Other engine problem on the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
1 fire 1 of the 12 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other engine problem gets reported
Owners of the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 report other engine problem at a median of 100,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 45,000 miles and a quarter after 145,000 miles, from 8 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 95,000 miles. It is the 13th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 25,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 160,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 139,280 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
25% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23,200 miles | 44,500 miles | 98,500 miles | 145,000 miles | 162,480 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 1 a fire is mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $300–$4,000 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 29 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2024, at a median of 10,000 miles, and latest on the 1998 at 155,000 miles.
By volume the 2019 carries the most reports, with 175; the 2000 has 12. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 chevrolet silverado 1500. On september 3, 2008, the contact noticed that his vehicle was leaking antifreeze. He took the vehicle to a local repair shop and was informed that the leak originated from the intake manifold gasket, which was defective. The mechanic advised him to research to see if there was a recall for this failure before having the vehicle repaired. The vehicle has not yet been repaired and the manufacturer has not been notified. The current mileage was 110,200 and failure mileage was 110,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 chevrolet silverado 1500. Ever since the vehicle was purchased, the engine has been making a strange noise. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and they found no failures. The manufacturer stated that they were aware of the pistons striking against the metal because there was not enough clearance between the pistons and the cylinder. The manufacturer could not correct the failure and there were no recalls for the issue. The mileage on the vehicle has exceeded the warranty; therefore, the manufacturer will not assist. In addition, the contact heard a noise coming from the rear of the vehicle. The dealer stated that there was a slack in the rear, which could be repaired by replacing the yoke with a nickel plated cover. The repair was not performed because the contact feels as if the manufacturer should be responsible for the repair cost. The failure mileage was 87,000 and current mileage was 125,350. Updated 06/09/09. *lj the consumer stated when the transmission shifted into 2nd and sometime third gear, the rear end of the vehicle sounded as if it were about to come apart. The engine also made a…
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 chevrolet silverado 1500. The vehicle was parked outside of his residence. The contact observed that flames ignited from underneath the hood. The contact was able to extinguish the flames with a fire extinguisher and garden hose. There were damages to the vehicle and no injuries. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and stated that there would be a response within a couple of days. The failure and current mileages were was 120,000.
Also reported on the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
ABS module or sensor failure
Loss of braking
Other brake problem
Brake line, hose or caliper failure
Parking brake failure
Rust or structural corrosion
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 12 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other engine problem happen on the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500?
Across 8 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 100,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 45,000 miles and a quarter after 145,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other engine problem on the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500?
12 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.4 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed