2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 · symptom sheet
Airbag warning light or recall
- 52owner reports
- 37,000median miles
- 24involved a crash
Newest report Oct 26, 2025 · checked Oct 2, 2026
52 of the 1,454 complaints on this car describe airbag.
Tick what matches of 52 reports
Airbag on other Silverado 1500 years
Report counts are for each model year on its own, so a newer car has had less time to collect them. Model years with too few reports of it for a sheet: 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
What this problem usually is
Airbag complaints split into a few kinds. The most common is an airbag warning light that won't go out. Others involve the passenger seat sensor switching the passenger bag off with an adult sitting there, an airbag that didn't deploy in a crash, or one that went off without a crash at all. A large share also come from owners waiting on a recall part.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the occupant sensor (23 reports).
Recalls and investigations
2 recalls on the airbags cover the 2014 model year. A recall on the same system isn't always the same failure, so read the defect text.
While being previously remedied for recall 16V-651, the affected vehicles may not have received the complete software update necessary to remedy the recall condition.
In the affected vehicles, certain driving conditions may cause the air bag sensing and diagnostic module (SDM) software to activate a diagnostic test.
NHTSA investigations into the airbags on the Silverado 1500
Desiccated air bag inflator rupture. Open.
Air bag malfunction. Closed aug 24, 2023.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 19,259 and 87,000 miles, from the 35 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 3 service bulletins or notices for the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 that deal with this problem. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
Information on Exhaust Fluid Range, Exhaust Fluid Quality Poor, Service Exhaust Fluid System or Service Emission System Driver Information Center Messages
14166A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION (REVISED NET ITEM ALLOWANCE). CERTAIN VEHICLES HAVE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT SIDE IMPACT AIRBAG (SIAB) WIRING HARNESS CONNECTORS THAT MAY HAVE HIGH RESISTANCE.
14166 - CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. CERTAIN VEHICLES HAVE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT SIDE IMPACT AIRBAG (SIAB) WIRING HARNESS CONNECTORS THAT MAY HAVE HIGH RESISTANCE. THE VEHICLE SENSING AND DIAGNOSTIC MODULE (SDM) INTERPRETS THE HIGH RESISTANCE AS A FAULT.
What owners wrote
“The truck has been having the inactive airbag sign on for about the two years that we have had it.”
Filed Jan 15, 2025
“The 6L80 is known for there bad parts and going out. The transmissions are braking down on accout of poor craftsmanship and cheap parts. Plus my truck is shutting off and back on while driving which caused me to rear-end another truck and not one air bag deployed and it pushed the other trucks bumper all the way under his tail gate and my front bumper has enough damage that the airbags should've went off”
Filed May 8, 2024
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 24 of 52 reports involved a crash and 21 people were hurt. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Paid for this repair before a recall covered it? How recall reimbursement works
Other problems on this car
- Brakes grind, pulse or wear early 285 reports
- Power steering cuts out or goes heavy 247 reports
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 212 reports
- A/C blows warm or the compressor fails 171 reports
- Traction control or StabiliTrak light comes on 164 reports
- Infotainment, screen or backup camera fails 97 reports
- Seat belt or seat problems 74 reports
- Battery dies or the car will not start 71 reports
- Paint peels or body rusts 64 reports
- Suspension noise, struts or alignment 46 reports
- Steering sticks, feels notchy or jerks 44 reports
- Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard 44 reports
- Check engine light or misfire 39 reports
- Multiple warning lights come on at once 39 reports
- Wheel bearing, tires or wheels 29 reports
- Engine overheats or leaks coolant 26 reports