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2008 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 latches & locks problems

Owners reported latches & locks problems in 37 complaints for the 2008 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 3% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
37 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
40,000 miles 33 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When latches & locks problems show up

Latches & locks complaints by mileage, 2008 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 40,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 6 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 10 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 9 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 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: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 40,000 miles
Based on 33 complaints that include mileage. 76% 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 miles6
20k to 40k miles10
40k to 60k miles9
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 33 latches & locks complaints that report mileage, the median is about 40,000 miles, and 76% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 fire.

What owners wrote

Prelude to this event, involving my 2008 chevrolet silverado 1500 (approx 16,200 miles), was the warranty replacement for the failure of all 4 power door lock actuators. The actuators failed one at a time and each time an actuator would fail, the vehicle would shock the driver when touching the metal door while exiting the vehicle. The last actuator was replaced by the dealership on september 18th, 2009. On september 19th, 2009, after engaging my vehicle into reverse gear, the dashboard electrical went dead.

Reported at 16,200 miles, September 2009 Fire

Door lock actuator failures. Failure to unlock but doors lock when placed into drive. Chevrolet will fix problem for around $1,200. In order to open rear doors on truck you must climd over front console or lower windows to manually unlock. This is a problem on every chevy 2008 and above vehicle that I know of.

Reported at 50,000 miles, January 2011

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