NHTSA Complaint #10955213 — 2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM issue reported to NHTSA

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Crash

Complaint Details

ODI Number 10955213
Vehicle 2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500
Component ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Date of Incident
Date Filed
Mileage 12,000 miles
Crash Yes
Fire No
Injuries 0
Deaths 0
Vehicle Towed No
State GA

Consumer Description

I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK 14 MONTHS AGO AND WAS TALKED INTO A GPS SYSTEM. THE DOCUMENTATION STATED IT WAS THE LATEST AND GREATEST AND UP TO DATE. IT WAS BOTHERSOME THAT THE SYSTEM COULD NOT KNOW ABOUT MY 7 YEAR OLD SUBDIVISION AND LARGE INTERSECTION SUCH AS THE NEW I 65 INTERCHANGE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF INDY. THEN I PULLED A TRAILER TO TEXAS AND WAS ALMOST KILLED IN A HEAD ON BECAUSE THE GPS SYSTEM IN MY NEW TRUCK THINKS ALL FRONTAGE ROADS IN TX ARE 2 WAY WHEN MOST ARE ONE WAY IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE TRAVEL LANES FOR THE INTERSTATE. IT WAS ABOUT 10 PM AND RAINING. I WAS DIRECTED TO EXIT THE FREEWAY AND CROSS UNDER AND TURN RIGHT AND GO 1 MILE TO MY DESTINATION. I MADE THE TURN AND WAS UP TO ABOUT 50 MPH WHEN AN 18 WHEELER CAME DOWN THE EXIT RAMP HEADED STRAIGHT FOR ME. WE BOTH HAD TO MAKE SOME WILD MANEUVERS TO AVOID THE COLLISION. I ENDED UP HAVING TO REPLACE THE TRUCK BED FROM DAMAGE ON TH SIDE FROM A SEMI JACKKNIFE. I CONTACTED CHEVY AND SPENT MANY CALLS WITH THEIR ENTERTAINMENT DEPT TO TRY AND FIX THIS ISSUE. CHEVY REFUSES TO FIX THIS ISSUE AND WANTS ME TO BUY AN UPDATE. I WON'T DO THAT AS IT WOULD ERASE THE ORIGINAL SOFTWARE AND I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROVE WHAT HAPPENED. IF YOU HAVE ANY WRONG WAY HEAD ONS IN TX IN A GM PRODUCT IS WAS MOST LIKELY THE GPS THAT CAUSED THE WRECK. I'M FRUSTRATED THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE NO INTEREST IN THIS PROBLEM. LUCKILY THE GPS IN MY PHONE WORKS FINE AND I CAN GET TO MY DESTINATIONS SAFELY FOR ALMOST FREE INSTEAD OF THE $850.00 CHEVY SYSTEM THAT HAS TRIED TO KILL ME TWICE BEFORE I STOPPED USING IT. I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL CHEVY MECHANICS AND THEY HAVE ALSO SEEN THE PROBLEM IN BOTH CUSTOMER CARS AND WHEN THEY HAVE RENTED A GM PRODUCT. DATE IS A GUESS AS IT HAS BEEN AWHILE, NOTE: I DELIVER RV'S AND KEEP LOGBOOKS AND CAN GET THE EXACT DATE IF NEEDED. HD LONG BED CREW CAB 4X4 SINGLEHTTPS://WWW-ODI.NHTSA.DOT.GOV/VEHIC TIRE PU

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