Model years Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2008 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
Complaints about this year name takata recall far more often than the model's other years — 30% of them, about 76× the usual rate of 0.4%.
| Complaints filed | 1,076 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 90 |
| Involving a crash | 46 |
| Involving a fire | 14 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| EPA combined | 16 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- takata — 33.7% of this year's complaints, against 0.7% across the model's other years (45.2×).
- bags — 33.2% of this year's complaints, against 5% across the model's other years (6.6×). Owners wrote it as: bags, air bags, amount time, tool.
- airbag — 19% of this year's complaints, against 2.8% across the model's other years (6.8×). Owners wrote it as: airbag, crack, cracks, cracking.
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.
Also unusual this year
- air bags — 32% of complaints, 15× usual
- vin tool — 21% of complaints, 53× usual
- tool confirms — 21% of complaints, 53× usual
What owners wrote
TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS) BUT THE [VIN] WAS UNCERTAIN AS TO WHEN THE DEALER WOULD SUPPLY THE PARTS. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FA…
TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT'S SON OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE [VIN] EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. WEIRS BUICK…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V050000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V052000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 09V325000 EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY 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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