GMC Sierra 2500

568 complaints across 8 scored model years and 29 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · GMC Sierra 2500 Full report

Grade 2014–2021

2015 vs model median 2.0×

Model median3× median

Lights & Visibility 27

Fuel System 4

Airbags & Restraints 4

Avoid

2015 · 2020

Best

2017 · 2019

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Severity-weighted complaint volume and grade by model year for the GMC Sierra 2500
Year	vs median	Reports	Grade
2014	0.81×	21	B
2015	1.97×	56	F
2016	1.19×	38	C
2017	0.51×	16	B
2018	0.80×	25	C
2019	0.53×	23	B
2020	1.51×	56	D
2021	1.46×	49	D
2022 P	1.71×	53	D
2023 P	1.26×	39	C
2024 P	3.25×	127	F
2025 P	1.09×	35	B

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

Recalls

29 campaigns on record, 1 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Recall campaigns, largest first
Campaign	Component	Model years	Units affected
16V651000	AIR BAGS:FRONTAL	2015–2017	3,640,162
21V054000	AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE	2014	1,778,128
20V792000	SEAT BELTS	2020, 2021	624,216
24V060000	LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH	2020–2024	570,434
19V814000	SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER	2020	556,399
24V797000	POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE	2020–2022	463,295
16V069000	SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES	2015, 2016	430,771
21V504000	AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN:INFLATOR	2015, 2016	410,019

+ 21 further campaigns

Others in Heavy-Duty Trucks

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Other models in the same segment
Model	Years to avoid	Grade
Chevrolet Silverado 2500	20152020	C
Ford F-250	20172019	C
Ford F-350	20172019	C
Ram 2500	20142018	C
Ram 3500	20122014	C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2015 Sierra 2500

Complaints in window: 56
Severity-weighted: 90.5
Model median (weighted): 46
vs model median: 1.97×
Recall campaigns (weighted): 6
Open investigations: 1

Score 32.5 F