2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 body & structure problems
Owners reported body & structure problems in 27 complaints for the 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 3% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 27 3% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 100,000 miles 26 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When body & structure problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 9 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 26 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 100,000 miles, and 8% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 3 crashes.
What owners wrote
In bumper to bumper traffic for aprox 4 mins and stopping and starting hit the brakes , peddle goes to floor hitting car in front of me because no brakes. After accident police officers noticed fluid coming from under truck, called for a tow truck because no brakes at all, when on tow truck{ flat bed} they saw that brakes lines that run along frame were totally rotted out and popped causing this accident. Truck at the shop as we speak getting all new lines installed at the cost of 1000.00.
I have a 2003 silverado and upon arriving home I felt my brake peddle go to the floor and I couldn't stop and backed into my trailer, I got out of the truck and noticed a huge puddle under my driver side wheel. After investigating I found that the steel hydraulic line had rusted & broke. I am disabled with 4 auto immune diseases and cannot afford to put it in the shop so I ordered the part, replaced it and proceeded to bleed the line and found that 3 other steel lines had holes in them or had rusted all the way…
Other problems reported for the 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
- Brakes 450 complaints
- Electrical system 196 complaints
- Steering 56 complaints
- Engine 34 complaints
- Fuel system 30 complaints
- Cruise control 29 complaints
- Air bags 21 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 17 complaints