I bought a remanufactured transmission from Monster Transmission in part because it was remanufactured and because of their warranty. Within 2 months and plus or minus 2000 miles the Monster Trans. slipped into "Limp" mode. Called the folks at Monster as the trans. was covered by warranty. I was advised that I needed to remove the transmission (or have a mechanic do it) crate it and ship it from PA to Florida all at my expense. They would "fix" the transmission crate it and ship it back to me at my expense. Then I would put the transmission in or have a shop install. If this didn't fix the problem then rinse and repeat. The expense of Monster's warranty far exceeded the cost of a boneyard trans. and install. Over $3100 for trans. $600 for install, $1600 for boneyard trans. $800 to remove Monster Trans. and installed used. Monster's free warranty cost me $2000 and if you add the junk trans over $5000. So far at 107,700 miles no problems.

WE BOUGHT THIS TRUCK USED WE WERE THE SECOND OWNERS...WE PAID OVER 14000 FOR THIS TRUCK AND EXPECTED BETTER...WE ONLY HAD IT 4TO 5 MONTHS AND IT STARTED HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS...WE REPLACED THE ENCODER MOTOR, WIRING HARNESS,TRANSFER CASE CONTROL MODULE...AFTER SPENDING OVER 2000 DOLLARS ON IT, IT STILL WAS NOT FIXED....JUMPED OUT OF GEAR GOING DOWN THE ROAD, LOCKED IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE FOREVER,LOCKED IN DRIVE, THEN HAD NO REVERSE. NOW HAS NO DRIVE AT ALL...TOOK TO TRANSMISSION SHOP AND PUT ON COMPUTER AND WAS TOLD WE HAD TO HAVE A WHOLE NEW TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE ANOTHER 2000 DOLLARS...DON'T BUY A CHEVY SILVERADO THESE TRUCKS ARE LEMONS AND CHEVEROLET GMC KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND WILL NOT MAKE IT RIGHT...THESE SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED...THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM CAN CAUSE WRECKS AND DEATHS WHEN THEY JUMP OUT OF GEAR GOING DOWN THE ROAD....THEY KNOW IT WAS CAUSED BY A FAULTY WIRING HARNESS THAT COULD GET WET BY JUST GOING THRU A CAR WASH OR SIMPLY SPLASHING IN A MUD PUDDLE...THEY KNEW THIS AND DID NOT LET THE PUBLIC KNOW OR OFFER TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES...HUMAN SAFETY SHOULD BE THEIR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY NOT WORRYING ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD COST THEM TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES....THE TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST STATED HE HAD ALOT OF THESE TRUCKS WITH THIS PROBLEM..EVIDENTLTY THIS WAS ON TRUCKS FROM 2003-2007 AND GMC/CHEVEROLET KNEW AND DID NOTHING...EVEN TRIED TO KEEP IT HID THRU THEIR CHEVEROLET DEALERSHIPS BY REPLACING THE FAULTY WIRING HARNESSES WHEN CUSTOMERS BROUGHT THEM IN AND STATED TO THEIR MECHANICES NOT TO LET THE CUSTOMER KNOW ABOUT THE FAULTY WIRING HARNESS....THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED AND LAWSUITS NEEDS TO BE FILED AGAINST CHEVEROLET AND GMC FOR PUTTING THE PUBLIC AND HUMAN LIVES AT RISK FOR LEAVING THESE VEHICLES ON THE ROAD KNOWING THAT THEY WERE BAD AND COULD CAUSE ACCIDENTS.......HOPE TO SEE LAWSUITS AND RECALLS SOON.....A VERY UNHAPPY CHEVEROLET SILVERADO OWNER....AND NOW I AM STUCK WITH THIS PIECE OF SH*T TRUCK BECAUSE I AM A MIDDLE CLASS WORKER THAT CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE! RICKEY CAMPBELL SOMERSET KY

I bought my Silverado brand new in 2006. Since owning it my thermostat failed twice, my airbag light comes on and off starting at 36,000 miles, my fan resistor relay burned up causing the fan/air-conditioner & heat not to work , I replaced, then a year later they recalled it for this problem. My catalytic converters went out requiring the entire exhaust to be replaced, fortunately covered under emissions warranty, my horn works off and on for the last couple of years and then Friday driving to the bank in rush hour I heard a loud crunch and realized when I kept giving the truck gas, I wasn't going anywhere. I lost overdrive and 3rd gear, luckily 1st and 2nd still work but the damage is done and now the transmission needs to be rebuilt and the dealer wants $2700.00 to replace it. The truck only has 80,000 miles.

The other transmission shops I spoke with say they see this problem all the time. I have complained to GM about this and have yet to hear from them. I am done with GM!

Hello -

I am a Chevy Hybrid owner, and I am trying to get in contact with other 2006 Chevy Silverado hybrid owners. THIS IS NOT A SCAM!!! Please, get in contact with me if you are having trouble with your hybrid Silverado and want to be part of a lawsuit against GM/CHEVY.

In short I have had my transmission replaced times and the third time my vehicle almost caught on fire.

Now I would like for owners to get in contact with me if their vehicle:

1. Has had the transmission changed multiple times. 2. Had the transmission changed with low mileage. 3. Had leaking radiator fluid into the transmission. 4. Vehicle almost caught on fire. 5. Vehicle did catch on fire because of laking oil.

My contact information is olaria01@comcat.net. I will contact you ASAP. Again THIS IS NOT A SCAM and I would like for anyone with a silverado hybrid to get in contact with me from any part of the country.

I have a '06 silverado hybrid and i tow a 24' travel trailer 5 times a year and a small utility trailer seldomly which both are under the weight set by the dealer, heading to the store without towing anything for the last 1000 miles slowly accelerating from a stop the transmission made a loud clunk and getting to 55mph later that day transmission hot showed up on the instrument panel, dealer jerked me around for a week due to them having to wait for an adjuster to see if it was bad enough to pull out of the truck, (mind you it was redlining in 3rd and 4th gear before shifting. i had to wait a total of 3 1/2 weeks of going back and forth until they finally decided to give me a brand new transmission.

I was pulling out of a gas station and all the sudden the transmission dropped. No warning, no nothing. All I had left was reverse and first gear. First gear had a horrible squealing noise and it had to be towed to the shop. It was pulling f*cking teeth to get them to give me a loaner. GM told me to go through Enterprise Rental Car and I am currently waiting on reimbursement. On the plus side, GM corporate gave me a 200 dollar certificate for any future work on my truck. F*cking piece of sh*t dropped with 30,000 miles. Guess what? I got the truck back, still slips like a bitch in 3rd gear.

Everyone in my family drives GM/Chevrolet Trucks. My first truck was a 1990 Chevrolet Silverado, which I drove 202000 miles before having to rebuild the transmission. At this point, 202000 miles, I decided it would be in my best interest to trade in and get a brand new Chevy. I ended up getting a brand new Silverado with 10 miles on it. At first it seemed like a beautiful truck, drove very nice, run beautifully, then the problems started after only 10K miles. Had to take back to the dealer for problems with the brakes and rotors. They said they fixed everything and it was good for maybe another 1000 miles, then back again to the dealer. I had more brake and rotor problems, and some airbag module needed replaced. So far my new investment has been nothing but headaches, but the best is yet to come. When my truck reached 35K miles I took it in to have everything checked out before the 36K Warranty run out. Well they said everything was fine don't worry. BS!!! Now that my truck has reached 61K miles the transmission completely failed! No reverse, no drive, just grinding and slipping. Now im expected to pay to have this fixed and GM wants nothing to do with me. I've done everything my trucks ever needed! I treated it like my baby, no towing, no spinnin the tires, no revving the engine, nothing! My 1990 Chevy needed nothing for 200K miles except a new alternator and new battery, and at 202K it needed a new transmission. I will never buy another new GM/Chevy product again, they have turned me away. They just dont make them like they use to! Now they want u fixing stuff every 10K it seems like. And for the transmission to completely fail at 61K thats F`ing BS.