NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 GMC Sierra 1500 Recalls
The 2013 GMC Sierra 1500 has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 5, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 GMC Sierra 1500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 116
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 GMC Sierra 1500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2013 GMC Sierra 1500
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 2009 Sierra 1500, 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 2011–2012 Sierra 1500, 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, 2011–2012, 2014 Sierra 1500, 4 other models
2013 GMC Sierra 1500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 116 owner complaints about the 2013 GMC Sierra 1500, the newest on October 6, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (2%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 GMC Sierra 1500, the component group named most often is the air bags (31%), followed by the structure (22%) and the suspension (9%).
2 of the 2013 GMC Sierra 1500's 3 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2013 GMC Sierra 1500 owners gave the mileage (68 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other42
- Air Bags36
- Structure25
- Suspension10
- Engine8
- Electrical System6
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 22 | |
| 2017 | 21 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 19 | |
| 2022 | 10 | |
| 2023 | 9 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2013 GMC Sierra 1500 peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 22. 20% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 GMC Sierra 1500 drew 0.3× the complaints of the median GMC Sierra 1500 year in the same window: 17th highest of the 19 ranked years.
That makes 2013 one of the three best-measured GMC Sierra 1500 years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 116 complaints about the 2013 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 2013 GMC models
Newest record on this page: October 6, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted