2006 GMC Sierra 1500
Complaints about this year name lines far more often than the model's other years — 21% of them, about 32× the usual rate of 0.6%.
| Complaints filed | 279 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 54 |
| Involving a crash | 17 |
| Involving a fire | 12 |
| Recalls | 2 |
What the complaints were about
- brake — 37.6% of this year's complaints, against 8.8% across the model's other years (4.3×).
- lines — 34.4% of this year's complaints, against 9.1% across the model's other years (3.8×). Owners wrote it as: lines, brake lines, fluid, rusted.
- line — 36.2% of this year's complaints, against 14.4% across the model's other years (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: line, brake line, floor, rust.
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 — 38% of complaints, 4× usual
- brake lines — 14% of complaints, 35× usual
- brake line — 13% of complaints, 33× usual
What owners wrote
WHILE DRIVING ON TWO LANE ROAD,SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT FLASHED, VEHICLE WAS HARD TOO SLOW DOWN AND STOP. STOPPED VEHICLE AND SAW BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM LEFT FRONT WHEEL BRAKE LINES.
1.RUSTED BRAKE LINES BLOWOUT.FORTUNATELY MINE HAPPENED IN A PARKING LOT,NOT ON THE TURNPIKE,AND REQUIRING AN EMERGENCY STOP. 2.CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER PLASTIC MOUNTING FLANGE SEPARATES WHEN CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED,DISABELING STD.TRANSMISSION.ON RESIDENTIAL STREET.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 06E050000 SERVICE BRAKES, AIR
- 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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