GMC Sierra 3500: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 45 recall campaigns for the GMC Sierra 3500, model years 1997 to 2026. NHTSA has 130 complaints on file for this model line. 22 of the 30 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 19971
- 19982
- 19991
- 20002
- 20012
- 20022
- 20030
- 20040
- 20050
- 20060
- 20073
- 20083
- 20095
- 20105
- 20115
- 20124
- 20134
- 20143
- 20157
- 20167
- 20177
- 20186
- 20197
- 20208
- 20215
- 20223
- 20231
- 20243
- 20251
- 20262
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 GMC Sierra 3500 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 17,668 |
| 2025 GMC Sierra 3500 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 11,807 |
| 2024 GMC Sierra 3500 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 705,558 |
| 2023 GMC Sierra 3500 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 570,434 |
| 2022 GMC Sierra 3500 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 1,036,970 |
| 2021 GMC Sierra 3500 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 1,661,656 |
| 2020 GMC Sierra 3500 | 8 | 0 | 0% | 2,218,349 |
| 2019 GMC Sierra 3500 | 7 | 0 | 0% | 689,379 |
| 2018 GMC Sierra 3500 | 6 | 0 | 0% | 737,209 |
| 2017 GMC Sierra 3500 | 7 | 0 | 0% | 4,415,993 |
| 2016 GMC Sierra 3500 | 7 | 0 | 0% | 4,584,048 |
| 2015 GMC Sierra 3500 | 7 | 0 | 0% | 4,608,486 |
| 2014 GMC Sierra 3500 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 1,819,574 |
| 2013 GMC Sierra 3500 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 2,512,100 |
| 2012 GMC Sierra 3500 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 2,104,219 |
| 2011 GMC Sierra 3500 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 4,470,217 |
| 2010 GMC Sierra 3500 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 5,127,451 |
| 2009 GMC Sierra 3500 | 5 | 1 | 23% | 3,906,346 |
| 2008 GMC Sierra 3500 | 3 | 2 | 46% | 340,268 |
| 2007 GMC Sierra 3500 | 3 | 4 | 92% | 340,268 |
| 2006 GMC Sierra 3500 NHTSA page | 0 | 5 | 115% | |
| 2005 GMC Sierra 3500 NHTSA page | 0 | 9 | 208% | |
| 2004 GMC Sierra 3500 NHTSA page | 0 | 10 | 231% | |
| 2003 GMC Sierra 3500 NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 46% | |
| 2002 GMC Sierra 3500 | 2 | 13 | 300% | 40,523 |
| 2001 GMC Sierra 3500 | 2 | 26 | 600% | 40,523 |
| 2000 GMC Sierra 3500 | 2 | 21 | 485% | 3,122 |
| 1999 GMC Sierra 3500 NHTSA page | 1 | 17 | 392% | 1,660 |
| 1998 GMC Sierra 3500 | 2 | 10 | 231% | 2,797 |
| 1997 GMC Sierra 3500 NHTSA page | 1 | 10 | 231% | 624,433 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
162 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 246.9 | 40 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 111.1 | 18 |
| Tires | 80.2 | 13 |
| Power Train | 74.1 | 12 |
| Steering | 67.9 | 11 |
| Electrical System | 67.9 | 11 |
| Structure | 61.7 | 10 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 55.6 | 9 |
| Air Bags | 30.9 | 5 |
| Suspension | 30.9 | 5 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Sierra56 campaigns
- Jimmy27 campaigns
- Suburban21 campaigns
- Yukon75 campaigns
- Sonoma15 campaigns
- Safari15 campaigns
- Envoy27 campaigns
- Sierra 150061 campaigns
- Sierra 250047 campaigns
- Yukon XL54 campaigns
- Envoy XL8 campaigns
- Savana58 campaigns
- Yukon Denali1 campaign
- Acadia38 campaigns
- GMC18 campaigns
- L Series0 campaigns
- Yukon XL 15002 campaigns
- C15006 campaigns
- Canyon31 campaigns
- Envoy XUV0 campaigns
- S Utility0 campaigns
- S Series0 campaigns
- K15009 campaigns
- 15001 campaign
- Vandura2 campaigns
- S1513 campaigns
- Yukon XL Denali1 campaign
- C25008 campaigns
- K250011 campaigns
- C1529 campaigns
- Envoy XL 3700 campaigns
- T Series5 campaigns
- C35009 campaigns
- K1523 campaigns
- G2510 campaigns
- Savana 15003 campaigns
- Topkick16 campaigns
- Terrain22 campaigns
- C2526 campaigns
- K35003 campaigns
- Savana 35003 campaigns
- G3514 campaigns
- C3532 campaigns
- S103 campaigns
- K2520 campaigns
- C55004 campaigns
- G207 campaigns
- C103 campaigns
- W45009 campaigns
- C65008 campaigns
- G309 campaigns
- C78 campaigns
- W35008 campaigns
- K3521 campaigns
- C75006 campaigns
- C66 campaigns
- E45004 campaigns
- P305 campaigns
- P3003 campaigns
- P35006 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. GMC Sierra 3500: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/gmc/sierra-3500/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which GMC Sierra 3500 model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2020 with 8, 2019 with 7, 2017 with 7. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which GMC Sierra 3500 model year has the most complaints?
- The 2001 model year, with 26 of the 130 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the GMC Sierra 3500 name?
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 246.9 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 111.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Tires: 80.2 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the GMC Sierra 3500?
- 6 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.