GMC Sierra 1500 Electrical System Problems
- 320
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 22
- Years with records
- 1999–2020
- Stored years
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 320 stored complaint records:
- 3 indicate a crash
- 2 indicate injury
- 16 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- power steering · 22 records
- steering wheel · 14 records
- rear window · 10 records
- brake system · 8 records
- check engine · 7 records
- indicators illuminated · 7 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 90 |
| 60–100k mi | 79 |
| 1–30k mi | 63 |
| 100–150k mi | 31 |
| 150–400k mi | 16 |
Complaint evidence
Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.
Electrical System
5 minutes after starting my truck, i was driving on a side road, to work, with the rear window defrost on, when i heard a hissing sound then started to smell something burning, from behind me. I look in my rearview mirror and saw smoke coming from above/behind the passenger seat. I quickly pulled over, jumped out and as i was looking for the source of the smoke, i saw sparks jump from the rear window defrost then…
Fire reported
ODI 11309350
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Steering
On 02/12/2020, i was turning turning to park in a parking spot at work when the radio and other electrical components shut down, and the steering wheel jerked in the opposite direction. I temporarily loss control of my own steering wheel. This occurred 3 times while trying to park. In addition, a message about stabilitrack appeared. It is well known that gm has recalled over 1,700,000 vehicles with this same power…
ODI 11308796
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Unknown Or Other
Brand new truck. Stuck at the gym in the middle of the night truck wont start. The interior lights, head lights, and radio wont shut off. Vehicle wont start. I'm assuming the battery was drained because interior lights, exterior lights, radio, wont shut off. Has to be some kind of electrical malfunction. Waiting on gm roadside.
ODI 11308116
Electrical System
I remote started my vehicle, drove to town, smelt something burning. Rear window shattered driver side
ODI 11308149
Electrical System
Sierra 2015 rear power window defroster over heated and shatter my driver side rear window. Prior to shattering, i smelled electric wires burning than pop. The vehicle was in motion around 25mph. The rear defroster was not on. It was 30deg outside and clear.
ODI 11306424
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes
Truck parked in morning, turned it on and multiple warnings came on, service trailer brake system,service esc,brake system failure at 62mph,got warning from onstar that there is an issue with my antilock braking system, i took pictures of error but only could upload one.
ODI 11301677
Electrical System
While parked and idling in a parking lot with passengers in vehicle, there was a sizzling sound followed by a flame flicker observed directly behind the driver's side, rear passenger seat at the bottom of the rear, driver's side glass panel. Shortly thereafter, the rear, driver's side glass panel shattered. My vehicle has rear sliding glass and only the driver's side panel shattered. Smoke and burning smell was…
Fire reported
ODI 11300271
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes
I had no issues with my truck until i went and had the most recent recall done for the brakes. I since have had brake issues twice. Once, hours after having the recall done i got in my truck and started it and all the dashboard lights were illuminated and i had to push the brake pedal to the floor after accelerating. The other instance was a week later after remote starting my truck from the phone application had…
ODI 11302193