A used 2022 Chevy Silverado HD returns to the shop after six warning lights strike.
Eric Lemon bought his 2022 Chevy Silverado HD a month ago with 50,000 miles on it.
It's already been to the shop twice.
The first visit involved a parking brake module that Lemon says caused the parking brake to lock up twice while the truck was parked.
Then came the second problem.
While driving, the Silverado began shuddering during shifts before suddenly displaying warnings for the power steering, parking brake and limited engine power.
The truck was back at the shop again, this time with a much longer list of symptoms.
Lemon described what happened in a Chevrolet Silverado HD Owners group:
"Back to the shop it goes. Got this truck a month ago with 50k miles and had it in last week for a bad parking brake module that locked up twice while I was parked. Today it gave a couple shutters while shifting before giving me multiple warnings about servicing the power steering, parking brake and that the engine power was limited. I stopped at the gas station and it restarted rough, tachometer read 0 and it just turned off on me a few times. I managed to limp it home to have it towed."
That is a long list of problems to appear during a single drive.
The shifting issue might initially point toward the transmission, but the other warnings make the situation less straightforward.
The Silverado also reported a power steering warning, another parking brake warning and limited engine power. Lemon said the truck restarted roughly, the tachometer read zero and the engine shut off several times.
Without the diagnostic trouble codes or the dealer's final diagnosis, there is no way to know whether all of those symptoms came from the same underlying problem.
That makes the dealer's next step particularly important.
The truck has now provided considerably more information than it did during its first visit.
The Silverado HD is built for demanding work, so 50,000 miles can seem relatively early for a truck that buyers expect to handle heavy-duty use.
But mileage alone doesn't reveal what a used truck has been through.
Towing, idling, maintenance history and how the previous owner treated the truck can all affect what happens after the vehicle changes hands.
For Lemon, though, none of that changes the immediate problem: two trips to the shop during the first month of ownership.
The responses to Lemon's post showed just how different individual ownership experiences can be.
Ryan Lingle shared his experience with a newer truck:
"Sucks man sorry. Hopefully the dealer takes care of it and you are set. My 2024 has been rock solid. Hang in there."
Donald Marlowe pointed to the same contrast from his own experience:
"I find it odd that some never have any problems and others have repeated issues. Fortunately mine has been a good one but I'm retired and it only gets 10-15k miles a year. I'm at 42k miles now."
Those comments also highlight why one owner's experience doesn't necessarily describe every Silverado HD.
For Lemon, the bigger question now is what the dealer finds when it diagnoses the truck.
If the dealer identifies the problem and the Silverado returns to reliable service, these first two repair visits could remain an unusually rough start to ownership.
If the problems continue, however, the first month will look very different in hindsight.
For now, Lemon is waiting for the dealer to determine what caused the Silverado to shudder, trigger multiple warnings and shut down.
And after buying the truck only a month ago, he has one immediate concern: keeping it out of the shop.
If you own a Silverado or Sierra, have you ever had a similar situation? What did the dealer eventually find?
And for those of you who bought used, how many unexpected repairs would it take before you started questioning the truck?