2006 Chevrolet C6500

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Exterior Lighting1
000
Electrical System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Exterior Lighting
Filed Nov 14, 201463,925 milesCA

STARTING THE VEHICLE AFTER SUNDOWN THE LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHTS DID NOT AUTOMATICALLY COME ON, I ATTEMPTED TO TURN THEM ON MANUALLY WITH THE LIGHT SWITCH HANDLE AND THEY STILL WOULD COME ON. THE FOG LIGHTS AND THE HIGH BEAMS ABLE TO COME ON. *TR

Electrical System
Filed Dec 14, 20125,500 milesCT

TRUCK SHUTS DOWN IN TRANSIT. CONTINUAL ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASED. *TR

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2007
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20073100Routine
2006 — this page2000Routine
20020100Routine
20010200Routine
20000300Routine
19991400Routine
19981200Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.