2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 electrical system problems

23 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electrical system on the 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 — 5% of all complaints for this model year.

Electrical System complaints

share of all complaints

72,000 mi

median reported incident mileage

2 / 2

crash / fire reports

What owners report

“While friving on a street I 8nserted a cig lighter in to cig lighger socket. And pulled it out right away. Smoke started.coming oug from dash and vents. I pulled 9ver and poured water into socket due to fire .n9 my battery light and odometer lights do jot turn 9ff wheb key is off. And now I start…”
filed Jul 5, 2018
“Emergency light switch on steering column broke off. I noticed it was broken after I bought the vehicle on craig's list. The switch could have been broken for years.”
filed May 31, 2017

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

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