Chevrolet Silverado 2500

993 complaints across 11 scored model years and 34 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Chevrolet Silverado 2500 Full report

Grade 2011–2021

2015 vs model median 2.7×

Model median3× median

Electrical 30

Brakes 27

Airbags & Restraints 12

Avoid

2015 · 2020

Best

2013 · 2014

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Severity-weighted complaint volume and grade by model year for the Chevrolet Silverado 2500
Year	vs median	Reports	Grade
2011	0.60×	27	B
2012	0.44×	21	B
2013	0.35×	18	B
2014	0.48×	16	B
2015	2.70×	121	F
2016	1.72×	78	D
2017	1.00×	41	C
2018	0.95×	39	C
2019	1.21×	54	D
2020	1.65×	79	D
2021	1.60×	80	D
2022 P	2.65×	124	F
2023 P	1.58×	67	C
2024 P	3.45×	185	F
2025 P	0.78×	34	B

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

Recalls

34 campaigns on record, 1 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Recall campaigns, largest first
Campaign	Component	Model years	Units affected
16V651000	AIR BAGS:FRONTAL	2015–2017	3,640,162
21V050000	AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE	2011	2,641,272
21V054000	AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE	2011–2014	1,778,128
21V053000	AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE	2013	692,526
20V792000	SEAT BELTS	2020, 2021	624,216
24V060000	LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH	2020–2024	570,434
19V814000	SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER	2020	556,399
24V797000	POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE	2020–2022	463,295

+ 26 further campaigns

Recall work is free at any franchised dealer, whoever owns the car and however old it is. Check a specific car’s VIN on NHTSA’s register before you buy — an unrepaired campaign is among the most commonly missed items on a used vehicle. One campaign here carries a Park It or Park Outside warning, which means NHTSA advised owners to stop driving or parking the vehicle indoors until the work was done.

Others in Heavy-Duty Trucks

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Other models in the same segment
Model	Years to avoid	Grade
Ford F-250	20172019	C
Ford F-350	20172019	C
GMC Sierra 2500	20152020	C
Ram 2500	20142018	C
Ram 3500	20122014	C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2015 Silverado 2500

Complaints in window: 121
Severity-weighted: 175.5
Model median (weighted): 65
vs model median: 2.70×
Recall campaigns (weighted): 6
Open investigations: 1

Score 14.2 F