Four problems related to automatic transmission torque converter have been reported for the 2017 Chevrolet Silverado. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Transmission shifts hard into gear when slowing down and extremely hard when towing 2,000lb empty trailer, currently at dealership to have new torque converter and pump installed. Dealership stated no metal shavings in transmission they believe. When accelerating engine rpms increase while vehicle speed decreases. Stereo constantly disconnects from wifi when streaming music. Wifi will continue to work for other devices. Voice commands work 80%ish of the time.
The steering wheel vibrates at around 65 mph. It feels like you are rolling over rumble strips. The dealership balanced the tires, but the vibration continues. Researching the issue indicates it may be a problem with the torque converter.
The transmission on this truck has not been right from the beginning. When starting in the morning it will do one of three things: surges and transmission skips, hesitate and then race or jump ahead, or chunk and thunk like it really doesn't want to go to work and shifts hard when it does. I keep asking when gm will take care of this problem and I keep getting the run around. I have brought it in 3x, have had diagnostics run, transmission flushed and of course it has not helped. I am now bringing it back to chevy dealer and now they say I have to do the next step according to gm which is put in a new torque converter. I bought a beautiful truck that runs like crap and I am very frustrated.
8 speed transmission clunks when shifting into 2 gear and at times feels like you got rear ended. When it down shifts into the lower gears it's also clunks and is not smooth. This is happening when going at slow speeds and is worse after a cold start . The vehicle shifts fine at hwy speeds. I have already brought it to the dealership twice and problem is still there. Talking to other people with gm 8 speed transmission and they are having the same issue. 8 speed transmission needs recall. Possibly torque converter.