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GMC C6500

Every GMC C6500 model year on file, 1974 to 2009. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years50 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years141974 to 2009
Recall campaigns7Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins1,064Summed across model years
By model year

The 1997 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 40% of the model's total

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

00.511.5219742199820002002200420062009
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Powertrain leads the GMC C6500 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Powertrain
1
Steering
1
Tires
1
Equipment
1
Brakes
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each GMC 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.

GMC C6500 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2009Not decoded10.010000162
2008Not decoded0NoneNone00145
2007Not decoded10.010010139
2006Not decoded0NoneNone00119
2005Not decoded0NoneNone00102
2004Not decoded0NoneNone0076
2003Not decoded0NoneNone0071
2002Not decoded0NoneNone1067
2001Not decoded0NoneNone2067
2000Other10.0503063
1999Not decoded0NoneNone4026
1998Not decoded0NoneNone2016
1997Bus20.01330011
1974Not decoded0NoneNone100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the GMC C6500

  • 15V-112 Feb 25, 2015
    Platform side plate of the affected wheelchair lifts may crack
    Adaptive equipment · 117 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.