FaultScore

Worst years for a GMC Silverado

Owners have filed 70 complaints about the GMC Silverado with NHTSA across model years 1999 to 2007. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

1999 GMC Silverado

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

Cleanest on record

2001 GMC Silverado

11 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every GMC 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.

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
2007 3 0 0 Airbags
2005 2 0 0 Electrical System
2004 3 0 0 Brakes
2003 3 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2002 C 10 2 0 Tires
2001 C 11 1 0 Engine & Cooling
2000 C 21 1 0 51,234 Brakes
1999 D 17 2 0 Brakes

What breaks on a GMC Silverado

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

Brakes 35 50.0%

Worst in 2000

Engine & Cooling 6 8.6%

Worst in 2001

Acceleration & Cruise Control 6 8.6%

Worst in 1999

Airbags 4 5.7%

Worst in 2002

Fuel & Propulsion 4 5.7%

Worst in 2000

Tires 3 4.3%

Worst in 2002

Electrical System 2 2.9%

Worst in 2005

Steering 2 2.9%

Worst in 2000

Suspension 2 2.9%

Worst in 2001

Transmission & Drivetrain 1 1.4%

Worst in 2003

Body & Structure 1 1.4%

Worst in 2000

Wheels 1 1.4%

Worst in 2004

Seat Belts 1 1.4%

Worst in 1999

Equipment & Accessories 1 1.4%

Worst in 2002

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every GMC Silverado, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Dec 2000 peak 5 Apr 2016

Compare the GMC Silverado

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