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Model years to avoid

GMC Sierra 1500

What it says about you

Opinion

The same truck as the Chevrolet with a different grille and you paid the difference deliberately. You would say it is about the interior. It is partly about the interior.

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

22 model years on record, 2,900 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2019 (engine), 2008 (takata recall), 2007 (takata recall), 2006 (lines), 2005 (speedometer). 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.

  • brake 2005, 2006, 2019 peak 37.6% of that year's complaints
  • headlights 2014, 2015 peak 45.4% of that year's complaints
  • towing 2020, 2024 peak 44.2% of that year's complaints
  • lines 2005, 2006 peak 34.4% of that year's complaints
  • takata 2007, 2008 peak 33.5% of that year's complaints
  • bag 2007, 2008 peak 15% of that year's complaints

Every year

  1. 2026 2 recalls 2 complaints
  2. 2025 1 recall 94 complaints
  3. 2024 1 recall 43 complaints
  4. 2023 3 recalls 28 complaints
  5. 2022 6 recalls 30 complaints
  6. 2021 7 recalls 20 complaints
  7. 2020 12 recalls 54 complaints
  8. 2019 engine 444 complaints
  9. 2018 7 recalls 31 complaints
  10. 2017 5 recalls 74 complaints
  11. 2016 7 recalls 25 complaints
  12. 2015 9 recalls 88 complaints
  13. 2014 9 recalls 108 complaints
  14. 2013 3 recalls 53 complaints
  15. 2012 3 recalls 38 complaints
  16. 2011 5 recalls 63 complaints
  17. 2010 4 recalls 108 complaints
  18. 2009 4 recalls 42 complaints
  19. 2008 takata recall 469 complaints
  20. 2007 takata recall 359 complaints
  21. 2006 lines 279 complaints
  22. 2005 speedometer 448 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.