NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 GMC Sierra 2500 Recalls
The 2018 GMC Sierra 2500 has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 10, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 GMC Sierra 2500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 35
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2018 GMC Sierra 2500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2018 GMC Sierra 2500
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 2019 Sierra 2500, 5 other models
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 2017, 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 2017, 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 2017, 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 2017 Sierra 2500, 3 other models
2018 GMC Sierra 2500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 35 owner complaints about the 2018 GMC Sierra 2500, the newest on May 9, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a fire.
In complaints about the 2018 GMC Sierra 2500, the component group named most often is the engine (23%), followed by the electrical system (20%) and the fuel/propulsion system (14%).
1 of the 2018 GMC Sierra 2500's 5 recalls also concerns the engine.
Where 2018 GMC Sierra 2500 owners gave the mileage (14 complaints), the median was 8,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine8
- Electrical System7
- Fuel/Propulsion System5
- Unknown Or Other5
- Equipment4
- Exterior Lighting4
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2018 GMC Sierra 2500 peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 7. 57% 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 2500 drew 0.8× the complaints of the median GMC Sierra 2500 year in the same window: 11th highest of the 16 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 35 complaints about the 2018 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 2018 GMC models
Newest record on this page: May 9, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted