Chevrolet 5500hdYears to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 7 owner complaints and 6 safety recalls on record for the Chevrolet 5500hd.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints7Top: Service brakes Safety recalls62017–2023 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Chevrolet 5500hd years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the 5500hd median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2023Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2022Not rated–/1000 complaints · 3 recalls 2021Not rated–/1001 complaint · 2 recalls 2020Not rated–/1000 complaints · 4 recalls 2019Not rated–/1006 complaints · 3 recalls 2018Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2017Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall

Complaints by system

Most common Chevrolet 5500hd problems

All model years combined: 7 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

3Service brakes

2Fuel/propulsion system

1Electrical system

1Engine

1Power train

1Service brakes, hydraulic1 crash/fire/injury

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

Complaints by system
System	Complaints	Crash, fire or injury
Service brakes	3	0
Fuel/propulsion system	2	0
Electrical system	1	0
Engine	1	0
Power train	1	0
Service brakes, hydraulic	1	1

6 recalls

Chevrolet 5500hd recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

Service brakes, hydraulic23V-266 · 2019–2023 · Apr 13, 2023 · 40,428 vehiclesPark outside Equipment22V-874 · 2021–2022 · Nov 23, 2022 · 5,861 vehicles Parking brake22V-364 · 2022 · May 20, 2022 · 39 vehicles Leaf spring assembly: u-bolt, leaf spring to axle21V-194 · 2017–2020 · Mar 19, 2021 · 258 vehicles Front: webbing20V-025 · 2020 · Jan 17, 2020 · 1,138 vehicles Wheels: lugs/nuts/bolts/studs19V-835 · 2019–2020 · Nov 20, 2019 · 1,926 vehicles