Model years Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2013 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
This year drew an ordinary 719 complaints for a Chevrolet Silverado 1500 — the model's median is 781. What they were about is the unusual part: 6.1% of them mention near, against 2.4% across the other years of this generation.
Last year of its generation. This Chevrolet Silverado 1500 ran from 2007 to 2013, so it had the whole run for its faults to be found and fixed. Last years are usually the most sorted of a generation.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 719 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 781 |
| Involving a crash | 31 |
| Involving a fire | 4 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
What the complaints were about
- near — 6.1% of this year's complaints, against 2.4% across the other years of this generation (2.5×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
I went to get a Virginia Inspection and found that the frame on both sides near the fuel tank was rusted completely through. The truck has no other rust spots anywhere.
The frame has completely rotted through and the truck is not driveable as the mechanic has said the frame is likely to crack and that there is severe frame deterioration near the fuel tank putting it at risk of catching fire.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V053000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V054000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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