Chevrolet Silverado 3500
Owners filed 1,079 complaints across 32 model years of the Chevrolet Silverado 3500. The 2000 drew the most (80).
Which Chevrolet Silverado 3500 years should you avoid?
No Chevrolet Silverado 3500 year stands out. Across the 20 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 47), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.
Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2011 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 3500 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Too new | 2 | 3 | — | — | Structure › Body | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 12 | 1 | 2 | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2024 | 51 | 3 | — | 2 | Power Train | Fatalities reported | |
| 2023 | 16 | 1 | — | — | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2022 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2021 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 1 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2020 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 1 | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2019 | 22 | 7 | — | 1 | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2018 | 19 | 6 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2017 | 13 | 6 | — | — | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2016 | 51 | 7 | — | 3 | Steering | Routine | |
| 2015 | 52 | 7 | 3 | 2 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2014 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2013 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Steering | Routine | |
| 2012 | 23 | 4 | — | 1 | Tires | Fatalities reported | |
| 2011 | 29 | 5 | — | 1 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 | — | 1 | Air Bags | Fatalities reported | |
| 2009 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2008 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 2 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2007 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 1 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2006 | 52 | 0 | 3 | 5 | Service Brakes | Fatalities reported | |
| 2005 | 46 | 1 | — | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2004 | 41 | 1 | — | 5 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic | Routine | |
| 2003 | 42 | 1 | 1 | — | Service Brakes, Hydraulic | Routine | |
| 2002 | 50 | 2 | — | 4 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic | Routine | |
| 2001 | 72 | 2 | 1 | 6 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2000 | 80 | 2 | 1 | 6 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1999 | 47 | 1 | — | 1 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1998 | 67 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1997 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System › Injectors | Routine | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Engine | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.