21V053000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, resulting in serious injury or death.
2013 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500
3 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 71 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations11 open
Owner complaints71
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire3
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 3 of 3
21V054000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, resulting in serious injury or death.
18V267000
EQUIPMENT
In the event of a fire, if the fire extinguisher does not function properly, it can increase the risk of injury.
What owners report most
- 12UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 10ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 9FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 9SERVICE BRAKES
- 6ENGINE
- 5STRUCTURE:BODY
- 4POWER TRAIN
- 3ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2013 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.