2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 UNKNOWN OR OTHER
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ALWAYS HAD TRUCK GARAGED BUT NOW IN DRIVEWAY AND WHEN IT RAINS THE FLOOR FILLS WITH WATER
OUR AIR CONDITIONING CONDENSER WENT OUT AFTER ONLY OWNING THE VEHICLE 3.5 YEARS AND 70K MILES. WE BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW. IT IS COSTING US $1100 TO FIX.
CRACKED WELD IN AC CONDENSER. HAS HAPPENED TO NUMEROUS GM PICKUPS AND SUV'S IN THIS YEAR.
THE ACCORDIAN PIECE TO THE SUNROOF JAMMED AND TORE PREVENTING CLOSING
AC CONDENSER LEAKS
THE AIR CONDITIONING CONDENSER SUFFERED A CRACK AND LEAKED REFRIGERANT REQUIRING THE ENTIRE CONDENSER TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL. GM HAS OFFERED EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE ON THIS DEFECTIVE PART FOR OTHER MAKES AND MODELS WHICH USE THE EXACT SAME UNIT, HOWEVER, THEY HAVE REFUSED TO OFFER THE SAME COVERAGE TO SILVERADO OWNERS. A LACK OF A/C IN THE GULF COAST REGION RESULTS IN EXTREMELY HIGH INDOOR TEMPERATURES WHICH POSE HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS. ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS REQUIRE DRIVING WITH WINDOWS DOWN WHICH POSE SAFETY HAZARDS DUE TO REDUCED AWARENESS RESULTING FROM SUBSTANTIAL WIND NOISE WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.
70,000 MILES AND TRUCK NEEDS A CONDENSER. IT IS A KNOW PROBLEM AND CHEVROLET NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. IT IS A 1000.00 REPAIR.
APPARENTLY THE A/C COMPRESSOR ISSUE IS WELL KNOWN VIA GM YET IT IS NOT CLASSIFIED AS A RECALL. WE HAVE TWO CHILDREN UNDER 5 WHO HAVE TO ENDURE THE HEAT UNTIL WE FIND A PLACE THAT DOES NOT TRY TO ROB US ON SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING TO EVERY 2015 SILVERADO 1500. ON ANY OTHER BASIS THIS WOULD BE A RECALL, SO WHY IS IT NOT? AT THE LEAST, I FIGURED GM WOULD OFFER A DISCOUNTED SERVICE FOR REPLACEMENTS. THE PARTS FOR THE 2015 BODY WERE ALREADY RECYCLED PARTS SO WHY SUCH A STEEP PRICE.
I HAVE 60,000 MILES AND BOUGHT IT NEW AND TODAY MY AC GOES OUT HERE IS ANOTHER 1000 DOLLARS TO REPAIR THE CONDENSER I SEE THERE ARE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS YEAR WHAT CAN WE DO THIS IS SUCH A SHAME FOR THE CHEVROLET FAMILY WE PURCHASE APPX 10 A YEAR AND THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO MY BROTHER HAS A 2015 ALSO AND HAS REPLACED THE CONDENSER 2 TIMES ALREADY WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO STEP UP AND TAKE CARE OF THE CUSTOMERS!!?? NOT ONLY THAT BUT I CALLED YOUNG CHEVROLET AT 7:27AM AND SPOKE WITH THE PARTS/SERVICE DEPT AND THEY SAID TAKE IT ANYWHERE NOT THE CHEVY CORP OFFICE IS STATING NO AFTER I ALREADY STARTED THE REPAIR I CANT BE WITH OUT AC I HAVE BREATHING ISSUES AND THE HOT TEXAS HEAT DOESN'T HELP THEY REALLY NEED TO GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER!
A/C STOPPED COOLING. STILL BLOWING, BUT NOT COOLING. WAY TO NEW OF A TRUCK TO HAVE THIS ISSUE WITH 100 TEMPS COMING SOON.
I HAVEN'T USED THE A/C IN MY TRUCK SINCE LAST OCTOBER (2018) APPROXIMATELY. TWO WEEKS AGO WAS THE FIRST TIME I'VE TRIED TO USE MY A/C AND IT IS ONLY BLOWING HOT AIR, AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE. FROM WHAT I'VE RESEARCHED, THIS IS AN KNOWN PROBLEM WITH A LOT OF VEHICLES FROM GM FROM 2014-2017 AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT.THIS IS NOT OKAY, WHATSOEVER.
WHEN BACKING UP I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WAS EXTREMELY STIFF BARELY ABLE TO STOP.
AIR CONDITIONER NOT WORKING IS HAVE A LICKS
AIR CONDITIONING DOESN'T WORK. ADD REFRIGENT AND IT WORKS FOR A DAY OR TWO THEN STOPS AGAIN. NO SIGN OF A LEAK.
WHILE DRIVING AND TRAFFIC MY BRAKE PEDAL GETS SO HARD CANNOT STOP TRUCK
THE VEHICLE SHAKES WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. IT SHAKES ALL THE TIME ABOVE 50 MPH. HAS SHAKEN SINCE PURCHASED.
A/C FAILURE DUE TO CRACKS IN CONDENSER WELDMENTS. AC STARTS BLOWING WARM AIR, COMPRESSOR CYCLES CONTINUOUSLY, NOTICE THE ABSENCE OF THE COOLING FAN NOISE. ADDED ONE 12OZ CAN R134A, 1 OZ PAG OIL, BROUGHT LINE PRESSURES BACK> LS-40-45PSI/ HS>230-250PSI, VENT TEMP ON MAX-38 DEG. LASTS ABOUT A WEEK.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I'VE BEEN COMPLETELY SATISFIED WITH MY VEHICLE UP UNTIL RECENTLY. A LITTLE OF THREE YEARS AGO, I DECIDED TO GIVE UP MY DODGE AND SWITCH OVER TO CHEVY. I LIKED WHAT THEY HAD TO OFFER IN THE 2015 SILVERADO. LONG STORY SHORT, A FEW MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY, MY AC STOPPED BLOWING COLD AIR ALL OF A SUDDEN. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE TRUCK IN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT DIAGNOSED AND FOUND OUT THAT MY CONDENSER HAD A LEAK. I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS ODD DUE TO THE FACT THAT I BARELY DRIVE THE TRUCK, LITERALLY. IT ONLY HAS ABOUT 28,600MILES ON IT IN ABOUT 40 MONTHS. WITH THAT SAID, I PROCEEDED TO DO A LITTLE RESEARCH. MY FINDINGS WERE THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ALL TO COMMON ISSUE WITH THESE TRUCKS SINCE THE 2014 DESIGN. IS THERE ANYWAY TO GET SOMEONE WITHIN GM TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT IS OBVIOUSLY SOME TYPE OF FLAW OR DEFECT IN EQUIPMENT DUE TO POOR CRAFTSMANSHIP? YOU MAY SAY THAT I SHOULD'VE PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND ALL BUT I FEEL LIKE A COMPONENT SUCH AS A CONDENSER SHOULDN'T BE DEFECTIVE SO SOON EITHER, ESPECIALLY ON A LOW MILEAGE VEHICLE THAT'S BARELY OUT OF WARRANTY. EVEN IF GM ISN'T WILLING TO HELP ME, I'D BE HAPPY WITH THEM FIXING THE PROBLEM FOR FUTURE CONSUMERS SO THAT THEY DON'T BECOME A "VICTIM" LIKE I HAVE. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS HAS BEEN A BIG PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS AND SOME OTHERS BUT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF ANY RECALLS OR ANYTHING. WHILE SEARCHING ONLINE, I FOUND A "SPECIAL COVERAGE/PROGRAM" NUMBER (17336). IT WAS ALSO ALONG WITH NHTSA ID 10135138.
AT ABOUT 60,000 MILES I NOTICED MY AC NOT WORKING. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE VERY COSTLY TO FIX AND A COUPLE OF DEALERSHIPS NEAR ME WOULD NOT GET BACK TO ME ABOUT PRICE AND TO TO FIX IT, THEY TOLD ME ITS NOT UNDER ANY WARRANTY. THEY DID TELL ME IT WOULD TAKE 9 HOURS TO FIX-BOOK TIME AND THE PARTS WOULD BE AROUND $300+. SEEMS TOO EARLY FOR THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT TO STOP WORKING I NOTICE A SMELL INSIDE THE CAB AND IT WAS FROM THE EVAPORATOR COIL LEAKING. THIS HAPPENED IN MID SPRING AND JUST NOW WAS TOLD HOW TO SUBMIT A COMPLAINT. I HAVE NOT HAD IT REPAIRED YET DUE TO COST AND FINDING SOMEONE TO DO IT.
AFTER DRIVING AT REGULAR SPEEDS BRAKES WORK FINE. IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC FEEL LIKE NO BRAKE PEDAL, HAVE TO PRESS VERY HARD TRUCK 2 GET TRUCK TO STOP.
THE AIR CONDITIONING DOES NOT BLOW COLD. 2015 SILVERADO WITH 55K. DO NOT HEAR THE AC COMPRESSOR KICK IN WHEN AC BUTTON PUSHED. HISSING NOISE OVERHEARD WHEN IT DOES DECIDE TO WORK. INTERNET QUERIES LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH 2014, 2015 SILVERADO MODELS AND GM DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE.
TRANSMISSION IS CONTINUALLY HESITATING - WHEN COMING TO STOP AND THEN ACCELERATING AGAIN. IT IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT 3 TIMES
CONDENSER IS GOING OUT ON MY TRUCK.
I'M ADDING TO THE GROWING LIST OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE AC ISSUES WITH GM/CHEVY FULL-SIZED VEHICLES FROM 2014-2015. AS OF 5/3/2018, I HAD NOTICED MY AC ONLY BLOWING HOT AIR. TRIED AGAIN THE FOLLOWING DAY, SAME THING. ONLY BEING 2 YEARS OLD, I FOUND IT INCREDIBLY ODD THAT THE FREON WOULD BE GONE ALREADY. UPON DOING MY RESEARCH ABOUT THE PROBLEM, I DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A TREMENDOUSLY EGREGIOUS KNOWN ISSUE WITH GMC/CHEVY OWNERS AND A RECALL REGARDING THE PROBLEM HAS STILL NOT BEEN ISSUED TO CORRECT IT. GIVEN THE FACT MY VEHICLE HAS JUST FALLEN OUT WARRANTY AS WELL, IT'S INCREDIBLY INFURIATING THAT I'M NOW FORCED TO HAVE THESE REPAIRS COME OUT OF POCKET AND WAIT NEARLY A MONTH FOR THE PARTS TO COME IN. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY BY GMC/CHEVY BEFORE THE HOTTEST DAYS OF SUMMER ARRIVE.
MY 2015 SILVERADO WITH 59,000 HAD THE AC GO OUT. THE AC BLOWS WARM AIR WEHTER IT IS PARKED, DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY @ 65MPH. APPARENTLY THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF OTHER GM OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. THIS ISSUE IS ON SIERRAS, SILVERADOS, TAHOES, YUKONS, AND ESCALADES! IT IS A DEFECTIVE AND WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED ISSUE WITH THE AC CONDENSER/COMPRESSOR. IT COST OVER $1,000.00 TO FIX AND IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY WITH NO GM OR DEALER DISCOUNTS. THE ISSUE IS SO MAJOR THAT THE BACK ORDER FOR THE PART TAKES MONTHS AND THERE ARE OVER 18,000 UNITS ARE ON BACK ORDER! YES! 18,000 UNITS!
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The 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 has 85 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. 1 crashes have been reported. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.