The Lemon Index$10,100 middle bill · most between $7,000 and $11,000
Higher than the $8,000 middle bill owners of all 168 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 103,000 miles (5 reports).
Chevrolet Silverado owners reported paying a median of $10,100 for a engine replacement, with the middle half of bills between $7,000 and $11,000. That's from 25 owner reports (25 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0000%
- $1,000–$2,5004%
- $2,500–$5,0004%
- $5,000 and up92%
Share of the 25 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2007 Chevrolet Silverado1too few for a middle
- 2008 Chevrolet Silverado1too few for a middle
- 2013 Chevrolet Silverado1too few for a middle
- 2014 Chevrolet Silverado1too few for a middle
- 2016 Chevrolet Silverado2too few for a middle
- 2017 Chevrolet Silverado1too few for a middle
- 2019 Chevrolet Silverado10$11,500 middle bill
- 2020 Chevrolet Silverado3$5,500 middle bill
- 2021 Chevrolet Silverado3$10,400 middle bill
- 2022 Chevrolet Silverado2too 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.
How often owners report the failure
- 2021 Chevrolet Silverado127 complaints name it13% of that year's complaints
- 2022 Chevrolet Silverado104 complaints name it13% of that year's complaints
- 2019 Chevrolet Silverado90 complaints name it7% of that year's complaints
- 2024 Chevrolet Silverado61 complaints name it11% of that year's complaints
- 2023 Chevrolet Silverado60 complaints name it13% of that year's complaints
- 2020 Chevrolet Silverado49 complaints name it5% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a engine failure. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
2.7 Turbo (L3B) · 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
- Engine replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Chevrolet Silverado owners reported
Brake repair (233) · Lifter replacement (32) · 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) · Differential repair (5) · 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): 11768583, 11767705, 11756437, 11737709, 11735262, 11730489, 11705993, 11705786, 11698931, 11678379, 11667154, 11664576 and more.
Quick answers
How much does engine replacement cost on a Chevrolet Silverado?
Chevrolet Silverado owners reported a median of $10,100, and the middle half paid $7,000 to $11,000, from 25 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Chevrolet Silverado engine replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Chevrolet Silverado middle bill of $10,100 is higher than the $8,000 owners of all 168 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Chevrolet Silverado repair costs come from?
From 25 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Chevrolet Silverado years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2021 (127), 2022 (104), 2019 (90) Chevrolet Silverado named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
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.