NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Recalls
The 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 5, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 444
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21V050000
- Reported
- February 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,641,272
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Silverado 1500, 13 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21V052000
- Reported
- February 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 557,023
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 13 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21V053000
- Reported
- February 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 692,526
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2013 Silverado 1500, 13 other models
2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 444 owner complaints about the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, the newest on November 3, 2025. Of these, 9 describe a crash (2%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, the component group named most often is the air bags (52%), followed by the structure (12%) and the electrical system (10%).
3 of the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500's 3 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 owners gave the mileage (224 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags230
- Unknown Or Other56
- Structure54
- Electrical System43
- Engine36
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)13
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 17 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 17 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 65 | |
| 2017 | 110 | |
| 2018 | 58 | |
| 2019 | 37 | |
| 2020 | 31 | |
| 2021 | 37 | |
| 2022 | 11 | |
| 2023 | 13 | |
| 2024 | 9 | |
| 2025 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 110. 8% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Silverado 1500 year in the same window: 16th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 444 complaints about the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Silverado 1500 by model year
Other 2009 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: November 3, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted