NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 GMC Sierra 3500 Recalls
The 2020 GMC Sierra 3500 has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 12, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 GMC Sierra 3500. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 51
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
On a 2020 GMC Sierra 3500, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2020 GMC Sierra 3500
Power train: automatic transmission: control module: software
- Campaign
- 26V083000
- Reported
- February 12, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,055
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: control module: software
- Campaign
- 24V797000
- Reported
- October 24, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 463,295
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2021–2022 Sierra 3500, 11 other models
Latches/locks/linkages: tailgate: latch
- Campaign
- 24V060000
- Reported
- February 1, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 570,434
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2021–2024 Sierra 3500, 3 other models
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 20V792000
- Reported
- December 17, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 624,216
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2021 Sierra 3500, 8 other models
Air bags: side/window: curtain: inflator
- Campaign
- 20V446000
- Reported
- July 30, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 769
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 11 other models
Structure: body: hood
- Campaign
- 20V324000
- Reported
- June 4, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 272
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Latches/locks/linkages: hood: latch
- Campaign
- 20V142000
- Reported
- March 12, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,909
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Seat belts: pretensioner
- Campaign
- 19V814000
- Reported
- November 14, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 556,399
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
2020 GMC Sierra 3500 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 51 owner complaints about the 2020 GMC Sierra 3500, the newest on March 20, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (8%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2020 GMC Sierra 3500, the component group named most often is the power train (37%), followed by the electrical system (18%) and the service brakes (14%).
2 of the 2020 GMC Sierra 3500's 8 recalls also concern the power train.
Where 2020 GMC Sierra 3500 owners gave the mileage (10 complaints), the median was 28,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train19
- Electrical System9
- Service Brakes7
- Engine6
- Unknown Or Other6
- Fuel/Propulsion System5
Complaints received, by year
| 2019 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 8 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 13 | |
| 2025 | 15 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2020 GMC Sierra 3500 peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 15. 41% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
The 51 complaints about the 2020 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 2020 GMC models
Newest record on this page: March 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted