GMC Sierra 3500
Owners filed 582 complaints across 31 model years of the GMC Sierra 3500. The 2024 drew the most (51).
Which GMC Sierra 3500 years should you avoid?
No GMC Sierra 3500 year stands out. Across the 8 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 32), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.
Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
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 3500 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Too new | 5 | 2 | — | — | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 17 | 1 | — | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2024 | 51 | 3 | 1 | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2023 | 28 | 1 | — | 5 | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2022 | 32 | 3 | — | 3 | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2021 | 20 | 5 | — | — | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2020 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 4 | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2019 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2018 | 14 | 6 | — | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2017 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2016 | 19 | 7 | — | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2015 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | Exterior Lighting | Routine | |
| 2014 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 2013 | 14 | 4 | — | 1 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2012 | 9 | 4 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2011 | 20 | 5 | 1 | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 | — | — | Steering | Routine | |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | — | — | Tires | Routine | |
| 2008 | 25 | 3 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2007 | 16 | 3 | 1 | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2006 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Steering | Routine | |
| 2005 | 24 | 1 | 1 | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2004 | 24 | 1 | 2 | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2003 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2002 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 3 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2001 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 3 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 2000 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 3 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic | Fatalities reported | |
| 1999 | 19 | 3 | — | 1 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1998 | 12 | 4 | 2 | — | Tires › Tread/Belt | Routine | |
| 1997 | 10 | 3 | — | 4 | Steering › Linkages › Tie Rod Assembly | Routine | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.