ChevroletSilverado 15002012
  1. Chevrolet Silverado 1500
  2. Problems
  3. 2012
  4. Suspension

2012 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Suspension Problems

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Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
60–100k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • April 7, 2015 · 100,000 miles

    Suspension

    The steel in the rear leaf springs suddenly broke in half (under no load). It happened twice - in the left rear leaf springs in ~2016 (~3 years of age), and again in the right rear leaf springs last week (2018). This is not even a mechanical device - just a passive heavy gauge piece of steel. The vehicle is very light use, and in both cases there was no payload in the flatbed. Gm appears to be using a substandard…

    ODI 11071617