Model years Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2026 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
This year drew an ordinary 69 complaints for a Chevrolet Silverado 1500 — the model's median is 781. What they were about is the unusual part: 14.5% of them mention owner, against 4% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 3 of the Chevrolet Silverado 1500, which began in 2019. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 69 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 781 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
What the complaints were about
- owner — 14.5% of this year's complaints, against 4% across the other years of this generation (3.6×). Owners wrote it as: owner, regarding, line.
- new vehicle — 8.7% of this year's complaints, against 1% across the other years of this generation (9.1×). Owners wrote it as: new vehicle, law.
- new truck — 8.7% of this year's complaints, against 1.2% across the other years of this generation (7.4×). Owners wrote it as: new truck, buyer.
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
GM OWNERS MANUAL NEVER IN VEHICLE WHEN DELIVERED NEW SEPTEMBER 26,2025. DEALER SAID AVAILABLE ONLINE. GM IS RESPONSIBLE BY LAW TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN OWNERS MANUAL WITH ALL NEW CARS, SO BUYER CAN READILY ANSWER OPERATIONS AND SAFETY INFORMATION FOR THE NEW VEHIC…
My vehicle is listed as not being affected by any current recalls. When I purchased my vehicle in December 2025, it did not have an Owner's Manual in the glovebox, which I found concerning. Why do I not qualify to receive something as important as the owner's…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 25V815000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 26V114000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 26V289000 POWER TRAIN 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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