By model year
The 1994 model year drew the most complaints, 8
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.
Model line
GMC C2500
Every GMC C2500 model year on file, 1970 to 1996. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.
Owner complaints, all model years486 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years271970 to 1996
Recall campaigns4Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins6Summed across model years
Components
Brakes leads the GMC C2500 complaint record
Owner complaints across all model years, by component.
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years
The record for each GMC C2500 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.
| Year | Body | Complaints | Severity index | Peer index | Recalls | Investigations | Bulletins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Pickup | 6 | 33.3 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1995 | Pickup | 8 | 12.5 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1994 | Pickup | 8 | 0.0 | 114 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1993 | Pickup | 5 | 40.0 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | Pickup | 3 | 0.0 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | Pickup | 4 | 0.0 | 73 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | Pickup | 5 | 0.0 | 125 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | Pickup | 6 | 0.0 | 120 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | Pickup | 2 | 50.0 | 67 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | Pickup | 1 | 0.0 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1976 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1975 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1974 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1973 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1972 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1971 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1970 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls
Recent campaigns covering the GMC C2500
- 07E-088 Oct 24, 2007
Certain honeywell fram racing brand hp4 and hp8 oil filters that were manufactured from may 25, 2006, through september 14, 2007, and sold for use…
Equipment · 122k vehicles - 93V-016 Feb 1, 1993
Unanticipated heat in the transmission can force the transmission fluid out of the vent tube
Powertrain · 1.7M vehicles - 90V-170 Sep 17, 1990
Trucks can contain incorrect instructions on how to properly adjust rear seat lap-shoulder belts as required by fmvss 209
Seat belts · 194k vehicles - 88V-081 May 16, 1988
Rear wheel antilock brake (rwal) feature could become disabled by an electrical malfunction
Lighting · 90 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.