Model years Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2013 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
This year drew an ordinary 90 complaints for a Chevrolet Silverado 1500 — the model's median is 91. What they were about is the unusual part: 15.6% of them mention slow, against 5.3% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 90 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 91 |
| Involving a crash | 9 |
| Involving a fire | 3 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 17 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- slow — 15.6% of this year's complaints, against 5.3% across the model's other years (2.9×). Owners wrote it as: slow, increased, nearly, right steering.
- traveling — 10% of this year's complaints, against 3.8% across the model's other years (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: traveling, steer, steering locked.
- brought — 8.9% of this year's complaints, against 2.9% across the model's other years (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: brought, attempt, breaks, slipping.
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
DRIVING AT APPROX 35-40 MPH APPROACHING A HAIRPIN TURN TRIED TO BREAK AND VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN SLID THROUGH THE CORNER INTO A ROCK, PUT THE VEHICLE IS REVERSE AND PRESSED ACCELERATOR THE VEHICLE RPM INCREASED ON OWN TRIED TO BREAK THE RPM DID NOT DIMINISH…
THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME HARD TO TURN. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE BUT WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE [VIN] WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MI…
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.
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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