2015 GMC Sierra 1500 Exterior Lighting

PROJECTOR-STYLE HEADLAMPS ON 2015 GMC SIERRA PROVIDE INADEQUATE ILLUMINATION-EVEN AFTER MANUFACTURER SERVICE BULLETIN WAS PERFORMED, STILL VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT IN AREA WITH NO STREET LIGHTS-LITERALLY NO SIDE ILLUMINATION, AND DISTANCE IN FRONT OF VEHICLE IS NOT ILLUMINATED ADEQUATELY. GMC (GM) CHANGED HEADLAMP DESIGN IN 2016 TO CORRECT THIS, BUT HAS OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE TO OWNERS OF 2014-15 VEHICLES. I'VE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS WITH DEER AT NIGHT DUE TO SUCH POOR LIGHTING. MY PREVIOUS, 10 YR. OLD TRUCK HAD BETTER HEADLIGHTS! HOPEFULLY SOMETHING CAN BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE. COMPLAINED TO DEALER, TO GMC CUSTOMER SERVICE, NOW WHAT? SEEMS THE MANUFACTURER HAS NO PLANS TO HELP. HEADLAMP DESIGN WAS POOR, ONLY USES A SINGLE HALOGEN BULB FOR HIGH & LOW BEAM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 GMC SIERRA. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, BOTH LOW AND HIGH BEAM HEAD LAMPS FAILED TO FULLY ILLUMINATE, WHICH DIMINISHED THE CONTACT'S VISIBILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000. UPDATED 04/06/16*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE LIGHTS ARE WORKING, BUT THEY DO NOT ILLUMINATE THE ROAD WELL ENOUGH. UPDATED 11/21/2017*JS

HEADLIGHTS ARE TERRIBLE,OUTPUT AND PATTERN ARE POOR,VERY LITTLE LATERAL ILLUMINATION.UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT IN RURAL AREA.DRIVING IN RAIN,VERY DANGEROUS.GET EYE STRAIN AND HEADACHE.

THE PROJECTOR HEADLIGHTS ARE INADEQUATE ON A LEVEL ROAD, AND ARE DANGEROUS ON ROLLING TERRAIN ROADS AND CURVES. THEY COULD BE POSSIBLY DESIGNED FOR STATIONARY USE IN A PERFECT ENVIORMENT BUT NOT FOR MOVING VEHICLES, I CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AT NIGHT, I FEAR NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF BUT FOR OTHER PEOPLE ON AND NEAR THE PATH OF THIS VEHICLE. MY MIND IS CLEAR, THERE ARE MANY BLOWING THE WHISTLE.

HEADLIGHTS: YOU CAN NOT DRIVE THIS TRUCK AFTER DARK BECAUSE THE HEADLIGHTS ARE UNSAFE. WHEN ON LOW BEAM THERE IS A BLACK SPOT FROM ABOUT 3 FEET UP AND THERE IS NO SIDE LIGHT. THIS MAKES IT IMPOSABLE TO SEE CURBS, STREET SIGNS, STOP SIGNS, HUMANS AND ANIMALS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD STREET OR HIGHWAY

HEADLIGHT PERFORMANCE IS VERY POOR WITH WEAK YELLOW BEAM BOTH ON LOW AND HIGH BEAMS. DIFFICULTY SEEING DURING NIGHT DRIVING, ESPECIALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IN DARK AREAS, IS VERY HAZARDOUS, EVEN WORSE DURING RAIN. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY AND THAT OF MY FAMILY WHILE DRIVING THIS TRUCK AT NIGHT. THE PROJECTOR-STYLE HEADLAMPS ON THE VEHICLE WERE DIM WITH A YELLOW COLOR AND PROVIDED INADEQUATE FRONT AND SIDE ILLUMINATION. THE HEADLIGHT AIM WAS RAISED, WHICH RESULTED IN LITTLE IMPROVEMENT.

PROJECTOR HEADLIGHTS ON 2015 SIERRA IS VERY DIM COMPARED TO OTHER VEHICLES. TRIED ADJUSTING BUT DID NOT HELP. VERY POOR VISIBILITY IN UNLIT DARK ROADS AND STREETS AND POSES RISK. I TRIED BRINGING IT TO THE DEALER BUT THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I MENTIONED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER OWNERS INCLUDING A CLASS ACTION LAW SUITE THAT WAS FILED IN CALIFORNIA IN OCTOBER 2015. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE NO OTHER ALTERNATIVES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PURCHASING AFTERMARKET HEADLIGHTS. I WOULD LIKE GMC TO FIX THIS KNOWN PROBLEM. APPARENTLY THEY DID AS THEY CHANGED THE 2016 MODELS' HEADLAMPS AND INCORPORATED HIGHER LUMENS ON LIGHTING, WHY CHANGE IT IF IT WAS NOT A PROBLEM IN THE FIRST PLACE? IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE PEDESTRIANS AND OBJECTS AT NIGHT.

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW AUGUST 2015. THE HEADLIGHT PROJECTION AND ILLUMINATION ON THIS VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY POOR ESPECIALLY DURING WET ROADS OR RAINING CONDITIONS. I HAVE TO USE THE FOG LIGHTS AT ALL TIMES AND STILL DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE LIGHTING. I FEEL THIS SITUATION CAN AND WILL RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH DUE TO LACK OF PROPER LIGHTING. I WAS APPALLED TO FIND OUT GENERAL MOTORS ONLY USE A SINGLE HALOGEN BULB INSTEAD OF A DUAL FILAMENT LAMP OR A COMBINATION LOW AND HIGH BEAM LAMPS. I PERSONALLY NEARLY HIT A PEDESTRIAN DURING A RAINY SITUATION, AND ALSO FEEL UNSAFE OPERATING THIS VEHICLE AT DARK.

HARD TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. HEADLIGHTS DO NOT ILLUMINATE ROADWAY VERY WELL. AND RAINY NIGHT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE WITH HEADLIGHT AND DRIVING LIGHTS ON. *TR

HEADLIGHTS ARE FAR TO DIM AND DIRECTIONAL TO DRIVE SAFELY AT NIGHT. HAD THE LIGHT FIX DONE AT DEALER. NOW HORIZONTAL BLACK LINE GOING DOWN HILL MEAN YOU CAN ONLY SEE A VERY SHORT DISTANCE IN FRONT OF YOU? HEADLIGHTS STILL INADEQUATE .

THE HEADLIGHTS WITH WHICH THIS VEHICLE ARE EQUIPPED ARE DIM AND UNSAFE. I HAVE OWNED MANY VEHICLES, INCLUDING SEVERAL MADE BY GM, AND THIS ONE IS THE WORST. THE ILLUMINATION OF THE ROADWAY IS INSUFFICIENT TO DISCERN HAZARDS ON/NEAR THE ROADWAY AT NIGHT. THIS IS TRUE AT ANY REASONABLE SPEED AND IS MUCH, MUC HWORSE DURING INCLEMENT WX, PARTICULARLY WHEN RAINING.

THE PERFORMANCE OF THE GMC HEADLIGHTS SEEMS TO BE WAY BELOW PAR. THIS TRUCK HAS THE WORST HEADLIGHTS I HAVE EVER OWNED. IN MY OPINION THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD TO MYSELF AND THE PUBLIC.

THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2015 SIERRA ARE HORRIBLE AND DO NOT ILLUMINATE WELL ENOUGH TO PROVIDE FOR SAFE DRIVING AT NIGHT. ALSO, THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO SIDE ILLUMINATION WHICH MAKES TURNING CORNERS DANGEROUS. *TR

HEADLIGHTS DO NOT GIVE OFF ENOUGH LIGHT. THEY DON'T LIGHT THE ROAD FAR ENOUGH AHEAD AND ARE BAD OFF TO THE SIDES. IT'S HARD TO SEE OBJECTS IN THE ROAD AND HARD TO SEE STREETS YOU ARE TURNING ON. I HAVE ALMOST HIT DEER AND HAVE MISSED TURNS ON RURAL ROADS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT'S VISIBILITY WAS DIMINISHED BECAUSE THE LOW AND HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO FULLY ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHERE THE HEAD LAMPS WERE READJUSTED AND THE LIGHT BULBS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 0.

THE HEADLIGHTS ARE VERY DIM AND MAKE IT HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL SITUATIONS WHERE AN ACCIDENT WAS MORE LIKELY DUE TO THE DIM LIGHTING.

90% OF MY DRIVING IS AT NIGHT. I DRIVE ON MIXED ROADWAYS. I FIND THAT THE HEADLAMPS ON MY GMC SIERRA ARE INADEQUATE AT BEST. I BROUGHT THE SIERRA TO THE DEALER, WHO PERFORMED A TSB, AND ALTHOUGH IT IMPROVED THE LIGHTING, IT IS STILL WAY BELOW PAR. IT'S AS IF I'M DRIVING A 20 YEAR OLD CAR WITH YELLOWED OUT LENS COVER. IN RAINY WEATHER, THE HEADLAMPS ARE NONEXISTENT.

HEADLIGHTS ARE EXTREMELY DIM. HIGH BEAMS PROVIDE NO ILLUMINATION TO THE FRONT SIDES OF THE VEHICLE. USING FOG LIGHTS WITH LOW BEAM IS ACTUALLY BRIGHTER THAN THE HIGH BEAMS. EVEN AFTER HAVING THE DEALER INSTALL NEW BULBS THE LIGHTING IS VERY WEAK IN A LOW ILLUMINATION AREA, I.E. NO MOON, NO STREET LIGHT, ROAD. WHEN MAKING A TURN IN AN UN LIT AREA I CAN'T EVEN SEE WHERE THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ENDS. THESE SO CALLED PROJECTOR TYPE HEADLIGHTS DON'T SEEM TO WORK VERY WELL. I KNOW FOR A FACT THE 2014 AND 2015 HAVE THE SAME SET UP. THE 2016 HAS A WHOLE NEW SET UP WITH HID LIGHTING AND WORK GREAT. THIS TELLS ME THAT GM KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM. UNFORTUNATELY THEIR "FIX" ONLY IF YOU COMPLAIN, ISN'T FIXING ANYTHING... ON A TRIP IN THE SMOKEY MOUNTAINS IN GATLINBURG TN I NEARLY CRASHED OFF THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN. I COULD NOT SEE WHERE THE EDGE OF THE ROAD WAS. EVEN THE PASSENGERS ASKED ME "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR LIGHTS?" THE SAID "TURN ON YOUR HIGH BEAMS" AND I STATED, "THEY ARE ON". WE CAN'T BELIEVE THESE LIGHT PASS THE COMMON SENSE TEST..

HEADLIGHTS ARE NOT SAFE TO BE USED IN THE DARK. DRIVING ON CURVY, HILLY ROADS IS VERY DANGEROUS. CAN NOT SEE WELL. HIGH BEAMS BARELY DIFFERENT FROM LOW BEAMS. LIVE IN TOWN SO THIS WAS FIRST TIME OUT ON ROAD AT NIGHT. SCARY. CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE IN RAIN OR SNOW STORM.

THE PROJECTION STYLE HEADLIGHTS DO NOT ILLUMINATE THE ROADWAY SUFFICIENTLY ENOUGH AT NIGHT TO TRAVEL MORE THAN 30 MPH. WHILE TRAVELING ON RURAL AND MOUNTAIN ROADS YOU CANNOT SEE FAR ENOUGH TO SEE OBSTRUCTIONS, WILDLIFE OR PEDESTRIANS AT NIGHT. THE HORIZONTAL CUTOFF LINE OF THE LIGHTS ON LOW BEAM DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO SEE THE TOPS OF SMALL RISES IN THE ROADWAY AS CLOSE AS 30 FEET AWAY. WITH THIS STYLE OF PROJECTION LIGHTING THERE IS NO SPILLAGE OF LIGHT ABOVE ESTABLISHED LIGHT SHADE COVER SETTING ON LOW BEAMS. IT IS COMPLETELY DARK ABOVE THIS LINE WITH LOW BEAMS SELECTED. THIS DOES NOT GIVE THE DRIVER A CHANCE TO SEE OBJECTS IN THE ROADWAY AT A SAFE DISTANCE TO ALLOW FOR SAFE BRAKING OR AVOIDANCE. THE HIGH BEAM SETTING IS PITIFULLY WEAK IN INTENSITY. I MUST STRAIN TO SEE OUT AT THE DISTANCE NECESSARY TO STOP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS MEANS I MUST TRAVEL WITH HIGH BEAMS ON WHEN FACING ONCOMING TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATES. I HAD TWO PREVIOUS TRUCKS OF THIS SAME BRAND THAT HAD WONDERFUL LIGHTING AND I SURE WISH I HAD THAT LIGHTING ON THIS TRUCK. GM IS DOING THE MOTORING PUBLIC A MAJOR DISSERVICE WITH THIS LIGHTING PACKAGE AND ENDANGERING ANYONE AND ANYTHING THAT MAY BE ON THE ROAD AHEAD OF THEIR TRUCKS! *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS ON THIS TRUCK ARE TERRIBLE. VERY DIM LIGHT, CAN'T SEE TO SIDE WHILE MAKING A TURN. THE HIGH BEAMS DOESN'T MAKE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE. CONTACTED GMC DIRECTLY AND THEY JUST REFER ME TO TH DEALERSHIP. LOOKING INTO AFTER MARKET LIGHTS. LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY NOT BE LEGAL.SO MANY COMPLAINTS WHEN WILL SOMETHING BE DONE?

HEADLIGHTS ON THIS VEHICLE ARE HORRID AND PROVIDE VERY POOR ILLUMINATION. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT, ESPECIALLY ON COUNTRY ROADS WITH NO STREET LIGHTS. HEADLIGHT DESIGN SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A SAFETY HAZARD. YOU'D THINK AFTER SPENDING $ 60,000 ON A PICKUP TRUCK IT WOULD COME WITH SOME DECENT HEADLIGHTS. NOT THE CASE ON THE GMC SIERRA. *TR

I LEASED A 2015 GMC PICKUP AND AFTER DRIVING IT AT NIGHT FOUND THAT THE HEAD LIGHTS ARE VERY POOR AND THEY PROVIDE VERY LITTLE VISIBILITY ON LOW BEAM. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE ANSWER IS TO CHANGE A BULBS I WAS TOLD AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT I WOULD MOST LIKELY NOT EVEN NOTICE A DIFFERENCE. THEY ARE CORRECT THE LIGHTS ARE STILL AT A POINT THAT IT IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THE TRUCK AT NIGHT. THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THESE TRUCKS SO THEY ARE STILL BEING SOLD OFF THE LOT AND THEY ARE DANGEROUS. IF YOU WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO DRIVE ONE AT NIGHT YOU MIGHT HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT. IF I CAN I AM GOING TO GET RID OF THIS TRUCK AS FAST AS I CAN SINCE GMC DOES NOT SEEM TO WANT TO ACTUALLY FIX THE PROBLEM. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEBODY IS KILLED DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. I ONLY WISH SOMETHING WOULD BE DONE BEFORE THE DEATHS START TO HAPPEN.

2015 GMC SIERRA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE HEAD LIGHTS ARE TOO DIM. *SMD

OPERATED TRUCK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A RURAL AREA AT NIGHT YESTERDAY. LOW BEAMS PROVIDE INADEQUATE LIGHT BRIGHTNESS AND REACH. NO APPROPRIATE LATERAL LIGHTING. ONCOMING TRAFFIC "WASHED OUT" MY LIGHTING. CAN NOT EXCEED 30MPH WITHOUT JEOPARDIZING SAFETY. THESE HEADLAMPS ARE DANGEROUS ON LOW BEAM. HIGH BEAMS WERE SUFFICIENT. THE LIGHTS ARE A HAZARD TO THE TRAVELING PUBLIC AT LARGE. *TR