“I’m Done Defending Them”: Why This 2026 Chevy Silverado Owner Says Ford’s Recall Disaster Is “The Only Reason I’m Still Driving a GM”

Deciding between Ford and Chevrolet must be a little bit like deciding if you'd rather get smashed in the head with a board or a pipe. Either choice is going to leave you unconscious and in pain...or dead.

Even Ford's recalled trucks outperform a Chevy.

Our 2024 Duramax 3.0 with 22500 km, transmission failed to reverse and went into limp mode. After 16 days the truck has been repaired with a new spacer plate and replaced undersized check balls, not happy!

This seems a little silly. You have a very complicated and extremely expensive piece of equipment. As potential issues are discovered, the company fixes them. You’re mad because they’re fixing too many issues? Rarely are these things “rush in today!” They can wait months, or longer, to be fixed. Most of Ford’s issues have even been software updates. Get them done during your first few oil changes. Ford gives you those first few oil changes for free. They pick you or your car up with concierge service. My dealer even washes mine before bringing it back to me.

I’m not aware of Chevy doing any of those things. And don’t forget Chevy taking the bailout money and zeroing retiree pensions fifteen years ago. Ford didn’t.

I'll take a backup camera failure over a 5.3L or 6.2L with its guts spilled all over the road!

GM has a lot of safety issues they somehow are able to push into a CSP. This sounds urgent and similar to Ford's Escape fuel injector recall. There are many of these that are worse than most of Ford's recalls.

Customer Satisfaction Program
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Dear General Motors Customer:
We have learned that your GM vehicle may have possible fuel leak at one of the four fuel injectors in the fuel rail
assembly.

Your satisfaction with your vehicle is very important to us, so we are announcing a program to prevent this condition or,
if it has occurred, to fix it.

What We Will Do: Your GM dealer will replace all four fuel injectors. This service will be performed for you at no
charge until February 28, 2027. After that, any applicable warranty will apply.

What You Should Do: To limit any possible inconvenience, we recommend that you contact your dealer as soon as
possible to schedule an appointment for this repair. By scheduling an appointment, your dealer can ensure that the
necessary parts will be available on your scheduled appointment date.

Stop using AI to generate your photos.

Why are people still buying vastly inferior American made junk vehicles? At this point I just don't have any sympathy for them.

I own and drive both GM and Ford products, I professionally work on both, and I'm here to tell you that the animosity towards Ford is misplaced. First of all, recalls are not generally a good way to measure a vehicles quality for a few reasons. 1. Not all recalls are mandatory. While the NHTSA can force a recalls, manufacturers can voluntarily recall vehicles without waiting to be told to. Ford frequently does this. 2. GM over uses Technical Service Bulletins and Special Coverages in place of voluntary recalls. While they can work in functions similar to a recall, they don't require notification for vehicles owners like recalls do, and a lot of owners don't know about it until they have a problem, and it frequently results in the vehicle ending up at the dealership after any coverage has expired, resulting in the customer having to pay out of pocket. 3. GM straight up ignores issues, which has resulted in more class action lawsuits than any other manufacturer in the world.

There's a lot of factors when it comes to decided what vehicle to purchase, and customers should definitely do their research, but don't rely on the rantings and ravings of rabid fan boys prevent you from purchasing a specific brand. In my experience, people who religiously support specific brands know the least about cars and are not reliable sources for information.

My 2019 F150 had “camshaft position sensor” failure well before 100k miles. Took it in for regular service at the dealership. When I had major issues at 120k It was explained to me that the “rattle “ noise at start up is the first signs of the problem. I was not told I had a problem when it was under warranty. That rattle started a years prior and had multiple services at the dealership and they never told me when they knew and it was well known to them that this was an issue. I made my last payment on a truck I haven’t driven in 16 months because I don’t have 5k to fix it.

Having recently sold my new truck. And then sold the 10 year old truck after that. I am back to a 25 year old Ford f250 with a 7.3.. why? Reliability. Why spend 60k plus for a rolling disaster that will not last, and probably fail when I need it most. When a 25 year old oil burner with just keep going day after day. Because I need a truck. Not a over engineered poorly designed pavement princess. None of the modern vehicles are worth the price. To complex. Way to many points of failure. They all need to go back to there roots and realize that people want rigs to last, and be reliable.

The number of recalls is not that important. Annoying, yes, if something like backup cam glitches.

But wiped crank bearings and wiped cams are a whole 'nuther level.

I stated my GM career in the late 70's and retired after the Bankruptcy in 2009. At that time, after spending 30 years, the last 10 years as a Manager, with experience in Prod Mfg, Indust Eng, Manuf Engr, Product Engr, the incompetence of leadership, from Rick W. on down had convinced me GM was unable to help itself regardless of who was in charge. They were focused too much on short term gains to recognize how their leadership policies negatively affected product design and quality. Mary was part of the same old school coming out of Mfg, but they still haven't fixed the culture.

I feel for you. I never owned a truck before but when i first saw the new 2014 Silverado models, I wanted one. I bought a 4door crewcab z71 for $53k and after 1 year i needed a new radiator. Since then it has been nothing but a money pit with issue after issue yet i still drive it because i had paid it off after 2 years. My wife still drives her very first vehicle, 2007 tacoma, and we've never had 1 issue with it so I'm getting her a new vehicle so i can drive the tacoma instead, just sad.

I feel for you. I never owned a truck before but when i first saw the new 2014 Silverado models, I wanted one. I bought a 4door crewcab z71 for $53k and after 1 year i needed a new radiator. Since then it has been nothing but a money pit with issue after issue yet i still drive it because i had paid it off after 2 years. My wife still drives her very first vehicle, 2007 tacoma, and we've never had 1 issue with it so I'm getting her a new vehicle so i can drive the tacoma instead, just sad.

Ford and Chevy are trash I am buying Toyota for all the plastic stuff they are saving money but they are junk

I currently drive a 2017 Chevy Silverado LTZ, 6.2 liter. When I purchased the vehicle new, later down the road it started shifting hard and shudder at 40 mph. There was no recall available but a bulletin saying to flush the transmission and fill with full synthetic. I had this done and my problems went away.

We have a 2020 Chevrolet Colorado. Right off at 2000 miles we had the transmission shudder. Fluids were changed. At 30,000 miles we have a new torque converter, cost us $3800.00 We traded in a 2006 GMC 2500HD, I want it back!

I've owned & driven Chevy trucks for over 30 yrs, & staying somewhat connected to the "reliability forum" throughout. And I've learned what works & what hasn't. I got almost 300,000 mi out of my '72 K5, 250,000+ mi on my '97 Tahoe, and now 165,000+ on my 2006 Silverado Ext. Can.
I'm guessing within the next 5-6 yrs, I'll be looking for another truck. And I feel
"pinned to the dartboard".
It's absolutely pathetic what the
"abuse of technology"has done. I can only describe it as foolish & greedy micromanagement by Chevy. Way too many conditions set for efficient operation. Oh, and your electric solenoid control for 4WD,? Who do I kick in the face ? WAKE UP ! It's NOT dependable ! They're trying to make vehicles that a
12 yr old can drive. Is thinking now optional ? Arrgh, done with it !

I just paid $8300 to replace lifters on the drivers side plus a leaky radiator plus connecting rods on my Silverado 1500 with 58900 miles. Still have transmission issues. Very frustrated! I've been a loyal GM owner of multiple GM vehicles for over 40 years. I really feel betrayed by GM.

I bought my Nissan Titan in 2008. Knock on wood, it still runs great with almost no major repairs

I'll be up front. I own 3 ford trucks. Yes there have been a bunch of recalls, most of them don't affect the specific trucks that I own. The few that have, were related to the infotainment system having issues with the backup camera, and the tailgate possibly opening unexpectedly. Neither of these issues happened in my trucks, the infotainment system "recall" was applied OTA so my truck didn't have to leave my driveway, but Ford was easy to schedule a recall appointment via the app that shows me recalls that would apply to my truck, and got any recall work done quickly. Obviously, I don't own any other American brand truck, but I would guess that they are probably all at a very similar level of reliability, and the number of recalls could indicate a problem, or could just show that Ford is being proactive to ensure that when they find a possible problem, they take care of it before it happens. At the end of the day, drive what ya like, like what ya drive.

I gave up on Ford & GM half tons. I bought a Nissan Titan even though it's being discontinued. V8, air aspirated (no boosters) and no recalls. 36K miles and not a single problem. I tow 8000 pounds so I follow the severe maintenance schedules. Sure, it has foot parking brake, column drive selector, and not the most newest buzzers and whistles, but that was not in my decision making. I wanted simple.

Consumers need to demand protection from these vehicle manufacturers with both civil & criminal penalties. Top executives should be held responsible for these unreliable vehicles. Apparently quality control no longer exists. There was a day when vehicle manufacturers tested their cars and it was unthinkable to allow them to reach dealers lots for sale until all the bugs were worked out. Such no longer seem to be the case. Shame on GM and Ford! Quickly shoving untested or unproven new technology into production is just plain sloppy. These manufacturers should be legally required to meet a quality control score each year. Each recall should cost them points and low scores should result in steep fines and forced corrective action. Executive board members & the CEO should be subject to jail time if recalls, defects, or bad designs manifest themselves repeatedly and salaries should be docked for poor quality scores. There simply is no excuse. Period.

Buyers demanding all the bells and whistles did it to themselves. Got to have the infotainment center screen, electric seat and steering wheel warmers, power tailgate and running boards. 10 speed electric transmissions... My 2021 RAM Bighorn gets the same highway MPG that my 2007 Explorer got. 23 MPG highway with a Ford 4L 6 or the new 3.6L Pentastar. The RAM has had more electrical issues in 3 years than the Ford had in the 14 years and 145k miles. Original engine and transmission, just the salt ate it.

I least a 2024 Silverado Trail Boss. I don't have 20k on it yet. If the transmission thing feels like you're constantly running over rumble straps then I do believe that I have that transmission problem already. I only drive about 20 miles round trip to work and back. The dealership always tells me when I need a tire rotation that I have to clean the wheels so that everything stays in balance. They know I live on a dirt road and I have to keep the wheels clean on a pickup that's for off-road, come on give me a break. I've bought or leased Chevrolet pickups since the late 70s, at least back then you could actually work on them yourself. I don't even attempt it now. Seems like everything has got a sensor or something on it. But they all do. I really wish GM would get back to the basics and build a truck that is reliable like they used to. But what can you expect when every time the union contract talks are going on the employee's always want more money, more vacation, and less hours in a week. And they all do a crappy job. I think personally they all should take a big hit from the share holders all the way down to even the janitor. If their going to put a $70,000 dollar sticker on any automobile it should dam well be worth it. They could fire everyone and start all over and to hell with these dam union's!

Your advice is to document everything. My advice is to never buy any vehicle from an American car company. Decades and decades of arrogance and customers willing to up with shoddy quality have brought us to this. If you must have a truck then get a Toyota.

Chevy guy talking trash while his Chevy will be having engine and/or transmission issues soon and often.

I hate to say it, but from the people I know have owned Chevy and Ford trucks they're far from being reliable. You think for their high price tag you be getting quality, but they're just junk. 20,000 to 40,000 miles with multiple blown engines and transmissions, it's embarrassing.

These brands needs to go back to basics and simplicity. More parts and more sensors = more failure points. Why is this so hard to understand? Not everything needs a computer on it.
-unhappy Ram owner here