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2007 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 electrical system problems

81 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, which is 8% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
81 8% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
70,000 miles 60 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 8
Injuries and deaths
4 and 1

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 70,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 7 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 9 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 9 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 11 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 6 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 7 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 4 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 3 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 70,000 miles
Based on 60 complaints that include mileage. 42% 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 miles7
20k to 40k miles9
40k to 60k miles9
60k to 80k miles11
80k to 100k miles6
100k to 120k miles7
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles4
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles3

What the data shows

Of the 60 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 70,000 miles, and 42% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 8 fires, 4 injuries, 1 death.

What owners wrote

The evening of march 10 2013 around 1700 hour my brother a single man, was fatally killed in his 2007 chevrolet silverado k1500 pick-up truck, approximately 1 mile from his home on a paved country road. He was pr0nounce dead @ 1730 hour. The cause of the accident has not been determined, yet the report will show that he was traveling on a down hill slope where he swerved off the pavement to the right and then over corrected back on to and crossed the pavement on the left and then back across the hi way on the…

Reported at 72,000 miles, March 2013 CrashDeath

This problem pertains to a 2007 chevy silverado. The blower motorshut off while I was driving. I saw smoke come out from under the dashboard by the passenger side. The connector that was attached to the resistor for the blower motor was melting due to extreme heat. The black wire was glowing bright red and was melting the plastic on the connector. After a phone call to the dealership where the truck was purchased, I found out that chevy already new about the problem and that they had seen it many times.

Reported at 75,000 miles, May 2010

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