NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 GMC Sierra 3500 Recalls
The 2001 GMC Sierra 3500 has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 26, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 GMC Sierra 3500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 36
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2001 GMC Sierra 3500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2001 GMC Sierra 3500
Equipment adaptive/mobility
- Campaign
- 04V562000
- Reported
- November 26, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,660
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Sierra 3500
Interior lighting
- Campaign
- 01V220000
- Reported
- June 26, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 38,863
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 105, hydraulic and electric brakes
- Same campaign
- only the 2001 GMC Sierra 3500
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Sierra 3500, 14 other models
2001 GMC Sierra 3500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 36 owner complaints about the 2001 GMC Sierra 3500, the newest on February 16, 2021. Of these, 3 describe a crash (8%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2001 GMC Sierra 3500, the component group named most often is the service brakes, hydraulic (28%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (17%) and the fuel system, gasoline (11%).
1 of the 2001 GMC Sierra 3500's 3 recalls also concerns the fuel system, gasoline.
Where 2001 GMC Sierra 3500 owners gave the mileage (30 complaints), the median was 61,580 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic10
- Engine And Engine Cooling6
- Fuel System, Gasoline4
- Service Brakes4
- Fuel System, Other3
- Engine2
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 GMC Sierra 3500 peaked in 2006, when NHTSA received 5. 22% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
The 36 complaints about the 2001 GMC Sierra 3500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
GMC Sierra 3500 by model year
Other 2001 GMC models
Newest record on this page: February 16, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted