2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Electrical System Problems
- 34
- 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.
Among these 34 stored complaint records:
- 0 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 5 indicate fire
What owners report
- engine light · 8 records
- door locks · 8 records
- light came · 6 records
- check engine · 5 records
- fuel pump · 5 records
- control module · 5 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 9 |
| 30–60k mi | 9 |
| 1–30k mi | 4 |
| 100–150k mi | 3 |
| 150–400k mi | 3 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electrical System
Engine doesn't start. Rare and intermittent. No clicks or attempt to start, lights are on and go off when key turned to start. Nothing appears to help ie moving drive selector, engaging/releasing e-brake, stepping on brake pedal, opening/closing hood etc wait some unknown period of time, more than 10 minutes and it starts as though nothing ever happened. I've looked into it online enough to know others have similar…
ODI 11186647
Electrical System
*U0100 *ECM HARNESS IS OPEN OR SHORTED
ODI 11089666
Air Bags · Electrical System
SERVICE AIR BAG WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION
ODI 11064068
Electrical System · Power Train
While driving at highway speeds, truck had massive electrical issues which caused the transmission to downshift to 2nd gear. I almost lost control. While this was happening, the door locks cycled on and off over and over as well as the door chimes coming on constantly. Hvac defaulted to full heat from air conditioning mode. Stabilitrack systems showed inoperative as well as abs system. The rapid downshift from…
ODI 11024836
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Steering
At 75mph on toll road at night, suddenly the lights (all external & internal) went dark. Hazard light would not work, engine quit, bell went off (door-key in ignition bell), rpm surged. Was able to get off road and waited 10 minutes and truck started. Drove off, got to 60 and same thing happened. Waited 30 minutes and truck was ok except when brakes applied -door/key bell went off. Dealer had truck for three days…
ODI 11039210
Electrical System
When driving on the highway the door locks will suddenly go on and off several times and the truck loses power transmission shifts out of gear seat belt light comes on instrument panel needles go erratic. Dealers say if we can't make it do it when we're there they don't know what to fix need help soon.
ODI 11015737
Electrical System
Safety bulleting 14515 ' chassis electronic control module internal contamination ' 2007-2014. My 2009 chevrolet silverado 1500 is having a problem that the electric goes off and on when driving on the highway after hitting the brake pedal. This is intermittent and does not happen all of the time. It seems very dangerous, sometimes when it happens the door locks go up and down. I talked to the chevrolet dealer in…
ODI 10995279
Air Bags · Electrical System
Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2009 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving 70 mph, the instrument panel lighting failed to illuminate. The vehicle was taken to an independent dealer where it was diagnosed that the passenger presence module became erratic and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v381000 (air bags);…
ODI 10990951
Air Bags · Electrical System
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving various speeds, the air bag warning indicator illuminated intermittently. The vehicle was taken to a dealer the first time, but the contact was unaware of the diagnosis. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure persisted. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the passenger presence module failed. The contact refused…
ODI 10981027
Electrical System · Fuel/Propulsion System
The vehicle was being driven by my son when service engine light came on and i then used my actron scan tool and pulled 3x codes from the computer (ecu) codes related to the fuel pump control module , and trailer brake warning light appeared on the instrument cluster cleared these codes. 2 days later codes reappeared all were fuel pump circuit low, fuel pump module and trailer brake codes. Cleared codes then…
ODI 10986074
Electrical System
The check engine light came on while driving and when the codes were ran two codes popped up, p2534 (ignition 1 switch circuit low voltage 2. Ignition on/start switch low voltage.) and code p069e fuel pump control module requested mil illumination. When i had the dealer check this they said that the fuel pump control module needs to be replaced, however the vin number of my vehicle did not match that of the recall…
ODI 11046010
Electrical System
After parking my truck in driveway. I came out the next morning to find my windshield wipers up and the truck dead. The only light that would come on was the engine light. After further inspection, the fuse box had melted and caught on fire. I feel this is a serious issue that needs to be addressed. I do not see a recall on general motors website.
Fire reported
ODI 10945322
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control
I have seen youtube video's/forums online about the 2009 model year silverado's instrument gauge cluster failing while driving, as well as my own. Very unsafe and scary. Happens on startup, driving, and parked. Never know when it will do it. *tr
ODI 10930094
Electrical System · Latches/Locks/Linkages · Power Train
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving various speeds, the vehicle shifted to the incorrect gears independently. Also, while driving, the door locks would lock and unlock independently. The dealer was unable to duplicate the failures. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 98,000.
ODI 10969299
Electrical System · Headlights
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet silverado 1500. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 45 mph, the headlights illuminated intermittently. In addition, the door locks were operating independently. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the failure was undetermined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 35,000. Updated…
ODI 10937550
Body · Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control
The truck was sitting parked in the driveway and my neighbor noticed that the lights and wipers came on (truck was not on, no keys were in it, nobody was in it or near it!). Smoke then began to billow out from under the hood and a fire started. My neighbor was able to disconnect the battery and put out the fire. I had the truck towed to a garage where they told me that the fuse panel caught on fire. They called gm…
Fire reported
ODI 10905022
Electrical System · Seat Belts · Vehicle Speed Control
At about 90,000 miles the cruise control stopped working and when it is warm outside the passenger's side door electrical lock will not work. It tries to push lock to unlock position, but only pushes it half way. I have read a lot about these concerns on this model vehicle. Is this 2 recalls? It should be. This is not a cheap fix.
ODI 10991962
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control
While traveling 70 mph on the interstate everything goes crazy at once: doors lock and unlock, engine cuts and goes back on, stabilitrak light comes on and goes off, transmission kicks out of gear and then downshifts sending the engine to over 5,000 rpm, radio goes off and on off and on. This event lasts for about 5 to 7 seconds then everything goes back to normal. The problem has occurred intermittently and may not…
ODI 10871564
Electrical System
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet silverado 1500. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v381000 (electrical system); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool confirms parts not…
ODI 10966395
Electrical System
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet silverado 1500. The contact stated that the locks on the vehicle engaged and disengaged, the exterior lights flickered, the vehicle hesitated, the speedometer did not register the correct speed, the abs did not fully disengage, and the transmission indicator independently would indicate park while in drive. Also, all the warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to…
ODI 10950242
Electrical System
I have had to replace the fuse block twice in this truck the most recent time was 04/04/2016 the first cost was 600.00 and the most recent cost was 474.90
ODI 10853980
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control
So about 4 months ago i replaced the battery truck was running fine till about month three. I was driving my truck and all of a sudden all the electrical started freaking out on me. I popped the hood and pushed the negative wire for the battery down and it stopped for a good two months so today (june 7th, 2016)i was on my way to autozone to have them check the battery for me and on my way over to them truck thre a…
ODI 10873330
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control
The vehicle first started having electrical troubles when we were traveling down the interstate. The door locks were cycling rapidly, the gauges were bouncing all over the dials, we lost power, the lights on the dash were flashing, and the transmission stopped working, and we were coasting - on an interstate. We pulled over and shut it off for a few moments, started it up and took off again, with no trouble. Got…
ODI 10871399
Electrical System · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
I was driving my 2009 chevrolet silverado one morning on my way to school(luckily i wasn't to far from home when the incident occurred) when the vehicle lost power and the dash showed the check engine light, service stabilititrak, and service traction control. When the incident occurred i was in the middle of the road when my vehicle began to decelerate and eventually was not able to go past 45 mph. I pulled over…
ODI 10655406
Electrical System
Tl* the contact owns 2009 chevrolet silverado 1500. The contact stated upon walking to the vehicle, the center high mount stop lamps illuminated independently. The contact attempted to start the engine and the vehicle failed to start. The contact then towed the vehicle to the dealer. The technician stated that the under hood fuse block had shorted out and two wiring connectors for the wiring harness had burned…
ODI 10630587