2007 Chevrolet Silverado problems
Owners have filed 253 complaints with NHTSA about the 2007 Chevrolet Silverado. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 16% of complaints. Next are electrical system (15%) and brakes (14%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 253 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 16% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 11 and 14
- Injuries and deaths
- 16 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 56,000 miles 211 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 | 28 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 34 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 48 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 30 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 39 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 14 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 9 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 7 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 211 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 56,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 78,000 miles (30 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 11 complaints mention a crash; 14 complaints mention a fire; 16 injuries reported; 1 death reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2007 ranks 12th most-complained-about out of 26 model years of the Chevrolet Silverado with enough data (147 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
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.
Railroad hyrail vehicle equipped, after market, with hyrail wheel assemblies which allow the vehicle to operate on railroad tracks. Once hyrail (flanged) wheels are retracted, the vehicle is operated over the highways and public roads like any other vehicle. On 7/27/12 near eagle nest, az a railroad employee was operating vehicle on the railroad tracks when it struck a standing train at 38 MPH. Airbags did not deploy and rail employee was killed.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet silverado. The contact stated that while driving 45 MPH, the vehicle hydro planed and the contact crashed into the road barrier. No air bags deployed upon impact. There were four injuries and a police report was filed. Injury details were not available. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 102,000.
On may 26 2008 my chevy silverado wires caught on fire I was able to get it put out pretty quick with only a minor burn to my finger but GM does not want to admit there is a problem with the truck they cant say why it happened there trying to blame it on me I hope you can look into this so maybe if there is a problem with there trucks some one don't get hurt of die.
I was driving my 2007 chevrolet silverado on a highway at approximately 65 MPH during a light rain shower when there was a loud bang sound similar to a shot gun blast and the seatbelt pre-tensioners pulled myself and my passenger hard back into the seats. The hazard lights began flashing immediately and the airbag sensor light came on. Contacted onstar to run a diagnostic and they showed there was a collision detected which fired the seat belt pre-tensioners.
Started hearing noises from the brakes, took to shop, and was told it was not under warranty even though there are only 30,000 miles on it. They had to turn the rotors. Also tires are falling apart. Another issues is with the 4 wheel drive it doesn't engage properly.