Here's The Truth About Chevy Reliability on a Silverado Driven 305,000 Miles! 

You got that right I have 3 of them all exceed 200000

Indeed. I have a Ford 300 I-6 with a 5 speed, it'll be there too.

I got a 1995 Chevy 350 with a 5speed. She'll be there too. So will my beautiful 1994 lifted Chevy 350 auto. The 94 has proved she's tough enough already.

5 speed manual on a Toyota carb 22R, I’ll be there too

I have a very similar truck. It is a 1994 GMC Sierra 3500 and it has the same 454 with the NV4500 5 speed manual. It's a great truck starts on the first crank every time and it has plenty of power.

@@ramstack2701 i had a 91 3/4 ton with the 5 speed and the 454 tbi and it was pathetically underpowered. Tbi heads were boat anchors.

I live in Colorado and have a '97 RAM 1500, but it's never driven on snowy or icy roads, so no road salt, no rust 🙂

Yup! Everyone one of these era trucks here in PA has rotten rockers, cab corners, fenders, beds, etc, which means you can't even drive it on the road due to annual safety inspections...I even see 2010 era trucks rusting out around here! Its really sad given how expensive these are to buy anymore. Only way to make them last around here is to get them undercoated/oil coated as soon as you buy it, and get it re applied if you intend it to last more than 10 years without needing rust repair.

Right people are stupid, they don't know how to wash their vehicles.

Not realy. I live in wisconsin. Even rusty, chevys last that long. I have a 2005 chevy 2500 silverado with over 4 hundred thousand on it. There all over here with 2 hundred thousand and more on them, still going. Cant beat the L.S engines.

@@alaskarailroad3996 Problem isn't that they don't run. Stupid PA inspections don't permit them on the road because of the rust. I've got an 06 Envoy with a 5.3l engine...runs great, but I've had to get the frame repaired on it twice in the last 3 years just to keep it on the road, and the rust issues aren't exclusive to GM vehicles...all cars around here exhibit the same issues with rust after 10-15 years.

He's also the guy that you want to buy your used truck from!

Yep

And you're the type of guy that no one wants for a neighbor

Hah.

U dream about your neighbor?

How much did Bob make from that?

@@keriwilliams8980 doesn't matter give me a solid axle anything over a ifs

Heard of old saying, 'To many cooks, spoil the broth'.

Cause then you get to know the mechanic having multiple mechanics they don’t know what you like and don’t like done too your vehicle

I agree. The previous owner on my 97 Silverado put new brake lines on the car and decided to just leave the old ones there too. Here and there I'm still finding old brake lines. Oh, and one of the newer ones was up against the exhaust manifold. Like ok man, guess I'll just die. 😂

No as long as you have a good and competent one working on it then it doesn't matter if everything is done by different people

Trucks like this are easy to work on… IF you know the correct procedure. Knowing an ex dealer mechanic is the best possible scenario. I do the same with my cars.

My 74 was purchased new by my grandfather and has 947,000 miles.

Damn. I though I was doing big things with 380k on f350 (1987) and 295k on my f250 (2003 5.4).

Yeah ouch I’ve got a 4-runner with 360k these guys out here lapping us bud.

the most I seen is 450k on a short bed

YEA RIGHT KEEP DREAMING

I’d chip in a new grill, I like these truck for the same reason he does, I have an almost identical 99 cab and chassis that we are going through right now.

resto? thats a colorado truxk no resto lmfao its good to go wait till you crawl under it

You might be waiting a long time , this truck will still be going for at least another 20 years

@@4486xxdawson Amen with a proper diet And romp up the mountain once a week she has a Long Life Ahead.

Newman hear the 454 ! just watch the blue colored exhaust coming out the tailpipe

🤮🤮🤮

@@gavin4157 wtf

Gavin Jones bro what? The 350 is amazing. That emoji just describes your mother😂

@@kylebasham4684 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

How did you fix the oil pan gasket leak?

4.3 over here too!! What you got? Single cab? Extended? Long bed? Short bed?

@@ChanMan-mm7fe Extended

Same here this truck is a tank

Kyle H I have a 96 Cheyenne SCSB with the 4.3 vortec at 236k miles ! Still drives great and has no signs of giving out soon 🇺🇸🤙🏽

Agree !

@Heinrich the White They were for sure for the GMT400s, just look up like a rock commercials on here and most of them are for the older trucks, I think they stopped around 2003 or so, when they switched to An American Revolution

They already have haha

YUP!!!!! And coming from a Toyota dealership I can PROMICE you, NOOOOOOOOO Tacoma or Tundra will hold up anywhere near as good over the next 20 years as the 1st generation models did. (Rust belt trucks excluded)

@@coyote102076 my 07 silverado is more rotten than my dad's 97 lol. And he has 5x the milage and half of the cares.

My 2004 Pontiac still going and I see cars built after mine that are already falling apart. I see them on the roads already rusting sin damage paint peeling they sound awful like the engines going to blow and here’s me rooking a 16 year old car still drives nice and silent. Of course still comes down to maintenance but a lot of new cars don’t even last 5 years

Hmm, I have a 16 chevy model and have around 168k right now got it when it had only 13k miles. All I've done so far is just a new battery replaced, The back shocks (by choice) and new alternator. That's all. Just maintaining it is what gets your vehicle to last long. (Also I only do mostly highway driving, I do some towing here and there)

This is how trucks should be, a truck that just keeps going, no fancy bells & whistles, just a simple reliable truck. The whole car industry needs to start over & rethink their goals, make trucks that are cheaper & last longer. Heck this truck is better for the climate than some new truck that’s gonna break on you & need to fix it.

$19,000 in 1992 is about the same as $35,000 in 2020. Not saying that trucks haven't gotten insanely expensive but we have to remember inflation.

They are 50k now because people want a truck and a Mercedes in the same vehicle

Kyle Oneth wages haven’t kept up inflation isn’t an issue but the fact that wages are stagnant

@@AmericanHandgunner44 I agree. I was just saying making a direct comparison between the value of money in 1992 vs 2020 is misleading.

Grayson rare Grayson GM never built trucks ever

Grayson Reichert i recently bought a 2005 “cat eye” extended cab with the 5.3 with 177k miles and let me tell you! She runs like new 😎🇺🇸 Also have a 96 Cheyenne single cab short bed with the 4.3 vortec at 236k that doesn’t have any signs of it giving out soon so yes I highly agree with you.

Squarebody Chevy trucks are the most reliable because the frame doesn't rot out as quickly as the GMT400 and GMT800

@@Wheresthepepsibismol Now those, are "The Heartbeat of America"

That 3/4 ton suburban is a keeper for sure

Drove my 03 Grand Am for 250,000 before selling it and only because my family outgrew it. I miss 32+ mpg freeway and that great pushrod v6 sound.

eeejokesno Which V6 was is? 3.8?

@@eeejokesno v6 sound? Lol

Leonard Rice if it’s the 3.8 they actually sound pretty good. Not an LS4 or anything but it’s not bad.

Wesley yes the 454 knocks, they are horrible so get over it

Brad Zimmerman I think you’re definitely wrong.

@@wesleygarrison6248 chevy 350 and 454 are known knockers, good engines but they do knock very commonly.

monkeyking819 Since when, and if they were prone to knock, why would almost every hot rod, race car, or drag car have a Chevy engine?

Ford and Dodge guys as they are sitting on the side of the road as you pass them by

Florida humid, no rust. Wisconsin dry within one year any new car will begin to rust lol

Well explain to me why my canadian 1999 yukon is still mint and running strong and no rust , they salt the roads here like french fries and also live between 2 great lakes and humidity is so bad in summer you sweat buckets in the shade sitting doing nothing . This was the last gen truck gm made right , now all trucks are just for show ,like all you kids who think a trucks for cruising and low pro tires ha ha ha . You couldnt give me a new truck for mine i would rebuild mine first and even if i did that it would still be cheeper then the new crap they are saying is a truck ..

jeff ferguson here in Michigan cars won’t last if you don’t take care of them

@@4486xxdawson if its a canadian built truck they have a better undercoating protection

Dutch Van Der Linde I know I’m from Wisconsin , same thing, cars can rust really fast up there in these areas lol

I got 231,000 miles on my 97’ 👍🇺🇸

Same here. I bought my '94 K1500 a decade ago in college. Been sitting in my barn for a few years. Got it fired up last weekend after a few hours of fiddling with it. New fluids, new drive side latch, new driver side window motor and new door panels. Needs a tranny too. I parked it in the barn years ago when I lost the rear gear.

I’ve got one. This exact truck but a 1994 and fully loaded. 87k miles.

i mean u can still save the truck its just alot of work

All you gotta do is wash the vehicle the salt dosnt destroy the vehicle instantly it’s when it sits it starts to break down the metal just wash the vehicle as much as possible

@@ryans413 yes but that ugly dash makes you want to through salt at it

@@bradzimmerman3171 it's a work truck not a run around town car.

Do you not know how to powerwash a frame? Jesus....I have a 1988 truck from NY. Owned it since 2002. I still have it. Why? Powerwashing baby. Frame has rust. But not rusted through and .....AND......ORIGINAL brake and fuel lines.

My dad has a 1997 with 1,230,000 klms, so about 760 000 miles, and the damn thing still runs. The truck drove 750 miles a week for 16 years. Nothing but regular maintenance. Tires, shocks, fluids, u joints, power steering hoses, fan speed control and 2 fuel pumps. And a few cluches. 1 every 3 to 4 years.

G.3look at the dash yuck, and throw up

@@bradzimmerman3171 Hahahahahaha XD Snowflake XD

Nah, the GMT800s were the last of the great GM trucks, unless you buy an HD truck. Those are still great.

I came here to make this comment😂

I'm riding with you bro, my 2001 Sierra is at 325k

My 99 Sierra has 132k. It’s just a baby. Lol.

Mak Siccar Same here, my one owner Silverado of 32 years turned 477,025 miles as of today 5/19/2022. Drive train is oe except for the trans which was replaced at 275k. 👊👊✌✌

@@nateallen2709 some areas it's the only economical way to de-ice roads.

Here in Michigan they’ve start to test chemical sprays rather than salt

We should use sand again.

@@nateallen2709 Chains and studded tires tear up the roads. They use sand here in the the Northwest and my 87 Chevy is still rust free.

I own a 03 and it's a tank

My 97 c2500 350 has 352,500 no oil consumption

Have you removed the cylinder deactivation?

PSTuners no. I’ve heard a lot of conflicting info on that. I know guys with 200k plus that never removed it. I’ve heard people say to tune it out (turn it off) and then others say you have to swap out the rockers to truly get rid of it. I’ve also hear as long as you don’t stay in deactivated mode for extended periods it isn’t harmful. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Just throw in a cam and tune and enjoy your extra 50-75hp and reliability. Its cheaper than replacing both sides anyway.

Ouch! It's $1.77 per gallon in Missouri, US.

am in Mexico diving 4.3 v6

That's a cool ride but I don't think you could get 300,000 miles out of it even if you wanted to.

150-200k miles max from a modern FCA product is typically what my buddy sees (dealer mechanic).

Parker, I guess that settles it. Everyone should only drive Toyota or Honda. There’s no domestic vehicle to buy. I see running gear go bad on all the domestics before 150K. I’ve had two engine failures on Ford F-150 pickups (one at 94,000 and one at 133,000). My co-worker had his 5 year old Chevy 6.2 go bad at 62K with no warranty backing. I also see Chryslers running with 200K and no major repairs. Point being, it’s all in usage and the “luck of the draw.” In 15 years, if our Charger’s engine goes bad at 200,000 miles-who cares? It’s not likely to be my problem by then anyway. I don’t keep worn out vehicles because of my experience with a used up Chevy pickup back in the day that I spent more time fixing than driving.

@@settledontheprairie5524 well maybe if you bought a tundra, which is more USA built than chevy and ford, 200k miles is barely breaking in, I have a 2007 with 650k miles that I drive daily and haven't had one problem outside of a water pump and alternator. You buy crap you get crap, my neighbor got rid of his 2019 Jeep Wrangler because it spent more time at the dealer than it did in the drive.

Parker been there, done that. I bought a brand new 2008 Tundra and tried running it in the oil patch. Every problem was unsolvable. The most annoying was the dome light that wouldn’t shutoff, taking 3 separate dealer trips to relieve. After replacing the air pump for $3,400 (87K miles), I traded for a Ford.

if you could find a 40rd of the same year/similar drive train to compare it against?? (Key word: IF)

We had a shop truck GMC 1978 454 Turbo 400 that truck is still running today I bet it's got four hundred thousand miles on it.

@@nautiquecowboynautiquecowb5317 Very tough powertrain !

I would like to have a manual transmission. I don't know if they even offer them in regular pickup trucks anymore.

@@AreaThirteenThirteen nope, dodge did but recently stopped. Gm and ford also don't offer manuals in any trucks.

The 4l80 and 6l80’s are literally newer iterations of the th400. So what do you mean?

I had a 94 with a 350 I bought when I was 18 years old. It was all original when I sold it to a friend that begged me to sell it to him. No doubt the best truck I've ever had.

alot priced a new chevy lately?

Really doubt any of the new trucks would last this long. Half of the features wont work by 200k miles... Everything these days is built to be disposable.

@@gnarlytothemax now your just repeating what you hear. have you ever put 200k on anything? The newest trucks,are pretty solid even ford I hate to admit. We make the most off idiots when it comes to 2020 models. just replaced full warranty motor guy drives ten miles puts gas in his diesel. happens all day. trucks dont survive idiots...

Naked Zebra yes, have put well over 200k on vehicles that’s why I’m actually concerned about longevity. I figure most buyers replace by 100k these days..

Naked Zebra I priced a new gmc 2500 gasser, it’s just north of 45k, we also don’t talk about insurance/registration... older is the way to go in my book of life.

My 93 1500 extendo cab has cup holders in the front. You had to request them from gm and you had to be ordering your truck from the factory

The 6.0 LS will eat a 454 alive. They'll outlast them too. They're actually simpler if you understand MPFI.

454 vs 364.