Used 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Z71 LTZ Crew Cab Review
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Loved it at first....growing concerned
autoindustry1, Milwaukee, WI, 01/24/2014
2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Z71 LTZ 4dr Crew Cab 5.8 ft. SB (5.3L 8cyl 6A)
I loved this truck at first.
Great ride, fuel economy and interior comfort/features.
I'm starting to have several issues of major concern.
My truck starts very hard in cold weather.
Several revolutions of the engine before it'll fire up.
Getting worse.
I also have a distinct coolant smell coming from the truck after it's gotten warm.
There is a vibration I've noticed at freeway speeds in … the drivetrain that's starting to drive me nuts.
I also have to bring the truck into the dealer for 2 recalls.
My windshield has cracked and I don't believe it's anything that I've done.
GM spec'd the glass too thin to save weight???
The truck is a bit jerky to drive through various speeds.
Not
25,000 mile review
Stephen, Gastonia, NC, 11/11/2015
2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Z71 LTZ 4dr Crew Cab 5.8 ft. SB (5.3L 8cyl 6A)
I have not been pleased with my new Chevy Silverado. I've had a couple of Chevy trucks before and had positive experiences.
My truck required replacement of the front differential at around 10,000. It was replaced and the truck ran fine, like it did when it was new. But within one long ski trip it was whining again upon return. My second time in, the service manager claimed they … couldn't hear the whine but also conlcluded that I was driving too much in AWD. (Auto mode) and that that was breaking the front diff. My argument that that in the Pacific Northwest, you need to drive in AWD a lot was deemed invalid.
Anyway, my service experience has continued to decline. Electronic gremlins with the nav/infotainment system and parking sensors have persisted. The service departments don't want to take the keys if it's not malfunctioning in their service bay. Came in after a road trip where my nav/radio was crashing every 5 minutes, for a full day. Had it on video malfunctioning. My new dealership service dept actually laughed at me and said that if it wasn't doing it now , that he didn't know why I had a problem with it. I've taken the truck to several different dealerships for different issues both in Oregon and now in North Carolina and have had consistently bad experiences. Plus, I feel the truck is too new to have multiple, potentially expensive issues. I've vowed to get rid of the truck, not because of its failings but because of the consistently horrible service.
On the good side, when everything is working, it's a great truck. The nav is difficult to use when alone and the voice recognition can't recognize anything I say. Always use OnStar now. But it's very comfortable and incredibly quiet despite having off road tires. The gas mileage is much better than I expected. Better than anything I'd replace it with, I think. If you were getting a basic model, fewer electronics, especially with 2WD, I think it would probably be a decent vehicle.
I did get rid of this truck in less than a year, because of a faulty parking sensor issue. Crazy, I know, but I could not get any GM service department to take me seriously. The story was always the same and I heard it said to others as well while in waiting rooms. That the truck's problem could be caused by more than one source. They could not diagnose the problem without replacing parts and could not replace the parts without a certainty of diagnosis. A frustrating Catch22.
The day before I traded it in, I took it in one last time and begged them to seriously check it out. Told them they could really do the next owner a huge favor by really trying to fix it. They took it in for 10 minutes and gave me the same story.
BTW I bought an SUV. It has full time AWD. I've put 30,000 miles on it this year, no busted front diffs. :-)
Shakerado
m1tanker1, Marquette, MI, 07/09/2014
2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Z71 LTZ 4dr Crew Cab 5.8 ft. SB (5.3L 8cyl 6A)
I, like many others, have a crew cab with the shakes. Once you get up to speed, you will feel it in the steering wheel, seat, console, and floor.
There are quite a few others with this problem and GM threw many parts at their trucks (tires, rims, driveshaft, TCM updates, rear axles) and they still shake and vibrate. At least they received some attention from GM, because I was basically … told by my dealer that this is a problem with the trucks and GM has no fix.
Throw in about 6 recalls, one tailgate cable longer than the other, a radio that sometimes works, and an interior that is so cheap, it scratches and rattles just looking at it.
Update...I owned it for a whopping 3 months and traded it off for a Toyota Tundra.
Won't see me in a GM again.
Safety Problem - rear head restraints in crew cab
jef14silverado, Mount Vernon, IA, 01/07/2014
2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Z71 LTZ 4dr Crew Cab 5.8 ft. SB (5.3L 8cyl 6A)
This is a very nice truck with a significant safety issue if you need adults to ride in the back seat. The head restraints do not move up high enough to protect someone over about 5'3" during a rear end impact. My 2005 Sierra crew cab had restraints that moved up considerably higher. I registered a complaint with safercar.gov and emailed a complaint to Chevy Customer Service. I have also … written a letter to Chevy explaining my complaint. I did receive a response to my email saying thanks for the feedback and it will be taken into consideration in future designs. This is unacceptable. I and others have the unsafe current model. If I would have realized this, I would have bought the Ram.
Edmunds Summary Review of the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Z71 LTZ Crew Cab
Pros & Cons
- Pro:New, more fuel-efficient engines
- Pro:improved interior
- Pro:quiet highway ride.
- Con:Transmission ratios too widely spaced for optimal towing performance.
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