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2024 GMC Sierra engine problems

190 owner complaints to NHTSA about the 2024 GMC Sierra cite engine, 49% of all 386 complaints for this model year.

Complaints
190
49% of all complaints
Crashes
1
Reported by owners
Fires
0
Reported by owners
Injuries
3
Reported by owners
01 —Owner reports

What owners say about the engine

Verbatim from NHTSA complaints, newest first
“My 2024 L87 already had the recall done and was changed over to 0w40 oil. Driving down the road at 70 mph the engine just shut off and I had to coast to the side of the road. Checked engine codes and found p0016. Had to have the truck towed to the dealership where they replaced the engine. Clearly the 0w40 did not fix the problem.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Oct 25, 2026EngineODI 11773480
“My vehicle has the loss of propulsion recall 25V-274. It was in for service on 5-12-2025 with NO REMEDY YET on my paperwork. 8-6-2025 the truck was in for service and passed the test that would have required immediate engine replacement. As per the recall, I was given different oil as a remedy for a faulty engine. Despite passing the test, I still lost propulsion on 6-11-2026. I was traveling on the highway at night, crested a hill and noticed while coasting that the engine was not running and the dash said "hit the start button again." When I did this everything turned off including the lights. I was still traveling at 65 MPH without lights. Luckily I didn't panic and the lights came back on when I hit the start button again. Once the vehicle coasted to a stop; and I put it in park the motor restarted. This incident was reported on 6-14-2026, complaint number 1174-4867. When I submitted this complaint, I started that GM needs to make a change so hitting the start button when the engine has stalled doesn't turn the lights off. The vehicle was towed to the dealership, they had it for two months, put around 1000 miles on it and returned it to me with no repairs…”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Oct 25, 2026Unknown or other, EngineODI 11773502
“Truck has been making a ticking noise for about the last four months. Yesterday, October 7, 2026 I stepped on the accelerator the engine paused a second and blew out gray smoke through my exhaust I saw in my rearview mirror. There is a delay in power from the time I put my foot on the accelerator when it actually gets moving faster.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Oct 7, 2026EngineODI 11769497
“Driving at approximately 45 mph on Berthod Pass in CO, towing a snowmobile flatbed trailer, when dash display indicated "low oil pressure, Turn off Engine". By the time I could read that, the engine was already off and I was all over the road trying to find a way to get off the highway. I did not have opportunity to get off highway, and ended up against a barrier, and partially remaining in traffic. GM towed the car (not the trailer, I had to do that myself) to a dealer quite some distance from my home as opposed to the dealer where I purchased the truck. Then they told me they towed it to a different dealer. After recovering my stuff, I went to the dealer where the truck was, and they said they couldn't look at it for several days. I could not wait several days simply to find out it was going to be a couple of months before id have the truck back. I traded it in on another, larger GMC simply to get out of that engine. What I learned though, is that GM used that exchange to make about $20K. This was more the dealer, but they are part of GM. My original truck was priced below book, and not the book the public can see, but the book they say they go by. They paid…”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Oct 6, 2026Power train, EngineODI 11769455
“I bought my 2024 GMC Sierra 1500 AT4X with 15000 miles, they did the recall, PICO test, changed oil type and put new oil cap on and at 30000 the engine had to be replaced.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Oct 4, 2026EngineODI 11768882
“My 2024 gmc sierra 6.2 engine had th recall scope work done on the engine. I was told it passed and they changed the oil to the 0-40. Well apparently that was not the case and the bearings in the drive shaft and whatever holds it together broke.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Sep 28, 2026EngineODI 11767586

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Complaints are unverified owner reports to NHTSA and are not normalized for sales volume. One complaint can cite several components.