1993 GMC Sierra: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1993 GMC Sierra. The newest campaign is 94V044001. NHTSA received the report on 5 Apr 1994. The NHTSA record gives the component Fuel System, Other / Storage / Tank Assembly. NHTSA has 70 complaints on file for this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of the newest campaign, 94V044001, in the NHTSA record
Gm is offering to exchange these vehicles with a comparably equipped 1994 gasoline 1/2 or 3/4 ton GM pickup. If the owner chooses not to exchange the natural gas vehicle, GM will repurchase the vehicle.
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 .
Since the last update
No tracked figure of this page changed in a data update. What the log tracks
Recall campaigns
2 campaigns, newest first. 2,898 units in total.
94V044001Received . 2,595 units.
Fuel System, Other / Storage / Tank Assembly
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicles altered by pas, INC. Have compressed natural gas fuel tanks that can develop stress corrosion, which crack the e-glass wrapping. This stress corrosion cracking can lead to tank ruptures.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
If the tank ruptures, personal injury to individuals in or near the vehicle may occur.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Gm is offering to exchange these vehicles with a comparably equipped 1994 gasoline 1/2 or 3/4 ton GM pickup. If the owner chooses not to exchange the natural gas vehicle, GM will repurchase the vehicle.
Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP..
93V163000Received . 303 units.
Seats / Mid/Rear Assembly
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
The rear bench seat does not meet the load requirements of FMVSS 207, "seating systems," because the manual latch mechanism on the folding full bench rear seat was attached to the back frame lower cross tube with domed head steel rivets instead of the bolts specified.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
The rivets must be replaced with the correct bolts.
Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Complaints by component
70 complaints, 106 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.
- 1993 GMC Sierra
- All 1993 vehicles
| Component | 1993 Sierra | All 1993 vehicles | Sierra, all years | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visibility | 235.8 | 47.8 | 136.4 | 25 |
| Seats | 150.9 | 22.9 | 34.2 | 16 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 113.2 | 188.7 | 270.3 | 12 |
| Power Train | 113.2 | 85.5 | 75.4 | 12 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 56.6 | 142.9 | 45.4 | 6 |
| Seat Belts | 56.6 | 56.5 | 22.4 | 6 |
| Unknown or Other | 47.2 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 5 |
| Electrical System | 47.2 | 80.6 | 41.8 | 5 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 28.3 | 38.6 | 40.2 | 3 |
| Tires | 28.3 | 30.4 | 42.4 | 3 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 17.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 4
- Complaints that report a fire
- 1
- Injuries in the complaints
- 3
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 25 Mar 2009
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
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.
Investigations
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
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.
- NHTSA page of the 1993 GMC SierraThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 1993 GMC Sierra: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/gmc/sierra/1993/. 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
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1993 GMC Sierra?
- 2,898 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the GMC Sierra have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 56 recall campaigns for the GMC Sierra, model years 1976 to 2016. 2 of them name the 1993 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 1993 GMC Sierra name most often?
- Visibility: 25 of 106 component mentions, or 235.8 per 1,000. For all 1993 vehicles the figure is 47.8 per 1,000.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1993 GMC Sierra open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.