2006 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 problems
The 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 has 219 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (33%) concerns brakes. Next are transmission (10%) and steering (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 219 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 33% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 15 and 8
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 52,000 miles 205 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 | 36 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 40 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 45 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 31 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 23 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 15 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 6 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 3 |
| 200k+ miles | 4 |
What the data shows
Of the 205 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 52,000 miles. For brakes specifically, the median reported mileage is about 56,000 miles (70 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 15 complaints mention a crash; 8 complaints mention a fire; 7 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2006 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 29 model years of the Chevrolet Silverado 2500 with enough data (124 complaints in that window).
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.
7-12-14, 11:15 mtn time my wife and I were driving westbound on I-76, in a 2006 chevy silverado, 2500 hd duramax diesel towing a 24" catalina 5th wheel, approximately 6,500 lbs, in the right hand lane, at approximately 50 MPH in commerce city, co approaching 104th ave. At the 104th ave overpass a drunk driver pulled out from behind the overpass support column in the center medium area of the divided highway approximately 1-2 car lengths in front of us. We immediately hit his vehicle in the right rear.
Another persons vehicle lost control and hit the vehicle that I was driving. This caused me to loose control and crash into the concrete median.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet silverado 2500. While driving 25 MPH, the vehicle slid 25 feet when the contact depressed the brake pedal. As a result, the vehicle crashed into a pole. The road conditions were wet. A police report was filed. The driver sustained a partial tear to his achilles tendon. The dealer inspected the vehicle, but was unable to duplicate the failure. The contact felt that the antilock brakes caused the failure. The failure mileage was 17,000 and current mileage was 17,300.
Steering column knock in my chevrolet 2500 hd silverado. Problem occurred sometime around 38k miles. Was told by dealer it was a broken steering arm. Now at 65k miles and having the same knocking sound in the steering column.
2006 chevy silverado hd diesel with allison trans-- transmission cooler lines leaking, dealer said there has been no known problem. I searched online and found hundreds of similar complaints. So I was forced to pay $700 to have the lines replaced, which will probably end up leaking again. This is obviously a defect, as I have 3 other chevy trucks, none of which have ever leaked from the trans lines, and some are over 10yrs old.