Two problems related to automatic transmission have been reported for the 1997 Chevrolet K1500. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Transmission began shifting very hard(jerking) from first to second gears and from second to third gear. When this occured the check enging light came on. Dealership told me theyiwould have to rebuild or replace the transmission. I had it replace at a cost of $2000. 00 out of my pocket. I showed the dealership my maintenance records to verify the truck had been taken care of and asked for assistance and they refused. I contacted gm customer service and I was told by them "we help only those people who have their vehicles regular service done at dealerships". Meaning that since I did not have my oil changed at the dealership at a cost of approx $30. 00 a pop verses half that cost for myself they refuse to help me. The purchase cost of $28,000. 00 obvisously not enogh for gm. How "stupid" is this? look at the complaints on "the complaint station". Gm needs to recall & reinburse us. How do we know the replacement tranny(same as original equipment) won't fail again. Can't afford $2k every 61k miles.
Truck was taken in many times to complain about transmission problems. Only once out of first 3 times did they find the problem. Transmission was replaced with a remanufactured transmission. On or about July 22 of 1998. Now as vehilce is approaching 60,000 mile we are experiancing the same exact problem as we had first encountered with clunking and rough shifting.