2022 Chevrolet Silverado 15004th gen (2019–), fourth year

Updated 2026-08-31NHTSA counts read on this date — 604 complaints. They rise over time.

Twelve Filings on the 2022 Silverado Say the Engine Passed the Recall Inspection and Then Failed.

Six recall campaigns cover this model year. One of them is the engine — 25V274000, reported April 2025, with owner letters mailed that June. It covers the 6.2-liter V8 in this truck.

The remedy runs two ways. The dealer inspects the engine and repairs or replaces it if it fails. Trucks that pass get heavier oil, a new oil cap and filter, and an updated owner’s manual.

Twelve filings on this model year say the truck took the second path and the engine failed anyway. One says the dealer scoped the engine and found nothing, changed the oil and the cap, and the engine failed catastrophically a week later. Another says the truck passed and then seized on the highway two weeks later. A third says it passed within 2,000 miles of the failure. These are counted across the whole record rather than inside one section, because the same filing often describes the transmission too. The 2021 record has five more like them.

The engine is the largest section here at 196 filings, and 141 of them decode to the 6.2.

Owners have filed 604 complaints with NHTSA about the 2022 model year. Chevrolet sold 529,765 Silverados in calendar 2021 and 520,936 in 2022 — that is the whole Silverado line, not just the 1500 — and 2022 trucks were sold across both of those years. 604 complaints against a few hundred thousand trucks is not a failure rate, 604 filings are not 604 owners, and the number is only worth anything because every other year in this series is counted the same way.

The basics

Fourth year of this body and the last one this series covers. The 4.3-liter V6 is gone. Four engines remain: the 2.7-liter turbocharged four, the 5.3-liter V8, the 6.2-liter V8 and the 3.0-liter Duramax diesel.

Specs

Displacement and cylinder count are from NHTSA’s vPIC catalog, which holds what the manufacturer submitted. Fuel economy is EPA, city / highway / combined, in mpg. Where EPA rates several versions of an engine, the figures below are the best of each drive type.

EPA lists the 6.2 in four-wheel drive only.

What owners filed

Sections below are sorted by count. Each complaint is counted once, assigned to the first section it matches in a fixed order that runs steering, brakes, transmission, engine, electrical, body, air bags, suspension — the same order on every year in this series. The cross-year table on the model page uses NHTSA’s own component labels instead, so a section here can be bigger than the matching row on that page.

The sections below add up to 531. The remaining 73 are spread across the smaller categories, and the last section below breaks them out.

There is no cab split on this truck. Every other year in this series divides crew from extended cabs using the VIN attached to each filing. Here vPIC returns no cab type for 480 of the 604 VINs. The 113 that do come back are all crew cabs, which is not a finding — it is a sample too small and too one-sided to divide anything by. So this page splits by engine instead.

Engine — 196

Counted as filings NHTSA tagged engine, plus those that name a lifter, cylinder deactivation or a misfire.

A third of everything filed on this truck. 141 of the 196 decode to the 6.2, 23 to the 2.7 turbo, 14 to the 5.3 and 13 to the diesel.

That is a different mix from the 2021, where 89 of the 315 engine filings were 5.3s, which the campaign does not cover. Here only 14 are.

59 say the engine was replaced or rebuilt — nearly a third of the section. 32 describe the engine losing power or stalling. 22 name a lifter, 11 the camshaft, 8 a connecting rod or a rod bearing and 7 the crankshaft or a crank bearing. 14 name 25V274000 by number.

ODI 11746107:

“2022 Silverado with 6.2 l87 engine was taken into a Chevy dealership to have recall check on engine. Pico scope was used to inspect engine and no issues found. Oil was upgraded and oil cap replaced. A week later traveling many hours from home the engine suffered catastrophic failure and has now been at a dealership for the last seven weeks waiting for a replacement. There is no eta for a replacement.”

ODI 11722110 is the same story, told at length. The owner brought it in at 60,000 miles for the P0016 code, and the truck passed:

“My GM Silverado 2022 with 68k miles was recalled at 60k miles for the P0016 failure code involving the internal components of the L87 6.2L engine. The truck was promptly scheduled for testing and taken into the authorized dealer. The truck passed inspection. A very short time later (approx 8k miles or less) the 6.2L engine had a CRITICAL ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, the truck lost power after alerting a “CRITICALLY LOW OIL PRESSURE, SHUT ENGINE DOWN IMMEDIATELY”. The vehicle shut itself down and I was left in a very dangerous situation with traffic and other serious hazards. The truck lost oil pressure and shut down which is a major safety concern as this rendered my GM truck without power; engine shutdown occurred WHILE DRIVING. This is AFTER I was assured the vehicle was 100% ok and NOT defective. It is not only defective, itr had to be towed on a semi truck and left us stranded in an unfamiliar place, again safety is a major concern in this area in addition to the earlier safety issues presented for my truck. It did have the P0016 code, which was found out when towed to the dealer, who also stated that the oil filter was “absolutely full of metal shavings”. The dealers shop foreman stated they were going to disassemble the engine and see how bad the damage is as he stated it was VERY SEVERE. So much so that the dealer ordered a completely new engine but have no idea of arrival or when the vehicle will be done/completed. I reported this to GM Corp. office and stated my valid safety concerns but was quickly denied any resolution even in the face oif evidence by the dealer and my repeated efforts to tell them that I do NOT trust this specific truck any longer because it is a safety hazard and has already placed me in harms way. GM is not working to resolve my extreme concern regarding safety of this specific vehicle that had passed the engine recall test yet had a critical engine failure and loss of power while driving.”

Transmission — 178

Counted as filings NHTSA tagged power train, plus those that name the transmission, a shudder or the torque converter.

35 describe a hard shift, a bang or a clunk. 19 describe a shudder or a vibration. 4 name the torque converter, the fewest in this series by a wide margin.

The two campaigns here are the same diesel-only pair the 2020 and 2021 carry: 24V797000 and 26V083000.

Electrical — 69

Counted as filings NHTSA tagged electrical system.

The third-largest electrical section in this series, on the year with the second-fewest filings. The 2014 has 106 and the 2019 has 74.

Brakes — 50

Counted as filings NHTSA tagged service brakes, plus those that name the vacuum pump, the brake booster or brake assist.

Six of them say it happened at low speed. No filing names the vacuum pump. On the 2015 this section was 360 filings and 196 of them were at low speed.

Steering — 21

Counted as filings NHTSA tagged steering, plus those that name the power steering, the steering assist or StabiliTrak.

The smallest steering section in this series. The 2014 has 463.

Body and structure — 7

Counted as filings NHTSA tagged structure.

Air bags — 5

Counted as filings NHTSA tagged air bags.

Five filings, on a model year whose air bag campaign says the modules were shipped switched off.

Suspension — 5

Counted as filings NHTSA tagged suspension.

The rest is thin

73 filings. The largest groups are 28 that NHTSA tagged unknown or other, 11 fuel or propulsion, 8 latches and locks, 7 forward collision avoidance, and 4 back-over prevention.

Recalls

NHTSA files this model year under “Silverado 1500” only. Six campaigns.

Across all six, 15 filings say the owner’s VIN was not included in a recall they had read about. Counted as filings where “VIN” shows up in the same sentence as “was not included,” “not covered,” “not listed” or “not in the recall.”

The engine

25V274000 — reported April 24, 2025, covering 2021–2024 trucks and SUVs with the 6.2-liter V8 gas engine.

“The connecting rod and/or crankshaft engine components may have manufacturing defects that can lead to engine damage and engine failure.”

Same two-path remedy described at the top of this page. Owner letters went out June 18, 2025. The 2021 page carries the same campaign and the same text.

The air bags were shipped switched off

22V873000 — November 2022, and 2022 Silverado 1500 only. The sensing and diagnostic module (SDM) was left in manufacturing mode and never activated at the assembly plant, which puts the trucks out of compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208.

“An SDM in manufacturing mode will not deploy the vehicle’s air bags in a crash, increasing the risk of occupant injury.”

Not a part that might fail. A switch that was never flipped.

GM’s remedy says how it ended: dealers sent the trucks back to the assembly plant and the modules were activated there. None of them had been sold yet, so no owner letters went out. If you are looking at a used 2022, this campaign was closed before the truck reached its first owner.

The transmission, twice, and diesel only

24V797000 — October 2024, the transmission control valve. 26V083000 — February 2026, for trucks that may have been repaired incorrectly under the first one.

Two lighting campaigns

22V903000 — December 2022. The daytime running lights may stay on when the headlights come on, which GM says can create glare for other drivers.

22V463000 — June 2022, and narrow: trucks with the accessory sport bar. The bar has its own high-mounted brake light that may not work, and it can block the truck’s third brake light.

What doesn’t show up in the complaints

NHTSA gives the 2022 crew cab five stars overall and four in the frontal test. That overall score is a step up from the 2019, 2020 and 2021 crew cabs, which were four. Side impact is five and rollover four, the same as the earlier years. NHTSA did not rate the regular or extended cabs of this model year for frontal or overall.

The diesel loses two mpg on the highway from the 2021 — 31 against 33 — and still leads the lineup.

What the complaint curve says

2021    1     2024   52
2022   36     2025  243
2023   67     2026  205

The record is at 205 through August 2026 and is running ahead of 2025’s pace.

The engine section moves the same way it does on the 2021: 1 filing in December 2024, 23 in January 2025 — three months before 25V274000 was reported and five before the letters went out. The filings came first here too.

A complaint count going up can mean owners got a recall notice, not that the trucks got worse. The dates rule that out for the engine on this truck, and the record does not say what drove the rest.

Complaint databases collect complaints. Nobody files to say the engine is fine. You cannot compare these numbers across models unless both sets were counted the same way. What this data supports is the ranking inside this truck and which engine sits under the largest section.

What nine model years look like together

This is the last page in the series, so here is one thing no single page shows on its own.

Every model year from 2014 to 2022 carries at least one recall campaign that exists because an earlier campaign did not finish the job. On the 2014 through the 2017 it is air bag software, where GM writes that the trucks “may not have received the complete software update” the first time. On the 2018 it is a roof-rail air bag inflator that took four campaigns in nineteen months, each one naming VINs the last had missed. On the 2019 it is brake control software that shipped with an error in it. On the 2020 through this truck it is a transmission control valve, repaired once in 2024 and recalled again in 2026 for the trucks the repair went wrong on.

Nine model years, and not one where a closed campaign was the end of it. That is the reason every checklist in this series says to ask what the dealer actually did, and not just whether the recall shows as complete.

If you’re looking at one

Ordered by what it costs you if it goes wrong, not by how many people filed.

If it is a 6.2, ask which path 25V274000 took on the one you are looking at. An engine that failed inspection was repaired or replaced. An engine that passed got heavier oil, a new cap and filter, and a manual. Both close the campaign.

Ask when the inspection was done and how many miles ago. Twelve filings here describe passing and then failing — one a week later, one within 2,000 miles, one two weeks after.

Listen to it on a cold start, and watch the oil. 22 filings name a lifter and 59 say the engine was replaced or rebuilt. One filing here says that after the truck passed inspection, the owner was told to keep adding a quart at a time to hold the level.

Do not go looking for 22V873000. It is the most alarming campaign on this model year and the one you can stop worrying about — the trucks went back to the plant from dealer inventory and no owner ever got a letter. It is here because of what it says about the assembly line, not because it is yours to chase.

If it is the diesel, ask about 24V797000 and 26V083000. The transmission control valve and the redo of its repair. Neither applies to a gas truck.

Numbers worth writing down

Sources

• NHTSA complaint database — 604 complaints for the 2022 Silverado 1500, quoted above by ODI number
• NHTSA recall API — six campaigns, quoted from the campaign summaries, consequence and remedy text
• NHTSA vPIC — engine and drive type, decoded from the VIN attached to each filing
• NHTSA safety ratings — 2022 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
• EPA fuel economy — city / highway / combined
• GoodCarBadCar Chevrolet Silverado sales figures

Complaint counts and quotes come from NHTSA’s public database, retrieved August 31, 2026; each quote lists its ODI number so you can look it up. Configuration comes from decoding the VIN attached to each filing — 593 of the 604 decode, and most of those do not carry a cab type. Recall applicability depends on the VIN — check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls. This summarizes what owners reported. It isn’t buying or repair advice.