FaultScore

GMC C/K Pickup problems

Owners have filed 71 complaints about the GMC C/K Pickup with NHTSA across model years 1978 to 2002. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Every GMC C/K Pickup year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2002 5 1 0 Brakes
2001 4 0 0 Brakes
2000 8 0 0 60,500 Brakes
1999 9 1 0 69,000 Brakes
1998 13 3 0 80,000 Brakes
1997 28 0 2 90,750 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
1986 1 1 0 Tires
1985 2 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
1978 1 0 0 Electrical System

What breaks on a GMC C/K Pickup

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 29 40.8%

Worst in 1997

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 18 25.4%

Worst in 1997

Steering 6 8.5%

Worst in 1997

Fuel & Propulsion 6 8.5%

Worst in 1985

Electrical System 3 4.2%

Worst in 1997

Body & Structure 2 2.8%

Worst in 1999

Equipment & Accessories 2 2.8%

Worst in 1997

Engine & Cooling 1 1.4%

Worst in 2000

Transmission & Drivetrain 1 1.4%

Worst in 1997

Airbags 1 1.4%

Worst in 2002

Acceleration & Cruise Control 1 1.4%

Worst in 1999

Tires 1 1.4%

Worst in 1986

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every GMC C/K Pickup, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 2003 peak 5 Nov 2021

Compare the GMC C/K Pickup

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.