Model year

1985 GMC C1500

Pickup, gasoline, 4x2, built in Canada. Owner complaints on file from Oct 15, 2001 to Oct 15, 2001.

Recall campaigns covering this model year1122k vehicles or units across those campaigns
Owner complaints1Below the median 1985 pickup
Severity index100.0Crash, fire, injury or death per 100
First 24 months0Complaints in its first two years
Complaints over time

Complaints about the 1985 GMC C1500 peaked in 2001, with 1 filed

Owner complaints about this model year, by the year they were filed with NHTSA.

00.250.50.7512001120042007201020132016201920222026
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file. The lighter column runs through October.
Components

100% of complaints about the 1985 GMC C1500 name tires

Owner complaints by component. Hover or focus a bar for the crash, fire, injury or death count.

Tires
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file. A complaint can name more than one component; it is counted under the first.
Recalls

One recall campaign covers the 1985 GMC C1500

Check a specific vehicle by VIN on NHTSA's site: a campaign may cover only part of a model year's production.

Recall campaigns for the 1985 GMC C1500
CampaignFiledSubjectComponentVehiclesRemedy
07E-088Oct 24, 2007Certain honeywell fram racing brand hp4 and hp8 oil filters that were manufactured from may 25, 2006, through september 14, 2007, and sold for use…Equipment121,680Part replacement
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.
Owner complaints

What owners reported about the 1985 GMC C1500

The full text of every complaint filed with NHTSA about this model year, newest first. Complaints are filed by owners and are not verified by NHTSA; NHTSA removes personal details before publishing.

1 complaint on file, page 1 of 1.

  1. Filed Oct 15, 2001Failure Oct 6, 2001Sumnerfield, FLTread/beltCrash

    PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 55MPH ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE BLEWOUT AND TREAD SEPARATED FROM WHEEL. *AK *SLC

    NHTSA complaint 897752
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Investigations

1 NHTSA investigation on file

  • EA92041 Engineering analysis, Fuel system
    FUEL SYSTEM INTEGRITY
    Opened Dec 8, 1992, closed Mar 9, 1995
Source: NHTSA ODI investigations file.
Service bulletins

No manufacturer communications on file

Technical service bulletins and other notices the manufacturer sent to dealers. A bulletin is not a recall.

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications files.