1990 GMC 1500

Routine

Owners filed 8 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires › tread/belt. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires › Tread/Belt2
000
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Master Cylinder1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline1
000
Electrical System › Alternator/Generator/Regulator1
010

What owners reported

Newest filings
Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Oct 25, 2004NC

WHILE DRIVING A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER PULLED OVER , AND SAW THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER CHANGED THE TIRE, AND DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. FIRESTONE, FR480, P235/75R15, #DOT NUMBER HDHL1PA066.*AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed May 7, 2003NH

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS SPORADICALLY WORKS CAUSING LITTLE TO NO VISIBILITY. *NLM

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Jul 13, 2001CA

CONSUMER FEELS THAT ENGINE FOR VEHICLE IS CRACKED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Feb 7, 2001MI

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS SEPARATED (INNER STEEL HUB AND OUTER CASTING) ON TWO OCCASIONS. NLM

Electrical System › Alternator/Generator/RegulatorFire
Filed Nov 16, 2000OH

WHILE DRIVING ALTERNATER CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONSUMER NEEDED A NEW ALTERNATER. DEALER SAID ALTERNATER WAS INCORRECTLY INSTALLED.*AK

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Sep 11, 2000IL

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION. TIRE NEVER LOST AIR PRESSURE. FIRESTONE ATX P235/75R15. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Feb 24, 1999FL

BRAKES FEEL SOFT WHEN APPLIED AND REQUIRE CONSIDERABLE EFFORT TO DEPRESS AFTER A ROUTINE BRAKE JOB.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Master Cylinder
Filed Sep 4, 1996IN

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND THE MASTER CYLINDER BLEW OUT, PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. *AK

8 of 8 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1994
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20000100Routine
19990100Routine
19980100Routine
19970100Routine
199624000Routine
199429000Routine
1990 — this page8010Routine

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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.