2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 — Complaint #1708209
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH filed November 23, 2020
NHTSA complaint #1708209 (ODI reference 11375868) concerns a 2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 and was filed on November 23, 2020. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 4, 2020. The vehicle had 110,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to New York based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:ignition:switch, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 cohort independently describe similar electrical system:ignition:switch failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE KEY WAS PLACED INTO THE IGNITION, THE KEY FAILED TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY A CERTIFIED MECHANIC DIAGNOSED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT A NEW IGNITION SWITCH WAS NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 110,000. *BF CONSUMER STATED IT RECURS MULTIPLE TIMES.*JB
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1708209 |
| ODI Number | 11375868 |
| Date Filed | November 23, 2020 |
| Failure Date | November 4, 2020 |
| VIN | 1GCEK14C37Z |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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