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2026 Chevrolet Silverado 2500: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 2026 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. The newest campaign is 26V114000. NHTSA received the report on 26 Feb 2026. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment / Other / Owners/Service/Other Manual. NHTSA has 8 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 26V114000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will reset the vehicle radio, which will facilitate automatic download of the electronic owner’s manual, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 16, 2026. Owners may contact GM customer service at 1-866-467-9700, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 or Cadillac customer service at 1-800-333-4223. The manufacturer's number for this recall is N252540430. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on February 26, 2026.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 9,269 units in total.

  1. 26V114000Received . 5,861 units.

    Equipment / Other / Owners/Service/Other Manual

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    General Motors has decided that certain 2027 Chevrolet Bolt EV, 2025-2026 Cadillac OPTIQ, Chevrolet Colorado, Equinox EV, GMC Canyon, 2026 Buick Enclave, Envision, Cadillac CT5, Escalade, Escalade ESV, Escalade IQ, Escalade IQL, LYRIQ, VISTIQ, Chevrolet Blazer EV, Corvette Convertible, Corvette Coupe, Corvette Convertible E-Ray, Equinox, Silverado 1500, 2500, 3500, Silverado EV, Suburban 1500, Tahoe, Traverse, GMC Acadia, Hummer EV Pickup, Hummer EV SUV, Sierra 1500, 2500, 3500, Sierra EV, Terrain, Yukon, and Yukon XL vehicles. The radio may not have been set to the correct status to download the electronic owner's manual during production. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, “Occupant Protection.”
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Without an owner's manual to consult, owners may not know how to safely use and operate the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will reset the vehicle radio, which will facilitate automatic download of the electronic owner’s manual, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 16, 2026. Owners may contact GM customer service at 1-866-467-9700, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 or Cadillac customer service at 1-800-333-4223. The manufacturer's number for this recall is N252540430. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on February 26, 2026.

    Report filed by General Motors, LLC. Manufacturer campaign number N252540430. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 25V815000Received . 3,408 units.

    Equipment / Other / Owners/Service/Other Manual

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2026 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 2500, and 3500 vehicles. These vehicles may not have received an owner's manual during production. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 225, “Child Restraint Anchorage Systems.”
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Without an owner's manual to consult, owners may not know how to safely use and operate the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will provide the owner’s manual, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 30, 2025. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is N252532020. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on November 25, 2025.

    Report filed by General Motors, LLC. Manufacturer campaign number N252532020. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

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Complaints by component

8 complaints, 13 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

2026 Chevrolet Silverado 2500: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Service Brakes, Hydraulic3
Power Train2
Steering2
Unknown or Other1
Exterior Lighting1
Service Brakes1
Forward Collision Avoidance1
Fuel System, Diesel1
Engine1
Complaints that report a crash
1
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
1
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
29 Sep 2026

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 2026 Chevrolet Silverado 2500, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2026, with 8 complaints.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19940
  2. 19950
  3. 19960
  4. 19970
  5. 19980
  6. 19990
  7. 20001
  8. 20010
  9. 20021
  10. 20030
  11. 20040
  12. 20050
  13. 20060
  14. 20073
  15. 20084
  16. 20095
  17. 20105
  18. 20114
  19. 20123
  20. 20133
  21. 20142
  22. 20156
  23. 20166
  24. 20175
  25. 20185
  26. 20197
  27. 202010
  28. 20216
  29. 20223
  30. 20231
  31. 20244
  32. 20251
  33. 20262

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2026 Chevrolet Silverado 2500: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/chevrolet/silverado-2500/2026/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
General Motors, LLC

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2026 Chevrolet Silverado 2500?
9,269 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Chevrolet Silverado 2500 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 44 recall campaigns for the Chevrolet Silverado 2500, model years 1994 to 2026. 2 of them name the 2026 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2026 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 name most often?
Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 3 of 13 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2026 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.