21V050000
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.
2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500
5 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 42 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations11 open
Owner complaints42
Complaints citing a crash1
Complaints citing a fire0
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 5 of 5
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.
17V664000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:AUXILLARY TANK
If the front tank overfills, the excess pressure may cause the front tank to expand and contact the driveshaft, possibly resulting in a hole in the tank. The hole will leak fuel, which in the presence of an ignition source, can increase the risk of a fire.
14V407000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
If the fusible link melts it may come into contact with adjacent components, damage the electrical center cover, the nearby wiring harness conduit and other vehicle components, increasing the risk of a fire.
What owners report most
- 10AIR BAGS
- 5POWER TRAIN
- 4ENGINE
- 4FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 4UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 2ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 1FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
- 1FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500s 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.