GMC Sierra 1500 Seat Belts Problems
- 46
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 13
- Years with records
- 1999–2015
- 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 46 stored complaint records:
- 4 indicate a crash
- 2 indicate injury
- 1 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- seat belt · 36 records
- failure mileage · 10 records
- seat belts · 10 records
- side seat · 9 records
- notified failure · 7 records
- passenger side · 6 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 13 |
| 30–60k mi | 8 |
| 60–100k mi | 6 |
| 100–150k mi | 6 |
| 150–400k mi | 5 |
Complaint evidence
Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.
Seat Belts
Rear seat belt is not retracting properly. Slack remains in the seat belt when fastened. Occupant has to manually feed the belt into the opening to allow the belt to tighten, but any time the occupant move, causing the belt to extend, there is slack introduced again, the seat belt ratchet will not retract the slack, and the belt does not remain firmly in place. This happens in all driving conditions, parked or…
ODI 11300379
Seat Belts
Tl* the contact's son owns a 2015 gmc sierra 1500. The contact stated that the seat belt anchor fractured. The vehicle was taken to billion auto buick gmc cadillac in sioux city ([redacted], sioux city, ia 51106, [redacted]) where the contact was informed that the seat belt assembly would need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was…
ODI 11277988
Seat Belts
Tl* the contact drove a 2014 gmc sierra 1500 company vehicle. While the contact was attempting to fasten the front driver's side seat belt, the lap belt cable from the floorboard fractured in two pieces. The contact called linwood chevrolet buick gmc (2007 state route 45 north, mayfield, ky 42066, [redacted]) and attempted to schedule an appointment, but the dealer stated that they would call the contact back. The…
ODI 11254364
Electrical System · Seat Belts
On numerous occasion the vehicles intierior audio chimes do no alert if doors are open, seatbelts are fastened, or blinkers are working. In 2014 the general motors recall number 14315 addressed this issue but gm states my vin number does not included the vehicles affected even though its exactly as they describe in the recall campaign in 2014. They want me to pay for the diagnostic and repair despite it being a…
ODI 11234777
Seat Belts
The seatbelts in the rear seats do not fit children properly. My son is currently the age of 9 and is approximately 100 lbs. So he no longer can use a booster seat, however the seatbelt is still not placed accross his chest appropriately when riding in the vehicle. With recommendations to have children ride in the back seat,a s it is safer for them, it would be nice to have a sliding seatbelt retractor like the…
ODI 11202546
Air Bags · Seat Belts
My husband was stopped at a light when the side airbags deployed. We contacted gmc they sent someone to investigate. That person said due to some water leaking in on them is what caused it. Nothing was wet though. Now they cannot do anything to help. Seems like if they know they have a defect in the front airbags it is a chance the side ones are also bad. They hang like curtains. Have not been able to drive it since…
ODI 11176570
Seat Belts
Driver seat belt locks unexpectantly unable any slack to be able to move to safely change lanes to verify no cars in blind spot
ODI 11166140
Air Bags · Seat Belts
On november 29, 2018 at around 12:00pm, i was driving down the road on route 460 west toward grundy, virginia, the roads was clear, and the weather was clear, at a speed about 35mph and the ceiling airbags deployed causing the seatbelts to lock up, and shut the truck down to a stop in the middle of the road. The air bags made a loud noise, that a neighboring business heard them deploy. I was not injured only scared…
ODI 11176437