FaultScore

Worst years for a Chevrolet Silverado 1500 HD

Owners have filed 223 complaints about the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 HD with NHTSA across model years 2001 to 2005. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 HD

124 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 HD

21 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chevrolet Silverado 1500 HD 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.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2005 B 30 1 0 87,029 Brakes
2004 A 21 0 0 68,700 Brakes
2003 D 124 4 3 86,800 Brakes
2002 A 29 0 0 102,500 Brakes
2001 C 19 4 0 92,559 Brakes

What breaks on a Chevrolet Silverado 1500 HD

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 93 41.7%

Worst in 2003

Worst in 2003

Engine & Cooling 17 7.6%

Worst in 2003

Steering 16 7.2%

Worst in 2003

Fuel & Propulsion 14 6.3%

Worst in 2003

Transmission & Drivetrain 12 5.4%

Worst in 2003

Body & Structure 5 2.2%

Worst in 2001

Acceleration & Cruise Control 3 1.3%

Worst in 2003

Lights 3 1.3%

Worst in 2003

Tires 3 1.3%

Worst in 2003

Other & Unspecified 3 1.3%

Worst in 2005

Airbags 2 0.9%

Worst in 2003

Suspension 2 0.9%

Worst in 2003

Seat Belts 2 0.9%

Worst in 2003

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chevrolet Silverado 1500 HD, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jul 2006 peak 10 Sep 2020

Compare the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 HD

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.