Model years Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
This year drew an ordinary 86 complaints for a Chevrolet Silverado 1500 — the model's median is 91. What they were about is the unusual part: 16.3% of them mention cracked, against 4.6% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 86 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 91 |
| Involving a crash | 6 |
| Involving a fire | 4 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| EPA combined | 16 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- cracked — 16.3% of this year's complaints, against 4.6% across the model's other years (3.5×). Owners wrote it as: cracked, dashboard, according, than 000.
- above — 16.3% of this year's complaints, against 5.8% across the model's other years (2.8×). Owners wrote it as: above, fuel tank, fuel module, hear.
- research — 8.1% of this year's complaints, against 1.4% across the model's other years (5.7×). Owners wrote it as: research, extensive, research problem.
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 DASHBOARD IS CRACKED ABOVE THE AIRBAG AND ABOVE THE RADIO. THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 60,000 MILES AND ACCORDING TO CHEVROLET IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO THE FACT THAT IF I AM IN A WRECK THE DASH COULD PUNCTURE THE AIRBAG OR EVEN ANOTH…
THE DASHBOARD ABOVE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WAS CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DASHBOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE [VIN] WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILE…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V052000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V050000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V053000 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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