IllustrationBRAKE LINES RUSTED AND BURST FRONT AND REAR, PRESSED THE PEDAL TO SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR, LUCKILY WAS SETTING IN PARKING LOT. *TR
2005 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations
Similar to other model years
Owner complaints for the 2005 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 do not stand out strongly from the model-year median of 525.
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Owner complaints by model year
Compare all Silverado 1500 years →Counts vary with age, sales and reporting. They are not failure rates.
What owners reported most
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When problems were reported
Mileage at the reported incident
570–25K
10225–50K
12850–75K
8375–100K
61100–150K
31150K+
462 reports with mileage · 63 unknown
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What to inspect
Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.
- Electrical System. Review the 189 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Service Brakes. Review the 82 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Air Bags. Review the 51 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
20 crash reports34 fire reports10 injury reports
Service Brakes complaints
82 reportsI WAS DRIVING WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT SOFT. I CONTINUED AND THE SERVICE BRAKES WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. AS I WAS LESS THAN 1 MILE FROM HOME I CONTINUED CAREFULLY. WHEN I GOT HOME I FOUND THE BRAKE RESERVOIR ALMOST EMPTY. I DISCOVERED THE BRAKE HARD LINE TO THE REAR BRAKES WAS CORRODED. THIS IS THE LINE THAT RUNS ABOVE THE GAS TA…
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I WAS DRIVING WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT SOFT. I CONTINUED AND THE SERVICE BRAKES WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. AS I WAS LESS THAN 1 MILE FROM HOME I CONTINUED CAREFULLY. WHEN I GOT HOME I FOUND THE BRAKE RESERVOIR ALMOST EMPTY. I DISCOVERED THE BRAKE HARD LINE TO THE REAR BRAKES WAS CORRODED. THIS IS THE LINE THAT RUNS ABOVE THE GAS TANK. IT WAS CORRODED THERE AND LEAKING FLUID. LUCKY I WASN'T KILLED OR STRANDED FAR FROM HOME ! *JS
Official recalls
0No recalls in this snapshot.
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NHTSA investigations
0No exact-year investigations in this snapshot.