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Model years to avoid

Chevrolet Silverado 2500

What it says about you

Opinion

Heavy duty, because you are towing something that made the decision for you.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

20 model years on record, 2,342 complaints filed. No year stood out against this model's own history — which means it has not drawn unusual complaints, not that it is a good car.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

  • bag 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 peak 36.4% of that year's complaints
  • airbag 2007, 2009, 2011 peak 25.1% of that year's complaints
  • takata 2007, 2010, 2011 peak 22.1% of that year's complaints
  • wheel 2016, 2017 peak 27.6% of that year's complaints
  • line 2007, 2013, 2014 peak 19.6% of that year's complaints
  • lock 2015, 2022 peak 18.9% of that year's complaints

Every year

  1. 2026 2 recalls 4 complaints
  2. 2025 0 recalls 23 complaints
  3. 2024 3 recalls 139 complaints
  4. 2023 1 recall 44 complaints
  5. 2022 3 recalls 90 complaints
  6. 2021 6 recalls 84 complaints
  7. 2020 10 recalls 101 complaints
  8. 2019 7 recalls 74 complaints
  9. 2018 5 recalls 52 complaints
  10. 2017 5 recalls 178 complaints
  11. 2016 5 recalls 127 complaints
  12. 2015 6 recalls 257 complaints
  13. 2014 2 recalls 164 complaints
  14. 2013 3 recalls 115 complaints
  15. 2012 3 recalls 121 complaints
  16. 2011 4 recalls 179 complaints
  17. 2010 5 recalls 249 complaints
  18. 2009 5 recalls 137 complaints
  19. 2007 3 recalls 204 complaints
  20. 2005 1 recall 0 complaints

What does a Chevrolet Silverado 2500 say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.