The Lemon Index$6,000 middle bill · most between $3,000 and $7,300
Higher than the $4,500 middle bill owners of all 175 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 63,000 miles (7 reports).
Chevrolet Silverado owners reported paying a median of $6,000 for a transmission replacement, with the middle half of bills between $3,000 and $7,300. That's from 23 owner reports (23 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0000%
- $1,000–$2,5009%
- $2,500–$5,00030%
- $5,000 and up61%
Share of the 23 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2000 Chevrolet Silverado2too few for a middle
- 2002 Chevrolet Silverado2too few for a middle
- 2005 Chevrolet Silverado1too few for a middle
- 2007 Chevrolet Silverado2too few for a middle
- 2014 Chevrolet Silverado1too few for a middle
- 2015 Chevrolet Silverado2too few for a middle
- 2016 Chevrolet Silverado3$6,000 middle bill
- 2017 Chevrolet Silverado5$6,500 middle bill
- 2019 Chevrolet Silverado1too few for a middle
- 2020 Chevrolet Silverado3$10,000 middle bill
- 2021 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.
How often owners report the failure
- 2017 Chevrolet Silverado45 complaints name it5% of that year's complaints
- 2018 Chevrolet Silverado42 complaints name it7% of that year's complaints
- 2016 Chevrolet Silverado36 complaints name it4% of that year's complaints
- 2020 Chevrolet Silverado32 complaints name it4% of that year's complaints
- 2022 Chevrolet Silverado24 complaints name it3% of that year's complaints
- 2024 Chevrolet Silverado20 complaints name it4% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a transmission 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) · 5.3 V8 (L83 / L84) · 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.
Engine codes that can lead here: P0700 P0730 P0715 P0720 P0731 P0732 P0733 P0734. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Chevrolet Silverado reliability by year
- Transmission replacement 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) · 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): 11765810, 11763239, 11752385, 11706298, 11685435, 11658928, 11643941, 11632943, 11626223, 11576574, 11539982, 11539492 and more.
Quick answers
How much does transmission replacement cost on a Chevrolet Silverado?
Chevrolet Silverado owners reported a median of $6,000, and the middle half paid $3,000 to $7,300, from 23 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Chevrolet Silverado transmission replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Chevrolet Silverado middle bill of $6,000 is higher than the $4,500 owners of all 175 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Chevrolet Silverado repair costs come from?
From 23 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 2017 (45), 2018 (42), 2016 (36) 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.