The 2018 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 has 5 recalls, the most serious being a fire risk from the optional engine-block heater, where an electrical short in the heater cable or its terminals can ignite a fire.
On vehicles equipped with the optional dual fuel tank, the rear tank can collapse and cut off fuel transfer to the front tank, causing the engine to stall while driving. Two separate safety equipment concerns round out the list. The roof-rail curtain airbags, on Crew Cab models, have inflators that can rupture or shed an end cap during deployment, sending fragments into the cabin. The front seatbelt retractors on certain trucks were built with the wrong internal torsion bar, meaning the belts may not restrain occupants properly in a crash.