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Model years to avoid

GMC Sierra 1500

What it says about you

Opinion

A Silverado with a nicer interior and a higher sticker, bought by people who wanted exactly that difference.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

21 model years on record, 8,793 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2022 (grill), 2019 (brake), 2014 (headlights), 2010 (warranty). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

  • grill 2022, 2023 peak 11.6% of that year's complaints
  • lifters 2019, 2021 peak 10.5% of that year's complaints
  • cylinder 2019, 2020 peak 6.8% of that year's complaints

Every year

  1. 2026 2 recalls 9 complaints
  2. 2025 1 recall 94 complaints
  3. 2024 1 recall 326 complaints
  4. 2023 3 recalls 430 complaints
  5. 2022 grill 1,092 complaints
  6. 2021 7 recalls 534 complaints
  7. 2020 12 recalls 443 complaints
  8. 2019 brake 1,024 complaints
  9. 2018 7 recalls 296 complaints
  10. 2017 5 recalls 426 complaints
  11. 2016 7 recalls 47 complaints
  12. 2015 9 recalls 811 complaints
  13. 2014 headlights 857 complaints
  14. 2013 3 recalls 331 complaints
  15. 2012 3 recalls 197 complaints
  16. 2011 5 recalls 732 complaints
  17. 2010 warranty 864 complaints
  18. 2009 4 recalls 280 complaints
  19. 2007 3 recalls 0 complaints
  20. 2006 2 recalls 0 complaints
  21. 2005 3 recalls 0 complaints

What does a GMC Sierra 1500 say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.