Chevrolet / Silverado 1500 / 2019
2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 problems
Owners have filed 1,594 complaints about the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 with NHTSA. Engine accounts for 23.5% of them, narrowly the most common, ahead of power train at 21%.
Complaints1,594
Crashes47
Fires12
Injuries25
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Engine 23.5% · 374
Power train 21.0% · 334
Electrical system 12.0% · 192
Service brakes 11.0% · 175
Unknown or other 6.9% · 110
Steering 4.8% · 76
Electronic stability control (ESC) 3.2% · 51
Engine and engine cooling 3.1% · 50
Severity
Of those complaints, 47 describe a crash, 12 describe a fire and 25 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 30 model years of the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 in this data, 2019 ranks 2nd by complaint volume; 2014 draws the most.
Filings are rising, 814 in the last three years against 377 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 12,600 miles.
In owners' own words
Lifter failure while driving on highway. Resulted in an immediate drop in speed taking me from 65 to 30 mph quickly, and having to cross three highway lanes of traffic in order to pull over. Lifter failures are well documented on the chevy silverado 1500 trucks with the 5.3V8 and the 6.2V8. Mine happened after the warranty period but there are many documented cases of owners having lifter failures at 3,000 miles. Engine
Oil cooler line ruptured causing engine to lose oil pressure. Fortunately, I was on a city street and was able to pull over and shut off the engine. Upon checking the engine I found excessive oil leaking to the ground. Doing research on the internet this is not a rare occurrence for these gm oil line hoses to fail. Imagine this happening while driving 65 miles an hour on a highway and no where to pull over. Engine · reported at 11,000 miles
Engine lost power while driving. Was able to make it to the dealer. They stated that the lifters were shredded and the camshaft was damaged so the engine had to be replaced along with the radiator due metal shavings found everywhere. Vehicle was maintain at the dealership and only had 95000 miles. Dealer did not offer any assistance and GM only offered 10% off. Purchased engine on my own and had installed. Engine
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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