Model years Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
Complaints about this year name camera far more often than the model's other years — 10% of them, about 25× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 845 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 90 |
| Involving a crash | 25 |
| Involving a fire | 5 |
| Recalls | 10 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 17 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- esc — 13% of this year's complaints, against 1.2% across the model's other years (11.2×). Owners wrote it as: esc, service esc, trailer brake, service trailer.
- transmission — 21.9% of this year's complaints, against 6.6% across the model's other years (3.3×).
- camera — 14.9% of this year's complaints, against 3.7% across the model's other years (4×). Owners wrote it as: camera, screen, night, backing.
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.
Also unusual this year
- esc — 9% of complaints, 24× usual
- transmission — 22% of complaints, 3× usual
- oil — 13% of complaints, 5× usual
What owners wrote
Driving down the interstate when the transmission automatically dropped from 8th gear down to 2nd, throwing a rod in the bottom half of the engine and shooting metal into the oil. Immediately locked up and broke down. Dealership says bottom half of engine fail…
DRIVING WHEN A NOTE CAME ON THE DASH. 'LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING TURN OFF ENGINE IMMEDIATELY'. I DID, AND CHECKED THE OIL. IT IS EMPTY. THERE IS ONLY 30,000 KM ON THIS TRUCK. NOT IMPRESSED. HAD TO REPLACE THE REAR BRAKE PADS THAT WERE WORN OUT AT ONLY 25,000 KM…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V115000 TIRES Fixed free of charge.
- 19V889000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 19V888000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 20V792000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 20V055000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 19V814000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V423000 TIRES Fixed free of charge.
- 21V985000 TIRES Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 10. The rest are on NHTSA's site.
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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