Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / SILVERADO 1500 / 1999

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006071990 Incident Date: Jul, 17 2006
Consumer's City: SOUTH LYON Consumer's State: MI
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: SILVERADO 1500 Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 2GCEC19V7X1 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 18 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 06 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The vehicle is driven 1 hour at freeway speeds then when accelerating from a stop the 1-2 up shift slams into 2nd. the resulting hard upshift causes a forward uncontrolled lurch forward. this is particularly hazardous in rush hour stop and go traffic. correction is a known gm issue tsb 01-07-30-023a. but not available at manufacturers financial participation if out of basic warranty. the issue is a design defect in material selection and needs to be replaced across the board. the lurching upshift is not an if it will occur on a vehicle but a when will it occur symptom. research on the commonality of this defect can be researched through any search engine using the dtc p1870. *nm