NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 GMC Sierra 3500 Recalls
The 2015 GMC Sierra 3500 has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 1, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 GMC Sierra 3500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 31
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2015 GMC Sierra 3500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2015 GMC Sierra 3500
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 3500, 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 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 2011–2014 Sierra 3500, 1 other model
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 3500, 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 3500, 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 3500, 4 other models
2015 GMC Sierra 3500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 31 owner complaints about the 2015 GMC Sierra 3500, the newest on August 24, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (3%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2015 GMC Sierra 3500, the component group named most often is the electrical system (19%), followed by the exterior lighting (19%) and the engine (13%).
None of the 2015 GMC Sierra 3500's 7 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2015 GMC Sierra 3500 owners gave the mileage (22 complaints), the median was 37,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System6
- Exterior Lighting6
- Engine4
- Air Bags3
- Service Brakes3
- Steering3
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2015 GMC Sierra 3500 peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 7. 45% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
The 31 complaints about the 2015 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 2015 GMC models
Newest record on this page: August 24, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted