Chevrolet Silverado 1500
Owners filed 18,140 complaints across 33 model years of the Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The 2014 drew the most (1,437).
Which Chevrolet Silverado 1500 years should you avoid?
Going by 18,140 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 years to avoid are 2005 and 2014.
- 20053.2× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (34 fires, 20 crashes, 2 deaths).
- 20141,437 complaints, 2.5× a typical Silverado 1500 year, most often about the brakes.
Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2012 and 2013 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.
Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Chevrolet Silverado 1500 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Too new | 127 | 3 | 2 | — | Engine | Do not drive | |
| 2025Too new | 108 | 0 | 4 | 3 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2024 | 320 | 2 | — | 8 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2023 | 391 | 3 | 6 | 8 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2022 | 656 | 6 | 6 | 11 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2021 | 855 | 8 | 12 | 20 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2020 | 750 | 12 | 10 | 13 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2019 | 1,097 | 10 | 8 | 28 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2018 | 523 | 7 | 4 | 10 | Power Train | Fatalities reported | |
| 2017 | 714 | 7 | 12 | 36 | Power Train | Do not drive | |
| 2016 | 797 | 12 | 10 | 42 | Service Brakes | Do not drive | |
| 2015 | 1,111 | 11 | 14 | 58 | Service Brakes | Fatalities reported | |
| 2014Avoid | 1,437 | 6 | 18 | 61 | Steering | Fatalities reported | |
| 2013 | 302 | 2 | — | 8 | Unknown or Other | Above average | |
| 2012 | 216 | 2 | 1 | 7 | Unknown or Other | Above average | |
| 2011 | 565 | 4 | 4 | 22 | Air Bags | Fatalities reported | |
| 2010 | 363 | 3 | 1 | 7 | Air Bags | Above average | |
| 2009 | 445 | 3 | 6 | 9 | Air Bags | Above average | |
| 2008 | 914 | 3 | 9 | 33 | Air Bags | Fatalities reported | |
| 2007 | 849 | 2 | 14 | 22 | Air Bags | Fatalities reported | |
| 2006 | 359 | 0 | 15 | 19 | Service Brakes | Above average | |
| 2005Avoid | 525 | 0 | 34 | 20 | Electrical System | Fatalities reported | |
| 2004 | 797 | 0 | 8 | 33 | Service Brakes | Fatalities reported | |
| 2003 | 805 | 0 | 7 | 26 | Service Brakes | Above average | |
| 2002 | 509 | 0 | 5 | 45 | Service Brakes | Fatalities reported | |
| 2001 | 468 | 0 | 5 | 48 | Service Brakes | Fatalities reported | |
| 2000 | 614 | 0 | 5 | 69 | Service Brakes | Fatalities reported | |
| 1999 | 587 | 2 | 5 | 43 | Service Brakes | Fatalities reported | |
| 1998 | 361 | 2 | 11 | 15 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Above average | |
| 1997 | 555 | 2 | 13 | 30 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Fatalities reported | |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 | — | 1 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic | Fatalities reported | |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.