2001 Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck problems
Owners have filed 32 complaints with NHTSA about the 2001 Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 22% of complaints. After that come fuel system (9%) and body & structure (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 32 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 2 complaints mention a crash; 1 injury reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2001 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 9 model years of the Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck with enough data (18 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Truck was in accident involving two other vehicles that hit at 45 MPH. First hit was head on and the second hit was a t-bone on passenger side. Airbags did not deploy in my vehicle, nor in the 2001chevy tahoe that tboned me.
Potential for fatal accidents. The 2001 chev. 1500 silverado I drive has poor brakes to the extent that the brake pedal can be depress to a point below the level of the accelerator pedal. Several times when backing and looking out the back window I have applied the brakes and hit the accellerator pedal at the same time. This causes the asb system to acctivate. When taken to the dealer they tell me that the brake pedel travel is no greater than any other vehilce of the same make and model.
The brake pedal location is approximately 3 1/2 inches higher than gas pedal, so that during emercency stopping the foot could get caught under the brake pedal. *mjs
On dec 3, 2002 while driving my chevy tahoe on the interstate,the drivers seat malfunctioned. This resulted in the seat moving automatically and uncontrolably to the extreme forward position and pinning me in the car. Fortunately, I was able to get the vehicle off of the road safely and, after turning the vehicle off and restarting, the seat still would not respond. I had extreme difficulty in getting out of the vehicle - this is quite serious.
Tailgate cable broke on passenger side of my 2001 chevy silverado. That caused the tailgate to drag on the road for about 30 feet. I replaced the cable but can't find the receipt now that I seen that NHTSA is looking into this. I'm writing today to document the damage, gouged paint and metal on right side of tailgate plus the cable I bought.