The 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 has 5 NHTSA recall campaigns affecting an estimated 4,356,736 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 69 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the electrical system. Last updated July 5, 2026.
General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2017-2019 Chevrolet Silverado 2500, 3500, and GMC Sierra 2500, 3500 vehicles equipped with a dual fuel tank option. The rear fuel tank may collapse and prevent the fuel pump from transferring fuel to the front tank, resulting in an engine stall.
Consequence
An engine stall increases the risk of a crash.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect the fuel tank and fuel pump module, replacing them as necessary. Dealers will also add a vent hose to the rear tank assembly. Repairs will be performed free of charge. An interim owner notification letter informing owners of the safety risk was mailed on March 15, 2023. Owner notification…
EQUIPMENT21V4960002021-07-01338,020 affected
Defect
General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2017-2019 Chevrolet Silverado 2500, 3500 and 2017-2019 GMC Sierra 2500 and 3500 vehicles equipped with a Duramax diesel 6.6 liter engine and an optional engine-block heater cord. An electrical short-circuit may occur in the engine-block heater cable or in the terminals…
Consequence
An electrical short-circuit can increase the risk of a fire.
Remedy
Dealers will replace engine block heaters and heater cords. Vehicles that have this feature disabled as a remedy to the safety condition will be contacted and offered replacement block heaters and heater cords under a separate customer satisfaction program, free of charge. GM will provide free replacement block…
ENGINE19V3280002019-04-25318,374 affected
Defect
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 4500, 5500 and 6500 vehicles and 2017-2019 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 and 3500 vehicles and GMC Sierra 2500 and 3500 vehicles equipped with Duramax 6.6 liter diesel engines and an optional engine-block heater. The engine block heater cord or the…
Consequence
A short-circuit may damage the engine components and increase the risk of fire.
Remedy
GM will contact owners, dealers will replace the engine block heater, free of charge. Additionally, in Chevrolet Silverado 2500 and 3500 vehicles, dealers will install a new rerouted heater cord. The recall began December 11, 2019. Owners may contact GM customer service at 1-586-596-1733. GM's number for this…
SEAT BELTS17V5670002017-09-1438,048 affected
Defect
General Motors (GM) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 and 3500 and GMC Sierra 2500 and 3500 trucks. The front seat belt retractor assemblies were built with the incorrect torsion bar. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number…
Consequence
The seat belt retractors may not perform as intended during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
Remedy
GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace both front seat belt retractor assemblies, free of charge. The recall began March 24, 2021. Owners may contact GMC customer service at 1-888-988-7267 or Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's numbers for this recall are 17368, 17375, and 17376.
AIR BAGS16V6510002016-09-083,640,162 affected
Defect
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2015-2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD, 3500 HD, Tahoe, Suburban, GMC Sierra 2500 HD and 3500 HD, GMC Yukon, GMC Yukon XL, Cadillac Escalade and Cadillac Escalade ESV vehicles and 2014-2017 Chevrolet Corvette, Silverado 1500, Trax, Caprice Police Pursuit…
Consequence
A failure of the front air bags or seat belt pretensioners to deploy in the event of a crash necessitating deployment increases the risk of injury to the driver and front passenger.
Remedy
GM will notify owners, and dealers will reflash the SDM software. Vehicles that have had a previous air bag deployment will have the SDM replaced. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began on October 13, 2016. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300, Cadillac customer…
Complaints by component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
15
3fires
ENGINE
12
2fires
POWER TRAIN
9
SERVICE BRAKES
5
1crashes
AIR BAGS
4
1crashes1injuries
STEERING
4
STRUCTURE:BODY
4
1fires
EQUIPMENT
3
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
3
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
3
1fires
Total complaints69
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“Driving down the road under 40mph and headliner airbags deployed without an accident. The dash and steering wheel bags did not deploy however the headliner bags deployed for no reason.”
“Vehicle will crank but will not start. Throws code u0109. Fuel pump control module is on backorder with no estimated time frame. I am not the only person this is happening to with a truck that we are making payments on and will not run.”
“Engine shut off while driving on the freeway (70mph), lost steering and braking capacity. Lucky to make it to shoulder, the failure is the fuel pump control module, second time(first failure at 48k miles, second at 98k miles) this has failed (part # 13558813). Once this fails part is impossible to…”
“Power steering has failed. Truck drives stiff without power steering.”
““service trailer brake systemâ€� warning on dic. Vehicle undriveable, inop, safety issue! Start truck, the above warning will flash off and on, code c1117 dtc.”
““service trailer brake systemâ€� warning on dic. Vehicle undriveable, inop, safety issue! Start truck, the above warning will flash off and on, code c1117 dtc.”
“Solved my u029e with "exhaust fluid service" and "reduced speed". For the past month I have been working on this issue on my 2017 silverado 2500hd lt 6.6l. Tonight I purchased my 3rd nox2 (downstream) sensor and immediately everything was fixed. So, what happened? Why did the previous 2 nox…”
“2017 chevy silverado 2500hd lt 6.6l it all started on june 15, 2024 with a trailer brake controller (chafing wire that was grounding and shorting against the frame and bumper) resulted in a barrage of issues. Our truck being down over a month and throwing (so far) 16 codes just on the first 2…”
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