NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 GMC Sierra 3500 Recalls
The 2018 GMC Sierra 3500 has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 10, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 GMC Sierra 3500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 14
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2018 GMC Sierra 3500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2018 GMC Sierra 3500
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 3500, 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 3500, 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 3500, 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 3500, 3 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 2016–2017 Sierra 3500, 1 other model
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 3500, 3 other models
2018 GMC Sierra 3500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 14 owner complaints about the 2018 GMC Sierra 3500, the newest on April 30, 2026.
In complaints about the 2018 GMC Sierra 3500, the component group named most often is the service brakes (43%), followed by the steering (21%) and the electrical system (14%).
None of the 2018 GMC Sierra 3500's 6 recalls concerns the service brakes.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes6
- Steering3
- Electrical System2
- Exterior Lighting2
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)1
- Engine1
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2018 GMC Sierra 3500 peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 4. 50% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
The 14 complaints about the 2018 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 2018 GMC models
Newest record on this page: April 30, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted