NHTSA Complaint #11073576 — 2010 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500

MY HUSBAND AND I WERE DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH DOWN A STEEP HILL, TOWING A UTILITY TRAILER, ON SR87 IN THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THE DOOR LOCKS CLICKED AND THE ENGINE TURNED COMPLETELY OFF WITH NO WARNING. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. MY HUSBAND PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AS IT ACCELERATED DOWN A CLIFF AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART IT WITH NO LUCK. THERE WERE NO CARS IMMEDIATELY AROUND US SO WE WERE ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP ON A STEEP INCLINE. WHEN WE GOT OUT TO CHECK IT, THERE WAS OIL ALL OVER THE WHEEL WELLS AND STILL NO WARNING LIGHTS HAD COME ON. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD US THE TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY BLOWN ON OUR 6 YEAR OLD TRUCK. THERE WAS ZERO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THIS WOULD HAPPEN AS WELL AS TO WHY WE HAD NO WARNING PRIOR TO THE ENGINE SHUTTING OFF. WE WERE TOLD TO PAY BETTER ATTENTION TO THE TEMP. EVEN THOUGH IT DID NOT OVERHEAT. CHEVY OFFERED NO RELIEF OR HELP. WE WERE QUOTED A PRICE ABOUT $2000 LESS FOR THE INITIAL TRANSMISSION REPAIR THAN IT WOULD HAVE COST SO WE TOOK IT TO A NON-DEALERSHIP SHOP TO REPAIR. THIS WEEKEND, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON OUT OF NOWHERE INDICATING LOSS OF POWER AND THE STABILITRACK WARNING CAME ON EVEN THOUGHT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED BY A DEALERSHIP ON A TSB ABOUT A YEAR PRIOR TO THE TRANSMISSION GOING OUT. THE CODE IT THREW THIS TIME WAS P0305 AND WE WERE ON VERY LIMITED POWER DRIVING BACK HOME FROM A ROAD TRIP. COULD NOT GO MORE THAN 40 MPH UPHILL. EXTREMELY CONCERNED FOR OUR SAFETY SINCE THE VEHICLE CAN TURN OFF WITH NO WARNING. ALSO, THE MONEY SPENT IS RIDICULOUS.