Automatic Transmission problems of the 1998 Chevrolet K1500

One problem related to automatic transmission has been reported for the 1998 Chevrolet K1500. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Automatic Transmission problem

Failure Date: 11/13/2002

Reaction sunshell or sun gear shell had a clean break while being driven in traffic which interacted the reverse mode of the automatic transmission. The truck had to be towed in and the failure took several days before repaired. Gm has sent information to the dealership about this which the consumer was able to obtain a copy from the service manual. Please describe details. Ts.


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