FaultScore

Worst years for a GMC Sierra 1500 HD

Owners have filed 58 complaints about the GMC Sierra 1500 HD with NHTSA across model years 2001 to 2005. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2003 GMC Sierra 1500 HD

20 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

2002 GMC Sierra 1500 HD

10 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every GMC Sierra 1500 HD 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
2005 B 12 0 1 87,161 Brakes
2004 3 0 0 Brakes
2003 C 20 0 1 100,750 Brakes
2002 B 10 0 0 84,000 Brakes
2001 B 13 1 0 120,000 Brakes

What breaks on a GMC Sierra 1500 HD

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

Brakes 27 46.6%

Worst in 2001

Electrical System 7 12.1%

Worst in 2003

Engine & Cooling 6 10.3%

Worst in 2003

Fuel & Propulsion 5 8.6%

Worst in 2002

Transmission & Drivetrain 3 5.2%

Worst in 2001

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 3 5.2%

Worst in 2003

Steering 2 3.4%

Worst in 2003

Body & Structure 2 3.4%

Worst in 2001

Other & Unspecified 2 3.4%

Worst in 2005

Equipment & Accessories 1 1.7%

Worst in 2003

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every GMC Sierra 1500 HD, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Aug 2006 peak 4 Mar 2018

Compare the GMC Sierra 1500 HD

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