2001 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 problems
The 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 has 495 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (39%) concerns brakes. Next are engine (21%) and tires (7%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 495 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 39% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 25 and 10
- Injuries and deaths
- 19 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 75,000 miles 409 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 | 27 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 42 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 72 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 80 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 59 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 41 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 29 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 17 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 18 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 4 |
| 200k+ miles | 20 |
What the data shows
Of the 409 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 75,000 miles. For brakes specifically, the median reported mileage is about 90,000 miles (175 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 25 complaints mention a crash; 10 complaints mention a fire; 19 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2001 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 29 model years of the Chevrolet Silverado 2500 with enough data (179 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
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.
Head on collision hit the brakes and truck jumped. When vehicles hit seatbelt didn't lock right away which threw me forward and into the drivers side door. It was a head on accident and airbags never went off which make the emt's and police concerned do to the damage to the truck..
The truck kept dying so I took it in to a dealership. He replaced the battery and two days later it was dying again. They still haven't figured out what the problem is.
Tl* the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet silverado 2500 hd. While driving approximately 40-45 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. He was able to restart the vehicle as it resumed normal operation. The dealer replaced the battery but to no avail. The contact stated the failure would only occur in dry weather conditions. The vehicle was taken to the dealer several times but the failure persisted. Most recently, the failure recurred and the vehicle independently restarted.