RoadVitals

2005 GMC Silverado Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

Data refreshed

Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
2
Latest Mar 18, 2014
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
0
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Mar 20, 2009

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2005 GMC Silverado. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–2 of 2

Brakes
Filed Mar 18, 2014

I WAS DRIVING ON A ROAD IN MODERATE TRAFFIC .CAME TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT HAD TURNED AMBER . TRIED TO APPLY MY BRAKES AND THEY FAILED. I RAN THE LIGHT JUST MISSING SEVERAL MOVING VEHICLES . BEFORE COASTING TO A STOP. *TR

NHTSA ID
10573047
Incident
Feb 27, 2014
Mileage
116,000 mi
Electrical
Filed Mar 20, 2009

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER NO LONGER WORKS AND HE CANNOT DETERMINE HOW FAST HE IS TRAVELING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REPAIR WOULD COST $400. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000. UPDATED 04-23-09 *BF UPDATED 04/30/09*JB

NHTSA ID
10262530
Incident
Mar 2, 2009
Mileage
42,000 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

Data on this page last refreshed .