GMC S Series

Owners filed 112 complaints across 6 model years of the GMC S Series. The 1995 drew the most (59).

Model years6
Complaints112
Recalls4
Fires1
Deaths0

Which GMC S Series years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 GMC S Series model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every GMC S Series model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
200252
011EquipmentRoutine
20011
0——Service BrakesRoutine
199559
1—2Equipment › MechanicalRoutine
19940
1———Routine
19930
1———Routine
19920
1———Routine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.