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Gmc Canyon · 2016

4 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·18V358000·2018-05-31

    GM Recalls 2015-2018 Vehicles for Fuel Pump Fire Risk

    General Motors is recalling specific 2015-2018 GMC, Chevrolet, Buick, and Cadillac vehicles because a fuel pump may detach and cause a leak, increasing fire risk.

    Product
    GMC — GMC, CHEVROLET, BUICK CANYON, MALIBU, ENVISION, ACADIA
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·17V621000·2017-10-05

    GM Recalls 2015-2016 Vehicles for Driver Air Bag Defect

    General Motors is recalling 2015-2016 Chevrolet Colorado, GMC Canyon, and 2016 Chevrolet Volt vehicles because the driver's frontal air bag may inflate improperly during a high-speed crash.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET, GMC VOLT, COLORADO, CANYON
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V125000·2016-03-02

    GM Recalls 2016 Chevrolet and GMC Vehicles for Air Bag Defect

    General Motors is recalling specific 2016 Chevrolet Colorado, Malibu, and GMC Canyon vehicles because the driver's air bag may inflate improperly during a crash, increasing injury risk.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET, GMC COLORADO, CANYON, MALIBU
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·15V807000·2015-12-01

    GM Recalls 2016 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon Trucks for Latch Defect

    General Motors is recalling 2016 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon trucks because the console compartment latch may fail to keep the door closed during a crash.

    Product
    GMC — GMC, CHEVROLET CANYON, COLORADO
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

  • 20164/5

    4 trims tested for 2016; overall ratings can differ by trim.

    View on NHTSA.gov

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2016 · steering 177 complaints, median 65,000 mi
  • 2016 · powertrain 34 complaints, median 9,500 mi
  • 2015 · powertrain 32 complaints, median 15,500 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2024 · electrical 24 complaints
  • 2018 · powertrain 24 complaints, median 25,000 mi

Technical service bulletins

1,760 manufacturer service bulletins across 21 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.8/5
  • 2025: 4.3/5 · 8 complaints · most complained-of: brakes
  • 2024: 3.4/5 · 205 complaints · most complained-of: lighting
  • 2023: 3.7/5 · 60 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2022: 4.1/5 · 25 complaints · most complained-of: electrical

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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