2005 GMC Sierra 1500
Complaints about this year name speedometer far more often than the model's other years — 21% of them, about 52× the usual rate of 0.4%.
| Complaints filed | 448 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 54 |
| Involving a crash | 11 |
| Involving a fire | 19 |
| Recalls | 3 |
What the complaints were about
- speedometer — 25.4% of this year's complaints, against 5.6% across the model's other years (4.5×). Owners wrote it as: speedometer, instrument, gauge, instrument cluster.
- lines — 30.1% of this year's complaints, against 11.3% across the model's other years (2.7×). Owners wrote it as: lines, brake lines, fluid, rusted.
- brake — 27.5% of this year's complaints, against 8.8% across the model's other years (3.1×).
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.
Also unusual this year
- brake lines — 13% of complaints, 32× usual
- rusted — 11% of complaints, 27× usual
- brake — 27% of complaints, 3× usual
What owners wrote
2005 GMC 2500HD THAT THE BRAKE LINES FAILED. AFTER CHECKING THEY ARE RUSTED EVERYWHERE. I LOOKED ON THE INTERNET AND I SEE THAT THIS IS A ONGOING ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL YEAR.
WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING INSPECTED BY A PRIVATE MECHANIC IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE [VIN]…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 06E050000 SERVICE BRAKES, AIR
- 06E043000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 07E106000 WHEELS 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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