NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 Recalls
The 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 5, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 3500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 26
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 3500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 3500
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 Silverado 3500, 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 2011–2012, 2014 Silverado 3500, 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, 2011–2012, 2014 Silverado 3500, 4 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: auxillary tank
- Campaign
- 17V664000
- Reported
- October 19, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 35,292
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2012, 2014–2015 Silverado 3500, 1 other model
2013 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 26 owner complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 3500, the newest on January 24, 2025. Of these, 1 describe a crash (4%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 3500, the component group named most often is the steering (27%), followed by the power train (19%) and the electrical system (15%).
None of the 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 3500's 4 recalls concerns the steering.
Where 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 owners gave the mileage (21 complaints), the median was 56,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering7
- Power Train5
- Unknown Or Other5
- Electrical System4
- Engine4
- Engine And Engine Cooling3
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 6. 38% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Silverado 3500 year in the same window: 12th highest of the 12 ranked years.
That makes 2013 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Silverado 3500 years.
The 26 complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Silverado 3500 by model year
Other 2013 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: January 24, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted