Chevrolet Silverado 1500 / 2012

2012 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 problems

Owners have filed 278 complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 with NHTSA. Air bags account for 20.9% of them — the clear leader, ahead of structure at 12.9%. A further 26.3% were filed without a specific system named.

Complaints278

Crashes8

Fires2

Injuries8

Deaths0

What owners report breaking

Unknown or other 26.3% · 73

Air bags 20.9% · 58

Structure 12.9% · 36

Engine 9.0% · 25

Electrical system 7.6% · 21

Electronic stability control (ESC) 3.6% · 10

Power train 3.6% · 10

Suspension 3.2% · 9

Severity

Of those complaints, 8 describe a crash, 2 describe a fire and 8 report an injury.

Reading the numbers

Across the 29 model years of the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 in this data, 2012 draws comparatively few complaints; 2014 is the outlier year.

Filings have fallen off, 36 in the last three years against 73 in the three before. That is normal as a generation leaves the road.

The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 74,867 miles.

In owners' own words

The dash has a crack above the passenger side airbag. The crack is completely through the entire piece of plastic so it makes me concerned to drive the vehicle if it were involved in an accident I am not certain that there wouldn't be plastic flying throughout the cab of the truck. The truck has just over 60000 miles and we were told it is out of warranty therefore the estimate to repair is $1004 Air bags

The contact owns a 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that the service air bag warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to courtesy buick gmc (located at 1857 edwards lake rd, birmingham, al 35235, 205-718-7565) where it was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was 83,000. Air bags · reported at 83,000 miles

Chevrolet used extremely thin wires and the wiring harness that goes through the door hing break apart inside the insulator causing the airbag sensor in the driver door not to work. Other people with same truck have had same issue. It is a very dangurous issue and a very expensive issue to have fixed. This should not be happening wire you not break inside the insulator. Air bags · reported at 45,000 miles

Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.

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Other Chevrolet Silverado 1500 years

2009 553 complaints · 41.6% air bags 2010 451 complaints · 43.7% air bags 2011 698 complaints · 44.0% air bags 2013 392 complaints · 21.2% air bags 2014 2,200 complaints · 18.6% steering 2015 1,426 complaints · 24.5% service brakes

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