NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 Recalls
The 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 5, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 104
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
On a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 2500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2011 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 2009 Silverado 2500, 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 2012–2014 Silverado 2500, 11 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 18V267000
- Reported
- April 26, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,154
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2009, 2012–2014 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, 2009 Silverado 2500, 3 other models
2011 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 104 owner complaints about the 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 2500, the newest on May 8, 2025. Of these, 2 describe a crash (2%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 2500, the component group named most often is the air bags (38%), followed by the power train (10%) and the electrical system (9%).
2 of the 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 2500's 4 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 owners gave the mileage (57 complaints), the median was 72,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags40
- Unknown Or Other11
- Power Train10
- Electrical System9
- Engine9
- Fuel/Propulsion System8
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 21 | |
| 2018 | 15 | |
| 2019 | 11 | |
| 2020 | 10 | |
| 2021 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 21. 14% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Silverado 2500 year in the same window: 19th highest of the 21 ranked years.
That makes 2011 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Silverado 2500 years.
The 104 complaints about the 2011 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 2011 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: May 8, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted