GMC C6500
Owners filed 5 complaints across 8 model years of the GMC C6500. The 1997 drew the most (2); the 2009 the fewest (1).
Model years8
Complaints5
Recalls13
Fires0
Deaths0
Every GMC C6500 model year compared
Complaints per yearWhich GMC C6500 years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 1997 is the weakest year on record, with 2 complaints concentrated in the power train › manual transmission.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.