Complaint volume
533 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
533 consumer-submitted complaints on record for the 2022 GMC Sierra, grouped by component category.
533 Total complaints
10 Crash reports
5 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, 5 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 82 complaints, with an average reported failure mileage of 45,345 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
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How severe are the 2022 GMC Sierra complaints?
10 Crash
5 Fire
3 Injury
0 Fatality
36 Towed
1 Medical attention
What are the most common 2022 GMC Sierra complaint categories?
ENGINE 144
STRUCTURE 77
POWER TRAIN 51
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 47
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 27
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE 22
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 21
SERVICE BRAKES 13
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 8
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 8
533 total complaints on record
Latest complaints
| Date | Component | Summary | Severity | Mileage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE | The contact owns a 2022 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the radio and other electrical systems failed to function as intended. The contact pulled over to the side of the road and turned off the vehicle. After several minutes, the contact restarted the vehicle and the radio and other electrical systems failed to engage. The contact was unsure if any warning lights were illuminated. The contact stated that on a separate occasion, while driving at various speeds, the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. Upon further investigation, the contact became aware of a recall on the VIN. The contact parked the vehicle at the residence and no longer drove the vehicle. The contact asked the dealer to provide towing service to tow the vehicle and no response was provided. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 16,000. | Crash: No Fire: No | 16,000 |
| Aug 2025 | ENGINE | I was notified by GMC of recall N25249000 by letter in May 2025. Shortly after I scheduled an appointment with my GM dealer to get the recall repaired but the dealer told me that GM has not told them how to repair the issue. The GM dealer told me they would let me know when GM tells the dealer how to repair the issue, so I could bring the vehicle back to repair the recall. I just received another notice from GMC about the recall today (08/11/2025). It has been roughly 4 months of waiting to get this recall fixed on my vehicle. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Aug 2025 | POWER TRAIN | Transmission keeps shifting hard and stud stuttering at low speeds | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Aug 2025 | STRUCTURE | March 28, 2025: A recall (NHTSA Recall No. : 25V-060) service for the front upper grille deflector was performed. August 7, 2025: The front upper grille deflector flew off my truck while I was driving on the interstate, despite the recent recall service. The failure of a recall repair is particularly alarming and a serious safety hazard. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Aug 2025 | STRUCTURE | GMC Sierra 1500 Front Upper Top Grille Molding Trim randomly flew off at highway speed. Hit the windshield and the vehicle behind me. No warning | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Aug 2025 | ENGINE | The vehicle’s shift control module in the transmission is malfunctioning. The vehicle is shifting hard and having trouble finding the gears. The safety issue is that this is a known GMC transmission malfunction with the risk that the rear wheels can lock up when downshifting in the higher gears. Sudden rear wheels lock up proses a risk to cause an accident on the roadway potentially harming the driver and passengers in the defective vehicle as well as risking other drivers on the road. No warnings were given before the malfunction. The vehicle has been regularly serviced on time and taken care of. The malfunction began and within one week the vehicle progressed to shifting so hard I didn’t feel comfortable driving it especially with my child in tow. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Aug 2025 | ENGINE | I received a recall notice in May 2025 for L87 Engine. To date, remedy not available. Per the safety recall letter provided, I'm notifying you that the dealer has failed "within a reasonable amount of time" to remedy this situation. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Aug 2025 | STRUCTURE | The contact owns a 2022 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact stated that while driving 60 MPH on the highway, the front grill detached. No warning light was illuminated prior to or during the failure. The local dealer was contacted and placed a special order for the part; however, the contact had not received an update from the dealer after several months, and the vehicle remained unrepaired. The manufacturer had not been contacted regarding the failure. The current mileage was approximately 90,000. The failure mileage was approximately 20,000. | Crash: No Fire: No | 20,000 |
| Aug 2025 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | My daughter and I drove to town to run some errands, we live twenty-three minutes away and take the freeway. Speed limit on that specific section of the freeway (I80) is 80mph. As I was taking the on-ramp to enter traffic, My GMC started shifted very hard and losing power. The vehicle was sputtering and making strange sounds. I was unable to exceed 60mph due to excessive vibrations/shaking the vehicle. Steering was starting to be difficult at the same time I noticed Oil Pressure Gauge slowly dropping on instrument panel below 25psi. I had to pull over immediately. oil pressure remained lower than normal, verified Oil was filled to manufactures specifications (changed June 30, 2025). Returned the vehicle to my place of residence as safe and slow as I possibly could and parked it as it is a major safety concern. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Aug 2025 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | The contact owns a 2022 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the check engine warning light was illuminated, and the vehicle suddenly stalled. The vehicle was able to restart, but the check engine warning light remained illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer, where it was diagnosed with an engine oil consumption failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact was informed that the failure was related to NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V274000( Engine and Engine Cooling). The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 87,500. | Crash: No Fire: No | 87,000 |
| Aug 2025 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | The contact owns a 2022 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact stated the vehicle was consuming an excessive amount of engine oil. The contact stated that engine oil needed to be added after each oil change. The contact stated that recently, the low oil warning illuminated. The contact had taken the vehicle to a local dealer, who was unable to diagnose the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact recently received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V274000 (Engine and Engine Cooling). The contact related the excessive oil consumption to the recall. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 47,000. | Crash: No Fire: No | 47,000 |
| Jul 2025 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | My 2022 GMC Sierra 1500 shows message "Shift To Park" when turning off, even though it has been shifted to park. Have to play with shifter to get it to stop, sometimes turning it back on and off will do trick. Locking it with remote works most of the time but this last time it took over 10 minutes . | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jul 2025 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN | The contact owns a 2022 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact stated while driving 60 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The message "hot oil" was displayed on the screen. The contact was able to coast to the side of the road where the vehicle failed to restart. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the engine had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The contact later received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V274000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). The contact stated that on a separate occasion, while the vehicle was idling, the vehicle vibrate abnormally. In addition, the transmission unexpectedly downshifted. The message to be careful when passing, and the message to use both hands while driving were displayed. The contact stated that most recently an alarm was coming from the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that a fan had failed and needed to be replaced. The contact was unsure if the vehicle was repaired. The failure was a recurring failure. The contact was concerned about the safety of the vehicle while driving. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 37,000. | Crash: No Fire: No Towed | 37,000 |
| Jul 2025 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | Unloaded my Denali at huge loss with 30,000 miles because gm wouldn’t fix recall after many times in shop, broke down on freeway, and need to travel to Canada on business. Canada won’t allow vehicles with open safety recalls to enter country even though im pretty sure engine was MADE in Canada. Gm corporate office told me there’s nothing they can do. While in shop for 4 days of testing i watched vehicle on app, never started, moved, just put out back for 4 days then told absolutely nothing. Just wanted fair trade in for diesel. Truck looked identical to brand new on lot, 10/10 except engine recall. Gm promised to reimburse rental fees when broke down a week or so, submitted documents to Gm, nothing recieved. Bought ram instead for obvious reasons. Is there a lemon law, class action, agency etc that can help compensate for losses? The public should be warned! | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jul 2025 | POWER TRAIN | A 2022 Sierra 1500 had a catastrophic engine failure while driving. The vehicle was unstable and came to rest. The issue has been confirmed base on the recall notice. The vehicle has been sitting at the dealer for three months waiting for GM to 'Open' the recall on this vehicle. Customer Service has been contacted on several occasions but the recall is still not opened. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jul 2025 | POWER TRAIN | Purchase a used 2022 GMC Sierra 1500 Denali with a 3.0L diesel at around 42,000 miles. Drove it for about 1,500 miles before I started noticing unusual shifting with the transmission which became more noticeable with time. At around 44,000 miles, the truck had two hard shifts going 35-40 MPH on a flat round and put itself into limp mode. Turned off and on the truck multiple times, the engine light always stayed on but the symptoms would come and go. Either way the truck always went back into limp mode after a few miles. I did a quick scan and it came out with a P0700 and P0746 code. I limped it to the dealer and was told that it was a bad valve body which is apparently on back order with no ETA and they can’t tell me when I will get my truck back. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jul 2025 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | The contact owns a 2022 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact stated that after shifting to drive (D) and depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle failed to respond as intended. The contact shifted to park(P) and attempted to turn off the vehicle; however, the vehicle failed to turn off. The contact stated after several attempts, the vehicle turned off; however, the contact was unable to restart the vehicle. The contact stated that the "Service Engine" warning light was illuminated. The contact had the vehicle towed to a dealer. The contact stated that the tow truck driver was unable to shift the vehicle to neutral(N) to winch the vehicle onto the flat bed. The dealer had not yet diagnosed the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 17,000. | Crash: No Fire: No Towed | 17,000 |
| Jul 2025 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | While driving on streets and freeways the truck will shift hard and then loss of acceleration and into limp mode. Lights all on dash go crazy like brakes, 4WD, fuel gauge and check engine light. It has done it 8 times now and has been in the shop 5 times with same issue. Major safety issue while driving 70 mile hour then governs it at 55-62 mile per hour. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jul 2025 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE | The radiator needs to be replaced on the 3.0L due to a leak in the seam of the radiator. The dealer has stated that they have had a few in the shop recently due to the same issue. There are a lot of complaints online that have the same issue, and customers have had to pay $3000 for the same replacement. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jul 2025 | POWER TRAIN | The contact owns a 2022 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact stated while driving 25-30 MPH, the transmission shifted hard while depressing the accelerator pedal. The contact stated that while driving 75 MPH with the cruise control activated, the vehicle hesitated with the message "Service Transmission Immediately" displayed. The vehicle stalled and the contact coasted the vehicle off to the shoulder of the highway. Due to the failure, the vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. While speaking with a relative that owned a similar vehicle, the contact was informed of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V797000 (Power Train); however, the VIN was not included in the recall. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and confirmed that the vehicle was not under recall; the contact was referred to the NHTSA Hotline to report the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 100,200. | Crash: No Fire: No Towed | 100,200 |
| Jul 2025 | ENGINE | Pulling away from a stop sign when we were driving, and when I started to excelerate the truck it just died. We were at a busy intersection and was able to pull off the road into a parking lot and had AAA come and tow the truck and took it to Poages Auto Plaza, Quincy IL. This could have been really serious had we been on a busier road. We tried to restart the vehical and it would not start. We are going to need a loaner vehical preferrably a Truck. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jul 2025 | STRUCTURE | While driving on [XXX] from Houston to San Antonio the front Grille spontaneously flew off from my hood and hit my windshield. Grille damaged the hood but no known damage to shield. This was very frightening while on a highway because it almost caused me to crash as it triggered my PTSD from the blast and led me to swerve. Fortunately I regained vehicle control and avoided other damage to others. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jul 2025 | STRUCTURE | Multiple times today my tailgate dropped randomly without my knowledge. With the tailgate randomly dropping, and no warning lamps, messages, or other symptoms, it puts others at risk due to the potential for the contents of the truck bed to fall out into traffic causing damage or bodily injury to others on the road. During my research on what could cause this to occur, I was made aware of a recall of this same make, model, and year vehicle. The description of the reason for the recall was exactly what I experienced with my vehicle. I immediately attempted to confirm that my vehicle was listed on the recall by entering by VIN online. I discovered that there was not an active recall on my specific vehicle, so I contacted the nearest GMC dealership. After speaking with the service tech, he confirmed that my symptoms was exactly what the dealership had addressed with other vehicles that were on the recall list. He confirmed that my VIN was not included, yet the recall did have the same make, model, and year. I will be making an appointment at my dealership to repair this at my expense since it is not covered on the recall. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jul 2025 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | The contact owns a 2022 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V274000 (Engine and Engine Cooling); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer and Classic Chevrolet Buick GMC of Cleburne (822 Walter P. Holliday, Cleburne, TX 76033); were contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jul 2025 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | The contact owns a 2022 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V274000 (Engine and Engine Cooling); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The dealer was made aware of the issue and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |