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2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 electronic stability control (esc) problems

18 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electronic stability control (esc) on the 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 15003% of all complaints for this model year.

18
Electronic Stability Control (esc) complaints
3%
share of all complaints
88,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Traveling down highway at 60mph the tracsion control light came on and the engine light started blinking followed by the truck starting to miss hard. Got to friends house changed #1 spark plug all better now at least for 1,000 miles then will have to change it again. Went through this with the last…

    filed Sep 12, 2020

  • Stability control alarm blinking ,traction control alarm blinking,, speedometer going erratic, brake lite staying in alarm,cruise control dropping out,power loss temporarily. Shifting between gears (auto xmission) was very rough.this was an electrical system that grew steadily worse. Gm dealership…

    filed Dec 6, 2019

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.