2010 GMC Sierra 1500
Complaints about this year name warranty far more often than the other years of this generation — 11% of them, about 3× the usual rate of 4.1%.
Generation 1 of the GMC Sierra 1500, which began in 2007 and ran to 2013. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
| Complaints filed | 864 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 331 |
| Involving a crash | 20 |
| Involving a fire | 16 |
| Recalls | 4 |
Also unusual this year
- cracked dash — 6% of complaints, 5× usual
- fixed — 7% of complaints, 4× usual
- buick — 6% of complaints, 3× usual
What owners wrote
THE DASH ON MY TRUCK BEGAN CRACKING AT AROUND 36,000 MILES AND I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE AS MY TRUCK WAS OUTSIDE OF THE WARRANTY COVERAGE. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD MANY ADDITIONAL CRACKS AND HAVE HEARD THAT THE CRACKED DASH ENDS UP BREA…
CRACKED DASH LEFT TOP CORNER OF PASSENGER AIR BAG AREA. SAME AS EVERYONE ELSE ON HERE. REPLACED DRIVERS SIDE SEAT MOTOR AT$132. REPLACED DRIVERS SIDE REAR WINDOW REGULATOR AT $165 WITH LABOR AT $60. REPLACED BOTH DOOR HANDLES AT $89 WITH LABOR AT $60. HAD TO R…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V053000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V054000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V050000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 18V267000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the GMC Sierra 1500 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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