2010 GMC Sierra Denali

Routine

Owners filed 10 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the unknown or other. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Unknown or Other3
000
Structure › Body2
000
Structure2
000
Air Bags2
000
Electronic Stability Control (esc)1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Structure › Body
Filed Nov 22, 2020FL

DASH BOARD CRACKING SEVERAL PLACES

Air Bags
Filed Nov 2, 20205,000 milesAR

WHEN IF EVER IS NHTSA GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE DEFECTIVE AIRBAGS?? I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU AND GM FOR 7 YEARS NOW, TO GET SOMETHING DONE. IT'S BEEN LONG ENOUGH TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I LIVE IN A STATE WHERE WE GET 60 PLUS INCHES OF RAIN EVERY YEAR. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THEY GIVE FOR FAILURES OF THE AIRBAGS. I DON'T WANT TO GET SOMEONE KILLED BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FIND TIME TO DO YOUR JOB. TIME TO GET OFF THE POT, AND GO TO WORK. MY NEXT STEP WILL BE TO GET AHOLD OF TRUMP MAYBE HE CAN HELP YOU FIGURE IT OUT AND GET SOMETHING DONE ✅

Air Bags
Filed Feb 9, 201976,500 milesMI

DASH CRACKING AT PASS AIRBAG ( SAFETY ISSUES ) AND NUMEROUS CRACKS ON INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PORTION OF DASH... MULTIPLE EXACT PROBLEMS AND A LAWSUIT DATED JAN 2018. GM NEEDS TO REPLACE ALL THESE DASHBOARDS.

Unknown or Other
Filed Apr 12, 201671,000 milesHI

THE DASHBOARD OF 2010 GMC SIERRA DENALI IS CRACKING AROUND THE PASSENGER AIR BAG, AND ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THE REASON BEHIND THIS IS UNKNOWN TO ME. I RARELY DRIVE MY TRUCK, AND HAVE NOT BEEN IN ANY COLLISIONS. THE CRACKS CONTINUE TO GROW DUE TO THE STRESS ON THE DASH WHILE DRIVING (I.E. THE SEPARATED PIECES MOVE UP AND DOWN DUE DEPENDING THE ROAD CONDITIONS).

Structure › Body
Filed Oct 23, 201525,000 milesAR

2010 SIERRA DENALI WITH 53K. 1ST DASH CRACK AT PASSENGER AIRBAG WITH APPROX 20K. 2ND DASH CRACK OVER STEERING COLUMN AT APPROX 40K. WE HAD TO STUFF A PIECE OF CARDBOARD IN THE DASH BECAUSE IT RATTLED SO BADLY. WE ALSO HAVE: 1. PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE CHROME PEELING AND SHARP ENOUGH TO CUT 2. A/C CONTROL BUTTONS WORN OFF 3. BOTH FRONT HEAT/COOLED SEATS HAVE STOPPED WORKING 4. RUNNING BOARD STEPS CRACKED ON BOTH SIDES 5. TAIL GATE WILL NOT STAY CLOSED UNLESS LOCKED.

Unknown or Other
Filed Oct 8, 201548,000 milesTX

DASH CRACKED FROM CORNER OF NEAR AIRBAG ON PASSENGER SIDE. NO IMPACT OR ANYTHING TO CAUSE CRACK.

Unknown or Other
Filed Jul 16, 201588,000 milesAZ

DASH HAS CRACKED BEHIND GAUGE CLUSTER ON DRIVER SIDE AND AIR BAG ON PASSENGER SIDE.

Structure
Filed Mar 31, 201424,602 milesKS

I HAD THE OIL CHANGED AT THE DEALER ON THE FRIDAY PRIOR TO AUGUST 5, 2013 AND THE WARRANTY WAS EXPIRING (AT THAT TIME) IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. GOT IN THE TRUCK TO GO OVER TO MY FATHER'S HOUSE AND STOPPED AT A LOCAL GAS STATION THAT STILL DOES FULL SERVE (FOR A PENNY OR TWO HIGHER THAN THE SELF SERVE DOWN THE STREET). AS THE OWNER OF THE STATION WAS CLEANING MY FRONT WINDSHIELD HE ASK ME WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE DASH AND THAT IS WHEN I SAW IT. TWO LITTLE CRACKS FROM THE PASSENGER AIRBAG UNIT TO THE DEFROSTER VENTS AND ONE THAT WAS COMING STRAIGHT UP THE DRIVERS SIDE DASH HUMP (WHERE ALL THE GAUGES GO). I CALLED THE DEALER IMMEDIATELY AND THE SERVICE MANAGER ASK ME TO SEND PICTURES OF THE CRACKS AND THE ODOMETER, SO HE COULD SUBMIT TO GM. THE FINALLY REPLACED IT, THOUGH THE OWNER OF THE GMC/BUICK/CADILLAC DEALERSHIP SAID THAT IF THE WARRANTY HAD NOT COVERED IT THE DEALERSHIP WOULD AND MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT GM WANTED THE CRACKED DASH BACK OR AT LEAST THE BATCH NUMBER. *TR

Structure
Filed Feb 19, 201439,000 milesTX

THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD HAS STARTED CRACKING. *TR

Electronic Stability Control (esc)
Filed Feb 4, 201445,284 milesIA

I WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 151 AT 70 MPH WHEN I RECEIVED A MESSAGE STATING STABILITRAK WAS DISABLED, FOLLOWED BY REDUCED ENGINE POWER MESSAGE. WITHIN SECONDS MY TRUCK WENT FROM 70 MPH TO 35 MPH WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY WITH A SEMI-TRUCK BEHIND ME, A CAR IN THE FAST LANE ON MY LEFT SIDE, AND SNOW ON THE RIGHTSIDE SHOULDER. I QUICKLY TAPPED MY BRAKES AND PUT ON MY RIGHT TURN SIGNAL TO NOTIFY TO THE SEMI-TRUCK DRIVER THAT I WAS QUICKLY TURNING OFF THE HIGHWAY AND DRASTICALLY REDUCING MY SPEED LOWER THAN THE ALLOWED STATE HIGHWAY MINIMUM SPEED LIMIT. CONSIDERING THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC AND THE SPEED AT WHICH MY TRUCK REDUCED SPEED IN SUCH A QUICK MANNER, IT WAS A MIRACLE I WAS NOT REAR-ENDED BY THE SEMI-TRUCK DRIVER. THIS NOT ONLY HAPPENED TO BE ONCE ON SUNDAY, BUT TWICE ON THE SAME DAY WITHIN ABOUT 20 MILES FROM THE FIRST INCIDENT. *TR

10 of 10 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2016
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
202011000Routine
201926000Routine
201817000Routine
201714000Routine
201630000Routine
201522000Routine
201414000Routine
20138000Routine
201210000Routine
201128000Routine
2010 — this page10000Routine
20097000Routine
200818000Routine
20071000Routine
20065100Routine
20054200Routine
200411100Routine
200213100Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.