Model years Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2012 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
This year drew an ordinary 91 complaints for a Chevrolet Silverado 1500 — the model's median is 90. What they were about is the unusual part: 7.7% of them mention general, against 2.3% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 91 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 90 |
| Involving a crash | 10 |
| Involving a fire | 4 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 17 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- general — 7.7% of this year's complaints, against 2.3% across the model's other years (3.4×). Owners wrote it as: general, inspect.
- department — 6.6% of this year's complaints, against 1.8% across the model's other years (3.6×). Owners wrote it as: department, off driver.
- impact — 6.6% of this year's complaints, against 2.1% across the model's other years (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: impact, third, third brake.
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
WAS DRIVING AND HEARD LOUD POP. PULLED OVER AND INSPECTED DASH AND FOUND CRACK AROUND AIRBAG AREA PASSENGER SIDE OF TRUCK.
GENERAL GRABBER AT2. TRUCK PARKED IN LOT WHEN TIRE BLEW AT BEGINNING OF WORK DAY BEFORE USE. EMPLOYEES HEARD NOISE AND CAME OUT OF DISPATCH TO CHECK WHAT HAPPENED. RT REAR TIRE HAD BLOWN.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V054000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V051000 AIR BAGS 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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