Other wheel or tire problem on the 2006 GMC Sierra 1500
Only 4 reports for this mode came with an odometer reading, which is too few for percentiles to mean anything. The page is here because someone linked to it; treat the figures as anecdotes, and see the full report for this year instead.
When other wheel or tire problem gets reported
There are 8 reports of other wheel or tire problem on the 2006 GMC Sierra 1500, 4 with a mileage attached. That is too few to place the failure on the odometer with any confidence.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 60,000 miles. It is the 6th most-reported problem on this model year.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | 20,800 miles | — | — |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Putting it right typically runs $200–$1,500 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 19 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2016, at a median of 10,000 miles, and latest on the 2001 at 155,000 miles.
By volume the 2015 carries the most reports, with 11; the 2006 has 8. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
This concerns an general tire p245/70r17. This tire was on my gmc sierra pick-up truck. These tires came with the truck. Within a month of owning this truck the tread tore away from the tire leaving large holes the dealership replaced those tires in 2006. This incident happened june 23, 2007. The passenger rear tire exploded while driving 65 MPH. It only had 17600 miles on the tire. The incident LED me to loss of control of the vehicle and damage to the rim as I tried to pull over. The dealership said general would not replace this tire because this can happen and is a risk you take, I disagree. If this had been on the front tire I have no doubt I would of either caused an accident or lost total control. *ak
General ameritrac tires on a 2006 gmc sierra crew cab 2wd are showing excessive wear and tread loss. The tires have only 24000 miles and need to be replaced. During a recent rainstorm I was hydroplaning on the freeway. The tires have hardly any tread left on the outside of the front tires. The tires will be replaced in the very near future. *tr
2006 gmc sierra 1500. Front brakes locked up at 17,000 miles. Needed to be replaced as they were rusted out. Front wheel assembly rusted out at 19600 miles. Needed to be replaced as front wheels could come off the vehicle while driving. Rear brakes locked up at 19000 miles, needed to be cleaned and lubricated. This vehicle became unsafe to drive after only 17000 miles! Total cost (warranty expired) $1500. *tr
Also reported on the 2006 GMC Sierra 1500
Other brake problem
Brake line, hose or caliper failure
ABS module or sensor failure
Other electrical problem
Wiring harness or short circuit
Other body or interior problem
How far this goes
This page is kept out of search results because 8 reports is not enough to publish percentiles from. It stays reachable because somebody looking at this exact car would rather see the reports than be told there are none.
Complaints are voluntary, so 8 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other wheel or tire problem happen on the 2006 GMC Sierra 1500?
Across 4 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 20,000 miles. A quarter were filed before — and a quarter after —. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other wheel or tire problem on the 2006 GMC Sierra 1500?
8 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 8.2 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed