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2002 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 engine problems

The 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 has 56 engine complaints filed with NHTSA — 14% of the year's total, and down from the prior model year.

56

Engine complaints

14%

Share of year

0

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Engine complaints by year

Silverado 2500 engine complaints by model year86 complaints1995: 1 complaints1997: 8 complaints1998: 2 complaints1999: 5 complaints2000: 12 complaints2001: 86 complaints2002: 56 complaints2003: 32 complaints2004: 37 complaints2005: 22 complaints2006: 17 complaints2007: 18 complaints2008: 9 complaints2009: 4 complaints2010: 2 complaints2011: 10 complaints2012: 8 complaints2013: 6 complaints2014: 7 complaints2015: 13 complaints2016: 8 complaints2017: 12 complaints2018: 13 complaints2019: 22 complaints2020: 14 complaints2021: 7 complaints2022: 8 complaints2023: 7 complaints2024: 12 complaints2025: 5 complaints
Silverado 2500 engine complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

“ON 01/10/2010 AT 2:45 A.M. WE WERE AWAKENED BY A PASSER BY WHO NOTICED OUR TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO PUT THE FIRE OUT IT HAD COMPLETELY DESTROYED OUR TRUCK, OUR CAR ,OUR GRANDSONS TRUCK AND $66,000.00 DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE WE WERE RENTING. WE LOST OUR VEHICLES AND…”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Engine · January 10, 2010 · fire

Common questions

How many engine complaints does the 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 have?

NHTSA has 56 complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 engine — 14% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.