Five problems related to transmission failure have been reported for the 1997 Chevrolet K1500. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Automatic transmission failed on my 1997 chevy K1500 pickup. Planetary sungear carrier broke. $2,000 to repair. This is a common failure for this model and design of transmission.
Vehicle never been in a crash, never pulled a load, no tow hith on it, was driving down the highway, heard a weird vibration sound when it happenned, there are other reports of this year transmission failing around 50,000 miles. There is no reason that a transmission should fail on a truck that is not used for heavy use and when chevy says they are built like a rock, as long as you keep it for 36,000 miles when the factory warranty is up?I have the old part, I purchased th vehicle at 41,000 miles, low milleage as far as I am concerned, the gear sheared off , under normal driving conditions and I think it is a faulty part that the manufacturer is making and when replacing it with the same part it is just going to happen again. Totally senseless ! obviously there is a problem with this main gear assembly and something needs to be done about it. I have never had a problem with a transmission before and they should certainly last longer than 50,000 miles and g. M. Chevrolet should do something to resolve the problem and stand behind their advertising!!!.
Transmission failed.
The transmission failed. Yh.
I have had numerous problems with my Chevrolet truck. At 31,000, miles the rear leaf springs went bad. At 41,000 miles the brake master cylender and pittman arm and idler arm assemblies needed to be replaced. Being that it was over the warranty period, I did not take it to a cheverolet dealer incurring the cost myself. At 49,000 miles the rear u joint needed repair. At this point, I started to believe that there was more to this problem with the truck as these parts do not usually need repair at such low milage. To top it off, at 51,000 the transmission has failed.