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Chevrolet Silverado

Every Chevrolet Silverado model year on file, 2015 to 2017. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years20626 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years32015 to 2017
Recall campaigns4Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins1,149Summed across model years
By model year

The 2017 model year drew the most complaints, 125, 61% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

050100150201520162017125
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Powertrain leads the Chevrolet Silverado complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Powertrain
45
Brakes
41
Engine and cooling
35
Steering
22
Electrical system
20
Airbags
15
Lighting
11
Structure
9
Fuel system
8
Stability and traction control
8
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Chevrolet Silverado model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Chevrolet Silverado by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2017Pickup12512.817400896
2016Pickup520.092064
2015Pickup7611.818570189
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Chevrolet Silverado

  • 16V-209 Apr 12, 2016
    While entering the vehicle, the seat belt tensioner cable may be positioned such that the driver slides over it
    Seat belts · 895k vehicles
  • 16V-084 Feb 11, 2016
    Radio may intermittently fail to provide an audio warning when the key has been left in the ignition and the door is opened or when the driver…
    Electrical system · 139 vehicles
  • 15V-830 Dec 10, 2015
    In the affected vehicles, the mounting stud used to secure the air bag sensing and diagnostic Module (SDM) may be incorrectly positioned, and as a…
    Airbags · 90 vehicles
  • 15V-640 Oct 9, 2015
    In the affected vehicles, the ignition lock actuator may bind, making turning the key difficult or causing the ignition to get stuck in the…
    Electrical system · 3,073 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.