FaultScore

GMC K2500 problems

Owners have filed 73 complaints about the GMC K2500 with NHTSA across model years 1986 to 1996. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Every GMC K2500 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
1996 28 1 1 Brakes
1995 14 2 0 Brakes
1994 8 1 0 Brakes
1993 2 1 0 Brakes
1992 1 0 0 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
1991 4 0 1 Transmission & Drivetrain
1990 2 0 1 Transmission & Drivetrain
1989 4 0 0 Brakes
1988 1 0 1 Electrical System
1986 9 0 0 Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a GMC K2500

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

Brakes 23 31.5%

Worst in 1996

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 8 11.0%

Worst in 1996

Transmission & Drivetrain 7 9.6%

Worst in 1995

Seats 6 8.2%

Worst in 1994

Fuel & Propulsion 5 6.8%

Worst in 1995

Body & Structure 4 5.5%

Worst in 1996

Engine & Cooling 3 4.1%

Worst in 1986

Electrical System 3 4.1%

Worst in 1996

Suspension 3 4.1%

Worst in 1986

Tires 3 4.1%

Worst in 1995

Seat Belts 3 4.1%

Worst in 1990

Steering 2 2.7%

Worst in 1995

Acceleration & Cruise Control 1 1.4%

Worst in 1995

Lights 1 1.4%

Worst in 1986

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every GMC K2500, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jun 1995 peak 7 Sep 2014

Compare the GMC K2500

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