What is the worst year for a GMC Passenger Vehicle?

The 1998 GMC Passenger Vehicle has the worst FaultScore of any year of this model, with 17 complaints filed with NHTSA, most of them about the windows, mirrors & wipers.

What is the best year for a GMC Passenger Vehicle?

The 1999 GMC Passenger Vehicle has the cleanest record of the graded years, with 16 complaints on file.

What breaks most often on a GMC Passenger Vehicle?

Brakes accounts for more complaints than any other part on the GMC Passenger Vehicle.

Worst years for a GMC Passenger Vehicle

Owners have filed 61 complaints about the GMC Passenger Vehicle with NHTSA across model years 1998 to 2002. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

1998 GMC Passenger Vehicle

17 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly windows, mirrors & wipers.

Cleanest on record

1999 GMC Passenger Vehicle

16 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every GMC Passenger Vehicle 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.

17 16 15 10 3

98 99 00 01 02

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	—	3	1	0	—	Brakes
2001	B	10	0	0	25,000	Brakes
2000	D	15	2	0	53,066	Airbags
1999	B	16	0	0	61,000	Transmission & Drivetrain
1998	D	17	0	2	63,000	Windows, Mirrors & Wipers

What breaks on a GMC Passenger Vehicle

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

Brakes 10 16.4%

Worst in 2001

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 6 9.8%

Worst in 1998

Tires 6 9.8%

Worst in 2000

Transmission & Drivetrain 5 8.2%

Worst in 1999

Engine & Cooling 4 6.6%

Worst in 1998

Electrical System 4 6.6%

Worst in 1998

Acceleration & Cruise Control 4 6.6%

Worst in 2000

Fuel & Propulsion 4 6.6%

Worst in 2001

Suspension 3 4.9%

Worst in 1999

Lights 3 4.9%

Worst in 2000

Airbags 2 3.3%

Worst in 2000

Steering 2 3.3%

Worst in 1998

Wheels 2 3.3%

Worst in 1999

Seat Belts 2 3.3%

Worst in 2000

Complaints filed over time

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

Dec 2002 peak 6 May 2005

Compare the GMC Passenger Vehicle

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

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