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GMC seats problems

Across all GMC models in NHTSA's complaint database, 917 complaints involve seats. The Sierra accounts for the largest share (15%). The single worst model year is the 1995 Suburban with 47 seats complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
917 about seats, all GMC models
Most affected
Sierra 15% of these complaints
Typical mileage
56,000 miles 279 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
46 and 28

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which GMC models

ModelComplaintsShare
Sierra13615%
Yukon10512%
Suburban9911%
Sonoma799%
Acadia687%
Sierra 1500586%
Jimmy566%
Safari354%
Terrain324%
C1500273%

Worst model years for seats

  1. 1995 GMC Suburban47 complaints
  2. 1998 GMC Sonoma31 complaints
  3. 1995 GMC Sierra27 complaints
  4. 1995 GMC Yukon27 complaints
  5. 1996 GMC Sierra23 complaints

Seats complaints by model year

GMC seats complaints by model year 0 75 150 1990: 16 '90 1991: 20 1992: 11 1993: 55 '93 1994: 95 1995: 150 1996: 56 '96 1997: 23 1998: 52 1999: 67 '99 2000: 42 2001: 20 2002: 23 '02 2003: 20 2004: 25 2005: 16 '05 2006: 6 2007: 18 2008: 14 '08 2009: 8 2010: 12 2011: 22 '11 2012: 10 2013: 10 2014: 18 '14 2015: 27 2016: 17 2017: 16 '17 2018: 12 2019: 4 2020: 2 '20 2021: 8 2022: 5 2023: 4 '23 2024: 7 2025: 2 2026: 4 '26
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
199016
199120
199211
199355
199495
1995150
199656
199723
199852
199967
200042
200120
200223
200320
200425
200516
20066
200718
200814
20098
201012
201122
201210
201310
201418
201527
201617
201716
201812
20194
20202
20218
20225
20234
20247
20252
20264

Among the 279 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 56,000 miles.

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