12 complaints reported

2018 GMC Sierra 1500 UNKNOWN OR OTHER

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
12
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Dec 2025

The truck started to vibrate or shudder . We are having to deal with replacing the transmission on our truck, which has only 45,000 miles on it. We have noticed numerous complaints about transmission problems with this model and the place that is replacing the transmission said they have had 3 customers in the last couple of months with the same issue on the same GMC model. This is a lot for our small town and area. Why hasn't GMC issued recalls ?

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 GMC SIERRA 1500, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jul 2025
Jun 2024

Like many of the 2014 and 2015 models, my vehicle has experienced the exact same failure in the radiator due to the thermostat over cycling. There is already a TSB for those models, yet GM changed nothing in the subsequent models and the problem persists.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 GMC SIERRA 1500, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Oct 2023
May 2024

Vehicle is shaking at highway speeds

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 GMC SIERRA 1500, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: May 2024
Apr 2024

AC condenser went out on my vehicle with 100,000 miles, lots of reviews online stating this is a known problem but yet there is no recall. Torch Converter going out at 80,000 miles.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 GMC SIERRA 1500, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Apr 2024
Dec 2023

I have had my truck in the shop several time for the rear springs they finally replaced the springs and I am having trouble again my warranty is out but I took it to see if gm would take care of the problem but they don’t seem to want to do anything and I no my vehicle is not the only one that has had this issue

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 GMC SIERRA 1500, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jul 2018
Dec 2022

My rear back heated window on the passenger side popped and shattered the window while I was sitting in the passenger’s seat waiting for my husband. The truck smelled like a sweet wire smell and then I heard a loud pop. I looked back and the back window panel was shattered. I do see that there were recalls on some of these windows.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 GMC SIERRA 1500, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Nov 2022
Oct 2022

Sunroof shattered while driving on the interstate

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 GMC SIERRA 1500, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Oct 2022
Sep 2022

In short, the moonroof of my vehicle spontaneously exploded into a million pieces one morning while driving.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 GMC SIERRA 1500, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Sep 2022
Jul 2022

Constantly getting “service trailer brakes system “

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 GMC SIERRA 1500, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Dec 2022
Jul 2022

Air conditioning condenser failed at about 48,000 miles. Seems to be a common problem that is a design defect.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 GMC SIERRA 1500, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: May 2022
May 2022

The radiator developed a leak on the drivers side. This caused a loss in antifreeze.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 GMC SIERRA 1500, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2022
Apr 2018

THE VEHICLE OPERATES UNPREDICTABLY WHEN PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL CAUSING UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS. WHEN PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL, ANY ONE OF THE FOLLO^WING CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. 1.) SOMETIMES THE RPM'S DECREASEA. 2. )SOMETIMES THE TRANSMISSION HUNTS SEVERAL TIMES. 3.) SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE SPEED SURGES. 4.) MANY TIMES THE ENGINE HESITATES FOR A LONG PERIOD BEFORE THE RPM'S INCREASE. THIS UNPREDICTABLE OPERATION IS MORE APPARENT WHEN THE ENGINE IS LOADED LIKE GOING UP HILLS AND ESPECIALLY WHEN HEADING INTO STRONG WINDS. THE UNPREDICTABLE OPERATION IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE WHEN DRIVING ON ICE COVERED ROADS. THIS VEHICLE IS ALSO CONSIDERED AN "OFF-ROAD" SERIES VEHICLE. THIS UNPREDICTABLE OPERATION IS VERY UNSAFE, EVEN DANGEROUS, ON AGGRESSIVE TRAILS. WHEN DRIVING IN STEEP TRAILS, DRIVERS REQUIRE FEEDBACK FROM THEIR VEHICLE ESPECIALLY HOW THE VEHICLE OR ENGINE RESPONDS AS THE GAS PEDAL US DEPRESSED.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2018 GMC SIERRA 1500, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2018

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The 2018 GMC Sierra 1500 has 12 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.