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GMC Sierra 2500 years to avoid
Years to avoid: 2024. Best years: 2017, 2018 and 2019.
The 2024 GMC Sierra 2500 draws the most owner complaints for its age: 105, or 35 for each year on the road, against a median of 7 a year across the 11 model years old enough to judge. The most reported problem on the 2024 is brake wear (16 reports).
- 115complaints
- 5recall campaigns
- 2model years with a page
Newest report Sep 24, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
Pick your model year
Owner complaints on file for each year.
Years to avoid
2024
Most reported: brake wear (16 reports) and infotainment (11 reports).
Best years
2017
Too few complaints for a page of its own.
2018
Too few complaints for a page of its own.
2019
Too few complaints for a page of its own.
Complaints for each year on the road
Each model year's NHTSA complaints divided by the calendar years it has been on sale, counting this one (a 2018 model has had 9). Older cars have had longer to collect complaints, so raw totals flatter the new ones. Blue bars are the years to avoid. Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026.
Within one model, sales change less from year to year than they do between models, so a jump here is mostly a jump in problems. The call: the years to avoid are the (up to three) highest at 1.5 times the model's median rate or more, and the best are the (up to three) lowest at two thirds of it or less, from 2016 on.
Guide How much should a years-to-avoid list decide? What these lists get wrong
At a glance
- Where the complaints sit
- The 2024 has the most complaints of any GMC Sierra 2500 year here: 105 of 115 (91%).
- Problem across the years
- Brake wear is the top problem in every model year with a page, 16 reports in all.
- Crash, fire and injury reports
- 3% of GMC Sierra 2500 complaints report a crash, a fire or an injury, against 6% for the typical vehicle on this site.
- Recalls on the top problem
- None of the 1 model years where owners report brake wear has a recall on the same system.
- When owners filed
- Complaints are still climbing. 2025 brought 38, the most of any year so far. So far in 2026, 40 more have come in.
Photo: Kevauto, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Model years with too few complaints for a page of their own: 2014 (29), 2015 (89), 2016 (59), 2017 (37), 2018 (35), 2019 (32), 2020 (76), 2021 (51), 2022 (43), 2023 (32), 2025 (28).
Year by year
2026 GMC Sierra 2500
10 owner complaints so far; too new to call. 1 report involved a crash. 1 recall: 26V-114 on the equipment.
2024 GMC Sierra 2500 avoid
105 owner complaints, 35 for each year on the road (4.7 times the model median). Most reported: brake wear (16 reports), infotainment (11 reports) and dead battery (10 reports). 2 reports involved a crash and 3 people were hurt. 4 recalls, including 26V-530 on the tires and 24V-894 on the latches and locks.
Questions
What GMC Sierra 2500 years should you avoid?
The 2024 GMC Sierra 2500 draws the most owner complaints for its age: 105, or 35 for each year on the road, against a median of 7 a year across the 11 model years old enough to judge. The most reported problem on the 2024 is brake wear (16 reports).
What are the best years for the GMC Sierra 2500?
The 2017, 2018 and 2019 draw the fewest complaints for their age: 2017 has 37 (4 a year), 2018 has 35 (4 a year) and 2019 has 32 (4 a year). Model years before 2016 aren't called best, because complaints filed before 2015 aren't in the files this site reads and their counts run short.
What is the most common problem on the GMC Sierra 2500?
Brake wear, with 16 reports across the 2 model years that have a page here. It's the single most reported problem on the 2024.
How many recalls does the GMC Sierra 2500 have?
5 recall campaigns cover the GMC Sierra 2500 model years 2024 to 2026 on this site.
How many GMC Sierra 2500 complaints involve a crash, fire or injury?
3% of them, against 6% for the typical vehicle on this site.
Is there a recall for brake wear on the GMC Sierra 2500?
No. None of the 1 model years where owners report it has one on the same system.