2016 GMC SIERRA 1500 — Complaint #1951407
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES filed December 19, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1951407 (ODI reference 11560901) concerns a 2016 GMC SIERRA 1500 and was filed on December 19, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 1, 2023. The vehicle had 150,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Texas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:12v/24v/48v battery:cables, 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 electrical system:12v/24v/48v battery:cables 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 2016 GMC SIERRA 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2016 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the engine started making a ticking sound and the vehicle independently turned off. The contact stated that he was on a busy street in the middle of traffic when the failure occurred and was almost involved in a road rage incident with an upset driver. The contact opened the hood and noticed that the battery cable was smoking and was burned. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 150,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1951407 |
| ODI Number | 11560901 |
| Date Filed | December 19, 2023 |
| Failure Date | December 1, 2023 |
| VIN | 3GTU2PEJ5GG |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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