GMC Sierra 1500 HD

Owners filed 48 complaints across 5 model years of the GMC Sierra 1500 HD. The 2003 drew the most (16).

Model years5
Complaints48
Recalls5
Fires2
Deaths0

Which GMC Sierra 1500 HD years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 GMC Sierra 1500 HD model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every GMC Sierra 1500 HD model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
200511
11—Service BrakesRoutine
20043
1——Service BrakesRoutine
200316
11—Service BrakesRoutine
20029
1——Service BrakesRoutine
20019
1—1Service BrakesRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.