FaultScore

Worst years for a GMC Canyon

Owners have filed 1,948 complaints about the GMC Canyon with NHTSA across model years 2004 to 2026. More of them are about the steering than anything else.

Avoid

2015 GMC Canyon

401 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly steering.

Cleanest on record

2025 GMC Canyon

13 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every GMC Canyon year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2026 6 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2025 A 13 0 0 Brakes
2024 D 258 0 0 4,000 Lights
2023 C 101 0 3 2,800 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2022 B 42 1 0 30,000 Electrical System
2021 B 14 3 1 46,000 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2020 C 20 1 0 14,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2019 C 22 0 3 500 Transmission & Drivetrain
2018 C 72 2 0 22,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2017 C 91 3 0 27,803 Transmission & Drivetrain
2016 D 355 13 5 47,801 Steering
2015 D 401 15 8 54,000 Steering
2012 B 30 1 1 39,650 Electrical System
2011 A 20 0 0 30,000 Engine & Cooling
2010 9 1 0 11,000 Electrical System
2009 B 35 1 1 45,000 Electrical System
2008 B 68 2 1 72,000 Electrical System
2007 B 61 1 2 71,659 Electrical System
2006 C 81 4 3 30,000 Electrical System
2005 D 146 9 2 51,250 Electrical System
2004 C 103 5 5 85,000 Body & Structure

What breaks on a GMC Canyon

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Steering 441 22.6%

Worst in 2015

Electrical System 266 13.7%

Worst in 2016

Lights 216 11.1%

Worst in 2024

Worst in 2016

Engine & Cooling 156 8.0%

Worst in 2016

Brakes 115 5.9%

Worst in 2005

Worst in 2016

Worst in 2015

Worst in 2023

Worst in 2016

Airbags 59 3.0%

Worst in 2005

Worst in 2004

Worst in 2016

Worst in 2005

Exactly what failed on a GMC Canyon

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 37 29.1%
Automatic Emergency Braking 19 15.0%
Warnings 15 11.8%
Switch 14 11.0%
Blind Spot Detection 9 7.1%
Ignition 8 6.3%
Latch 7 5.5%
Automatic Transmission 7 5.5%
Adaptive Cruise Control 6 4.7%
Instrument Cluster/Panel 5 3.9%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every GMC Canyon, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Mar 2004 peak 131 Aug 2026

GMC Canyon problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the GMC Canyon

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.