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Chevrolet Silverado 2013

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 77 complaints filed in the first three years, of 442 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.

Unknown Or Other 129 complaints

cracked	44	34%
airbag	38	30%
air bag	21	17%
bag	21	17%
dash cracked	17	13%
passenger airbag	14	11%

Air Bags 98 complaints

cracked	25	26%
recall notification	17	18%
crack	11	12%
cracks	10	11%
above	10	11%

Engine 50 complaints

truck

40%

When it breaks

29% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 50,125 miles, from 282 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:

10505339 · 10508458 · 10509134 · 10510108 · 10511400 · 10511806

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.