The Lemon Index$2,500 middle bill · most between $1,100 and $4,800
About the same as the $2,600 middle bill owners of all 72 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 61,000 miles (5 reports).
Chevrolet Silverado owners reported paying a median of $2,500 for a differential repair, with the middle half of bills between $1,100 and $4,800. That's from 5 owner reports (5 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,00020%
- $1,000–$2,50020%
- $2,500–$5,00040%
- $5,000 and up20%
Share of the 5 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2004 Chevrolet Silverado2too few for a middle
- 2005 Chevrolet Silverado1too few for a middle
- 2008 Chevrolet Silverado1too few for a middle
- 2017 Chevrolet Silverado1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
Engines in these years
4.8 Vortec V8 · 5.3 V8 (L83 / L84) · 5.3 V8 (Vortec, 2007–13) · 6.2 V8 (L86 / L87)
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Keep going
- Chevrolet Silverado reliability by year
- Differential repair cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Chevrolet Silverado owners reported
Brake repair (233) · Lifter replacement (32) · Engine replacement (25) · Transmission replacement (23) · Fuel injector replacement (19) · Brake booster replacement (18) · ABS module replacement (17) · Wiring harness repair (16) · AC condenser replacement (14) · Steering rack replacement (10) · Wheel bearing replacement (10) · Fuel pump replacement (8) · Transfer case replacement (8) · Radiator replacement (5) · Throttle body replacement (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11102632, 11100653, 10598967, 10303797, 10175668.
Quick answers
How much does differential repair cost on a Chevrolet Silverado?
Chevrolet Silverado owners reported a median of $2,500, and the middle half paid $1,100 to $4,800, from 5 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Chevrolet Silverado differential repair more expensive than on other cars?
The Chevrolet Silverado middle bill of $2,500 is about the same as the $2,600 owners of all 72 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Chevrolet Silverado repair costs come from?
From 5 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.