2018 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 · symptom sheet
Engine stalls or loses power while driving
- 57owner reports
- 60,000median miles
- $1,158median quote
- 1involved a crash
Newest report Sep 18, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
334 of the 520 complaints on this car are about the electrical system. 57 of those describe stalling.
Tick what matches of 57 reports
Stalling 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: 2025.
What this problem usually is
Stalling reports are some of the most alarming on the site. The engine quits while the car is moving, sometimes on a highway and sometimes at a stop. Many owners say it restarted right away and the dealer found no stored code, which is part of why these complaints pile up before anything gets fixed.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the battery (12 reports) and the fuel pump (4 reports).
Recalls and investigations
No recall on the electrical system covers the 2018 model year as of Oct 2, 2026.
NHTSA investigations into the electrical system on the Silverado 1500
Loss of motive power due to engine failure post recall remedy. Open.
Loss of motive power due to engine failure post recall remedy. Closed aug 20, 2026.
Loss of motive power due to engine failure. Open.
Loss of motive power due to engine failure. Closed oct 23, 2025, led to recall 25V-274.
Pedestrian alert sounds. Closed aug 7, 2023, led to recall 22V-063.
Non-crash engine compartment fires. Closed sep 8, 2008, led to recall 08V-441.
Non-crash engine compartment fires. Closed jun 12, 2008.
Crank position sensor failure - stall. Closed sep 14, 2006.
None of these investigations covers the 2018 model year.
What owners paid
5 of the 57 reports quote a price. Each dot is one quote. The middle half runs $500 to $1,200.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 19,934 and 95,000 miles, from the 31 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 8 service bulletins or notices for the 2018 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 Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an intermittent no crank, no start, or start stall concern with the security light coming on.
This service bulletin provides service information for customer concerns of an in-tank fuel pump whining noise, engine hard to start and/or stalls and Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) is illuminated that may be caused by gelling of fuel in cold temperatures.
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician on how to diagnose and repair vehicles that have a no crank or a start and then immediate stall, Service Engine Soon Malfunction Indicator lamp may not be on when the ignition ...
This technical bulletin provides repair information to correct a customer concern of IPC Gauges Inoperative or Fluctuate, No Crank, Start then Stall.
4 more on the 2018 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 page.
What owners wrote
“2018 Chevy Silverado with 84,000 miles and the transmission is broken. Truck is currently in a shop to have a new transmission installed.”
Filed Sep 11, 2025 · 84,000 miles
“Vehicle shuts off while driving in traffic at low and high speeds stabilitrak service light comes on and the vehicle dash goes dark Radio and temp control panel go dark/ black”
Filed May 9, 2024
“I have done some research and found other trucks same year and make have had the same problem and have had recalls but the problem is when I hit the break the lights will all flash like the truck is going to stall and it will say service trailer break system and stablitrak system and will even shut my truck off while Iâm driving causing me to have to either pull of the side of the road and start my truck back up”
Filed Nov 23, 2022
“Sudden loss of vehicle electrical power as well as steering and break control due to faulty negative battery terminal. Engine will stall and steering wheel will kick back and issue a stabilitrak service message. Vehicle will become inoperable while still moving with no way to control.”
Filed Nov 8, 2022
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 1 of 57 reports involved a crash and 2 people were hurt. 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 99 reports
- Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard 62 reports
- Check engine light or misfire 42 reports
- Infotainment, screen or backup camera fails 33 reports
- Transmission fails or needs replacement 32 reports
- Suspension noise, struts or alignment 32 reports
- Engine failure, knocking or rod bearing 25 reports