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Chevrolet C8500

Every Chevrolet C8500 model year on file, 2003 to 2009. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years20 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years72003 to 2009

Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins794Summed across model years

By model year

The 2006 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 50% of the model's total

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

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

Components

Engine and cooling leads the Chevrolet C8500 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling

Electrical system

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Chevrolet C8500 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 C8500 by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2009	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	156
2008	Not decoded	1	0.0	100	0	144
2007	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	136
2006	SUV	1	0.0	2	1	114
2005	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	100
2004	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	75
2003	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	69

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Chevrolet C8500

07V-190 May 2, 2007
On certain medium duty conventional and tilt cab trucks equipped with 7.8l diesel engines and air brakes, the air compressor may not build enough…
Brakes · 1,896 vehicles
06V-254 Jul 13, 2006
Certain medium duty trucks equipped sr-7 bendix brake valves, the check valve inside the valve cavity may not properly set, causing internal air…
Brakes · 1,184 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.