SILVERADO WON'T CRANK! NO COMMUNICATION

Customer drove over a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 truck to the shop (barely) for an intermittent no start no crank concern that I diagnosed. Very surprising discovery, thanks for watching!

[@marcseclecticstuff9497]

Great Video - Thank you so much! I have a 2017 Chevy 2500 that was fine when I parked it, exhibited just about identical symptoms as this truck. I have a severe critter issue where I live, the squirrels have eaten the harnesses on both my Avalanche and 2500, I was pretty sure they got it again. Spent hours crawling underneath and on top the truck, can't find any damage. All fuses are good and I have12v throughout the fuse block, pulled all the ECM connectors, all clean - no water or corrosion. HVAC, windows, locks, even remote start works so I ruled out the BCM. I also noted that I have no data on the screen other than the mileage and unit settings which are presumably kept locally on an eeprom or flash while the oil life, fuel mileage, etc. are supplied by the ECM which doesn't seem to be communicating. Being able to isolate everything like that is a godsend for troubleshooting (as is your excellent service manual). Does the high speed bus run thru nice splice packs like the low speed does? Where are they generally located? Until watching your videos, I had no idea they existed.

[@user-oi4bj5jp2k]

Great vidya buddy, i love watching the diagnosis of the high and low network stuff, always really interesting to see your thought process. Seriously some of the best electrical diag ive seen on youtube, no guess work and parts changing lol.

[@BustedtoBuilt]

Thank you! Really appreciate that comment!

[@stevenvogel6234]

Appreciate the video, lots of good stuff. Now it’s time to start

[@BustedtoBuilt]

Thanks! You got this!

[@josephmoore4598]

EXELLENT video.I am sure glad i moved south before starting a mechanic career!! It's rare to see a rust bucket that bad here! Great video on communication side of he electric repair

[@BustedtoBuilt]

Thank you very much for watching and for the kind comment!

[@wreckerman4691]

😂 2013 Silverado 1500. No crank my trucks, doing the same thing. Thank you, go try it again.

[@ih8people679]

New subscriber, hopefully this helps me with all my problems. Truck was running great 07 2500hd 6L. Got it for 2k with no PRNDM and towed it home, pulled the infotainment fuse and pet it back in and it started. Been a great work truck for 7 months but started having low cranking so wiggled the battery cords and negative fell right off... put it back on and now dead no PRNDL again and pulling that fuse doest help.. so changed every ground and turns out the starter power wire was held on by a few hairs and dead so changed it with a new starter, tried the starter by the relay and works but still no PRNDL and cant get her to work.. I can move it through all the gears without my foot on the break which is odd.. radio and climate control are the only things working. its like it doesn't recognize the key i thought. going to try some of these steps. Oh and my tube thing isn't busted on mine but my rails under the bed were so i used 2x6 and its so much better then what gm used IMO.

[@tomrc4328]

I wish you were near me. My 2011thinks its Christmas on the dash, electrical gremlins are no fun when I don't know how to troubleshoot like you. Thanks for the videos, I'm jealous of your skills. If you're in Georgia I could sure use your help! haha

[@BustedtoBuilt]

Thanks for the compliment!

[@user-eb8jw4fn9m]

Hello sir and thank you for your detailed videos. May I ask a question. How close to resistance does pin 6 and 14 have to be. Mines is 61.8. Also, when you put the test light in pin 16 power, I confirmed it at pin 4 and it lit up but did not light up at pins 1, 6 and 14. Thank you in advance

[@freddyg9026]

plus or minus 10% but usually around what you have.

[@ThorneOlinger]

what is the model number of your scan tool? I am having similar problems with my 2009 3500 ltz hd 6.6 no frame rot like in the video but same things no crank no start ...

[@KaylerModesitt]

I have a 2010 Yukon Denali that I can’t diagnose. The stibilitrak light will come on and the dash will go crazy making the rpm drop and the speedometer drop and they will go up and down. The door locks will also go up and down. It will shift hard also. The only thing that keeps it from doing it is leaving this device plugged into the obd2 port that is supposed to shut off the afm “active fuel management” witch it does work but as soon as I unplug it it starts acting crazy again… any ideas ??!!

[@randyshimp5720]

Are you located anywhere near northeast Ohio, No doubt that's the issues with my 2005 Sierra electrical Connections

[@BustedtoBuilt]

I am located in brown city, Michigan.

[@AntoinetheDisciple3075]

Great video what kind of scanner is that

[@BustedtoBuilt]

Thank you this is the thinktool pro

[@franksattler6053]

Wow, just wow! Is that piece repairable?

[@BustedtoBuilt]

That piece itself didn't have much integrity left I believe the shop was going to put in a piece of round tubing from framerail to framerail and build a new shock mount. Thanks for watching!

[@randyshimp5720]

Wish that mechanic was near my area I'm sure that's the problem with my 2005 Sierra

[@tylerdavis7476]

I'm thinking mine might need an ecm. I'm getting 0hms. I had the lifters replaced, and they didn't disconnect the battery. Now it's saying it's lost communication with ecm/pcm, and my power train relay is buzzing. The shop denies any wrongdoing even after saying they forgot to disconnect the power and said it wouldn't hurt anything and that it was probably bad before they took it apart, but yet I had no problems other than the bad dod lifter before they worked on it.

[@BustedtoBuilt]

Bummer, if all powers and grounds check out at the pcm then probably needs one. Unfortunately a lot of shops aren't ethical enough to stand behind their work

[@tylerdavis7476]

@BustedtoBuilt right, makes it hard to trust them. They wanted 575 +tax to order and install a new pcm. I ended up finding one for 194 after tax @flagship one .

[@BustedtoBuilt]

Did that solve your issue?

[@jasonbrushett4013]

👍

[@SilverloafCustomRazors]

👍👍👍

[@hunter6099]

I would have thought ECU

[@meaganreynolds381]

Shake to start 🤣😂

[@BustedtoBuilt]

Lol, thanks for watching!🙂

[@Steviethegr8]

Jesus look at that disaster. Wonder when GM will finally stop using the wax bs they do

[@BustedtoBuilt]

Right?! Garbage 🗑

[@aaronkoivu]

No start and no response from EBCM(abs), on a 2007 Chevy Tahoe 5.3L…..check power and grounds all ok, can this module cause a no start? Only think i haven’t check is high speed can bus. All module other than abs are responding with my launch x431 scan tool… when it did start, abs Trac and stab light are flashing on and off

[@michaela.2933]

GM HAS BEEN BUILDING CRAP FOR YEARS