2016 Chevrolet Silverado 2500

The 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 has 5 recalls, the most serious involving a roof-rail curtain airbag inflator that can rupture or shed its end cap, sending metal fragments into the cabin.

The brake system carries another significant concern: the brake pedal pivot nut can loosen over time, leaving the pedal floppy or completely unresponsive underfoot. A loose pedal in this condition can also swing into contact with the accelerator, creating a compounding hazard where braking fails and throttle applies at the same time. Two separate recall filings cover this same brake pedal defect, but prior repair attempts did not fully resolve the issue across all affected vehicles, which is why it appears more than once.

The remaining two recalls both address the restraint system and describe the same underlying defect filed across multiple campaigns. In a crash serious enough to require them, the front airbags and seatbelt pretensioners may fail to deploy. Pretensioners are the mechanisms that snap the belt tight against an occupant's chest at the moment of impact, so a failure there means the belt does not lock down properly when it matters most. Combined with a potential front airbag non-deployment, both the driver and front passenger can be left with far less crash protection than the vehicle is designed to provide.