1997 GMC P30

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension › front › control arm › upper ball joint. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Unknown or Other1
000
Suspension › Front › Control Arm1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Unknown or Other
Filed May 22, 2017CA

THE CALIFORNIA DMV WILL NOT GIVE MY REGISTERED VEHICLE ITS TITLE. THE DMV WOULD LIKE A COMPLIANT LETTER SAYING THE VEHICLE IS CLEARED FOR DRIVING ON UIS ROADS. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY USPS. I RECENTLY PURCHASED VEHICLE. MY NUMBER IS [XXX], MY NAME IS [XXX]. PLEASE HELP THANK YOU INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Suspension › Front › Control Arm
Filed Apr 20, 2001DC

POSTAL VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE RIGHT UPPER BALL JOINT. NLM

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1997
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
1997 — this page2000Routine
19940100Routine

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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.