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2015 GMC Canyon

For every car sold, owners filed 2.8 times as many complaints about the 2015 Canyon as about the typical Canyon year. Among the 3 Canyon years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2016 (1.27 per 1,000 sold) and the most about this one, the 2015 (1.96).

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

1.96 per 1,000

2.8 times this nameplate’s own median

Counted from 59 complaints filed in the first three years, of 304 ever. 95% lower bound 1.46.

Every Canyon model yearComplaints per 1,000 sold, first three years
This yearOther yearsToo few complaints to rankTypical year, 0.69

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters. The bar is how many complaints each rate rests on.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20080.132
20090.405
20151.9659
20161.2743
20170.6924
20180.4615
20220.5815
20231.8346

Issues owners of the 2015 Canyon report

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Steering 227 complaints

steering22499%
power19586%
power steering19184%
traction3013%
traction control2913%
stabilitrak2712%

When it breaks

25% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 54,680 miles, from 219 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 49 complaints about this component over roughly 21 months before an investigation opened.

Loss of Power Steering Assist

Questions buyers ask about the 2015 GMC Canyon

Is 2015 a good year or a bad year for the Canyon?

For every car sold, owners filed 2.8 times as many complaints about the 2015 Canyon as about the typical Canyon year. Among the 3 Canyon years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2016 (1.27 per 1,000 sold) and the most about this one, the 2015 (1.96). The typical year is the median across its model years.

What problems does the 2015 Canyon have?

The parts owners named most often in complaints filed to date: Steering (227), Power Train (38), Electronic Stability Control (Esc) (36). The phrases they used are listed above.

Is the 2015 Canyon reliable?

Complaint records cannot settle that on their own. They count safety problems owners chose to report to the federal government, not every repair. What they do show is how this year compares with the other Canyon years: for every car sold, owners filed 2.8 times as many complaints about the 2015 Canyon as about the typical Canyon year.

Which Canyon year has the fewest complaints?

Among years with enough complaints to compare, the 2016, at 1.27 per 1,000 sold. Every Canyon year, ranked.

What the used-car guides say

No guide we read covers the Canyon.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page, each on NHTSA’s own site:

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is taken year by year from published US sales figures, each one quoted from a named source.