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Total NHTSA Complaints
90
Owner filings recorded
#1 Reported Problem
Engine & Cooling
43 reports (47.8%)
Crash Incident Reports
1
Filings citing a crash
Fire & Injury Reports
6
4 fire • 2 injury filings
Defect Investigation Analysis

Executive Problem Findings

AutoUtility currently tracks 90 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2025 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. Engine & Cooling issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 43 complaints (47.8% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 1 filing cites a crash, 4 cite a fire, 2 report one or more injuries.

Methodology Notice: Consumer complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Filings are not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and do not constitute an audited component failure rate.
Incident & Severity Profile
  • • Total Owner Reports: 90 complaints submitted under federal penalty.
  • • Primary Subsystem: Engine & Cooling accounts for 47.8% of submissions (43 reports).
  • • Secondary Systems: Electrical System (23), Powertrain & Transmission (19).
  • • Crash Incidents: 1 filings cite an impact or collision.
  • • Thermal Incidents: 4 filings cite smoke or fire.
  • • Reported Casualties: 2 injury filings • 0 fatality filings.
Category Distribution

Reported Defect Categories for 2025 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

Factual proportion of owner complaints categorized by automotive subsystem in NHTSA records

Engine & Cooling
43
47.8%
Electrical System
23
25.6%
Powertrain & Transmission
19
21.1%
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech
10
11.1%
Fuel & Propulsion System
6
6.7%
#1 47.8% SHARE

Engine & Cooling

43 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI for this subsystem.

🔥 2 Fire
#2 25.6% SHARE

Electrical System

23 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI for this subsystem.

🔥 1 Fire
#3 21.1% SHARE

Powertrain & Transmission

19 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI for this subsystem.

✓ 0 Incidents
#4 11.1% SHARE

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

10 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI for this subsystem.

✓ 0 Incidents
Deterministic Text Analysis

Recurring Symptoms Identified in Owner Reports

Specific mechanical, electrical, and driver-assist defect symptoms identified via deterministic narrative analysis

Powertrain & Transmission 6.7%

Loss of Motive Power While Driving

6 complaint narratives describe this symptom.

NHTSA Narrative Match
Engine & Cooling 3.3%

Engine Stalling / Sudden Shutdown

3 complaint narratives describe this symptom.

NHTSA Narrative Match
Federal Oversight

Official NHTSA Defect Investigations (1)

Formal engineering analyses and preliminary evaluations opened by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

ODI Action #EA26005 OPEN Engineering Analysis (EA)
Opened: 2026-08-20 • Active
Subject / Subsystem
Loss of motive power due to engine failure post recall remedy
Affected Component
ENGINE
Recall Linkage
No direct recall linkage
On January 16, 2026, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened Recall Query RQ26001.  This investigation was opened to assess the remedy effectiveness of Recall 25V-274. ODI has received complaints alleging engine failure in vehicles after the recall remedy had been completed, whether that remedy involved an oil viscosity change or a complete engine replacement. General Motors (GM) issued Recall 25V-274 to address concerns of engine failure in the L87 engines produced between March 1, 2021 and May 31, 2024. GM cited the root cause as a supplier manufacturing and quality issue. GM’s recall remedy for Recall 25V-274 consisted of two different repairs, either an oil viscosity change or an engine replacement, based on the results of the remedy inspection procedure. ODI continues to receive reports of engine failures after the completion of the recall remedy. To date, ODI has received 499 complaints alleging post-remedy engine failure in vehicles subject to Recall 25V-274, 473 of which involved an oil viscosity change and 26 a complete engine replacement. Additionally, ODI has received 191 reports of L87 engine failures in engines produced after the production period cited in Recall 25V-274. GM reported receiving 6,953 complaints of post-remedy engine failure. ODI is opening this Engineering Analysisto continue investigating complaints of post-remedy engine failure. ODI is expanding the scope of this Investigation to include engines produced after the production period cited in the recall. To review the ODI reports cited in the Opening Resume ODI Report Identification Number document, go to NHTSA.gov.
Consumer Filings

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2025 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Engine & Cooling ODI #11759939
Filed: 08/27/2026
Defect Report

"There have been multiple instances of engine ticking upon start up. I have 4 videos with sound. I can provide a link if necessary to dropbox or google drive if necessary since there is no way to upload them to this site. This has been reported by GM 6.2L owners as being a precursor to engine..."

Engine & Cooling ODI #11759809
Filed: 08/26/2026
Defect Report

"The contact owns a 2025 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that while starting the vehicle remotely, an abnormal grinding and banging sound was heard emanating from the engine compartment. The vehicle independently shut off. The contact attempted to restart the vehicle remotely, but the..."

Engine & Cooling ODI #11759148
Filed: 08/24/2026
Defect Report

"The engine in my truck had a catastrophic failure (6.2 litre), same as the thousands with the same problem / failure. It had to be towed to the dealership where it underwent a complete engine replacement... it had 8,906 miles on it at the time of the engine failure. It died after making horrendous..."

Engine & Cooling ODI #11758825
Filed: 08/22/2026
Defect Report

"Engine crank bearings failed at only 16,310 miles. Engine replaced with a new one due severe internal damage."

Other / Miscellaneous ODI #11758669
Filed: 08/21/2026
Defect Report

"Component Affected: Visibility: Interior Trim / Entertainment Center Bezel Glare Description of Safety Hazard:The interior styling of the 2025 Chevrolet Silverado RST contains a design flaw involving the polished chrome trim strip located directly below the main central entertainment..."

Multi-Year Trend

Complaint History for Chevrolet Silverado 1500

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2026)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 1184 61 18 View 2015 Problems →
2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 795 42 13 View 2016 Problems →
2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 836 49 6 View 2017 Problems →
2018 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 514 10 7 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 1059 27 10 View 2019 Problems →
2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 708 13 12 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 792 20 8 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 604 10 6 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 365 7 3 View 2023 Problems →
2024 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 289 7 2 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Current Page 90 1 0 Current
2026 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 0 0 3 View 2026 Problems →
Exhaustive System Audit

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2025 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 36 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Injury Entries Fatality Entries
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 27 0 1 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE 7 0 0 0 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 7 0 1 1 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 6 0 0 0 0
Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN 6 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 4 0 1 0 0
BACK OVER PREVENTION,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 2 0 0 0 0
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA category: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 2 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 2 0 0 0 0
AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS 1 1 0 2 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,BACK OVER PREVENTION,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,LANE DEPARTURE 1 0 0 0 0
Engine & Cooling NHTSA category: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 1 0 0 0 0
ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 1 0 0
Forward Collision Avoidance NHTSA category: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
LANE DEPARTURE,BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 0 0 0 0
Doors, Latches & Locks NHTSA category: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,SUSPENSION,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
Tires NHTSA category: TIRES 1 0 0 0 0
TRAILER HITCHES 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
Visibility & Wipers NHTSA category: VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
Wheels & Hubs NHTSA category: WHEELS 1 0 0 0 0
Search Intelligence

Quick Answers: Common Problems & Reliability Questions for the 2025 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

Direct, deterministic answers synthesized from verified United States government databases for the 2025 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

What are the most common reported problems with the 2025 Chevrolet Silverado 1500?

In official NHTSA consumer records, the most frequently cited issue area for the 2025 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 is Engine & Cooling, appearing in 43 records (47.8% of submitted filings).

Secondary reported categories include Electrical System (23) and Powertrain & Transmission (19).

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI)

Is the 2025 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 a reliable vehicle?

AutoUtility does not issue subjective reliability scores or commercial ratings. In official United States government records, NHTSA tracks 90 consumer defect complaints and 0 safety recall campaigns for the 2025 Chevrolet Silverado 1500.

Reviewing documented component complaint distributions, recall remedy notices, and active federal investigations provides an objective, evidence-based view of the vehicle's historical safety and defect record.

Source: NHTSA ODI & Safety Recalls Databases

Are there crash, fire, or injury reports associated with the 2025 Chevrolet Silverado 1500?

Among consumer complaint records on file with NHTSA for the 2025 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 1 filing cites a crash, 4 cite smoke or fire, and 2 report one or more injuries.

Incident entries represent consumer descriptions at the time of submission to federal authorities and do not establish mechanical causation or legal liability.

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation Consumer Logs

Has NHTSA formally investigated defects on the 2025 Chevrolet Silverado 1500?

NHTSA ODI records list 1 formal defect investigation involving the 2025 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 (1 currently open).

Federal defect investigations are formal engineering evaluations opened when safety defect trends emerge, and do not by themselves establish a confirmed defect or mandatory recall.

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation Registry
Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database under 49 CFR Part 576.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.