Model years Chevrolet Silverado 2500
2019 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
This year drew an ordinary 74 complaints for a Chevrolet Silverado 2500 — the model's median is 121. What they were about is the unusual part: 14.9% of them mention tank, against 3.8% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 74 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 121 |
| Involving a crash | 2 |
| Involving a fire | 6 |
| Recalls | 7 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
What the complaints were about
- tank — 14.9% of this year's complaints, against 3.8% across the model's other years (3.9×). Owners wrote it as: tank, scheduled, fuel tank, fill.
- mode — 17.6% of this year's complaints, against 6.3% across the model's other years (2.8×). Owners wrote it as: mode, limp, occasions, shaking.
- def — 12.2% of this year's complaints, against 2.5% across the model's other years (4.8×). Owners wrote it as: def, results, hose, def system.
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
The DEF fill port is not vented and provides a tight fit with the DEF dispensing hose and nozzle at a truck filling station. The DEF dispensing nozzle cannot be placed entirely in the port since it pressurizes the DEF tank and causes block back spray on the op…
The DEF system does not provide a level indication. Whenever the DEF is filled it always results in a DEF spill to the environment since the operator does not know whether to add 5 gallons or one gallon.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V496000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 19V328000 ENGINE Fixed free of charge.
- 23V047000 FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL Fixed free of charge.
- 24V756000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 25V432000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 26V166000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 26V325000 AIR BAGS 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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