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GMC cruise control problems

Across all GMC models in NHTSA's complaint database, 1,322 complaints involve cruise control. The Sierra 1500 accounts for the largest share (13%). The single worst model year is the 1999 Sierra with 40 cruise control complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
1,322 about cruise control, all GMC models
Most affected
Sierra 1500 13% of these complaints
Typical mileage
55,000 miles 652 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
109 and 12

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which GMC models

ModelComplaintsShare
Sierra 150016913%
Sierra16212%
Acadia15612%
Yukon12510%
Terrain1008%
Jimmy816%
Envoy685%
Yukon XL645%
Sonoma564%
Safari464%

Worst model years for cruise control

  1. 1999 GMC Sierra40 complaints
  2. 2008 GMC Acadia36 complaints
  3. 2000 GMC Sierra27 complaints
  4. 2005 GMC Envoy22 complaints
  5. 2007 GMC Acadia19 complaints

Cruise control complaints by model year

GMC cruise control complaints by model year 0 43 85 1990: 2 '90 1991: 10 1992: 10 1993: 25 '93 1994: 38 1995: 44 1996: 53 '96 1997: 37 1998: 32 1999: 74 '99 2000: 76 2001: 34 2002: 32 '02 2003: 77 2004: 81 2005: 45 '05 2006: 18 2007: 57 2008: 58 '08 2009: 32 2010: 38 2011: 55 '11 2012: 30 2013: 16 2014: 34 '14 2015: 30 2016: 31 2017: 34 '17 2018: 26 2019: 27 2020: 32 '20 2021: 28 2022: 20 2023: 34 '23 2024: 30 2025: 15 2026: 7 '26
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
19902
199110
199210
199325
199438
199544
199653
199737
199832
199974
200076
200134
200232
200377
200481
200545
200618
200757
200858
200932
201038
201155
201230
201316
201434
201530
201631
201734
201826
201927
202032
202128
202220
202334
202430
202515
20267

Among the 652 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 55,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.