2021 GMC CANYON — Complaint #2173533
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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS filed February 5, 2026
NHTSA complaint #2173533 (ODI reference 11715755) concerns a 2021 GMC CANYON and was filed on February 5, 2026. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 2, 2026. The vehicle had 36,121 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Florida based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:headlights, 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 CANYON cohort independently describe similar exterior lighting:headlights 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 2021 GMC CANYON shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2021 GMC Canyon. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the driverâs side low beam headlight failed to illuminate as intended. No warning light was illuminated. In addition, the contact stated that upon further inspection, an unknown electrical fuse was burned. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed; however, a cause for the failure was not found. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 36,121.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2173533 |
| ODI Number | 11715755 |
| Date Filed | February 5, 2026 |
| Failure Date | February 2, 2026 |
| VIN | 1GTG5BEN2M1 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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