2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 · symptom sheet
Transmission fails or needs replacement
- 37owner reports
- 65,000median miles
- $9,400median quote
- 1involved a crash
Newest report Sep 19, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
328 of the 1,085 complaints on this car are about the transmission and drivetrain. 37 of those describe transmission failure.
Tick what matches of 37 reports
Transmission failure 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: 2014, 2015, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
What this problem usually is
This is the end of the road for a transmission: the car stops moving under its own power, or a shop says the unit has to be replaced or rebuilt. Half of the owners here mention a warning light or message, and a quarter mention it happening again or to a second unit.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the transmission (37 reports) and the valve body (4 reports).
Recalls and investigations
One recall on the transmission and drivetrain covers the 2019 model year. A recall on the same system isn't always the same failure, so read the defect text.
One of the driveshaft joints may not have been properly welded, causing the driveshaft to separate while the vehicle is moving.
What owners paid
5 of the 37 reports quote a price. Each dot is one quote. The middle half runs $4,500 to $12,000.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 43,000 and 90,000 miles, from the 24 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 3 service bulletins or notices for the 2019 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 Preliminary information communicates Diagnostic aids for a no start or DTC'S following a transmission replacement
This Preliminary information communicates to the dealer technician to replace the transmission valve body on 2019-2021 10 speed transmissions to correct DTCs P2812 and P2814 setting if Service Information does not lead to root case of these DTCs.
This technical bulletin provides a procedure to replace the transmission shifter control if found the cause of the condition.
What owners wrote
“Torque converter failure led to transmission failure in 6 speed transmission. Engine lifter failure.”
Filed Aug 23, 2026
“Transmission, chunks, shutters, took in to gm dealership and they could not find issue 30,000 miles, continued same problem 71,000 miles now needs Transmission replaced.”
Filed Feb 6, 2025 · 30,000 miles
“8L90 Transmission failed. The transmission was inspected by a chevrolet Technician at a Chevrolet dealership and found to be defective, thus rendering the vehicle not drivable. There was an engine light that indicated a TCM problem. The vehicle is currently in the mechanic shop at the Chevrolet Dealership awaiting a new transmission.”
Filed Dec 4, 2024
“vehicle experiences a vibration or 'shudder' when accelerating and when maintaining a constant speed. The shudder is coming from the transmission. There could be a safety concern should the transmission fail during operation. The dealer has confirmed the problem and performed a fluid flush. However, the problem remains. No warning lights.”
Filed Aug 26, 2023
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 1 of 37 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 Paid for this repair before a recall covered it? How recall reimbursement works
Other problems on this car
- Brakes grind, pulse or wear early 192 reports
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 155 reports
- Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard 153 reports
- Engine failure, knocking or rod bearing 134 reports
- Check engine light or misfire 120 reports
- Infotainment, screen or backup camera fails 111 reports
- Power steering cuts out or goes heavy 51 reports
- Traction control or StabiliTrak light comes on 51 reports
- Engine leaks oil 39 reports
- Engine rattles or ticks 35 reports
- Burns oil or oil level rises 31 reports
- Battery dies or the car will not start 28 reports
- Multiple warning lights come on at once 27 reports