21V050000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, resulting in serious injury or death.
2011 GMC SIERRA 1500
5 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (1 open), 362 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations21 open
Owner complaints362
Complaints citing a crash9
Complaints citing a fire4
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 5 of 5
21V054000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, resulting in serious injury or death.
18V267000
EQUIPMENT
In the event of a fire, if the fire extinguisher does not function properly, it can increase the risk of injury.
11V007000
SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE
THE DRIVER MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING.
10V643000
SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE
THE DRIVER MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING.
What owners report most
- 112AIR BAGS
- 72UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 38STRUCTURE:BODY
- 21POWER TRAIN
- 16ENGINE
- 15ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 10STEERING
- 10FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2011 GMC SIERRA 1500s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.