Three problems related to transmission gear slipping have been reported for the 2005 Chevrolet Silverado. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The transmission slips upon acceleration. The transmission will slip when crossing an intersection, making the vehicle volurnable to be hit. The rpm's rise while the vehicle is in drive and the vehicle comes to an almost stand still. This has happened a few times but no accident occered. The vehicle's transmission slipped while crossing a 4 lane divided highway with traffic flowing at 65mph. No accident occered and the transmission engaged before an accident could occered. Gm has been contacted many times with no response to fixing the problem. Gm wants to duplicate the problem before fixing, and telling me no service can be done at this time. Gm wants me to drive the vehicle even though they are aware of this safety hazzard and putting me and my family at risk on the highways.
In Feb. 2005, bought a new chevy. Silverado hd truck. 6 days later while 90 miles from home, transmission burned out of truck. Unable to go faster than 35 mph, smoke rolling out of rear. Transmission slipping while this going on. Parked near a gas station to call roadside assistance, absolutely no help what-so-ever. This was at 6:30pm and they couldn't locate a tow truck. 11 days later I got my truck returned with a new transmission(gm refused to give me a new one).
Truck bounces. Gm replaced with same results. Replaced with aftermarket monroe gas magnums which helped some. Suspension is still weak. Transmission slips while driving. Informed dealer who said transmission guy was not in that day. Will contact the dealer again.