Complaint volume
517 consumer-submitted complaints are matched to this model year. Treat the count as a research signal, then read the actual summaries for repeated symptoms.
Complaint records
2022 GMC Sierra Complaints
517 consumer-submitted complaints on record for the 2022 GMC Sierra, grouped by component category.
517 Total complaints
10 Crash reports
6 Fire reports
3 Injury reports
Complaint data reflects consumer-submitted reports. A complaint is not proof
of a defect, recall, or manufacturer fault. Enriched severity fields come
from official bulk records when the complaint can be matched by ODI number.
Buyer interpretation
How to use these complaints before buying
Complaint records are most useful when they turn into inspection points, seller questions, and comparison checks against nearby model years.
Pattern to inspect
The most common categories are engine, structure, power train. Use those categories as a test-drive checklist instead of judging the vehicle from the total count alone.
Severity flags
Enriched records include 10 crash reports, 6 fire reports, 3 injury reports, and 0 fatality reports. These fields come from complaint records and should be read in context.
Mileage clue
Mileage is available on 78 complaints, with an average reported failure mileage of 44,857 miles. Compare that with the mileage on the listing.
Questions to ask the seller
- Have you had any problems related to engine, structure, power train?
- Can I see recent maintenance and repair records?
- Has the vehicle ever been towed, involved in a crash, or repaired for the same issue twice?
- Can we also check the recall record for this 2022 GMC Sierra?
Used-car checklist
Use these complaints before the test drive.
Build a buyer checklist to turn these issues into questions and inspection points.
2022 GMC Sierra
Build buyer checklist Compare with other years Sends year, make, and model to pre-fill your checklist.
How severe are the 2022 GMC Sierra complaints?
10 Crash
6 Fire
3 Injury
0 Fatality
34 Towed
1 Medical attention
What are the most common 2022 GMC Sierra complaint categories?
ENGINE 140
STRUCTURE 73
POWER TRAIN 49
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 46
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 26
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 21
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE 21
SERVICE BRAKES 13
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 8
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 7
517 total complaints on record
Latest complaints
| Date | Component | Summary | Severity | Mileage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2024 | STEERING | The contact owns a 2022 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact stated while driving at approximately 55 MPH, the contact observed a loud sound coming from the front passenger’s side of the vehicle. The contact stated that the steering wheel then pulled to the right. The vehicle was steered to the side of the road and inspected. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was awaiting a diagnostic test. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 32,000. | Crash: No Fire: No Towed | 32,000 |
| Jul 2024 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | MY TRUCK HAS THE PRO TAILGATE AND THE INNER GATE HAS COME OPEN SEVERAL TIMES. IT HAS STOP OPENNING ON IT OWN NOW, BUT IT WILL NOT OPEN BY THE BUTTON ON THE TAIL GATE. IT SEEMS GM IS AWARE THEY HAVE A PROBLEM, BUT ONLY ISUED A RECALL ON CERTAIN TRUCKS AND NOT ALL TRUCKS WITH THE PRO TAILGATE, | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jul 2024 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE | On June 8th I started my truck and it made a strange unfamiliar noise before starting. I thought it was bizarre. Shortly after I stopped in traffic and my truck stalled out. It stayed on but when I went to give it gas I didn’t move. So I restarted the engine and the same strange noise was made. Along with the noise I smelled something funny so I pulled into a gas station. Little did I know my truck was on fire. I got the vehicle away from the gas pumps and within 5 minutes the whole truck was on fire. Before this fire I had brought the vehicle in for service due to a check engine light multiple times the codes will be listed below. I also had an interlock device installed in the truck at the time. | Crash: No Fire: Yes | Unknown |
| Jun 2024 | ENGINE | Just got off the highway was at stop sign on exit ramp and it just died. No warnings no lights no indication that something was about to happen. No neutral so couldn’t even push it out of the way of traffic. Had it towed to shop for diagnostic. Possible lifter problem. $600. Dealership towed it to their shop. Engine tear down, lifters replaced. Gmc to pay 30%, dealership paying $1000, me $1300. Dealership started truck and the crank bearing spun. Now needs new engine, which are on back order. Cost ??? How long before engine available??? This is a known problem by the dealerships, GM & repair shops. Had we still been on the highway when this occurred doing 75mph we could have been killed. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jun 2024 | STRUCTURE,BACK OVER PREVENTION | Issues- Front and Rear external safety camera system fails to display. Tailgate falls open on its own while in motion. This was a new purchased vehicle off the lot. Yes-Vehicle is available upon request for examination. Yes-Safety risk are imminent due to blind spots caused by inoperative cameras i.e. hitting unseen pedestrians crossing behind or in front and behind the vehicle. The tail gate dislodging without notice or visual to the driver can cause a loss of passengers possessions or equipment also causing a road hazard for trailing vehicles on any roads highways while vehicle is in motion. Yes- This problem has been noted by dealerships across America. There is no recall for my vehicle at this time. No- Vehicles have not been inspected without a recall action or requirement. Dealer says they will not perform a diagnosis without the requirement to do so. This was a a newly purchased vehicle. No-There were never any warning lamps or indication automatically of the camera system’s failure | Crash: Yes Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jun 2024 | POWER TRAIN | The contact owns a 2022 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact stated upon accelerating and driving at approximately 5 MPH, the vehicle violently jerked. The vehicle began to drive as designed, but the failure recurred. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer, who test-drove the vehicle and experienced the failure, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 52,000. The VIN was not available. | Crash: No Fire: No | 52,000 |
| Jun 2024 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE | Problem #1: initially reported issue with check engine light coming on when driving in rain or getting vehicle washed. Research shows grounding issues. Dealership replaced BCM but problem persists. Reported problem again but no actions are being taken | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jun 2024 | STRUCTURE | While commuting on a US Hwy the front upper grill came off the vehicle flying into the windshield and surrounding traffic. Research online shows that this occurrence happens with the same vehicle with different owners. This is a life safety issue that also is not being repaired by the manufacturer. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jun 2024 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | While driving, the infotainment system will suddenly increase volume to 100%. Have had this happen 4 times. Unable to turn sound down the last instance (or turn it off). Was able to find a safe spot to park and turn the vehicle off. This did nothing, as the radio would not turn off regardless of what I had done. After roughly 5 minutes of the vehicle being shut off, the radio finally turned off. No matter how many times the truck was turned on and off, the issue persisted. The only "fix" that worked was to let the vehicle for some time, which seemed to reset the system. THIS IS A MAJOR HAZARD AS HAVING SUDDEN SHOCK FROM VOLUME ISSUES IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. The sudden increase in volume nearly caused an accident on the road (each time). Vehicle is being brought to a dealer today to figure out the issue, but I see that it has been reported in several forums online with no fixes appearing to be available. Prior to the issue, there was no other issues or prior symptoms to alert of an issue. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| May 2024 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,LANE DEPARTURE | Side Blind Zone Warning in Driver’s side mirror constantly alerts(turns on) when driving on a highway next to guardrails without any other vehicles nearby. Extremely disturbing at night. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| May 2024 | STRUCTURE | When traveling out of town on the interstate approximately 70/75mph. Part of our hood/trimming deluged scraping our hood and nearly Colliding with two other vehicles. Not something that is common and seems to me a manufacture defect that GM is trying to wipe their hands of and I will not stand for that. I have been trying for about a month to get GM to repair this odd phenomenon. However they continue to give me the complete run around. It’s been absolutely impossible to get a hold of anybody the dealership will not help me. I keep receiving email from Gm saying they attempted to make contact but, I did not answer my phone. I have my phone on me at all times I have received no voicemails from them. I write and called them back. I haven’t received a return call/voicemails, or email. GM originally refer me back to the dealership when the dealership will not help me. They originally said they will order the part. I have to pay for the part and they will pay for labor. They contacted me when they had the part in hand supposedly. I sat at the dealership for three hours today for them to tell me that part was not correct and that they can’t cover it and that I would need to cover it , I am tired of the games and I want my vehicle fixed. I have been left with no choice but to file complaint. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| May 2024 | STRUCTURE | Tailgate randomly opened while in park. This is a problem for multiple reasons. When hauling a travel trailer when you put the truck in park the tailgate falls into the jack denting the tailgate and scratching the paint. On some trailers it would be possible for the tailgate to fall onto the jack switches causing the jack to go down unexpectedly. The only way to get the trailer off is not put the truck in Park which isn’t safe at all! The truck rolls in neutral if the parking brake isn’t on. You should be able to put the truck in park and not worry about the tailgate. I called GM a few months ago when this first happened and then it stopped until it rained this weekend while camping. I told them at the time I didn’t want it falling when I started hauling the camper. They said at the time that a dealer would have to look at it and did say there isn’t a recall on this truck like on the HD trucks so is essence I basically have to hope it does it while at the dealership so they will believe me as my word doesn’t mean anything. In my case after the switch is dry it doesn’t do it. Now I have video recording as it is memorial day and pretty hard to get it into the dealer when they are closed just to have it with fine there. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| May 2024 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | The contact owns a 2022 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact stated that while the vehicle was being driven or parked, the tailgate was inadvertently unlatched. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where the failure was linked to NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V060000 (Latches/Locks/Linkages). The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure; however, the contact was referred to the NHTSA Hotline. The failure mileage was 141,000. | Crash: No Fire: No | 141,000 |
| Apr 2024 | ENGINE | The contact owns a 2022 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, he heard a knock sound coming from the engine compartment. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, and during an inspection, the engine seized, after which the dealer diagnosed a failure with the rod bearings. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 31,000. | Crash: No Fire: No | 31,000 |
| Apr 2024 | POWER TRAIN | The engine failed while driving on the expressway. It is clearly the fault of the Active Fuel Management (AFM) system but GMC will not honor the warranty because I went over 7,500 miles between oil changes. This is a problem because the car stopped operating while driving down the interstate. Manufacturer inspection took place. They looked at the oil filter and saw the metal in the oil filter. No warning lamps, messages or symptoms of any sort prior to the engine failure. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2024 | POWER TRAIN | The transmission became inoperable and a message appeared on the display 'Engine Power Is Reduced' in area of the highway where the speed limit is 55 and then the transmission failed completely and left the engine revving at high rpm and not moving the vehicle forward and we rolled to the side of the road to a stop. This was a very dangerous situation as traffic was flying past us and had to move out of the way of our coasting vehicle. It was towed to a GMC dealership about 8 miles away as it is still under warranty. I've read many stories in GM forums about problems with this GM 10 speed transmission in this pickup truck. This needs to be looked into as a potential recall as this problem left us stranded on the side of the road as we had to wait for a ride because we had a dog with wife and I. Currently there is not a transmission recall listed for this vehicle. We were lucky to be in an area where we had cell phone service and relatively close to home, within 10 miles. We have a trip planned for next weekend to go to a couple national parks in Utah and now we don' t have a vehicle to take on this trip to haul out bikes. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2024 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Rear tailgate randomly opens on its own while driving. Items from the rear bed can fall out causing a traffic hazard | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2024 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | I am reaching out to you to make a report of a safety issue involving the 2022 GMC Sierra 1500 Denali model trucks (Vin [XXX] ). I recently read that there was a recall involving the 2020-2023 model 2500 GMC Sierra’s and their Multi-Latch tailgate. I have checked with GMC and my local dealer to see when or if my model would be included in this recall and they have no answer/response for me. The reason for my concern is that I had an issue last year with my tailgate dropping while in motion while pulling my camper. The result was that my tailgate was destroyed and damages were made to my camper as well with both needing to be repaired. The only reason that the bikes, propane tanks, etc that was in the back of my truck didn’t fall out and into moving traffic was because my camper was hooked up thankfully. Its very concerning to know that this same thing can happen again in the future at any given moment with the lack of a recall on my specific model truck. If the things I were hauling would have flown out the back at 60-70 mph it could have ended a lot worse for someone who was following behind me on the road. Additionally, the damages had to go on my driving record as an “at fault” accident which in turn caused a rise in my personal insurance rates. My insurance company assured me that the only way this can be removed was if an active recall were to be addressed with my model truck for the tailgate issue. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2024 | STRUCTURE | Multifunction tail gate opens while driving, opens when going over speed bumps, opens going over small bumps and opens while driving down the highway. I brought the vehicle to the GMC dealer, they replaced an electrical switch on the tail gate. This did not fix the problem, I called the dealer and they told me GMC does not have a repair for this new issue. This is a brand new truck that is under factory warrant, the truck has 10000 miles on it. If I ever have a load in the bed it may fall out onto the road or highway. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Mar 2024 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | The radio volume went up to max an it's own twice, both times it almost caused a crash. Nothing would make to volume turn down, not the radio volume dial or the buttons on the steering wheel. I had to pull over, stop and turn off the truck. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Mar 2024 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | The contact owns a 2022 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact stated that while driving and transporting a trailer at an undisclosed speed, the tailgate was independently activated. The contact was alerted by a nearby driver that the tailgate was open. The contact stated that due to the failure, the tailgate was damaged. In addition, the contact stated that the failure had occurred previously several times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. However, the contact was advised to report the failure to NHTSA. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a case was filed. The failure mileage was approximately 12,000. | Crash: No Fire: No | 12,000 |
| Mar 2024 | FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | Driving at 50mph on straight road. No traffic in front. Truck brakes activated. Went down to 29mph. Then picked up speed on its own. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Mar 2024 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE | On January 20th 2024 I was cleaning heavy dirt and mud off of my truck, after leaving the car wash and driving about 20 miles, once I parked my tailgate started to open over and over on its own. This happened again on March 4th 2024 after cleaning off a lot of dirt from my vehicle the tailgate opened on its own while my truck was parked in the garage. It opened into the garage door, when I left I did not know it was open, so when I opened the garage door the hinges on the garage door scraped and dented the tailgate as it opened. I had not pressed any buttons inside the truck, outside of the truck, or pressed the tailgate open buttons on the key fob. After intense car washes it has opened on its own each time. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Mar 2024 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | On Feb. 27, 2024 approx. 04:15 left for gym and work. When arrived at gym and began to park, I put truck in reverse to check back line and noticed I was looking at my license plate. I then put into park and got out of truck and shut tailgate. Thinking not much about it, I must've touched the button the night before and hit a bump on way into work. Since I have a toneau cover, it fits pretty tight and I typically have to pull it down by hand. I heard about recall that day after I got to work from co workers. Checked my VIN, but did not come up as one of the tailgate recalls. March 7, 2024- Left again for gym and work approximately same time in AM. As I was driving into gym and work, another car coming up close behind me wanted to pass. The car then suddenly backed off to a considerable distance. As I got to gym and put in reverse to check my back line, I noticed I was looking at my license plate again. I know that I did not touch a button either on FAB or tailgate. because I park in garage and leave FAB in a secure place where it can not be pressed. If tailgate was down in my garage, it would have stopped garage door from opening and/or damaged my garage door. In either instances, I did not get a sensor alarm going off on my dash for "tailgate down", If its even equipped with that alarm. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Mar 2024 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Multi-Function Tailgate keeps opening due to malfunction in tailgate switches. Going down the highway and suddenly the tailgate opens and materials in bed of truck are at risk of flying out the back. It is my understanding that they have recalled GMC Sierra 2500 models and above. Why not the 1500 GMC Denali model which is the same exact tailgate? | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |