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GMC seat belts problems

Across all GMC models in NHTSA's complaint database, 854 complaints involve seat belts. The Acadia accounts for the largest share (12%). The single worst model year is the 1991 Jimmy with 19 seat belts complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
854 about seat belts, all GMC models
Most affected
Acadia 12% of these complaints
Typical mileage
62,000 miles 310 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
119 and 5

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which GMC models

ModelComplaintsShare
Acadia10312%
Sierra 150010212%
Sierra8610%
Yukon8510%
Jimmy779%
Envoy546%
Safari476%
Suburban405%
Terrain384%
Sonoma253%

Worst model years for seat belts

  1. 1991 GMC Jimmy19 complaints
  2. 2014 GMC Sierra 150019 complaints
  3. 2002 GMC Envoy17 complaints
  4. 1999 GMC Sierra17 complaints
  5. 2015 GMC Sierra 150016 complaints

Seat belts complaints by model year

GMC seat belts complaints by model year 0 28 55 1990: 19 '90 1991: 36 1992: 15 1993: 27 '93 1994: 48 1995: 53 1996: 34 '96 1997: 32 1998: 24 1999: 50 '99 2000: 35 2001: 33 2002: 45 '02 2003: 33 2004: 25 2005: 15 '05 2006: 4 2007: 31 2008: 37 '08 2009: 15 2010: 14 2011: 21 '11 2012: 22 2013: 9 2014: 29 '14 2015: 37 2016: 17 2017: 23 '17 2018: 20 2019: 10 2020: 7 '20 2021: 14 2022: 9 2023: 6 '23 2024: 4 2025: 1
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
199019
199136
199215
199327
199448
199553
199634
199732
199824
199950
200035
200133
200245
200333
200425
200515
20064
200731
200837
200915
201014
201121
201222
20139
201429
201537
201617
201723
201820
201910
20207
202114
20229
20236
20244
20251

Among the 310 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 62,000 miles.

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