NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 Recalls
The 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 24, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 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
- Owner complaints
- 51
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2016 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 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 3500
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 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 3500, 5 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 19V088000
- Reported
- February 7, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 18,574
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2018 Silverado 3500, 1 other model
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 3500, 4 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 17V437000
- Reported
- July 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 40,683
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2015 Silverado 3500, 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 2015, 2017 Silverado 3500, 15 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 3500, 4 other models
2016 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 51 owner complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 3500, the newest on September 3, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (6%); owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 3500, the component group named most often is the steering (29%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (22%) and the service brakes (20%).
None of the 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 3500's 7 recalls concerns the steering.
Where 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 owners gave the mileage (32 complaints), the median was 21,971 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering15
- Fuel/Propulsion System11
- Service Brakes10
- Electrical System6
- Structure6
- Engine5
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 14 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 14. 63% 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 3500 drew 1.9× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Silverado 3500 year in the same window: 1st highest of the 12 ranked years.
The 51 complaints about the 2016 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 2016 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: September 24, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted