Gmc Sierra Electrical Problems
1,070 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 9 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2008. Best year: 2002.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
We were in a roll over accident going under 30mph. I was a passenger in the back seat. When I woke up I saw that the driver was hanging out the door window. The air bags did not deploy. The driver who was also the owner of the truck died...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 GMC SIERRA. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN,THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD ON. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FRONT END WAS COMPLETELY DAMAGED AND THE ...
THE TRUCK WAS IN A CLOSE TO HEAD ON CRASH AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED,STEERING WHEEL NOR GLOVE BOX AIR BAGS. THERE WAS A DEATH IN THE OTHER CAR. *TR
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AFTER HE POSSIBLY FELL A SLEEP. THE VEHICLE RAN OFF THE ROAD AND THERE WERE MULTIPLE IMPACTS, HE COLLIDED WITH A UTILITY POLE AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED. THE DRIVER WAS UNRESTR...
Air bags did not deploy when another vehicle hit truck on front passenger side at 35-40 mph
The contact owned a 2000 GMC Sierra. The contact stated while driving at approximately 70 MPH the driver's side front wheel control arm had fractured and the vehicle went out of control. The contact stated that the vehicle rolled over th...
something shorted on or behind the dash on the drivers side and caught fire
The contact owns a 2007 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact stated while driving at 65 MPH with his friend in the front passenger's seat, the vehicle crashed into the driver's side of another vehicle that was making a left turn. The air bags fa...
Takata Recall. The contact owns a 2007 GMC Sierra 1500. The contract stated while driving 20 MPH, the front driver's side air bag deployed with no impact. The contact stated that the battery warning light was illuminated. The contact sta...
IN THE CITY STOPPED AT A LEFT TURN LANE WAITING FOR THE GREEN. LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I STATED TO TURN LEFT AND WAS HIT ON RIGHT FRONT HARD ENOUGH TO SEND ME TWO LANES OVER, ONTO THE SIDEWALK AND INTO A BRICK WALL CAUSE MAJOR DAMAGE TO BRIC...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A BURNING ODOR EMITTING FROM WITHIN THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. THEN SUDDENLY THE HEATING SYSTEM FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A ...
VEHICLE'S AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON COLLISION WITH TWO CONCRETE WALLS, CAUSING A LIFE THREATENING TBI AND ALSO SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT ARM WHICH RESULTED IN IT'S INABILITY TO CONTROL/USE BELOW THE ELBOW, AND ESPECIALLY THE HAND. THIS...