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2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 engine and engine cooling problems

16 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 25004% of all complaints for this model year.

16
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
4%
share of all complaints
72,986 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • In the middle of the taxiway, while I was traveling my truck turned off while it was running and did not turn on again, putting my safety at risk by being in the middle of the taxiway, after several minutes the truck was able to be removed from the road, then I was able to investigate that I am not…

    filed Apr 10, 2022

  • The vehicle goes into reduced engine power while driving. The engine loses power to about 20 mph. If driving 70 mph it is very dangerous because the sudden reduced engine power will cause a severe accident and possibly kill somebody. This has been happening the last few months. *tr

    filed Dec 8, 2016

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

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.