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GMC K25

Every GMC K25 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 years51 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years151972 to 1996
Recall campaigns16Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins5Summed across model years
By model year

The 1995 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 40% of the model's total

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

00.511.52197219781986198819901992199421996
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 K25 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Brakes
3
Seat belts
1
Lighting
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each GMC K25 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 K25 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1996Pickup1100.017102
1995Pickup20.025112
1994Not decoded0NoneNone511
1993Not decoded10.0100120
1992Not decoded0NoneNone210
1991Not decoded0NoneNone110
1990Not decoded0NoneNone210
1989Pickup10.020210
1988Not decoded0NoneNone510
1987Not decoded0NoneNone010
1986Not decoded0NoneNone110
1985Not decoded0NoneNone010
1978Not decoded0NoneNone200
1974Not decoded0NoneNone100
1972Not decoded0NoneNone100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the GMC K25

  • 99V-130 May 20, 1999
    Vehicle description: extended-cab pickup trucks equipped with high-back bucket seats
    Seats · 59k vehicles
  • 96V-082 May 7, 1996
    Four u-bolts nuts on either side of the rear axle were under-torqued
    Suspension · 17k 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
  • 95V-026 Feb 16, 1995
    Due to a thin case casting, an external transmission leak can occur
    Powertrain · 14k vehicles
  • 94V-212 Oct 26, 1994
    Windshields were installed with incorrect windshield opening pinch-weld-flange primer
    Visibility and wipers · 29 vehicles
  • 94V-060 Apr 5, 1994
    Trucks were assembled with the left-hand lower control arm to frame rear nut tightened below the specified torque
    Suspension · 30k vehicles
  • 93V-216 Dec 14, 1993
    Seats have been assembled without bolts that connect the upper slave hinge to the seat back frame, or without bolts that connect the seat to the…
    Seats · 1,375 vehicles
  • 93V-152 Sep 15, 1993
    Brake pedal push rod retainer is missing, mispositioned or not properly seated
    Brakes · 70k vehicles
  • 93V-119 Aug 2, 1993
    Severe corrosion due to road salt at the joint of the stamped steel center section and the cast outer section can cause the sections to separate
    Brakes · 341k vehicles
  • 90V-108 Jun 4, 1990
    Loose pivot bolt holding the brake pedal to its support bracket could disengage from the nut
    Brakes · 1,962 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.