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2007 Chevrolet Silverado Problems and Recalls
Owners filed 183 complaints with NHTSA about the 2007 Chevrolet Silverado, most often about the air bags (22% of complaints, typically around 77,500 miles). It is 7th of 18 Silverado model years by number of complaints and has 1 recall.
Most common 2007 Chevrolet Silverado problems
Air bags
40 complaints · 22%Half of these problems showed up before 77,500 miles. Parts named most often: frontal.
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated that the air bag and the check engine warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the air bag sensor and fuel tank needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, however the failure recurred. The…
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated that there was a large crack that extended from the driver side instrument panel to the passenger side air bag housing. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that the defect was common based on the age of the vehicle. The vehicle was not…
Electrical
38 complaints · 21%Half of these problems showed up before 65,000 miles. Parts named most often: 12v/24v/48v battery, instrument cluster/panel.
Tl contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado purchased pre-owned in 2009. While driving in reverse attempting to park the vehicle, he noticed that the driver's side door panel began smoking. Once the smoking ceased, he noticed that all of the electrical components on the door failed, including the power windows, mirror…
Doors continuously locking/unlocking, all dash lights continuously turning on/off, clock reset itself to 12:00, engine cutting in/out which also resulted in the loss of power steering and power brakes, all of which occurred while at freeway speed. I purchased the vehicle approximately a year and a half ago from a…
Brakes
34 complaints · 19%Half of these problems showed up before 57,000 miles. Parts named most often: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip.
Tl contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado. While driving 35 MPH on normal road conditions, the contact depressed the brake pedal and heard a loud grinding noise and vibration. There were no warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle has not been repaired. The contact was concerned of the…
Defective brake lines excessive rust destruction of metal lines no other rust on vehicle line to rear brakes corroded at fuel tank area both lines from master cyl. To ABS block broke off at wheel well left front this truck was in back yard for two weeks wait for title transfer rusted through just sitting there gm does…
Body and structure
23 complaints · 13%Half of these problems showed up before 60,000 miles. Parts named most often: body, frame and members.
Silverado 2007 truck cracks just keep appearing in dash in airbag section for no reason. Truck is parked in garage 80 percent of time. If cracks keep appearing, what is going to keep airbag from coming out of dash for no reason? This truck is 6 years old with 62,000 miles on it very clean and the dash looks awful.…
Water comes into vehicle through third stop light and causes electrical problems which makes service air bag light to turn and this causes vehicle to shut down my concern is air bag failure to deploy or not to deploy when needed.
Transmission
21 complaints · 12%Half of these problems showed up before 40,000 miles. Parts named most often: automatic transmission, driveline.
I am getting a noticeable vibration in the drive train at about 45 MPH. It finally subsides at around 55 MPH. I have had the oil level checked in the transmission and the rear end oil checked. All is ok in those areas. Contacted a local Chevrolet dealer and explained the situation on the phone and I was told that is…
Tl contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado c1500. When attempting to accelerate the vehicle at 10 MPH, the contact heard a loud clunking and revving noise as if it were downshifting or upshifting. The dealer speculated that the transmission was the cause of the failure. The technician referenced tsb number 10022769…
Engine
18 complaints · 10%Half of these problems showed up before 52,500 miles. Parts named most often: engine, exhaust system.
After buying my truck I noticed a "tick" noise from the exhaust on my truck. After taking my truck to the shop I was told that my exhaust bolts into the engine were broken. This in hand made me fail the emission test and costing me alot of money. After research it is stated in many places that this is a common…
This relates to the vehicle recalls related to the ignition switch this happened multiple times driving through the parking lot my vehicle would stop running completely before I knew unfortunately this was always at speed slower than5 miles per hour I did not experience this issue at traveling speeds however was very…
Wheels and tires
12 complaints · 7%Half of these problems showed up before 48,000 miles. Parts named most often: temporary/emergency spare tire, hub.
The front wheel hubs and bearings, including wheel speed sensors, are failing on these pickups. This is, apparently, a known issue and gm refuses to do anything about it. Why not? This is a blatant safety issue.
Company has a 2005 and 2007 Chevrolet light trucks. We have experienced problems on both trucks with the spare tire hoist. One truck had to b towed because the hoist would not operate. The dealer, harvey's in shawnee, ok told me that my problem was common on Chevrolet and gmc light trucks. As of this date this problem…
Steering
9 complaints · 5%Half of these problems showed up before 45,500 miles. Parts named most often: linkages, hydraulic power assist.
Driving down road and thought driver side tire had blown . Was able to stop on the side of the road around a bend but not control the truck . Got out and the front driver side tire ,rim and brake rotor were ripped away from the hub.
Tl contact owns 2007 Chevrolet Silverado. While driving 25 MPH, the steering wheel broke while making a left turn. As a result, he crashed into an embankment. The dealer stated that bad modification mold caused the failure. The contact stated that the failure occurred a second time and the dealer stated that the…
Complaints are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. One complaint can name several components, so shares add up to more than 100%.
2007 Chevrolet Silverado recalls
Electrical: electrical system
Risk: This may cause other electrical features to malfunction, create an odor, or cause smoke increasing the risk of a fire.
Fix: Dealers will install a wire harness with an in-line fuse free of charge. The recall began on september 12, 2008. Owners may contact buick at 1-866-608-8080; cadillac at 1-800-982-2339 or http://www.cadillac.com; chevrolet at 1-800-630-2438; saturn at 1-800-972-8876 or http://www.saturn.com, gmc at 1-866-996-9436; or hummer at 1-800-732-5493; or through their website at <a href=http://www.gmownercenter.com>http://www.gmownercenter.com</a> .
Full defect summary
Gm is recalling 857,735 my 2006-2008 buick lucerne; cadillac dts; hummer h2; my 2007-2008 cadillac escalade, escalade esv, escalade ext; chevrolet avalanche, silverado, suburban, tahoe; gmc acadia, sierra, yukon, yukon xl, saturn outlook; and my 2008 buick enclave vehicles equipped with a heated wiper washer fluid system. A short circuit on the printed circuit board for the washer fluid heater may overheat the control-circuit ground wire.
Recall repairs are free at any franchised dealer. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see which recalls are still open on your car.
NHTSA defect investigations
Non-crash engine compartment fires
Summary
In a letter dated august 27, 2008, general motors corp. (gm) notified NHTSA that it will conduct a safety recall (NHTSA recall number 08v-441) to address a safety relateddefect that can result in engine compartment fire in approximately 850,000 vehicles equipped with a heated windshield washer fluid option.the subject vehicles of this investigation comprise over three-quarters of the recall population. According to gm, a short circuit on the printed circuit board for the windshield washer fluid heater module may overheat the control-circuit ground wire. This may cause other electrical features to malfunction, create an odor or cause smoke and in rare cases it may cause a fire.as a remedy, gm
Non-crash engine compartment fires
Summary
In response to an information request letter sent by the office of defects investigation(odi) during preliminary evaluation pe08-010, gm provided odi with 41 allegations of non-crash engine compartment fires including 16 allegations of fires originating with the ignition in the off position.one of the fires was determined to be caused by an arson event.odi has also received 5 reports, 4 of which are of duplicative of reports provided by gm, alleging non-crash engine compartment fires in the subject vehicles.in total, odi is aware of 41 non-crashengine compartment fires in the subject vehicles that are unrelated to arson.eight of the 41 fire allegations also allege property damage as a result
Questions about the 2007 Chevrolet Silverado
- What are the most common problems with the 2007 Chevrolet Silverado?
- By NHTSA owner complaints: air bags (40 complaints, typically around 77,500 miles); electrical (38 complaints, typically around 65,000 miles); brakes (34 complaints, typically around 57,000 miles).
- How many recalls does the 2007 Chevrolet Silverado have?
- 1 recall listed by NHTSA, the latest from August 28, 2008 (electrical). Check your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see which ones are still open on your car.
- Is the 2007 a bad year for the Chevrolet Silverado?
- It is 7th of 18 Silverado model years by number of complaints, with 183 complaints. Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, so popular years collect more of them, and the newest years have had less time to.