2017 Chevrolet Silverado

Typical pattern

12.3% of complaints about the 2017 Chevrolet Silverado came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2017 vehicle — around the middle of the 203 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 2.7 yr in service. The most-reported system is power train (34 complaints), typically at 2.9 yr or about 33,000 miles.

Complaints: 155
Median age at failure: 2.7 yr
Median mileage: 28,000 n=130
Crash / fire / tow: 14.2% of reports
Safety recalls: 0

In owners’ own words

Power train 17,000 mi 1.5 yr in service

RECENTLY I HAVE BEEN NOTICING MY SILVERADO WITH LESS THEN 20,000 MILES HAS HAD REALLY LOW OIL PRESSURE. AROUND 15-20 PSI AT IDLE AND THE TRANSMISSON SLAMS INTO GEAR,

Power train 8,450 mi 1.5 yr in service

VEHICLE HESITATION AND SURGES IN ACCELERATION. THIS CONDITION IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS IT HESITATES PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, SURGES IN ACCELERATION HAVE CAUSED LOSS OF TIRE TRACTION ON ICE COVERED ROADWAYS NEARLY RESULTING IN A COLLISION. DEALERS HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED AN ISSUE BUT ADVISE THEY ARE STILL WAITING ON A FIX FROM GM.

Power train 8,400 mi 1.3 yr in service

ENGINE HESITATION, OR MISFIRING. JERKING, OR TRANSMISSION SHUTTERING WHEN ENGINE IS AT LOW RPM AND ON INCLINE. (I.E. WHEN TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH AND START UP A HILL, THE RPM'S ARE ABOUT 1300, AND THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T GEAR DOWN, SO IT STARTS SHUTTERING UNTIL YOU GIVE IT MORE ACCELERATION THAN USUAL.) AFTER DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE FOR NEARLY 8 MONTHS AND 15K MILES, I BELIEVE THIS SAFETY ISSUE SHOULD BE RECALLED. DEALER ORIGINALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM BUT WAS UNSURE OF THE CAUSE. AFTER 5 REPAIR ATTEMPTS THE DEALER SAY THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE AND THE VEHICLE PERFORMS AS DESIGNED.

Engine 17,000 mi 1.5 yr in service

RECENTLY I HAVE BEEN NOTICING MY SILVERADO WITH LESS THEN 20,000 MILES HAS HAD REALLY LOW OIL PRESSURE. AROUND 15-20 PSI AT IDLE AND THE TRANSMISSON SLAMS INTO GEAR,

Other Silverado model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2017 Chevrolet Silverado

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

In owners’ own words

Other Silverado model years

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