16V256000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
Inadequate welds may allow the control arm to separate from the bushing, compromising steering and increasing the risk of a crash.
2016 GMC SIERRA 1500
7 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 1 defect investigation, 442 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
1 campaign covering the 2016 GMC SIERRA 1500 carries NHTSA’s “park it” advisory — the federal government telling owners to stop driving the vehicle until the remedy has been performed. Whether it was performed on any particular car is not something NHTSA publishes in a form anyone can query; a franchised dealer can run the VIN and print the record in a minute, and the repair is free.
The record
Recall campaigns7
Park it1stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints442
Complaints citing a crash14
Complaints citing a fire18
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 6 of 7
21V504000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN:INFLATOR
A separated inflator end cap or inflator rupture can allow compressed gas to escape, resulting in the end cap or other components being propelled into the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury or crash.
20V736000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN:INFLATOR
If the end cap separates from the inflator, the compressed gas will escape and the end cap can be propelled into the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury or a crash.
19V761000
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
Unintended activation of the driveline-protection system will cause unintended braking on the wheel on the opposite side of the failed sensor, causing the vehicle to pull to one side unexpectedly, increasing the risk of a crash.
19V645000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM
As the vacuum level drops, the brake assist decreases, increasing braking effort, extending the distance required to stop the vehicle, thereby increasing the risk of a crash.
17V437000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
A failure of the front air bags or seat belt pretensioners to deploy in the event of a crash necessitating deployment increases the risk of injury to the driver and front passenger.
What owners report most
- 100SERVICE BRAKES
- 82POWER TRAIN
- 51ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 37STEERING
- 37ENGINE
- 35UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 15SUSPENSION
- 10AIR BAGS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2016 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.