NHTSA Complaint #11254878 — 2017 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN

WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY ON THE HIGHWAY THERE APPEARED TO BE A HARD SHIFT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR AND WHEN SECOND GEAR DID KICK IN, THERE WAS A SUDDEN JERK. ALREADY HAVING MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY, THAT MORNING A WHIRLING SOUND APPEARED EACH TIME THE ACCELERATION PEDAL WAS PRESSED. WHEN WE GOT THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTIC AND IT CAME BACK CLEAR. I ALSO PAY FOR ON STAR, AND THEY PROVIDE ME WITH REGULAR DIAGNOSTIC REPORTS, WHICH NEVER INDICATED A PROBLEM AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. THE VEHICLE APPEARED FINE ON PAPER BUT WITH A TEST RUN, THE DEALERSHIP WAS ABLE TO SEE THE PROBLEM AND TOLD US WE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. A MECHANIC TOOK OUR OLD TRANSMISSION APART AND SAID THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND WHEN IT WENT UP IT SENT SHRAPNEL INTO THE PUMPS AND DESTROYED THE TRANSMISSION. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CERTAIN GM TRUCKS