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2020 GMC SIERRA 1500 — Complaint #1994061

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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK filed May 24, 2024

NHTSA complaint #1994061 (ODI reference 11590544) concerns a 2020 GMC SIERRA 1500 and was filed on May 24, 2024. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 30, 2022. The vehicle had 44,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Michigan based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, air:antilock, 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 service brakes, air:antilock 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 2020 GMC SIERRA 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2020 GMC SIERRA 1500
Component
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
State
Michigan
Mileage
44,000 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2020 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle was stuck in gear. While driving there was an abnormal burning odor coming from the vehicle. The vehicle failed to start on several occasions. There were sparks from the passenger's side front seat. Several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer, where it was diagnosed with electrical, transmission module, wiring harness, air alternator cooler, and exhaust system failures. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. Additionally, while driving at undisclosed speeds, there was a failure with the vault meter. The OnStar system provided an error with the antilock braking system. The manufacturer was contacted, but no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 44,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1994061
ODI Number 11590544
Date Filed May 24, 2024
Failure Date December 30, 2022
VIN 3GTU9BETXLG

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.