NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 GMC Sierra 1500 Recalls
The 2018 GMC Sierra 1500 has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 21, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 GMC Sierra 1500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 305
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2018 GMC Sierra 1500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2018 GMC Sierra 1500
Air bags
- Campaign
- 26V325000
- Reported
- May 21, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,315
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 26V166000
- Reported
- March 19, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,819
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 25V432000
- Reported
- June 26, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,658
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
Air bags: side/window: curtain: inflator
- Campaign
- 24V756000
- Reported
- October 10, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,061
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: vacuum
- Campaign
- 20V603000
- Reported
- October 1, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 14,620
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 4 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 2014–2017 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 2014–2017 Sierra 1500, 4 other models
2018 GMC Sierra 1500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 305 owner complaints about the 2018 GMC Sierra 1500, the newest on October 9, 2026. Of these, 10 describe a crash (3%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2018 GMC Sierra 1500, the component group named most often is the power train (43%), followed by the engine (22%) and the electrical system (14%).
None of the 2018 GMC Sierra 1500's 7 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2018 GMC Sierra 1500 owners gave the mileage (121 complaints), the median was 34,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train131
- Engine67
- Electrical System43
- Service Brakes40
- Steering30
- Unknown Or Other25
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 16 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 30 | |
| 2020 | 29 | |
| 2021 | 23 | |
| 2022 | 46 | |
| 2023 | 27 | |
| 2024 | 40 | |
| 2025 | 65 | |
| 2026 | 29 |
Complaints about the 2018 GMC Sierra 1500 peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 65. 32% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 GMC Sierra 1500 drew 1.4× the complaints of the median GMC Sierra 1500 year in the same window: 8th highest of the 19 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 305 complaints about the 2018 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 2018 GMC models
Newest record on this page: October 9, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted