NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 GMC Sierra 2500 Recalls
The 2011 GMC Sierra 2500 has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 5, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2011 GMC Sierra 2500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 63
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2011 GMC Sierra 2500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2011 GMC Sierra 2500
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 2009 Sierra 2500, 13 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21V054000
- Reported
- February 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,778,128
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2014 Sierra 2500, 11 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 18V267000
- Reported
- April 26, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,154
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2009, 2012–2014 Sierra 2500, 4 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 14V407000
- Reported
- July 2, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 9,371
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009 Sierra 2500, 3 other models
2011 GMC Sierra 2500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 63 owner complaints about the 2011 GMC Sierra 2500, the newest on September 11, 2025. Of these, 1 describe a crash (2%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2011 GMC Sierra 2500, the component group named most often is the air bags (32%), followed by the structure (17%) and the electrical system (14%).
2 of the 2011 GMC Sierra 2500's 4 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2011 GMC Sierra 2500 owners gave the mileage (34 complaints), the median was 54,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags20
- Structure11
- Electrical System9
- Unknown Or Other8
- Power Train6
- Engine5
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 16 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2011 GMC Sierra 2500 peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 16. 8% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
The 63 complaints about the 2011 GMC Sierra 2500 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
GMC Sierra 2500 by model year
Other 2011 GMC models
Newest record on this page: September 11, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted