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Chevrolet SILVERADO 5500

Routine recalls2 campaigns, none flagged critical.
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Fire risk
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Crash risk
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Injuries
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Deaths
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All Recalls

2 campaigns
2 recalls🔥 1 fire risk💥 1 crash risk
Model year
Brakes
Jun 11, 2025
329 days ago

Your power steering assist can fail, making it harder to brake and control the truck.

Affected: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST · 2020
CRASH RISK
NHTSA
Summary

General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Chevrolet Silverado Medium Duty 4500HD, 5500HD, and 6500HD vehicles. These vehicles were remedied under NHTSA Recall 25V390 with a brake jumper wire harness that was assembled without protective tape. A wiring harness that is missing protective tape can allow the wires to become damaged.

Consequence

Damaged brake jumper wires can result in power brake assist failure, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Dealers will remove the installed wire harness, apply protective tape, and reinstall the wire harness, free of charge. Owner notification letters are planned to be mailed December 22, 2025. Owners may contact GM customer assistance number at 1-866-467-9700. GM's number for this recall is N252531990. Vehicles in this recall were previously repaired under 25V390 and will need to have the new remedy completed. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning November 6, 2025.

Brakes
Dec 6, 2025
151 days ago

Stop driving. Your brake pressure switch can overheat and catch fire while parked or driving.

Affected: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:BRAKE FLUID LOW WARNING:SWITCH/SENSOR/FLOAT · 2024
FIRE RISK
NHTSA
Summary

General Motors (GM) is recalling certain 2019-2024 Chevrolet Silverado Medium Duty 4500HD, 5500HD, and 6500HD vehicles. The brake pressure sensor assembly may leak brake fluid into the brake pressure switch and cause a short circuit.

Consequence

An electrical short in the brake pressure switch can overheat the circuit and increase the risk of a fire while driving or parked.

Remedy

Owners are advised to park outside and away from structures until the recall repair is complete. Dealers will replace the brake pressure switch wire harness, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 11, 2025. Owners may contact GM customer assistance number at 1-866-467-9700. GM's number for this recall is N242482680. Vehicles in this recall that were previously repaired under 23V266 will need to have the new remedy completed.

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Full analysis: how to read the Chevrolet SILVERADO 5500 recall history
Year range, common components, complaint patterns, and how to use this page.

Understanding the Chevrolet SILVERADO 5500 recall history

The Chevrolet SILVERADO 5500 currently has 2 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 category for the SILVERADO 5500 in our dataset is brake (2). These clusters matter when you're shopping for a used SILVERADO 5500: 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 2020–2024. 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 SILVERADO 5500 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 SILVERADO 5500 has an open, unresolved recall. If you're researching a used SILVERADO 5500before 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.

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