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2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 electrical system problems

25 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
25 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
50,000 miles 19 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 2
Injuries and deaths
2 and 2

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 50,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 6 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 50,000 miles
Based on 19 complaints that include mileage. 58% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles6
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 19 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 50,000 miles, and 58% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 2 fires, 2 injuries, 2 deaths.

What owners wrote

We purchased a 2001 silverado ext in 7-01. Truck had about 16,000 miles on it, when we bought it new/used. Parking brake seemed to be really soft, but lot assured us, nothing was wrong with it and that the new technology we had with vehicle's, made it easier for elderly people and such. Yes the brake works great on level ground, but wait until you really need it like on a sloped driveway............. Or getting the vehicle inspected!

Reported at 17,000 miles, July 2003 CrashInjuryDeath

The stalk for the combination turn signal, windshield wiper, cruise control, broke resulted in unreliable operation of the windshield wipers and unreliable turn singal operation. In the case of the 2001 silverado the windshield wipers activated when the turn signalwas selected. Since this same control was used for several critical functions, including turn signals, wipers, and cruise control activation and deactivation, I expect certain failure modes could present a serious safety issue.

Reported at 50,000 miles, January 2007

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