STEERING WHEEL KEEPS LOCKING UP AT ANYTIME AND ANY SPEED. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT STEERING COMBINATION SWITCH KEEPS BREAKING, AND THAT IS CAUSING STEERING TO LOCK UP. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
1997 GMC T6500
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the steering › column locking › anti-theft device. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steering › Column Locking › Anti-theft Device | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsSteering › Column Locking › Anti-theft Device
Filed Feb 11, 2002OR
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2005| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1997 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
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.