NHTSA Complaint #10499219 — 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE

SO I WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT, EVERYTHING WAS COOL.. AND WHEN I STARTED TO ACCELERATE THE TRUCK ALMOST FELT LIKE WE GOT REAR-ENDED. THEN WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE IT FELT LIKE IT HAD SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL. DRIVE IS COMPLETELY DEAD, WHEN I PUT ITINTO DRIVE, I GET NOTHING. SO I PUT IT IN 1ST, AND IT WORKED, IT WENT INTO GEAR. THEN WHEN I STARTED TO ACCELERATE IT MADE THIS HORRIBLE SCRATCHING/GRINDING/WHINING SOUND. SO I CAN ACCELERATE SLOWLY AND SWITCH TO 2ND, SLOWLY, AND ACCELERATE SLOWLY AND SWITCH TO 3RD. 3RD FEELS GOOD WHEN I ACCELERATE BUT THEN IF I STEP ON IT, IT SLIPS OUT OF 3RD BACK TO THAT NEUTRAL FEELING. IF I TRY TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY IN 1ST AND 2ND I GET THAT HORRIBLE SOUND AND GRINDING FEEL.IT IS SO MANY PEOPLE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM OVER AND OVER. SOME SAY THE DEALER CHARGE THEM OVER $2800 PLUS TO REPAIR OTHERS SAY SOME DEALERS FIXED THE PART IN THE TRANS CALLED THE FORWARD SPRAG GEAR AND EVERYTHING WAS OK. ITS CRAZY THAT SO MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. 95 PERCENT OF THE TRUCKS DESPITE THE MILEAGE ( 30, 000 TO 93, 000) ON HER TRUCK DID THIS RIGHT AFTER THE WARRANTY WAS UP. MY TRUCK 07 WITH ONLY 62, XXX ON IT TRANS HAS NOW DONE THE SAME THING AS EVERYONE ELSE TRUCK. SOMEONE SHOULD FORCE GM TO RECALL THESE TRANSMISSION AND FIX THEM. WORD IS THEY USED THE SAME TRANSMISSION THAT'S IN MID SIZE CARS AND LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS AND IF SO EVERYBODY WILL HAVE ISSUES WITH A FULL SIZE TRUCK AND A LIGHT DUTY TRANSMISSION! *TR