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GMC Z-71 problems

Owners have filed 41 complaints about the GMC Z-71 with NHTSA across model years 1996 to 2000. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Every GMC Z-71 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
2000 — 7 0 0 — Steering
1999 — 12 0 0 64,000 Brakes
1998 — 5 0 0 — Brakes
1997 — 12 1 0 89,400 Brakes
1996 — 5 2 0 — Transmission & Drivetrain

What breaks on a GMC Z-71

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

Brakes 20 48.8%

Worst in 1999

Steering 5 12.2%

Worst in 1997

Transmission & Drivetrain 4 9.8%

Worst in 1996

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 4 9.8%

Worst in 1999

Lights 2 4.9%

Worst in 2000

Engine & Cooling 1 2.4%

Worst in 1997

Airbags 1 2.4%

Worst in 1996

Body & Structure 1 2.4%

Worst in 1999

Suspension 1 2.4%

Worst in 2000

Fuel & Propulsion 1 2.4%

Worst in 1997

Tires 1 2.4%

Worst in 1999

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every GMC Z-71, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Aug 1999 peak 6 May 2010

Compare the GMC Z-71

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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