Model years Chevrolet Silverado 2500
2010 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
This year drew an ordinary 249 complaints for a Chevrolet Silverado 2500 — the model's median is 115. What they were about is the unusual part: 21.7% of them mention dashboard, against 5.9% across the model's other years.
| Complaints filed | 249 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 115 |
| Involving a crash | 6 |
| Involving a fire | 9 |
| Recalls | 5 |
What the complaints were about
- dashboard — 21.7% of this year's complaints, against 5.9% across the model's other years (3.7×). Owners wrote it as: dashboard, cracks, bag, air bag.
- takata recall — 8.4% of this year's complaints, against 1.8% across the model's other years (4.6×). Owners wrote it as: takata recall, bags however, contact took.
- restart — 9.6% of this year's complaints, against 2.9% across the model's other years (3.3×). Owners wrote it as: restart, engine power, location.
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
WHILE PARKED, SHE OBSERVED MULTIPLE CRACKS ON THE DASHBOARD NEAR THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE PASSENGER AIR BAG AREA. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DASHBOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE [VIN] WAS…
THE DASHBOARD WAS DETERIORATING AND THERE WAS A ONE-INCH CRACK LOCATED ABOVE THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE DASHBOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE [VIN] WAS NOTIFIED OF THE F…
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.
- 21V050000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 18V267000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 14V407000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Chevrolet Silverado 2500 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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