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GMC G3500

Every GMC G3500 model year on file, 1971 to 2018. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years40 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years321971 to 2018
Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins859Summed across model years
By model year

The 1996 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 25% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.751197119761979198219851988199119941199720032018
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Brakes leads the GMC G3500 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Brakes
2
Fuel system
1
Lighting
1
Engine and cooling
1
Powertrain
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each GMC G3500 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 G3500 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2018Pickup10.0110283
2017Pickup10.0110282
2005Not decoded0NoneNone00114
2004Not decoded0NoneNone0082
2003Not decoded0NoneNone0079
1999Not decoded0NoneNone100
1998Not decoded0NoneNone105
1997Other10.033105
1996Other10.050102
1995Not decoded0NoneNone102
1994Not decoded0NoneNone101
1993Not decoded0NoneNone101
1992Not decoded0NoneNone101
1991Not decoded0NoneNone101
1990Not decoded0NoneNone101
1989Not decoded0NoneNone100
1988Not decoded0NoneNone100
1987Not decoded0NoneNone100
1986Not decoded0NoneNone100
1985Not decoded0NoneNone100
1984Not decoded0NoneNone100
1983Not decoded0NoneNone100
1982Not decoded0NoneNone100
1981Not decoded0NoneNone100
1980Not decoded0NoneNone100
1979Not decoded0NoneNone100
1978Not decoded0NoneNone100
1977Not decoded0NoneNone100
1976Not decoded0NoneNone100
1975Not decoded0NoneNone100
1974Not decoded0NoneNone200
1971Not decoded0NoneNone100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the GMC G3500

  • 19V-342 May 3, 2019
    Depending on the specific wiring of the vehicle, these brake lights may illuminate when the brake pedal has not been pressed
    Lighting · 17 vehicles
  • 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
  • 07V-380 Aug 27, 2007
    One camper equipped with a two-door refrigerator manufactured by the dometic corporation, may have a defect in the boiler tube
    Equipment · 1 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.