NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 Recalls
The 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 12, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 3500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 42
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 3500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 3500
Power train: automatic transmission: control module: software
- Campaign
- 26V083000
- Reported
- February 12, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,055
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: control module: software
- Campaign
- 24V797000
- Reported
- October 24, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 463,295
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2021–2022 Silverado 3500, 11 other models
Latches/locks/linkages: tailgate: latch
- Campaign
- 24V060000
- Reported
- February 1, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 570,434
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2021–2024 Silverado 3500, 3 other models
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 20V792000
- Reported
- December 17, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 624,216
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2021 Silverado 3500, 8 other models
Air bags: side/window: curtain: inflator
- Campaign
- 20V446000
- Reported
- July 30, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 769
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 11 other models
Structure: body: hood
- Campaign
- 20V324000
- Reported
- June 4, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 272
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Latches/locks/linkages: hood: latch
- Campaign
- 20V142000
- Reported
- March 12, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,909
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Seat belts: pretensioner
- Campaign
- 19V814000
- Reported
- November 14, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 556,399
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
2020 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 42 owner complaints about the 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 3500, the newest on August 22, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (2%) and 1 a fire.
In complaints about the 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 3500, the component group named most often is the power train (38%), followed by the service brakes (17%) and the engine (14%).
2 of the 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 3500's 8 recalls also concern the power train.
Where 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 owners gave the mileage (11 complaints), the median was 40,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train16
- Service Brakes7
- Engine6
- Electrical System5
- Tires5
- Fuel/Propulsion System4
Complaints received, by year
| 2020 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 8 | |
| 2025 | 13 | |
| 2026 | 8 |
Complaints about the 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 13. 31% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2020 vehicles, the 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Silverado 3500 year in the same window: 7th highest of the 12 ranked years.
The 42 complaints about the 2020 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 2020 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: August 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted