1. GMC Sierra 1500
  2. Problems
  3. 2017
  4. Exterior Lighting

2017 GMC Sierra 1500 Exterior Lighting Problems

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Owner complaint records in our dataset

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.

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi3

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • October 14, 2019 · 13,000 miles

    Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Visibility/Wiper

    On screen display for backup camera. When putting the vehicle in reverse, the on screen display is so bright that you can't see out the windows, the rearview mirrors or the surrounding area. This display does not dim with the rest of the lights. This causes a severe safety hazard when trying to backup the vehicle.

    ODI 11268283

  • October 1, 2019 · 13,000 miles

    Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Visibility/Wiper

    Display screen to bright when vehicle is in reverse. When putting vehicle in reverse the backup camera display is so bright you can not see your exterior mirrors or out any of the windows to see surrounding area. This is very unsafe condition because you are blinded while backing up. When took the truck to dealership i was told they can't duplicate this. And have had no other complaints???

    ODI 11268955

  • January 1, 2018 · 27 miles

    Exterior Lighting

    During night operation with the instrument cluster adjusted to proper brightness the intellilink screen is dangerously bright. The intellilink screen does not have an independent brightness control from the dimmer. When set to off in an attempt to mitigate the problem, the intellilink screen reactivates with subsystem adjustment, e.g. Temperature adjustment, absolutely destroying night vision of the driver. If…

    ODI 11065044

Catalog parts for this system

Catalog year/make/model rows for 2017 GMC Sierra 1500.

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