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Chevrolet Silverado 2019

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

0.64 per 1,000

1.7 times this nameplate’s own median · from 371 complaints filed in the first three years, of 1183 ever. 95% lower bound 0.57.

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.

Engine 397 complaints

lifters	59	15%
lifter	55	14%
cooler	52	13%
oil cooler	51	13%
camshaft	47	12%
chevy	42	11%

Power Train 343 complaints

truck	126	36%
shifting	76	22%
hard	70	20%
normal	44	13%
shifts	39	11%
chevy	30	9%

Electrical System 215 complaints

truck	95	44%
camera	40	19%
trailer	26	12%
esc	20	9%
brake system	20	9%
trailer brake	18	8%

When it breaks

57% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 15,000 miles, from 492 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

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

Loss of motive power due to engine failure

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.