Forward Collision Avoidance Problems of GMC Sierra 1500

GMC Sierra 1500 owners have reported 101 forward collision avoidance related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 4 most common forward collision avoidance problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's automatic emergency braking (42 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's adaptive cruise control (33 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Forward Collision Avoidance related problems of GMC Sierra 1500


Recently reported Forward Collision Avoidance problems of GMC Sierra 1500

The Automatic Emergency Braking problem

“service driver assist system” message appears every time I turn on my truck. Vehicle would randomly break when driving at slow speeds and show the forward collision alert even if no objects/ car are approaching or being approached.   Read details...

The Adaptive Cruise Control problem

Our truck has the gm 6. 2l v8 engine in it. We had the “recall” done where they recommended thicker oil. Despite that recall work we still had catastrophic engine failure and gm’s solution is terrible. A new engine that can have the same issue?   Read details...

The Warnings problem

My GMC sierra with 40000 miles the check engine light turn on and was steady on when driving on the highway I loose a power on the vehicle for a few seconds and almost a semi truck behind me hit me because I don’t have any power on the vehicle, I stop on a safe place and try to start the   Read details...

The Forward Collision Avoidance problem

The contact owns a 2022 GMC Sierra 1500. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the driver's side seat vibrated, and the automatic high beam feature disengaged, and the lane change indicator became inoperable. The message " crash sensor system inoperable" was displayed.   Read details...




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