NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Chevrolet Silverado Recalls
The 2001 Chevrolet Silverado has 15 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 7, 2007.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Chevrolet Silverado. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 15
- Owner complaints
- 877
- Crashes reported
- 93
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Chevrolet Silverado, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
15 recalls on the 2001 Chevrolet Silverado
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 07V521000
- Reported
- November 7, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 11,974
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
- Campaign
- 05V379000
- Reported
- August 29, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,353,718
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Silverado, 6 other models
Parking brake
- Campaign
- 05V161000
- Reported
- April 22, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 90,242
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2005 Silverado, 1 other model
Structure: body: tailgate: hinge and attachments
- Campaign
- 04V129000
- Reported
- March 17, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,662,211
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004 Silverado, 5 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 04E022000
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004 Silverado, 1 other model
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Silverado, 42 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E042000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Silverado
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E057000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Silverado
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E060000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2006 Silverado, 12 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E075000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Silverado
Equipment: electrical
- Campaign
- 07E066000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2007 Silverado, 7 other models
Wheels: hub
- Campaign
- 07E106000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2007 Silverado, 14 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 08E050000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2008 Silverado, 12 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Silverado, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Silverado, 46 other models
2001 Chevrolet Silverado complaints by year
NHTSA has received 877 owner complaints about the 2001 Chevrolet Silverado, the newest on April 6, 2016. Of these, 93 describe a crash (11%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 77 injuries and 3 deaths.
In complaints about the 2001 Chevrolet Silverado, the component group named most often is the service brakes, hydraulic (35%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (10%) and the power train (7%).
1 of the 2001 Chevrolet Silverado's 15 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2001 Chevrolet Silverado owners gave the mileage (519 complaints), the median was 49,008 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic306
- Engine And Engine Cooling91
- Power Train64
- Tires56
- Structure53
- Parking Brake51
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 85 | |
| 2002 | 107 | |
| 2003 | 102 | |
| 2004 | 163 | |
| 2005 | 230 | |
| 2006 | 66 | |
| 2007 | 14 | |
| 2008 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 9 | |
| 2010 | 16 | |
| 2011 | 13 | |
| 2012 | 16 | |
| 2013 | 14 | |
| 2014 | 25 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Chevrolet Silverado peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 230. 52% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Chevrolet Silverado drew 6.3× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Silverado year in the same window: 4th highest of the 17 ranked years.
That makes 2001 one of the Chevrolet Silverado years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 877 complaints about the 2001 Chevrolet Silverado are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Silverado by model year
Other 2001 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: April 6, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted