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GMC W4500

Every GMC W4500 model year on file, 1998 to 2010. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years90 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years121998 to 2010
Recall campaigns9Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins1,226Summed across model years
By model year

The 2006 model year drew the most complaints, 3, 33% of the model's total

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

01231998199920002001200320042005200632007200820092010
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Fuel system leads the GMC W4500 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Fuel system
4
Brakes
3
Engine and cooling
2
Electrical system
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each GMC W4500 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 W4500 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2010Not decoded0NoneNone00238
2009Not decoded0NoneNone30165
2008Not decoded0NoneNone40154
2007Truck20.010040140
2006Truck30.010030121
2005Not decoded0NoneNone00116
2004Truck10.01001081
2003Not decoded10.01001078
2001Not decoded10.01000059
2000Truck10.0500057
1999Not decoded0NoneNone0012
1998Not decoded0NoneNone105
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the GMC W4500

  • 17V-324 May 17, 2017
    Affected vehicles, equipped with a gasoline-powered engine, have a throttle pedal that may get stuck under the steel stopper bolt, causing the…
    Speed control · 15k vehicles
  • 15V-704 Oct 26, 2015
    Affected vehicles have a fuel tank that may corrode and leak fuel
    Fuel system · 14k vehicles
  • 10V-636 Dec 15, 2010
    Oil pipe bolts were not tightened properly during the vehicle production process
    Engine and cooling · 2,992 vehicles
  • 09V-434 Nov 13, 2009
    Heater element in these assemblies may be defective which could cause the unit to create smoke or sparks
    Equipment · 53 vehicles
  • 09V-042 Feb 4, 2009
    Propeller shaft was manufactured with insufficient high frequency heat treatment
    Powertrain · 2,836 vehicles
  • 08V-344 Jul 28, 2008
    There may be an insufficient weld attaching the hitch channel to the supporting structure
    Trailer hitches · 108 vehicles
  • 08V-251 Jun 5, 2008
    Diesel fuel may seep or leak from the fuel pipe at the upper or lower fuel port on the diesel fuel supply pump
    Fuel system · 17k vehicles
  • 05V-168 Apr 20, 2005
    On certain trucks equipped with rpo ik9, due to insufficient durability and testing, the fuel switching manifold solenoids lack water or salt…
    Fuel system · 253 vehicles
  • 98V-151-002 Jul 6, 1998
    Vehicle description: truck chassis
    Steering · 42 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.