NHTSA Safety Recalls
Chevrolet Recalls
Chevrolet has 1,836 model-year recall listings with NHTSA across 90 models and 2000–2027 model years. The model with the most is the Tahoe, with 142.
Owners have filed 116,163 complaints with NHTSA about the Chevrolet model years listed here; the most, 2,330, concern the 2006 Cobalt.
31 Chevrolet models have enough complaint data for a years-to-avoid ranking; 18 of them have at least one year that stands out.
Complaints about Chevrolet vehicles most often name the electrical system (at least 24,505), then the steering (16,969).
The Chevrolet model with the most owner complaints is the Malibu: 17,150 across 26 model years listed here.
The newest Chevrolet recall here, 26V611000, was reported on September 24, 2026 and concerns the air bags: side/window: curtain: inflator.
Chevrolet recalls most often concern the air bags: frontal (88 model-year listings), then the air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module (76).
- Models
- 90
- Recall listings
- 1,836
- Model years
- 2000–2027
- Pages on file
- 485
campaign × model year
year + model
Chevrolet models, most recalls first
What gets recalled most on Chevrolet vehicles
- AIR BAGS:FRONTAL88
- AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE76
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION74
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING73
- STEERING67
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS58
- SEAT BELTS50
- AIR BAGS48
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM45
- STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM39
- EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY34
- POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION34
Chevrolet years to avoid, by model
- Chevrolet Avalanche2002, 2003, 2004
- Chevrolet Avalanche 1500no year stands out
- Chevrolet Aveono year stands out
- Chevrolet Blazer2000, 2001, 2002
- Chevrolet Bolt EV2019, 2020
- Chevrolet Camarono year stands out
- Chevrolet Cavalierno year stands out
- Chevrolet Cobalt2006
- Chevrolet Colorado2005, 2016
- Chevrolet Corvette2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2017, 2019
- Chevrolet Cruze2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- Chevrolet Equinoxno year stands out
- Chevrolet Expressno year stands out
- Chevrolet HHRno year stands out
- Chevrolet Impala2011
- Chevrolet Malibuno year stands out
- Chevrolet Monte Carlono year stands out
- Chevrolet Silverado2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
- Chevrolet Silverado 15002014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- Chevrolet Silverado 2500no year stands out
- Chevrolet Silverado 3500no year stands out
- Chevrolet Sonic2012
- Chevrolet Spark2013, 2014
- Chevrolet Suburban2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2015, 2016
- Chevrolet Suburban 15002007
- Chevrolet Tahoe2001, 2004, 2015, 2021
- Chevrolet Trailblazer2002
- Chevrolet Traverse2011, 2018
- Chevrolet Traxno year stands out
- Chevrolet Ventureno year stands out
- Chevrolet Volt2017, 2018
Models sold in large numbers over many years collect more recalls and complaints than niche ones.
Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted