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Chevrolet Silverado 2009

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.13 per 1,000

better than this nameplate’s own median · from 52 complaints filed in the first three years, of 591 ever. 95% lower bound 0.10.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.21	99
2009	0.13	52
2010	0.12	40
2011	0.17	68
2012	0.10	43
2013	0.17	77
2014	0.61	308
2015	0.48	271
2016	0.41	239
2017	0.42	246
2018	0.24	142
2019	0.64	371
2020	0.35	206
2021	0.37	206
2022	0.38	201
2023	0.52	280

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Air Bags 273 complaints

confirms parts	87	32%
recall notification	76	28%
dash	38	14%
parts recall	29	11%
cracked	20	7%
parts become	18	7%

Unknown Or Other 74 complaints

dash	45	61%
airbag	32	43%
cracked	29	39%
dash cracked	13	18%
passenger airbag	11	15%
side airbag	10	14%

Structure 74 complaints

dash	25	34%
cracked	23	31%
bag	20	27%
air bag	19	26%
airbag	16	22%

When it breaks

21% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 65,199 miles, from 335 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

Pedestrian alert sounds

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

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Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.