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2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists no recall campaign for the 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. NHTSA has 449 complaints on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names this model year.

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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

No NHTSA recall campaign names the 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. The model year has a page because NHTSA has 449 complaints for it.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

449 complaints, 561 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

  • 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
  • All 2003 vehicles
2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component2003 Silverado 2500All 2003 vehiclesSilverado 2500, all yearsMentions
Service Brakes, Hydraulic228.256.4126.3128
Service Brakes226.431.5132.9127
Electrical System153.3122.8139.786
Power Train53.5118.583.630
Engine and Engine Cooling30.374.546.717
Steering30.348.15717
Vehicle Speed Control26.741.314.715
Suspension26.75916.915
Structure26.764.332.615
Engine26.729.546.915

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 28.

Complaints that report a crash
23
Complaints that report a fire
8
Injuries in the complaints
10
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
14 Apr 2026

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2011, with 59 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
EA04012Engineering analysisHYDRAULIC PUMP FAILRESService Brakes, Hydraulic / Power Assist30 Apr 200428 Feb 200505V005000

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/chevrolet/silverado-2500/2003/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

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Questions

How many recall campaigns does the Chevrolet Silverado 2500 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 44 recall campaigns for the Chevrolet Silverado 2500, model years 1994 to 2026. None of them names the 2003 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 name most often?
Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 128 of 561 component mentions, or 228.2 per 1,000. For all 2003 vehicles the figure is 56.4 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 open?
No. The 1 investigation that names this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.