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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2015 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 Recalls

The 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 1, 2021.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 3500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
7

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
52

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
2

3 fires

NHTSA crash test
Not rated

On a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 3500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

7 recalls on the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 3500

Air bags: side/window: curtain: inflator

Campaign
21V504000
Reported
July 1, 2021
Vehicles affected
up to 410,019
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Same campaign
also 2016 Silverado 3500, 5 other models

21V504000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Air bags: side/window: curtain: inflator

Campaign
20V736000
Reported
November 25, 2020
Vehicles affected
up to 9,279
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Same campaign
also 5 other models

20V736000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages

Campaign
18V578000
Reported
August 30, 2018
Vehicles affected
up to 42,280
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2016 Silverado 3500, 4 other models

18V578000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 2011–2014 Silverado 3500, 1 other model

17V664000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Air bags: frontal

Campaign
17V437000
Reported
July 10, 2017
Vehicles affected
up to 40,683
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Same campaign
also 2016 Silverado 3500, 15 other models

17V437000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Air bags: frontal

Campaign
16V651000
Reported
September 8, 2016
Vehicles affected
up to 3,640,162
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Same campaign
also 2016–2017 Silverado 3500, 15 other models

16V651000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages

Campaign
16V069000
Reported
February 5, 2016
Vehicles affected
up to 430,771
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2016 Silverado 3500, 4 other models

16V069000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2015 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 complaints by year

NHTSA has received 52 owner complaints about the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 3500, the newest on July 19, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (4%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.

In complaints about the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 3500, the component group named most often is the electrical system (31%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (21%) and the service brakes (19%).

None of the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 3500's 7 recalls concerns the electrical system.

Where 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 owners gave the mileage (34 complaints), the median was 33,922 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Electrical System16
  • Fuel/Propulsion System11
  • Service Brakes10
  • Engine8
  • Power Train5
  • Unknown Or Other5

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20153
201610
20177
20183
20192
20207
20213
20221
20232
20245
20256
20263

Complaints about the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 10. 44% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Silverado 3500 year in the same window: 4th highest of the 12 ranked years.

Chevrolet Silverado 3500 years to avoid →

The 52 complaints about the 2015 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 2015 Chevrolet models

Newest record on this page: July 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted