1997 GMC K Series

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the steering › hydraulic power assist system. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System
Filed Dec 12, 1999CA

WHEN TURNING SUCH AS ON CURVY ROADS AT SPEEDS OF APPROX 30+ MPH THE POWER STEERING WILL GO LIGHT TO THE FEEL AND CAUSE AN OVER STEER. THE STEERING RESISTANCE/FEEL IN THE STEERING WHEEL WILL GO TO NOTHING SUCH AS A TIRE FOLLOWING A RUT/RIDGE IN THE ROAD. FEELS LIKE FRONT END ALIGNMENT IS BAD BUT UPON CHECKING ALIGNMENT OK.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20021000Routine
20002000Routine
19991000Routine
1997 — this page1000Routine
19952000Routine

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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.