NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 GMC Sierra 3500 Recalls
The 2016 GMC Sierra 3500 has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 24, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 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
- 19
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2016 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 2016 GMC Sierra 3500
Air bags: side/window: curtain: inflator
- Campaign
- 26V611000
- Reported
- September 24, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,559
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
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 2015 Sierra 3500, 5 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 19V088000
- Reported
- February 7, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 18,574
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2018 Sierra 3500, 1 other model
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 2015 Sierra 3500, 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 2015, 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 2015, 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 2015 Sierra 3500, 4 other models
2016 GMC Sierra 3500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 19 owner complaints about the 2016 GMC Sierra 3500, the newest on July 24, 2025.
In complaints about the 2016 GMC Sierra 3500, the component group named most often is the service brakes (32%), followed by the steering (32%) and the engine (26%).
None of the 2016 GMC Sierra 3500's 7 recalls concerns the service brakes.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes6
- Steering6
- Engine5
- Fuel/Propulsion System3
- Electrical System2
- Power Train2
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2016 GMC Sierra 3500 peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 3. 21% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
The 19 complaints about the 2016 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 2016 GMC models
Newest record on this page: September 24, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted