Model years Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
This year drew an ordinary 104 complaints for a Chevrolet Silverado 1500 — the model's median is 90. What they were about is the unusual part: 15.4% of them mention bag, against 5% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 104 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 90 |
| Involving a crash | 8 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 17 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- bag — 15.4% of this year's complaints, against 5% across the model's other years (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: bag, air bag, corner, dealer technician.
- takata — 10.6% of this year's complaints, against 1.7% across the model's other years (6.3×). Owners wrote it as: takata, takata recall, door open, five.
- dealer who — 9.6% of this year's complaints, against 3.1% across the model's other years (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: dealer who, snapped, rear wheel, contact took.
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
THE CHECK AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT DOOR AIR BAG SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE [VIN] WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAI…
TAKATA RECALL: I HAVE ASKED THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE DANGEROUS AIRBAGS FIVE OR SIX TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR & A HALF AS WELL AS TELEPHONING GMC CORPORATE OFFICE TWICE. THEY KEEP TELLING ME THEY DON'T HAVE THE [VIN] AIRBAGS. CONSEQUENTLY, THEY LEAVE ME, MY FAMIL…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V054000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V050000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 10V643000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 11V007000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 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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