Chevrolet EXPRESS transmission problems
49 complaint narratives mention transmission terms.
Key facts
629 owner complaints analyzed
72 distinct recall campaigns
48,000 mi median reported failure mileage
Scope: 1995 to 2026 model years. Data snapshot: . 337 complaints include usable failure mileage.
Transmission and shifting evidence
49 of 629 complaints match this topic (7.8%). The keyword filter can include complaints that mention a transmission without reporting its failure. View matching rules.
Owner report 10003069 · 2003-01-20 (January 20, 2003)
WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO FLORIDA WHEN WE STARTED SMELLING SOMETHING. WE PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF THE IGNITION. WE OPENED THE HOOD AT THAT TIME NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER NEATH THE DRIVERS SIDE. WE BARELY HAD ENOUGH TIME TO GET OUT BEFORE IT WAS TOTALLY ENGULFED WITH FLAMES. AT THE TIME WE WERE TOWING AN ENCLOSED TRAILER WITH A 2003 HONDA GOLDWING. NOTHING PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENCE GAVE US ANY CLUE THAT THE VAN WAS ON FIRE. WE LOST ALL OUR POSSESSIONS IN THE VAN AND TRAILER. IT WAS ALL 100% DESTROYED. UNKNOWN CAUSE. WE HAD …
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Owner report 10095028 · 2004-10-04 (October 4, 2004)
WHILE SHIFTING TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED ON ITS OWN. A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
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Owner report 10137203 · 2005-09-21 (September 21, 2005)
DT: WHILE DRIVING SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH PANEL. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CHEVROLET DEALER, WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WHICH SHOWED THAT TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. THE DEALER NOTED THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO CHECK THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. DUE TO THE COLOR OF THE FLUID IT WAS DETERMINED A NEW TRANSMISSION WOULD BE NEEDED. THE DEALER REFERRED THE CONSUMER TO OTHER INDEPENDENT SHOPS, AND THEY TOO CONFIRMED WHAT THE DEALER SAID. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE HOME AND PARKED IT. NO CORRECTIONS OR REPAIRS WER…
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Owner report 10150952 · 2006-02-22 (February 22, 2006)
THE TRANSMISSION HAD AN OVERHEATING PROBLEM THAT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SWITCH TO "SAFE" MODE. SAFE MODE COMPENSATED THE TRANSMISSION HEAT PROBLEM BY HARD SHIFTING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALTY REPAIR SHOP WHERE I LEARNED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE DESIGN OF THE TRANSMISSION. IT WAS THE OPINION OF THE REPAIR SHOP THAT GM KNEW OF THE PROBLEM BUT WOULD NOT ISSUE A RECALL BECAUSE THE ISSUE WAS NOT LIFE THREATENING. COST OF MODIFICATION WAS $1,600.*JB
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Owner report 723260 · 2000-05-27 (May 27, 2000)
TRANSMISSION HAS HARD SHIFT FROM FIRST TO SECOND. SETS OFF S E S LIGHT. TOOK TO JERRY BROWN CHEVROLET IN BUFFORD GA, THE TRANSMISSION MAN THERE TEST DROVE MY VAN WITH ME, HE HOOKED A TEST UNIT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON SAID SOMETHING CALLED STAOR? BUSHINGS AND /OR VALVE BODY, SAID HE SEES THIS ALOT IN THE 1997 AND 1998 MODELS. MY QUESTION IS IF GM KNEW ABOUT IT WHY ARE THEY NOT LETTING OWNERS KNOW AND FIXING THEM. *AK
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