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Chevrolet EXPRESS

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12 campaigns
12 recalls 1 critical🔥 4 fire risk💥 9 crash risk
Model year
Other
Apr 26, 2018
2932 days ago

Your fire extinguisher may not work in a fire, leaving you unable to fight flames.

Affected: EQUIPMENT · 2018
FIRE RISKCRASH RISK
NHTSA
Summary

General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2009-2014 Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra HD, 2009 GMC Topkick 5000, 6000, 7000 and 8000 Series and Isuzu F Series, and 2009-2018 Chevrolet Express, and GMC Savana vehicles, equipped with certain Plastic-Handle Fire Extinguishers or Push Button 'Pindicator' Fire Extinguishers. These extinguishers may become clogged, preventing the extinguisher from discharging as expected or requiring excessive force to activate the extinguisher. Additionally, in certain models, the nozzle may detach from the valve assembly with enough force that it could cause injury and also render the product inoperable. For a full list of the affected fire extinguisher models visit: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2017/RMISC-17E062-5427.pdf

Consequence

In the event of a fire, if the fire extinguisher does not function properly, it can increase the risk of injury.

Remedy

GM will notify owners, instructing them to contact Kidde to get a replacement fire extinguisher, free of charge. The recall began June 11, 2018. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782, and Isuzu customer service at 1-866-441-9638. GM's number for this recall is 18146.

Other
May 23, 2019
2540 days ago

Your rear-quarter windows can shatter in a side crash and send glass fragments into the cabin.

Affected: VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR · 2019
CRASH RISK
NHTSA
Summary

General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2016-2019 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vehicles. One or both of the rear-quarter windows may be tempered glass instead of laminated glass. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 226, "Ejection Mitigation."

Consequence

Tempered glass increases the risk of injury in the event of a side impact or rollover crash.

Remedy

GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the tempered glass windows with laminated glass windows, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began July 5, 2019. Owners may contact GM customer service at 1-586-596-1733. GM's number for this recall is N192218960.

Body
Feb 13, 2025
447 days ago

Your driver's side door may not protect you in a crash due to weak welds.

Affected: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR · 2025
CRASH RISK
NHTSA
Summary

General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2025 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans. The impact beam located in the driver's side door may have improper welds.

Consequence

An improperly welded door impact beam may not adequately protect occupants in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.

Remedy

Dealers will replace the driver's side door, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 3, 2025. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 800-222-1020 or GMC customer service at 800-462-8782. GM's recall number for this recall is N242490780.

Other
Aug 5, 2025
274 days ago

Your front passenger seat head restraint can break loose in a crash and fail to protect the occupant's head.

Affected: SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT · 2025
CRASH RISK
NHTSA
Summary

General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2025 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vehicles. The front passenger seat head restraint may have been improperly welded to the seat frame.

Consequence

An improperly welded head restraint can result in an increased risk of injury to the seat occupant during a crash.

Remedy

Dealers will inspect and replace the front passenger seat frame, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed June 23, 2025. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is N252503580.

Electrical
Jun 9, 2019
2523 days ago

Your seatbelt warning light may not turn on, causing you to drive unbuckled and risk serious injury in a crash.

Affected: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL · 2019
CRASH RISK
NHTSA
Summary

General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2019 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vehicles. The seatbelt-unfastened warning light will not illuminate for approximately five seconds after the ignition is moved to the "on" or "start" position. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."

Consequence

Without the seatbelt warning reminder, the driver may forget to fasten the seatbelt, increasing the risk of injury in the event of a crash.

Remedy

GM will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the instrument panel cluster, free of charge. The recall began October 3, 2019. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-630-2438 or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is N192264500.

Other
Sep 29, 2016
3506 days ago

Your right side mirror is convex instead of flat, blocking your view of vehicles behind you.

Affected: VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES · 2017
CRASH RISK
NHTSA
Summary

General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Chevrolet Express manufactured September 25, 2015, to August 22, 2016, and 2016 GMC Savana cargo and cutaway vans manufactured January 28, 2016, to May 18, 2016. The affected vehicles were manufactured without an inside rearview mirror and with a right-hand convex exterior review mirror. These vehicles are required to have either an inside rearview mirror or both left and right-hand flat exterior rearview mirrors. Thus, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 111, "Rearview Mirrors."

Consequence

If the driver does not have a clear unobstructed view to the back of the vehicle, it can increase the risk of a crash.

Remedy

GM will notify owners, and dealers will instal a right-hand flat rearview mirror, free of charge. The recall began on November 8, 2016. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 16036.

Software
Jul 11, 2024
664 days ago

Your transmission can lock up the rear wheels or make your van suddenly accelerate in the wrong direction.

Affected: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE · 2023
CRASH RISK
NHTSA
Summary

General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2022-2023 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vehicles. Incorrect software in the transmission control module (TCM) may result in harsh shifting, reduced power, unintended deceleration, rear wheel lockup, or cause the vehicle to move in an unintended direction.

Consequence

Rear wheel lock-up or moving in an unintended direction can increase the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Dealers will update the transmission control module software calibration, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 9, 2024. Owners may contact GM customer service at 1-888-988-7267, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is N242471620.

Tires
May 3, 2026
3 days ago

Your tire can lose air suddenly and cause you to lose control on the road.

Affected: TIRES:SIDEWALL · 2026
CRASH RISK
NHTSA
Summary

General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2025-2026 Express Cutaway, and 2025-2026 Savana Cutaway vehicles. These vehicles may be equipped with a tire with sidewall damage.

Consequence

A tire with sidewall damage may experience sudden air loss or driver loss of control, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Dealers will inspect all tire sidewalls and replace tires with sidewall damage, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 27, 2026. Owners may contact GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782 or Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is N252542620. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on March 5, 2026.

Tires
Feb 8, 2018
3009 days ago

Your tire pressure warning light won't alert you to dangerously low tires, risking loss of control and a crash.

Affected: TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS · 2018
CRASH RISK
NHTSA
Summary

General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2018 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vehicles with certain combinations of front-tire and gross-vehicle-weight option codes. The Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) may be incorrectly calibrated, causing the TPMS warning lamp to illuminate when tire pressure reaches 37 PSI, not 41 PSI. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 138, "Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems."

Consequence

If the low tire pressure telltale is not illuminated at the correct tire pressure, the driver may have less time to react to a low-tire-pressure situation, which could affect the driver's ability to control the vehicle in certain situations and could increase the risk of a crash.

Remedy

GM will notify owners, and dealers will check the PSI information on the remote control door lock receiver (RCDLR) and tire placard match, and if the information is different the RCDLR will be reprogrammed. This repair will be done free of charge. The recall began August 27, 2018. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 18255.

Electrical
Sep 21, 2018
2784 days ago

Your rear climate control module can overheat and start a fire in your headliner.

Affected: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM · 2018
FIRE RISK
NHTSA
Summary

General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2016-2018 Chevrolet Express and GMC Sierra vehicles equipped with a single, manual, rear climate control module (CCM). If the temperature is set to maximum heat or the mode knob is set to maximum floor vent and an electrical short occurs, components within the CCM may overheat.

Consequence

If the CCM overheats, there is an increased risk of a fire in the vehicle's headliner.

Remedy

GM will notify owners, and dealers will remove the electrical insulation from a wiring connector within the CCM to remove the fire risk, free of charge. The recall began November 6, 2018. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 18299.

Electrical
Mar 18, 2021
1875 days ago

Your battery cable can short circuit and cause your van to catch fire while parked.

Affected: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES · 2021
FIRE RISK
NHTSA
Summary

General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2021 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vehicles equipped with 6.6L gasoline engines. The positive battery cable terminals may contact a fuse block assembly attachment post and cause an electrical short circuit.

Consequence

A short-circuit can increase the risk of a fire.

Remedy

Owners are advised to park their vehicles outside and away from structures until the repair is complete. GM will notify owners, and dealers will remove a portion of the anti-rotation tab on both positive battery cable terminals near the fuse block assembly attachments, free of charge. If too much of the tab had been removed during prior servicing, the battery cable will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began April 16, 2021. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, and GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is N202325160.

Other
Mar 5, 2018
2984 days ago

Your driver's power window switch can corrode and catch fire.

Affected: VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS · 2017
FIRE RISK
NHTSA
Summary

General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2014-2017 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vehicles equipped with power windows. Liquid may leak into the driver's power window switch and cause corrosion, resulting in high electrical resistance.

Consequence

High electrical resistance can increase the risk of a fire.

Remedy

GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver side window switch, free of charge. The recall began August 10, 2018. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 18155.

Full analysis: how to read the Chevrolet EXPRESS recall history
Year range, common components, complaint patterns, and how to use this page.

Understanding the Chevrolet EXPRESS recall history

The Chevrolet EXPRESS currently has 12 recall campaigns indexed from the NHTSA public database. Each recall represents a formal campaign to fix a defect at no cost to the current owner. Owner complaints are self-reported incidents that haven't (yet) resulted in a recall but can indicate emerging patterns worth watching.

The most frequent recall categories for the EXPRESS in our dataset are electrical (3), tire / wheel (2), and software / sensor (1). These clusters matter when you're shopping for a used EXPRESS: recalls in these systems tend to be the ones most likely to have been skipped by previous owners, because they aren't always visible during a routine test drive or pre-purchase inspection.

The tracked recalls span model years 2017–2026, with campaigns reported to NHTSA between 2016 and 2026. Not every model year carries every recall. Each campaign is scoped to a specific year range and often a specific build window, which is why a VIN lookup is the only way to know whether a particular EXPRESS is actually affected by any of these campaigns.

How to use this page

The safest path for an owner is to run your VIN through the checker above. A VIN query hits NHTSA's live API and tells you whether your specific EXPRESS has an open, unresolved recall. If you're researching a used EXPRESSbefore buying, use the recall list below to understand the model's full history, then check the seller's VIN to see whether prior owners actually completed the free repairs. Many don't, and unresolved recalls can linger for years.

Figures are generated live from the RecallScanner dataset, which is sourced from NHTSA's public recall and complaint APIs and refreshed daily. RecallScanner is independent and not affiliated with Chevrolet or any U.S. government agency.