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2014 GMC Sierra 1500 drivetrain & axles problems

Owners reported drivetrain & axles problems in 69 complaints for the 2014 GMC Sierra 1500, 7% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
69 7% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
70,000 miles 35 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When drivetrain & axles problems show up

Drivetrain & axles complaints by mileage, 2014 GMC Sierra 1500 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 70,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 7 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 6 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 70,000 miles
Based on 35 complaints that include mileage. 37% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles5
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles7
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles6
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 35 drivetrain & axles complaints that report mileage, the median is about 70,000 miles, and 37% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes.

What owners wrote

I temporarily had no control over the vehicle causing me to have an accident. While driving down a residential street approaching a stop sign intersection I merged into the center of st to pass a trashcan and in the process of returning to my correct position on the road I suddenly had no steering. Panicking from the loss I pressed my brakes an attempt to bring vehicle to a stop but was unsuccessful because the tires began a slide once noticing the traction loss I proceeded to release brakes and reapply in hopes…

January 2018 Crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 GMC sierra 1500. While driving approximately 25 MPH downhill with the accelerator pedal released, the vehicle went out of gear and had no acceleration. The contact had to switch to neutral and then to drive in order for the vehicle to perform normally. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The contact also stated that the failure only occurred when the vehicle was traveling below 30 MPH and with the foot off the accelerator and brake pedals. The failure occurred four times.

Reported at 71,000 miles, January 2018

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