Chevrolet Silverado 2500 vs Toyota RAV4

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	Toyota RAV4
Complaints on file	5,011	12,220
Model years covered	1994–2026	1994–2025
Worst model year	2005	2021
Best model year	2010	1997
Crashes reported	242	1,195
Fires reported	151	441
Injuries reported	130	602
Deaths reported	8	14
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	10.6%	18.4%

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%

Toyota RAV4 by year

4 1 54 61 92 75 34 418 682 392 183 168 880 1,241 708 397 498 403 357 333 279 400 299 419 444 1,183 806 526 226 263 269 125

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

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 1,644 13.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,404 11.5%

Electrical System 1,379 11.3%

Other & Unspecified 1,083 8.9%

Steering 949 7.8%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 904 7.4%

Airbags 853 7.0%

Brakes 677 5.5%