NHTSA Safety Recalls
GMC Silverado Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 1 recall campaign for the GMC Silverado, across 3 model years from 2000 to 2002. The 2002 has the most (1); the fewest among years with a recall is 2002 (1).
- Model years
- 3
- Recall campaigns
- 1
- Most recalls
- 2002
- Owner complaints
- 40
2000–2002, with a recall
1 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 40 complaints with NHTSA about the GMC Silverado across 7 model years; the most, 14, concern the 2000.
Owners marked a crash on 4 of the GMC Silverado complaints (10%) and a fire on 0.
Across all GMC Silverado model years, owners name the service brakes, hydraulic most often (at least 15 complaints), then the engine and engine cooling (5).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the GMC Silverado in 2004: 8, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the GMC Silverado is exterior lighting, in 3 model-year listings.
GMC Silverado years to avoid
Too few GMC Silverado model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 0 of the 5 needed.
The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method
Recalls and complaints by model year
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.GMC Silverado years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the GMC Silverado
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING3
GMC Silverado model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every GMC Silverado recall campaign (1)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06E026000 | exterior lighting | 2000–2002 | crash | — |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the GMC Silverado. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: April 20, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted