2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 · symptom sheet
Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard
- 108owner reports
- 59,000median miles
- $6,000median quote
- 0involved a crash
Newest report Jul 23, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
224 of the 837 complaints on this car are about the transmission and drivetrain. 108 of those describe transmission shudder. Only brake wear is reported more often on this car.
Narrower sheets: Transmission jerks, lurches or bangs into gear (60 reports)
Tick what matches of 108 reports
Transmission shudder on other Silverado 1500 years
Report counts are for each model year on its own, so a newer car has had less time to collect them. Model years with too few reports of it for a sheet: 2024, 2025, 2026.
What this problem usually is
This is the biggest drivetrain group on the site: a transmission that shudders, slips, hesitates or bangs into gear. It's the everyday version of transmission trouble, where the car still drives but doesn't drive right, and it has three narrower sheets of its own for jerking, hesitation and slipping.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the torque converter (15 reports) and the transmission (8 reports).
Recalls and investigations
No recall on the transmission and drivetrain covers the 2017 model year as of Oct 2, 2026.
What owners paid
6 of the 108 reports quote a price. Each dot is one quote. The middle half runs $5,200 to $6,500.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 27,000 and 82,000 miles, from the 69 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 30 service bulletins or notices for the 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 that deal with this problem. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
This service bulletin provides information on Transmission Adaptive Functions and Correcting Low Mileage Harsh Shifts, Slips, or Flares.
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have a delayed engagement into drive, shudder at a launch, or the transmission is slipping when shifting into 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th gears.
This service bulletin provides information on some vehicles that may rock or move slightly forward or rearward while in Park at start up after cold soak. This condition may be accompanied by a clunk noise.
This service bulletin provides information on Driveline Clunk Noise and what is acceptable and what is considered normal operation.
26 more on the 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 page.
What owners wrote
“Vehicle would not shift through gears while driving. Torque converter shudder. Dealer found excessive metal in trans pan. Had to replace transmission. Vehicle had 107, 000 miles. Almost $5700 to replace transmission.”
Filed Jul 23, 2026
“I have had shifting issues with the transmission since 2 months into having this vehicle I have been reporting it to the dealership who has told me consistently that jerking grinding and loud noises are totally normal then the recall came out for these specific issues in the 2017 Silverados though my VIN is not listed but I still haven't always have had the very same problems stated in the recall”
Filed Mar 29, 2026
“I have replaced my transmission about 8 months agoâ¦$5200 and 15k miles later the transmission shudder is back. This is a safety issue because of transmission failure in traffic. There needs to be accountability from GM to fix this ongoing problem.”
Filed Aug 18, 2023 · 15,000 miles
“Lifter failure in cylinder 1. It is a known issue 8 speed transmission shutter and hard shifts.”
Filed Jul 21, 2023
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 0 of 108 reports involved a crash. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Taking it to a shop? How to describe this problem so it gets found
Other problems on this car
- Brakes grind, pulse or wear early 222 reports
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 71 reports
- Check engine light or misfire 55 reports
- Infotainment, screen or backup camera fails 48 reports
- Transmission fails or needs replacement 43 reports
- Power steering cuts out or goes heavy 35 reports
- Airbag warning light or recall 35 reports