1998 GMC C/K 3500 Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 1998 GMC C/K 3500, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Fuel system1100.0%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Fuel system
Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks.
From owner reports, verbatim
I HAVE A 1998 GMC K3500 PICK-UP TRUCK WITH A 6.5 TURBO DIESEL HO ENGINE. WHILE DRIVING ALONG THE ENGINE CONTINUOUSLY CUTS OFF AS IF IT IS NOT GETTING FUEL EVEN THOUGH THE TANK IS FULL OF FUEL. TOOK TRUCK TO DEALER TO HAVE PROBLEM CORRECTED. DEALER INFORMED ME THAT FUEL IN TANK WAS BIO-DIESEL AND MY TRUCK WOULD NOT BURN BIO-DIESEL. THEY INFORMED ME MY TANK NEEDED TO BE REMOVED AND CLEANED ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE FUEL SYSTEM. THEY REMOVED TANK/CLEANED SYSTEM - COST $691.78, AND ADDED NEW FUEL. I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE, TRAVELED LESS THAN .25 MILES AND SAME PROBLEM RECURRED. RETURNED VEHICLE TO DEALER, THIS TIME THEY INFORMED ME I NEEDED TO HAVE THE INJECTOR PUMP REPLACED - $1,363.00. I AGREED. THEY REPLACED THE INJECTOR PUMP AND REMOVED AND CLEANED FUEL TANK AGAIN. AFTER PICKING UP THE VEHICLE AFTER THIS REPAIR, THE FUEL LINES FROM ENGINE TO FUEL TANK BEGAN TO LEAKING. THIS COST ME AN ADDITIONAL $123.72 WHICH I PAID TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD TO FINALLY STRAIGHTEN OUT MYSELF. I STARTED ACROSS TOWN TO THE POST OFFICE AND THE SAME PROBLEM, HAPPENED AGAIN. I HAD TO GET THE VEHICLE TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. I GAVE THE SHOP FOREMAN THE KEYS, EXPLAINED TO HIM THE SAME PROBLEM EXISTED - STALLING AS IF OUT OF FUEL. THE NEXT DAY I WAS CALLED BY A SERVICE ADVISOR AND TOLD THEY HAD CHECKED OUT MY VEHICLE AND I NEEDED FUEL INJECTORS FOR THE ENGINE REPLACED WHICH WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM WITH THE BIO-FUEL - $1,935.00. CONCLUSION: IF THE DEALERSHIP ON MY FIRST VISIT UPON FINDING BIO-FUEL IN MY TANK, FUEL WHICH I PURCHASED FROM THE SERVICE STATION, SHOULD HAVE SUGGESTED AT THAT TIME THAT I CHANGE THE INJECTORS. THIS WOULD HAVE SAVED ME $2,148.50. I WOULD ONLY HAVE TO PAY FOR THE INJECTORS BEING INSTALLED. NOT ONLY IS THIS A SAFETY ISSUE REGARDING WORK BEING PERFORMED THE DEALERSHIP, BUT IT IS ALSO A MONETARY ISSUE AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT RECOURSE I HAVE AGAINST THE DEALER. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE INJECTORS INSTALLED AT NO-COST . *TR
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
Data on this page last refreshed .