Total Complaints
3 filings
GMC SIERRA PICKUP · model year
3 NHTSA complaints, 1 crash report for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1991GMCSIERRA PICKUP carries 3 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 1 crash, 0 fires, 0 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.
Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 1991 SIERRA PICKUP is service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip with 1 filings, followed by structure:body:door (1) and vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal (1). Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.
NHTSA currently has 2 investigation files overlapping the 1991 SIERRA PICKUP. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page — a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.
Total Complaints
3 filings
Crashes Reported
1 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | 1 |
| STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | 1 |
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | 1 |
1991 GMC SIERRA RAN OFF THE ROAD AND OVER TURNED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY . *KB THE POLICE REPORT STATED THE THROTTLE BECAME STUCK WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVER TO PANIC. OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT# 10-89-0559. *JB
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 GMC SIERRA 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IF HE DOES NOT SLAM THE DRIVER DOOR VERY HARD, IT CAN SWING OPEN WHILE DRIVING. THE FAILURE WAS NOTICED WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 148,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134,000.
Mileage: 134,000
ANTILOCK BREAK SYSTEM LOCKS IN THE RAIN AND WHEN SHIFTED OUT OF 4 WHEEL DRIVE.
Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.