Model years Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
This year drew an ordinary 134 complaints for a Chevrolet Silverado 1500 — the model's median is 90. What they were about is the unusual part: 11.2% of them mention recurred, against 4.3% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 134 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 90 |
| Involving a crash | 15 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 19 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- recurred — 11.2% of this year's complaints, against 4.3% across the model's other years (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: recurred, failure recurred, numerous, mentioned.
- shifted — 6.7% of this year's complaints, against 2% across the model's other years (3.3×). Owners wrote it as: shifted, addition vehicle, independently.
- addition — 7.5% of this year's complaints, against 3% across the model's other years (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: addition, described, resolve, ability.
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
WHILE DRIVING AT 85 MPH, THE SHIFT LEVER SHIFTED INDEPENDENTLY FROM HIGH TO LOW GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE [VIN] WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,685.
WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY. IN ADDITION, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO VIBRATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOS…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V645000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 19V761000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 16V651000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 17V414000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 17V437000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V245000 SEAT BELTS 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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