NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 Recalls
The 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 5, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 61
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
On a 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 2500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
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 2500, 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 2500, 13 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 18V267000
- Reported
- April 26, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,154
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2014 Silverado 2500, 4 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 14V407000
- Reported
- July 2, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 9,371
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2011 Silverado 2500, 3 other models
2009 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 61 owner complaints about the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 2500, the newest on August 10, 2024. Of these, 6 describe a crash (10%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 2500, the component group named most often is the air bags (39%), followed by the electrical system (15%) and the structure (10%).
3 of the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 2500's 5 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 owners gave the mileage (41 complaints), the median was 59,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags24
- Unknown Or Other10
- Electrical System9
- Structure6
- Steering4
- Vehicle Speed Control4
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 13 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 13. 20% 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 2500 drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Silverado 2500 year in the same window: 17th highest of the 21 ranked years.
The 61 complaints about the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Silverado 2500 by model year
Other 2009 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: August 10, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted