NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 GMC Sierra 3500 Recalls
The 2011 GMC Sierra 3500 has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 5, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2011 GMC Sierra 3500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 20
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2011 GMC Sierra 3500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2011 GMC Sierra 3500
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 3500, 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 3500, 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 3500, 4 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: auxillary tank
- Campaign
- 17V664000
- Reported
- October 19, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 35,292
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2015 Sierra 3500, 1 other model
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 14V407000
- Reported
- July 2, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 9,371
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009 Sierra 3500, 3 other models
2011 GMC Sierra 3500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 20 owner complaints about the 2011 GMC Sierra 3500, the newest on August 31, 2023. Of these, 1 describe a fire.
In complaints about the 2011 GMC Sierra 3500, the component group named most often is the air bags (40%), followed by the electrical system (10%) and the fuel/propulsion system (10%).
2 of the 2011 GMC Sierra 3500's 5 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2011 GMC Sierra 3500 owners gave the mileage (10 complaints), the median was 57,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags8
- Electrical System2
- Fuel/Propulsion System2
- Power Train2
- Structure2
- Unknown Or Other2
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2011 GMC Sierra 3500 peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 6. 5% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
The 20 complaints about the 2011 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 2011 GMC models
Newest record on this page: August 31, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted