# NHTSA recall 21V495000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 21V495000
- Manufacturer's number: N212336560
- Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
- Reported: 2021\-07\-01
- Owners notified: 2021\-07\-29
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
- Units potentially affected: 12
- Part numbers: 84750513

## What is wrong

General Motors, LLC. \(GM\) is recalling certain 2021 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 vehicles.  The front driver's side air bag module may be missing one or more metal tabs that secure the plastic air bag cover to the housing.


## What can happen

The missing tabs may prevent the air bag from deploying properly, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will inspect the driver frontal air bag, and replace it if necessary, free of charge.  Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed August 16, 2021.  Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1\-800\-222\-1020.  GM's number for this recall is N212336560.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Annual report 3, for 2025 quarter 3 to 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-16
- Vehicles in the campaign: 12
- Reported remedied: 10 \(83%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 2, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2021 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500](/makes/chevrolet/silverado/2021/recalls.md). Listed as a series or trim of this model.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [25\-NA\-019](/bulletins/11014138.md), 2025-02-11, Service bulletin
- [21\-NA\-275](/bulletins/11011993.md), 2024-12-19, Service bulletin
- [21\-NA\-005](/bulletins/10239112.md), 2023-07-14, Service bulletin
- [PIP5925](/bulletins/10237682.md), 2023-06-13, Service bulletin
- [PIT5509K](/bulletins/10237677.md), 2023-06-13, Service bulletin
- [PIT4322N](/bulletins/10232819.md), 2023-03-13, Service bulletin
- [PIE0659A](/bulletins/10213772.md), 2022-06-13, Service bulletin
- [16NA361](/bulletins/10212591.md), 2022-05-31, Service bulletin
- [21NA005](/bulletins/10212564.md), 2022-05-31, Service bulletin
- [PIT5747B](/bulletins/10208985.md), 2022-03-14, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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