2005 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 problems
The 2005 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 has 643 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (30%) concerns electrical system. Next are brakes (21%) and air bags (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 643 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 30% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 27 and 45
- Injuries and deaths
- 19 and 2
- Typical mileage
- 64,000 miles 560 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 52 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 83 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 112 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 121 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 82 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 42 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 23 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 20 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 11 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 6 |
| 200k+ miles | 8 |
What the data shows
Of the 560 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 64,000 miles. For electrical system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 65,000 miles (173 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 27 complaints mention a crash; 45 complaints mention a fire; 19 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2005 ranks 14th most-complained-about out of 30 model years of the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 with enough data (351 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.
Tl* the contact owned a 2005 chevrolet silverado 1500. While the driver was traveling at an unknown rate of speed on an on ramp, the driver crashed into another vehicle. The vehicle swayed back and forth on the road and then crashed into the rear of an 18 wheeler truck. The driver's bumper attached to the 18 wheeler truck and the driver's vehicle was dragged for a few miles until the state highway patrol assisted. The contact indicated that none of the air bags deployed. A police report was filed.
Dt*: the contact stated in the early morning of 8/19/2006, police and witness reports suggested the vehicle veered off the right lane onto the breakdown lane, and then swerved across and off the left side of the road, flipped upside down, impacting a tree on the right side of the vehicle. The road was clear and dry. A witness stopped to render assistance, ran to the vehicle, viewed the situation and returned to another vehicle to call in the emergency.
As we were driving down the street black smoke started to come out of the air conditioning vents. Then I noticed flames and melted plastic coming out of the bottom of the glove box area. We pulled our child from the burning truck and called 911. Fire trucks were there in less than 4 minutes but by that time the entire passenger cab was engulfed in flames and there were at least two separate explosions that blew out all the windows, my husband thinks that the airbags exploded.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet silverado 1500. The contact stated that the gear shifter indicator light failed and the contact did not know if the gear shifted to drive. The manufacturer advised that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign id number: 05v055000 (power train: manual transmission: shift pattern indicator) the vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 97,000 and current mileage was 108,000. Updated 11/30/12
Exhaust manifold bolts coming off heads are falling off pause an exhaust leak and giving me headaches. From the looks of it has been off for quite some time I'm just now noticing it