I Own a 2024 Chevy Silverado 1500 LT and Have Been Driving Chevys Half My Life, But the Issues I’ve Been Seeing Have Me Wondering What I Should Be Keeping an Eye On

I have had a new gm truck every 3 years on the average since I was 18 and now 51. And quality has went out the window. My current 24 zr2 Silverado has 50 thousand miles and I had to replace the radiator out of pocket. Out of warranty. Really only 50 thousand miles and only a year old. WTF. My wife’s 22 Yukon had the OnStar module go out at 40 thousand miles and same thing. No warranty over the 36. So sad you pay 80 thousand for a vehicle and can’t get 50 thousand miles out of it before you start paying for problems but still making a huge payment. Makes you really think about changing brands. GM just don’t care anymore and that’s sad. What happened to pride? Just produce junk and don’t care. People keep buying.

I bought a '22 Chevy Silverado LT with the 5.3 V8. New from stealership with 4 miles. I have put 50K on it already and have had no mechanical problems thank God. Routine oil changes and just got the transmission flushed. Only problem I've had is the dam infotainment black screen of death. Have a friend who also has a '22 Chevy Silverado LTZ with the 5.3 V8 but unfortunately he had to replace the lifters at 50K, dam AFM let's the limp lifters get too dry and get fried

I bought a 2023 Silverado 5.3, 10 speed transmission with 16 kilometers on it. At around 16,000 kilometers I have had all lifters replaced, bank 1 cylinder head replaced, transmission replaced, and I'm on my 3rd torque converter, and the truck still shudders when driving. The powertrain is howling now when driving on the highway. There is no lemon law where I live in British Columbia. I took GM Canada to arbitration and they offered me an extended warranty on the truck. Now they tell me I have to pay for them to diagnose the truck to find the issues. That is a joke! Their top technician agreed the truck shudders and howls at higher speeds. Looks like I will be going back to arbitration and have GM forced to repair the piece of shit they sold me! I have been a loyal GM guy for 30 years up until now! I will never buy another GM product EVER! I would highly recommend that anyone in the market for a new vehicle to stay away from GM as they have gone down hill big time with what they are producing and selling to the public!

My 2019 1500 High Country and 2020 LTZ models exhibited the same issue, necessitating the replacement of both vehicles with a 2023 Silverado 4-cylinder model.

It's pretty sad. We have been a Chevy/GMC family since I was a kid. My mom's truck has both side life failure under 20k miles on her 2021. My brother's 19 GMC has his lifter failure on one side, and transmission failure both within 70-80k miles. My uncle's 22 GMC transmission slipping at 60k. He bought the new 3.0 turbo diesel and at 8k miles 2 weeks who it broke down.. Dealer says they don't know what's wrong with it.. Been in the shop the whole time with no answers.

There's not a good GM motor currently for sale. Same goes with Ford and Dodge. Building garbage. The Toyota issue was manufacturing, not engineering so that's the way to go now. Nissan actually built a reliable Titan but no one bought it because everyone was too loyal to $60-80k pieces of crap.

Driving gm trucks since 1997 . Each one was built with less thought about quality. The solution was to keep driving under warranty. They still kept their value . Unfortunately l now have a 2018 LTZ which has 118,000 k . The new trucks (all brands) have issues. I’m forced by stupidity to keep my truck . On a clear day you can see generous motors 😧🫣

I will not buy a GM product until they stop mandatory OnStar weather you use it or not

Started with new avalanche in 03, great truck, a fairly hard 270km until done, no issues, moved on to Yukon, good for 200km, started parting out and always in shop, bought Colorado used with 90km, engine blew after only 6000km, dealer wouldn't help, carried deficit over to a new 2022 Silverado 2.4 8 speed, 4x4 didn't work and tranny slipped between 1 and 2, shudders occasionally on hills and never really shifted properly, 9 days in shop, took it to closest dealer at time, bad wiring harness, they riiged the bent contacts to get me on the road and ordered the parts, then wrong parts came in, after 5 trips took it back to dealer I purchased from with a full extended warranty, they refused to fix harness and want to charge a $167 diagnostic for every issue I brought up regarding tranny, Irefused to take back the truck until they fixed it and still they refuse. I'm dealing with it still, there are a couple at the dealer legit trying to help but all the new technology is making the brand unreliable, I feel my only option is to go to the 6.6 with 10 speed, I don't trust anything else, Chevy no longer cares if you get a bad truck from the factory and the service department policies feel like they are aiming to push you past to our warranty so they don't have to spend weeks trying to fix hard to diagnose issues in the overly complicated trucks. I always promoted Chev reliability but not anymore, I use an old 2015 f350 2wd gas with 270km, runs great, most issues easily diagnosed and fixed, I think I have to follow suit and stick with HD trucks, new light duty are too complex, unreliable and if it has to go to dealer, it's there for weeks because they aren't capable of dealing with the issues associated with the new technology, this is my experience and opinion.

It's not just GM. I believe it is industry wide. I have an 18 Fusion with It's second blown motor. Seeing as it was just out of warranty (by 2k miles), I had to foot the bill($6500). I have had it 3 yrs, & thanks to longer financing, am still upside down. Bought a 2003 vehicle. Why? Because it is rock solid dependable! They have done so much to make cars more efficient to the point of ragged edge of capability. If you "baby" them, it's good. If you try to use the ability of it, you may be holding a big bill for it. Give me an old school vehicle without all the newer BS on it. My opinion on GM is the AFM & DOD were badly implemented. My biggest question is what happened to the tie bars that kept the lifters from rotating in their bores(what usually happens in the mentioned motors)?

I own 2 2021 GMC vehicles. I am extremely concerned about their response to multiple 6.2L problems and transmission problems. I am old enough to remember GMC issues from the 70s and before and how miserable GMC made it for the affected consumers. Unwanted surprises from GMC are becoming much more frequent.

I'm so concerned about Silverados, that I'm hesitant to purchase a 2025. I had a 2023 Silverado 4 banger and had only one issue with the shuddering when I accelerated. Nevertheless, Gordon Chevrolet in Jacksonville finally fixed the problem after three times. They had to get in touch with engineer who built the engine to fix the issue. Everything was fixed under warranty even though I brought the truck from a dealership in Miami. After that the truck ran fine until I had to get rid of it because my health.

I have had gmc and Chevy trucks for 40 years. My 2021 chev 2500 had the tranny go out at 80:thousand. It's an 8 speed. I took it to a reputable transmission shop and he told me he does 2 Chevy tranny's a week. The problem with mine was a cheap torque converter that fell apart and destroyed the transmission. There is no warning. One day you put in drive and it's gone. The tranny guy redid the entire transmission and put in a billet torque converter and told me this truck will now go over 100k. I believe him since he knows what he is doing. It's a shame gm has decided to make junk. The 6.6 Gasser however is running great. Next truck will probably be a Tundra

My 2022 had a lifter failure with less than 12000 miles. The failure bent a push rod and parts were not readily available causing my truck to be at the dealership for almost two weeks.

I have a 2015 silverado crew cab. Has 155000 km now. At 100000 I heard bad things about AFM so now I put the shifter in M and shift to 5th gear. Next will be changinging from recommended 0W20 to 0W30 full synthetic on my next oil change

I have owned Chevy trucks my entire life.
I still own a 1972 C-10 which is undergoing a frame up restoration. a 1971 3/4 ton with a 454 engine and now a 2022 Silverado 1500. the 2022 has the 5.3 engine. I needed the long bed with the single cab because of driveway length verses use requirements. The only model I could find was the basic work truck. so far I haven't experienced any major problems at 37,000
Miles except that sometimes when going into reverse from park the transmission does not engage. I have to shift down to low and back to reverse to engage the transmission. my previous Chevy was a 2006 Silverado 1500 LT with the 5.3 engine.
That truck had 289,000 miles on it and was still running strong. I did have to replace the transmission at 100,000 miles. I would still be driving it if not for being hit by a person who ran a red light and totaled it.
The 2006 was one solid truck. Like many here, I worry about the future of the 2022.
it's very basic and it seems impossible to upgrade. the electronics package seems to be set in stone and not upgradeable. I would have liked XM radio and Navigation
and can't upgrade the system that came in the vehicle. the interior is very plastic and basic. I share the concerns that wire written about in this column. I was unaware of the 1500/2500 owners forum and would like to join.

Own a 2015 1500 with 100,000 and have been completely satisfied
No major issues other than new ball joints and new starter
Still looks like the day I bought it

Replaced engine in my 2009 Silverado at 140350 MLS, due to failure in activa management system ,#6 cylinder &cam failure. Cost me 8000.00 dollars

Have a 2016 Silverado at 100,000 miles pulling a bass boat transmission shells out 200 miles from home have to rent 2500 Ram to finish the fishing trip

Why do you think GM is building a new engine plant!

I have a 2024 Silverado 1500 5.3. At 130kilometres a sensor that sends fuel to the engine quit on me making my truck inoperable on a bridge! Got it towed to the dealership that fixed that day! But now I'm wondering what else could go wrong! New technology is not definitely better!

I have a 2024 Silverado 1500 5.3. At 130kilometres a sensor that sends fuel to the engine quit on me making my truck inoperable on a bridge! Got it towed to the dealership that fixed that day! But now I'm wondering what else could go wrong! New technology is not definitely better!

2011 GMC SIERRA 1500 Z71 4X4 with VORTEC V-8 5.3 LC9 with 155,250 miles Bought 4 years ago after my '93 GMC SIERRA 5.0 was totaled by a driver texting, had for 17 years, very good truck. This one is my 3 rd GMC. Recently the engine light stayed on for 6 days before I could get to my mechanic. LIFTERS FAILED on driver's side and oil pressure dropped to 0. Total cost $3,098, had to use the CC, I'm 76 on SS with disability, no savings, had to finance the truck for 4 years and just got it paid off in January. Wish I still had the '93, I will now be in debt for a long time. SHAME ON GMC! I tell people to be very wary of the GM V8 5.3 and 6.2 engines. At my age, unfortunately I'm stuck with this truck, but would rather have a early to mid 90,"s.

The manufacturer's engineers try to get as much power and fuel economy by any means pissible. The engines become unreliable which GM is now experiencing.

My 2024 Silverado 1500 Custom Trailboss lost all power while turn left at a busy intersection with a semi comming directly towards us, it has lost reverse five times, and two weekends ago lost all power and went into limp mode while trying to cross a two lane road causing both lanes to evade just to avoid from colliding into me. Since then, the Trailboss was towed to the dealer where I was informed it fell subject to a faulty piece within the transmission. I no longer trust any 2024-2025 1500 Silverado transmission. GM will not agree to a "buy back" because it does not meet the requirement for the same failure occuring three times. I will gladly avoid risking my life at the hand of a faulty transmission that could possibly jeopardize my or my family's life. Reluctantly, I am extending brand loyalty and now looking for a 6.6L 2500HD Trailboss to replace my 2024 Trailboss which only has 16,280 miles. I can easily side with those who are skeptical about the GM products have owned six Chevrolet vehicles dating back to 1992.

Chevy has had problems with the 5.3 engine since 2002 lifter problems

Love my 2022 Chevrolet Silverado,great running truck. I haven't had any problems thus far. Recently sold my 2005 Silverado with over 270000 miles on it. Looking forward to getting many more miles out of my 2022 Silverado. Built Chevy tough!!

I'm 75 years old and have driven mostly Chevys (26 new ones) and a handful of old ones along with several Dodge and Fords. I just traded a 2020 with a 3 liter diesel for a 2025 with the same drivetrain. I had a minor coolant leak on the 20 but was repaired at about 10k miles. The 25 no issus so far but only a month and 1000 miles. I have managed to avoid the 8 speed transmissions and the 6.2 engines and so very few issues. I feel secure with what I have .

Drove Chevys my whole life. Bought a brand new 2013 Chevy Tahoe with the 5.3 Then in 2017, I was driving down the interstate at 72 mph using cruise control (road was completely flat) and instantly got an engine-misfire which turned out to be the lifter problem that is common in about all these motors due to their active fuel management system. Job cost $5500. I traded in the Tahoe a month later on a Jeep. That engine only had 68,000 miles on it, and I never ever again in my life will get another Chevy V8. The thing that gets me is that they put this active fuel management system on these motors so that they can squeeze one more mile per gallon out of that motor! One whole mile per gallon!!

I have been driving mostly Chevrolet until about 20 years ago. My first GM product was a beautiful 1970 SS 396 Chevelle. That car took all the abuse a teenager could dish out. Never had real engine or transmission problems.
After high school and technical school training, I became a Pontiac Technician and then later an Oldsmobile and Cadillac Master tech for 20years, I saw first hand the poor quality creeping into the GM brands. So much so that I started buying German cars starting with VW and later BMW. Liking the technical innovation and quality I was promoted to a BMW Technical trainer for 16 years. Although, labor and parts intensive BMW vehicles are well made. I do currently own a 2016 Silverado with cylinder de-select with almost 80K miles, so far no problems engine or transmission related. To win my future business I am watching how GM handles the 6.2L engine debacle for poor quality. I still volunteer at a shop and have repaired a number or L84 5.3L engines for lifter and damaged camshaft. I hope GM can be transparent and give customers quality and bang for the buck once again!

I started out as a Ford guy, but as both a commercial/industrial contractor and horse breeder/competitor, 30 plus years ago I found that I actually needed a 1ton dually 4WD diesel…Ford let me down badly with two-in-a-row bad trucks, I switched to GMC (2008), and now have my second Chevy 2500HD (L5P) High Country 4WD (this one’s a 2021, neither of these chevy’s have been dually’s…didn’t need that protection any more). What an outstanding drivetrain, what an outstanding vehicle. No complaints (🤞).