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Chevrolet C6500

Every Chevrolet C6500 model year on file, 1973 to 2009. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years71 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years151973 to 2009
Recall campaigns7Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins1,057Summed across model years
By model year

The 2007 model year drew the most complaints, 3, 43% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

0123197319971999200120032005200732009
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Steering leads the Chevrolet C6500 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Steering
2
Brakes
2
Visibility and wipers
1
Electrical system
1
Lighting
1
Engine and cooling
1
Fuel system
1
Stability and traction control
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Chevrolet C6500 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Chevrolet C6500 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2009Not decoded0NoneNone00158
2008Not decoded0NoneNone00144
2007Other333.315010136
2006Other20.010000119
2005Not decoded0NoneNone00101
2004Not decoded0NoneNone0077
2003Not decoded0NoneNone0070
2002Not decoded0NoneNone1068
2001Not decoded0NoneNone2066
2000Not decoded0NoneNone3066
1999Other10.0504025
1998Other10.0332016
1997Not decoded0NoneNone0011
1974Not decoded0NoneNone100
1973Not decoded0NoneNone100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Chevrolet C6500

  • 09V-456 Nov 19, 2009
    Heater element in these assemblies may be defective which could cause the unit to create smoke or sparks
    Equipment · 269 vehicles
  • 02V-287 Nov 4, 2002
    Certain medium duty c-series and b7 school bus chassis equipped with a 7.4 liter gas engine and an impco lpg conversion kit
    Engine and cooling · 2,011 vehicles
  • 02V-183 Jul 11, 2002
    On certain medium duty trucks equipped with 8.1 l engines and left hand or dual fuel tanks, some of these vehicles have a condition where the fuel…
    Fuel system · 222 vehicles
  • 00V-232-008 Sep 7, 2000
    Vehicle description: school buses, medium duty trucks and tractors built with bendix air abs with an ec-17 1030r electronic control unit (ecu),…
    Brakes · 30k vehicles
  • 00V-236 Aug 23, 2000
    Vehicle description: medium duty trucks
    Powertrain · 13k vehicles
  • 99V-320 Nov 15, 1999
    Vehicle description: medium duty conventional cab trucks and school bus chassis equipped with an automatic transmission, have transmission shift…
    Powertrain · 391 vehicles
  • 98V-073 Apr 8, 1998
    Vehicle description: medium duty trucks equipped with air brakes and anti-lock brake systems
    Electrical system · 1,590 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.