Model years Chevrolet Silverado 2500
2013 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
This year drew an ordinary 115 complaints for a Chevrolet Silverado 2500 — the model's median is 121. What they were about is the unusual part: 9.6% of them mention frame, against 2.3% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 115 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 121 |
| Involving a crash | 8 |
| Involving a fire | 3 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 2/5 |
What the complaints were about
- frame — 9.6% of this year's complaints, against 2.3% across the model's other years (4.2×). Owners wrote it as: frame, rusted, coating, detached.
- applied — 7.8% of this year's complaints, against 2.2% across the model's other years (3.5×). Owners wrote it as: applied, monday, firmly, roll.
- near — 7.8% of this year's complaints, against 2.2% across the model's other years (3.5×). Owners wrote it as: near, bumper, airbag cover.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
WHEN THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION WAS PLACED IN PARK, IT WOULD ROLL ON ITS OWN EVEN WITH THE PARKING BRAKE FIRMLY APPLIED (OUR DRIVEWAY IS RATHER STEEP), AS THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN NEUTRAL. WE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS TO RE-ENGAGE…
UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FRAME WAS RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED. EXACT REPAIR INFORMATION WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE [VIN] WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,632.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 18V267000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 21V054000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V053000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Chevrolet Silverado 2500 was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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