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Exterior lightingPart report

2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Exterior lighting Problems

Complaints
40about this part
Share
3%of 1,437 total for the year
Median mileage
62,470miles
Trend
FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 40 complaints about the exterior lighting of the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 3% of the 1,437 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 62,470 miles.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“When I am driving I turn the blinker on or press the brake and the stable track comes on truck turns off at low speeds when I am turning the wheel or pressing the brake took it to the chevy dealership and nothing I tell them I almost crashed due to this issue and they say it's your hole wired electrical system that doesn't make sense I tell them I need recalls done and they still do nothing”

NHTSA complaint #11405080, filed 2021-03, 80,000 miles

“I have brought my truck to the Chevrolet in union city georgia for them to repair the recall 3 times this year and they keep saying they reset the computer esp and yet the problem still occur every blue moon the head light flicker and dims when I press the brakes the interior light will dim and head lights also. On 8/19/18 coming home from work while parking my truck in my driveway while turning. …”

NHTSA complaint #11122860, filed 2018-08, 60,940 miles

“After 1 hour of driving and stopping at a intersection truck decided to shut down at the intersection causing me to almost be involved in a accident since I was dead in the middle of intersection without warning or reason I had just accelerated through light when truck shut down”

NHTSA complaint #11206153, filed 2019-05, 40 miles

“Third time this has happened since new, it seems to happen at twilight as the day is ending. The headlights and dash lights go out. Nothing will get them back with the auto switch on the dash. I have to pull the vehicle over to the side, shut off the engine, restart and the lights will come back on. It has not happened during daylight that I know of and has not happened after full dark.”

NHTSA complaint #10608828, filed 2014-07, 3,890 miles

“Two times tonight with two different vehicles in two different locations. Current generation chevy silverado low beam headlights are extreme danger to oncoming traffic. When being approached by current (2014 & newer) silverados the oncoming drivers dimmed their lights resulting in no change to the blinding light approaching me. The only way I could tell that the drivers dimmed their lights was the change from 4 oncoming lights to 2 oncoming lights, the blinding intensity remained the same. …”

NHTSA complaint #11073342, filed 2018-02, 236,000 miles

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Exterior lighting: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
202611%
202511%
202410%
2023123%
202241%
202161%
2020122%
2019161%
201871%
2017162%
2016172%
2015283%
2014403%
201321%
201252%
201171%
201041%
200992%
200861%
2007192%
200682%
200592%
2004101%
200371%
200210%
2001123%
200091%
199951%
199872%
199731%

Other parts of the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

Steering
408 complaints
Electrical system
341 complaints
Brakes
281 complaints
Other or unknown
197 complaints
Engine
191 complaints
Electronic stability control
161 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
154 complaints
Body and structure
90 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
51 complaints
Seat belts
50 complaints
Air bags
47 complaints
Suspension
47 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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