Any Sliverado 1/2 ton owners 2012 thru 2019 ?

[luberhill]

So I have a 2017 with 41k miles , my tranny seems to be having issues when going into lockup .

I have a friend that owns a tranny shop and is very good.

I talked to him and told

him my issue .. he said “if it wasn’t for. Heavy we would be out of business”

He said they see three to four a week.

Issue is the torque converter springs are weak and let lose and chew up the tranny and send metal through the whole thing .

He said they wave seen them from 24k miles on up to 100k or more .

He said if we catch it before it’s a replacement TC , the new ones don’t have the springs because they are not needed .. cost 1500

If it blows then it’s like 5 k rebuild ..

Have any of you that own one seen issues ?

[First-light]

I'm a Chevy owner. Have a 2007 Tahoe tranny has 330 k on it all fine. My latest is a 2021 1500 with 40k on it. It surely does some things when shifting into and out of 4wd but other than that ok for now. 

[Four Seasons]

I have a 2019 lifted with 37’s and just at 30 grand with no issues yet knock on wood but my nephew has a 17 and he has an issue when he puts his in 4 wheel auto but I’m not sure that’s not an actuator problem more then a tranny issue. Change out your filters and tranny fluid and see what things look like there. There has been issues with the 1500’s in the tranny dept. 

[SportsmanNH]

18 hours ago, luberhill said:

So I have a 2017 with 41k miles , my tranny seems to be having issues when going into lockup .

I have a friend that owns a tranny shop and is very good.

I talked to him and told

him my issue .. he said “if it wasn’t for. Heavy we would be out of business”

He said they see three to four a week.

Issue is the torque converter springs are weak and let lose and chew up the tranny and send metal through the whole thing .

He said they wave seen them from 24k miles on up to 100k or more .

He said if we catch it before it’s a replacement TC , the new ones don’t have the springs because they are not needed .. cost 1500

If it blows then it’s like 5 k rebuild ..

Have any of you that own one seen issues ?

Your friend is telling you a 1/2 truth .  There isn't problems with all the 1500 transmissions . In 2016 Chevy changed over some of the transmissions in the higher end 1500 like the LTZ and the High Country models from a 6 speed to an 8 speed transmission . The 8 speed is the one thats having issues . not the 6 speed . In 2017 -2019 they put the 8 speed in all the higher end 1500's . I think now they are all 10 speed transmissions.  I have a 2016 LT1  Dual Cab  6 speed with 52,000 miles and no issues. 

" What is the 2016 Chevy Silverado 1500 transmission lawsuit?

 

The class action lawsuit claims the its 8L45E and 8L90 eight-speed automatic transmissions in thirteen different GM vehicle models produced between 2015 and March 1^st, 2019 are defective.Mar 23, 2023 "

 

I had a 2005 Chevy 1500 Z71 that I bought new . I had to replace the tranny in 2017 with 173,000 miles on it . There is a tranny place here that is top notch called TRANSMEDIC . They replaced my tranny with a rebuilt for $2100 and it was good as new. I used that truck as my work and hunting truck. Didn't want to scratch up my newer truck on the logging roads in Maine LOL . I sold that truck in 2022 for $2500 with 231,000 miles on it A friend of mine just had his tranny replaced on his 2018 Chevy 1500 LTZ . It had 145,000 miles on it . Same place TRANSMEDIC for $2650 .  Your buddy doesn't have a AAMCO shop does he ?  They are  Ripoff artists !  I dealt with them on my sons car when he was in college . The car had 140K on it .They quoted him $5,600 to rebuild the tranny on a 2001 Toyota Rav back in 2009 . I told them they were nuts ! I had the car towed to my guy for $250 . They rebuilt it for $2000 like brand new . So good that the car was past down to my daughter next , and then my youngest son who finally crashed it with 237,000 on it . Of all places , some $80,000 BMW crashed into him in a MacDonalds  parking lot  in the winter when he was sitting in the Drive-Thru line  LOL

Edited January 26 by SportsmanNH

[First-light]

My truck 2021 is 10 speed. 

[luberhill]

2 hours ago, SportsmanNH said:

Your friend is telling you a 1/2 truth .  There isn't problems with all the 1500 transmissions . In 2016 Chevy changed over some of the transmissions in the higher end 1500 like the LTZ and the High Country models from a 6 speed to an 8 speed transmission . The 8 speed is the one thats having issues . not the 6 speed . In 2017 -2019 they put the 8 speed in all the higher end 1500's . I think now they are all 10 speed transmissions.  I have a 2016 LT1  Dual Cab  6 speed with 52,000 miles and no issues. 

" What is the 2016 Chevy Silverado 1500 transmission lawsuit?

 

The class action lawsuit claims the its 8L45E and 8L90 eight-speed automatic transmissions in thirteen different GM vehicle models produced between 2015 and March 1^st, 2019 are defective.Mar 23, 2023 "

 

I had a 2005 Chevy 1500 Z71 that I bought new . I had to replace the tranny in 2017 with 173,000 miles on it . There is a tranny place here that is top notch called TRANSMEDIC . They replaced my tranny with a rebuilt for $2100 and it was good as new. I used that truck as my work and hunting truck. Didn't want to scratch up my newer truck on the logging roads in Maine LOL . I sold that truck in 2022 for $2500 with 231,000 miles on it A friend of mine just had his tranny replaced on his 2018 Chevy 1500 LTZ . It had 145,000 miles on it . Same place TRANSMEDIC for $2650 .  Your buddy doesn't have a AAMCO shop does he ?  They are  Ripoff artists !  I dealt with them on my sons car when he was in college . The car had 140K on it .They quoted him $5,600 to rebuild the tranny on a 2001 Toyota Rav back in 2009 . I told them they were nuts ! I had the car towed to my guy for $250 . They rebuilt it for $2000 like brand new . So good that the car was past down to my daughter next , and then my youngest son who finally crashed it with 237,000 on it . Of all places , some $80,000 BMW crashed into him in a MacDonalds  parking lot  in the winter when he was sitting in the Drive-Thru line  LOL

No it’s both , and it’s the springs in the TC , I’ve talked to three different shops , all said the same

Terrys 

Speedy

Bracys 

im also on several gm forums and it’s both the 8 and 6 speeds

All kinds of miles but most seem around 70k

I did the thermostat delete a couple years ago..but that doesn’t help the springs breaking ,

the new replacement TCs don’t have springs .

they now find they are not needed

im at 41k

Edited January 26 by luberhill

[SportsmanNH]

4 hours ago, luberhill said:

No it’s both , and it’s the springs in the TC , I’ve talked to three different shops , all said the same

Terrys 

Speedy

Bracys 

im also on several gm forums and it’s both the 8 and 6 speeds

All kinds of miles but most seem around 70k

I did the thermostat delete a couple years ago..but that doesn’t help the springs breaking ,

the new replacement TCs don’t have springs .

they now find they are not needed

im at 41k

Believe what you want to believe and who to believe . Sure , if 20 trucks come in , and 19 of them have an 8 speed , and  1 is a 6 speed , I guess you can say that they have replaced both .

I called my guy at Transmedic this morning and even he said that 85 percent of the ones he is replacing are the 8 speed transmissions in Chevy 1500's . The other 15 percent are 6 speed that either had normal wear and  that reached over 165,000 miles or newer ones with less miles that were abused . Once in a great while one would come in with under 100,000 miles that was no good for some mystery reason unknown . But he said thats a freak incident. Certainly nothing even remotely close to average 70K miles. There is always a lemon out there in the millions of Chevy trucks sold. That doesn't mean the lemon is the norm.   Every article I read points to the 8 speed is by leaps and bounds the problem baby. So far I haven't seen much about the 10 speed good or bad. But I guess no news is better that bad news

[luberhill]

48 minutes ago, SportsmanNH said:

Believe what you want to believe and who to believe . Sure , if 20 trucks come in , and 19 of them have an 8 speed , and  1 is a 6 speed , I guess you can say that they have replaced both .

I called my guy at Transmedic this morning and even he said that 85 percent of the ones he is replacing are the 8 speed transmissions in Chevy 1500's . The other 15 percent are 6 speed that either had normal wear and  that reached over 165,000 miles or newer ones with less miles that were abused . Once in a great while one would come in with under 100,000 miles that was no good for some mystery reason unknown . But he said thats a freak incident. Certainly nothing even remotely close to average 70K miles. There is always a lemon out there in the millions of Chevy trucks sold. That doesn't mean the lemon is the norm.   Every article I read points to the 8 speed is by leaps and bounds the problem baby. So far I haven't seen much about the 10 speed good or bad. But I guess no news is better that bad news

That’s fine , I believe the three largest tranny experts near me , I also know several who own the same truck as me and have had the TC convertor failure .

Pretty sure the guys that are in the business may know just a little more than the internet guy

And if your Transmedic isn’t telling you the real issue with the TCs or perhaps he doesn’t even know … I suggest he educates himself because it’s a well know issue with the springs breaking and running metal thru the tranny pump and valve body ..

Let’s face it , they are both garbage TCs , replace now or gamble ..

Give a call to any or all of the three I listed ..

They have done thousands , avg 4 a week ! Both 6 and 8 

So yup , these are the guys I’m gonna believe , none have any reason to lie and the one shop is a personal friend of mine I’ve know 30 yrs !

 What’s the name of your friends shop ?

Have a great day 

Edited January 26 by luberhill