# 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 - Shifts hard and clangs

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-chevrolet-silverado-1500-shifts-hard-and-clangs/163634>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chevrolet\
**Created:** [April 30, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-chevrolet-silverado-1500-shifts-hard-and-clangs/163634 "2020-04-30T22:40:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![RODS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ad7895/32.png) [@RODS](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RODS)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-chevrolet-silverado-1500-shifts-hard-and-clangs/163634/1 "2020-04-30T22:40:56Z")

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Pickup shifting hard and clangs when shifting from 2nd to 3rd gear happens a lot

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**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-chevrolet-silverado-1500-shifts-hard-and-clangs/163634/2 "2020-04-30T23:21:22Z")

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Thanks for letting us know.

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**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-chevrolet-silverado-1500-shifts-hard-and-clangs/163634/3 "2020-05-01T03:13:01Z")

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Probably transmission problems, maybe a bad universal joint on top of that. Take it to a good independent transmission shop.

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**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 5:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-chevrolet-silverado-1500-shifts-hard-and-clangs/163634/4 "2020-05-02T05:22:19Z")

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What’s the mileage?

What engine . . . if you tell us that, I can pretty much figure out which automatic transmission you have

And when I know which automatic transmission you have, then I can give you advice

Because I’m already leaning in a very specific direction