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2003 Chevrolet Silverado transmission problems

49 complaints about transmission have been filed for the 2003 Chevrolet Silverado, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
49 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
8,000 miles 41 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When transmission problems show up

Transmission complaints by mileage, 2003 Chevrolet Silverado Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 8,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 32 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 8,000 miles
Based on 41 complaints that include mileage. 95% 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 miles32
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 41 transmission complaints that report mileage, the median is about 8,000 miles, and 95% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 1 fire.

What owners wrote

General motors have a faulty neutral safety shift switch on their silverado 1500 1/2 ton pickups that may lead to failure and cause the truck to burn. I have brought this to the attention of general motors but they ignored me. My truck burned and we put it out. I see others that have burned and I bet the neutral safety switch is what started it. If you were to investigate how many 03 (maybe newer maybe older) have burned you will find the cause in this switch.

Reported at 16,000 miles, July 2005 Fire

2003 2500 silvarado with 36,000 miles. So far the transfer case shifting module (dropped itself inot 4 low at 70 MPH), transmission (became so sloppy that it slammed passengers around had to be rebuilt), air conditioner compressor (quit working and the new one works poorly), fuel pump (died in the middle of utah and took 4 days to get the part), radio (had multiple problems had to be replaced after 4 visits), keyless remote failures, and 4 recalls.

Reported at 35,500 miles, August 2004

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