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Chevrolet Silverado 2011

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

0.17 per 1,000

better than this nameplate’s own median · from 68 complaints filed in the first three years, of 770 ever. 95% lower bound 0.13.

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 369 complaints

takata	204	55%
takata recall	182	49%
tool	105	28%
tool confirms	104	28%
confirms parts	103	28%
experienced tool	93	25%

Unknown Or Other 142 complaints

air bag	32	23%
bag	32	23%
cracking	29	21%
passenger airbag	20	14%
dashboard cracked	16	12%
dash cracking	14	10%

Structure 94 complaints

truck	25	27%
dash	22	24%
air bag	18	19%
bag	18	19%
airbag	17	18%
cracking	12	13%

When it breaks

21% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 68,000 miles, from 398 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:

10354190 · 10376876 · 10379952 · 10380970 · 10383691 · 10384414

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.