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2005 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 steering problems

Owners reported steering problems in 48 complaints for the 2005 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 7% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
48 8% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
27,000 miles 43 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When steering problems show up

Steering complaints by mileage, 2005 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 27,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 13 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 15 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 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: 27,000 miles
Based on 43 complaints that include mileage. 77% 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 miles13
20k to 40k miles15
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 43 steering complaints that report mileage, the median is about 27,000 miles, and 77% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

Vehicle was sold which was believed to be an illegal california safety inspections had for three months driveshaft flew off of vehicle a week after purchasing dealer ship fix but but a driveshaft that was to short for the vehicle which was the reason for the incident second incident cause collision into brick wall because vehicle lost steering believed to be cause by safety issues dealership retired to pass off as an "as is " vehicle air bags did not deploy

Reported at 107,000 miles, June 2015 CrashInjury

Took truck in for check up said steering worn and leaking both left and right was replaced with chevy parts at chevy dealer it is now 8-22-12 now took it in to have it check before vacation and their saying the steering box leaking mileage now is 37,778 I don't understand the trouble with this part it is also very expensive.

Reported at 30,516 miles, November 2011

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