The 2019 Silverado offers various convenience features that make it easier to live, work, and play, including push-button start, improved CornerStep rear bumper, push-button parking brake, a power tailgate, and power assist steps. Of all these features, the power steps are the only feature that was around for the last-generation K2 Silverado. Read on for a all the details about the power running boards as well as their availability.
Notice: the following photos do not depict power steps, but instead represent the standard fixed units. Photos of the 2019 Silverado with the articular power assist steps are currently not available.
How It Works
Assigned GM RPO code BRS and often described as “rearward articulating” (we’ll explain why in just a minute), the power steps on Chevy’s 2019 Silverado have three functions and positions:
- When not in use, the steps retract under the pickup truck for a clean look that, in some cases, helps the 2019 Silverado be more aerodynamic when compared to trucks with fixed running boards.
- When any of the truck’s doors are opened, the steps automatically deploy outward, allowing for more convenient ingress into and egress from the cab for the driver and passengers.
- When one needs to access the cargo box from the side of the truck, a tap of the foot on the rear-most part of the step brings the entire running board toward the rear wheel, earning its “rearward articulating” moniker.
In all, the power assist steps on the 2019 Silverado make it easier to exit and enter the truck as well as to access the bed from the side. When not in use, the retractable steps sit (almost) flush with the truck, delivering a clean look that, in some cases, may improve the truck’s aerodynamic properties.
Though no videos exist of these steps just yet on the 2019 Silverado, we did find this video published by a Chevrolet dealership back in 2016 that shows the functionality of the steps on the last-generation 2017 Silverado High Country (the last-generation model on the K2 platform).
Availability
On the 2019 Silverado, the articulating power assist steps are available on LTZ and High Country models.
For LTZ models, the steps are only available for Crew Cab models equipped with the Safety Package (PQB), and are not available on or in conjunction with the following:
- Models coated in the Oakwood Metallic color
- Models equipped with chrome assist steps (BVT)
- Models with Off-Road Appearance Package (PDP)
- Models with Assist Step and Tonneau Package (PDR)
- Any models equipped with LPO assist steps
For High Country models, the articulating power steps are not available or or in conjunction with the following:
- Models coated in the Oakwood Metallic color
- Models equipped with chrome assist steps (BVT)
2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 High Country at the 2018 Detroit Auto Show The Chevrolet Silverado is a lineup of full-size pickup trucks sold primarily in North America, but also in the Middle East and in certain markets in South America. Slotting above the mid-size Chevrolet Colorado (known as the S10 in some markets), the Silverado is Chevrolet's largest pickup truck and currently consists of the 1500 light duty model, two Heavy Duty models - the 2500HD and 3500HD, as well as Conventional Class 4, Class 5 and Class 6 Medium Duty models - the Silverado 4500HD and Silverado 5500HD and Silverado 6500HD. The 2018 Chevy Silverado represents the fifth model year of the third-generation Silverado. It is based on the GM K2 platform shared with other full-size pickup trucks and SUVs from GM. Though the line sold relatively well, it became less competitive in the marketplace with time when compared to its primary Ford F-Series rival, due to lacking cutting-edge features such as turbocharged engines, a rugged off-road variant such as the Ford F-150 Raptor, a diesel engine option in the light duty (1500) model, and also various modern features and equipment. 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 High Country at the 2018 Detroit Auto Show Luckily, an all-new Silverado arrived for the 2019 model year that addresses many of the issues of its predecessor model. Customers began taking delivery of the all-new truck in the second half of August 2018. Chevrolet says that the all-new 2019 Silverado is the result of over 7,000 customer interviews - the most intensive research in its history. The new model uses higher grade alloy steel in the bed floor as well as various mixed materials that result in a reduction in weight and improved performance, with weight falling about 450 pounds. The truck also offers an expanded amount of models for a total of eight, including the new 2019 Silverado Trailboss. Riding on GM's new T1 platform shared with other future GM full-size trucks and SUVs, the 2019 Silverado offers more technology, convenience features, and engine/transmission combinations. While details of five powertrain combos have already been revealed, GM has not yet shared details of the new inline-six 3.0L Duramax Diesel engine, only stating that it will be "best-performing" and that it will be mated to GM's new 10-speed transmission. Notably, the outgoing, Chevy will continue manufacturing and selling the outgoing, K2 generation Silverado alongside the all-new model for a limited amount of time in limited configurations. Having overhauled the Silverado 1500, Chevy will next overhaul the Silverado Heavy Duty. The brand released a teaser image of the upcoming all-new 2020 Silverado HD in April 2018 and announced the vehicle in November 2018. The truck will launch in the 2019 calendar year as a 2020 model. The 2020 Silverado HD will be comprised of the Silverado 2500HD and Silverado 3500HD that ride on a more robust and capable version of the new T1 platform when compared to the 2019 Silverado 1500, while sharing many high-tech features and design elements with its light duty brother. Completing the overhauled Silverado family is the 2019 Silverado Medium Duty series, comprised of the Silverado 4500HD, 5500HD, and 6500HD. 2019 Chevrolet Silverado Medium Duty (5500HD) The Chevrolet Silverado is built at the following GM plants:
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I would still prefer the wide running boards that stay in place. Along with the huge dealer installed rubber mud flaps, nothing has a chance of even getting close to hitting the bottom of the cab or doors.
I really love the new 2019 Chevy Silverada.thinking of buying one soon…2
K2 Silvy still looks better. Here’s how to fix it. They got the wheel well shapes right on the new Sierra and they need to go on the Chevy too, an evolutionary progression of GM’s square wheel wells, angular, muscular. The ones on the 2019 Silverado look like everyone else’s and aren’t in sync with the rest of the truck.
At no point do these running boards move downward. They simply swing out. And swing further to reach back.