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GMC C15

Every GMC C15 model year on file, 1972 to 1996. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years3910 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years141972 to 1996

Recall campaigns29Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins5Summed across model years

By model year

The 1995 model year drew the most complaints, 10, 26% 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

Seats leads the GMC C15 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Seats

Brakes

Electrical system

Powertrain

Steering

Speed control

Seat belts

Structure

Airbags

Visibility and wipers

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each GMC C15 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.

GMC C15 by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
1996	Not decoded	4	0.0	400	6	0	2
1995	Pickup	10	30.0	125	7	1	2
1994	Pickup	7	14.3	100	10	1	1
1993	Pickup	7	0.0	100	2	2	0
1992	Pickup	6	50.0	92	2	1	0
1991	Not decoded	1	100.0	100	0	1	0
1990	Pickup	2	50.0	50	2	1	0
1989	Not decoded	1	0.0	100	1	1	0
1988	Pickup	1	100.0	33	4	1	0
1986	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	0	0
1985	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0	0
1982	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	0	0
1978	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0	0
1972	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0	0

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

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the GMC C15

99V-130 May 20, 1999
Vehicle description: extended-cab pickup trucks equipped with high-back bucket seats
Seats · 59k vehicles
99V-025 Feb 5, 1999
Vehicle description: pickup trucks, crew cabs, utility trucks and sport utility vehicles
Lighting · 989k vehicles
98V-187 Aug 10, 1998
Vehicle description: crew cab pickup trucks
Fuel system · 55k vehicles
97V-037 Mar 7, 1997
Vehicle description: extended cab and 2-door utility vehicles equipped with reclining seats and the easy-entry feature
Seats · 624k vehicles
96V-082 May 7, 1996
Four u-bolts nuts on either side of the rear axle were under-torqued
Suspension · 17k vehicles
96V-057 Apr 4, 1996
These vehicles were assembled with the throttle cable contacting the dash mat which could bind the throttle
Speed control · 379k vehicles
96E-010 Mar 25, 1996
Seat recliner to seat frame attaching bolts on these vehicles could loosen, fatigue and fracture, allowing the seat back to suddenly recline
Seats · 2,400 vehicles
96V-004 Jan 2, 1996
Steering column upper intermediate-shaft nut may not be torqued to proper specifications
Steering · 3,047 vehicles
95V-243 Dec 28, 1995
Certain trucks have fuel rail assemblies with an improperly crimped end retainer clip that results in a fuel leak
Fuel system · 623 vehicles
95V-246 Dec 21, 1995
Seat recliner to seat frame attaching bolts on these vehicle could loosen, fatigue and fracture, allowing the seat back to suddenly recline
Seats · 676k vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.