2005 Chevrolet Silverado

Safety Score
58
Average
Recalls
3
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars

Recalls (3)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
2005-04-22 05V163000 SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER 1,359,824 Details
2005-02-14 05V055000 POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:SHIFT PATTERN INDICATOR 7,194 Details
2005-01-21 05V018000 STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR 3,344 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2021-07-16 AIR BAGS Yes 1 The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated while driving approximately 50 mph, he lost contro…
2016-02-09 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 THE VEHICLES BRAKES ARE CORRODING AND FAILED ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT ON 2/09/2016 WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION (AT…
2015-11-30 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 BREAK LINES CORRODED THROUGH TO FAILURE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED JUST AFTER EXITING A HIGHWAY. ABS ENGAGED DUE TO ICY CO…
2015-11-12 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 SITTING AT BURGER KING DRIVE THRU WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. BRAKE LINES HAD RUPTURED DUE TO CORROSION. VEHI…
2015-10-18 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 SUDDEN LOSS OF BRAKING POWER DUE TO BRAKE LINE RUPTURE WHILE ON THE EXIT RAMP OF THE FREEWAY. FOUND BRAKE LINES COMPLET…
2015-10-09 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR WHEN OUR FRIEND TRIED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. A BRAKE LINE RUNNING ON TOP OF…
2015-10-05 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 PEDAL GOES ON DOWN WHEN PRESSED -- SEEMS LIKE ABS ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY
2015-07-15 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 THESE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THE BRAKES ARE SHAKING WHEN I GO TO STOP. I HAVE C HANGED THE FRONT CALIPERS SINCE THIS IS …
2015-06-05 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED A…
2015-05-15 ENGINE No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARN…
2015-05-14 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 ANOTHER DRIVER NOTIFIED US THAT OUR BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. WE STOPPED TO CHECK THE SITUATION AND MY WIFE APPLI…
2015-04-26 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 BRAKE LINE BROKE. BRAKE LINES ARE SEVERELY CORRODED. I LOST MY BRAKES WHILE DRIVING. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. *TR
2015-03-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER SET ON LEVEL FIV…
2015-02-16 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 FRAME IS ROTTED,WONT PASS INSPECTION,BRAKE LINES ARE ALSO ROTTED HAD TO REPLACE TWICE. *TR
2015-01-26 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER REMAINED AT 120…
2015-01-09 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 THE BRAKE LINES ARE VERY RUSTED AND I AM VERY CONCERNED THIS CAN LEAD TO A SERIOUS INJURY FOR MYSELF OR OTHERS. I KNOW…
2014-12-22 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATLEY 35 MPH, THE CONTAC…
2014-11-29 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 BACKING-UP INTO MY GARAGE IN REVERSE MODE, PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. *TR
2014-11-16 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 TRAVELING THROUGH INTERSECTION AND MAKING LEFT HAND TURN TO GO IN EAST DIRECTION. MY VEHICLE'S BRAKES CATASTROPHICALLY…
2014-11-03 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 DURING SHOWING THE VEHICLE FOR RESALE, THE BRAKE LINES BROKE AND LEAKED AND THERE WAS NO BRAKING POWER TO STOP VEHICLE.…
2014-10-28 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL EXTENDED TO T…
2014-10-24 AIR BAGS No 0 WHEN I GOT IN THE TRUCK TO GO TO WORK, AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ALONG WITH THE DIC NOTIFICATION WHERE ON. WITH A OSB II REA…
2014-10-08 AIR BAGS No 0 CHECK AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON.. DO I NEED TO DISENGAGE? PLEASE ADVISE. *TR
2014-10-01 AIR BAGS No 0 FOR NO APPARENT REASON, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHTS ON VEHICLE CAME ON WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN …
2014-09-20 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT I NOTICED THAT I HAD TO PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR IN ORDER TO KEEP THE…
2014-09-06 SERVICE BRAKES Yes 0 WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO COME TO A STOP. THE BRAKES BEGAN TO SLOW THE TRUCK THEN THE PEDAL WENT…
2014-08-31 AIR BAGS No 0 AS I WAS DRIVING THE "SERVICE AIR BAG" WARNING APPEARED IN THE INFORMATION CENTER OF THE DASH AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT STA…
2014-08-19 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 I WAS ENTERING MY DRIVEWAY AND BEGAN TO BRAKE GOING DOWNHILL, THE BRAKE PEDAL SUDDEN "WENT TO THE FLOOR" (BRAKE LINE HA…
2014-08-18 AIR BAGS No 0 TURNED KEY ON AND LIGHT SAYING SERVICE AIRBAG CAME ON. LOCAL MECHANIC SAID HE READ THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A RECALL…
2014-08-10 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 BRAKES LINES POPPED A LEAK BELOW THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR,WHICH SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. I HAVE NEVER HAD BRAKES FAIL…
2014-08-09 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROX 30 MPH, BRAKES WERE APPLIED IN ANTICIPATION OF A RED LIGHT. THE BRAKE PEDAL HESITATED, THEN …
2014-08-01 AIR BAGS No 0 AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. *TR
2014-08-01 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 ALL BRAKE LINES ARE CORRODED. BRAKES FAILED WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IN TRAFFIC. ALL BRAKE HARD LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLA…
2014-07-23 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AS I PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVE.. SO AS I LOOKED TO SEE WHAT IT WAS, 1 BRAKE LINE WAS LEAKING DUE…
2014-07-07 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 BLOWER RESISTER KEEPS BURNING OUT. *TR
2014-07-06 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 THE BRAKE LINES AND FUEL LINES RUSTY TO THE POINT THAT THEY ARE LEAKING NEED TO BE REPLACED.THE BLEND MOTOR FOR HVAC IS…
2014-07-02 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 WHILE DOING AN OIL CHANGE ON MY 2005 PU I NOTICED ENOUGH BUILDUP OF RUST ON THE BRAKE LINES THAT I STOPPED DRIVING THE…
2014-06-30 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 WHILE DOING AN OIL CHANGE ON MY 2005 PU SILVERADO I NOTICED LARGE RUST BUILD UP ON THE BRAKE LINES' THIS IS NOT THROUGH…
2014-06-26 SERVICE BRAKES Yes 0 APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF A STEEP GRADED HIGHWAY, I NOTICED THE BRAKE PEDAL FELT SPUNGEY AND NEAR TH…
2014-06-19 FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL No 0 THE TRUCK HAS 110K MILES ON THE DURAMAX / ALLISON DRIVE TRAIN. THE DIESEL FUEL INJECTION PUMP FAILED UNEXPECTEDLY AND W…
2014-06-13 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 BRAKE PEDAL PUSH TO THE FLOOR, OIL COMING OUT ONTO THE GROUND, BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT IN MANY PLACES UNDER THE HOOD. …
2014-05-16 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY ROAD WHEN SEVERAL DEER RAN IN FRONT OF VEHICLE. SLAMMED ON BRAKES AND THE PEDAL, AFTER A FEW SECO…
2014-05-05 ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) No 0 DASH LIGHTS GO OUT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD HAVE TO PUSH ON DASHBOARD TO MAKE THEM COME BACK CONCERNED THAT THIS MAY…
2014-04-09 ENGINE No 0 HAD TO ADD COOLANT OVER A TIME.....NO EVIDENCE OF A LEAK ON MY DRIVEWAY OR ANY OTHER PLACE. STARTED TRUCK ONE MORNING A…
2014-03-11 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 WAS DRIVING DOWN ROAD LOOKED DOWN AT MY SPEEDOMETER AND IT WAS PEGGED OUT OVER 120 MPH I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 15MPH SO …
2014-03-03 POWER TRAIN No 0 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND REQUESTS VEHICLE RECALL INFORMATION. …
2014-02-15 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE. ODOMETER MILEAGE WIPED CLEAN. DISPLAY READS "ODOMETER ERROR". *TR
2014-02-14 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 BRAKE ROTORS ARE DEEPLY PITTED--NOT FROM RUST--WAS UNAWARE OF THE CONDITION UNTIL I REPLACED BRAKE PADS @84000 MILES. …
2014-01-06 AIR BAGS No 0 SRS WARNING CAME ON. HAD FAULT CODE. CALLED CHEVY DEALER AND THEY SAID I WOULD NEED A NEW AIRBAG. I RESEARCHED AND FOUN…
2014-01-03 SERVICE BRAKES Yes 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AND DEPRESS…