2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 air bags problems
11 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 — 1% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“On January 28, 2023, my Chevrolet Silverado was involved in a significant multi-impact collision. At the time of the accident, I was a front-seat passenger and my vehicle was fully stopped when it was struck from behind at high speed by a Dodge 2500. The force of the rear impact pushed my truck…”
filed Dec 18, 2025
“During acceleration my vehicle had a whinning noise coming from near the transmission. It will buck and then when slowing down to a stop it bucks like being hit in the rear by another vehicle. It also shudders and makes the reduce engine power light come on.”
filed Jul 3, 2025
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Related recalls
- Passenger-side frontal air bag module may have been damaged during assembly, possibly…Campaign 18V868000 · Dec 6, 2018
Air Bags problems in other Silverado 1500 years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 Silverado 1500 | 1 | 1% |
| 2024 Silverado 1500 | 2 | 1% |
| 2023 Silverado 1500 | 1 | 0% |
| 2022 Silverado 1500 | 8 | 1% |
| 2021 Silverado 1500 | 19 | 2% |
| 2020 Silverado 1500 | 11 | 2% |
| 2018 Silverado 1500 | 14 | 3% |
| 2017 Silverado 1500 | 29 | 4% |
| 2016 Silverado 1500 | 16 | 2% |
| 2015 Silverado 1500 | 66 | 6% |
| 2014 Silverado 1500 | 47 | 3% |
| 2013 Silverado 1500 | 83 | 28% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.