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Chevrolet Silverado 5500

Every Chevrolet Silverado 5500 model year on file, 2019 to 2026. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years40 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years72019 to 2026
Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins2,139Summed across model years
By model year

The 2023 model year drew the most complaints, 3, 75% of the model's total

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

012320192020202120233202420252026
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Brakes leads the Chevrolet Silverado 5500 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Brakes
3
Engine and cooling
1
Fuel system
1
Suspension
1
Wheels
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Chevrolet Silverado 5500 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 Silverado 5500 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2026Not decoded0NoneNone0053
2025Not decoded0NoneNone0056
2024Truck10.010020217
2023Truck30.030010415
2021Not decoded0NoneNone10447
2020Not decoded0NoneNone20504
2019Not decoded0NoneNone20447
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Chevrolet Silverado 5500

  • 25V-768 Nov 6, 2025
    These vehicles were remedied under NHTSA Recall 25V390 with a brake jumper wire harness that was assembled without protective tape
    Brakes · 891 vehicles
  • 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
  • 24V-738 Oct 2, 2024
    Air bag sensing and diagnostic module (SDM) may not have been activated during installation
    Airbags · 25 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.