NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 GMC Sierra 1500 Recalls
The 2009 GMC Sierra 1500 has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 5, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 GMC Sierra 1500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 234
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 GMC Sierra 1500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2009 GMC Sierra 1500
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21V050000
- Reported
- February 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,641,272
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Sierra 1500, 13 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21V052000
- Reported
- February 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 557,023
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 13 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21V053000
- Reported
- February 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 692,526
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2013 Sierra 1500, 13 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 18V267000
- Reported
- April 26, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,154
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2014 Sierra 1500, 4 other models
2009 GMC Sierra 1500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 234 owner complaints about the 2009 GMC Sierra 1500, the newest on February 11, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (2%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 GMC Sierra 1500, the component group named most often is the air bags (52%), followed by the electrical system (9%) and the structure (9%).
3 of the 2009 GMC Sierra 1500's 4 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2009 GMC Sierra 1500 owners gave the mileage (117 complaints), the median was 72,750 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags122
- Unknown Or Other38
- Electrical System20
- Structure20
- Engine13
- Vehicle Speed Control12
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 37 | |
| 2017 | 64 | |
| 2018 | 32 | |
| 2019 | 17 | |
| 2020 | 17 | |
| 2021 | 16 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2009 GMC Sierra 1500 peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 64. 6% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 GMC Sierra 1500 drew 0.3× the complaints of the median GMC Sierra 1500 year in the same window: 16th highest of the 19 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 234 complaints about the 2009 GMC Sierra 1500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
GMC Sierra 1500 by model year
Other 2009 GMC models
Newest record on this page: February 11, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted