2017 GMC Canyon
This year drew an ordinary 65 complaints for a GMC Canyon — the model's median is 39. What they were about is the unusual part: 13.8% of them mention many, against 2.5% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 2 of the GMC Canyon, which began in 2015 and ran to 2022. 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 | 65 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 39 |
| Involving a crash | 3 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 21.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- many — 13.8% of this year's complaints, against 2.5% across the other years of this generation (5.5×).
- equipped — 9.2% of this year's complaints, against 1.3% across the other years of this generation (7.4×). Owners wrote it as: equipped, along.
- wouldn — 6.2% of this year's complaints, against 0.4% across the other years of this generation (16.4×).
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.
What owners wrote
Check engine light came on, had it looked into, the radiator active shutter grille was stuck and wouldn't close. It had to be replaced. No causation or incident to have caused this. Bottomline, it had to be replaced to avoid further damage and from becoming a…
Truck turned just over 62000 miles and appears to have engine oil cooler line failure. No oil on engine just dripping in protective plastic between radiator and engine. Spraying back underneath when moving. Checked on lone and blogs are showing many others wit…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 18V358000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the GMC Canyon 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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