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2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 cruise control problems

29 complaints about cruise control have been filed for the 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
29 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
60,000 miles 25 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 60,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 6 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 60,000 miles
Based on 25 complaints that include mileage. 48% 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 miles1
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles6
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 25 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 60,000 miles, and 48% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet silverado 1500. The contact stated that while driving into a parking space, the vehicle suddenly experienced unintended acceleration and surged forward. The vehicle crashed into a pile of brick boulders. The driver suffered injuries to the back shoulders, and neck. The three year old passenger in the rear passenger seat suffered an injured back. Medical attention was not received and a police report was filed.

Reported at 160,000 miles, June 2012 CrashInjury

As I was driving home from downtown suddenly my truck lost power and I had to limp home ,friend checked truck and found trouble code p2135 reduced engine power and also said for me to check if there was a recall for this throttle body problem .

Reported at 275,000 miles, July 2020

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