2007 GMC Sierra Classic recalls & problems

Safety recalls

Recall repairs are free at any authorised dealer. A recall listed here may already have been fixed on a particular car: enter its 17-character VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see open recalls.

Fuel economy

EPA estimates from fueleconomy.gov for each engine and transmission sold. Annual cost is the EPA's estimate for 15,000 miles a year at its current fuel and electricity price assumptions. Your results will vary.

What owners report

*Median odometer reading when the problem happened, where owners gave one. One complaint can name several problem areas.

Recent owner complaints

• Service brakes

  RUSTY BRAKE LINES LOST BRAKES, THINK THAT A VEHICAL SHOULD GO 10 YEARS WITHOUT BRAKE LINES RUSTING AWAY I WAS LUCKY WHEN THEY BROKE I WAS HOME BUT JUST GOT BACK FROM ANOTHER STATE AND WAS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

  Mar 11, 2016 · 129,000 miles
• Fuel/propulsion system

  THE PRIMER PUMP HOUSING DEVELOPS A SMALL LEAK AROUND A ELECTRICAL CONNECTION. THIS COULD LEAD TO A FIRE AS FUEL DROPS ON THE ENGINE. GM IS AWARE OF PROBLEM IT HAS BEEN ON GOING FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IT ONLY OCCURS WHEN VEHICLE IS RUNNING. NOTE-NO FIRE HAS HAPPEN TO MY VEHICLE, NOR DO I KNOW OF A FIRE OCCURRING. I JUST BELIEVE THIS IS UNSAFE. THE ONLY WAY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM IS TO REPLACE PRIMER PUMP HOUSING.

  Oct 23, 2015 · 150,000 miles
• Engine and engine cooling

  WHY IS GM RECALL 14121 LIMITED TO NEW VEHICLES? IT HAS BEEN A RECURRENT, COMMON PROBLEM SINCE LONG BEFORE 2000. LONG BEFORE I BOUGHT MY 2007 GMC SIERRA CLASSIC 2500HD WHICH IS ON THE THIRD REPAIR. I JUST REPLACED A TRANSMISSION COOLER LINE IN MY DRIVEWAY. TODAY. WHICH IS STEADILY ERODING BY WAY OF CONTINUOUS TRANSMISSION COOLER LEAKS. IT CONTINUOUSLY COATS THE UNDERSIDE OF VEHICLE, REDUCING LIFE OF BELTS AND HOSES. GM DEALERS FEEL ITS NOT COVERED BY 5/100K POWERTRAIN WARRANTY, OR 36K BUMPER-BUMPER WARRANTY BECAUSE IT'S A LONG TIME GM PROBLEM AS WELL AS WARRANTIES IN GENERAL. *TR

  Mar 20, 2007 · 18,000 miles
• Service brakes

  AS I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH APPROACHING A RED STOPLIGHT I PROCEEDED TO PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, WITH NO BRAKING OF THE VEHICLE. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND ENGAGE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND AVOID COLLISION. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION I FOUND THE HARD BRAKE LINE RUNNING TO THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL HAD RUPTURED CAUSING THE LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID. THE LINE RUPTURED IN AN AREA WHERE IT WAS SEVERELY CORRODED AND UPON INSPECTION, THE OTHER HARD BRAKE LINES OF THE SYSTEM LOOKED SEVERELY CORRODED ALSO. ALL WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED! THIS FAILURE COULD HAVE HAD A VERY BAD CONSEQUENCES AT A HIGHER SPEED, CLOSER PROXIMITY TO OTHER VEHICLES, OR WITH A…

  Dec 20, 2014 · 58,255 miles
• Service brakes

  RUSTED REAR BRAKE LINE TUBING - LOSS OF FLUID - NO BRAKING POWER ON ANY WHEELS - EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS THE ONLY WAY OF STOPPING THE TRUCK. *TR

  Sep 9, 2014 · 69,000 miles
• Service brakes

  2007 GMC SIERRA CLASSIC WITH APPROXIMATELY 54,000 MILES WAS BEING DRIVEN INTO A GARAGE TO HAVE WHEELS BALANCED. AS THE TECHNICIAN APPLIED THE BRAKES ENTERING THE GARAGE, THE BRAKE LINES ON THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE RUPTURED AND THE BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR. BRAKE FLUID POURED OUT ONTO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKES BECAME COMPLETELY UNUSABLE. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED A FEW HOURS EARLIER IN THE DAY AS I WAS TRAVELING ON STEEP MOUNTAIN HIGHWAYS IN WEST VIRGINIA I HAVE NO DOUBT AN ACCIDENT AND PROBABLE FATALITY WOULD HAVE OCCURRED. ALL RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN PERFORMED AT THE GM DEALER WHERE THE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED AND NO WARNINGS FROM GM WERE GIVEN THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE…

  Aug 28, 2014 · 54,000 miles
• Service brakes

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC SIERRA CLASSIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE SEVERELY CORRODED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000.

  Jun 8, 2011 · 31,000 miles
• Service brakes

  I WAS DRIVING MY 2007 GMC SIEARRA CLASSIC 2500HD WT AND MY BRAKE LINE FAILED. I WENT THREW THE STOP SIGN OUT ONTO A MAIN ROAD AND JUST MISSED GETTING T-BONED BY A TRACTOR TRAILER. I HAD NO BRAKES AT ALL. MY BRAKES ARE ALL UP TO DATE. BRAND NEW BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. I READ TONS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH GM VEHICLES BRAKE LINES RUSTING OUT PREMATURELY. MY TRUCK ONLY HAS 32,164 MILES ON IT AND IS WELL TAKEN CARE OF. I GET COMPLIMENTS ON MY TRUCK EVERYWHERE I GO. I GOT NOWHERE WITH GM CORPORATE OR MARTY'S GMC IN KINGSTON,MA WHERE I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK BRAND NEW. THEY ALL PRETENDED THEY DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THESE BRAKE LINES FAILING. THEY NOW USE A DIFFERENT…

  Apr 12, 2014 · 32,163 miles

Owner complaints are submitted to NHTSA by the public and are not verified. Shown as filed (NHTSA removes personal details); long reports are shortened.

NHTSA defect investigations

• NON-CRASH ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRESClosedLed to recall 08V441000

  IN A LETTER DATED AUGUST 27, 2008, GENERAL MOTORS CORP. (GM) NOTIFIED NHTSA THAT IT WILL CONDUCT A SAFETY RECALL (NHTSA RECALL NUMBER 08V-441) TO ADDRESS A SAFETY RELATEDDEFECT THAT CAN RESULT IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE IN APPROXIMATELY 850,000 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A HEATED WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID OPTION.THE SUBJECT VEHICLES OF THIS INVESTIGATION COMPRISE OVER THREE-QUARTERS OF THE RECALL POPULATION. ACCORDING TO GM, A SHORT CIRCUIT ON THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD FOR THE WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID HEATER MODULE MAY OVERHEAT THE CONTROL-CIRCUIT GROUND WIRE. THIS MAY CAUSE OTHER ELECTRICAL FEATURES TO MALFUNCTION, CREATE AN ODOR OR CAUSE SMOKE AND IN RARE CASES IT MAY CAUSE A FIRE.AS A REMEDY, GM DEALERS WILL INSTALL A WIRE HARNESS WITH AN IN-LINE FUSE. IN ADDITION TO THE SUBJECT VEHICLES, SEVERAL OTHER GM MODELS WITH THE HEATED WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID OPTION ARE INCLUDED IN RECALL 08V-441:…

  EA08010 · opened Jun 12, 2008 · closed Sep 8, 2008
• NON-CRASH ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRESClosed

  IN RESPONSE TO AN INFORMATION REQUEST LETTER SENT BY THE OFFICE OF DEFECTS INVESTIGATION(ODI) DURING PRELIMINARY EVALUATION PE08-010, GM PROVIDED ODI WITH 41 ALLEGATIONS OF NON-CRASH ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES INCLUDING 16 ALLEGATIONS OF FIRES ORIGINATING WITH THE IGNITION IN THE OFF POSITION.ONE OF THE FIRES WAS DETERMINED TO BE CAUSED BY AN ARSON EVENT.ODI HAS ALSO RECEIVED 5 REPORTS, 4 OF WHICH ARE OF DUPLICATIVE OF REPORTS PROVIDED BY GM, ALLEGING NON-CRASH ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES IN THE SUBJECT VEHICLES.IN TOTAL, ODI IS AWARE OF 41 NON-CRASHENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES IN THE SUBJECT VEHICLES THAT ARE UNRELATED TO ARSON.EIGHT OF THE 41 FIRE ALLEGATIONS ALSO ALLEGE PROPERTY DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE FIRES.THIS PRELIMINARY EVALUATION HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO AN ENGINEERING ANALYSIS (EA08-010) TO FURTHER ASSESS THE SCOPE, FREQUENCY, ORIGIN AND CAUSE OF THE ALLEGED NON-CRASH RELATED ENGINE…

  PE08010 · opened Feb 4, 2008 · closed Jun 12, 2008