NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 GMC Sierra 1500 Recalls
The 2015 GMC Sierra 1500 has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 1, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 GMC Sierra 1500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 720
- Crashes reported
- 23
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
9 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2015 GMC Sierra 1500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2015 GMC Sierra 1500
Air bags: side/window: curtain: inflator
- Campaign
- 21V504000
- Reported
- July 1, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 410,019
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2016 Sierra 1500, 5 other models
Seat belts: front
- Campaign
- 21V245000
- Reported
- April 8, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,568
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014 Sierra 1500, 2 other models
Air bags: side/window: curtain: inflator
- Campaign
- 20V736000
- Reported
- November 25, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 9,279
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2016 Sierra 1500, 5 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: wheel speed sensor/tone ring
- Campaign
- 19V761000
- Reported
- October 24, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 652,967
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014, 2016–2018 Sierra 1500, 3 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: vacuum
- Campaign
- 19V645000
- Reported
- September 6, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,456,719
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014, 2016–2018 Sierra 1500, 4 other models
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 18V586000
- Reported
- September 7, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,015,918
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 17V437000
- Reported
- July 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 40,683
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014, 2016–2017 Sierra 1500, 15 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 16V651000
- Reported
- September 8, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,640,162
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014, 2016–2017 Sierra 1500, 15 other models
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 16V209000
- Reported
- April 12, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 895,232
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014 Sierra 1500
2015 GMC Sierra 1500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 720 owner complaints about the 2015 GMC Sierra 1500, the newest on October 21, 2026. Of these, 23 describe a crash (3%) and 9 a fire; owners reported 11 injuries.
In complaints about the 2015 GMC Sierra 1500, the component group named most often is the service brakes (30%), followed by the power train (14%) and the electrical system (13%).
None of the 2015 GMC Sierra 1500's 9 recalls concerns the service brakes.
Where 2015 GMC Sierra 1500 owners gave the mileage (466 complaints), the median was 47,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes219
- Power Train99
- Electrical System96
- Exterior Lighting93
- Engine84
- Steering81
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 17 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 72 | |
| 2017 | 56 | |
| 2018 | 101 | |
| 2019 | 139 | |
| 2020 | 55 | |
| 2021 | 64 | |
| 2022 | 66 | |
| 2023 | 43 | |
| 2024 | 31 | |
| 2025 | 48 | |
| 2026 | 28 |
Complaints about the 2015 GMC Sierra 1500 peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 139. 34% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 GMC Sierra 1500 drew 3.4× the complaints of the median GMC Sierra 1500 year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 19 ranked years.
That makes 2015 one of the GMC Sierra 1500 years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 720 complaints about the 2015 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 2015 GMC models
Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted