By model year
GMC W5500 complaints by model year
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 W5500
Every GMC W5500 model year on file, 1999 to 2010. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.
Owner complaints, all model years00 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years121999 to 2010
Recall campaigns4Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins1,256Summed across model years
Components
Complaints by component
Owner complaints across all model years, by component.
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Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years
The record for each GMC W5500 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 241 |
| 2009 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 165 |
| 2008 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 152 |
| 2007 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 139 |
| 2006 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 2 | 0 | 117 |
| 2005 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 115 |
| 2004 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 72 |
| 2003 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 1 | 0 | 67 |
| 2002 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 63 |
| 2001 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| 2000 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| 1999 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls
Recent campaigns covering the GMC W5500
- 10V-636 Dec 15, 2010
Oil pipe bolts were not tightened properly during the vehicle production process
Engine and cooling · 2,992 vehicles - 09V-042 Feb 4, 2009
Propeller shaft was manufactured with insufficient high frequency heat treatment
Powertrain · 2,836 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
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.