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2015 GMC Sierra 1500 air bags problems

37 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2015 GMC Sierra 1500, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
37 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
34,000 miles 10 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
5 and 0
Injuries and deaths
6 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2015 GMC Sierra 1500 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 34,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 0 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 34,000 miles
Based on 10 complaints that include mileage. 60% 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 miles1
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles0
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 10 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 34,000 miles, and 60% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 5 crashes, 6 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 GMC sierra 1500. While driving 40 MPH, another vehicle struck the front end of the contact's vehicle, causing it to t-bone. The driver and passenger air bags failed to deploy and the seat belt pretensioners failed to lock the passenger and driver seat belts. A police report was filed. There were injuries sustained that required medical attention.

Reported at 35,000 miles, September 2017 CrashInjury

I purchased a GMC sierra 2015 regular cab from your company representative, aljomaih automotive company in the kingdom of saudi arabia. However, after a few months, I discovered that the vehicle had several defects, and it exposes its users to serious threat. After that, ministry of commerce in kingdom of saudi arabia has made several callsfor users of the same vehicle that they have to check with the representativeto fix the defect for free.

Reported at 10 miles, November 2015 Injury

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