2006 GMC Sierra 1500 service brakes problems
40 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes on the 2006 GMC Sierra 1500 — 28% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“I was sold an unsafe vehicle for work/comute family. The dealership mislead me and lied to me about warranty and even after I paid $10,0000 cash I was wrongfully done by this bussiness by no means was the bussiness trying to conduct good bussiness with me and I also have a dissability and a child…”
filed Mar 18, 2025
“Even though my truck has always been garage kept and only has 30 thousand miles on it, my braking system went out while driving because my metal brake lines are rusted . *tr”
filed May 27, 2020
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Service Brakes problems in other Sierra 1500 years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 Sierra 1500 | 2 | 3% |
| 2025 Sierra 1500 | 3 | 3% |
| 2024 Sierra 1500 | 10 | 3% |
| 2023 Sierra 1500 | 12 | 3% |
| 2022 Sierra 1500 | 27 | 5% |
| 2021 Sierra 1500 | 22 | 4% |
| 2020 Sierra 1500 | 48 | 11% |
| 2019 Sierra 1500 | 107 | 17% |
| 2018 Sierra 1500 | 39 | 13% |
| 2017 Sierra 1500 | 100 | 28% |
| 2016 Sierra 1500 | 100 | 30% |
| 2015 Sierra 1500 | 219 | 31% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2006 GMC Sierra 1500
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.