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GMC Sierra 2500 Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 38 recall campaigns for the GMC Sierra 2500, across 17 model years from 2007 to 2025. The 2020 has the most (9); the fewest among years with a recall is 2025 (1).

No GMC Sierra 2500 model year reaches 2 times the median: the highest, 2015, is at 1.8×.

Model years
17

2007–2025, with a recall

Recall campaigns
38
Most recalls
2020

9 recalls

Owner complaints
1,763

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 1,763 complaints with NHTSA about the GMC Sierra 2500 across 27 model years; the most, 160, concern the 2003.

Owners marked a crash on 77 of the GMC Sierra 2500 complaints (4%) and a fire on 42.

Across all GMC Sierra 2500 model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 277 complaints), then the service brakes (230).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the GMC Sierra 2500 in 2025: 153, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the GMC Sierra 2500 is air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module, in 12 model-year listings.

The newest GMC Sierra 2500 recall, 26V611000, was reported on September 24, 2026 and concerns the air bags: side/window: curtain: inflator.

GMC Sierra 2500 years to avoid

The best-measured GMC Sierra 2500 years are 2007 (0.4×), 2017 (0.5×) and 2019 (0.5×).

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the GMC Sierra 2500, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2026012—not ranked
2025128—not ranked
20244106—not ranked
2023133—not ranked
202234436
1.3×
202165227
1.2×
202097931
1.6×
201973213
0.5×
201853520
0.8×
201763712
0.5×
201665926
1.1×
201568942
1.8×
201423015
0.6×
20133462not ranked
20123317not ranked
20114635not ranked
20100103not ranked
20095319not ranked
20080638not ranked
200738311
0.4×

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.GMC Sierra 2500 years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the GMC Sierra 2500

  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE12
  • AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN:INFLATOR7
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL6
  • LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH6
  • EQUIPMENT5
  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES4
  • POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE4
  • ENGINE3
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM3
  • FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY3

GMC Sierra 2500 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every GMC Sierra 2500 recall campaign (38)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the GMC Sierra 2500, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
26V611000September 24, 2026air bags: side/window: curtain: inflator2016injury1,559
26V530000August 13, 2026tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems2024–2025crash8
26V325000May 21, 2026air bags2019injury4,315
26V166000March 19, 2026air bags2019injury2,819
26V083000February 12, 2026power train: automatic transmission: control module: software2020crash1,055
25V432000June 26, 2025air bags2019crash and injury1,658
24V894000November 26, 2024latches/locks/linkages: tailgate: latch2024crash131,231
24V797000October 24, 2024power train: automatic transmission: control module: software2020–2022crash463,295
24V756000October 10, 2024air bags: side/window: curtain: inflator2018–2019crash and injury2,061
24V060000February 1, 2024latches/locks/linkages: tailgate: latch2020–2024crash570,434
23V549000August 3, 2023steering2024crash3,893
23V047000February 2, 2023fuel system, diesel: storage: tank assembly2017–2019crash22,132
21V758000September 29, 2021service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: electric: control module2021–2022firepark outside3,241
21V578000July 29, 2021tires: temporary/emergency spare tire2020–2021crash86
21V496000July 1, 2021equipment: electrical: engine block heater2017–2019fire338,020
21V504000July 1, 2021air bags: side/window: curtain: inflator2015–2016crash and injury410,019
21V050000February 5, 2021air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module2009, 2011injury and death2,641,272
21V051000February 5, 2021air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module2012injury and death284,645
21V052000February 5, 2021air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module2009injury and death557,023
21V053000February 5, 2021air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module2009, 2013injury and death692,526
21V054000February 5, 2021air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module2011–2014injury and death1,778,128
20V811000December 23, 2020seat belts2021crash and injury470
20V792000December 17, 2020seat belts2020–2021crash and injury624,216
20V736000November 25, 2020air bags: side/window: curtain: inflator2015crash and injury9,279
20V446000July 30, 2020air bags: side/window: curtain: inflator2020crash and injury769
20V324000June 4, 2020structure: body: hood2020crash272
20V142000March 12, 2020latches/locks/linkages: hood: latch2020crash1,909
20V011000January 10, 2020air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module2007injury and death699
19V814000November 14, 2019seat belts: pretensioner2020fire556,399
19V328000April 25, 2019engine2017–2019fire318,374
18V578000August 30, 2018service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages2015–2016crash42,280
18V267000April 26, 2018equipment2009, 2011–2014fire and injury6,154
17V567000September 14, 2017seat belts: front: retractor2017–2018crash and injury38,048
17V437000July 10, 2017air bags: frontal2015–2017crash and injury40,683
16V651000September 8, 2016air bags: frontal2015–2017crash and injury3,640,162
16V069000February 5, 2016service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages2015–2016crash430,771
15V324000May 28, 2015air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module2007crash, injury and death330,198
14V407000July 2, 2014electrical system2007, 2009, 2011fire9,371

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the GMC Sierra 2500. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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