2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 · symptom sheet
Suspension noise, struts or alignment
- 46owner reports
- 24,000median miles
- 1involved a crash
Newest report Sep 19, 2024 · checked Oct 2, 2026
46 of the 1,454 complaints on this car describe suspension.
Tick what matches of 46 reports
Suspension on other Silverado 1500 years
Report counts are for each model year on its own, so a newer car has had less time to collect them. Model years with too few reports of it for a sheet: 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
What this problem usually is
Suspension complaints are mostly about noise and handling: a clunk over bumps, a car that pulls to one side, a ride that bounces or leans more than it used to. The more serious reports describe a part breaking or coming loose, and that's where the recalls in this group are concentrated.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the struts or shocks (4 reports).
Recalls and investigations
No recall on the suspension system covers the 2014 model year as of Oct 2, 2026.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 7,000 and 68,000 miles, from the 32 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 25 service bulletins or notices for the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 that deal with this problem. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
This service bulletin provides information to dealership personnel on diagnosis and replacement of shock absorber and strut due to fluid leak.
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have had multiple repair attempts that are being performed on customer?s vehicles that exhibit vibration conditions without utilizing the support of General ...
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician with the steps to diagnosis and repair vehicles with various handling, vehicle dynamics concerns, noises from the suspension or underbody, or issues related to damaged ...
This technical bulletin provides a procedure to apply grease to the leaf springs to correct a condition of a squeak noise from the metals making contact.
21 more on the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 page.
What owners wrote
“Steering assist disabled comes on while driving and Steering locks up and shuts everything off,and then starts back. Very Very dangerous on the road not knowing where or when you're not in control of the vehicle. When this occurs engine stops,no brakes.”
Filed Dec 22, 2023
“After hearing loud noise from under the truck and a very rough ride coming from the rear of the truck, I found that the cross member which holds the shocks are completely rotted away and the shock is up into the bottom side of the truck bed.”
Filed Dec 10, 2023
“During yearly inspection the mechanic noted excessive rust on frame components and warned that something should be doneâ¦. I am on my third Silverado and frame coating, brake lines and transmission coolant lines have had issues with excessive rust. I bought this new in 2014 and hoped they had addressed these issues⦠over the previous Silverados I have owned. What recourse do I have towards GM. The truck has 50k.”
Filed Dec 6, 2023
“My vehicle has approx 50,000 miles and the right rear shock tower, mounted to frame, rusted and broke away from the frame.”
Filed Apr 23, 2023 · 50,000 miles
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 1 of 46 reports involved a crash. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Taking it to a shop? How to describe this problem so it gets found
Other problems on this car
- Brakes grind, pulse or wear early 285 reports
- Power steering cuts out or goes heavy 247 reports
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 212 reports
- A/C blows warm or the compressor fails 171 reports
- Traction control or StabiliTrak light comes on 164 reports
- Infotainment, screen or backup camera fails 97 reports
- Seat belt or seat problems 74 reports
- Battery dies or the car will not start 71 reports
- Paint peels or body rusts 64 reports
- Airbag warning light or recall 52 reports
- Steering sticks, feels notchy or jerks 44 reports
- Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard 44 reports
- Check engine light or misfire 39 reports
- Multiple warning lights come on at once 39 reports
- Wheel bearing, tires or wheels 29 reports
- Engine overheats or leaks coolant 26 reports