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1999 Chevrolet Silverado electrical system problems

51 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electrical system on the 1999 Chevrolet Silverado3% of all complaints for this model year.

51
Electrical System complaints
3%
share of all complaints
60,471 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 4
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • My truck shut off while driving on the freeway at freeway speeds. I was able to turn the truck back on and headed to a repair shop where I was notified it was the ignition switch which needed to be replaced. There was no warning prior to the incident (no issues with starting or shutting off while…

    filed Mar 12, 2014

  • (1) none (2) instrument panel would go hay-wire. Any or all the gauges would be pegged for no reason and then either go dead or start working again. (3) it was "so called repaired" twice under warranty. I was waiting for it to go completely out so they could see what was wrong. It went out for good…

    filed Nov 14, 2007

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.