2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 problems
The 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 has 69 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (22%) concerns electrical system. Next are engine (17%) and drivetrain & axles (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 69 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 8
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 28,000 miles 37 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 | 12 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 14 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 9 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 37 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 28,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 2 complaints mention a crash; 8 complaints mention a fire; 1 injury reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2017 ranks 19th most-complained-about out of 29 model years of the Chevrolet Silverado 2500 with enough data (51 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 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.
My truck went off the road I struck a tree in excess of 20+ miles an hour totaled the truck and no airbag deployed almost killing me now I have facial reconstruction and 6 herniated disks which may keep me from ever working again
Owner of both a 2017 duramax and a tahoe from new. Duramax had just turned 21,000 miles this winter. Returned from fishing sunday night and plugged the truck into a heavy guage extension cord. My family and I were woken at 3am early january to a vehicle alarm. Turns out the truck had started fire. Luckly the alarm was audible long enough to wake us. By the time I had reached the keys, it had stopped. A peek out the window showed a culprit I hadn't anticipated.
Tl* the contact owned a 2017 chevrolet silverado 2500. While the vehicle was parked in the driveway, the vehicle's alarm sounded, when the contact arrived downstairs, the engine compartment was on fire. The fire department extinguished the fire. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a private lot by the insurance company. The contact also received a recall notification after the fire for NHTSA campaign number: 19v328000 (engine). The vehicle was destroyed.
Describe what happened - insd arrived at work and plugged in his block heater as he always does during the winter. Insd then went into work at about 6:30pm. At approx 7:30pm insd was notified that there was a fire in his truck, fire dept was called. Did the fire burn to the interior, extent of damage- total burn, full interior, engine bay. Fire is not sure where the fire started but thinks it was in the engine bay.
II took my 2017 1500 silverado I purchased 11/2020 that had about 9500 miles to the chevy service center and stated while driving my vehicle when coming to a stop during the 2-1 downshifting of the transmission a very loud clunking noise and at the same time it feels like something hit the rear of the vehicle. Upon starting from a stop sign or stop light the 1-2 shifting of the transmission makes the same loud clucking noise and it feels like something hit the vehicle was in the rear again.