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Chevrolet Silverado 2020

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.35 per 1,000

1.0 times this nameplate’s own median · from 206 complaints filed in the first three years, of 878 ever. 95% lower bound 0.30.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.21	99
2009	0.13	52
2010	0.12	40
2011	0.17	68
2012	0.10	43
2013	0.17	77
2014	0.61	308
2015	0.48	271
2016	0.41	239
2017	0.42	246
2018	0.24	142
2019	0.64	371
2020	0.35	206
2021	0.37	206
2022	0.38	201
2023	0.52	280

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Power Train 281 complaints

truck	105	37%
torque	41	15%
torque converter	36	13%
valve	35	13%
chevy	28	10%
valve body	22	8%

Engine 265 complaints

truck	101	38%
lifter	41	16%
lifters	41	16%
chevy	30	11%
reduced	24	9%
camshaft	19	7%

Service Brakes 139 complaints

truck	72	51%
esc	33	24%
trailer	31	22%
engine light	27	19%
check engine	27	19%
service esc	24	17%

When it breaks

51% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 28,000 miles, from 255 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

3 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

Loss of motive power due to engine failure

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

11291367 · 11297440 · 11301177 · 11307341 · 11307608 · 11307866

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.