NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Chevrolet Silverado Recalls
The 2004 Chevrolet Silverado has 15 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 31, 2006.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 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
- 622
- Crashes reported
- 56
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
10 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 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 2004 Chevrolet Silverado
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 06V417000
- Reported
- October 31, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 794
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 10 other models
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 06V289000
- Reported
- August 3, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 38,439
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2006 Silverado, 5 other models
Parking brake
- Campaign
- 05V161000
- Reported
- April 22, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 90,242
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003, 2005 Silverado, 1 other model
Seat belts: rear/other
- Campaign
- 05V163000
- Reported
- April 22, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,359,824
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003, 2005 Silverado, 6 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 05V043000
- Reported
- February 8, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 77,411
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2005 Silverado, 8 other models
Seat belts: front: anchorage
- Campaign
- 04V225000
- Reported
- May 11, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 736
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Silverado, 3 other models
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 2000–2003 Silverado, 5 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 04V045000
- Reported
- February 4, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 68,875
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 135, light vehicle brakes
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Silverado, 11 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 04E022000
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003 Silverado, 1 other model
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E023000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003, 2005–2006 Silverado, 17 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E060000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003, 2005–2006 Silverado, 12 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E064000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003, 2005–2006 Silverado, 19 other models
Equipment: electrical
- Campaign
- 07E066000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003, 2005–2007 Silverado, 7 other models
Wheels: hub
- Campaign
- 07E106000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003, 2005–2007 Silverado, 14 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 08E050000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003, 2005–2008 Silverado, 12 other models
2004 Chevrolet Silverado complaints by year
NHTSA has received 622 owner complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado, the newest on June 24, 2022. Of these, 56 describe a crash (9%) and 10 a fire; owners reported 36 injuries and 3 deaths.
In complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado, the component group named most often is the electrical system (26%), followed by the service brakes (20%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (14%).
2 of the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado's 15 recalls also concern the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2004 Chevrolet Silverado owners gave the mileage (518 complaints), the median was 46,746 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System159
- Service Brakes122
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic84
- Power Train49
- Steering44
- Air Bags31
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 83 | |
| 2005 | 120 | |
| 2006 | 62 | |
| 2007 | 97 | |
| 2008 | 32 | |
| 2009 | 18 | |
| 2010 | 20 | |
| 2011 | 19 | |
| 2012 | 24 | |
| 2013 | 48 | |
| 2014 | 65 | |
| 2015 | 24 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 120. 59% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado drew 6.3× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Silverado year in the same window: 5th highest of the 17 ranked years.
That makes 2004 one of the Chevrolet Silverado years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 622 complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Silverado by model year
Other 2004 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: June 24, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted