1997 GMC C6500

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › manual transmission. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar1
000
Power Train › Manual Transmission1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Oct 26, 1999IL

WHENEVER THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK UP. IT CANNOT BE TURNED RIGHT, BUT IT CAN BE TURNED LEFT. ONCE BRAKES ARE RELEASED, CAN TURN STEERING WHEEL RIGHT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION, IF NEEDED. *AK

Power Train › Manual Transmission
Filed Oct 21, 1997CA

TWO TRANSMISSION REPLACED, 1ST TIME DRIVE SHAFT FELL OUT ON SHOWROOM FLOOR, 2ND TIME TRANSMISSION JUST FAILED.

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1997
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20091000Routine
20071100Routine
20020100Routine
20010200Routine
20001300Routine
19990400Routine
19980200Routine
1997 — this page2000Routine

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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.