2022 GMC SIERRA 1500 — Complaint #1870020
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NHTSA Complaint about STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS:ACTIVE SHUTTERS/GRILL filed February 1, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1870020 (ODI reference 11504908) concerns a 2022 GMC SIERRA 1500 and was filed on February 1, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 28, 2023. The vehicle had 30,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Georgia based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as structure:body:bumpers:active shutters/grill, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same GMC SIERRA 1500 cohort independently describe similar structure:body:bumpers:active shutters/grill failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2022 GMC SIERRA 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2022 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, an object struck the windshield. The contact was able to maneuver the vehicle off the road and upon inspecting the vehicle, he noticed that a piece from the front grill had detached and struck the front windshield. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the unknown grill piece needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 30,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1870020 |
| ODI Number | 11504908 |
| Date Filed | February 1, 2023 |
| Failure Date | January 28, 2023 |
| VIN | 3GTPUAEK1NG |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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