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Chevrolet Silverado 6500 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 5 safety recalls and 3 owner complaints across 7 model years of the Chevrolet Silverado 6500 (2019–2025). The most-complained-about year is 2021.

5
safety recalls, all years
3
owner complaints, all years
2019
year with most recalls
2021
year with most complaints

Pick your Chevrolet Silverado 6500 model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2025 Chevrolet Silverado 650010
2024 Chevrolet Silverado 650011
2023 Chevrolet Silverado 650010
2022 Chevrolet Silverado 650010
2021 Chevrolet Silverado 650012
2020 Chevrolet Silverado 650010
2019 Chevrolet Silverado 650040

What Chevrolet Silverado 6500 owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 3 complaints with NHTSA. The 2021 model year has the most, with 2.

All Chevrolet Silverado 6500 recalls (5)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Chevrolet Silverado 6500, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Power assist (service brakes)

    NHTSA 25V768000 Reported 891 vehicles potentially affected General Motors, LLC

    General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Chevrolet Silverado Medium Duty 4500HD, 5500HD, and 6500HD vehicles. These vehicles were remedied under NHTSA Recall 25V390 with a brake jumper wire harness that was assembled without protective tape. A wiring harness that is missing protective tape can allow the wires to become…

    Remedy: Dealers will remove the installed wire harness, apply protective tape, and reinstall the wire harness, free of charge. Owner notification letters are planned to be mailed December 22, 2025. Owners may contact GM…

    Model years: 2019, 2020

  2. Switch/sensor/float (service brakes) Park outside

    NHTSA 25V390000 Reported 62,468 vehicles potentially affected General Motors, LLC

    General Motors (GM) is recalling certain 2019-2024 Chevrolet Silverado Medium Duty 4500HD, 5500HD, and 6500HD vehicles. The brake pressure sensor assembly may leak brake fluid into the brake pressure switch and cause a short circuit.

    Remedy: Owners are advised to park outside and away from structures until the recall repair is complete. Dealers will replace the brake pressure switch wire harness, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed…

    Model years: 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

  3. Software (air bags)

    NHTSA 24V738000 Reported 25 vehicles potentially affected General Motors, LLC

    General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2024 Chevrolet Silverado Medium Duty 4500HD, 5500HD, 6500HD vehicles. The air bag sensing and diagnostic module (SDM) may not have been activated during installation.

    Remedy: A Navistar technician will activate the air bag module, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 1, 2024. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this…

    Model years: 2025

  4. Software (engine and engine cooling)

    NHTSA 21V346000 Reported 196 vehicles potentially affected General Motors, LLC

    General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Chevrolet 6500HD vehicles. The engine control module (ECM) was calibrated incorrectly, allowing the vehicle to exceed the tires' maximum speed rating of 75 mph.

    Remedy: Dealers will update the ECM software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 7, 2021. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is N202325530.

    Model years: 2019

  5. Engine

    NHTSA 19V328000 Reported 318,374 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

    General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 4500, 5500 and 6500 vehicles and 2017-2019 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 and 3500 vehicles and GMC Sierra 2500 and 3500 vehicles equipped with Duramax 6.6 liter diesel engines and an optional engine-block heater. The engine block heater cord or the terminals that connect…

    Remedy: GM will contact owners, dealers will replace the engine block heater, free of charge. Additionally, in Chevrolet Silverado 2500 and 3500 vehicles, dealers will install a new rerouted heater cord. The recall began…

    Model years: 2019

Other Chevrolet models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.