NHTSA Complaint #10346650 — 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500

THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING OVER SEVERAL MONTHS, IT IS AS FOLLOWS: THE DOOR LOCKS ACTIVATE TO THE ON POSITION THEN RELOCK. FOLLOWING THAT, ALL ELECTRONICS SHUT OFF, THE VEHICLE LURCHES, THEN EVERYTHING COMES BACK ON AND YOU CONTINUE ON THE WAY. IT IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT BECAUSE ALL LIGHTING GOES OFF AND YOU ARE LEFT IN THE DARKNESS WHILE DRIVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO THE CHEVROLET DEALER AN SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND THE REASON FOR THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER'S SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE AND AGREED PROVIDE ME A VEHICLE, HOWEVER THAT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO. I HAVE HAD TO PURCHASE ANOTHER VEHICLE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT FOR FEAR OF INJURING MYSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE DURING ONE OF THE EPISODES. THE VEHICLE IS A 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO CREW CAB WITH 4 YEARS REMAINING ON THE WARRANTY. THE EPISODES OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING AND AT DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES, IT MAY HAPPEN THREE OR FOUR WITHIN AN HOUR OR GO FOR A DAY OR TWO WITHOUT HAPPENING. EACH TIME IT IS A SURPRISE ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE TRAVELING 70 MILES AN HOUR AND AT NIGHT. *TR