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2005 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Equipment Problems

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Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
60–100k mi4

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • July 8, 2011 · 60,195 miles

    Automatic Transmission · Equipment

    The automatic [redacted] shifts from 2 wheel high to 4 wheel low while driving. I have replaced encoder once and now does it again. This not uncommon in chevy p/u's. Was told by service writer this happened to a truck while it was going down road at 70mph and it destroyed power train. The person was lucky that they had their seat belts on. Problem # 2 is sometimes the speedometer works and sometimes it does not…

    ODI 10411542

  • November 22, 2010 · 96,000 miles

    Equipment · Instrument Cluster/Panel

    Speedometer not working properly. Does not read accurate speed. When needle starts to rise, the motion is not constant. The needle instead "ticks" up upon acceleration. *tr

    ODI 10370481

  • March 28, 2010

    Equipment · Unknown Or Other

    Chevy silverado and chevy suburban with same problem. Check engine light comes on. This could either mean to check engine or that the gas cap is loose. Engine was checked and so was gas cap. Nothing wrong. Servicer turned off the check engine light. Next time truck was started up the light came on again. *cn

    ODI 10322549

  • September 13, 2008 · 70,000 miles

    Equipment · Instrument Cluster/Panel

    Speedometer no longer works. Began to fail just after it reached 70,000 miles and gm will not fix it. *tr

    ODI 10262502

  • April 15, 2007

    Equipment · Tread/Belt

    Took my truck to the dealership and was advised my tires were almost bald...had only 16,900+ miles. Dealership replace tires, but not the same type. Yes, same brand, bridgestone dueller a/t. Also dealership did a realignment. Truck never rode the same after the alignment and the new tires. Dealership replaced two on the back after my mechanic noted they were egg shaped. This still did not correct the problem. Tires…

    ODI 10208968

  • January 30, 2007 · 63,000 miles

    Automatic Transmission · Equipment

    I was driving 55 mph on a state highway when the engine started revving up. The transmission quit while driving down the highway with only 63,000 miles the transmission would engage but would slip out of gear around 45 mph the dealer replaced the transmission at a cost of $2700. Took 3 days 18000 miles later driving down a country road the transmission quit again. I was able to limp it home (60 miles) in first gear.…

    ODI 10245855