NHTSA Complaint #11398910 — 2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500

THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES ON A 2014 CHEVY SILVERADO I BOUGHT APR 2020. THE FIRST TIME WAS SEP 2020 AND DIAGNOSIS FROM THE MECHANIC SHOWED NOTHING FOUND. ONLY SHOWED ERROR CODE THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMPUTER WAS LOST. CODE WAS CLEARED AND IT DID NOT DO IT AGAIN UNTIL 2 MAR 2021. UPON INITIAL IGNITION, THE MESSAGE WINDOW READ "ACTION NEEDED. ROLL DRIVER WINDOW DOWN AND BACK UP, I DID THIS AND THEN IT WENT AWAY. AFTER DRIVING ON A FLAT, PAVED, DRY ROAD AT ABOUT 35 MPH. FOR NO APPARENT REASON, MY TRUCK DISPLAYED A MESSAGE THAT SAID "STABILITY CONTROL", THE ENGINE REVED, RPMS SHOT UP TO 5K AND INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FLICKER SEVERAL TIMES, RADIO TURNED OFF AND THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL. A SHORT TIME LATER AT A LIGHT AND THE MESSAGE APPEARED AGAIN, THE RADIO AND CLUSTER COMPLETELY SHUT OFF AND THEN THE TRUCK SUDDENLY DIED. I PUT IT IN PARK, AND IT RESTARTED IMMEDIATELY, ONLY TO DO IT AGAIN (STARTED AGAIN AS WELL). THE FIRST TWO TIMES THIS HAPPENED, THE TRUCK CAME BACK ON WITHOUT ISSUE AND I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL OVER INTO A PARKING LOT. IT HAPPENED AGAIN WITHIN MINUTES OF THE SECOND TIME AND I HAD JUST PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT. THIS TIME, THE TRUCK COMPLETELY DIED (NO ELECTRICITY, NO ABILITY TO USE BLINKERS, HAZARDS, NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES ECT. COMPLETE OUTAGE. AFTER 10 MINUTES OF IT NOT COMING ON OR STARTING, I CALLED AAA TO TOW IT AND WHILE ON THE PHONE (APPROX 30 MINUTES, IT CAME BACK TO LIFE ON ITS OWN (RADIO, INSTRUMENT PANEL CAME ON) AND IT STARTED. I TRIED TO DRIVE IT HOME, AND AT ONE LIGHT, IT DIED AGAIN BUT RESTARTED AND I WAS ABLE TO GET IT HOME TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. I AM WRITING THIS BECAUSE OF THE DOZENS OF CASES OF THE SAME ISSUES (SOME OF WHICH VEHICLES DIED WHILE AT DRIVING SPEEDS) WITH SIMILAR YEAR AND MODEL GM VEHICLES ON FORUMS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE WHICH DOES NOT HAVE A SOLUTION BY GM AND NEEDS TO BE DOCUMENTED.