2013 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 problems
The 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 has 71 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (14%) concerns electrical system. Next are fuel system (14%) and brakes (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 71 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 14% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 72,000 miles 48 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 | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 13 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 7 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 6 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 48 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 72,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 3 complaints mention a fire; 3 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2013 ranks 26th most-complained-about out of 29 model years of the Chevrolet Silverado 2500 with enough data (32 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
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.
I believe all the dealership did was dust/armor all my air bag compartment door. It still has a 2013 takata air bag installed which was deployed somehow causing a can of axe body spray to explode which caused the dash, seat, and wiring including the compartment to burn/melt totaling my truck. I could have been killed if I was sitting their.
Service stabilitrac keeps coming on and sometimes when it comes on it flashes and every time it flashes it applies the right front brake pulling the truck to the right. When you go to slow down to pull over the anti lock brakes turn on until you are almost completely stopped and once the stabilitrac light comes on steady and stops flashing it will not do it any more until you turn the truck off and reset it. It mainly does it on the highway at higher speeds but it has done it in town also.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 chevrolet silverado 2500. The contact stated that while driving 35 to 40 MPH, the brake pedal was engaged and the front end of the vehicle vibrated and shook abnormally. Additionally, the steering wheel also shook abnormally. The contact reduced the speed of the vehicle to bring the vehicle under control. The contact stated that the failure recurred when the speed was increased. The failure was intermittent.