1994 Chevrolet Silverado 2500

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip › abs warning light. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip › Abs Warning Light1
000
Fuel System, Diesel1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Suspension
Filed Aug 18, 201336,000 milesPA

WAS TRAVELING TO THE BEACH ON VACATION WHEN I NOTICED A SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. I PULLED OVER LOOKED UNDER VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION LINE HAD ROTTED COMPLETELY THROUGH. ONCE IT WAS REPAIRED I WAS SHOWN BY MY MECHANIC HOW RUSTED THROUGH THE BRAKE LINES WERE ALSO. HAVE HAD THE LINES THE LINES ONLY REPAIRED WILL HAVE TO CHANGE ALL THE LINES. I HAVE TO NOW CHANGE THE HUB BEARINGS BECAUSE WHENEVER I COME TO A STOP AT KNOW SPEED THE TRUCK LUNGES FORWARD. *TR

Fuel System, Diesel
Filed Dec 10, 201074,000 milesMO

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 DIESEL. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55-60 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AS IT RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP INJECTOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP INJECTOR HAD BEEN REPLACED SIX TIMES AND THE FAILURE CONTINUOUSLY RECURRED. THE MOST RECENT REPLACEMENT OF THE FUEL PUMP LASTED FOR TWO DAYS BEFORE THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED FOR THE MOST RECENT FAILURES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED SEVERAL TIMES BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 302,000.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip › Abs Warning Light
Filed Jul 26, 2006CA

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE RIGHT BRAKE WAS LOCKING UP, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THE BRAKES WERE FAILING. NEW BRAKES WERE PLACED ON THE VEHICLE 6 MONTHS PRIOR. THIS PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TWO MONTHS AGO. ALSO, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FREQUENTLY FAIL. IF THE VEHICLE IS RESTARTED AFTER A FEW MINUTES, THE WIPERS RESUME NORMAL OPERATIONS. THE WINDSHIELD ISSUE BEGAN A YEAR AGO.

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2003
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20266200Routine
202528100Routine
2024139410Routine
202347120Routine
202294320Routine
202184610Routine
20201051030Routine
201974760Routine
201852520Routine
201754550Routine
2016123520Routine
2015176660Routine
201440220Routine
201351310Routine
201253300Routine
2011104420Routine
201021510Routine
200961530Routine
2008191440Routine
2007204390Above average
2006177180Routine
20052691150Above average
20043682102Fatalities reported
2003449280Above average
2002351361Fatalities reported
2001300130Above average
2000132340Routine
199981221Fatalities reported
199873230Routine
199764213Fatalities reported
19962000Routine
19953000Routine
1994 — this page3000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.