GMC Canyon — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 3,906 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Steering882 (22.6%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2015.
• Electrical system536 (13.7%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2004–2006.
• Lights432 (11.1%)Official recall records for this system: 12, covering model years 2004–2024.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)358 (9.2%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2011.
• Engine294 (7.5%)
• Brakes232 (5.9%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2015–2023.

Other / uncategorized: 194 classifications (5.0%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (2,842 records, model years 2004–2026) are most frequently classified under: steering, electrical system and lights.
• Safety recalls (85 records, model years 2004–2026) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), lights and equipment & accessories.
• Transport Canada recalls (75 records, model years 2004–2026) are most frequently classified under: lights, seat belts and fuel system.
• Manufacturer communications (23,229 records, model years 2004–2026) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 1,508reports included a mileage
• 56,024average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 2004 691 records for 2004 691
2. 2005 779 records for 2005 779
3. 2006 785 records for 2006 785
4. 2007 914 records for 2007 914
5. 2008 995 records for 2008 995
6. 2009 1,075 records for 2009 1,075
7. 2010 1,222 records for 2010 1,222
8. 2011 1,281 records for 2011 1,281
9. 2012 1,346 records for 2012 1,346
10. 2015 2,130 records for 2015 2,130
11. 2016 1,847 records for 2016 1,847
12. 2017 1,540 records for 2017 1,540
13. 2018 1,296 records for 2018 1,296
14. 2019 995 records for 2019 995
15. 2020 872 records for 2020 872
16. 2021 757 records for 2021 757
17. 2022 675 records for 2022 675
18. 2023 683 records for 2023 683
19. 2024 737 records for 2024 737
20. 2025 285 records for 2025 285
21. 2026 130 records for 2026 130

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 82mention a crash
• 44mention a fire
• 70mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 85
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 23,229
• Investigations NHTSA 15
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 75
• Owner complaints NHTSA 2,842

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0300 in 91 records · 2004–2024
• P0442 in 74 records · 2004–2023
• P0521 in 58 records · 2005–2016
• P2463 in 45 records · 2016–2022
• P0171 in 37 records · 2004–2022
• P0106 in 36 records · 2004–2017
• P2138 in 26 records · 2005–2018
• P2135 in 25 records · 2005–2012
• P1516 in 24 records · 2004–2012
• P0014 in 20 records · 2004–2022
• P0016 in 20 records · 2004–2019
• P0017 in 19 records · 2004–2016

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.