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Chevrolet 6500

Every Chevrolet 6500 model year on file, 2019 to 2019. 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 years12019 to 2019

Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins475Summed across model years

By model year

The 2019 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

Electrical system leads the Chevrolet 6500 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system

Brakes

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Chevrolet 6500 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 6500 by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
2019	Other	1	100.0	50	2	0	475

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

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Chevrolet 6500

25V-390 Jun 12, 2025
Brake pressure sensor assembly may leak brake fluid into the brake pressure switch and cause a short circuit
Brakes · 62k vehicles
21V-346 May 13, 2021
Engine control module (ECM) was calibrated incorrectly, allowing the vehicle to exceed the tires' maximum speed rating of 75 mph
Engine and cooling · 196 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.