2011 Chevrolet Silverado — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 99 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Body & structure15 (15.2%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 1999–2024.
• Air bags (restraint system)13 (13.1%)Official recall records for this system: 34, covering model years 2000–2020.
• Fuel system10 (10.1%)Official recall records for this system: 10, covering model years 2002–2015.
• Brakes9 (9.1%)Official recall records for this system: 28, covering model years 1999–2020.
• Engine8 (8.1%)Official recall records for this system: 8, covering model years 2001–2024.
• Electrical system5 (5.1%)Official recall records for this system: 19, covering model years 1999–2020.

Other / uncategorized: 12 classifications (12.1%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (14,773 records, model years 1999–2017) are most frequently classified under: brakes, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and electrical system.
• Safety recalls (218 records, model years 1999–2016) are most frequently classified under: lights, brakes and steering.
• Transport Canada recalls (374 records, model years 1999–2026) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), brakes and steering.
• Manufacturer communications (8,948 records, model years 1999–2017) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, engine and electrical system.
• Investigations (81 records, model years 1999–2007) are most frequently classified under: brakes, doors, latches & locks and body & structure.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 63reports included a mileage
• 54,873average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1999 1,937 records for 1999 1,937
2. 2000 1,614 records for 2000 1,614
3. 2001 1,390 records for 2001 1,390
4. 2002 1,213 records for 2002 1,213
5. 2003 1,322 records for 2003 1,322
6. 2004 1,223 records for 2004 1,223
7. 2005 705 records for 2005 705
8. 2006 410 records for 2006 410
9. 2007 483 records for 2007 483
10. 2008 423 records for 2008 423
11. 2009 362 records for 2009 362
12. 2010 343 records for 2010 343
13. 2011 358 records for 2011 358
14. 2012 353 records for 2012 353
15. 2013 328 records for 2013 328
16. 2014 249 records for 2014 249
17. 2015 296 records for 2015 296
18. 2016 82 records for 2016 82
19. 2017 1,029 records for 2017 1,029
20. 2018 10 records for 2018 10
21. 2019 15 records for 2019 15
22. 2020 15 records for 2020 15
23. 2021 10 records for 2021 10
24. 2022 9 records for 2022 9
25. 2023 7 records for 2023 7
26. 2024 4 records for 2024 4
27. 2026 3 records for 2026 3

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 7mention a crash
• 2mention a fire
• 9mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 2
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 274
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 7
• Owner complaints NHTSA 75

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0420 in 5 records
• P0751 in 4 records
• P0087 in 3 records
• P0701 in 3 records
• P0731 in 3 records
• P0732 in 3 records
• P0733 in 3 records
• P0734 in 3 records
• P0756 in 3 records
• P0761 in 3 records
• P0877 in 3 records
• P207F in 3 records

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.