IllustrationDOOR LATCH/OPENER DOES NOT RETURN TO POSITION AND AS A RESULT DOOR WILL OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY. ALSO TAILGATE LATCH DOES NOT LATCH, TAKES NUMEROUS TIME BEFORE IT CATCHES WHEN TRYING TO CLOSE. *TR
2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations
Similar to other model years
Owner complaints for the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 do not stand out strongly from the model-year median of 525.
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Owner complaints by model year
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What owners reported most
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When problems were reported
Mileage at the reported incident
680–25K
15025–50K
17150–75K
14875–100K
118100–150K
45150K+
700 reports with mileage · 97 unknown
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What to inspect
Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.
- Electrical System. Review the 267 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Service Brakes. Review the 229 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic. Review the 100 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
33 crash reports8 fire reports17 injury reports
Latches/locks/linkages complaints
5 reportsDOOR LATCH PASSENGER SIDE FAILED WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING THE DOOR TO SWING OPEN AND PASSENGER TO ALMOST FALL OUT. PASSENGER WAS KEPT IN VEHICLE BY SAFETY BELT. NO INJURIES BUT QUITE A FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST LATCH FAILURE ON THIS VEHICLE, THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR ALSO HAD A LATCH FAILURE APPROX. A YEAR EARLIER.…
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DOOR LATCH PASSENGER SIDE FAILED WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING THE DOOR TO SWING OPEN AND PASSENGER TO ALMOST FALL OUT. PASSENGER WAS KEPT IN VEHICLE BY SAFETY BELT. NO INJURIES BUT QUITE A FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST LATCH FAILURE ON THIS VEHICLE, THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR ALSO HAD A LATCH FAILURE APPROX. A YEAR EARLIER. THIS IS CAUSED BY THE LATCH SPRINGS RUSTING THOUGH AND THE LATCH RELEASING. SPOKE WITH OTHER OWNERS THEY HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, ALSO SPOKE WITH THE DEALERS REPAIR SHOP, NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR AS WELL, THE PART IS $175 PLUS LABOR FOR EACH LATCH. *TR
LATCH ON THE REAR, PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW OF MY EXTENDED CAB SILVERADO DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. AIR RUSHES THROUGH AS THE WINDOW WILL NOT SHUT TIGHT. MANY OTHERS HAVE ALSO COMPLAINED OF THIS PROBLEM AND FILED A COMPLAINT. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH; THEREFORE, IT COULD NOT FULLY CLOSE AS WELL. THE DOOR WAS BEING HELD SHUT BY A ROPE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY INSTALLED A NEW DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WA…
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TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH; THEREFORE, IT COULD NOT FULLY CLOSE AS WELL. THE DOOR WAS BEING HELD SHUT BY A ROPE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY INSTALLED A NEW DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 72,000. UPDATED 11/26/08 *CN UPDATED 12/01/08. *JB
I HAVE THE EXT. CAB AND ON THE LITTLE WINDOWS ON THE BACK DOORS I'VE HAD THEM REPLACED. THEN THEY PUT SOME WASHERS ON THE LATCH AND THEY STILL LEAK AIR. *JB
Official recalls
0No recalls in this snapshot.
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NHTSA investigations
0No exact-year investigations in this snapshot.