1996 Chevrolet Silverado 2500

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the door locks and latches. No safety recall has been issued.

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Most common 1996 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 problems

1 of the 2 complaints (50%) are about the door locks and latches.

ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Service Brakes, Hydraulic · brakes1
000
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch · door locks and latches1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Dec 2, 201580,000 milesMI

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT DOORS FAILED TO OPEN ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DOOR LATCH WAS DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE DOOR LATCHES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. UPDATED 02/05/16*LJ UPDATED 05/02/18*JB

Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Apr 10, 2010WA

I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 1996 CHEVROLET SILVERADO3/4 TON PICKUP FROM THEN CAMP CHEVROLET IN SPOKANE WA. AND STARTED EXPERIENCING BRAKE FAILURE IN THIS VEHICLE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AMONG MANY OTHER PROBLEMS. AND FINALLY HAD TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE AND GET AN ATTORNEY TO SUCCESSFULLY TURN IT IN ON THE LEMON LAW. THIS PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR LONGER THEN 1999. THIS IS ALL DOCUMENTED INFORMATION. ALL I EVER GOT FROM THIS COMPANY WAS WE CANNOT DUPLICATE CUSTOMERS COMPLAINT .JUST THOUGHT I WOULD LET YOU KNOW IF YOU FELT LIKE FOLLOWING UP ON IT . I WOULD STEP ON THE BRAKE AND THE THING WOULD SEEM TO TAKE TO LONG TO STOP . ONE TIME I WAS DRIVING DOWN A STREET IN SPOKANE AND SOMEONE SUDDENLY STOP AHEAD OF ME SO I HAD TO PUT ON THE BRAKES AND AT FIRST IT DIDN'T SLOW SO I PRESSED HARDER ON THE BRAKES AND HARDER AND HARDER WHEN IT FINALLY CAME TO A STOP I WAS KNOW MORE THEN TWO OR THREE INCHES FROM HITTING THIS VEHICLE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR WITH NO MORE PEDAL LEFT. *TR

All 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2003
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
202613210Routine
202531100Routine
2024143410Routine
202347120Routine
202297320Routine
202189610Routine
20201091030Routine
201974760Routine
201853520Routine
201754550Routine
2016123620Routine
2015179670Routine
201440220Routine
201351310Routine
201253300Routine
2011104420Routine
201021510Routine
200961530Routine
2008191440Routine
2007204390Above average
2006178180Routine
20052691150Above average
20043682102Fatalities reported
2003449280Above average
2002351361Fatalities reported
2001388370Above average
2000132340Routine
199981221Fatalities reported
199873230Routine
199764213Fatalities reported
1996 — this page2000Routine
19953000Routine
19943000Routine

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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.