NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Recalls
The 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 has 12 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 24, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 12
- Owner complaints
- 797
- Crashes reported
- 42
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
10 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
12 recalls on the 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
Air bags: side/window: curtain: inflator
- Campaign
- 26V611000
- Reported
- September 24, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,559
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2017 Silverado 1500, 5 other models
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 2015 Silverado 1500, 5 other models
Seat belts: front
- Campaign
- 21V245000
- Reported
- April 8, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,568
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 Silverado 1500, 2 other models
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 2015 Silverado 1500, 5 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: wheel speed sensor/tone ring
- Campaign
- 19V761000
- Reported
- October 24, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 652,967
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2017–2018 Silverado 1500, 3 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: vacuum
- Campaign
- 19V645000
- Reported
- September 6, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,456,719
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2017–2018 Silverado 1500, 4 other models
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 2015 Silverado 1500, 4 other models
Seat belts: front
- Campaign
- 18V291000
- Reported
- May 3, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 23,004
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2015 Silverado 1500, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 17V437000
- Reported
- July 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 40,683
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2017 Silverado 1500, 15 other models
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 2014–2015, 2017 Silverado 1500, 15 other models
Suspension: front: control arm
- Campaign
- 16V256000
- Reported
- April 28, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,738
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2017 Silverado 1500, 5 other models
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 2015 Silverado 1500, 4 other models
2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 797 owner complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, the newest on October 13, 2026. Of these, 42 describe a crash (5%) and 10 a fire; owners reported 15 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, the component group named most often is the service brakes (32%), followed by the power train (24%) and the electrical system (15%).
None of the 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500's 12 recalls concerns the service brakes.
Where 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 owners gave the mileage (478 complaints), the median was 47,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes256
- Power Train194
- Electrical System119
- Steering110
- Unknown Or Other81
- Engine72
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 34 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 50 | |
| 2018 | 90 | |
| 2019 | 145 | |
| 2020 | 105 | |
| 2021 | 69 | |
| 2022 | 65 | |
| 2023 | 96 | |
| 2024 | 47 | |
| 2025 | 59 | |
| 2026 | 37 |
Complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 145. 40% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 drew 2.3× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Silverado 1500 year in the same window: 4th highest of the 22 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 797 complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Silverado 1500 by model year
Other 2016 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: October 13, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted