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2001 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 steering problems

19 complaints about steering have been filed for the 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 2500, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
19 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
73,000 miles 18 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When steering problems show up

Steering complaints by mileage, 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 73,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 3 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 73,000 miles
Based on 18 complaints that include mileage. 39% 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 miles0
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles3

What the data shows

Of the 18 steering complaints that report mileage, the median is about 72,000 miles, and 39% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Traveling at 65 MPH brakes all of a sudden the brakes were applied w/o applying them loss of steering control etc. Evaluating this problem II saw that the brake pedal was going down to the floor, so I pulled up on it with my foot and the brakes released but steering control did not resume. I got off at the next exit and very slowly made my way on home.

Reported at 141,311 miles, June 2012 Injury

Found fluid on floor underneath motor area. Checked power steering reservoir and found it to be full. I found I had lost power steering, when I put vehicle in gear to move out of garage area, I found that I had also lost my brakes. (pedal went to the floor) I was thankful that I was not on the highway pulling a trailer at this time. No power steering and no brakes. I contacted power chevrolet in valencia and they told me not to drive the vehicle but to have it towed to their location.

Reported at 53,800 miles, February 2007

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