2026 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 — Complaint #2163132
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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:FRONT:SHOCK ABSORBER filed January 5, 2026
NHTSA complaint #2163132 (ODI reference 11708849) concerns a 2026 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 and was filed on January 5, 2026. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 5, 2025. The vehicle had 3,999 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:front:shock absorber, 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 suspension:front:shock absorber 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 2026 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2026 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that while driving 20 MPH on a dirt road in Death Valley National Park for 30 miles, the passengerâs side front shock failed, then the driverâs side front shock and driverâs side rear shock failed. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer, who declined to repair the vehicle under the new vehicle warranty. The dealer determined that the front struts and shocks had failed, and there was axle damage. The rear driverâs side wheel was also damaged. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and opened a case. The failure mileage was approximately 3,999.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2163132 |
| ODI Number | 11708849 |
| Date Filed | January 5, 2026 |
| Failure Date | December 5, 2025 |
| VIN | 1GC403ED4TU |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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