AutoUtility currently tracks 25 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2022 GMC Canyon. Electrical System issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 12 complaints (48% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 1 filing cites a crash, 1 reports one or more injuries.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 25 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Electrical System (12 reports • 48% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Steering System (6), Powertrain & Transmission (5)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 1 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 1 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
25
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
1
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
1
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2022 GMC Canyon

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 48% of complaints

Electrical System

12 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#2 Problem Area 24% of complaints

Steering System

6 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#3 Problem Area 20% of complaints

Powertrain & Transmission

5 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#4 Problem Area 16% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

4 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#5 Problem Area 12% of complaints

Fuel & Propulsion System

3 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2022 GMC Canyon

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11758789
Filed: 08/22/2026

"The ignition key gets stuck in the ignition after shutting off the car. The key may not be removed from the ignition. The failure of the transmission shift control mechanism directly impacts the safe, mechanical operation of the vehicle's powertrain and transmission park-lock functions. The vehicle..."

Incident Date: 07/01/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Electrical System NHTSA ODI ID: #11753239
Filed: 07/28/2026

"The contact owns a 2022 GMC Canyon. The contact stated that while the gear shifter was shifted to park(P), the contact was unable to remove the key from the ignition switch. The contact stated that after turning the steering wheel to the right in a certain way, the key was able to be removed from..."

Incident Date: 05/01/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11740040
Filed: 05/26/2026

"2022 GMC Canyon AT4 Crew Cab. After the vehicle is shifted into Park and the engine is shut off, the ignition key cannot be removed from the cylinder. The key is physically locked, the steering wheel will not lock, and the vehicle cannot be reliably secured. The only workaround is to restart the..."

Incident Date: 02/16/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11726344
Filed: 03/23/2026

"At various times key can not be removed from the ignition. I understand this to be a common problem on these trucks, but dealer does not agree."

Incident Date: 12/10/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,BACK OVER PREVENTION
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11717480
Filed: 02/12/2026

"The contact owns a 2022 GMC Canyon. The contact stated that after starting the vehicle, the instrument cluster failed operate as designed and the speedometer, tachometer, fuel gauge, and turn signals failed to display as intended. The contact stated that a message to service several systems was..."

Incident Date: 02/09/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,BACK OVER PREVENTION
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for GMC Canyon

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2026)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 GMC Canyon 319 8 8 View 2015 Problems →
2016 GMC Canyon 267 8 4 View 2016 Problems →
2017 GMC Canyon 65 3 1 View 2017 Problems →
2018 GMC Canyon 52 2 1 View 2018 Problems →
2019 GMC Canyon 16 0 0 View 2019 Problems →
2020 GMC Canyon 14 1 0 View 2020 Problems →
2021 GMC Canyon 11 2 2 View 2021 Problems →
2022 GMC Canyon Current Page 25 1 1 Current
2023 GMC Canyon 58 0 3 View 2023 Problems →
2024 GMC Canyon 205 0 3 View 2024 Problems →
2025 GMC Canyon 8 0 2 View 2025 Problems →
2026 GMC Canyon 0 0 2 View 2026 Problems →
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2022 GMC Canyon

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 17 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 3 0 0 0 0
Steering NHTSA category: STEERING 3 0 0 0 0
Air Bags NHTSA category: AIR BAGS 2 1 0 1 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,BACK OVER PREVENTION 2 0 0 0 0
Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN 2 0 0 0 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA category: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,STRUCTURE 1 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,LANE DEPARTURE 1 0 0 0 0
Structure & Body NHTSA category: STRUCTURE 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (25). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.
Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.