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Chevrolet Silverado 2023

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

0.52 per 1,000

1.4 times this nameplate’s own median · from 280 complaints filed in the first three years, of 449 ever. 95% lower bound 0.46.

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 163 complaints

truck	90	55%
chevy	23	14%
neutral	22	14%
engine failed	17	11%
propulsion	15	9%
passed	15	9%

Power Train 134 complaints

valve	47	34%
body	44	32%
valve body	41	30%
limp	19	14%
limp mode	17	13%
transmission valve	13	10%

Electrical System 79 complaints

truck	35	44%
tailgate	16	21%
trailer	10	13%

When it breaks

48% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 34,000 miles, from 63 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

4 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:

11507327 · 11507710 · 11510069 · 11514463 · 11515084 · 11521352

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.