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2025 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Engine Problems

Complaints
57about this part
Share
53%of 108 total for the year
Median mileage
8,476miles
Trend
Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.

NHTSA recorded 57 complaints about the engine of the 2025 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 53% of the 108 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 8,476 miles. 3 a fire, according to the filers.

Example complaints

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

“My Silverado is a 2025 with the 6.2 engine and recently the dealer found metal shavings in the oil which is premature engine failure. My truck is not part of the recall because it is a newer year but these engines keep blowing up theres alot of us please help with another recall for the newer years.”

NHTSA complaint #11772813, filed 2026-10

“The thrust bearing of 3.0l diesel engine is out of spec engine knocking there was no check engine lights on. The safety of this problem is I was at the cancer facility with my other half while she was getting chemotherapy when this started so I left her there went home and got are other vehicle”

NHTSA complaint #11710086, filed 2026-01

“I was driving home from a camping trip with my children when my truck occurred a reduce speed error on the dash and the truck went into limp mode. I found out through GM Onstar that the truck threw a PO6DD code. The vehicle was towed to dealer and the oil pressure valve was replaced and also a wiring harness.”

NHTSA complaint #11704076, filed 2025-12

“I was driving my 2025 Chevy Silverado RST L87 (6.2) with 37,836 miles on the highway and suddenly my engine lost power and my dash said “Needs to restart”. My truck went into neutral and I was able to coast off of the highway. After coming to a complete stop, I tried to restart with no success. I had the vehicle towed to the dealership where they found metal shavings in the engine and told me I’m going to need a new engine.”

NHTSA complaint #11721193, filed 2026-02

“I had just received my truck back from a complete engine replacement from the dealer and had driven it 10 miles back to my house and the check engine light came on and the dash said reduced power service DPF system. The truck was towed to dealer for PO302 code and injector #3 was replaced.”

NHTSA complaint #11704081, filed 2025-12

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Engine: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
20267458%
20255753%
202414947%
202315339%
202225739%
202139546%
202025133%
201937834%
201810320%
201711416%
2016729%
201513212%
201419113%
20133311%
20122512%
2011407%
2010339%
2009368%
2008445%
2007486%
200672%
2005183%
2004182%
2003152%
200282%
2001112%
2000102%
199961%
199810%
199710%

Other parts of the 2025 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

Electrical system
26 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
21 complaints
Forward collision avoidance
9 complaints
Other or unknown
9 complaints
Fuel system
7 complaints
Brakes
6 complaints
Back-over prevention (rear camera)
4 complaints
Steering
4 complaints
Vehicle speed control
4 complaints
Lane departure
2 complaints
Air bags
1 complaints
Engine cooling
1 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2025 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 30, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

To check a specific vehicle for open recalls, use its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Methodology