2003 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 Electrical system Problems
- Complaints
- 6about this part
- Share
- 14%of 42 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 111,128miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 6 complaints about the electrical system of the 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 3500, 14% of the 42 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 111,128 miles. 1 a fire, according to the filers.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“While driving home around 10 pm with small children; my truck started to surge, became difficult to control, and the gauges did not register anything ( all at 0). This road was in the middle of nowhere and outside a bad area, so I called my husband to come follow me home and I drove home slowly all the while enduring a chugging motion. What is normally a 20 minute trip became an hour and a half trip. When I got home and shut the truck off my husband looked at it thinking that the fuel injectors could be the problem since they had just been recalled and replaced. …”
NHTSA complaint #10420734, filed 2011-08, 127,361 miles“Day time running lights stopped working.when replacing bulbs found sockets burned to bulb base and wires to sockets burnt. Had to replace section of wires and break bulb base to remove. Condition can possibly cause a fire in electrical system.”
NHTSA complaint #10361641, filed 2010-10, 111,128 miles“Speedometer failure at 92,000 miles. Speedometer swings over actual speed. This is a problem on several Chevrolet models tahoes and pickups. I have a neighbor and his went out at 82, 000 miles.”
NHTSA complaint #10307782, filed 2010-02, 92,000 miles“The contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet SILVERADO 3500. The contact stated that all the gauges on the instrument panel have stopped operating, except the speedometer. The instrument panel lights do not illuminate as well. The dealer stated that the cluster needed to be replaced. The current and failure mileages were 98,000.”
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Electrical system: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 33% |
| 2024 | 19 | 37% |
| 2023 | 1 | 6% |
| 2022 | 5 | 19% |
| 2021 | 13 | 32% |
| 2020 | 5 | 12% |
| 2019 | 5 | 23% |
| 2018 | 3 | 16% |
| 2017 | 1 | 8% |
| 2016 | 6 | 12% |
| 2015 | 16 | 31% |
| 2014 | 1 | 10% |
| 2013 | 4 | 15% |
| 2012 | 2 | 9% |
| 2011 | 2 | 7% |
| 2009 | 1 | 10% |
| 2008 | 6 | 19% |
| 2007 | 2 | 5% |
| 2006 | 3 | 6% |
| 2005 | 9 | 20% |
| 2004 | 4 | 10% |
| 2003 | 6 | 14% |
| 2002 | 1 | 2% |
| 2001 | 4 | 6% |
| 2000 | 5 | 6% |
| 1999 | 2 | 4% |
| 1998 | 3 | 4% |
| 1997 | 3 | 5% |
Other parts of the 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 3500
24 complaintsFuel system
7 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
4 complaintsEngine cooling
3 complaintsEngine
2 complaintsEquipment
2 complaintsExterior lighting
2 complaintsSteering
2 complaintsTires
2 complaintsLatches, locks and linkages
1 complaintsOther or unknown
1 complaintsSeat belts
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 3500
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.
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