NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 GMC Sierra 2500 Recalls
The 2015 GMC Sierra 2500 has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 1, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 GMC Sierra 2500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 89
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2015 GMC Sierra 2500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2015 GMC Sierra 2500
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 2500, 5 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 5 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages
- Campaign
- 18V578000
- Reported
- August 30, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 42,280
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2016 Sierra 2500, 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 2016–2017 Sierra 2500, 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 2016–2017 Sierra 2500, 15 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages
- Campaign
- 16V069000
- Reported
- February 5, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 430,771
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2016 Sierra 2500, 4 other models
2015 GMC Sierra 2500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 89 owner complaints about the 2015 GMC Sierra 2500, the newest on March 17, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (6%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2015 GMC Sierra 2500, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (29%), followed by the electrical system (12%) and the fuel/propulsion system (11%).
None of the 2015 GMC Sierra 2500's 6 recalls concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2015 GMC Sierra 2500 owners gave the mileage (57 complaints), the median was 37,023 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting26
- Electrical System11
- Fuel/Propulsion System10
- Power Train8
- Unknown Or Other8
- Engine7
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 19 | |
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 10 | |
| 2022 | 8 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2015 GMC Sierra 2500 peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 19. 47% 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 2500 drew 1.8× the complaints of the median GMC Sierra 2500 year in the same window: 1st highest of the 16 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★☆☆
- Frontal: 2/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 89 complaints about the 2015 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 2015 GMC models
Newest record on this page: March 17, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted