NHTSA Complaint #10449642 — 2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500

VEHICLE STABILITRACK AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON. ENGINE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN THE VEHICLE ONTO A HIGHWAY ACCELERATION RAMP, THE CAR STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND THE ENGINE DIED. COULD NOT UNLOCK THE POWER STEERING. I WAS TOWING A HORSE TRAILER WELL WITHIN THE GROSS WEIGHT FOR THE VEHICLE. I HAD A HORSE IN THE TRAILER AT THE TIME. I ALSO HAD CHILDREN IN THE CAR. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, I WAS ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE AND PULL INTO A SAFER AREA. I WAS NOT ABLE TO TOW THE TRAILER HOME BUT I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE HOME. THE CAR HESITATED AND CHUGGED ALONG SURGING INTO EACH GEAR. WHILE AT A STOP THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND THE ENGINE SPUTTERED. I HAD TO PUT THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL AND PUT MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR SO THE CAR ENGINE WOULD NOT DIE. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SURGE EACH TIME I STEPPED ON THE GAS. LIMITED TURNING RADIUS ON THE VEHICLE AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE A SHARP TURN WITHOUT A GRINDING NOISE. *TR