Chevrolet Silverado 2500 vs Hyundai Elantra

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Chevrolet Silverado 2500	Hyundai Elantra
Complaints on file	5,011	12,108
Model years covered	1994–2026	1992–2026
Worst model year	2005	2013
Best model year	2010	1993
Crashes reported	242	1,289
Fires reported	151	306
Injuries reported	130	756
Deaths reported	8	14
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	10.6%	19.5%

Chevrolet Silverado 2500 by year

7 6 2 74 82 95 156 379 408 561 431 337 218 253 226 79 27 128 70 71 52 245 157 69 70 104 139 105 130 71 208 44 7

94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Brakes 1,336 26.7%

Electrical System 701 14.0%

Engine & Cooling 469 9.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 417 8.3%

Airbags 367 7.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 314 6.3%

Steering 285 5.7%

Other & Unspecified 222 4.4%

Hyundai Elantra by year

46 39 110 179 138 196 75 183 259 445 431 310 209 180 209 365 424 321 504 589 920 1,864 552 356 398 1,078 406 333 342 215 143 159 94 34 2

92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 1,969 16.3%

Airbags 1,365 11.3%

Steering 1,147 9.5%

Electrical System 1,093 9.0%

Brakes 1,082 8.9%

Other & Unspecified 826 6.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 680 5.6%

Suspension 618 5.1%