NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Chevrolet Tahoe Recalls
The 2010 Chevrolet Tahoe has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 5, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 Chevrolet Tahoe. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 314
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 Chevrolet Tahoe, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2010 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 2007–2009, 2011 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 2009, 2013 Tahoe, 13 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21V054000
- Reported
- February 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,778,128
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2014 Tahoe, 11 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 10E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 10 other models
2010 Chevrolet Tahoe complaints by year
NHTSA has received 314 owner complaints about the 2010 Chevrolet Tahoe, the newest on October 15, 2025. Of these, 3 describe a crash (1%); owners reported 9 injuries.
In complaints about the 2010 Chevrolet Tahoe, the component group named most often is the air bags (37%), followed by the structure (28%) and the electrical system (5%).
3 of the 2010 Chevrolet Tahoe's 4 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2010 Chevrolet Tahoe owners gave the mileage (201 complaints), the median was 74,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other139
- Air Bags115
- Structure89
- Electrical System16
- Engine11
- Power Train6
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 24 | |
| 2015 | 23 | |
| 2016 | 79 | |
| 2017 | 59 | |
| 2018 | 36 | |
| 2019 | 34 | |
| 2020 | 19 | |
| 2021 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2010 Chevrolet Tahoe peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 79. 5% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Chevrolet Tahoe drew 0.2× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Tahoe year in the same window: 22nd highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2010 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Tahoe years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 314 complaints about the 2010 Chevrolet Tahoe are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Tahoe by model year
Other 2010 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: October 15, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted