GMC Sierra 1500 Engine Problems
- 157
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 19
- Years with records
- 1999–2019
- 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 157 stored complaint records:
- 5 indicate a crash
- 2 indicate injury
- 5 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- check engine · 12 records
- failure mileage · 12 records
- steering wheel · 11 records
- indicators illuminated · 10 records
- needed replaced · 10 records
- failure recurred · 9 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 40 |
| 60–100k mi | 34 |
| 1–30k mi | 32 |
| 100–150k mi | 27 |
| 150–400k mi | 11 |
Complaint evidence
Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.
Engine · Service Brakes · Steering
Started truck and many services lights came on service esc, brakes lights, steering lights all warnings. On star called and said i had a brake failure. I was backing out of driveway and could hardly stop the truck as i was approaching the road
ODI 11306595
Electrical System · Engine · Service Brakes
Dear nhtsa, i recently leased a 2019 gmc sierra pickup truck. This truck is currently in the shop for the 6th time, and neither gm or the local dealership can seem to fix anything on this truck. Most recently, as yesterday i had my car in for the braking system. The dealership called me and said my truck was fixed. As i turned my truck on, the brake system light came on. I was told by the dealership to just drive it…
ODI 11297792
Engine
Truck will come up with ac turned off. The fan will just run but truck doesn't seem to start running hot. It will come on and within a few days it will go off. This has happened a minimum of three times. This has happened when just starting, or driving on a regular road.
ODI 11300407
Engine · Service Brakes
I have had the 2019 sierra 1500 at4 with 6.2 liter engine in the shop (8) times since purchasing it in late aug 2019 for multiple issues, including the issues relating to the brake software recall. This resulted in me rolling through a stop sign without any brakes. Luckily there was no oncoming traffic. As an engineer, i have no confidence that the issue has been fixed long term by gm. My family will no longer ride…
ODI 11308229
Engine · Service Brakes
BRAKES WOULDN'T STOP
Crash reported · Fire reported
ODI 11259048
Engine · Power Train
Tl* the contact owns a 2019 gmc sierra 1500. While attempting to accelerate at highway speeds above 50 mph, the speed would not immediately increase and the vehicle drastically hesitated to accelerate. The failure occurred in sixth, seventh, and eighth gears. The vehicle was taken to ancira gmc (30500 i-10 w, boerne, tx) where the failure was duplicated. The contact was informed that the vehicle was operating…
ODI 11278201
Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 gmc sierra 1500. While driving 70 mph, the engine power reduced warning indicator illuminated and the vehicle decelerated to 30 mph. The driver quickly coasted over to the side of the road, powered off the engine, and waited for a few minutes. When the vehicle was restarted, the vehicle resumed normal operation. The failure recurred 3 to 5 miles down the road. After each failure, the…
ODI 11242882
Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2019 gmc sierra 1500. While driving 25-30 mph, the engine seized without warning. The vehicle was towed to cummins chevrolet buick gmc cadillac (300 n airport rd, weatherford, ok 73096, [redacted]) where it was diagnosed that the transmission module needed to be replaced; however, the parts were backordered. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage…
ODI 11242742