Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Unspecified or other problems

0.55 vs. all vehicles Rising

236 of the 4,756 complaints about the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 (5.0%) concern Unspecified or other, making it the model's #5 problem area. That share is 0.6× the Unspecified or other share across all tracked vehicles.

236Complaints · Unspecified or other

5.0%Share of complaints

0.55×vs. all vehicles

67Last 12 months

4.7%Share involving a crash or fire

2Related recalls

Analysis

67 Unspecified or other complaints were filed in the last 12 months versus 45 in the 12 months before — up 49%.

11 of these reports (4.7%) describe a crash or fire, with 3 injuries and 0 deaths mentioned.

2 recall campaigns relate to this area, most recently campaign 26V114000 (2026-02-26, model year 2026).

By model year

Year	Complaints	Share of complaints
2018	31	6.0%
2019	60	5.5%
2020	33	4.5%
2021	26	3.1%
2022	28	4.3%
2023	30	7.8%
2024	9	2.9%
2025	7	6.6%
2026	12	10.5%

When complaints were filed

Last 12 months: 67 · Previous 12 months: 45

What owners report

After grocery shopping, I was putting items into the back seat on the floor of the truck. I lifted the seats to allow for more room. I went to push an item to the far side of the truck to allow for more room.

Unspecified or other · 2026-08-17 · ODI 11757362
While flat towing my pickup truck behind my motorhome, on interstate 94 eastbound, in Minnesota I noticed smoke on my screen in the motorhome back facing camera. I safety pulled over to a truck rest area in Avon Minnesota.

Unspecified or other · 2026-06-23 · ODI 11745873 · Fire
Vehicle has died multiple times, seems to always be 10mph or less so far, stopping or just taking off, the time taking off it felt like I hit something and it died, I had not hit anything, the other times were slowing down and it just dies and seems to shift…

Unspecified or other · 2026-10-12 · ODI 11770613
Picked up truck at the dealership with a friend and stopped at Restaurant across from the dealership. I backed into a parking spot and shifted into Park and pressed Button to shutdown Engine.

Unspecified or other · 2026-09-21 · ODI 11765945
2026 chevy Silverado 1500 Lt Trail boss only has 2300 miles on it about 2 weeks ago pulling in to the driveway the truck shifted into neutral and died and prompted me to restart. started find a few days later it did the same things.

Unspecified or other · 2026-09-17 · ODI 11764999
2024 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LTZ, 3.0L Duramax. When the DEF system begins displaying the “miles until 65 MPH max speed” warning, the warning takes over the Driver Information Center and cannot be acknowledged or dismissed with the steering-wheel thumbwheel.

Unspecified or other · 2026-09-16 · ODI 11764753

Excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA, trimmed for length. The ODI number is NHTSA's record identifier.

Related recalls

EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL Campaign 26V114000 · 2026-02-26 · Model years: 2026

Summary: General Motors has decided that certain 2027 Chevrolet Bolt EV, 2025-2026 Cadillac OPTIQ, Chevrolet Colorado, Equinox EV, GMC Canyon, 2026 Buick Enclave, Envision, Cadillac CT5, Escalade, Escalade ESV, Escalade IQ, Escalade IQL, LYRIQ, VISTIQ, Chevrolet Blazer EV, Corvette Convertible, Corvette Coupe, Corvette Convertible E-Ray, Equinox, Silverado 1500, 2500, 3500, Silverado EV, Suburban 1500, Tahoe, Traverse, GMC Acadia, Hummer EV Pickup, Hummer EV SUV, Sierra 1500, 2500, 3500, Sierra EV, Terrain, Yukon, and Yukon XL vehicles. The radio may not have been set to the correct status to download the electronic owner's manual during production. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, “Occupant Protection.”

Remedy: Dealers will reset the vehicle radio, which will facilitate automatic download of the electronic owner’s manual, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 16, 2026. Owners may contact GM customer service at 1-866-467-9700, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 or Cadillac customer service at 1-800-333-4223. The manufacturer's number for this recall is N252540430. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on February 26, 2026.

EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL Campaign 25V815000 · 2025-11-25 · Model years: 2026

Summary: General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2026 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 2500, and 3500 vehicles. These vehicles may not have received an owner's manual during production. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 225, “Child Restraint Anchorage Systems.”

Remedy: Dealers will provide the owner’s manual, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 30, 2025. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is N252532020. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on November 25, 2025.

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