1996 GMC 3500

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the fuel system, gasoline › delivery › fuel pump. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System	1		0	0	0
Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Fuel Pump	1		0	0	0
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System

Filed Jan 13, 200450 milesNC

IN 1996 I PURCHASED NEW A GMC 3500 CREW CAB PICKUP TRUCK. I NOTICED IMMEDIATELY THAT WHEN APPLYING BRAKES HARD ALL POWER STEERING WAS LOST PARTICULARLY IN LEFT TURNS AND AT LOW SPEEDS. BRAKING WAS NOT HARD ENOUGH TO ACTIVATE THE ANTISKID. I NOTIFIED THE DEALER AND WE TRIED THE SAME MANEUVER ON THREE OTHER SIMILAIR TRUCKS IN HIS LOT. ALL DID THE SAME THING. AFTER MANY CALLS IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING "I HAD TO LIVE WITH".

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine

Filed Dec 18, 200328,000 milesNC

VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. CONDITION FORCED DRIVER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. POWER STEERING AND BRAKES FAILED WHEN VEHICLE STALLED. DEALER REPLACED AT 28000 MILES THE FUEL PUMP AND COMPUTER, BUT SAME PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Fuel Pump

Filed Feb 8, 2002CA

FUEL PUMP HAS GONE OUT AND VEHICLE HAS BECOME INOPREABLE. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE PUMP WAS REPLACED 14 TIMES BUT NO CHANGE. ALSO, THE TRUCK HAS NO POWER FOR STEERING OR BRAKING WHEN IT STALLS. *YH

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1994

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Assessment
2007	0	1	Routine
2005	0	1	Routine
2004	0	1	Routine
2003	0	1	Routine
1997	0	1	Routine
1996 — this page	3	0	Routine
1994	5	0	Routine
1993	3	1	Routine

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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.