2004 Chevrolet C1500 Silverado review from North America

Nothing major has gone wrong with the truck yet. The shocks are junk from the factory. Other than that everything else has worked perfectly!

I am an ASE certified mechanic. I put on average 20,000 miles a year on my trucks, and overall this has been the best by far. It is awesome on gas, on average 19-20 mpg in town, and 23-24 mpg on the freeway. A lot of that has to do with the easy changes I have made to the truck, Cold air intake, Flowmaster exhaust, Super-chip programer, Electric fans. Other than that the truck is stock, single cab short bed. The only complaint I would have is the paint scratches pretty easily, the metallic blue, and the bed dents pretty easily. Truck has plenty of power, approx 340 after add ons. runs 14.712 @ 95.89 mph in the quarter mile. It will haul about anything, I put 3,100 pounds in the bed one time and drove it 40 miles, the drive train had no problem, but the suspension was a little over loaded. I pulled a 20ft car trailer with 6 quads and 55 gallons of fuel plus a bed full of camping gear 400 miles with no sweat at all, got about 16mpg. This is an all around awesome truck!