Worst years for a Chevrolet Silverado
Owners have filed 10,928 complaints about the Chevrolet Silverado with NHTSA across model years 1980 to 2017. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.
Avoid
2001 Chevrolet Silverado1,048 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.
Cleanest on record
1993 Chevrolet Silverado77 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.
Every Chevrolet Silverado year, graded
The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.
| Year | Grade | Complaints | Crashes | Fires | Median miles | Most reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | C | 156 | 15 | 4 | 26,250 | Transmission & Drivetrain |
| 2016 | — | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1,015 | Transmission & Drivetrain |
| 2015 | C | 111 | 9 | 2 | 5,200 | Engine & Cooling |
| 2014 | D | 195 | 29 | 0 | 3,900 | Transmission & Drivetrain |
| 2013 | C | 87 | 14 | 3 | 10,100 | Transmission & Drivetrain |
| 2012 | C | 91 | 13 | 7 | 19,423 | Airbags |
| 2011 | C | 99 | 15 | 4 | 55,000 | Body & Structure |
| 2010 | B | 91 | 2 | 2 | 42,344 | Engine & Cooling |
| 2009 | C | 103 | 9 | 5 | 59,000 | Electrical System |
| 2008 | C | 221 | 18 | 6 | 62,722 | Airbags |
| 2007 | C | 253 | 11 | 14 | 55,612 | Airbags |
| 2006 | C | 223 | 11 | 10 | 54,000 | Brakes |
| 2005 | C | 361 | 16 | 8 | 53,474 | Brakes |
| 2004 | D | 723 | 68 | 10 | 45,000 | Brakes |
| 2003 | F | 852 | 49 | 19 | 39,100 | Brakes |
| 2002 | F | 853 | 85 | 5 | 46,000 | Brakes |
| 2001 | F | 1,048 | 115 | 6 | 49,008 | Brakes |
| 2000 | F | 1,614 | 163 | 11 | 55,000 | Brakes |
| 1999 | D | 2,104 | 126 | 11 | 63,512 | Brakes |
| 1998 | B | 335 | 19 | 6 | 75,000 | Brakes |
| 1997 | C | 365 | 25 | 15 | 72,000 | Brakes |
| 1996 | C | 230 | 17 | 3 | 75,000 | Windows, Mirrors & Wipers |
| 1995 | B | 331 | 20 | 0 | 143,000 | Windows, Mirrors & Wipers |
| 1994 | B | 235 | 11 | 5 | 121,500 | Windows, Mirrors & Wipers |
| 1993 | A | 77 | 1 | 0 | 187,000 | Seats |
| 1992 | — | 51 | 1 | 4 | 160,000 | Windows, Mirrors & Wipers |
| 1991 | — | 18 | 0 | 0 | — | Brakes |
| 1990 | — | 37 | 4 | 0 | — | Brakes |
| 1989 | — | 24 | 1 | 3 | — | Brakes |
| 1988 | — | 18 | 0 | 2 | — | Electrical System |
| 1987 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | Tires |
| 1985 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | Fuel & Propulsion |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | Tires |
| 1982 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | Engine & Cooling |
| 1980 | — | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | Electrical System |
What breaks on a Chevrolet Silverado
Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.
Exactly what failed on a Chevrolet Silverado
The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.
Complaints filed over time
Every complaint about every Chevrolet Silverado, by the month it reached NHTSA.
Chevrolet Silverado problems by state
Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.
Compare the Chevrolet Silverado
Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.