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Chevrolet 4500HD

Every Chevrolet 4500HD model year on file, 2017 to 2023. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years11 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years72017 to 2023

Recall campaigns6Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins2,268Summed across model years

By model year

The 2021 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Engine and cooling leads the Chevrolet 4500HD complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Chevrolet 4500HD model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Chevrolet 4500HD by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2023	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	222
2022	Not decoded	0	None	None	3	319
2021	Truck	1	100.0	100	2	318
2020	Not decoded	0	None	None	4	384
2019	Not decoded	0	None	None	4	352
2018	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	375
2017	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	298

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Chevrolet 4500HD

23V-266 Apr 13, 2023
General Motors
Brakes · 40k vehicles
22V-874 Nov 23, 2022
Hex flange lock nuts used in the suspension and steering joints, were improperly heat treated and may break
Equipment · 5,861 vehicles
22V-364 May 20, 2022
Pressure-sensor fitting of the primary hydraulic brake line assembly may not be tightened correctly, which could result in a brake fluid leak
Brakes · 39 vehicles
21V-194 Mar 19, 2021
U-bolt nuts for the rear axle may not have been properly tightened and may loosen, causing the axle to misalign
Suspension · 258 vehicles
20V-025 Jan 17, 2020
Due to a manufacturing issue, the seat belt webbing locking mechanism may not properly restrain the occupant as intended
Seat belts · 1,138 vehicles
19V-835 Nov 20, 2019
Lug nuts on the rear outer wheels may not have been properly tightened when installed onto the rear axles
Wheels · 1,926 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.