NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Chevrolet Tahoe Recalls
The 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe 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 Tahoe. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 284
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe, 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 Tahoe
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 2007–2008, 2010–2011 Tahoe, 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 2007–2008 Tahoe, 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 2010, 2013 Tahoe, 13 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 10V240000
- Reported
- June 4, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,365,070
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2008 Tahoe, 16 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 09V154000
- Reported
- May 6, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 27,188
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 9 other models
2009 Chevrolet Tahoe complaints by year
NHTSA has received 284 owner complaints about the 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe, the newest on July 31, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (1%); owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe, the component group named most often is the air bags (34%), followed by the structure (18%) and the electrical system (12%).
3 of the 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe's 5 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe owners gave the mileage (188 complaints), the median was 77,511 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags97
- Unknown Or Other92
- Structure52
- Electrical System33
- Latches/Locks/Linkages22
- Engine14
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 18 | |
| 2014 | 16 | |
| 2015 | 21 | |
| 2016 | 64 | |
| 2017 | 59 | |
| 2018 | 29 | |
| 2019 | 19 | |
| 2020 | 15 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 64. 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 Tahoe drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Tahoe year in the same window: 15th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 284 complaints about the 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Tahoe by model year
Other 2009 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: July 31, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted