Model Year Scorecard · NHTSA + EPA data

GMC model years compared

Every GMC model in the catalogue (1970–2027), with owner complaints, recall campaigns, urgent advisories and fatal-crash involvement summed across all model years. Open a model to see its years side by side and the best and worst year called out.

41,522
Owner complaints
filed with NHTSA, most on the Sierra 1500
720
Recall campaigns
distinct NHTSA campaigns, most on the Yukon
6
Urgent advisories
do-not-drive & park-outside campaigns
8,178
Fatal-crash vehicles
FARS census, 2020 onward, exact

GMC models ranked by complaints

GMC models ranked by NHTSA owner complaints across all model years
Model Years Complaints Recalls Urgent Fatal (FARS) MPG
Sierra 1500 1999–2026 (28)
8,734
60 1 15.3
Acadia 2007–2027 (21)
5,531
38 760 21
Yukon 1992–2026 (35)
4,938
75 1 1,039 16.4
Sierra 2007–2026 (20)
3,937
56 1 4,038 20
Terrain 2010–2027 (18)
3,094
22 759 23.9
Jimmy 1970–2005 (36)
2,720
27 2 17.5
Envoy 2002–2009 (8)
2,459
27 512 16.6
Yukon XL 2015–2026 (12)
2,364
53 1 575 20
Sierra 2500 1999–2004 (6)
1,811
44 1 12
Canyon 2004–2026 (21)
1,421
30 246 19.5
Sonoma 1991–2004 (14)
1,345
15 208 17.7
Safari 1985–2005 (21)
1,135
15 36 16.6
Envoy XL 2002–2006 (5)
594
8 15.5
Sierra 3500 2001–2006 (6)
572
43 1
Yukon XL 1500 2000–2014 (15)
309
2 14.4
Envoy XUV 2004–2005 (2)
175
16
Yukon XL 2500 2000–2013 (14)
61
12
C2500 1979–2000 (21)
49
8 18
Sierra 1500 HD 2001–2006 (5)
48
K2500 1979–2000 (21)
47
11 16.7
Savana 1500 1996–2014 (19)
44
3 15.1
C3500 1979–2000 (21)
26
9
Savana 3500 1996–2026 (31)
24
3 12.1
Savana 2500 1996–2026 (31)
22
12.7
Sierra EV 2024–2027 (4)
17
5 67
Hummer EV SUV 2024–2026 (3)
16
3 3 53
Hummer EV Pickup 2022–2026 (5)
13
7 53
K3500 1979–2000 (21)
12
3
T6500 1997–2009 (12)
2
1
C3500HD 1991–2002 (12)
1
1
Sierra 2500 HD 2001–2026 (26)
1
11
B7 1993–2002 (10)
10
C4500 Topkick catalogue only 2003–2009 (7)
C5500 Topkick catalogue only 2003–2009 (7)
C6500 Topkick catalogue only 1997–2009 (13)
C7500 Topkick catalogue only 1997–2009 (13)
C8500 Topkick catalogue only 2003–2009 (7)
Savana 4500 catalogue only 2009–2026 (18)
Sierra 1500 Limited catalogue only 2019–2022 (2)
Sierra 3500 HD catalogue only 2007–2026 (20)
T7500 catalogue only 1997–2009 (12)
W3500 Forward catalogue only 1995–2008 (14)
W4500 Forward catalogue only 1992–2010 (19)
W5500 Forward catalogue only 1988–2010 (23)
W5500HD Forward catalogue only 2004–2009 (6)

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Sources. Owner complaints, recall campaigns and advisories are from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation datasets; fatal-crash vehicles from FARS; fuel economy from the EPA. VehDB sums them per model; the figures are not VehDB's own findings.

How to read it. Complaints and recalls are summed over every catalogue year of the model, so long-running best-sellers rank high on volume alone; the model page ranks each year against other vehicles of the same model year, which is the fairer read. Urgent counts do-not-drive and park-outside campaigns. Fatal (FARS) is a census of vehicles in fatal crashes from 2020 onward, exact, and is never mixed with CRSS estimates. MPG is the EPA combined average across the model's trims. Sources are U.S. public domain; nothing here is a verified defect finding.