2022 GMC Sierra 1500
Complaints about this year name grill far more often than the other years of this generation — 8% of them, about 21× the usual rate of 0.4%.
Generation 3 of the GMC Sierra 1500, which began in 2019. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 1,092 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 331 |
| Involving a crash | 20 |
| Involving a fire | 10 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
What the complaints were about
- grille — 8.4% of this year's complaints, against 0.1% across the other years of this generation (42.1×). Owners wrote it as: grille, deflector, grille deflector.
- tailgate — 9.9% of this year's complaints, against 3.2% across the other years of this generation (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: tailgate, fall, fob, opens.
- windshield — 10.6% of this year's complaints, against 4.2% across the other years of this generation (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: windshield, flying, struck, blew.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- grille — 7% of complaints, 17× usual
- flew off — 7% of complaints, 16× usual
- windshield — 8% of complaints, 7× usual
What owners wrote
While driving down the highway, then without any warning the front upper lip of truck grille flew off randomly. The broken piece shattered windshield and caused damage to body of vehicle. Reported to dealer, but they said I must have hit something to cause the…
The front upper grille deflector/hood bulge flew off randomly while driving. No signs of it previously detaching or anything. Just came off.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 22V463000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 22V903000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 24V797000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 25V060000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 25V274000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 26V083000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the GMC Sierra 1500 was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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