Two problems related to speed sensor have been reported for the 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 based on all problems reported for the 2007 Silverado 1500.
My truck will randomly turn off traction control and stability trac and it causes it to shift hard and spin out and it damages my transmission and transfer case I had the transmission rebuilt once allready and new transfer case control module and it still does it my truck smells like burning wires and it's saying my truck overheats when it's not many many pepole have this problem and the chevy dealerships only say they fixed it and it always comes back no matter what they do it has serious ground issues and I would love to have it resolved everything is shorting out my radio my seats my door switches and window switches brake lights and the transmission too I've had it rebuilt and the speed sensor on transmission replaced 3 times I have like no good ground in the harness and this truck is really costing me a lot of money I put it to u this way when the traction control and stability trac doesn't go off everything works fine and when it does go off everything shorts out it will do it on and off driveing sitting anything one night I turn it off with no problem I crank it up in then morning and everything messes up please help to get me and everyone else who has this problem fixed and the guy that I bought it from said at 100000 miles he had this problem and he took it to the shop and has never had the issues solved only temporarily and it always comes back.
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that when driving approximately 40 to 50 mph and releasing his foot from the accelerator, the vehicle would suddenly accelerate. The contact mentioned that after a few minutes the vehicle would eventually slow back down to normal speeds of 30 to 35 mph. The vehicle was taken to three different dealers. The technician diagnosed that the throttle body, hbac control module, punch valve and canister, electronic control module and speed sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. After having each repair done the failure recurred. The manufacturer was contacted and they advised him that the vehicle was acting as it should. The failure mileage was approximately 20,000 and the current mileage was approximately 66,000. Updated 12/06/lj updated 12/6/2012.