NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 GMC Sierra 2500 Recalls
The 2017 GMC Sierra 2500 has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 2, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 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
- 37
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 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 2017 GMC Sierra 2500
Fuel system, diesel: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 23V047000
- Reported
- February 2, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 22,132
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2019 Sierra 2500, 3 other models
Equipment: electrical: engine block heater
- Campaign
- 21V496000
- Reported
- July 1, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 338,020
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2019 Sierra 2500, 3 other models
Engine
- Campaign
- 19V328000
- Reported
- April 25, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 318,374
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2019 Sierra 2500, 3 other models
Seat belts: front: retractor
- Campaign
- 17V567000
- Reported
- September 14, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 38,048
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 209, seat belt assemblies
- Same campaign
- also 2018 Sierra 2500, 3 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 2015–2016 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 2015–2016 Sierra 2500, 15 other models
2017 GMC Sierra 2500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 37 owner complaints about the 2017 GMC Sierra 2500, the newest on April 10, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (5%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2017 GMC Sierra 2500, the component group named most often is the service brakes (22%), followed by the electrical system (16%) and the engine (16%).
1 of the 2017 GMC Sierra 2500's 6 recalls also concerns the engine.
Where 2017 GMC Sierra 2500 owners gave the mileage (14 complaints), the median was 18,120 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes8
- Electrical System6
- Engine6
- Power Train6
- Unknown Or Other6
- Equipment4
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2017 GMC Sierra 2500 peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 7. 32% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 GMC Sierra 2500 drew 0.5× the complaints of the median GMC Sierra 2500 year in the same window: 15th highest of the 16 ranked years.
That makes 2017 one of the three best-measured GMC Sierra 2500 years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 37 complaints about the 2017 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 2017 GMC models
Newest record on this page: April 10, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted