FaultScore

Worst years for a GMC GMC Truck

Owners have filed 127 complaints about the GMC GMC Truck with NHTSA across model years 1974 to 2003. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2000 GMC GMC Truck

15 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

1997 GMC GMC Truck

11 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every GMC GMC Truck 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
2003 C 23 0 0 33,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2002 D 13 5 0 36,230 Brakes
2001 4 0 0 Electrical System
2000 D 15 2 0 17,100 Brakes
1999 B 15 0 0 Brakes
1998 C 13 0 1 Lights
1997 A 11 0 0 79,000 Steering
1996 9 1 0 Brakes
1994 A 11 0 0 Brakes
1991 2 0 0 Brakes
1990 1 0 1 Transmission & Drivetrain
1989 1 0 0 Seat Belts
1987 2 1 0 Tires
1986 2 0 0 Body & Structure
1983 1 0 0 Tires
1974 4 0 1 Tires

What breaks on a GMC GMC Truck

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

Brakes 30 23.6%

Worst in 1999

Transmission & Drivetrain 14 11.0%

Worst in 2003

Tires 13 10.2%

Worst in 2000

Engine & Cooling 9 7.1%

Worst in 2003

Lights 9 7.1%

Worst in 1998

Electrical System 8 6.3%

Worst in 2003

Steering 7 5.5%

Worst in 1997

Fuel & Propulsion 7 5.5%

Worst in 2000

Body & Structure 6 4.7%

Worst in 1997

Acceleration & Cruise Control 4 3.1%

Worst in 1996

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 4 3.1%

Worst in 1996

Seats 4 3.1%

Worst in 1994

Airbags 2 1.6%

Worst in 1996

Suspension 2 1.6%

Worst in 1998

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every GMC GMC Truck, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Feb 1995 peak 5 Jun 2022

Compare the GMC GMC Truck

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