21V053000
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.
2013 GMC SIERRA 3500
4 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 15 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations11 open
Owner complaints15
Complaints citing a crash1
Complaints citing a fire0
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 4 of 4
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.
17V664000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:AUXILLARY TANK
If the front tank overfills, the excess pressure may cause the front tank to expand and contact the driveshaft, possibly resulting in a hole in the tank. The hole will leak fuel, which in the presence of an ignition source, can increase the risk of a fire.
What owners report most
- 5AIR BAGS
- 2ENGINE
- 2FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 2POWER TRAIN
- 1ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INTEGRATED TRAILER BRAKE CONTROL
- 1SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 1STEERING
- 1UNKNOWN OR OTHER
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2013 GMC SIERRA 3500s 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.