1996 Chevrolet Silverado transmission problems
17 complaints about transmission have been filed for the 1996 Chevrolet Silverado, which is 7% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 17 7% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 1 fire.
What owners wrote
While driving transmission exploded, resulting in a vehicle fire. Manufacturer has been notified. When explosion occured there was a bad smell of transmission fluid. After pulling over the vehicle, heavy smoke poured out from under the hood, and the vehicle burnt completely.
Transmission started slipping and stopped shifting into 3rd gear at 50,000 miles. Was rebuilt at trans service shop. Cause was lack of ground wire between control module and transmission causing erratic fluid pressures. I paid the $1470.00 repair bill. TSB described the defect, I was not notified. This was preventable from chevy's perspective.
Other problems reported for the 1996 Chevrolet Silverado
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 74 complaints
- Brakes 32 complaints
- Seats 17 complaints