2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 · symptom sheet
Airbag warning light or recall
- 35owner reports
- 47,650median miles
- 19involved a crash
Newest report Sep 24, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
35 of the 837 complaints on this car describe airbag.
Tick what matches of 35 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 (17 reports).
Recalls and investigations
3 recalls on the airbags cover the 2017 model year. A recall on the same system isn't always the same failure, so read the defect text.
The left-side or right-side roof rail air bag (RRAB) inflator end cap may detach from the inflator or the inflator sidewall may rupture.
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.
None of these investigations covers the 2017 model year.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 30,000 and 68,000 miles, from the 21 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 4 service bulletins or notices for the 2017 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.
17367-Customer Satisfaction. The driver?s and front passenger?s seat belt retractors in certain vehicles may have been built with different torsion bars than were used in testing the vehicles for the Government 5-Star Safety Ratings listed on the window ...
17367-01 Customer Satisfaction. The driver?s and front passenger?s seat belt retractors in certain vehicles may have been built with different torsion bars than were used in testing the vehicles for the Government 5-Star Safety Ratings listed on the window sticker.
This informational bulletin provides an upate for Cause information on Airbag Warning Lamp Illumination Condition.
THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION ON LOCATING AND RECONNECTING AIRBAG CONNECTORS THAT ARE NOT FULLY SEATED TO CORRECT A CUSTOMER CONCERN OF AN AIRBAG WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED, OR ONE, OR MORE, AIRBAG DTC(S) SET.
What owners wrote
“I hit a deer going 60mph and the side airbags in the pillars attempted to deploy but did not appear to fully inflate, not only that but my steering wheel airbag did not deploy at all/no other airbags deployed.”
Filed Sep 5, 2025
“The drivers air bag actuator activated in a front end collision but the air bag didn't deploy.I explained the problem to the collision center of the dealership where the vehicle was taken.The insurance company has assigned an adjuster. There were no warning lights”
Filed Nov 8, 2023
“When driving the airbag goes on the light goes off when turning off the vehicle but as soon as you start driving the airbag light goes on”
Filed May 18, 2023
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 19 of 35 reports involved a crash and 9 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 222 reports
- Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard 108 reports
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 71 reports
- Check engine light or misfire 55 reports
- Infotainment, screen or backup camera fails 48 reports
- Transmission fails or needs replacement 43 reports
- Power steering cuts out or goes heavy 35 reports