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2018 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 electrical system problems

103 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2018 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, which is 13% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
103 14% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
38,000 miles 30 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 2
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2018 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 38,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 8 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 8 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 38,000 miles
Based on 30 complaints that include mileage. 70% 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 miles8
20k to 40k miles8
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 30 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 38,000 miles, and 70% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 2 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Passenger front window auto up broke and almost completely severed a adult males ring fing tip. In a parking lot the window went up 'using auto up'. A friend was getting in the truck and had his finger unfortunately in the way the window did not stop after coming into contact with his finger and it was almost completely severed at the tip.

Reported at 1,107 miles, December 2018 Injury

When the vehicle was started, a loud squealing sound was heard coming from the vicinity of the front of the engine. While under the oem bumper to bumper warranted period, chevrolet dealer number one was not able to determine the problem or repair it. Furthermore, the problem was not reported in the vehicle history as reported. A short period later, chevrolet dealer number two was able to locate the problem and repair it at my personal expense as the warranted expired on time as opposed to mileage.

Reported at 18,000 miles, December 2020

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