Other steering problem on the 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
2 crashes 2 of the 9 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 steering problem gets reported
Owners of the 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 report other steering problem at a median of 35,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 20,000 miles and a quarter after 95,000 miles, from 9 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 95,000 miles. It is the 7th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 20,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 190,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 169,820 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
When the reports scatter this far, the mileage is telling you about how these cars were driven more than about the part itself.
67% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18,180 miles | 19,400 miles | 32,500 miles | 93,000 miles | 188,000 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, 2 a crash 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 $350–$2,400 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 15 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2020, at a median of 400 miles, and latest on the 2000 at 140,000 miles.
By volume the 2016 carries the most reports, with 29; the 2007 has 9. 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.
I have taken my 2007 chevy silverado 2500hd crew cab in to the dealer many times, they have fixed the problem a few times then proceed to say it is normal for it to do what it does. The front tires turn in towards each other when it is in four wheel drive, and causes the truck to drift off where it wants to. I have taken it in to merollis chevy many times, they have fixed it a few then just tell me its normal. Friday feb 8 2008 I got my truck back from moran chevy after 2 days being in the shop, and they said everything was good later that day when I had to use four wheel drive I had the same problem but worse than when I took it in, the problem was not fixed saturday as I was driving home the roads where bad and I put the truck into 4 wheel drive thinking it would be safe since they stated they fixed it, it wasn't. As I was getting on the free way the truck started to drift out of control and slammed into the median on the free way. The first time I ever took the truck in for this problem it only had 371 miles on it. It has been nothing but problems ever since then. *tr
I have taken my 2007 chevy silverado 2500hd crew cab in to the dealer many times, they have fixed the problem a few times then proceed to say it is normal for it to do what it does. The front tires turn in towards each other when it is in four wheel drive, and causes the truck to drift off where it wants to. I have taken it in to merollis chevy many times, they have fixed it a few then just tell me its normal. Friday feb 8 2008 I got my truck back from moran chevy after 2 days being in the shop, and they said everything was good later that day when I had to use four wheel drive I had the same problem but worse than when I took it in, the problem was not fixed saturday as I was driving home the roads where bad and I put the truck into 4 wheel drive thinking it would be safe since they stated they fixed it, it wasn't. As I was getting on the free way the truck started to drift out of control and slammed into the median on the free way. The first time I ever took the truck in for this problem it only had 371 miles on it. It has been nothing but problems ever since then. *tr
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet silverado 2500. While driving 45 MPH, the front passenger side wheel separated from the vehicle. The contact was able to drive the vehicle to a parking lot without causing a crash. The dealer stated that the failure was due to a separation of the wheel knuckle assembly, from the upper and lower arm, as a result of impact to the area. The contact stated that there was no impact at the time of the failure. The dealer refused to accept any further calls from the contact. The failure and current mileages were 13,300.
Also reported on the 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
Airbag inflator rupture
Other powertrain problem
Other body or interior problem
Loss of braking
Other engine problem
Other brake problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 9 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 steering problem happen on the 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 2500?
Across 9 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 35,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 20,000 miles and a quarter after 95,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other steering problem on the 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 2500?
9 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.3 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