2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Electrical System Problems
- 30
- 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 30 stored complaint records:
- 0 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 2 indicate fire
What owners report
- steering wheel · 5 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 14 |
| 1–30k mi | 10 |
| 60–100k mi | 2 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electrical System
Started by vehicle with remote start. Rear window defrost was on. I did hear some crackling noise by the window, but after getting things around forgot about it. 20 minutes or so into my drive i started to smell something hot/electrical. Noticed the rear defrost was still on so i shut that off too see if that was causing the hot smell. Moments later the section of rear window on the drivers side exploded with a loud…
ODI 11300503
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Steering
Erratic steering and slow speed?s jerky car dies ground problem
ODI 11299665
Electrical System
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving at low speeds, the vehicle stalled and the warning indicator illuminated for the driver to open and close the driver's side window. In addition, the trailer brake indicator illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing and repairs. The manufacturer was not notified of the failures. The contact…
ODI 11296857
Electrical System
When driving vehicle it losses all power, engine, brakes, steering, no dash lights, no controls and shuts off no control of vehicle at all, very unsafe! Vehicle was in motion & turning on highway. This has happened several times but keeps getting worse each time and would not restart. Happened today 11/29/2019 i let vehicle sit for around 1hr after 1hr past vehicle started like normal. But safety issue need resolved!
ODI 11282917
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Steering
The truck will yank the steering wheel back and forth, multiple electrical errors will occur and the engine sometimes dies while the truck is moving at slow speeds and turning. A stabilitrack error shows on the dash. This happens almost daily.this truck is accident free and appears in excellent condition.
ODI 11235199
Electrical System
The ebcm with bpmv according to the chevrolet dealership is what caused my brakes to lock up and run all the roters and brake pads.they will not cover the cost of this unit, vehical was in motion on a city street
ODI 11232098
Electrical System · Engine · Steering
Car stalls and restarts when driving and turning. Car won't turn or go. Have almost wrecked multiple times. Says something about stabilitrak
ODI 11229796
Electrical System · Steering
While turning onto a road, i turned the steering wheel approximately 20% and suddenly the steering wheel kicked back hard nearly breaking my wrist. Once i pulled off i was able to repeat the process several times in either direction, i have video of this issue. When it kicked back, i would lose all electrical power to dash instrumentation and also upon power coming back on, i would get stabilitrak errors and the…
ODI 11204214
Electrical System
While driving at a slow speed, approximately 10 mph preparing to come to a stop on a little used street, the vehicle instantly died. There was no power and no warning at all. All electrical power was gone and the engine was completely off. The instrumentation panel completely lost all power at the same time the engine turned off completely. I turned the ignition off, placed it in park, turned the ignition on and had…
ODI 11186763
Electrical System · Unknown Or Other
The radio fail to provide audio warning when the key has been left in the ignition and the door is open-door when the driver does not fasten their seat belt ,driver is at greater risk of injury in a crash. Driver can't hear when the turn signal and radio when dead .
ODI 11192783
Electrical System · Unknown Or Other
There was a hissing sound and smoke in the area of the rear power sliding window, i had read about this concern online and was able to shut my rear defroster off before it blew out the back window but not everyone is that lucky. Gm has a bulletin about a small water leak in the same area but does not acknowledge that it is related to the rear window shattering. The water leaks in directly onto the power components…
ODI 11183141
Electrical System
Horn will not sound when depressing steering wheel horn button. The horn will sound when using key fob to lock the doors. This happens when the vehicle is moving and at a stop.
ODI 11203166
Electrical System · Engine · Steering
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving slow speeds, the steering wheel violently jerked and the vehicle shook and lost power. Also, the electronic stability control indicator illuminated. The "parking assist off" and "roll down the side windows" messages were also displayed. The vehicle was taken to knudtsen chevrolet (1900 e polston ave, post falls, id 83854, [redacted]), but they were…
ODI 11191822
Electrical System · Engine
I made a turn at an intersection going 0mph to 10mph (low speed) and the engine shut down. Luckily i had a enough momentum to clear the intersection and not get t-boned. I was able to put the vehicle into neutral and start it again to drive off. No dash lights came on and i still had power steering indicating the key was still in the on position. I believe this is not an uncommon problem as there are at least 2…
ODI 11152809
Electrical System
Happened 2x (3/15/18 & 10/31/18) in motion @ 70mph on highway the instrument cluster reset. Gauges dropped to 0, pegged out at top, then began reading properly, similar to the vehicle starting. All other screens went black and reset themselves. No warning lights came on. This is similar to nhtsa document 2014-03896 on 2014 gm silverados, but appears to be different root cause. My vehicle had a phone plugged in and…
ODI 11144845
Electrical System · Steering
Makiing a turn the steering locked and engine died 2 times and yesterday while diving on the freeway at 70 miles per hour it died and managed to pull off the road. First time we allmost got hit by an other car . Im very, very concern . Truck has 19k miles
ODI 11084927
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Steering
The stabilitrak has been going off at random times, several times in a row. Twice, over the span of two days, the stabilitrak has gone off while in motion, pulling into a parking spot on dry ground. It has also gone off about 4 times back-to-back while at slow speeds on an on ramp. The main display has also been randomly shutting off (screen goes black) without warning or obvious reason.
ODI 11075118
Electrical System · Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet silverado 1500. A neighbor alerted the contact that the vehicle was on fire. Upon inspection, the contact noticed flames. The fire department was called and extinguished the fire. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was not towed. A determination of whether the vehicle was destroyed was not determined. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was notified and advised…
Fire reported
ODI 11056127
Electrical System
I've had nothing but issues with this truck from day 1 drove off the lot with 3 miles. 5000 miles power inverter shorts out. Then the windshield washer motor. My 18 month old was in the the vehicle with me smokes up the interior with electrical smoke. A month after shorted out fuel injector. Radio works when it wants to. Have video to back up. Gm flies out some engineers to look at truck instead of looking at the…
ODI 11047309
Electrical System · Service Brakes · Visibility/Wiper
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving 45 mph, the vehicle began to hesitate when the brake pedal was depressed. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to st clair chevrolet buick gmc (located at [redacted], china township, mi 48054, [redacted]), but they were unable to duplicate the failure. The failure continued. The contact had both rearview mirrors and…
ODI 11278531
Electrical System
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet silverado 1500. The contact stated that there was an internal electrical failure that was progressing. Two dealers were contacted: brad deery auto group [redacted], located at 112 n 2nd st, maquoketa, ia 52060) and an unknown dealer were unable to determine the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not included in nhtsa campaign number: 16v084000 (electrical system). The contact…
Fire reported
ODI 11140651
Electrical System · Steering · Unknown Or Other
Ongoing safety issue...vehicle looses power, steering, braking, all other devices inactive, driving safety of occupants and others relevant when driver has no control due to defect. Chevy mechanics believe might be steering system such as ignition and locking elements, due to grinding noise before vehicle looses power and other parts lock up, chevy techs thought might be race and pinion, might be electrical, might…
ODI 10967554
Electrical System · Service Brakes · Steering
Upon accelerating after traffic light, power fails, steering locks following grinding clanking sound in steering column. Also occurs same symptoms in attempt to move gear shift to park position. More frequent doing this procedure. Key moves by itself to originally input position in process of locking steering. This defect occurred eight times within five days, requiring towing, and being stranded. Vehicle delivered…
ODI 10967484
Electrical System
All forms of sound on the vehicle stops, for example the radio shuts off, turning signals work but no sound, door sounds, seatbelt alarm etc. None of these sounds work. This happens on random occasions while driving and sometimes it fixes itself on other occasions the vehicle has to be turned of or the battery reset. Supposedly it was already resolved when taken to the dealer but the issue still continues.
ODI 11138869
Electrical System · Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving 5 mph and making turns, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to paradise chevrolet cadillac ([redacted], temecula, ca 9259 [redacted]) five times for the failure, but the cause of the failure could not be diagnosed or duplicated. The contact stated that the last time the failure occurred, she informed the dealer that the…
ODI 11012079