renewal, so I made an appointment with the dealership -- along with the LOFTR and inspection, I had them abuse/test the battery (I always thought this was part of the inspection process, but...). I forget the term they used as a result of said test (it wasn't good and it wasn't bad...marginal perhaps?), but since my truck was now 6 years old, they recommended replacing the battery anyway (she was still using the one from the factory). Yahtzee! Since the new battery has been installed, I haven't experienced this no sound problem since (going on 3+ months now). Additionally, my cell phone no longer goes freaky-deaky when I attempt to charge it (hindsight being 20/20, multiple times/week the dang thing would show "charging", but not have any more juice after a 30min commute!) -- that problem is no more too!

Anyway, it'll cost you nothing to have the battery tested and, in the end, what you spend in time/money for a new battery, you get back in sanity. Good luck!