When it comes to purchasing a vehicle nowadays, technology features, horsepower figures and safety ratings appear to be all the talking points consumers might take into account. However, durability remains one of the most important factors to consider when buying a vehicle, so with that in mind, it appears as though full-size Chevy trucks and SUVs are among some of the longest-lasting cars.
According to a report from iSeeCars, Toyota products are rated as some of the most likely vehicles to reach 250,000 miles, with the Toyota Tundra and Toyota Sequoia four times more likely to achieve this milestone as compared to the industry average. Not far behind the Japanese automaker are a few Chevy trucks and SUVs, as the Suburban, Silverado 1500, and Tahoe respectively rank seventh, 10th, and 12th overall with a 22-, 18.8-, and 17.7-percent chance of reaching a quarter-million miles.
It’s worth noting that the above rankings apply to light-duty (LD) vehicles only.
“Modern vehicles are getting more durable, with 30 models offering between a 12- and 36-percent chance of reaching a quarter million miles,” iSeeCars Executive Analyst Karl Brauer remarked in a prepared statement. “Many consumers still consider a car’s usable lifespan to end at 100,000 miles. But our latest longest-lasting study confirms that even 200,000 miles isn’t the end of the line for many cars. The top nine cars on this year’s list have a better than 20 percent chance of hitting 250,000 miles.”
In regard to pickup trucks specifically, the Chevy Silverado 2500 HD was rated third overall with a 29.9-percent chance of lasting 250,000 miles, which was 1.5 times longer than other trucks. For comparison, the aforementioned Silverado 1500 was rated 12th in the pickup category.
“The long lifespan of heavy-duty trucks inevitably pushes several light-duty models to below average,” Brauer continued. “But as noted in our list of the top 30 longest-lasting vehicles, many of these ‘below average’ trucks do quite well when compared to other light-duty vehicles.”
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This just goes to show you how wrong some of you are making comments on "ALL THE FAILURES" with lifters or transmissions. 402 MILLION vehicles were analyzed and they had been doing this study since 2013, this isn't a word of mouth piece or some rando saying he works at a shop and has XX number of vehicles currently in there for lifters or transmissions. Some of you just do zero research and regurgitate what a few people say. You know what, it is easy to lie on the internet...
This study backs up what I have been saying and know, and it is two things. One, there are a ton more people out there giving input that is opposite of contradicts what some say. IE failures on vehicles or features/powertrains they deem wrong. So many people have input and studies done on what to do or put in a vehicle. If they were say down on power (hello 1.5 naysayers) or having tons of failures that some want to deem 25% or more (lifters or transmissions) then the studies or those analysts/researchers/customers would have made a change happen.
Second, having worked in a large automotive company at the corporate level in the warranty side, the rate of failure to trigger a recall is actually quite low. It has been a few years but it was somewhere between 3-5% where both the cost and customer/public image deem a recall and replacement is warranted. Granted that also depends on what is failing and how expensive that is, there is a difference from a light switch to an engine or transmission. Still, the failure rate of transmissions and lifters are in the LOW single digit percent. Probably somewhere between 1-2% I would imagine.
So no, lifters aren't failing on the regular and neither are transmissions. The guys that post they know X number of buddies that have or say they work in a shop (or their local dealer they visit) has XX number waiting for them, are just flat out lying and can be chalked up to fan boys of other brands who it makes them feel good to go to other brands and embellish others problems.
Agree with you 100%.
You know what. The sheer number of NEGATIVE comments have me thinking of PERMANENTLY leaving GMA.....
People either are lazy in not taking care of their products or simply lie lie lie.....
I AM FED UP.
Everyone said the 2014-19 trucks were garbage but two of my coworkers have 2015 Silverado 1500 5.3 trucks. Neither one did anything to turn off AFM, yet the one guy has nearly 260k miles and the other is trailing behind with 205k. No lifter problems at all. I helped them change the transmission cooler bypass valve so their 6 speed runs cooler. They change the fluids often which is probably the difference in keeping them running well.
Tundra’s just lost their Consumer Reports recommendation due the multiple problems, recalls, engine failures, and general poor reliability. In other words, junk.
My 2012 Silverado 1500 just turned 98k miles this morning on my way to work. I bought it new and it still looks an runs like new. I do all of the maintenance myself including oil changes every 5k no matter what percent the oil life indicator says. Every 5k is easy to remember, 5, 10, 15 ….. I am almost ready for a new one, probably before the new 26 model but I will be keeping this one too, due to its excellent reliability.
Your generation still comes with knobs and easy to use...interior.
I have heard of some GMT900s going more than 600k+ miles...they are very reliable trucks....not to mention cheaper than a Tundra as well on the used market. Anyone who says otherwise likely is a Toyota loyalist or has not taken care of his truck properly....
Sorry for the accidental down vote. I apologize.
My 2013 Yukon Denali has 168,000 miles on it. Purchased truck new. Only major issue was torque converter replacement at 140,000 miles. The 6.2 engine uses 0 oil and runs very strong. No squeaks or rattles either. Good maintenance is the key to longevity. Will put this truck up against a Toyota Sequoia any day.
I would hope so at $80,000 a piece
You can buy two WT’s for less than $80k.
My owned since new 2002 Avalanche just rolled 200K and shows no signs of quitting any time soon. We are going on 23 years with this truck and would buy another one in a heartbeat if GM would make them again.
Oldsmoble was building 200,000 mile + v8's 60 years ago ! Every Gm truck me and my family owned lasted over 30 years ! I have an 89 1500 with well over 400,000 and my 94 S10 has just over 662,000 miles parts are low cost and available and most repairs can be done by dyi the keypad warrior fan boys need to do there homework also gm is not the king of recalls ! They actually have the least of all brands
Yes it is very simple with all knobs and switches and no infotainment screen! I love it! It even has manual crank windows too!
I would bet on with + a few transmissions
GMC/Chevrolet DOES NOT pretend issues do not exist...they know about it and are fixing it...take the 6.2 issues on the MY23s......which will be sorted by MY26...
If the lifter failure rate was 8%...they WILL take action. The problem which YOU simply do not understand is that they SELL MORE volume than Toyota does with thd 3rd gen ( which loyalists and paid commenter are free to waste money on....), and the number of trucks without issues will be HIGHER than those with issues...who mostly complain online rather than solve the issue ( which can be due to bad maintenance also...., owners who suffered the issue either had a bad lifter batch or are denying some things....).
On the flip side...would you like to own a Tundra V6 TT with a 25k+ repair cost OUTSIDE of warranty? They fixed the issue ONLY for 22-23, and NOT all MY23 and even early MY24 and hybrids, which are ALSO failing....
Feel free to pour insults at me and call me childish.....I will stand by my point.
Maybe you do not take care of your truck...do you?
Don't even try to deny it....call me a fool ....go on.
Yup working on it---since 2007