Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 2500.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-18 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Hydraboost piston blew out, lost brakes and steering. Almost wrecked vehicle. |
| 2021-11-07 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The transfer case wore a pine hole in the case from the oil pump spring lock not securing movement causing me to loose … |
| 2020-09-03 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | CANT REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED I BLACK OUT AND WOKE UP WITH COPS AROUND ME. THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK IS WRECKED. AIRBAGS… |
| 2020-01-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | HYDRO BOOST HAS FAILED. IT WAS DISCOVERED BY GARDNERVILLE AUTO IN GARDNERVILLE, NEVADA . ON WEDNESDAY 1/15/2020. I CONT… |
| 2019-12-16 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I HAVE CHANGED ALL 4 NEW TIRES IN 4 DIFFERENT TIMES EVERY YRS NOT SURE IF THAT A WHEEL PROBLEM. AND ALSO FIX MY FUEL IN… |
| 2019-07-02 | TIRES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 EQUIPPED WITH PRIMEWELL VALERA HT HARRY TRUMAN TIRES, SIZE: LT265/… |
| 2019-06-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE LINES FAILED AFTER HAVING ALREADY BEEN REPLACED. FACTORY LINES CORRODED THROUGH AND TRUCK WAS SCARY TO SLOW DOWN.… |
| 2018-12-25 | TIRES | No | 0 | FEDERAL COURAGA MT TIRE TREAD SEPARATION AT FREEWAY SPEEDS WITHOUT WARNING. NOT EVEN AT HALF OF THE TREAD LIFE NO SIGNS… |
| 2018-11-08 | STEERING | No | 0 | POWER STEERING IS HARD TO TURN AND ALSO TAKES LONGER TO STOP THE VEHICLE, HYDRO BOOST IS LEAKING AT THE BASE CAUSING TH… |
| 2018-09-22 | WHEELS | No | 0 | DRIVING SOUTH ON INTERSTATE 15 IN #1 LANE SOUTH OF CEDAR CITY, UTAH. THE TRUCK SUDDENLY SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND WITHIN SEC… |
| 2018-08-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND "LOW ENGINE POWER" FLASHED WHERE THE ODOMETER IS. THIS CAUSED THE RPM'S NOT TO GO OVER 2… |
| 2018-02-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MANY OF THE VEHICLES IN THIS FAMILY SUFFER FROM RANDOM ELECTRICAL SHORTS AND OR POOR ELECTRICAL GROUNDING RELATING TO T… |
| 2017-08-29 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SLOW/STOP VEHICLE TO MAKE A TURN. DROVE INTO PARKING LOT TO GET OFF OF ROADWAY, … |
| 2017-08-17 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | ON THE 17TH OF AUG., 2017, I WAS ON MY WAY CAMPING PULLING A 28 FT RV WITH MY 3/4 TON CHEV PU, WHEN MY LEFT REAR TIRE W… |
| 2017-02-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 65-70 MPH TRUCK SHUT OFF NO POWER STEERING NO BRAKES SHOWING "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" ALMOST… |
| 2017-01-30 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE LINES HAVE STARTED RUSTING OUT. ONLY 120K ON THE TRUCK. CALLED GM. GM WILL NOT HELP WITH THIS KNOWN ISSUE OF THE… |
| 2016-11-03 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE ENGINE I… |
| 2016-10-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE LINES AND RELATED CALIPERS CONTINUE TO RUST AND FAIL. HAVE NOW LOST BRAKES WHILE DRIVING DUE TO FAILURE OF VARIO… |
| 2016-08-22 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ENGINE RUNS ROUGH AT IDLE.CK ENGINE LIGHT ON. |
| 2016-08-07 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING 50 MPH TOWING A BOAT APPLIED THE BRAKES , THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR… |
| 2016-05-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MAY 2016 INSTALLED 5 YEARS WARRANTY BATTERY. BATTERY DEAD EVERY THREE MONTH. CHARGED BATTERY. INSTALLED NEW BATTERY LAS… |
| 2016-04-28 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 2 | ON 4/28/2016 TRAVELING TO WORK FOLLOWING A TRACTOR TRAILER IN A 55 MPH ZONE, THE TRACTOR TRAILER ABRUPTLY MERGED INTO T… |
| 2016-04-23 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | GOING DOWN EXIT RAMP BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. HAD I NOT MANAGED TO GET VEHICLE STOPPED WITH AGGRESSIVELY PUMPING BRAK… |
| 2016-04-19 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VE… |
| 2016-04-18 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK THE RUSTED BRAKE LINES ON MY TRUCK FAILED. SADLY, GM HAS KNOWN FOR YEARS THAT THESE LINES WER… |
| 2016-04-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | AS WITH MANY OTHER POSTS HERE, I TOO HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH BOTH THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER(BAD SPEEDOMETER AND GAUGE READI… |
| 2016-03-15 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I HAVE HAD A COMPLETE BRAKE JOB BECAUSE ALL OF THE LINES RUSTED OUT AND FAILED AS I WAS DRIVING. FORTUNATELY, I WAS AB… |
| 2016-02-28 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REVERSE THE VEHICLE, IT INDEPENDENTLY ACCELER… |
| 2016-01-28 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | REPLACED ALL BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH 107,000 MILES ON A 2004 TRUCK. ALUMINUM WHEELS ARE PITTED APPEARS TO BE LOSIN… |
| 2016-01-04 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR TRYING TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER CAR TRAVELING AT 60 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE , STEEL BRAKE L… |
| 2015-12-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS BREAKING OFF. ALMOST EVERYONE I KNOW IS HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH THE V8 GM ENGINES. LEADS TO EXH… |
| 2015-10-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE TRAVELLING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2004 CHE… |
| 2015-09-07 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | REAR BRAKE LINE FAILURE DUE TO CORROSION. FAILURE POINT BETWEEN GAS TANK AND REAR FRAME RAIL WHERE HYDRAULIC LINE IS MO… |
| 2015-08-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED PRIOR TO DEPRESSING TH… |
| 2015-07-25 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | AS TRAFFIC SLOWED AHEAD OF ME I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I THEN USED MY PARKING BRAKE TO STOP… |
| 2015-07-23 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I WAS TOWING MY RV. WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. SCARED THE BLANK OUT OF ME SINCE I HAD… |
| 2015-07-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN I GOT INTO THE VEHICLE TO START, THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER SAYS "UNKNOWN DRIVER". AS A RESULT OF THIS CONDITI… |
| 2015-07-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | DURING A HIGHWAY BRAKING EVENT, BRAKE LINES BLEW OUT DUE TO RUSTING, CAUSING COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. |
| 2015-07-03 | ENGINE | No | 0 | PASSENGER SIDE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS RUST AND BREAK OFF ON ALL GM FULL SIZE TRUCKS. I HAVE 2004 SILVERADO 2500 HD WITH… |
| 2015-03-30 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, A HUMMING SOUND EMITTED FR… |
| 2015-03-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE LINE BLEW AND BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR. *TR |
| 2015-03-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I WAS TRAVELING HOME FROM DROPPING MY DOG OFF AT HIS GROOMER. I WENT TO BRAKE COMING TO AN INTERSECTION TO PREPARE FOR … |
| 2015-03-11 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKES FAILED UNDER HARD STOP (HIGHWAY, IN MOTION) TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH DEER. MASTER CYLINDER TO ABS MODULE STEEL… |
| 2014-11-16 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL WHEN I WAS DRIVING TO THE BANK. AS I WAS SLOWING TO MAKE THE TURN INTO THE BANK THE BRAKES… |
| 2014-10-16 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I HAD TO APPLY MY BRAKES BECAUSE OF A SUDDEN STOP. WHEN I DID MY ABS BRAKES WORKED FOR A SECOND WHEN NO MORE BRAKES. HA… |
| 2014-10-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WAS ENTERING DRIVE-THRU RESTAURANT, GAVE ORDER, PROCEEDED TO WINDOW TO RECEIVE ORDER/PAY. NOTICED THAT UPON STOPPING AT… |
| 2014-10-02 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID ON DRIVEWAY. BRAKE LINE JUST ABOVE GAS TANK FROM JUNCTION BLOCK TO REAR AXLE RUSTED OUT AT CL… |
| 2014-10-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | 3 EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS HAVE BROKEN OFF MY 6.0 LITER TRUCK MOTOR. I FEEL THIS IS A DEFECT AS I HAVE DONE RESEARCH ON T… |
| 2014-09-24 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | RETURNING HOME, I PROCEEDED TO BACK INTO MY DRIVEWAY, I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO REVERSE INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND THE BRAKE P… |
| 2014-09-21 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE PULLING A 30 BOAT THIS WEEKEND MY BRAKES FAILED. PEDAL DROPPED TO THE FLOOR . PULLED MY 2004 2500HD TRUCK INTO TH… |