Chevrolet Silverado 1500 / 2014
2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 problems
Owners have filed 2,200 complaints about the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 with NHTSA. Steering accounts for 18.6% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of electrical system at 15.6%.
Complaints2,200
Crashes105
Fires31
Injuries52
Deaths10
What owners report breaking
Steering 18.6% · 409
Electrical system 15.6% · 343
Service brakes 12.2% · 269
Unknown or other 9.0% · 197
Engine 8.6% · 190
Electronic stability control (ESC) 7.3% · 161
Power train 7.0% · 154
Structure 4.1% · 90
Severity
Of those complaints, 105 describe a crash, 31 describe a fire, 52 report an injury and 10 report a death.
Reading the numbers
Across the 29 model years of the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 in this data, 2014 draws the most complaints of any of them.
Filings have fallen off, 224 in the last three years against 438 in the three before. The issues here may already have been addressed.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 63,000 miles.
In owners' own words
The contact owns a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH, the vehicle lost power steering functionality. The contact was able to drive home safely. The power steering warning light illuminated; with a message stating âPower Steering Failure/Drive with Careâ. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 132,695. Steering · reported at 132,695 miles
I was merging on to the expressway and my truck kept going to the left into traffic towards a concrete median. I turned my wheel to the right to try to avoid it and started to spin out and went back to the right side of the expressway which was four lanes wide and slammed into the guardrail. After the wreck I noticed my ABS light was on Iâm not sure if it came on as I was merging onto the expressway. Steering
When driving in traffic about 10 mph engine shuts down and power steering goes out. . When I slow to turn, the engine shuts down sometimes and the power steering goes out. No warnings. Iâm afraid to drive it. I almost hit a lady while turning in a parking lot because the steering went out and it died. Sometime itâs hard to turn the key to start the truck. This has happened 9 or 10 times now. Steering
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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