Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2005 GMC Sierra 1500.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-02 | WHEELS | No | 0 | See attached document for complaint. |
| 2022-05-10 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The brakes , air bag, wheel hubs, lights, alignment, power steering. brakes coming to a stop instantly stops the vehicl… |
| 2021-06-08 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | My srs air bag light was first intermediate now it stays on all the time I am so in fear of my life while driving my 20… |
| 2020-09-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | STARTED MY TRUCK AND THE FAILURE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CAME ACROSS I PUSHED IN THE BOTTON THAT CHANGES IT AND CAME BACK ON … |
| 2020-05-12 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | PASSENGER HEADLIGHT WILL NOT TURN ON. BOTH LOWBEAM AND HIGH BEAM DON?T TURN ON. BULB IS IN WORKING CONDITION, FUSES ARE… |
| 2019-05-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE PASSIVE ALARM SYSTEM IS MALFUNCTIONING APROX EVERY 10 CRANKS. WHEN THIS HAPPENS YOU ARE STUCK FOR AT LEAST A HOUR B… |
| 2019-05-12 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEH… |
| 2018-12-04 | STEERING | No | 0 | POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE ENTERING (TURNING LEFT INTO) PARKING LOT, TOWED TO SHOP. SHOP FOUND BROKE/DEFECTIVE CONNE… |
| 2018-01-14 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | CHARGING SYSTEM FAILURE MESSAGE KEEPS COMING UP ON VEHICLE...REPLACED ALTERNATOR THREE WEEKS AGO AND IT SEEMS TO SOLVE … |
| 2017-11-11 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT NOTICED SEVERE RUST TO THE SUBFRAME OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTAC… |
| 2017-11-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | SUNROOF WINDOW BLEW-UP |
| 2017-08-19 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED… |
| 2017-08-11 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I DROVE UP TO A STOP LIGHT AND PUSHED THE BRAKES AS USUAL. A BRAKE LINE BURST AND I COASTED THRU THE STOP LIGHT. I USED… |
| 2017-05-01 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH IN THE RAIN, THE CONTACT SWITCHED LANES… |
| 2017-01-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Instrument panel stops working from time to time. My Guages go crazy. My rpm and speedometer mess up and can't tell ho… |
| 2016-12-07 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I HAVE HAD THE BRAKES GO OUT 3 DIFFERENT TIMES ON ME IN THE LAST YEAR. THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF PROBLEMS AND YOU STEP ON T… |
| 2016-10-26 | ENGINE | No | 0 | EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS ON EACH SIDE OF ENGIN SNAPPED OFF FOR NO APPEARANT REASON / NORMAL USE, BIG CONCERN OF EXAUST F… |
| 2016-10-19 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH ON URBAN ROAD I HAD TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES BECAUSE OF A DRIVER BACKING OUT OF A DRI… |
| 2016-08-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE LINES RUSTED OUT. VERY FEW MILES. GMC IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. |
| 2016-08-09 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CASTECH CYLINDER HEADS ON 2001 THROUGH 2006 5.3L VORTEC ENGINES ARE POROUS AND ALLOW ANTIFREEZE TO SEAP INTO THE OIL. T… |
| 2016-07-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL GM RECALL # 49151 DATED JULY 2016. I HAVE NOT CONTACTED OR RECEIVED AND RESPONSE FROM GM. LET ME KNOW W… |
| 2016-06-12 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHEN BACKING OUT OF A LONG DRIVEWAY, THE BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY DROPPED TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKES DID NOT SLOW, STOP OR ENG… |
| 2016-06-05 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | I DRIVE A 2005 SIERRA 1500 4 WHEEL DRIVE. WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THE TRUCK WENT FROM NORMAL 2 WHEEL DRIVE (D ON … |
| 2016-04-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE GEAR SHIFT INDICATOR LIGHT HAS GONE FROM DIM TO NO LIGHT AT ALL SO YOU CAN NOT SEE WHAT GEAR YOU ARE IN. THIS HAPPE… |
| 2016-04-11 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR. RUSTED THROUGH BRAKE LINE NEAR REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE |
| 2015-11-04 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CONCERNING GM 706 CASTECH CYLINDER HEADS/GM TSB 06-06-01-019B I HAVE A 2005 GMC SIERRA WHICH HAS SLOWLY BEEN LEAKING C… |
| 2015-10-26 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE OIL LEAK ON OR AROUND REAR MAIN SEAL. AS OIL DRIPS WHILE DRIVING THE OIL LANDS ON THE EXHAUST PIPE AND BEGINS TO… |
| 2015-10-02 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | POWER STEERING HOSE HAS RUSTED AND BEGAN LEAKING. NOTICED A LOT OF UNDERCARRIAGE AND FRAME RUST ON THE WHOLE TRUCK. |
| 2015-09-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE RUNNING LIGHT SOCKETS BURNED OUT. I CAN SEND YOU THE BURNED OUT SOCKET BUT NEED AN ADDRESS. |
| 2015-04-16 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | WHEN PULLING IN MY DRIVEWAY THE BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT CLEAR TO THE FLOOR. UPON INVESTIGATING I… |
| 2015-04-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THESE PARTS WERE RECALLED ON PREVIOUS GM VEHICLES IN THE SAME YEAR. THE FUEL SENSOR DOESN'T WANT TO READ CORRECTLY AND… |
| 2015-01-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED INTO GEAR, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE GEAR S… |
| 2015-01-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A STOP SIGN, ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUM… |
| 2014-11-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | NOVEMBER 5, 2014: TURN KEY AND SYMPTOM OF A DEAD BATTERY. STARTER CLICKS ONCE. NO LIGHTS WILL WORK AT ALL. TOOK BATTE… |
| 2014-10-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | IGNITION SWITCH IS STICKING IN RUN POSITION. I HAVE TO TURN THE SWITCH BACK AFTER CRANKING TO TURN OFF THE ABS /PARKING… |
| 2014-10-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | CAR IN FRONT OF ME LOCKED UP HIS BRAKES FOR A AMBULANCE ENTERING THE INTERSECTION .GOOD THING HAD ENOUGH DISTANCE TO ST… |
| 2014-08-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ALL BRAKES LINES RUSTED OUT. *TR |
| 2014-07-30 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKES FAILED IN MY DRIVEWAY. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH ALMOST NO RESISTANCE. FORTUNATELY I DIDN'T HIT ANYTHIN… |
| 2014-07-25 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | SLOWING FOR TRAFFIC LIGHT GOING DOWNHILL AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. PUMPING DID LITTLE SO USED PARKING BRAKE TO STO… |
| 2014-03-26 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE… |
| 2014-02-25 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I WAS ON MY WAY TO PICK MY KIDS UP AFTER SCHOOL AND AS I APPROACHED A RED LIGHT I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT C… |
| 2014-02-24 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION TO TURN LEFT ACROSS ONCOMING TRAFFIC THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR WITH VIRT… |
| 2013-12-02 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE BRAKE LINE RUNNING FROM THE ABS MODULATOR TO THE REAR BRAKES FAILED CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY. I WAS ABLE TO… |
| 2013-10-09 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR AN… |
| 2013-10-07 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | RECENTLY, I SPENT THREE DAYS PERFORMING PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE ON MY 2005 GMC SIERRA AND FOUND TWO PRIMARY ISSUES THAT … |
| 2013-09-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 10 MPH AND AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKES, BRAKE FLUID … |
| 2013-08-23 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 2 | WHILE DRIVING FORWARD IN TRAFFIC WHEN CAR CUT IN FRONT FROM THE NEXT LANE TO THE RIGHT. THIS REQUIRED EMERGENCY BRAKIN… |
| 2013-06-13 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT IL… |
| 2013-06-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE BRAKING SY… |
| 2013-05-21 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | LOOKED UNDER MY TRUCK AFTER MY BRAKES FAILED WHILE DRIVING TO WORK. WAS SURPRISED AT HOW RUSTY ALL THE LINES ARE. AAA T… |