2025 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 · symptom sheet
Engine failure, knocking or rod bearing
- 32owner reports
- 9,000median miles
- 0involved a crash
Newest report Sep 20, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
53 of the 102 complaints on this car are about the engine. 32 of those describe engine failure, which makes it the most reported problem on the 2025 Silverado 1500.
Tick what matches of 32 reports
Engine failure 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: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017.
What this problem usually is
These are the reports nobody wants to file. The engine started knocking or ticking, the oil light came on, and then it seized or had to be replaced. Some owners had the replacement covered under warranty or an extension, and plenty were told they'd pay. Several narrower sheets split this group into knocking, seized engines and rod bearing failure.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the engine (31 reports).
Recalls and investigations
No recall on the engine covers the 2025 model year as of Oct 2, 2026.
NHTSA investigations into the engine 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.
Crank position sensor failure - stall. Closed sep 14, 2006.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 5,700 and 31,615 miles, from the 16 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 1 service bulletin or notice for the 2025 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 bulletin advises the tech to inspect deeper into what may be to main cause of an engine failure.
What owners wrote
“Engine crank bearings failed at only 16,310 miles. Engine replaced with a new one due severe internal damage.”
Filed Aug 22, 2026 · 16,310 miles
“Catastrophic Engine Failure - 4500 miles Driving on the highway, truck suddenly lost power (limp mode) and started flashing warning related to low power and oil level issues. The vehicle was towed, and spent 43 days in the shop waiting for a complete engine replacement.”
Filed Jan 13, 2026 · 4,500 miles
“The thrust bearing of 3.0l diesel engine is out of spec engine knocking there was no check engine lights on. The safety of this problem is I was at the cancer facility with my other half while she was getting chemotherapy when this started so I left her there went home and got are other vehicle”
Filed Jan 10, 2026
“infotainment center and navigation and Bluetooth with phone problem started on the way home from the dealer same day it was purchased , 3.0 diesel engine failed at 7000 miles”
Filed Jan 5, 2026 · 7,000 miles
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 0 of 32 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