https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 05:31:38 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-2031210 Wed, 09 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT Got my registration form to update my tags and I saw the comments at the bottom say this vehicle has a recall.. so I decided to call the dealer to set up a appointment to get it fixed when I called the dealer, they said that they didn’t have the part so they will contact me as soon as possible so I waited almost a week no response at all so I decided to call them back to find out what was going on https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-1768500 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 1998 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. The contact stated the vehicle would fail to restart after being parked. The security warning light illuminated. The contact was able to restart the vehicle after several attempts. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to an independent alarm system specialist who diagnosed that the pass lock system of the vehicle had failed, causing the ve https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-1207930 Mon, 10 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMT IN LAST WEEK IN JULY 2015 I RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL LETTER FROM GM. RECALL # 15438 IN THE LETTER TEXT IT WAS STATED VEHICLE WAS RECALLED /PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. NO DATE WHEN REPAIR CAN BE ENACTED WAS GIVEN! THE FOLLOWING TEXT APPEARED SIMILAR IN MY LETTER ////AND ON GM WEBSITE WHEN I ENTERED MY VIN# RECALL TITLE: FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG INFLATOR RECALL DESCRIPTION: INFLATORS SUBJECT TO TAKATA https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-1015919 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT DEC.18,2012 HAD TO REPLACE ALL BRAKE LINES ON MY TRUCK. ALSO HAD TO REPLACE FUEL LINES FROM TANK TO ENGINE. WHEN I PURCHASED NEW I HAD TRUCK RUST PROOFED. THE FRAME IS SO BADLY RUSTED I HOPE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE WINTER. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-1015920 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT DEC.18,2012 HAD TO REPLACE ALL BRAKE LINES ON MY TRUCK. ALSO HAD TO REPLACE FUEL LINES FROM TANK TO ENGINE. WHEN I PURCHASED NEW I HAD TRUCK RUST PROOFED. THE FRAME IS SO BADLY RUSTED I HOPE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE WINTER. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-904995 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT I WAS TRAVELING DOWN A STEEP HILL ON DRY PAVEMENT AND MY VEHICLE WAS PICKING UP SPEED SO I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I STARTED FRANTICALLY PUMPING THE BRAKES AS I NOTICED THE CROSSING GUARD GOING DOWN ON THE TRAIN TRACKS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL AND STILL NO BRAKES AT ALL...AFTER REALIZING I WAS COMPLETELY WITHOUT ANY BRAKE PEDAL I IMMEDIATELY DOWNSHIFTED TO 1S https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-891957 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH THE GEAR SELECTOR AND ODOMETER INDICATORS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT TO ADJUST THE BRIGHTNESS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL TO PREVENT THE FA https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-889928 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHEVROLET 2500 HD EQUIPPED WITH COPPER DISCOVERY A/T TIRES, SIZE: 33X 12.50 R16.5LT, DOT NUMBER: CU23105. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BEGAN TO LOSE TREAD, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12 https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-881619 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND AND ALMOST WENT OVER A RESTRAINING WALL TWO TIMES. ON OTHER OCCASIONS WHEN BRAKING, THE BRAKES WOULD RELEASE AND I WOULD HAVE TO SLOWLY REAPPLY BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN OR PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THIS COULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF I WAS TOWING MY HORSE TRAILER. HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANY RECALLS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. *T https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-801091 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 1999 CHEVROLET 2500 SILVERADO TRUCK. WHILE BACKING UP TO HOOK UP A HORSE TRAILER, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKES SUDDENLY WERE UNABLE TO STOP THE TRUCK PROPERLY. THE TRUCK WAS THEN DRIVEN TO A DEALER FOR REPAIR USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE TRUCK HAD 106,255 MILES ON THE ODOMETER AT THAT TIME. THE DEALER REPLACED A BRAKE LINE. THERE HAVE BEEN 2 OTHER https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-801092 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKES BECAME SPONGY, THEN WHILE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. INSPECTION REVEALED SEVERAL BRAKE LINES RUSTED IN A CLUSTER LOCATED UNDER THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE OUTSIDE OF THE FRAME. PICTURES OF THE LINES WITH THE RESULTING BRAKE FLUID SPRAY ARE AVAILABLE. THE ACTUALLY LINES WILL BE AVAILABLE ONCE REPLACED. THIS IS ONE OF 3 BRAKE FAIL https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-801099 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT WHILE PULLING A LARGE HORSE TRAILER, WE HAD STOPPED FOR LUNCH. WE WENT OUT TO THE TRUCK, STARTED THE VEHICLE AND WHILE PUSHING IN THE BRAKE PEDAL TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR. INSPECTION SHOWED A BLOWN BRAKE LINE ALTHOUGH THE LINE SHOWED LITTLE WEAR. THE LINE RAN TO THE BACK BRAKES. WE WERE BROKE DOWN ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AT A REST STOP WITH ANIMALS AND CHILDR https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-678146 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT I OWN A 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500 4X4 AND THE ABS IS OUT I ONLY HAVE A LITTLE OVER 50,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK I HARDLEY DRIVE IT SAFETY ISSUE I DRIVE WITH MY CHILDREN I WISH SOMETHING WOULD BE DONE A BOUT THIS VERY CHEAP MADE PART. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-626617 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT THE TRUCK HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE WHEEL SPEED SENSORS. I FIRST CHANGED THE PADS AND ROTORS ON THE FRONT BRAKES THINK THEY MIGHT BE THE PROBLEM. BUT THAT DID NOT WORK. THE DEALER HAS DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS BAD WHEEL SPEED SENSORS AND THIS CAUSES THE ABS TO ENGAGE AT SLOW SPEEDS. https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-564215 Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT MY 1998 CHEVEROLET SILVERADO 2500 PICK-UP SUFFERS FROM THE SAME LOW SPEED ABS PROBLEM AS DO THE 1999 AND LATER MODELS. GENERAL MOTORS SHOULD INCLUDE THE 1998 MODEL YEAR IN THE PENDING RECALL. *JB https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-475878 Tue, 18 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER SMELLED FUMES COMING FROM THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE OWNER THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING GAS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *JB https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-438332 Fri, 31 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT WHILE DRIVING DURING RAINY WEATHER, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. *AK *CB *JB https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-433739 Mon, 06 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT WINDSHIELD WIPERS EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT AS STATED IN RECALL 03 V 159 000; HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-431114 Mon, 22 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. *AK THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF THE SEPARATION. THE CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FIVE TIRES AND SENT THE FAULTY TIRE TO CONTINENTAL TIRE OF NORTH AMERICA AS THEY REQUESTED. *PH *NLM https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-423863 Fri, 08 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT REAR SEATBELT RETRACTS AT AN ANGLE AND SPEED THAT RESULTED IN THE PASSENGER BEING STRUCK IN THE FACE AND SEVERELY BRUISED. https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-413413 Thu, 19 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT THE BRAKE SYSTEM EXPERIENCED PREMATURE WEAR. THE VEHICLE HAD SEVERAL CRACKED BRAKE LININGS AND SHOES. *AK *TS *JB https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-413417 Thu, 19 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT THE VEHICLE ABS SYSTEM ENGAGED WITHOUT WARNING AT LOW SPEEDS. *AK *CB *NLM https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-392541 Tue, 04 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT FUEL PUMP COLLAPSED CAUSING FUEL TANK TO LEAK. THE FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. PH...*AK https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-386935 Fri, 27 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE SURGE FORWARD, CAUSING LOST OF CONTROL AND VEHICLE WILL NOT IDLE DOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-380918 Wed, 06 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT THE CABLE THAT HELD THE BUCKLE TO THE BELT BROKE UNDER NORMAL USE.MR *JB https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd https://plaincars.com/make/chevrolet-silverado-2500-hd#complaint-373502 Thu, 12 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT THE ABS SYSTEM PERFORMS POORLY, PRIOR TO STOPPING THE VEHICLE FEELS AS THOUGH IT WILL NOT STOP. NLM