NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 Recalls
The 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 5, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 53
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 2500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21V051000
- Reported
- February 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 284,645
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 11 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, 2013–2014 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, 2011, 2013–2014 Silverado 2500, 4 other models
2012 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 53 owner complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 2500, the newest on July 8, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (4%).
In complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 2500, the component group named most often is the electrical system (21%), followed by the air bags (17%) and the engine (15%).
2 of the 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 2500's 3 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 owners gave the mileage (36 complaints), the median was 72,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System11
- Air Bags9
- Engine8
- Unknown Or Other8
- Fuel/Propulsion System7
- Power Train5
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 10. 19% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Silverado 2500 year in the same window: 20th highest of the 21 ranked years.
That makes 2012 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Silverado 2500 years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 53 complaints about the 2012 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 2012 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: July 8, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted